Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-06-11

from Rochester.
|, 4. At Orrvilie, 12s miles from Pitts
burgh, the Cleveland. GAINESVILLE and Gin
cinnati Road, constructed from Hudson to
Alillersburgh, 81 miles, and destined to a
connection with the Cincinnati, Whining
ton and GAINESVILLE Road at GAINESVILLE
3. At Lakevlle, l49 miles from Pitts
burgh, the Springfield Mount Vernon and
Pittsburgh Railroad, line of lis miles,
intended to form more direct route from
Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, over part OF the
Pittsburgh. FIT Wayne and Chicago Road,
than the route via Crestline and Columbus.
This line is completed from Springfield to
Delaware, 40 miles. and will soon be ex-
tended to LakeviIle, 65 miles, passing
through one of the best agricultural and
stock-grcwing regions in Ohio. 1t will be
an important feeder to the trunk line.
6. 1T Mansfield, ia miles west of Pitts
burgh, the Sandusky, Mansfield and New
ark Road, extending from Newark at the
junction of the Ohio Central, and Steu-
benville, and Indiana Road, to Sandusky
on Lake Erie, ll5 miles. This line is an
important connection, as being part of the
shortest route by which the business of the
Baltimore and Ohio Road, passing to and
from its terminus at Wheeling can reach
the Northwest, over the Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Road 1t also offers
a good route between Pittsburgh and San
dusky, Toledo, Detroit, dc.
Z. 1t Cresdine, 49, miles west Of Pitts
burgh, with the Cleveland, Columbus and
i Cincinnati Railroad, extending from Cleve-
land to Columbus, l35 miles, and by con
Meeting lines to Cincinnati This is the
most important lateral connection OF the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Road By ii the road becomes, for 27S
miles, from Crestlinc to Chicago, part of a
through route. of uniform guage, from
Chicago to Cleveland, 353 miles, and to
Buffalo $50 miles; thus placing the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Road in
as favorable a position, for 27S miles, as
any of the more northern lines for Cleve-
land and Buffalo business and for New
York and New England business, passing
over either the New York and Erie or
New York Central lines, to and from Chi
cago. Amicable relations exist between
the Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati,
AMI Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Road; and so so soon as the latter road is
opened to Chicago, a new route will be in
augurated from Chicago to Cleveland and
Buffalo, which, in time and efficiency OF
operation, will be second 10 none other.
: s. As connection at Crestline, may be
included the Bellefontaine and Indiana, or
indianapolis, Cleveland and Pittsburgh
line, connecting at Gallon, four miles from
Crestline. with the Cleveland, Columbus
and Cincinnati Road, and extending to In
dianapolis. 206 miles. This line, in con-
nection with the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
and Chicago Road, offers a popular and fa-
vori.e route from Pittsburgh to ST. Louis,
via indianapolis and Terre Haute, with a
distance of 554 miles.
8. At Forrest 22S miles west Of Pitts
burgh, the Mad River and Lake Erie Road,
extending from Sandusky, on Lake Erie, TO
Dayton, a distance Of 153 miles, and
thence by the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton Road, to Cincinnati, 60 miles fur
ther This connection is of value, both for
East and West busincss--east from Pitts
burgh and intermediate points TO Dayton,
Springfield, Cincinnati, DC, and west from
Chicago and intermediate points to Day
ton, dc.
10. At Lima, 259 miles west of Pitts
burgh, the Dayton and Michigan Road,
projected from Dayton to Toledo, and in
operation from Dayton to Sydney, 40
miles, and expected soon to be opened to
Lima. This is a valuable connection for
business between Cincinnati, Dayton, DC,
and Chicago offering a shorter route than
by Forrest
I IL. At Fort Wcyne, SIS miles west of
Pittsburgh, the Tolelo, Wabash and Yves :
tern road. This, next to the Cleveland,
Columbus and Cincincinnati road, is the
most important connection betwecn Pitts
burgh and Chicago. 1t makes the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago road for
31S miles, part Of the shortest and best
route from New York, Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh to the Upper Wabash Valley,
with all its important towns--Peru, Lo-
gansport, Lafayette. Attica, DC. and TO
Central Illinois, with its towns--Danville,
Springfield, Decatur, DC; and, with some
increase of distance, offers highly favora-
bic route to St. Louis--the difference in dis
tance being. via Decatur and Pana, but Id
miles; via Tolono and Mattoon, but 16
miles; aud via Springfield and Alton. but
"a miles. between the Fort Wayne route
and that via Indianapolis.
By this connention route is also made
from Toledo to Chicago, of but 24l miles,
147 of which arc over the Pittsburgh, FIT
Wayne and Chicago road, and 81 over the
Toledo, Wabash and Western road.
The chief disadvantage attending this
connection at Fort Wayne, is the change of
guage--that of the Toledo, Wabash and
| Western, being 4 feet s I-2 inches, while
the other is Of feet 10 inches; but the same
disadvantage attaches to the Southern
route via Indianapolis. and to the still
more southern route, via the Ohio and Mis-
sissipri road.
Two lines are projected south from Fort
Wayne to Cincinnati, one by way of Rich
mond. the other to Union. Much work
has been done on both roads, and one or
both will be completed. By constructing
66 miles of very cheap road on the route by
Union, continuous line would be opeued