Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-31
ITS TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.

ITS TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT
The Cleveland & Erie or Lake Shore" road
stands relatively in the American system not
unlike one OF the promising sons in i large fam
| ily, where there are, unfortunately, number Of
youths whose performances are less ereditable
| to the family name. We have observed that
during the visits of Henry v Poor, A. L. Hol-
| lev. Zerah Colburn and other Railroad Journal
lists and Builders TO England and the Continent
the painful shortcomings Of the msjority of
Companies in these United States are passed
over and covered up by frequeIt illusions TO
the Cleveland & Erie, Terra Haute d Richmond,
Little Miami, and one OF two other lines whose
! sueeessfu! career Is brought prominently IN the
foreground, while the Ostrich legs of the sin
ners are indiferently well concealed
That portion CT the Lake Shore Road which,
a fortnight since, we had an opportunity of OBJ
serging in detail, extends from Cleveland to
Erie, 95 miles; its corporate name being the
cleveland. Painesville & Ashtabula r X. +"
The great event IN the Commercial annals OF
New York-the opening of the Erie Canal
| and steamboat navigation on Lake Erie had al
ready given a new direction TO the East and
West movement that, before, had crossed the
! Aueghenies into the Ohio Valley, when the
Lake shore roads were built and at once took
! all the freight and passengers their equipment
! enabled them 10 transport The results OF TINS
unexampled pressure ofprOhtable business have
it is most gratifying TO observe, been approprl-
2 ated to solid improvements IN rOad-bed, ma
; chinery, carriages, depot buildings and grounds,
j and last, but perhaps most important Of all, TO
a careful development of the advantages OF the
: electric telegraph in diminishing the cost and
- enhancing the safety of runEing trains-thIs has
e been done after declaring dividends with reg
!. ularity that has placed the happy shareholder:
in cleveland 4 Erie" among the elect OF thai
s class of capitalists.
i PERMANENT WAY AND STATION BUILDINGS
In passing from Cleveland to Erie the foreigI
/, traveller is pleasantly reminded of the best Eng
: Esb roads by the solidity of track and the mas
d siye bridges, imperceptible rail joints, the pO
lice, and the uniform station houses and statIol
It grounds-the latter being decidedly more con
10 venient and tastefully arranged than upon an.
= ! road in the Western States. The line Is neat
~ laid with the "Trimble joint, 4 cOntrivance
heretofore described in the Commercial, 70
n, holding the ends of the rails securely TO tn
e. ties. and to make a rigid plane that is nearl
equal 10 a continuous rad. The result of th
experiments of Superintendent Nottingham an
. his associates in this connection Is that th
eh smoothpess Of the track at the joints Is 4 ne
gain, the Tnimble joint answering, as faster
tic er to the ties, better purpose than the Iro
chair and costing about the same
The passenger s,atlon houses are All upo
II the right hand side, going east, and are of ne'
architectural design, with rOomy grounds, tast
ne fully disposed in lawn and fringed with shad
he trees. Fuel Is carefully housed, and we Ol
Of served an arrangement of the full sheds thi
might be generally copied with advantage. II
sheds and water reservoirs are placed at eIth'
end Of the station platforms, so that wheth
hg the train is going east OF west the baggage al
ay. passenger cars are brought into precisely Il
same position rs to the sitting rooms, baggal
, rooms, telegraph Office, platforms, etc etc. {
: the richest of our western roads the whole ma
- ter of station arrangements has been sadly ne
lected, in comparison with those ON the La
Sbore-the Michigan Central and the Cir
. Ham. & Dayton form exceptions to some e
-, tent
"a "a Where companies barely own the ground
ssp- which their water, wood and passenger static
,hs stand. they are sure to be elbowed by drink
saloons and other nuisances over which tb
'om have no control, and which interfere serious
ap- with the comfort of the great body OF the p
men, seneers and the discipline Of employees
n OF the permanent way structures on the rC