Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-08-25
MORNING LEADER.
Ihs yVsut Panasslvanin. RRllroRd ;. The
Marrow Gunge from philadelphia to


Fhs Vsut Rsnaaslvania Railroad e The
Narrow GuRge from Philadelphia 60
CloVeiants Itr
A main feature in the original plan Of
the Northwestern and Cleveland and Ma
honing Railroad Companies was the adop-
ton 6f tie nerroT guese, whereby tram
shipnent might be avoided between Cleve-
. land and tide-water al PHILADELPHIA, New
York and Baltimore, being also accessible
over narrow gauge roads, diverging from
the PennsylYania Railroad at Harrisburg.
.-o AtCleveland, connection with the To-
ledo road carried the narrow guage along
the shore Of Lake Erie and into the north
vest But emharassments overlook the
Northwestern Railroad Company before
auT portion Of thOir road was opened, tho
nof Ill after very much work. had been
done on lis eastern division between East
port and Blairsville IS miles From Cleve-
land towards Newcastle, the eastern ter
minus Of the Cleveland and Mahoning
s. Railroad. 81 miles Of road were built and
pus In successful operation.
And now, the North Western Railroad
Company having collapsed and the West
Penasylvania R. r. Co. become its success
sor, The inquiry is pertinent-Wil the
original plan for the extension of the mar
row gauge 70 Cleveland, be carried out p
Or viii the West Pennsylvania Railroad
Be finished only 70 FreepOrt or Butler, and
viii the Cleveland and Mahoning Railroad
ll 81 adhere 70 the marrow gauge programme
Or will third rail be laid down on its
track and itsinanenoes and efforts become
-, idenci6ed with the interests Of the Atlantic
y and Great Western Railroad Company,
whose vide gauge road win, il is said in
ferseet their line at Braeeville, 40 miles
from Cleveland
Clearly the interests associated with the
operation Of narrow gauge roads, whose
owners should desire the carrying out Of
the original narrow gauge plan, are pre-
pnnderant over those whose prospects lie
within the bounds Of wide gauge inAuen-
ces; vet Il must he confessed that the ao-
4ivity and strategy Of wide gauge parties
are points in their favor, as in contrast
AL with the weaker merits Of their side at
the same time, we are unwilling 70 believe
that tho influence Of Cleveland will be
turned aside from an original scheme which
nav still be compassed, and which, when
contaminated, will place Cleveland in as
friendly communication with Philadelphia
Baltimore and Washington, via YOungs-
town. Newcastle and Butler, as she now
aniovs via the Lake Shore, Dunkirk and
BuHalo. with New York and Boston.
Chicago has an outlet east over a road
that eo-operates with road leading to
PHILADELPHIA, az well as over roads leading
70 New York and Boston. And SO should
3 Cleveland have an outlet east over line
u independent Of the influence which con-
trols either one Of the routes to New York;
for in that wav, and not otherwise, will
cleveland, like Chicago, enjoy communi-
cation with the different seaports over in
dependent routes.
iT5s Penpsvlvania Railroad Company
having recently become the purchaser OF
Rrn7iority of the capital shares of the West
Pennsvlvanis Railroad Company-there
a. are no bonds--the work Of reconstruction
viii soon be resumed; and at an early
dsy the West Pennsylvania Railroad Will
be completed and opened to freepOrt
~ where it will connect with the Allegheny
49, Valley Railroad, thirty miles from Pitts
burg and fourteen miles from Kittaning.
Then the West Pennsylvania Railroad will
have an existence, and o narrow gauge
route will be in use:
From Philadelphia to FreePort..-.;.. .ss7 miles
Marrow gauge now in use, Cleveland 10
youngstown n-.--.--.-... -.--.--'--"-''-'''- %
AEsking between Philadelphia and CleTe- ~, III.
add distance from Freeport to Youngs-
..-.---..---.-.'s 'z
Narrow gauge distance from Phiadel-
This distance is made up as follows:
BairsviIle.....-. mIies
West Penn. R. R., Blairsville to
Freeport. '--'-''-,59
Do, Ffeeport to Butier;...-.--....,23
Do, Butler to New Castle.............3l- 50 miles
Cleveland Aahoning R. r., Cleve-
land TO Youngstown. ..-.......-...--6I
Do, Youngstown to New Castle.lS- 50 miles
Total, Phil. to ocleve.. narrow gauge.....l76 miles
Cleveland to n. York, narrow gauge;
Cleveland, via New Castle to Blairs-
vile .................. ..-........ ...-...li4
Blairsylle to Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
a4risbarE r Ir Via Allentown to n. Y.iSS
Total distance Cleveland to New
York via Harrisburg ..---.........--- 5oz miles.
Cleveland to n. 7. via vide gauge;
n Y. to Salamanca, Erie Railroad. .4l4
Salamanca to Cory, Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad-..-....-.. GO
Cory to Braceville, (est) by do 90
Braceville TO Cleveland, c. NJ
R. R. third Tail) .-.....: :.-.....-..-- 46-
Total, Glove. to n. T., wide gauge 6lO miles.
Total, Glove. to n. Y, narrow gauge 052 80
piseFence in nfavornarrolE gauge to n. Y IS miles
Cleveland to n. Yorl, via Dunzirk:
CleVe. 70 DunlZirS via Lake Shore .l43
- Dunkirk to Y. Y, Erie -RalroGd-lG0-G03 miles
E AN this shows that Cleveland now en-
lows line shorter to New York via Dun
kirk than will be the wide gauge line via
Cory; that Cleveland may enjoy UiG Har-
risbarq narrow gauge line SO miles short
er than the wide gauge via Corryi and
that Cleveland over an Unbroken narrow
gauge route, viii be distant only 476 miles
from Philadelphia, the same route being
1874 miles shorter to Philadelphia than the
wide gauge distance to New York.
Surely these startling facts involve con-
siderations Of sufficient Importance to
arouse parties in interest, to the necessity
OF an early completion Of the West Penn
sylvania, and Cleveland and Mahoninl
.5zo Railroads, according to the original plan
of an uniform narrow gauge route IRON
o Cleveland to Philadelphia and also to Bal
timore and New York;. s. Railroad dn6
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