Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-02-07
RAILWAY MATTERS.
aCi6eiilnati-s.The Coal Road.

ss'~ ~OAMcAAmathsSsHne coal ROAD
Itisgfatifyfng to know ,hailhe Chy Coun.
gil are uts Has, disposed 10 lake definite and
snselIigentIaclion in reference 10 The project.
AL rqilsoad 70 lhp coal region. A. the meet
log Of that body on, Wednesday night the
4 Ipllowing resolutions, offered by Mr.. Walk.
I Vi, were adopted: u. ~ fs'4flf'i
2ssoloedg That The Presidents Of The Ma.
y sienashUd Cincinnati ian1u,he zHillsboreugh
and Cincinpali Railroad Companies, be, each
requested TO furnish The City Council of
Ciacinnasis 4 statement showing the condi.
tiSh oia alieif respective roads in lhe follow.
HsaRfh oEmain line and branches. l.'
3. Grades and curves.
. 3. tIow4much oI the line is undercon.racl
and o, wha, price. g.. b. .<.t
4. Estimated cost Of entire line, exclusive
of cars and rolling machinery.
s. How much o( the line is finished, and
20 what points, and the amount Of earnings
oi the same. .7sa & es 'sy
.o6,gThe nearest point al which each line
strikes coal fields yielding an abundant sup.
ply of coal, ,and amount of money required
20 consWuci 10 that point, and any other in.
formation which may enable The City Council
70 determine on the probable SUCCESS of said
roads. and the proprie,y of giving aid 10 them
from The city, either conioin.ly or separately.
Resolped, That a copy Of the above res.
oluiionh be forwarded 10 The President and
DireclorsAof ihe above Railroad Companies
This is all very well so far as i, goes.
There is no doubt but that the requisite an
swers will bo forthcoming, and thai they
will embrace oil lthe favorable information
which bids for two hundred thousand dollars
would be likely to draw out. What Council
should do,,is TO ge, The facts from disn,er.
ested sources
As the Marietta company have the deepest
tn.ereslin securing Cincinnati aidIand The
smales, basis upon which to ground their
claim, il is but offering a premium for fancy
reports We know the means they have
heretofore employed to create public ser,i-
men, in favor Of their line, and 10 induce
capilulis.s 10 embark in their project, and we
have iiule faith in their sla,enen,s--al least
we have never YET seen any which are re-.
liable. Sasg 80 izp'' a'e E'5H55ta 10
Council have wi,hiniheir reach .he reports
OF surveys made on both roues, as well as
the repoik final location. Those reports
will give them the roules. and by q reference
10 the geolpgicd reporls Of Professor W. W.
i Ma.her, made some years since, they can
srrive at correc, information regarding The
coal deposits Of Southern Ohio. s In this way
facls can be elched from authentic sources,
hont -tstying upon inlormeiion which,
lfom The necessities ofthe case, mast becNe-
sided and highly colored.
IL would be- rothing more than jus, TO the
people Of this city, and would in the end be
the best economy, if Council, should engage
some competent man 10 make an exploration
Of the two routes, in order that the facts
nigh. be fully Obtained.
We have every con6dence-we know
chat lhere is bu. one side to The question:
and oil that is here needed is proper un.
derslanding of the relative merits of The TWO
routes; in order to place the Hilsbotough
route in lis true position. ...
Not only does lhe Hillsborough road pass
through the cenler Of the Jackson county
coal fields, but afler passing through Jackson
county il skirts The Pomeroy coal field as
nearly, almost, as does the Marietta road ,ha,
Of the Jackson deposit. The people of
> Meigs county, TOO, stand ready to builG their
road and have Il ready for running as soon
as The Hillsborough road is finished 10 the
poin. of intersection, thus opening up an ad.
di.ional marke. a, tho same time the Jackson
mines are accessible. About this fact no
one-not even the most reckless advocates
Of The Mariella road, can deny. For in the
construction Of The Pomeroy branch alone,
sufficient coal will have 10 be removed 10
supply The Cincinnati market for almos, a
year. .,1y' j.g...aH
The facts cannot be arrived at in the plan
proposed BY Council, with sufficient reiabii,
iiy 10 warrant the subscription, by the city
Of the amount a. lis disposal Some olhe,
more efficient method should be adopted.
The Marietta road is no coal road a. all;
so far as sitsrela.ions .o,he geological alslruc,ure
Of this State is concerned, il is grinds,one
road, and nothing nore--for il does pass
through some Of the finest grindsione quar-
Ties in the country. ~.
But The Marella road is the Philadelphia
route, and IS, controlled by The same Int1u'
.ences iha, now control The Erie troubles. |
is The inordipale selfshness OF Philadelphia
and her Jealous rivalry of New York anc
Baltimore, for the trade Of The West.
,lf Philadelphia can induce The City o
Cincinnati 10 assis, 10 building this road .t
Marietta, then by building The lirk be,weel
Marietta and Wheeling, which she is alread!
Pledged 10 do, she has route through TO 81
Louis, passing entirely north Of Cincinnali
leavinR her tributary 10 the main line, will
no facility for competition whatever. ssH
There is already in progress road from
Dayton to in,ersect this Marietta road, an
lie. the fhlsborough and Baltimore line b
once killed, and ihe game is then irreyoca
bly, In The hands OF Philadelphia. How the
will use it, let the recen. proceedings q
Erie answer.
We have few more facts in store touch
Ing this, tIia,,sr, which we hope 10 find room
for soon Gin. Unionist. q s59. A
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