The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-05-22
WA, ILL.,, SATURDAY, MAY %, 1852.

cuie the cUntr"ie Of the travel and carrjaxc Of
valuable ireights to lhls route
/ The railroads and canals hitherto constructed
to accommodate the population Of Ohm and lndl.
ana have generally north aud south direction
cn'rcctmg the icrtile central region with lhe Ohv
rlNer and Lake Erie. Within Il few year, the
importance of a more direct eastern cuinrnu.
n'ration with the seaboari has been appreciated
and several great leading lines have been pIulrc
ted To- secure lhat object That which has ma DE
most progress Is ile Ohio aud peur,sy Iyania rail.
road, commencing at Fittbmgh, and extending
we-twardly through the most fertile aud pnpu.
l"us part ul Ohio, To the new town called Crest
line, on the Columbus Cleveland Railroad Il
.tsnce -! one hundred and eighty miles From
Crrstllne railroad is com pIeicd to the city o
Cincinnati the Ohio river; anolbcr has beeI
Commenced to Fort Wayne, in Indiana, which
Will be extended to Chicago ON Lake Mich gan
another will he completed IN the coming twciy,
months tom Cresllluc, through Bcil,luiiiaine
and lndmnapis, I" Irrre lllule, on the western
boundary of the State # Indiana, n distance ui
two hundred and seventy five miles. he .x,en
SION oi tins to the city oi st Louis, on the Miss
ls>ippl, one hundred and seventy miles further
has been commenced. Oi the completion OF this
entire direct continuous railroad from Pnla!el
N l'Hl'' W ~ i'UiNt AilNtI bl I!iilt ana
.cventysx mle., within two year. there can be
no doubt The region tra,crscd by tins route /.
equal IN fertility uany portion ui the globe and
Is inhabited by people who have The sagaci,y
and enterprise to improve aud draw from it all
/ dat the bountill hand Of the Creator has dc
-lgurd for IT,
Tie OHIO and rcnns ,lvania Railroad is now
completed To Na.,illon. lU4 miles. AT Alliance
pl.Ip- pt.l,,ttyl
iaud aud Plttsbutgh Railroad, winch is compile.
ted hum that point tu Cleveland, mah ng a d.
rect Railroad cuniEunlcali-n between piu,Lurrl
and Lake Eric 40 nule. long From Cleveland
To the city Of New York, By way of the Penn.
sylyania Railroad, the distance !, now forty
les than by the New York and Erie Railroad;
and mus: Consequently command the travel from.
the wr,tcrn states to tia, great couImcr, ial cin
| porIum.
Tie Pittsburgh and StcuLcn,e l;ailuad viii
connect th, line with tie Sleubcnylle aud lndI
ana Railroad and accommodate the centre Of y.
/ hIo; whale the lIcmpirld Railroad from Green,
| burg. 80 miles east of Pittsburgh to Wheeling,
! ~iII connect It wIlh the sou hcru pnrtuu. .. thr
state Though The Mar rta, Chllc,thc aud Cucl
uau read, upon Nh,h line an uuhrohcn gauge ol
/ TRACK may be secured tu ST, Lnur- Ih,,e iJrm
/ he leading eastern communications il, Ohio. al.
read, alluded to, ana to these aud ,,p.rla lIv
/ The OhIo and Prnn.y ivinli road, all the north
aud south llEcs from Cleveland. Studusky. Lex
u-tou, Louisville, Evansville, ,vc Will hccume
/ uibuiar',. cuncculrauug he trade and travel Of
/ the great Mr-rissiPp ha,,n, and puurrg it over
the irnn-y hana l,aIlfutd ~ the mann lIuuk con.
ncotrug the cornni,rclal ana manufacturing N, er
est oi the East with the ri,h agricultural r,g ou~
Of the West
Calculations Of The ammount Of trans pnrtution
'nd travel that viii pt-sin inycr tul. great mgh
way, appear N view ui i'd Sc f,c,s. to he super
inou-. All IL rivals art inferior IN character.
more expensive To work. aud cncumbtrrd hy IL
di>popmruIi'nr dcbt Il ha-, Therefore. nu'hlnr
10 tear homIi,dlrl either ~ the norrh or the
-u"tI ami rD> bgsln",, will uuy be- hul ed hy
Dhc capacity ol Il lr,t cI.s, double track Raj
road.
In 81, present imcompl sc coud.trn i, yiciI, -
net rc',uur ii murc tIu ought per crnr upon
he capital ,Sp,udrd ~ ~ construction. and h.
attained a tonnage rIr o. ha, reached IT, wr,r,ru
terminus, nrarl. a. great a. cau be carried " ih
iicguInI'y up, ud~lu-,e rack road