The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-11-27

UAAt AiOLn huo -G4ncbVilo NOuTteT W inc
18th inst, TO public attention. The mat
ter suggested IL certainly worthy OF Sc
Efious consideration. II the a Atlantic &
IGreal western Railroad" could bs brought
to connect with our road and i.be OK
tended 10 Cincippsli. The advantage 10 the
stockholders and to the people Of South.
ern Ohio, would be almost incalculable.
THE Muskingum, Hooking and Scioto
Valleys would be tapped, and the immense
mineral. agricutural and stock growing
interests wonderfully facilitated and ad
Iyaoced. We hops our leading men will
1move IN ibis mater promptly and sec uro
whatsger advantages may bs derived:
aATLANricl AND GREAT WEsrgRs Rail
ROAD. ~ Iu.a very few Gays the aboye IAil-
road, which is a broad guage road, will
be completed TO- Akron, Ohio. From,tbat
point westward not any great amoqut Of
work'of has been done, The Cleveland
l& Mahoning Railroad, which intersecs
the .Arlsutic a. 'Gseat Western at Warren
ITrumt oil county, is now engaged in lsy.
ing down third rail. 50 that within a
few weeks Cleveland will have smother
outlet 10 The eastern cities, aud this will
greatly-relieye the pressure offreisEts at
that point yua-E sR
,,,aa.I W. rNiNhlieh cd iIIa
following from the Cincinnati Railroad
Recori; ~ r tp,aas ,..,ri.le SAW, 10 tI.m
the managers oil this road see
fit 10 adopt the suggestion made in lhis
paper many years ago, "f changing their
route from Akron to this point, hy ppr.
chasing the Akron aud Mi lersburg and
Wilmington AID GAINESVILLE roads. and
building the links between Millersburgh.
and Zauesville and Morrow and Cincu,
IUati, they will have Que OF the mo't i'm
porlant and independent routes to the
East that has yet 6ees built, for BY so do
ing they tap The, finest agricultural .Por'
lions OF Ohio which Lave here vfor- found
outlet by means of broken and diSeon,
htcled roules TO Philadelphia Baltimore
and the Ohio river, and render valuable
Two roads that are row comparatively
worthless torthe want OF proper iGd1pen
dent teimini."
3. In the above ,here is matter OF some
interest suggested. as We think, TO the poo
pie Of Zsnesvile. No pointin Ohio out.
side OF Cincinnati would be impo' tani for
This road to reach, than Evansville. AMI
on The other hand we can Sc almost in
caiculable Advantages to Zanesville. and
the whole valley Of the Muskiogum, by
the adoption and comp.etio Of such q
railroad between the East and West as is
suggested above. At present our mil,
RS and stock feeders reach New York by
running on several different railroads,
and sometimes they are liabls 10 great
delay aud several t,snshipmenlS OF thef
products before they reach the end of
their journey. sa..s "a t- at
Ifthese interests. which are very i'm
por,ant ones, would be benefited by su h
a route 10 the east, rs they undanb ediy
would b.. SONS think our manufacturers
would also ba greatly a1vantaged by. a
coutinrous broad guage western conn G..
ton, via Cincinnati, through Ohio, lndi-
ana. Illinois on to ST Louis, without
change Of cars, and from that great en-
porium by various routes TO more west
ern and southern States. Other interests
besides these. will be promoted by hay
ing more direct contamination with
Nsw York City aud the great West.
Last week while in Meadvile, the
home of the President and some Of the
Pennsylvania Directors, also tho re idcncs
Of Mr.. Kannard, the Engineer in Chief OF
the A. a. G. W. we learned thatthe Pen
nsyRahia Directors were to hold meet
ing aud we submitted a paper, Sc tiny
forth thu came facts as those stated by The
Gin iunali Railroad Record. also making
mention of The importance OF connection
with Zlnesyille, aud the mineral section
oil Ihe State. We promised 10 forward 10
the Directors more extensive statement,
showing the resources aud productions
Of Southern Ohio
1t is possible that the present Is an IN
porant time for our people 10 take some
steps in regard TO this great lin baIween
the East and West. II a prop effort is
made Immediately. the main line will ba
adopted a. suggested abpSe. By d'lsy,
however, We may loss the advantage Of it
forever.
We have in this city, as other cities
have. Board of Trale. They can move
otHcally ID tbis, and il they shall devise
mems TO secure this great public ben'til
10 cur city, We shall. by all the means in
our power, aid in realizing The advanlag >
Of SO important public benefit
For the Lancaster Gazette
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