The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-03-08
fnANKLHN AND wAnREN on n. Y.
AND GREAT WESTERN RAIL ROAD.

Of ,be President and Chief Enc;beer of
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room 'a mls week paPef-'opuoisn mem
enure. we give below a lev extracts
from the Presidents Report, and shall
publish The whole Of The Rebo{, az ,he
ch;ar I;
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"on :. Vis en'erP'lse .nis COMPANY mas
= Smarter o. me most noerai cnarac'er-
enuIey reeu rom .nose fes'rlcuse emoarr
tass'nen's wnich clog me movements .,
olgan'LaUoGs o. = more recen' ua'e anu
~ orgsnlzauoh having oeen competed
previous y sne auoPVon ol we new con
u:uuon, rel'sves y apoge.ner irom we
a'"sen' leg"lahonS wn,cn was 'nough'
neoe'sa1y " auSP. ~ na' mslumen.I
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'r'"s ~ 'au mu,..uua' naoriy,
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A, 1resen, ibe bo,,i nronoses u locate
,bo rosd from ] min, II H. sa.,s,n l;ns
or ,he S,a,e ~ nbio nor,h.e.s, nrdWar-
rem. Trumbull county. 10 DAYTON. making
Warren. m The above county. W;ndham
Raysnn, and Franklin' IN Po,,oos conn.
". Tallmadoe and Akron. in Snmmi,
c[onnly, W.5swo r,b in Nedina conn,v
Bridgepor, and West Salem. n Wayns
county. POLK and Ashland. in Ashland
county. Cres,ine and Gallon. IN Crpwford
county. Marion. in Marion ~eoun,v. Ricb.
wood. in Union county. and Utbsna and
Y visburp. in Cbamnaion comfy. noin,s
on The line, passing through and securing
The trade and traffic Of ali lie imnor,an,
business points in thirteen Of M mos,
productive counties in the Stale ne 40.
e~rcGate productions Of which exceed he
general average Of The Slate more ,ban
thirty. five nef cent. IN domes,ic an;mals
and tbir,v ner cent, in wbe., which I.s,
h, The wav. Il mn ;rcons;dsroblo he
when we consider ihs fac, ina, 6b;o 4 N,
creates, wheat crowino S,s,e NJ ,bs uD;nD
and furn;shes more ~ ,bs MAI lor II,
s,ao- of life FIR the New Vol 1nd u
Erol,nJ exnor, tad ,h.n at d. o,ho,
S,aI,s Of he Ifn;on NdT
Tbs ,,wn nj Arc, alma m,rrc,
Iuring The mas, season ons hnnJrsJ auJ
rioh,v ,bousand b.rreIs If ANN n, .L;n
mani, n,,;nr ,ba s,n,a no,;,J AZ,
housand barrels were mann,r,nroJ !, n,
VILLAGE Of franklin. With ibis new mean,
If transit. durino Tho v,n,er months an,
,he increasing nrosnc,i,v Of tho cnnn,,u
the o~uanIiiy manuG,c,nred would nnJoul,
sdIv he increased ono hurd,oJ No., oso,
RssiJes The ;mmenss l;rs .,dcs ,r.d,
and wbea, traffic. your line cmb,acss n,
entire bu,ler and cheese nrodnc,;ons of n,
Western Reserve which are ,lso ;mms,.o
%giving those .nerishable articles . r,n;,
!, iransI, 10 their oa,ural markets wbe,bs
|, destined 10 a southern or eastern marke,
In regard 10 The local passenger bps;
ness along the line. correct conclusion,
NAV be drawn BY comparison /: The nopu
lalion per square mile will reach some
Thing more Than ,hiriv per cenl. above N,
average of the Slnte. As for the ihrouoI
passenger business, il embraces The Essi
and The GREAT Wgsr. and your road NAV
therefore be alphabetically denominated III,
ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN Ran.
way.
Among The mulli,udinou, nroiec,. al
this railway age, there is none which
makes a show of comparison win ri,
line, il we except tina, known as he Laks
Shore Road, the termini Of which are
Cleveland and Erie. RI, lbis ,bs bss,
paying road within the borders Of our
State, sinks into comparative insigni6cancs
when compared with The immense advan.
,apes of The line INV under considsr1non
THE objects Of this line are simil,r n
those Of the Lake Shore Road /; but lis
advantages are immeasurably superior,
The Lake Shore Road will necessarily
command a very limited local trade. while
the Franklin and Warren runs through a
rich and highly cultivated country, whose
local business would alone fully Justify lis
construction wilhou, any reference What.
ever to the immense business il mus. com
mand at either end Of The line. N
10 substaniia,e the general position
herein assumed, and The great advantage.