The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-08-03
Tuesday Evening, Aug. 4, isSa
HocKIso VALLEY RAILRoAD.-we have

I1OChlhH NAALEt Ae'N
had frequent occasion to call the attention
of our readers to the importance OF this
road. Recent indications would show that
it is not without its enemies, who will
leave nothing undone to throw obstacles IN
the way ofits construction. No doubt
personal interest and sectional Jealousy are
at the bottom of all this opposition. and 1t
behoves tho citizens of Hooking and Fair
field counties to rally their strength and
march to the rescue. BY united action on
the bart 81 these two counties the road can
be built from this pointto Logan. after
which no fears need be entertained of a
speedy completion down the Valley to the
Ohio river. The people of Jacksonville, or
some Of her people, have concluded that
this road cannot be CONSTRUCTED without
their consent and cooperation, and it now
remains for thecapitalists iii Hooking and
Fairfield to rely upon their own
and step forward with the determination to
complete tho road between this point and
boUan. A recent estimate shows that one
hundred thousand dollars win be amply suf-
fcicnt to prepare the road for laying down
the iron.
Shall this small sum prevent Us from Sc
curing the construction of this important
s
improvement? We hope not. Delays are
dai&eroas, and ere We are aware oft, places
Of sreater enterprise and public spirit will
whisp around Us and bear away the palm
The resources of the Valley cannot long re-
main undeveloped, and unless we take
speedy action in this matter we will have
to bear under the modification of being
oatstfipped by our more fortunate neigh
bors.
The Hooking Valley in which we reside
above every other portion of our country'ls
the peculiar field for railroads, and is des-
tined to be c~rossedby them, and re.crossed,
and checkered over with them IN every
bossible direction. The immense produc-
tons of our Valley requires this, and 1t
now only remains for lis to say whether we
are to reap the first fruits Of the enterprise
or stand back and be left behind in the
great commercial race altogether.
The ~cheapncss of a road down the Val
lev, where, too, is the greatest abundance
Of building material, and its pfoftableness
also when built, Will give it advantages
over any other route i'll the Whole country.
The railroad is the Very Improvement We
need for OUR Valley. For iron and coal
our great staples, We need transportation
at all seasons Of the year. We need speedy
Transportation, and We need transportation
tor heavy products. The railroad answers
III those condisigns. y neither drics up
freezes over nor overiows. q is attended
with fewer accidents andlosses than any
other kind Of thoroughfare. tits best fol
travel. and best for commerce; best in al
effects and influences; no other channel q
intercommdnication will compare with 1t
Heretofore, in all the history of the world
the great cities, the seats Of coT1Hicrce ant
consequently of wealth and refinement, have
been either on the banks of rivers or or thu
sea coast. Steam applied to locomotior
changes this order and builds UP empori
umsof trade and in the far in
terior,-and will for all commercial pur
poses make the whole country sea coast ant
river border.
Citizens Of Hooking and Fairfield, le
us beg Of YOU in the name of all that j
good, to step forward and lend your ma
terial aid in the construction ofthis road
1t cannot be denied but that this road i
bur only salvation, aid unless We can Sc
cure its construction we may look in val
for that prosperity which we have SO long
Earnestly and anxiously desired.
Again, citizens, let us beg Of you to loo
to your interests, the interests OF your Chi
dren and of the Hooking Valley. Belief
us, when we say that this is no childs' play
but a matter Of the greatest importance
and one that should receive yodr dndivide
attention and surplus revenue:
JuLIEN's START IN THE WoRLD.-Julie
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