Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-05-17
The G.. M. 81 T. RailrOnd.

NJ. e. T. Rail Road Co., held in this place
last week it was resolved that when the road
is permanently located, it will be located on
/ the route recently surveyed by Gen. DeHdSs
/ near the village of ST. Claisville, provided
citizens OF St. Cluirsville and vicinity raise
Sl2j 900 Of stock subscription to the capital
stock Of said road, and secure the right of
way, payable in stock so far as Practicable
! The territory to raise said stock in TO be
from the wusL lne'of Richland township to
;he Ohio River. Trey further resolved to
place the Road under contract when ST..
0OO,O OF reliable stock subscriptions are
secured to the capital stock of the road.
Here then we have something definite with
regard to this rail rond. Raise the requisite
amount of stock and we get the road Me-
glcct to raise it, and be forever without n
railroad through this part Of our county. No
thing now remains then but 10 go to work
with a ~ill and the monoy can be raised..-
II is in the county, and can be appropriated
to rail road purposes without injuriug any
one.
We presume it will not be disputed that
the local trade on Rond through ~ rich a
region Of country as this one will pass, will
not only support the road but pay very
handsome dividend. There IS no, more
productive county in the State OF Ohio, nor
in the Union than that which is tapped by
this road, and if roads through less produce
tive sections can pay their expenses, and
large dividends why cannot this road be made
encc 10 the productiveness Of the region lhro'
which the road passes is not without foun.
daton we give below the amount OF some OF
the products in some of the counties. We
are not positive as 10 thu route. but think j,
passes through Belmont, Harrison, Tuscara.
was, Coshocton, Stark, Wayne and Medina
One Of these it barely toucher, bu, the 9th
crs, without exception, will be greatly benc-
fitted by it.
By iEe census OF iny we find thnt there
were in these seven counties POS ,720 acres
oI improved land capable of producing freight
, for several railroads. In those counties there
were in 1850, l53,7GS neat cattle, anG 2O7,
GIT swine. These are continually seeking a
foreign market, and the nearest and quick
est route will always be the one for the
transportation Of neat cattle and swine
There then will seek an eastern market thro
this Road. These counties produced ac-
cording to the census of 1850 2,657,659
, bushels Of Wheat, 2,I26 600 bushels OF Rye
and outs, 4,2s2 OFT bushes of Indian Corn,
4,257, 1872 pounds of Butter and Cheese, ana
1862, ,7a3 pounds Of Wool OF course the
whole of this enormous product is not con :
sumed at home; mi ch of ii seeks dist mt
market nhd it is very evident that the pro-
tuccr will seek the cheapest, and most di-
rect route to the best markets for the sale OF
his surplus products. The clip of wool is
almost all shipped for n foreign market, eve
ry ycar-much of the Wheat, the Butter and
cheese, and other products go the same way.
Let this road once DO put in running order
and it will not require any great amount ol
coaxing and argument TO show the farmer
the stock raiser nnd .he manufacturer that
> this road brings them nearer to the cities o
Baltimore and Philadelphia, the markets for
thei. produce. II the road terminates in
Bridgeport or in Wheeling lhcre we viii!
have Lthe IIcmpfeld road forming a direct
connection with Philadelphia, and the Balti-
more l. Ohio already completed and in run
ming order forming connection with Balti-
T more and the Atlantis coast.
Bring prolific region into direct com
municaton with good market where high
er prices are realized and you at once hold
out the strongest induccment to Tho produ-
Ger to increase the amount Of his products.
Thus il will be seen that il works both ways
it increases the amount of freight for the
road by inducing the producer to raise lar.
ger crops IN the nope OF higher priccs--anc
gives larger return to the turmer for his
/ labor.
The only question then s--can the mon
ey bo raised for the construction OF tho roadl
Let IA SEQ what We have to raise it lrom.--
Tho value Of the improvements and imple-
monls on the farms in the seven counties be-
fore alu ed is SI6,706,33S. This, Of course
embraces out titho of the whole wealth of
the c0unles,yet triAe more taan one fHietI
part even Of this amount would build the
road In our remarks we do not wish to be
understood al saying that all portions of these
counties will be benefited equally so far
from il. some will derive no benefit. For
instance taa southern part of Belmont, und
the central part to great extent has the
Central Ohio Road-IIarrison the Steuben-
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