American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-16
CITY OF LANCASTER
Thursday Morning. Aug. Ie,ls0S
valley Rail Road.

We have deplored the apparent decline
in the interest, which, in the start, was ex-.
cited in behalf OF this Road, and Which its
pre- eminent merits SO well justified. We
: have not been insensible Of the hard and
s disastrous financial period through which
we have just passed. The strongest en-
~ terprizes h ave staggered under its embar-
rassments, and all the secondary and Incl
dental interests of the country suffered
from its stlingency. Yet, the frusahty Of
-sr our people broke is force aud greatly ale
-, yi,t,d its 81 treriiy, and the almostunparol-
teled boun'ies of rrv,, Hence, with which
: the extraordinary industry of the counn,
has been rewarded. are rapidly dissipating
its gloom. Tie collapse is over--teallh is
- restored, and we look with confidence, for
.s the ful6lment Of the duties Of its visor.
= The superior characteristics of the line
= have been ascertsined by very careful and
competent. surveys, and tbey Lave been
o. fully disclosed to the public, in the able
report Of the engineer. No inttlligen;
man now douh.s either, the comparative
superiority of the line, oris eminent local
or general valuc, contrastcd with is com
petitors. and deep and iutensc intcress'
has been awakened, in its behalf on the
y p,rt- Of the roads and the city with which
=, its alliance is PROPOSED. IS ~
ass 70 our own cilyiahd county no enter
@ prise can be more important Indeed til.
<" the only. one that need lax ourefforts. L
will furnish the valley witha power, whicl
win command and subsidEe the enterprise
and capital Of the vast and powerful sect
- ions. of tho country, whiIh, under the ar
rangements and DEGREES Of nature. are de
pendant upon its mineral wealth, for which
the rapid and accommodating progress, al
around US, is creating new aud urgent de
- mands. ..f. .-s., -s4 = 4.r -' e,
..rr These necessities will soon work out, fo
- themselves, adequate facilities. Whethe
we shall have ,onr just share in, or shal
lose, all their advantages. depends, mainly
~ upon ourselves. Strong as our position
may be, and as it undoubtedly is, it ma.
, be worse than weakened by other adjust
:, ments,to which those necessities. or the re
5uke Of inactivity. on our part, may Civ
rise. .4'rg- rat 1..-s,e 49, -a -s.,sD
We hope these suggestions will induce
= Z refeetion'on the partof those,whOarcblcss
cd with the means of doing much more, il
/, every way, than We can, in thefurtheranc
Of our public interests, andswcindulge tn
further hope, that the,rcsults of the meet
:, ing Of the Stockholders. in this city 0
,'.f the e3l instant, viii evince that the cmbal
E rassments, from which we. are rapid
>, emerging, has left us an enterprise and pub
'sH lie spirit quite adequate to cur interest
e and our obligations. sae atf@
=. % To those ends we respectfully urge afa
is6 attendance Of the stockholders, in ordS
that their decisions--if for geod-ma
Ass haVeipot only the moral influence derive
from the considerations at which we ha,
-, limited, but that they. may have the strong
: est possible numerical enforcement 80.
,--- 80. = II sg
Ess-". Allen Trimble accepts the nom
nation Of the 9th inst, - Ohio .Statesn.d
a-T.,.s Ofcourse be does. and no one expectc
~. ;.a + any thing else. We have some,four tho
&C 7. sand Americans in this county and no n
ti6eation was given them of the meeting