Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-08-21
Will the Iron Rail Road be Completed

We feel no disposition TO press any
further structures upon the tardy and in
competent action Of the Company tina,
undertook the building Of this Railway
The paramount question with us, as it is
with every other citizen Of the place
shall the road be completed? 1t is use.
less to repeat that it was upon the faith
Of the early completion Of this work thai
Ironton has progressed SO far as it has
done this every citizen in the place
we'll knows. Yet for three years past
nothing has been done by the Company
TO extend the road. The building of ten
miles more OF Railway will connect US
with the Scio,o and Hooking Valley
Rail Road, and thereby with all Other
Rail Roads in the country. Can this
connection be made? We think it can
be done if any efficient effort is made.
We believe that more than 100000 o
stock, payable in installments, of one
two and three years, can be raised loI
the object, in this place and surround
ing country ; thea the balance. neces'
sary to complete the work, can, we be.
lieve, be raised in the East by morlga
ging the work. However, other ways
and means may be suggested, perhaps
more prudential than this; but let us
have something done. Or, if the road
is to be abandoned, and no hopes left
for the people of this place, to have a
railway connection with the Interior
let it be so understood, that none may
be deceived. This, however, is not ne
cessary. If the people Of this place
and the Furnace proprietors, will all
unite in good faith, and take hold of the
enterprise with determination that il
shall be pushed through, then in less
than eighteen months we will have c
good Railway, and the cars running te
Bloomfield. If there is not movemen
of this kind speedily made, lronton, with
its prescn, inhabitants, of more than fou
thousand, will soon (all into the cate
CORY Of cone horse" river towns, and ou
streets be over grown with dog femme
We said that we believed that at leas
100000 can be raised in this count.
by private subscription, 10 extend th'
Road. In conversation with one Of th'
public spirited men Of this place, th'
other day, who always makes good hi
word, he said that he would subscrib
one thousand dollars. Every man VIII
owns Real Estate in Ilonton, will max
money by subscribing at least one.fourl
the value Of realty. Other towns in tn
State, not possessing one.half the rea
wealth that we do, have raised for Raj
Road purposes, mo re than the amour
that is now needed to complete ou
Road.
If the road is built will it pay? w
believe it can be shown by incontestibI
facts and figures, that the stock will b
profitable.
The portion Of the rood now built, "
understand, pays something more tha
g intere st on the investment. But If I'll
!. connection was formed, the travel woul
}. be more than doubled, and large sha
u Of the manufactures Of this place, b
sides Dry Goods, Groceries, &C., wou
5, be shipped northward on this Road.
Il 1t would at once increase the value
re manufa cturers stock here more than
per cent, because commodities woul
TO great extent, seek market in Il
North. west, and would all be freight'
Va over this Road.
m Again, in a short time, the Virgin
ne and Kentucky Rail Roads will be vi
re ted at Ashland, four miles above Il
70 !. point; where we shall be connect
AL with them, then the Iron Rail Road "
form link in great connected chit