Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-01-16

When the enterprise Of building q city
at this point was conceived. we did be.
lisvs he, the plan was conceived Ia .
liberal spirit. wl,h the desire Of building
up : large place. hst should 90 fat a.
practicable be fsss Gom the misery Of
other manufacturing cities. We bsliev.
Cd that the chief mover In the enterprise.
whose will has 90 fer controlled the pol.
icy Of the place. had larseness Of heart
end force Of scsscity 70 lay the found.
ations Of city ia which manufactures,
commerce. labor. and the liberal arts
might flourish side by side ; . city which
By is snligb.snsd and libs1sl policy.
would like Philsdslphis, be IN eyerlas.
ting praise 10 ito fonndsr II vas not
supposed tia, the land speculstor and
the extos,ioner would 6ud countenancs
here duriag the 6rst ten years Of the city.
but Eve yesrs' time has demonstrated
dIifsren, system Of policy-one which
has made the entire population Of the
place tributary to an incorporated land.
monopolizing company, that. by success.
tIl humbussins, has brought real estate
to q price where it must long remain at
q dead stsud--ths same evil that has SO
much retarded the prosperity of other
towns along the Ohio.
The humbugging. Of which complaint
is made, consisted in holding out the
idea, and making people believe, that
the Iron Rail Road would soon connect
this place with the improvement, Of the
interior. and the great Lakes Of the
North. Then The rush Of artisans, labo.
Iers and merchants was first made for
Ironton. No one then doubted but that
in less than Ave years, the steam. char.
lets, freiyhted with.tie wealth Of the in
terror. would jostls one against another
in our streets that ere this time we
could breakfast at home. dine at Colum.
bus. and sup at Cleveland.
Tho opportunity Of making this the
shipping point of the extensive trade Of
the interior. has passed. The whole sum
} applied to the building Of the Scioto &
Hooking Valley Bail Road. that will
forever divert the greater part Of the bu.
siness Of the Interior TO other points than
this. except what was raised in Scioto
county. might just as easily have been
applied to extending the Iron Rail Road
through Jackson, Vinton, and Perry
counties, on to Newark, as it was appli'
, ed to that Railroad that is now so near
ly completed through that region.
t The only thing that now remains tc
Ironton to preserve the character and
} importance she has already acquired. i,
} to connect the Iron Rail Road with tht
) Scioto & Hooking Valley Railroad al
soon ,s practicable. The people o
} this place will find such connection
! absolutely necessary to preserve the pres
ent value Of their improved real estate
Il is worse than nonsense for the lror
Railroad to think Of running a parallel
line with the Scioto & Hooking VALLEY
Railroad.
The people must take this matter in
. hand, if they expect anything done
The prcsen. company has fully demon
, s.rated their incspaci,y as railroad Gnan
, ciers and managers. Le, this connec
ton be made as soon as the money car
, be had to do the work. Then we shall q
; once be in connection with Chillico,he
r Cincinnati, and other places whose trade
. We need. This, alone, will save re
. action, and a decline in the value o
property hereabouts.
. If the officers Of the Iron Railroad
Company, in ls49-5o, instead OF gass
. ing 50 much as they did about the prob
9 able greatness Of Ironton, and instead
s Of quietly sitting down and waiting 10
8 the wheel Of fortune TO turn up som
lucky circumstances by which the Rail
t way could be built without any effort Of
> their part, had earnestly, and in goo
i faith, gone to work, and located the line
Q and placed enough under contract il
Jackson county 70 have expended tn
Q 100000 which that county had sub
d scribed, then would Irop.on haye be
o come one Of the chief places ior com
Il merce on the Ohio river, because raid
. road from this point to Newark woul
,. have been made, and Ironton its south
y ern terminus instead Of Portsmouth.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
81 TaE Resolutions Of the Democrat
Cat. Nnnvap,son which WA 10 .daY DUt