The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-05-16

MA1S
Our Editorial brethren from the West have
generally availed themselves of the mngnif
cent courtesy, originating with w. P. SMITH,
Esq, Master of Transportation of the Balti-
more and Ohio Rail Road, AID are now, many
of them with their wives, enjoying the pleas
ures of a tour, not equaled in its attractions by
any which can be made upon this continent
We much regret that the demands of bust
ness, and the wantof health of members of our
family, compel US to remain at home, and
deny ourselves a participation in a gala time
which all who participate in it, will cherish as
among the greenest spots of their memory,
until the last syllable" of their earthly
lives.
The suggestion eff this grand excursion, by
the managers of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road, was no less be6ttiing, than generous.
The whistle of the Locomotive first rever-
berated among the historic monuments OF the
city of Baltimore.
The first flash of the electric telegraph on
this continent rejuvcnated the enterprise of
the Monumental city. >.
When the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
| was pIOlcCbCu1 bob u ohONo SChCtdoLOus dSOt
says the Baltimore american, tetnSre aods not
a mite Of Railrdy IN ertsteuce, any dher6 an
tie sOo1ld, TOR general purposes. Now it is
estimated that in the United States alone there
are some twenty-five thousand. miles of com
pleted road in actual use, costing the fright,
full sum of nearly two hundred million of
dollars.
The same journal we'll remarks, that " there
is a peculiar fitness in this excursion, in view
/ of the fact that the Baltimore and Ohio is the
only direct railroad line that connects Wash
~in.ton city with the Western States. Although
this great road has been working through from
the Ohio river since 1858, it is only within a
few months past that it may be said to have
become fully completed. For a long time
after its opening, the temporary engineering
structures and the rugged unfinished tunnels
formed serious obstacles to the prompt and
satisfactory working of trains, and gave more
or less alarm and dissatisfaction to the traveller.
NOW, however, that these difficulties are re-
movcdby a thorough and solid arching of every
tunnel, and by the erection of splendid iron
bridges and other massive and durable struc-
lures, the road presents, in addition, to its
attractive scenery and careful management
every inducement for a much extended travel
between the East and West. As it has been
SO fashionable in the far West and Southwest;
especially for interested agents of other lines
to discredit the character OF the Baltimore
and Ohio road, it is hoped that the visit of our
editorialbrethFen from those regions will, after
their personal inspection, do something TO
wards dissipating this feeling"
The Baltimore Patriot, in retiring to the
subject has these well-timed remarks
"Our exchanges from the west and south.
west come to ms be lring evidence Of a proper
and lively appreciation of the compliment
rendered The fraternity by our own great work
j of internal improve nient-t the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, and the principal and leading
roads of the west and southwest, in so gener
ously affordipg them not alone the opportunity
but offering Inducements for them to e. mmiDele
tlgether in a spirit of fraternity at the Capita
of our Republic, and at the same tine of visit
, ing the sacred SPOT where lies entonlbed the
honored dust of the immortal Washington.
I'VE congratulate them upon this ~attesta
j ton of the high estimate In which they re
held by the direction of the several roads whc
have joined in this novel affair of bringing
some twelve to fifteen hundred of our brethi Ell
Of the quill, Cineluding Mrs. Swisshelm) frcn
a territory embracing more than one-half o
the entire country, while We cannot but com
mend the gentlemen whose fertile brain con
! ceived this grand idea-Wm. Prescott Smith
the energetic and able Master of Transports
! ton of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
and under whose personal direction the multi
farious. arrangements therefor have been con
summated,"
We shall rc-publish the Z. jottings down" Of
some of our cetemporaries, who were SO for
tunate as to make the trip.