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

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near lis mnciionswith heo Ohm. md gaininp
The settlement. Of Beurs i'm Ohio. lopnosi,e
10 Porkersburo in Virdin q. lin an estimated
distance Of ll0 miles afom Bainbridpe. u
100 miles from Cincihns,i ilas fi6'Q
Or we NAV l,nadifyhhis line from the
mouth of Four Mile riih. bt ascending ,he
main IIncLhockino ., u .,r, ,d;s,oacs 20 NJ.
Prices unce. and. ,belIea,, Nv skunk and
Sawyer,s runs. TO NEE, four lo Ilofner iine.sa
The mouth ofr,he iLinls| Ioellhoal,iaa "a
This rou,e nav nosslblg & 4 n &, &. {. &
The o,her route. diya.| ..... ..... .'...
on ,he cas-, fork ofg SIN .'vs.. 01.. i,
s,er's saw mill. descend ,lIe cas-, fork 10
Adams mill. and thence bs about five miles
of heavy graduation. I'd ,he Ohio liver, q
little aboys the mouth 81 Shade river. oppo.
size MurraysyiIe. in. Vifoinia. and one, Of
The bes, points which can lbe found for cross.
inc The Ohio. by bridud Of such character
ns no, 10 in,erc,re with M nayioa,ionl. 07i'e
From Morraysvlle. Nd propose 10 ascend
the Ohio rvet bottoms, ol ,he Virginia side.
TO Parkersburg, total dls;pnce estimated by
this route of 'll5 miles fran Bainbridge, or
1874 miles from Cincinnat $780, a..
The line crossing inie Virginia at the
mouth of Shade river, as we'll as that run
ming up the Ohio side. eath presen, advan-
Iages not common tobo,h these alternative
lines should bolh be surveyed whenever an
instrumental examination IS made, and The
ul,mat, adoption OF tho rohle, decided only.
after previous consulta;iontwith ali the lead
ing interests involved. 9ta 90 S@,A
The main drainage Of tiIe country crossed
by our railroad route, bein9 norh and south,
while our direction is easl md west, il is ev-
ident tina, we must seek connecting valleys,
with low SUBMITS, and pursiie them with our
line, ascending and descend ting, as occasion
may require, NJ ng.1 .b.
Our line iu this respect Nill be similar to
the Ohm and Mississippi Railway. Of which
we shall form the connecsing link with Bal.
timore. sl.w ys6t2s fa " -au
i. fortunately, these valley exist, and may
readily be connected byA good railroad
grade, while the summii4 10 be passed,
though numerous are low; nd the aggregate
ascent, and descent, moderAie. 1t will moi
iprobably be necessary to epploy upon any
part of this route maximuh gradien, high
er Than 80 leel 10 the mile or minimum
radius Of less than 1146 itet--lhese have
been already used west Hiilsborough
ana wi'hln these vef'icaithnd horizontal
limits, u is believed, the tpun,ry may be
successfully crossed. 6,.s.i,., s,s.,
we recur now % me 'mfes,ant approach
maze oy our explored 'ine 70 'ne ohio river
at pomero,y. @ slt
ny slde iine at THIS place ABOUT 'wc
miles long we gam a connection at once
win Inc river, ana thls important business
point - . -,
Including the side llne' this requires bu
II miles Of railway 10 oe provided tor, cas-
OF Bainbridge, to meet the river here.
Pomeroy IS by the river about ~ miles
from Parkersburg' which can be run al al
navigable seasons in six hours, averagt
time, while the railway time from Pomero.
10 ParkersSlrg, would be about one hour ant
a duar,er. "
! bv ,emporarily using the river. there.c.,,re
for he 10 miles between these noin,s. W.
shall have through line within five hour,
l,;,ne nc oood nc we .con mak. !, and viii
rho Ions, oossibls lenc,h or new RAILWAY I,
nrov;de for immedio,eiv =
ITnon rsoching pnnsrov We c,r ,ben of
co,d 10 nanss md use ,be river temnorarjIv
Cor ,ba ,nrnuoh line mill ,he rec,in,s an(