Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-01-13


r creek, at the western end of line No. ]
In both cases the very decided advan
, tages for the local traffic in minerals
should yield to the major consideration
of public utility and greater ultimate
r profit. Not more than a third of the
revenue of this road could possibly be
derived from the mineral resources o.
the country, great as they are. l =
i. Engines of slow speed, and Of power
capable of overcoming a sleeper bui
more economical system of grades,
would be the most suitable arrangement
for this interest II is expedient for the
company to construct, on route No. 2,
a branch of their road with grades -ol
52.8 feet per mile. facing west, and 70
feet per mile facing east. Such road
could be made at cost approaching that
of the cheapest portion of line No. l.
about $4,000 per mile. An attempt to
reduce the undulating surface of route
No. 2 to the limits in grade assumed for
route No. /. (31.68 feet per mile facing
west. and 1924 facing east,) would
make the cost approximate that of the
last division of No. /, which route No.
2 much resembles in character-that is,
about $4,000 per mile.
An endeavor, on the other hand, TO
pass the stream Of travel from west to
east, over road with second class graz
dients, would leopard the success OF the
whole enterprise, by conceding to north
ern lines that great superiority in grade
which line No. would present in con-
nection with the Virginia Central rail-
road at Point Pleasant. 81 -G
Such considerations should occasion a
decided preference for the Centreville
route No. 1. .......-... ..r..
That route, moreover, passes over
better agricultural region, capable of
supporting d larger population.
A deviation from route No. | was al
so reconnoitred, passing Barren ridge
more northerly, and uniting with route
No 2 near Vinton. M .
This route, though seeming TO be
shorter on the map. besides presenting a
very difficult crossing of Barren ridge,
has four additional SUBMITS, and is be-
sides encumbered with all the objections
to route No 2. ..-
With exception. then, Of the Rodney
deviation. OF which would recommend
the survey at once, and of the survey
beyond Jackson Of the South fork of
Salt creek, the line which | have ap
proximate!y located is the best 1t has
already been briefly described. A more
detailed description is precluded by the
profiIes, map and estimates. These
show the limits in grade--6 per 1000
on gradients facing westward, and 8 per
1000 on those facing eastward, the lim-
iting radius of curvature being 1910
feet.
No railroad in Ohio, with which it can
possibly compete. possesses such COM
bination in grade and directness; nor do
any of the proposed extensions of any
Ohio line through the more northern
parts of Virginia, through Maryland or
Pennsylvania, offer such inducements TO
railway travellers as will be done by your
road and the Virginia Central in con.
nection. None Of them will bear com
parison in grade, nor consequently in
equated distance, or, what is equivalent,
in the time of transit. |
Before proceeding TO give you the es
innate OF cost, will show, as succinctly
as can, the most important connec-
tons which the execution of your road
will effect, and what will be its probable
influence on the course Of trade. 4
1. At 80 miles from Gallipolis it will
connect with the Scioto and Hooking
valley railroad, already graded from
Portsmouth 10 Jackson. and partly in
use. This railroad is Immediately TO be
extended TO Newark, whence, By the
Mansfield and Sandusky railroad, the
distance to Sandusky city, on Lake Erie, !
will be from Gallipolis 998 miles.
2. At jackson, 81 miles from CALI
polls, your road will unite with most
important work--the Cincinnati, Hills.
borough and Parkersburg railroad. Be
tween Hillsborough and Cincinnati. a
shorter line will be obtained by pro-
posed alteration, and the distance will
be: .f ~. ia-..-.. ...t a-.... !
From Gallipolis to Cincin- sii m i
natl, Tslb 81 nsI 145 miles,
And from GaIlipolis TO ST. sf, arll
Louis, .!moa -v,. 475 miles.
"A further shortening of distance may
be eventually expected by short line
extending from, the Grassy fork of
Symmes, up to the Rocky fork, north
of Oak, Hill, to connection with the
Hillsborough railroad west of Jackson.
The distances via the Hillsborough |
railroad from GallipoIis will then be.
! To Baltimore, 480 miles.
To Cincinnati, l4s miles,
8. At Byers, on Pigeon creek, orrath.
er, as l should prefer. at the forks of
Salt creek, connection will be made
with another great artery of Ohio-the
Marietta and Cincinnati railroad. This
will not only afford additional means of
reaching Cincinnati and Baltimore, but
is the key 10 the whole interior COM
merce and travelling of the state. ~
The proposed extension Of this road
TO Columbus will give connection.
through the Columbus and Xenia rail-
road, thence through Dayton, with the
Indiana Central and all other railroads
in lndiana-also hv the Colunbua and