The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-02-03
ss'.iss.ss sHH VOL: X.-Nes46.-WH HOLE No. 5l4.

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and H. A. Kent; ths latter by Messrs. Rcy
nolds and Kennari- so that, in
all, over 200 miles of railway were construc-
ted by these parties ia regioI, where labor
originally scarce, had beer absorbed by the
Oil business, and which was, far from the sea-
board and the great cities, whence railway Ia
Dor must mainly be drawn. Fs.seFs,s5 5.s5a..a
In July, 1863, the Mahoning Road was
leased for ninety-nire years by the Atlantic
and Great Western and an additional rail
/ laid thereon, SO as to give the latter a broad
track into Cleveland. The Mahoning was
constructed to tap tho Coal and Iron region
of north eastern Ohio near Youngstown, and
convey its staples to Cleveland (67 miles j
but is crossed by the grand trunk at Leav-
ittsbur, near Warren, Ohio, SO miles from
cleveland An express train over this road
for New York without change of cars leaves
Cleveland each morning at 9;5oa H.. Freight
trains likewise run through without change
From Akron to GALLON, on the Cleveland
dhu O1 HINES, NultsH ttlt
track is all laid, over which. VIC learn, one
train per day is now running. The Road is
to be'completed thence to Dayton by the first
of May next; and the two additional rails re-
quired to complete six feet track thence to
Cincinnati are now being laid down ON the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Road. That
will of course be completed before May !;
when through trains will run regularly from
New York to Cincinnati and st Louis---1, 1872
miles without break of continuity orr of
gauge. a8 ,ta7s.,5aa' i.s'a9t s
The name of this road was changed to the
Atlantic and Great Western in 1854, by a
proceeding in court. That name was propos-
ed in Mr.. Kent's first annual report. A char
ter was granted under it by the Legislature of
Pennsylvania in 1857. $780,
The credit of keeping this enterprise alive
when it, in ordinary hands, must have died,
! is mainly due to its President Mr.. Marvin
1 Kent, and to his never-launted coadiutor the
Secretary, Mr.. ]. W. Tyler. Mr.. Kent was
! obliged to risk his all on its success. Mr.. f.
! L 1ioihOiei, Atdfchildi tHS 1IcdSuISi VI LIE
original undertaking, and still OF the Ohio
Division. has likewise had a most arduous
task, aud has performed it throughout with
eminent ability, courage and fidelity. In la
ter days, Mr.. William Reynolds, President o.
4 the Pennsylvania division, was required to
evince equal courage and devotedness, and
i never required in vain. 1t is to be hoped that
the reward of each will be in proportion tc
his sagacity, energy, courage and public spirit
Extensive machine-shops for the Ohio di
vision are located at Franklin, and are to b,
substantially constructed Of stone THE,
with the necessary foundries, car nlanufaetory
/ &c, will cover thirteen acres. .z.ii .siIli i,
4 At Meadville is the great Hotel and Dining
Hall of the Road-the Dining Hall anon,
the best in America. Here also are machine
shops, &C., for the eastern division of tn
road. Meadville, formerly one of the mos
secluded and out-of-the way county seats il
| the West, is henceforth as accessible and eli
! gibly located as any town in Pennsylvani
west of Pittsburgh 1t was always beauti
!, ful spot, situated in fertile and delightful
region. Henceforth, lis trade must be large
and its growth rapid and sure, a55.
By the completion, now assured, of this en-
terprise. Cincinnati, Louisville, ST, Louis, &c
/ will be brought into more direct and eas
, communication with our City, while Colun,
bus Dayton, indianapolis, and nearly til
whole of Ohio and Indiana, have secured
new and in many respects superior outlet t
: the seaboard The value of the Erie Rail
, road to its stockholders and to our City
2 nearly doubled by it, as the rapid and vast az
probation of its stock for the past year suff
S GENTLY indicates. Ultimately, the rapid
4 growing trade of the central Gold-Mining re
/ gion, but especially that of Arizona and th
head-springs eff the Arkansas, the Rio Grand
. and the Gila. will reach us in good part ovt
e the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
: This City could well afford to pay the entil
e cost of this work rather than do without il
4 yet we think less than One Million Dollars
e all have been paid by New Workers towal
}, its construction. The more urgent, then,
"a AOsO iOi
= cast, faith, energy and public spirit, SO ma
h nificeht a result has been noiselessly and fir
e gally achieved. t..s 49,.
Assessing Rebel synapathizers.
. We published few days ago a letter fro
/ Tullahoma, Tenn, describing the-brut
. murder of three soldiers near Mulberry, Te
q nessce, by guerrillas, and the wounding of ty
/ or three ethers. Orcutt, one of the kille
: was from Burton, Geauga county. $
Is a dispatch states that Gen. Thomas h
issued an order assessing rebel sympathize
living within ten miles of the scene of tt
outrage, in the sum of $4,000, to be divid'
Ie among the families of. the murdered me
le Messrs. 0rcutt, Drought and Jacobs. 0rcr
: belonged to the 9th Ohio Battery, (Standart'
/ and Drought and Jacobs to the 23d Wisco
g sin. rfs7ssf.,s iass sd w
i Sale of PeWs in MIR. Eseecher,s Chu re
: The sale of pews in Rev. Henry Wa
u Beecher's church in Brooklyn took place Ia
10 night at Plymouth Church. The bidding W
70 very spirited, the prices of many of the choi
OF pews advancing nearly fifty per cent. T.
total receipts by the sale of pews in tt
a church-including rents and premiums-w
t in 1852 S1o392, and inF1861 iS27, 200.