Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-05-20

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fell in tie Wild fury OF the war that pass
ed owe this unhappy territory.
Your, truly. a. p
Ashtabula and New Lisbon Railroad
We have received a copy Of the An
nual Report Of the Directors and Chic
Engineer. containing also the Geological
Report Of the Mineral Resources of tn
country along its line. By Prof. J. S
Newbury.
We extract the following: The roAc
is let from New Lisbon 10 the Ohio an,
Pa. railro4d-a distance of len miles
to Messrs. Britton. They commenced
work on the 18Th Of. August last, and ar
making good progress.
"The road is also lie; from the Ohio
and PENNSYLVANIA road To the center O
| Austiniown TO o. Baldwin & Co. ant
they have commenced work AT Washing
%tonvills with 8 small force, and from
The character Of the earth they have
been able TO progress with success. =
We hsve strong confidence that ;be roaC
from New Lisbon TO the center of Can
field wilk be graded during the presen.
year.
The right of way from New Lisboy
to the Ohio and Pennsylvania road ma
been obtained except three or four farms
and in almost every instance has beer
given withOG; pay. All that has beer
agreed to be paid is about seven hundred
dollars.
"a very considerable portion also has
been obtained from Niles south to the
Ohio and Pennsylvania road on fair
terms"
From Auslintown TO Niles. the con
tract to let the work is not fully compile
ted, hut the report says that in all pro
liability that section will be graded dur
ing the present year.
There has been expended in work
upon the north section Of our road. from
the lake TO Bristol, the past year. fifty
three thousand seven hundred and eighty
one dollars.
1--WE have obtained in New Lisbon
sixteen thousand dollars in new stock,
and in Garfield six thousand dollars. and
north of Bristol eight thousand dollars.
We have now in available uuexpen-
ded stocks. lands. and other assets, on
the north division of the load. Sl97.57 4
and on the southern. sl2I,46l."
Tie total length of this road, from
Ashtabula TO New Lisbon is Ga IS miles.
The highest summit attained is at Can
field, SIS feet above Lake Erie. The
heaviest grades are 3l.7 feet.
By a new location of theline Of the road
from Garfield to the P. d o. Rail Road,
the estimate Of cost is reduced 1871
As. and the grades % per cent.
The Directors have adopted the wise
and safe policy of expanding money only
as fast as it is paid in for stock. They
state that they ''are substantially and
prosperousIy at work on both ends Of
The road, with q full and fixed drtermin-
alton never 10 suspend work until il is all
finished"
Professor Newbury says in his Report:
mo other road in the State of Ohio,
else where, for a distance OF Fifty miles,
,ne half is whole length, does nor
richly abound in highly valuable miner
,Is. Indeed. in addition TO the mineral
resources. the whole line Of the road
Ashtabula 10 New Lisbon. passes
through a highly cultivsted country, rich
n agricultural products. The County
If Ash.rbula is the greatest dairy county
n the State. They hare nothiiheItofOre
urned their attention mnch 10 the rails
ng of grain.
Columbiana county il among the best
growing counties in the State. and
he people from the lake counties. fur
vears past, have been in the habit of
l~rawing large quantities of grain from
here over our mud roads, and this viii
continue. as it is more profitable to the
of Ashlabula. Lake and Geauga
counties 10 Craze their land, rather than
grain. The counties of Trumbull
md Mahcning are large producing coun.
les, and abound with cattle, sheep and
hogs, equal, or nearly SO, TO any in the
The report of Professor NeWbury is
Tery full and satisfactory. showing the
resources of the region tapped
Dy the road to be both extensive and
various.
With regard to the probability Of the
road being built, the directors say:
The question is ofen asked. will this
road ever be bull? This is as certain
rs any event that is not now accomplish.
We have already expended upon L
thousand DOLLARS, and have made
contracts that amount 10 three hundred
and Srty thousand dollars. in which the
contractors are baund 10 work no faster
Than we can pay, and We have paid for
all tia. is done. except a few Thousand.
which is provided for and will be paid
a few days"
TIE management Of tbs road seems
be in good hands, ard thus f.r has
oecn marked with the greatest prudence
ard cau'ion in avoiding Indebtedness -
We wish it abundant success, and hope
msy be completed at an early day.
OR, THE SECRET OF PowEE: By
Mrs. EmmlD F.. N. Southworth. Au-
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Gems; or in two volumes, paper cover,
for One Dollar.
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whose works are better known
the United States, than those
If Mrs. Souihworih, one who has given
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