3EED-T1ME‘AflD HABVEST. 
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eventful year (1850.) But not wishing to 
disturb a quiet settler more than necessary, 
they kindly bent their course to the left a 
few rods, (more considerate than now) al¬ 
though in so doing they were obliged to 
make a sag of a number of feet in the road¬ 
bed which from this point takes a heavy 
grade upwards for some seven or eight miles 
in either direction. Among our earliest 
recollections was the eager waiting at the 
front window or on the front door yard 
(railroad) fence watching for the ever won¬ 
derful “toot cars” to make their appearance. 
Although about half of our alloted “three¬ 
score and ten” has passed we still reside 
within a stones throw of the spot where 
stood the house where we were born, and 
the “Leggett’s Gap” is now the main line of 
the great Delaware, Lackawanna and West- 
ern Railroad, which is now a trunk line run¬ 
ning between the cities of New York and 
Buffalo, and having many branches running 
in different directions to various points in 
the states of New York, Pennsylvania, and 
New Jersey. 
We have already told the story of the 
growth of our business and the establish¬ 
ment of the Post Office, R. R. Station, Ex¬ 
press and Telegraph Office, which constitut¬ 
ed the founding of La Plume, and only be¬ 
gan the present sketch with the purpose in 
mind of saying to our thousands of readers in 
all parts of the Union, many of whom may 
frequently have occasion to travel from 
New York to Buffalo, or vice versa, that in 
our opinion they will feel well repaid in 
selecting, of the many competing routes, the 
now popular D. L. &. W. to transport them 
thither. Its decided advantages are many. 
In distance between these competitive points 
it counts fewer miles than any other. No 
other road over which we ever travelled 
has so solid and substantial a road bed. 
Ashes, and culm (the fine refuse coal from 
the mines) have been drawn and distributed 
over almost the entire road, and long steel 
rails are used with such firm fastenings at 
their joints that one scarcely can tell when 
the wheels pass over them, as unlike the 
clattering, death trap joints we have been 
recklessly drawn over on some roads as can 
be imagined. The passenger coaches are 
clean, bright, airy and cheerful, those for 
every day use for the common class of pas¬ 
sengers bearing the stamp of “Pullman 
Palace Car Company, Pullman Ill. ” as mak¬ 
ers. The engines all burn hard anthracite 
coal which is free from the black smoke, 
smut and cinders which prove such an an¬ 
noyance to travellers on most rail roads, 
thus rendering a ride a genuine pleasure 
instead of a dread. The accommodating 
officials always make it a point to run trains 
and cars enough so they are seldom crowded,, 
plenty of room being the rule. This road 
is divided into sections of less than three 
miles in length and a gang of from six to 
eight men kept working upon each section, 
a careful man travelling on foot over each 
section four times, two trips each way, 
every day. The switches are all of the latest 
approved form, covered by a patent which 
cost the company nearly a hundred dollars 
for each one in use, and are so arranged 
that should they be accidentally left open a 
train would pass over without running off 
the track, and a lamp is kept burning on 
each every night with red and blue signals, 
the red being turned to the approaching 
train when the switch is open. 
This company we think spends less in ad¬ 
vertising its line and advantages than most 
others, believing we suppose that a pleased 
patron is its best advertisement. It may be 
hard for some of our readers to believe that 
this sketch is not “paid for” but we assure 
all that it is simply the honest opinion of 
one who started the battle of life with it 
and has always lived where he could see its 
every day workings and has travelled 
enough to compare it with its many com¬ 
petitors and freely gives it the benefit of his 
opinions. 
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MENSING & STECI1EK, Lithographers, 
336-340 N. St. Paul St. Hochester, N. Y. 
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