The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-08-04
From the Statesman and Democrat
Toledo and Indianapolis Railroad Iriia
ptovements in Northwestern Ohio.


Toledo and indianapolis Railroad Iris
ptovements in Northwestern Ohio.
On Wednesday, June %, tho FIST am
nupl meeting Of the stockholders of The
Toledo and indianapolis Railroad was
held al Delphos, Allen county. and -tho
following gentlemen elected Directors:
M, Johnson, Toledo; T. J. Lye, Jr.,
Delphos; H.-J. Boehmer, Fort Jennings;
DR.. G. M, Godfrey, Kalida; A. J. Field,
w. II. RAYMOND, C.B PnILLIpS, and H.
II, DoDD, Toledo; and ]. PURDY, Mans
field. A! subsequent meeting of The
Directors, Fl. II Dodd was elected Pres-
dent, and g. Nj. GuDFREY Vice President
OF the Company. The Chief Engineer,
Horace Harding, made a very able ard
satisfactory report, synopsis Of which
we shall ba glad to give, when we receive
a printed copy. From it, We learned
Tint the whole length Of the route, from
the point of its intersection with the
Maumee ValleyQroad, near Waterville, to
the State line, is 81 miles, d, fl citing
only three and oneslhird miles from q
straight line. The points on the Ohio
portion Of ,he road, west Of Toledo, are
Gilead, Medary, Kalida, Fort Jennings.
Delphos and Shanesyille, in,ersecting the
State line at the point where the Cleve-
land and ST. Louis Railroad crosses. Al
Muncie, a i miles from this point, i, con-
meets with the indianapolis and Belle-
foniune Railroad, making the whole dis.
tance between Toledo and Indianapolis
1876 miles.
This road, when built. will connect
indianapolis, which has become the
greatest Railroad centre Of any inland
town in the West, by much the shortest
and most direct route with the Lakes;
and, by way of Detroit and the Canada
route, with New York and Boston. In
Ohio, the route west of the Maumee
river TO the State line, will pass through
region which is now comparatively a
Wilderness, bu, a. country Of us good
natural agricultural rssourcesas the dellas
Of the Mississippi. ~ rts8 7s
. The RaiIfoad system is havinga magi.
cal effrctupon this iulerestiDg region of
the State. Two parallel lines from 1fo-
ledo west through the northern tier of
counties will soon he completed; one
line, (the Dayton and Mlchigan,) frun
Perfysburgh southwest, isunder contract;
one, we believe, from Tiffina to Fon
Wayne, is soon TO be pnt under contract,
and the cars on the Ohio and Indiana
road already run to Delphos, and will
reach the town oil Van Wet,,a few miles
from tie wesern limit of the Stale, about
The 10 b or l2lh Of The present month";
Very sqon the iron ho:se will traverse
every point Of the compass through the
BLACK Swamp" Ones feet oc the Rail.
road system will be tn DRAIN THE WHOLE
COUNTRY, and this alone viii enhance HE
value of the lands nj least twenty per
crut. Within very few years, the Nurih-
ives, will be thoroughly redeemed from
lis wilderness condition, and wiIlsexhibt
a population, phalanx Of Democratic
voters. and lax duplicate greater than
some of the present entire States of the
Union. l. has already made eondeIful
strides within the las! few years. AS a
single instance, ,3the site Of the nwr of,
Delphos, which, in lSl3 was ali unbrok II,
forest, now, contains population OF ut
least fifteen hundred, and surrounded by
well-tillcd aud productive farms. i then
Ercquired full three days hard labor for
man and horse (wagons or carriages were,
out Of the question: 10 reach lhni'neigh-
bprhood from the Capital The locomo-
tives will no,r rush you through in seven
hours. These are among the rapid
changes that greeted us 2ona sHyiI G
visit" TO Delphos on Wednesday LAST
but the end is no, yet. The Northwest
is just upon the threshold of the develop
ment Of its vast power and resources.
As one Of the old pioneers oi NnrIh-
WI stern Ohio, we rejoice in the prospect
Of the speedy dawn of the sgood time"
which is soon TO reward the children Of
f that late Wilderness. &s4 }'-r