Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-09-15

The rapid progress of the PENNSYLVANIA
Rail Road from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh
Indicates that the time has now come for con.
structlng the connecting link between il and
the rail road Of the West.
Under the liberal charter granted for the
purpose by the Legislature of both the States
olohlo and Pennsylvania, at their last ses-
SION, me surveys were commenced under nv
direction at the mouth of Big Beaver, on the
lin oil July and they have now been extern
ded from the place of beginning, on the Ohio
River, TO the town of Massillon on the Ohm
Canal. The distance between these two
points by our experimental line is seventy
six miles |; and, if we add TWENTY-FIVE miles
for the railroad distance from Pittsburob IN
Beaver, It will make the distance from Pitts.
burgh TO Massillon one hundred and one
miles which does not materially differ from
the length of the road now usually travelled.
This line has been traced on what is called
the northern route, passing near DARLINGTON.
In Pennsylvania, and Salem, Damascus. and
Canton, in Ohio; the distance from Beaver
to Salem being th%irty-nine miles. Ii passes
through a well cultivated and populous coun-
try, having no navigable communications,
and presenting great facilities for the con-
siructlon OF a rail road, which NAV be made
at a moderate cost, especially west of the
State Line. Near Darlington we found an
abundance Of both bituminous and camel
Goals of excellent quality.
AS soon as the necessary surveys can he
made, and The requisite data obtained in re-
ference to the middle and southern routes, by
the valleys of Little Beaver and of Yellow
Creek, we shall be in a position to make a
iair comparison Of the relative merits of these
three lines; and in making a choice between
routes which may be equal, or nearly so, in
an engineering point of view, the amount of
local subscriptions to the stock along the
line, and The amount Of way trade and travel
that the country can furnish to the road,
should have their due weight in determining
the selection.
The surveys will soon be extended west.
watd 10 wooster, Mansfield, and Bueyrus,
ana connected with the rail road lines, COM
p,e,ed and In progress, running southwark to
Soiumous and Cinclnneti, and northward 10
Cleveland and Sandusky.
This road will thus become a bact hono
line, OF which a number Of the other roads
VIII represent the ribs, and in this way its
connections will be extended t~hroughou, the
State Of Ohio. Under the charter. the com.
pany can construct first such parts of lis road
~ M SSS'b Cdit SHOULD De taken
to no part of it until the Board feel
certain OF obtaining the funds required to
bring it into profitable use.
TO the People of the cities of Pittsburgh
and Allegheny this line will be of the FIRST
importance, for il will be the direct road 10
their best customers ; and ii commends itself
10 the good feeling, and ought TO receive the
subscriptions. of the citizens generally of
both the great, free, States whose name il
bears; because. by bringing them into a close
and peaceful union, il will add vastly To their
commercial power. If due diligence and en-.
ergy are exercised in conducting the affairs
OF the company, | believe that those who live
but a lew years will see the Ohio and Penn
sylvanla rail road become one of the mos,
Important. one Of the most ihIonged, and one
oil The most profitable thoroughfares TO be
found in our country.
SOLOMON w. ROBERTS.
Civil Engineer.