The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-11-19
i13 From the Piqua Register.
THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF RAIL
ROAD LOCATION.

II wonlJ be well to have the route,
which is now proposed TO the Dayton
and Michigan Railroad Company, more
definitely described than was done yester-
day in the proceedings and resolutions OF
the Convention. Details, Of course, can
moi be given before survey had, and il
is yet uncertain whether that Company
will entertain the proposition; but as the
Convention in that event locked 10 the
possibility Of conference with other Com
panies, the matter is OF considerable in,
ieresi 10 the public TO be affected by their
proposed action.
The proposed route TO Delphos at least
would be canal route, and from thence
passing Northward would pass Kalica, the
county seat of Putnam, and would return
to the previous surveys of The Dayton
and Michigan Railroad Company at or
about Oitowa, in Putnam county, not
affecting any determination of route they
may have made or are about 10 make,
beyond Putnam county on the way to
Toledo.
On this route The Railroad would take
Piqua, Houston, Minister. Bremen, St.
MaTys, Spencer and Delphos, in iis route,
proviaus TO enierinn Pntnsm ennniy and
Of these Piqua, Minister. Bremen, 81,
Marys, Spencer and Delphos are towns
growing rapidly, commanding business
from their position on the canal, which
towns further East cannot compete with
in amount and would give 10 a Railroad
passing through them an amount Of way
trade and travel which could not be
realized from any other route through the
Miami and Maumee Valleys.
A canal will always where practicable
be the medium for the transportation oI
the heavier kinds Of goods and merch.
andse. What gives 10 railroad il,
most profitable employment? II is the
lighter kinds of merchandise and those
articles demanding speedy transportation
together with the largest amount of way
and other travel. This could be better
and more effectuully secured on this pro
ra.ed route tha any other.
In the State of New York, the Buffalo
and Albany railraad, which runs along
the line of the great New York Canal
commands. in spite of the completion o
the New York and Erie Railroad from
Dunkirk, the great amount of business
Canals and Railroads are necessary tc
each other, and are not necessarily com
petiiors, though sometimes made so, ant
will be still less so as the full develop.
ment of our country furnishes and regu
lates to each their proper objects o
transit.
The proposed route would furnish I,
the Dayton and Michigan road in grea
degrees that portion of the Indiana trave
and trade passing from Fort Wayne ant
iha, part Of the State North and South
without the creation of additional line.
and their necessary competition, through
Ar by means Of the Ohio and Indian;
Railroad, forming the Junction at Delphos
which, ii the junction is made fuube
East, will become matter Of compeii
| lion.
Finally, iis selection would uiierl,
extinguish the reasonable probability fo
tears TO come ofa rival route, and wonc
preclude. until the development of The
Northwest, years IN The fsiure, de
manded branches and connecting routes
The present establishment, Of any othe,
route. Its stock would be in consequence
more valuable, and lis advantages emf
nently greater
Such are some of the views which are
entertained by the business men Of the
Northwestern counties, and I have
thought they would not be witilou, in
te,es, TO your readers. OF course, there
are conflicting interests, but what VS.
desire is. that The Dayton and Michigan
Railroad Company will examine th.
ciaims presented, and do what in ihei
| Judgment is justice between all the
Interests in question.
| Nov. 6, 1859. J.M'K.