The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-09-07

Bridging on c.. w. &
Co.'s contract 81 ,OO7,357 a.
do. do. do on F., D. Co.'S 333,51O 81
For Machinery. .......... 67,638 So
For Cross-ties, &c. ...... 9,O97 80
For Engineering and Con.
tingent Expenses. 84,949 6a
Total. ............ 81 500 ,553 80
Forces, consisting Of 2l46 men and 500
horses and oxen, are now employed, by
Messrs. French, Dodge & Co., and the
energy with which their work is prosecuted,
gives every assurance thai it will be com
pleted within the contract time.
Careful surveys OF two distinct routes
have been made between Marietta and
Wheeling. resulting in the choice of a
line skirting the margin OF the Ohio-be.
ing lineally somewhat longer than direct
interior route, but in respect to grades and
cost decidedly preferable. On the 10Th
OF July. 1858, this line was placed under
contract-due notice having been given
to bidders.
To Messrs. De Graft, Brntnall, Brad
ley & Co., the first forty sections from
Marietta were awarded; the remaining
thirty-three sections of the line to Wheel
ing, have been let to Messrs. Whittemore,
Bradley & Co.. all to be completed by
September 1st, 1854.
EXTENSION TO CINCINNATI.
The difficulties attending a connection
with other roads near the city of Cincin-
natl, and Of finding suitable accommoda-
tions in that city, have induced the Board
to make persp;cuous surveys OF the sever
al routes by which an independent en-.
trance might be effected into the business
parts Of the city. @ .a
On the north and east, Cincinnati is
bounded by elevated ranges of hills, rem
dering access by suitable grades very diff
cult. Within the past year, no wever, an
enterprise of great magnitude has been
projected, and carried successfully beyond
a point where any failure can ensue.
allude to the opening of tunnel. two
miles in length, under the range of hills
north Of the city, thus providing approach
to very desirable point within the city
lines, for railroads approaching in that
direction. An alternative is thus present.
ed to the contracted ravine of the Ohio
river, already occupied by one railroad.
and densely built over for some miles in
the eastern surburbs of that emporium.
A line has been adopted, leading direct
ly from Manchester to Milford, on the Lit.
tie Miami railroad, from which either en-
trance may be commanded. The grading,
bailasting and track-laying OF
this division were placed in the hands Of
Messrs. De Graf, Brintnall, Bradley g. Co.
on the 18th of July, 1853, 10 becompleted
on the lst Of September, 1854. .lssas@
1t is true. that this western extension Of
the road, beyond a point where a oonnec,
ton with other roads has hitherto been
contemplated, involves an expenditure Of
important advantage of being able ul,i
mately to control our own business in Gin
cinnati, and Of enlisting business sympa-
thies and interests there which could not
otherwise be influenced, is an inducement
to make an extraordinary effort to accom-
plish the object. In addition to the saving
Of seven miles in distance, thus obtained
over other routes, we may then claim what
belongs to no other east and west line in
Ohio-the important advantage of con.
Meeting Cincinn ati-the great heart of the
West, by one road. under one charter and
one control, directly with the sea.board
lines terminating on the Ohio river.
A contract has been closed, with Messrs.
Cushing, Arms & Co., for all the Bridging
on the entire road; except that which is
found on the work of Messrs Gushing.
Wood g. Co., and which is now nearly
completed.
The Board are much gratiied in being
able to state, that, in all the contracts made
during the past year, they have succeeded
in enlisting the services Of parties Of the
very highest character for responsibility,
energy and punctuality; and that the prices
to be paid are entirely within the limits or
dinarily paid for similar works. This re-
suit has been secured in the face Of a de-
cided tendency 10 a heavy increase in
prices OF labor and supplies, and great
scarcity in the number Of men seeking en-
ployment. @
INCREASE OF MEANS. -
Strongly impressed with the absolute
necessity Of securing large subscription
Of the capital stock Of the Company, fur
nishing both the immediate means to meet
The large expenditures upon the road bed,
as we'll as a legitimate basis of credit for
the purchase OF the iron, and outfit of the.
road--every effort has been made for the
Of the object. and with the
most gratifying results -. =.
The manifest relationship existing be-
tween the great mountain lines, extending
from sea. board cities to the Ohio river, and
a work which, like our own, conducts these
lines directly westward, to Cincinnati, and
to other points of attracnon in the West.
inspired the hope that important aid might
be obtained in one or more Of the great
commercial marts, beyond the Alleghanies.
was, therefore, made TO the
Railroad Company through
the agency of Noah L. Wilson, Esq, for
a subscription to our Capital stock, to the
Of $75O.OOO. Mainly through the
persevering and influential efforts of that
gentleman, the stockholders Of that cor
poration authorized subscription of the
above amount, which has since been made,
and the proceeds placed at the disposal
of our Company. -
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