The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-02-18
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J. Edgar Thompson, the able and popular
President Of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad,
in his late annual report, thus speaks Of The
Steubenville and Indiana Railroad;-
As Cincinnati line, the present. route via
Crestline has objections both on account oil its
length and its connection with roads whose own
ers consider our interests and accommodation
as secondary to those Of northern cOmpeti-
tors. This difficulty will be overcome when the
road via Steubenville is completed, and partially
so as soon as sufficient rolling stock shall have
been placed on the line, by the way of the valley
of the Ohio river, from Pittsburgh to that point;
which latter route is "a miles shorter than by
way of Crestline.
The SteubenYille and Indiana Railroad, when
connected with our line by the completion Of
the Pittsburgh and SteubenviIle Railroad, will
become one of the most important lines of the
West. 1t is not only the shortest route to Gin
cinnat and the central region of the West, from
Philadelphia and New York, but it has secured
this advantage by line of moderate gradients,
the maximum being but thirty nine feet per
mile. The bed Of the road has been prepared
with more than the usual regard to perInanency
observed in the construction of western railroads.
The failure to complete the Pittsburg and Steu-
benyille railroad within the period originally
anticipated, has greatly embarrassed this COM
pany, leaving 1t in an isolated position, depen-
dent wholly upon its local resources for busi-
ness, and without an outlet for their develop
ment. The line recently opened along the val
ley of the Ohio river, from Pittsburgh to Steu-
benville, will overcome this difficulty in great
measure and enable us to derive some adYanta-
ges from this work, in which the merchants Of
Philadelphia have manifested SO much interest.
When these connections are made (Which we
understand will be in the course of the ensuing
summer) the Steubenville and Indiana Railroad
WILDE one ofthe best paying roads in the coah.
try IS a
The Steubenyille Onion of last Friday, has
the following good news about the connection
at Newark with the G. 0. r. RI
THROUGH. We learn that that the track is
down and the connection complete between the
Steubenyille and Indiana, anu Central Ohio
roads, at Newark. All manner of legal obsta-
cles were thrown in the way of the work by
some of the creditors of the road at Newark, for
the purpose of preventing the connection. Their
idea was to retain the small business which fell
to that place by reason Of the break in the con-
nection. Their efforts cost some trouble, but
were unavaililg. The revenues of the road will
be materially augmented by the new arrange
ment, and all the creditors of the company will
have much better prospect Of receiving their
pay, an object we know to be near to the heart
of every man connected with the road. Day
light is ahead. Six months more, and the con-
noction will all be Completed when the road
must do business that will enable the mana
gers to arrange the comparatively small floating
debt, now so annoying, to the satisfaction ofall.
Until then, all should wait as patiently as they
possibly can.