Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-10-27
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad.

a ioIr L. ia OPP, sufh iruI q eIsnre lht
c,r rletIor Of the road. Whatever a,ay
have been our h"prs, Dur fesfs. our wish
es or our interests, heretofore, We have
now 10 meeI a stubborn fact. ard draI
with II reality. This road. when com.
pleted. will form a through trunk roac
# uniform six feet guage, from New
York 10 ST. Louis, l.l5' miles. Being
a through road Of unbrok-n guage, il will
possess advantages that will recommend
il to the travelling public.
Tbs road will he the great rival of The
Lake Shore Road. and unless CLEVELAND
is awake 10 the subject, it will be a Sc
we're antagonist to her hest interest. All
the South, and Snurh Western travel, IN
Ibis road. will br taken away from Clrvc.
land. All the ctule trains will pnS-
South # uS-a!l goods passing I'D ih-
Now York & Erie Road will lave oil
he AilanlIc & Grcnt Western Rod al
Olean-ini, Ia short. all the huSineS~ dnn"
nn ,hiS road; unless it can hr d,vrrr,d. i
so much taken away f'om Cleveland
| is folly To shut II r,rs To the f,ci
Ill i madness and fu,lr cnnbind 10 NV
In Oppose it as some oi or e item I1ra-
ri,s have dnne-bv u~n'nund.I assertions
Far better for the interest of c.. vr!anh.
tn meet Ibis new rival in the Spiri, o
fairness and cnur,esv-irh If we came:
maxi il cnnrriluie materially To our pros
at least prevent its doing It's Il
injury.
Tn Mahnning RI Rad Is COMPLETED
and lDnl a fair business rom W.~r.n.
IA rrun ball & amy. - tri> CIV. Tho
Atlantic ard Cir.aI Western Rad. ~.
understand. is no; d-i iriv luca:ei
through Wnrren: bot uGi ,rrS~ tie Va
r rri eIh rat Warren ~ B-acr
vil'e, : v-u miles this ,ilr Of w rrei.
l. It not worthy Of q ,ri,I; 10 have SOM
urs made with tho Arllu-Ic g.
G. a w stern Rail Road. To hay, u
Ihiri rail- Laid en- the Mahorinn r a.
tn iInclion TO This city frming 81
>iN feel u ick by the sill" OF the pre>cur
na->o l. al car o. >ix { Il gusg- coui.
COM fHm Nv York by Wav f III
,niic X G:rat Western Rail R4r
and nalronlng 4 ad, directly 10 TN,
That would make Cleveland ,ne O ID
important term NJ ii that ruad-l,.d b
his short aud - upsraiiv"lv caelp coz.
AZ xioa. we wnuid hav all the ben,f ; 4
hi 'mnoria.I road.
w believe il IS worthy Of e lou c IL
-iht rIrion On the pirt OF nIr cIni'rIi> :
aud citizens g"neraliy.-O Farmer.
Tie following is an exirIc, from a l-'
in The New York Times, Of Oct. Is
Tne Steamer Moth Sor. which reach
d Souihamptoa this morning, b. nrh'
les of YOUR paper no'vn to the liza
instant On lroking these oy r for news
rom nome, | vas Painei and surprised
IA observing The cuurs- If crnnen pur
ued by he lines in lis various ur;iceS
# the rumorei negotiation, in Europe
in ,i-w tn- Complexion of the
A~,lanlic and Great Western r .ilway-
The in medi lie fl, nis Of iha; enterprise, .
I'D especially those in its di %ecrion, al
they may have the mi>tIrInnr a.
eng %Gnkuown 10 the commeTCiil rG;tr |
f the TINES, had supposed thai WAN
heir road brcanIe the subject of Discus
and inquiry i'll lis columns. sufh,i n,
andar would he found 10 iiiu t "A rea
unable examination. before enierirg
pom Such a sweeping aId ceuSnriJuS
Sc of comments: or al all vents, that
= fficarnt care would be taken 10 avoid
ec,ming the medium of liOelious mis-
presentations
As 10 The altered otsourirv Of the pro-
,ci, | have simply in this place to inter
use, that is directors are plain. practi
al business men, residing in the i%urerinr
nd along The line Of road they are $ k
~ 10 complete; and if iRsiead Of a sys-
.m Of putting, parade and elaborate pre-.
onceri, they have chosen qm.tly TO con-
Ill, in their preliminary movements.
aly such Interests as seemed most dee ,ly
,volved in their purposes, it is 81 enrirr
? a mattrro Of choice and judgment, that
iey expect a very lenienl consideration
{ anv short comings which may be fount
r fanc;cd in This regard.
The CITY Of New.York emb ,rkcd in
lie construction of the Nv Yirk an
lie railway, with II c%onv'c;inn nf IL
alue and importance, more widely an
nreseIvedIy entertained than ID u wh'ch
as Carried forward any oth.r public
FORK Of ihc age. Ire largely ipcreaS d
-she and uum"rnus oIher benefits il has
upon the City, since lis co "a
are no longer matters of di>i,ntr.
Ia, failed only in meeting the exp Ga
o's of those who anticipated div'deniS
n the capital employed in lis cJnsiruc-
This fai'ur. has resulted mainly
ON the change which has taken piac
J the current of travel AMI traffic, al
Oinrs beyond its western terminus =
he great northern lakes, frozen during
sveral months in the year, too unrelia.
e as a medium Of transit and connec-
on; impossible SHOWS on The Erie shore.
bstructing also the deep cuttings OF the
.rie railway neal the lake, have a; times
ccasiOned enormous expense and de-
Tvs; AMI finally, and most injnriousIy of
a change in the gunge at Dunkirk
wolves a iranshiPment of freight ard
issengers. The means of avo d ny all
lese difficulties and DELAYS; and of car
ring all the wav from New-York CRY
Cincinnati, ST.. Louis. aud Of YOU
Iease) 10 the Pacific shore, the brosi,
,sy ears of the Erie pattern, without.
Interruption, 1 beg 10 assure the TEIEs,
no "new idea" with at least many lead
capitalists Of both New York and the
So TOO, the natural and obvious
lvantagss of avoiding the thousand feet
ovation which has 10 be crossed in the
st thirty miles of The Erie road, between
e valley of the Allegany and the lake,
Of carrying a great trunk line OF rail-
ay along the level plateau which lies
,uih of the lake, and divides the waters
hich flow into the Ohio from those tend
Q TO the Gulf of ST. Lawrence, are adj
estimated and defined hv Gin
~, in his first reconnaissance Of the New