Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-08-25


ontaide Of our great cities.
Few RailTa5s occupy 50 favorable a po-
sition a. this Tor forming advantageous con.
nections with other roads--and Il Il the pol-
icy ss is she antaal interest Of all the
companies controlling these roads, 10 main
tain the moet friendly relations, aud where
practicable, TO form with each other the
most intimate through connectiona
The new road, with that Of the Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton Company, forms an
entire line OF uniform guage from Cincin-
natl 70 Toledo, two hundred miles Il has
entered into contract with the former Com,
phny, 10 continue for twenty veara wherebv
i subscribed for 500 900 Of the capital stock
Of the Dayton and Michigan, and guarantee
10 that road exclusively all the business Of
their road between Cincinnati and Toledo.
the cars 10 run through without breaking
bulk, thus aifording all the advantages Of a
through road from Cincinnati. the great CONS
mercial metropolis of the West, 70 Toledo. a
city possessing the best harbor on Lake Erie.
The advantage Of this connection Is appAr.
ent, IL we keep in mind that this is (by many
miles) the shortest railroad line between
Cincinnati and the Lakes, and that the rra-
dents on it are lower BY nearly one half,
and the curvatures less by more than half,
than those on any other road built or pro-
jected, between Cincinnati and Lake Erie.
For the through freight or carrying busi-
ness between Cincinnati and the Lakes, this
Road occupies a position still moro favora-
bic than for the through travel.
The cost Of transportation on the Lakes
from Buffalo to Cleveland and Toledo is the
same. The harbor at Toledo is however,
better and more easy Of access in a high
wind, than Cleveland The distance, too,
from Toledo to Cincinnati, bv this road, is
only 200 miles; whilst from Cleveland ,by the
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Road,
it is 255 miles Besides this, il so nearly
approximates a straight and level Roa that
for all practical purposes il may be regarded
as such, and will require, for the transpor.
tetion Of heavy freight trains, much less mo-
tive power than the other line. The differ,
ence, therefore, in the cost Of transportation
ofthrough freight, must be Ia favor Of this
line. Such, however, is the extent and rapl
i'd growth of the commerce of the Lakes and
Of the Ohio River, that any calculation we
might make Of this business, would probably
fall far short OF the actual amount.
At Lima, 1872 miles north Of Cincinnati
this road intersects and connects with the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail-
way, giving to Cincinnati and Dayton, by
means Of this line connection with CHS
eago as short as any other, and with contins
uous gusge. Some of the Pittsburg and
Philadelphia business will also be command.
ed by this connection; 1t is longer than the
Columbus line, but brings into use 70 miles
more of the Pittssburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Road, and is owned by fewer par'
ties This connection also gives the new
II Ill Al
and transportation between Cincinnati, Ken.
tucky and Fort Wayne, and points west
thereof, on the p, TT. w. Il c. Railway,
tO the Dayton Il Michigan Road
DEPOT ACCOMMODATIONS AT TOLEDO.
At Toledo, this Road enters the general
depot on the middle ground, with the Michi
gan Southern, Toledo and Cleveland and
Toledo and Detroit Railways With all Of
these lines this road will do heavy business
The maximum grade on this road is TWEEN
ty,six feet per mile.
TABLE OF oRADKs.
Between level and feet per mile similes
feet aud is feet per mile %
Is feet and 81 feet per mile 25
81 feet and 26 feet per mile 8
Whole distance I40
The entire length of curved line from
Dayton to Toledo, is nine miles, equal to l5I
miles straight limo for one mile Of curve
The total amount of curvature is $50 de-
grees. About one>half the curved line has
a radius of 5, ,7S0 feet, and the remainder moi
less than 2, 500 feet, which is the minimum
radius employed. The curves occur mostly
in the immediate vicinity Of towns
The Road from Toledo to Detroit which il
finished and iu use, forms with the d, IL NJ
! a direct line from Cincinnati to Detroit, 25f
miles in length, which will, without success
full competition, command all the traffic be
tween the city of Cincinnati and the densely
populated parts of Ohio and Kentucky on
: the South, and Toledo and Detroit and the
whole of Eastern Michigan on the North.
At Detroit it connects with the Great
Western Railway Of Canada, affording to
that important road a direct Southern out
let to Cincinnati and the Ohio River, and
by means Of the Covington and Lexington
Railway of Kentucky, the Cincinnati, Day.
ton, Toledo and Detroit line, the Great
Western and Grand Trunk Railway of Can
ada, forming direct line from Lexington in
Kentucky, through Cincinnati, Dayton and
Toledo, Ohio, to Detroit, Michigan, and
through the heart of Canada to Quebec.
The trade between Canada and Ohio is al
ready large, and with the Railway connec-
tions above alluded to, will swell to an ex-
! tent that will afford to the roads forming this
line, an immense traffic.
1t will be seen that this line brings Cincin,
matt as near 10 Detroit as to Cleveland, near
er to Montreal than to New York and only
A miles further to Quebec than to Btston
: and is on a very direct line from Cincinnati
to Niagara Falls.
Quebec is nearer Liverpool by 400 miles
than New York or Boston, and from Quebec
to the Atlantic ocean is 500 miles down tht
river 81 Lawrence, making by this route be-
tween Cincinnati and Liverpool a saving o
neatly 1000 miles of ocean travel-almos
one third the distance from New York L
Liverpool. The opening of this line of roaC
will develope the resources Of the country
contiguous very rapidly and will in q few
years swell the traffic of the road inciden
thereto, to a large amount.
With all these advantages, connecting thu
two great commercial points in the State with
a position, line, grades and connections com
manding very large amount of the through
travel, and insunng a still greater amount o
f the through freight, and with location
through a country populous, fertile, product
, i've, and of unlimited resources to furnish 10
{ cal business, it does not seem necessary +
enter into calculation to show that tn
Dayton and Michigan must be payin