Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-01-27


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To the President and Directors of the Gin
cinnali and Hilisborough Railroad Com
pdny. -.
GENTLEMEN:-Ilef llillsborouglf on the
15.h Of December. 1851, accompanied
throughout by james M. Trimble, and D.J.
Fallis, l>squirrs. and as lar as the Sco,o by
Moses Tomlinson, Esquire, all members OF
your board) for The purpose Of reconni'er.
ing lhe ground. upon the general route sug.
ges,ed for the extension OF your Railroad to
I'arkersburg, Virginia, by D. II. La,robe,
Esq, Chief Engineer o( The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company. upon the Map pre-.
par, ID under his direction. md published. To
illustrate the last annual Reporl The t,centy'
LOih) of',hat Company. i.s'u u. .E-
This Map. erhibi,ing The Railpay route
beiweem Baltimore aud 81. Louis" shows
very clearly, iha, more southern line than
,ha, originally projected for the late Cincin'
nuli and Belpre RaiIroud Company. forms
The proper extension through Southern Ohio,
of The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 10 Gin.
cinnali and ST. Louis. .
lliIisborough is puin, on this line, and
the extension Of your road the only legit-
mate link in southern Ohio. in the dirccl
chain Of Railroads, uniting 81. Louis and
Cincinnati, with the Sea, ii, Baltimore. -
A glance III the Map referred 10, prepared
by The Baltimore aud Ohiu Railroad Com.
pany, lol the information Of their stock
hoIders-will place this position beyond
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On The subject 81 this reconnoissa nee,
have now The honor 10 submit The following
REPORT
The portion Of The Liule Miami Railroad
10 be used by your Company, in entering
The city of Cincinnali, being twen.y.lhree
miles in length, from The city 10 the juno
tion al Loveland's, by the line now in use,
thereafter 10 be shortened four miles, by an
Independent line for The passenger business,
and thu, portion Of your own road west OF
tlillsborough, being ,hirly.seven miles long,
places lliIlsbororgh sixty miles distant from
Cincinnali, BY railway.
OF this sixty miles, the lwenty-hree
miles belonging 10 the LllIe Miami Rail.
road Company, have long been in success
lul operation. OF The rest, you now have
ten miles Of iron laid, continuously, east.
ward, from Loveland's, while the grading,
bridging, and other preparations, are so near
ly completed un the remainder Of the road,
that there appears 10 he no obstacle to pre-
ven, The opening Of the railway 10 HILLSIDE
rough. early in the ensuing spring-iorm-
ing, Then. o continuous railroad in operation
running out sixty miles eastward. from the
!ci.y OF Cincinnati, and worked under your
recent arrangement. by The rolling stock ol
the Liue Mi uni R,irbal Company.
East Of iilllsborough, you have fourteen
miles under contract, and basis OF stock
already subscribed, nearly sufficient TO as.
sure the Completion Of the railroad up to
The town Of Bainbridgt, in Ross county
eighty miles eastward from Cincinnati.
/ The location being already determined
up 10 poin. near Baiobridge-,ho recon
Nuisance Of The country was taken uI
there. and extending eastvard, our descrip
lon Of The ground will, naturally, follow
The same course.
The route explored leaves Paint Valley
by The Sulphur Lick Branch. by the side
| slopes Of which, aud Il prolonged grade. IN,
/ Pee Pee summit may be gained.
This is the highest and most difiicul
; summit 10 reach, which will have 10 be en-
counlered on The entire line to Parkersburg
II will require some five or six miles OF mod
rralrly heavy work, buI may be Surmountet
' Without auy extraordinary works Of engi
nccring.
y The Pee Zee summit is about nine mill,
eastward OF Bainbridee, eighty nine mile
I from CINCINNATI. and The grade level is esli
mated III iwo hundred aud sew MY five iee
: above PAM Valley. requirEg u continuous
grade Of five and hall miles, al fiiy fee
per mile, 10 overcome il. ..s G.a
! From This summit, for (orty.four mile
i Continuously eastward, as far as the Key
s,one Furnace, on the Little Raccoon, sue
;, ces,ion of favorable valleys, with easy di
vIding grounds. may be availed Of, laying il
: u good general direction, and prespn,n
great lacii,ies, lor The construction Of firs
y class railway. With The single exceptio
y Of the passage Of The Scio,o, (Which, will
of course, require n considerable bridge
and heavy enbankmsDIs, this lorIY-lou
: miles Of line may be laid upon ground eve
more favorable Than lhaI afforded by Ih
country between ililsborough and Bar
D. bridge.
\. The writer was agreeeably disappointe
~ in this portion of The route, having been le
"A 10 place some confidence in The often n
II, peuied statement, ihul This district of cuuI
nd Try was very hilly, and entirely lmpract
M cable for railway line.
= Our examination made It evident III
these confident assertions had been promp
\ ed less by a regard for truth, than for II
promotion Of adverse interests. Hills d
= = indeed, exist, but the beautiful inierVenir
Ts valleys render il unnecessary 10 encount
lis them with a railway line.
wv From the summit at The source of P,
al Pee creek, The line explored descends Il
favorable valley Of that stream, crosses II
- Ohio Sale Canal, the Pee Pee Prairie, al
~ ~ passes The Sciolo, al The old Scrgean, Mi
oh half way between Plke.on lhe county Sc
he Of Pike Counly,) and the Town Of Waverl
about Two miles from each.
las Taking advantage oil favorable hollo
we propose 10 ascend here, 10 The fiat Ian
= eas, Of The Sciolo. and crossing them,
'Il ';n gain the gently sloping ground nor.h Of b.
Of yer creek. .as
md Ascending the norh side Of The gen