Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-09-22
For the .Portsge Senticei.
The Railroad from Cleveland 20 Pitts.
bHrgt-Shali We Lend il ()Dr Aid2

bHrgh Shall We Lend ii Our Aid?
Our county papers of this and The last
week, advertise q request Of the officers Of
.,be. &c. & ?. Railroad Company to The
County Commissioners Of Portage county,
and the consequent notice Of the County
Commissioners TO The electors. to vote al
) the ensuing October elections for or agains,
q Subscription by The County 10 The Capital
stock Of that Company. In the advertise
; ment of,he Rail Road Company, the Off
GERS urge some reasons TO induce US 10 vote
in favor Of subscription, reasons too that
were scarce known or taken into conside-
raiion Two years ago, whea the subject was
before US.
> With the published statements oflhe pc
cuniary success of the road, and ofIbe bu-
sinsss done on il. and Tho knowledge most
oe US have ofits operations, and of the BEN
efils already derived BY the people Of the
county sfrom The use olSfhe road. 50 far as
completed, ana what we consider the GER
4pin prospects of lis future usefulness to the
people, and Of The accfuing profits, we have
now assurances that subscriptions tothe
road will be safe and even quite profitable;
and further, The Company offers to guar
aniee the county against loss, it required
by the Commissioners, SO that a subscrip-
iion viii be but an endorsements in favor
of the road, which we find SO prosperous
as 10 be perfectly safe. Moreover, we are
2 assured that our endorsement will enable
the company to hasten the road to compile.
:tioa much sooner Than otherwise, and thus
enable The people OF the county and the
country, TO find a passage to the river, and
10 oil that region year sooner than il left
eunaided; Cor low water usually renders the
Ohio river almost useless large part OF
the summer and fall. I. is therefore i'm
pertant to. open the road this fall while The
river is open Besiies, il will open to US
and the lake region the vast and valuable
beds OF coal near the river, for which, and
for other products Of the river region, our
own products may thus be protitably ex-
changed, making the whole much more
useful in proportion to its length and ex-
pensc. than is part of the road.
AL who have observed the progress OF
OF The work, must acknowledge the prompt
-ilsde aud energy OF The officers and moEa-
gers Of the company in pushing forward
athe work, aud the kind and accommodating
spirit evinced by all The compahy's ageuts
by which means the company IN ITS busi-
ness concerns with The people along The
line, and particularly the owners of land
cut by the road. and of stock il jured by the
cars, have all been made satisfied of the
kind Intentions Of the managers, and their
determine, iou TO do right aud justice 10 all.
This kind spirit has nearly allayed all ems
nifty to the road and its agents, and will
ever work 10 beneli,.i,he business of the
road.
i, is now evident tAa, the road is destined
M..be OF vssl benefit 10 the people tf this
County and paris adj ,cent, as we'll us prof.
Rable to The stockholders. The sIbscrip-
lion asked FOR, by enabling the company
10 complete the road To the river this tall,
~ould ben, ct both the stakeholder aud the
county, wf.hon any nyfadditlonal cosl or risk
10 either.
This is not a c .mmon case. They d.
moi now usks Us to Subscribe. TO- an uhcer-
ta!l.,,; toia work Of uncertain benefits or
trufii. lis beuefiis to the public, and prot.
lis 10 the stockholders, have both been test
ed; as also tho entire competency of The of
ficers md managers. II IL were work os
uncertainty, either in regard to. the bene-
fiis to the public, of profits 10 the co Il
pany, or of thescompetency Of lis mana.
gers, v e.migllt well hesi,nle. But NO; all