The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-05-23
Fromthe Newark Advocate
THE JEWETT

. The Presidents of the Central Ohio and the
Pittsburg, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad,
are brothers, Thomas L. Jewett is President of
the latter,-HughJ Jewett, of the former
The career of these men affords some instruc-
tive lessons. Our. youth, particularly, may
learn that on their own merit, energy and eff
fort, they must place their main dependence
for position and success Both Of them pre-
pared themselves for the bar@both of them
acquired a large and lucrative praetiee-and
one of them was. and the other declined be-
coming a Judge onlthe bench. Whilst in the
full tide Of successful legal practice, they were
sought after and placed at the head of Rail-
road interests requiring a high order of execu-
tive ability in their management The roads
over which they were called to exercise super
vision, needed energetic, clearheaded, determ-
med men. to direct their operations, Their
fitness for meeting the worst of emergencies,
was abundantly tried by the great flood that
swept over the face of Ohio during the second
weekAof April How they went through the
trials by which they were e~ncompassed may
be judged by the following The difficulties
on the Steubenville road even surpassed those
on the Central:
SOC From the GAINESVILLE Times. e; 81
Mr.. JEwETT, who has the charge of the
Central Ohio Road, exhibited a degree of con-
summate skill and Judgment, in bringing it ont
of the recent emergency speedily and safely,
that even his most ardent admirers as a saga
cious railway'manager had not accorded to him,
and to this skill and Judgment in directing,
coupled with untiring energy and perseverance,,
the road is largely indebted for its present ex-
cellent condition. For some four days and
nights many of its most valuable structures
were in imminent peril of being carried away
by the food. These required a force to watch.
and guard them constantly-at other points
embankments were washed away-trestle works
were yielding to the pressure upon them
of the swollen waters-culYerts, were dashed
out, bridges swept off, with slides in different
places and a submerged road in others. To
meet all these contingencies promptly, required
the direction of a master mind, and to control
them, an energetic, determined will. To the
astonishment of every body, the road was
thoroughly righted up, and. the iron horse
coursing his, way with accustomed regularity,
in an incredibly short time, and almost be-
fore, the swollen waters began to recede. MIR.
Jewett devoted himself wholly and sleeplessly
to the work, having never left his Office from
Tuesday until Saturday evening, hardly allow
ing himself time to partake of a regular meal,
and all this was done and the damaging effects
of the flood repaired without hurt to passen-
ger or employee, or the slightest injury to a
single piece Of the rolling machinery. 1t is
proper to say here (and much to their credit)
that the clerks, Office hands, machinists; car
penters, and employees of every grade, turned
out to work upon the roadway and persevered
until the damages were repaired, and trains
Gould pass over the whole line. es.i a.-..D--