Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-23
OPENING OF A RAILROAD.

The city of Pittsburgh has just achieved very impor
work in the completion of the Ohio and Pennsylvania
Railroad running westwardly for distance of 1876 miles
to Crestne and traversing in its course fertile and
popuous region of Ohio Its connexions with other works
both and important and with the entire
work and its connexions Baltimore will become directly
and advantageousy united through the contemplate
ed Connelsyille railroad The Pittsburgh Gazette has
the following annunciaton on the subject;
!" This city now has railroad peculiarly its own
nearly two hundred miles long, connecting us with the
great net of railroads ramying through every part OF
the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, railroad
which WILL through all time pour the riches of the West
into lap and promote the prosperity of this city
and railroad, too which will richly reward its stock
holders paying handsome dividends and proving itself
to be among the very safest securities in the land.
But this enterprise has not been barren of other
fruits 1t has already given birth to several important
railroad projects all of which will prove Of immense
value to this city The Bellefontane and Indiana Rail
road the Ohio and Indiana Railroad the Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad and the Springfield and Mount Yer
Railroad, and two three others, all the
legitimate results of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Rail-
road. They all undertaken to connect with our
road and part of its great system of connexions
They will all be feeders it, and help to swell its golden
profits. Truly, its conception happy thought for
Pittsburgh, and its completion is bright in her
history"
From the paper copy the annexed article.
The union of Baltimore with Pittsburgh by the direct
Connesville route will open to the shortest and
quickest line of communication with Lakes Erie and
Michigan:
cit is announced by advertisement in our columns to-
day that the Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad is to be
let contractors the whole length hundred and fifty
miles, from Fort Wayne to Chicago little over six
months ago attended the Convention in the interior
Of Indiana at which the company organized Since
that time the route has been surveyed and located funds
procured right Of way obtained and now contractors
are invited present their proposals preparatory to
letting BY the close of the next year the will be
running and the direct line from Pittsburgh to Chicago
will be completed.
"The distance from Pittsburgh to Chicago by this
route win be 467 miles, as follows:
From Pittsburgh to Crestlne. miles.
From Crestne to Fort Wayne......... ..-"l31 do.
From Fort Wayne to Chicago...............l50 do.
"Ths is the shortest line that can be constructed be-
tween this city and the thriving metropolis Of the North
II is line of easy grades and large curvaures
and will have first class railroad the whole distance,
and when finished can be in from l6 to Is hours.
Being under the control Of three companies of congena
interests and hamonzng together, II will be worked TO
the greatest advantage and must be the most popular
route between the East and Chicago and Galena."
Baltimore American.