Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-07-12

RAILROADS ALMOST ANNIHILATING SPAcE-
A traveller "by rail-" between New York
CITY and New Orleans, writes that he took
breakfast at Rochester, N. Y, dinner at Erie,
Pa, and supper at Cleveland, OhiOj then
breakfast the next morning at Seymour,
Ind, dinner at Olney, ILL.,, and breakfast the
next morning at Columbul, KY, being only
one meal in each of these large States as he
swept through them-having left Chambers
street at FIVE p. m. one day, and arrived in |
Cleveland at twenty minutes past five p. m. |
on the next; making the whole distance |
travelled, 649 miles, in twenty-four hours
and twenty minutes, and passing through
the States Of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
ATLANTIC AND GREAT WEsTERN.-The an
nual meeting of the stockholders was held
at Ravenna on Tuesday, and was largely at
tended. The reports were favorable and
the prospects encouraging. The following
were chosen to constitute the Board of Di-
rectors for the ensuing year:
Nathaniel Marsh, New York city.
John Dick, Meadville, Pa.
GAYLORD Church, do.
VIM. Reynolds, do.
Seth Hayes, Hartford, Trumbull county,
Ohio.
, Ezra B. Tavlor do,
Marvin Kent, Franklin Mills, o.
Peter Thatcher, jr., Cleveland, o.
James NJ. Cofinberry, do.
III. Chamberlin, Akron, o.
Jacob Riblet, Gallon, o.
Thomas ]. S. Smith, Dayton, o.
The Ravenna Democrat says of the re-
ports:
If Mr.. streator, in his report, stated that the
e work was progressing as fast as 1t was posi-
= | BILE, there now being sixteen hundred mel
actively employed in the construction OF th'
l. road. Eighteen miles are now completed
t and in running order, from the New Yori
10 4 Erie Road to Randolph, MY. Thirty -thre'
miles will be finished to jamestown, NJ .
le nv the Ist of August, and sixty-three mile
be 10 the sunbury Erie Road by the middl
50 Of October.
Orders have been issued 10 have on
p" thousand more hands placed upon the wor
a west of jamestown Immediately, and II
e. the determination 10 have the road ope
nj | from the New York & Erie Railroad to AK
ron. Ohio, by early spring. The contractor
are now LAYING down the rail at the rate
zee one mile per day, and to show with what en-
it ergy the work is progressing, we are PRIV
ut eyed to say that the bIidge across the Cons
u. wanga River, in New York, was erected
OF the short space of forty days. The bridge
no 100 feet span, Of Hows' patent truss, and col
10 tains over Is tons of stone masonry. II
~ machinery was completed in nine days fro
lDe its commencement. Forty days since u
tx timber in the bridge was growing in u
nv woods. The contracts for the rolling sto'
has been made sufficient TO run the ro
'A from the n. Y. & E. r. R. TO the S. Z,
icy sixtv-three miles, which is expected to
md ready for business by the lst OF Novemb'
to The Directors made choice ofthe followi
Ito officers:
are President-Marvin Kent.
ain SecretqrV-F. W. Seymour.
,as- Treaarer-E P. Brainard.
city Freeutipe C0nmttee-Marvin Kent, J.
lom Chamberlain, Gaylord Church, E. B. Tayl
en- VIM. Reynolds.
2 or The work is going on brnvely and the ca
ring opening of the route is secured. Mesi
thy Thatcher, Burt & Co., of this city have
contracts for the bridges,