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THE SUN, LONPON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1865.

population 1,000 ; Mesopotamia, 15 miles, population 500 ;
Newton Falls, 3 miles population 1,000 ; Lordstown and
Paris, small places ; Windsor, 20 miles, population 800 ;
dairy farms supply chief traffic.
FREEDOM (179 miles). Small town, but country in the
vicinity is densely populated; principal articles of freight
are butter and cheese, for New York, Cincinnati, and St.
Louis

WINDHAM (173 miles), population 1,000. Tributary towns
—Painesville, 5 miles, population 800 ; Palmyra 10 miles,
population 500, freights, butter and cheese; all the region
from Akron, eastward to Grangeville, is a fine grazing
country ; although small towns, some of them furnish as
much as 1,000 tons of cheese and butter per annum ; it is
desirable freight, higher prices being paid for its trans-
portation than for any other article.
RAVENNA (185 miles), population 4,000, in Portage
County, population of county 24,407 ; crossing of Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh Railroad. Towns tributary—Roots-
town, 4 miles ; Randolph, 12 miles, population 500 ;
Campbellsford, 4 miles, population 600 ; Streatsburg, 5
miles ; Shalersville and Nelson, small towns. The Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh road is a good connection for the cen-
tral portion of Atlantic and Great Western Railway.
KENT (192 miles). Lately called Franklin Mills, is a mid-
way station on the line, being 196 miles from Dayton, and,
in consequence of its situation, an important position for
the workshops, &c., of the Company. The premises are
built of white sandstone found on the spot, and are sub-
stantial and handsome ; they consist of two large car sheds,
one of which is now used as a machine shop, a 60-horse
engine working some valuable machinery. The smith's
shop and engine shed, with room for 18 engines, is in a
forward state, the latter, when completed, being designed
for twice that number. The foundations are laid for a fine
machine shop, and a large drying house and paint shop ;
these, together with a tank for water on the hill adjoining
the works, will complete a very perfect system, which
cannot but prove of great service to the Company.
TA.LLMADGE (197 miles), small town, population 500 ;
Cuyahoga Falls, 2} miles, population 1,500.
AKRON (202 miles), population 7,000 ; the most impor-
tant flour milling point in the State, capacity of mills
being 1,500 barrels per day, is situated on the Ohio Canal,
and on the Cleveland and Zanesville and Cincinnati
Railroad ; has the best power of any town in the
State. There are large agricultural implement shops
here. Tributary towns—Clapley, 5 miles, popula-
tion 400 ; East Liberty, :11 miles, population 50C ;
Union Town, 13 miles, population 800 Manchester, 9
miles, population 500 ; Middlebury, 2 miles, population
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NEW PORTAGE (207 miles).—On canal from Cleveland to
Portsmouth, from which much business may be secured.
The canal traverses the rich and fertile valleys of the
Scioto and Muskingum, passing through the cities of
Newark, Chillicothe, Circleville, &c. Towns tributary—
Richfield, 10 miles, population 2,000; Hinckley, t miles,
population 1,000 ; Brunswick, 10 miles, population 1,000 ;
Liverpool, 15 miles, population 3,000 ; Strongsville, 25
miles, population 2,500 ; Albion and Yellow Creek, 4 miles,
population 600. Large earthenware works at this station.
WADSWORTH (215 miles), population 500, Sharon, West-
ern Star, and River Styx, to the north; Doylestown and
Clinton to the south ; being villages with a population of
500 to 800 ; diverging from Wadsworth is the Silver Creek
branch of the Atlantic and Great Western, a coal road six
miles long, being the first coal field reached on the lino
going east from Dayton Mining now 200 tons per diem ;
two more mines of greater capacity will soon be opened. It
is expected to supply the towns on the line south with the
coal, which is of the celebrated Chippewa variety, very
valuable for gas purposes, situated in Summit County;
population, 27,400.
SEVILLE (226 miles), population 1,200. Tributary towns
—Jackson, 1} miles, population 500 ; Medina, 9 miles,
population 6,000 ; Chatham, 8 miles, population 1,000 ;
Lafayette, 7 miles, population, 1,200 ; Litchfield, 13 miles,
population 1,500.

tßrnetzroirr (232 miles), population 800 ; Lodi, 3 miles,
population 400 ; Windsor, 6 miles, population 400.
WEST SALEM (238 miles), population 1,000; situated in
Medina County, population 22,700. Tributary towns—
Perrysburg, 2f miles, population 300 ; Converse, 3 miles,
population 800 ; Homer, 3 miles, population 700.
Pout (244 miles). Population, 400. Tributary towns—
Troy, 8 miles, population, 500; Rousburg, 8 miles, popula-
tion, 600.

ASHIAND (252 miles). Population, 3,000 ; Ashland
County, population, 21,693. Product principally wheat.
Tributary towns—Hayesville, 8 miles, population, 1,000 ;
Jeromesvillo, 8 miles, population, 1,000 • Orange, 4 miles,
population, 500 ; Savannah, 7 miles, population, 500.
WINDSOR (261 miles). Population, 300. Tributary
towns—Olivesburg and Mifflin, 4 to 6 miles.
MANSFIELD (269 miles). Richland County, population
of tows, 5,000; of county, 31,121. The road crosses Fort
Wayne Road from Chicago and Sandusky and Newark,
with both of which friendly relations exist, connect at this
station for Pittsburg and Chicago ; Fort Wayne and Chi-
cago Company have agreed to share equally the expense
of a new carriage station here.
ONTARIO (277 miles). Population, 500.
GALION, Ohio (283 miles). Population, 2,500. Crossing
of Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad, eastern
terminus of Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad in Craw-
ford County, population, 24,165. From here to Marion (dis-
tance 21 miles) run side by side with Bellafontine and In-
diana Railroad.

CALEDONIA (295 miles). Population, 600.
MARION (304 miles). Population, 3,000; county popu-
lation, 15,891.

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