Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-10-21
The AtlaDI.c a Great Western
Railway

4 copy of the London Money Market
Review, for August 18th, contains the fol-
loving. which Is of interest as having been
written by an agent sent IRON England 10
MAKE. careful anu minute observations III
regard 10 The condition and prospects OF
this great, perhaps wa ought say this |
greatest of railway lines. The Review /
says: With reference Io Ih- Atlantic .
and Great Western Railway, Mr.. Satter- Z
Ihwaite's Railway circular contains the |
following, which has been received from
n gentleman who recently proceeded 10
inspect some OF the leading railroads IN
the Northern s. .es:
CHICAGO, July is, 1868.
Since / last wrote | have been continu-
ally on tue move. have been ever the
Erie, the Atlantic and Great Western,
and all through the oil regions, arriving
here last night Ly the Michigan South
ern from Toledo. have seen y great
deal but nothing has struck me SO much
Us the Oil Creek. The district is most re-
nlarkable, and the amount of oil pumped
and flowing naturally is perfectly astound-
ing. Tue supply shows no signs of dimu-
nitlon; on the contrary, every day fresh
springs are being discovered. The wells
and one of the oldest is in the very cen
tire of the river or creek. The Sherman
well flows at the rate of two 10 three thou
sand barrels day, of forty gallons per
barrel The oil is worth four dollars per
barrel. and the average run is considered
worth $4,000 per diem, Five hundred
thousand dollars have been refused for
this well. The oil is found from one
| I. En- lal1 l.,
surface lying under the hardest of rocks.
1t is bored for at the rate of some two
feet per day, and when found either re-
quires a small steam engine to pump it,
or it flows naturally through a one-inch
pipe inserted in the bore. Up to the
present time no good reason has been
given to account for its existence. I'm
questiomahiN il will, for a very long time
to come, form very large item of traffic
| both for the Erie and Atlantic and Great
Western. could write pages about it.
! but must defer describing more fully un-
til we meet.
| The Atlantic and Great Western. I'M
less am much mistaken, is destined to
be the road of tue country. 1t is con-
structed in very superior manner. and
all its appointments are good. The en-
gines are without exception the finest |
have seen, and all are constructed on one
plan, so that any part of one will fit an
other; the carriages are very roomy, and
most comfortably fitted. The actual state
of the line is as follows: From Salamanca
10 Meadville one hundred and one miles.
it is ballssted and III perfect order; butsi
is Mr.. Kennard's intention, as soon as the
whole line is open, 10 make improve
ments all over the road, such as substi-
tuting stone for wood as bridge supports,
and reballasting when the road has be-
come thoroughly settled. From Mead
vile to Akron, ninety-nine miles, the
line is being ballasted, there being some
thirty days work to complete it. The
road Notwithstanding. is very smooth.
From Akron to Gallon and Urbana the
| line is in progress, and Mr.. Kennard an
ticipates il will be completed by October.
so that trains are likely to run in Novem-
ber through to Cincinnati and St. Louis.
By contract with the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton and Little Miami Railways an
independent broad guage line Is secured
| from Dayton to Cincinnati. As tempo
rary measure rails TO be laid on each side
of the existing rails on these lines; in or
der that the Atlantic cars can run thrO'.-
BY this plan the narrow guage engines
can be used until the Atlantic and Great
Western get theirs completed. Ultimate
ly separate road is to be constructed by
the two lines mentioned, so that the At
lantic and Great Western will have act
nally through course of their own. Mr..
Kennard has made an agreement by
which the traffic TO Cleveland and the
northwest of Chicago is secured This is
by lease of the Mahoning road for nine
ty-nine years. Meadville is to be the
chief station of the line. The officers of
the company are to he there. The sta
ton itself is a fine wooden building with
hotel adjoining, and every convenience
for through passage. 1t is to be the din
ing place, a very important one in !, ,25G
miles journey. The dining room is one
hundred and sixty feet long. Workshops.
engine sheds, car-houses. clerks and la
borers' cottages are being erected, and
will, with the station. cover some sixty
acres.