Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-03-29
RaIIreads Westward iron New YnrE.


OF Michigan, have taken pains toinquire into
the progress of railroads, from New York
westward.
There are now constructed, and in progress
of construction, three great lines from New
York to Lake Erie.
The route, via Albany. to Buffalo, is COM
pleted, except portion Of the Hudson River
road, and this viii probably be completed next
autum. From Buffalo west. to the town of
Erie, ninety miles, a road is now in active
progress, and is expected to be completed next
autumn.
The route by way of New York and Erie
Railroad is expected to be completed SO as TO
! open it for running trains about the Ist of
. June next TO Dunkirk, and is to be extended
to the town of Erie before the close ef nagi-
1 cation next fall Its understood two roads
I will be made from Dunkirk TO Erie-the one
4 from Buffalo on the common gauge, and the
1 New York and Erie on the broad gauge
j From Erie to the state line Of Ohio, the work
is progressing moderately, there being some
controversy as 10 the charter, and this en-
barrassment will delay the completion until
next year, most probably,
i From the state line Of Ohio to Cleveland,
l the work is under contract, and is expected to
be completed from Cleveland TO Ashtabula
before the close Of navigation next fall This
] will leave forty-fye miles between Ashtabula
and Erie. the only stage travelling, next win
/ ter, between New York and Cleveland. by
1 either of the routes above mentioned
j The route from New York, via Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh, to Cleveland, it is expected,
will be completed and opened for travelling by
the close of the year. If this expectation is
realized, we shall have a railroad commune
cation from New York 10 Cleveland, on Lake
Erie, for next winters use. And the routes
between the same points New York and
Il Cleveland, via New York and Erie Railroad,
and that via Albany and Buffalo, viii have but
foriy-fve miles Of stage travelling next winter
This will be vast improvement over the con-
dition oftrayelling the present winter.
4 Of the three routes above mentioned from
i Cleveland on Lake Erie to New York, that
via Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. win be, ac-
Ecording to statements of present lines, about
ten miles the shortest. The New York and
Erie will be the next shortest, and that VIA
Buffalo and Albany the longest The latter
road, however, is the most favorable in grades
and curves. The relative advantages are such,
that the three routes from Cleveland to New
York viii be competitors for the through
trafc.
t Lake Erie) there is some embarrassment in
2 regard to location. A company is organized,
however, and has put the line from Toledo 10
; Fremont, a distance of thirty miles, under con-
tract, which is expected to be completed be-
fore the close of navigation next fall This
n will leave twenty-five miles of coaching from
Fremont (Lower Sandusky) 10 Monroeville,
: ION the Mansfield Railroad. By this railroad.
t and the Cleveland and Columbus Railroad,
a communication is opened BY railroad from
i Monreeville to Cleveland, which. though near
: double the distance of the line along the shore
of the Lake, is greatly preferable to the stage.
: This will open railroad communication from
t Toledo TO New York, for next winters use,
o with only twenty five miles of coaching, via
: Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and seventy
n miles via New York and Erie road and Albany
d and Buffalo.
k There is little doubt the entire route on the
a south shore of Lake Erie, and all the lines
r above alluded to, viii be completed in the
g course of nexty year.
IS From Toledo railroad is now in operation
e to Cold Water,in Michigan, ninetysthree miles.
Thirty three miles of the distance isowned BY.
the Erie and Kalamazoo company. 1t forms
J junction with the latter company S road at
/ Adrian The Micigan Southern company,
nave twenty-four miles that will be opened
: : for use in two weeks from this time, making
y their line across the Peninsula Of Mich
{ igan, one hundred and seventeen miles, TO
Il Sturges Prairie.
! The work beyond this point is in progress,
and the twenty miles which reach the state
II line of Indiana, will probably be completed
. and opened for use in July next. AT this
n point commences the Northern Indiana rail-
road. (beinr a continuation of the Michigan
6 southern road,) and is designed to extend to
!, Chicago in Illinois. One hundred miles of
II this road is in the state of Indiana, of which
. about forty miles is nearly ready for the rails.
:. = It's expected to be completed to the state
" line of illinois by the close of this year. This
!, will leave thirteen miles to be travelled by
o o stage to Chicago
I This result will give railroad communication
= next winter, from Chicago to New York, via
o Pittsburg and Philadelphia. complete, with
e, the exception of thirty eight miles, and via n.
% York and Erie road, and via Albany and Buff
l. falo, with the exception of eighty-three miles.
h We are, therefore, closely approximating a
n continuous communication by railway, from
: New Y ork, westward about one thousand miles
is and in the course of the next year, (lS52,)
v the line will no doubt be completed to Chicago,
,e and probably to the Mississippi, at Galena, a
" distance of near twelve hundred miles from
E. New York. This will be vast result for the
al time and capital employed, and could not be
d so rapidly consumated, except for The great ia
r. cilfty the formation of the country presents
& for building railroads
d This great western line must have very
in large traffic, especially in passengers. The ex-
tensive fertile, and distant west once shut out
y by the frost of winter, and restricted by the
a hazards of lake navigation in summer, will be
ID brought into neighborhood intercourse easy
ot and cheap, at all seasons of the year, The
railroads will form an epoch in its history, from
ID which to date its advance in commercial, social.
S and political intercourse. Two days by an in
Aterior land route, from New York to the Miss
q issippii Can you realize the change so rapid
ly effected? How vast the influence Of rail-