Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-08-14
From the Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad Company

The first step under the consolidation OF
the o. d r., O. IL L., and f. ". IL c. Rail
road Companies, was made in the election
of a Board of Directors of the consolidat-
ed road. As individuaities these companies
have ceased to exist, and are now merged
in one grand corporation. constituting the
largest Railroad organizations in the Tn
ion.
The advantages which will accrue to
Pittsburgh and to Pennsylvania from this
consolidation are too apparent to require
much argument. The Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne and Chicago railroad will extend on
the most direct and eligible route distance
of 100 miles. The three roads that compose
the consolidated road, are the Ohio and
Pennsylvania road from Pittsburg to Crest
line. Ohio, distance of 1877 miles: the Ohio
and Indiana road, from Crcsiline to Fort
Wayne, Indiana, distance of l3l miles:
ard the Fort Wayne IL Chicago road. from
Fort Wayne to Chicago, distance of 147
miles. All these roads are of uniform euage.
4 fee; ID inches, and 333 miles of the 465
are completed, and in operation, leaving
l27 miles of the Fort WAYNE and Chicago
road to be finished. The united line occu-
pies position rich in all the elements of a
great local business, and in grades and align
ment. and faculties for speed, safety and
economy of operation, il is no: excellcd if
equalled, by any line of corresponding in
tcrest in this country
OF the important points through which
the line passes we may cnumerate Beaver,
Rochester and New Brighton, in Pennsvl-
vania: Salem, Alliance, Canton, Massillon,
Wooster. Mansfield, Crcstline, Bucvrus.
Forest, Lima, Upper Sanduskv, Dephos
and Van Vert, in Ohio; and Fort Wayne,
Columbia, Warsaw, Plymouth and Valpa-
raise, in Indiana; thirteen of which are
county seats, and all important and thriving
towns, and respectively centers of trade for
the section OF country surrounding them,
thus insurin9 TO the road an immense local
business.
The consolidated road is highly favored
in its intersections, which are as follows
The Cleveland and Pittsburg road at Ali
ance, the Cleveland, GAINESVILLE and Cincin-
natl road at Orrvile, the Springfield, Mount
Vernon and Pittsburg road ut Lakeville.
the Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark road
at Mans field, the Cleveland, Columbus and
Cincinnati road, and Belfountainc and In
diana road, at Crestins, the Mad River and
Lake Erie road at Forest. the DAYTON and
Michigan road at Lima, the Lake Erie,
Wabash and St. Louis road ut Fort Wayne.
the Cincinnati, Peru and Chicago road at
Plymouth. and the New Albany and Salem
road, and the Joliet cutoff of the Chicago
and Rock Island road between Plymouth
and the State line of Indiana and illinois.
The consummation Of the consolidation
ensure unity of interest and policy in
the operations of the entire line Of railroad
from Philadelphia in Chicago, distance
318 miles. There will be but one break
of guage on the whole line, viz; at Pitts
burg. and all its practical Inconvenience
will be removed as soon as the Allegheny
bridge is completed, which will be at an
early day.
The consolidation consummated. We shall
look for an early completion Of the line,
and consequent results, the value and i'm
portance of which will, we trust, prove
greater than the most sanguine now antic-
lpate.