Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-02-12

other lines OF lntcrcommunicauon between the !
Atlantic and the Ohio River Pennsylvania,
wishing to keep pace with her rival, New York
Instituted a system Of Internal Improvements
principally by Canal crossing the Aleghaney
mountains by Rail Road upon an inclined plane
and subsequently by Rail Road entire. These
improvements have answered valuable purpose
and are exceedingly useful to accommodate the
trade legitimate to her principal cities Philadel-
phia and Pittsburgh but as far as competition
with the improremeatsof Of New York for Tie
trade Of the west the tl,ing Is a failure. We
may instance the Rail Road from Baltimore to
Wheeling crossing the mountain ridge in the
State Of Virginia. However useful this may
be to The country along its line, such arc the
natural obstacles to be overcome that il can
never compete for the trade of tho west 1t
will be seen that when the rivalry between con.
tending routs and rival cities has been brought
strictly within the laws Of trade as il necessarily
must be- that the route offering the greatest ia
cities for the least money will control the great
est amount Of trade.
After these general remarks, which bear a GER
tain relation to our enterprise, let us examine
for a moment the location and position Of it.
Our Road, is located from Ashlabula Hdrbor,
on Lake Erie to the town of New Lisbon, pass
ing through the eastern counties Of the state
Of Ohio, aud will eventually be extended to the
Ohio River securing the shortest portage
between the waters of Lake Erie aud that River;
connecting with the Cleveland and Mohoniug
valley Road at Warren and crossing it at Niles
miles below Warren. The Cleveland & Ma
honing Rail Road, (now in operation from
Cleveland to Youngstown) is to connect at New
Castle. Pa, with projected Road the North
western, to terminate at Blairsville upon the
"Pcnnsylvoua Central Rail Road. The orisi-
ral intention Of its projectors was to connect
Cleveland with Philadelphia by Rail of a con
tinuous gauge; but its fnal completion is in the
future. At Frauklin Square, our Road inter
sccts the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne & Chicago
Rail Road % miles south Of Lake Eric. This
Road affords favorable connection with both
Pittsburg and Cincinnati We cross two other
projected Rail Road lines. The "Clinton Line"
at Bristol SO miles from Lake Erie, aud also the
atlantic & Great Western" at or near the
town Of Warren A. miles from Lake Erie. The
grading of this Road is in state of forwardness
and it will undoubtedly be put into operation at
no distant day. 1t paSsess from the intersection
Of our Road at Warren in a southwestern direc
tion through Rayenna, Akron, Ashland and
Mansfield, crossing at that point the Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne Il Chicago Road; thence to Gal
lion intersecting the Cleveland & Columbus and
the Bellelouniaiu & Indiana Rail Roads, thence
through Marion, Springfield aud Dayton, to
Cincinnati, where it connects with the "Ohio &
Mississippi Rail Road TO St Louis. From our
point Of connection with the atlantic & Great
Western" passes in north east direction through
Meadve Pa, to a connection with the New
York & Erie Rail Road, in the state Of New
York. 1t has been said aud is still believed by
many that none but East and West Rail Road
lines win pay remunerative dividend upon the
capital required to build them.
This may be true to some extent, but We will
premise that those Roads having resources for
au extensive local trade, las shown in our own
case) are after all the most reliable whether
North and South or East and West. We claim
for ours the advantages Of both. l" considering
the prospective advantages of our Road, tits GER
tain that we may rely upon an extensive local
traffic. No other Road connecting Lake Erie with
Southern and South Eastern Ohio has, accessible
to it an equal amount and variety of minerals.
No other Road from the Ohio River or vicinity
can compare with ours for favorable grades aud
ailinement; while in point Of population and agri-
cultural products, the counties through which
the a. & n. L. Rail Road is located is above
the average Of the state. But farther ad-
vantage anticipated from the locality of our
Road is derived from the fact that we offer to
those Roads which we intersect the shortest and
best connection with the waters of Lake Erie
This avenue will enable the farmer, the merchant
the produce broker, to avail himself of prices
Of transit so far below the rates charged by the
through lines" of Rail Road, that a large
amount Of business TO and from "tide water
via Lake Erie and the Erie Canal, must pass
over our Road. Your directors present o you
these facts to show the importance of speedy
completion Of the grading Of the Road; having
assurance from reliable sources that the means
will be furnished upon the credit of the compa-
ny 10 put it into operation whenever it is pre-.
pared for the superstructure. In order to effect
this, it will be important that each stockholder
be prompt in the payments of the assessments
upon their subscriptions and other dues to the
company. The above is respectfully submit
ted HENRY HUBBARD, Vice Prest
FoRFTGS.-1he steamship Asia arrived on the
evening Of the 7th, with Liverpool dates to the
22l nit. The war rumors are extremely con
hicting. No settled judgment seems to prevail
in any quarter. The French are still making
warlike preparations, particularly at Toulon.
1t was asserted that an alliance had been con-
cuded between France and Sardinia. In Sar-
dinia, the belief in approaching war was on the
increase. There had been considerable excite
ment in Lombardy, with some antcipations Of
an Instruction. The Austrian Government