Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-13
To the Stockholders Of the Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh KatlrOa1
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The President and Directors submit the
following sts,emen: Of their operations
since their last Eepost together with o no
tice of the present condition Of the enter
prise which they have ia hand.
They are happy to be able q. cengratu.
late the friends Of the. enterprise with the
generally prosperous and promising state
Of the work. The principal drawback TO-
this congratulation IS in tie delay in the
expected completion of a aconsiderable por-
tion of the road. The occasions Of this
delay are chiefly to be found III the ineRs-
cheney of sub contra ctors in the early psst
of the season, and in the scarcity Of labos-
ers subsequently,. In other respects the
work has been carried forward with vigor
and with success
In the course of the present month tho
laying of the track will probably be COM
pleted from Cleveland to RaVenna. This
will open a considerable portion of the road
for operation, and the company will begin
to reap the fruits of their enterprise. The
grading and masonry on The remaining por-
ton of the line and the provisions for the
superstructure are SO far advanced that
the residue will be completed to the
Ohio River in September next.
& Through rare coincidence of favorable
sta les in the money market and in the iron
trade, contracts for the rails for ironing the
entire road have been effected at very ad-
vantageous rates. The whole amount has
been purchased and paid for; and, with The
exception of what will be necessary to re-
place single cargo, which was lost, under
however an ample insurance, has all been
landed at Montreal The cost when de.
livered at Cleveland, including transport
alton and duties, will not exceed forty dol.
lars per nett ton, The whole Of the iron
was manufactured after a pattern furnish.
by the company and under an authorized
inspector. In beauty an strength Of pat
tern as well rs in quality of the material, it
is believed, the rail is not surpassed BY
any that has been laid on any work in the
country. Of the twenty-four thousand
rails delivered at Cleveland not o defect.
i've bar has been detected. This ackrowl-
edgement is but due to the establishments
by whom the iron was manufactured. that
of Crowshay and that at Colebrookdale,
although such an acknowledgement can
add lie to the reputation these companies
have hitherto borne as two of the best in
Great Britain.
Altogether the Board feel lawful pride
in the conviction that in the entire construc.
ton of the road, in the materials as ia the
work and the equipments, their work will
rank with the first in the country.
Spacious depot grounds have been pro-
cured both on the lake shore and on the
table lands in Cleveland, and at an points
where needed on the lire, at cost to the
company usually low. ..'s.s.'s .,..'s
The requisite buildings for passenger and
freight station, wood and water accommo.
dations, car houses, repair shops, de-, have
been prepared, or are in progress, at Cleve.
land Bedford, Hudson and Ravenna, 80 far
as present exigencies demand Others will
be added as they shall be needed.
Six Locomotives have been procured,
Two of which. of twenty-five tons weight,
are from the Taunton manufacturing com.
pany and are of character which will sus.
tain the high reputation Of that company's
as unexcelled BY any other;
two, also of the first class and, Of the same
weight, will be delivered in the spring, by
he Cuyahoga Steam Engine Company;
and the remaining two Of less power were
at second hand, and have been
lsed in the distribution of iron and other
of construction.
Three first class coaches hsYs Been re,