Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-06-27
Prom the Athens Messenger,
Hooking Valley Railroad.

VI b y r. II
To the President ofthe Columbus and
Hooking Valley Railroad Company:
SiR--A. your raques, have besn through
the entire line Of the Columbus and Hook.
ing Valley Railroad, land will endeavor to
embody nv sentiments and .he prospects Of
The road in as Short manneras possible,
and hope this course viii prove Satisfactory
10 you and the stockholders. A sta,emen,
has been requested BY many along the line
as 10 the object and intention Of the Valley
Road.
The first design was simply TO. commence
at Columbus. and pass through ihe Hooking
Valley and connect 81 or-hear Athens win
The Marietta and Cincinnati Road. Since
then the road has been considered the great
highway from Baltimore 10 Chicago, and
also the grea, leading road from Baltimore
TO Central Ohio. Tie Company has been
organized and some S24O 900 in local sub
scrip,ions have been made, and an engage
ment made with the celebrated Engineer,
Latrobe. to survey, plat and estimate The
cost oil The line. The Engineers have been
operating for sometime between Lancaster
and the Ohio River. The lire has been
unanimously agreed upon between l.ancas.
ter and Nelsonvile. No stock as ye, has
been taken west OF Lancaster or east Of Mel
sonville-,herefore we seek an ou,le, from
that point 10 the Ohio, through the bes, chan
mel for the interest Of The Road. E
| We call upon The Board Of Directors o
the Marietta and Cincinnati Company for o
proposition TO run branch road from
Athens 10 Nelsonville--also upon the CHI.
zens Of Ames, Chauncy. Millfel6, and the
interests east OF Jacksonville, 10 see what sub.
scriplions, right of way &c., can be OBJ
lained TO secure connection a, Big Rim
with the M. & c. Road--also the city o
Baltimore and the Baltimore and Ohio Road
to ascertain what they will do TO meet US a
Jacksonville, via Parkersburgh.
There will be meeting called al Nelson,
Vile when the Engineers reach ,ha. poin
to receive oil propositions for continuation
Of The road eastward.
am constrained to ask some questions
Mr. President for The in,eres. Of all. Mr.
Larobe is represented along the line al
being hostile 10 any route except such a.
will sui. the entire interests OF Baltimore
and .ha, TOO independent Of all other Rail
roads. This is the understanding Of men o
Influence. canno, believe that Mr.. La
,robe, The King Of Engineers, who has scaled
the mountains Of the cas-, with his lrol
horse, and who has guided the iron mons,e
through the gentle glade Of the mountain
lsde 10 The beautiful plains Of The might.
west, could be. governed by such motions, o
THAT he could have known The spirit Of tn
Athenians some fifteen years ago when
was Difficult, 10 raise funds and. energ,
enough to bridge the Hooking or 10 build
saw.mill. Where now is The energy OF he
citizens that laid dormant so many years?-
Her citizens have become aroused from ,hei
s!umbers, and through their lndela,igabl
exeriions the Marietta and Cincinnati Road
one Of the greatest works Of the day owes it
existence.
| Now, fellow citizens, if our road will b
any advantage to her, le, us give her thu
advantage either a, Athens or Ames, an
we can all reach the Baltimore Road
through lie Independence Virginia Road
some miles nearer than by way Of Parkers
bulgh,
Papers along the line will please copy.
Yours &c., J. F.S.
Nelsonvlle, June 8, 1854.