New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-22
Bay. It's northern terminus IA miles weee o' o."eo'


to the City Of Auburn, distance OF 81 mics, anu
,ha go n working condition. prior TO resumng TIE
rork on the southern division, between Auoun" GU
puecseys DEPOT where the road lntersects 'hS 'aye9
and Srscuehanua Railroad ~ nee forming ~ ii
portapt ctnp, ctous with both New ork ana una4e
,hin The rad. when completed, VIII iorul an
~nor.srt link IN our great cham of railroads, connect
W. es Il will the great Atlantic cities with the anau
ard tho northwest by the shortest route; while us
norbern terminus at Ontario Bay, promises 10 orm
the grand Western depot Tor feDsyV aniS eoai anu lux
Canadian lumber destined 10 tde-water.
The preliminary measures have been taken for the
consolidation of the Charters Valley, Hempheld,
Marietta ard Cincinnati and HlsbOro and Cincinnati
o,-.ss into one CORPORATION, under the name Of the
Ohio Valley Railroad Company
TIE North American says: This route VIII COM
mepce at Pttsburg, and follow the generai course VI
,bs Ohio distance of 60 miles, to Wheeling, where 1t
will cross BY railroad bridge, to be erected neeaf'
From Wheeling it will follow the west oank Oh tue
river 70 Marietta, distance oil 80 miles, anu .nen,
crossing the Muskingum by stupendouS railroaa
bridge now-ueary built it Will leave the oanK OF 'ne
stream, and pursue direct western toS luz OH snJ
Chlcothe cutting of the great bends OF the ONO anu
,rave,spg In it's passage the counties OF Washington
Athens. Vinton. Jackson, Ross, His hlsna Ouu'on'
Warren and Hamilton, finally terminate al Cinch n
Though at some points distant ~ miles uoiu .Ie @
=
Of sny other railway and must be ooKed 20 lot tueu
rouav facilities bv oil the cities and towns bordering
the river between Wheeling and Cincinnati.
We have no doubt that the movement no" cou'
mepced will Ultimately bring about the successful tu
sucuratiop of one OF the most Important ana po"etta
lpes of railway in the United States. AZ the cohsol
dation of the various companies when eomposc tne
Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago hsiroau nos
furnished great noIthw arm 10 our tennsy.a-
MIA Railroad enabling il to reach in that direcuon
clesr 70 Chicago SO will the Ohio Valley RAILROAD
sunplv il with a great south western arm stretching
from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati and oeyend tne ''sIi
point by mesns OF the ONO ana Mississippi nfioSs'
already in q eat part constructed all the way 10 -.
Louis The effect Of the union proposed VIII pr'cu-
cslly be- that but three companies VIII occupy 'ne
ground from Philadelphia TO ST Louis extending more
induce lem 10 make every effort to bring the travel
ana traffic from the whole intervening country 10 THIS
city. m so,;d.,on
here spoken OF may be effected and the rea'onaoe
time within which it may be completed We may s'aVe
that the Companies prop ICED 10 be embraced 10 nave
made great progress toward the contamination OF tne
several enterprises One hundred and sky miles Vi
the Marietta and Cincinnati and Hillsboro, anu twenty
two miles of the Hempfed Railroad, are now IN oEett
ton. Thirty-eight miles more of the former, which
will finish the line VI st of iretta VIII De opened to'
traffic by January. The residue OF the hempnelo oe
tween Wheeling and Washington, VIII be similarly
ready in December The Charters Valley Road, from
Washington to Pittsburgh, is nearly graded, aud can
be finished in four months. large amount OF YORK
has been done on the Marietta Road between Mareua
and Wheeling sod the whole may be put in condition
TO receive the cars by next midsummer, so that within
year from the present time the whole line may be IN
running condition Up TO the present period the total
expenditures of the four Companies may be stated as
follows: -
Marietta and Cincinnati. ............... SI11ooo
- Hhlsboro and Cincinnati. .............. lhzOtS
Hempheld.
CHARTERS Valley .................''...'' ooV'VV'
-, 80,