The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-15
FROM THE OIL OOUKTRY.
New RaiIrOad-HOpe for sbipPers-
HenO.-r1thOle tsFrttry-- Oid heAls
ReVivInR -.Arrest Of thieves.

II
The people of Titusville sad points on
the Creek whose natural plare of ship
ment for oil is Iitusyille or Shsfer Town
The present terminus of the Oil Greek
R~sllbosd,)6svs lSng been disguised at the
curt Independence of all spiri. of accom-
modstion on the part of that m~onopolizi
ing route and they hAve.nOH put their
indignation Into q shape that will make
itself felt by those who have hitherto
laughed at their complaints. A charter
/ for 8 new rsilrosd nom Union-eleven
miles west Of Corry-to Titusville, was
skilfuIyl manipulated through the Legs
lature last winter, despite the generally
understood fact thst the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad (Which is the virtual
owner of the Oh Creek RAlrOad) owns
q controlling interest" in. that leg slative
body The primary necessity having been
thus met the subsequent steps have been
taken to put the project into Working
sbaps. Tbe disposal Of the stock (which
would have nearly all been taken up by
capitalists in the interest of the Central
Company if they had had the opportunity
was 30 msnagsd that it WAS all, or nearly
all, tskerup as once by the business men
Of Union snd Titusville, and the parties
most vitality interested have, therefore, the
thing in their v hands. The whole mat
ter, &c it Is generally understood, has been
skiIfulIy managed, and we doubt not good
will come Of it. The surveyors are now at
work in laying out the route, and it is as
serted thatthe road will be in running Or
der before the beginning Of the year 1866.
This can easily be done, as the distance is
only Abouttwenty miles, aud thegrsdes easy.
The road will be broad gusgs-the same
as that of the Atlantic & Great Western.
and the latter road viii doubtless be &C.
c-Ommodsting IN the way of rolling stock,
as the newroad will send all of its freight
east and west over the main line of the A.
& G. w. for Union.
The present owners of the Oil Creek
railroad are laying a third rail, SO that
narrow gusge cars osn be run upon il, and
when this work is completed it win doubt
less be found thst but few broad cars are
allowed to run on it by the controlling
powers, which are themselves narrow
gusge.
The Franklin and Oil City branch of
the Atlantic & Great Western finds it ex-
ceedingly difficult to transact the freight
business at Oil City, inasmuch as they can
find NO room for switches or platforms be-
tween the mountain sndthe river. It'll pro-
| posed to make the principal freight termi-
nus of this road at Reno, two miles below
OIL City, where there is room enough,
besides excellent facilities for loading d.
rect from the cars into boats, or vice verSd.
| OF the advantages which Reno presents,
and ofthe Improvements which it is pro.
posed TO make there, l propose TO speak at
some future time more in detail.
Since the great increase in the yield of
some of the wells on PiIhOle, spoken of in
my last, the United States Telegraph Com
pany have decided to run a wire from
Plumer to Pithole Greek, and commence
the work today. The line will be in work
ing erder in 8 lew days.
1t is now claimed by parties who profess
to be posted, that the centre Of the petro-
leum basin will be found between Cherry
Run and Stewards Run, and that the most
profitable oil territory will be in that vicin-
ity. Of course this is all speculation, and
may be true or may not, but the interest
in territory up that way has greatly revived
lately. Bonuses of from $1,000 to S., 900
- -ard e. 1aouaa urn0 DithD1o mall II
Gated. ~ -
Pithole Creek rises In Allegheny town
ship, in-tha northeast part of Yensngo
county, and flows southwesterly into the
Allegheny. 1t has many small Tributaries,
its principal branches, Big Durham Run,
Little Pithole or STEMS Run and Allender
Run, all ctmiDg in from the west. This
creek has 8 great deal of available boring
territory, its bank not being as PERCEPTIONS
as those of Oil Greek are so generally. 1t
is intimsted that there are now about one
hundred Rndtwenty wells going DOWN. upon
Pithole. The best way to reach t. produc-
ing wells upon Pithole is by way of Piumer,
on Cherry Run. In this connection it may
be noted that q horse-rsilroad is projected
from Oil City TO Plumer, and, if your read
ers will wait till it is completed, they can
visit that locality
ION fowery beds of ease"
compared to the present mode of locomo-
ton in that region. But on the other hand
it they wait tor that road to be finished the
United States we'll may be dried up,s dozen
new ones struck, and all the territory ia
ken up st higher figures thsn ever. One
of the present land marks by which the
tourist will be directed as TO his course,
bears the enliVening oognomen OF "Rat-
tlesnake School House" l am told that
the only rsttles which the infants of that
region are supplied with for amusement
are dipped from tho combinations of the
snakes that are killed, and that to bite the
dead body of one of these hideeus reptiles
is considered 8 sure prevention of all tooth
ache tor evermore. Ughl
Several wells which formerly yielded
largely, but have been stopped for some
time, have re commenced producing oil,
among them the Sherman and the Noble
wells The issue of the old Phillips well l
have already informed you of. The Sher-
man well has been yielding about eighty
barrels per day lately, under the influence
of a "blower" or sir-pump. The managers
of the Noble well are confident that they
will revive it 80 as tomake it sgsin famous.
For 9 long time it has been evident that
there was q lsrge amount Of thieving 90
ing on, on the line of the Atlantic and
Great Western Railway, and Detective
Mcintyre, of Cleveland, was set to work
to ferret the matter out. He has been Gil
igently at Wotk and has succeeded in ar
resting several of the gull parties and
recovering about $4,000 worth of stolen
goods. A part of these were secreted 10
q railroad boarding house in Meadville,
the proprietor of which has been arrested
and held for trial, and another lot was
found at Leavittsburg. The parties arrest
I'd at the latter ststion were to have their
preliminary examination st Warren YES.
terdsy. The sWitchmsn who was killed
at Meadville, a few days ago, was one of
the guilty one and he would have been
arrested if death had not put him out of
the reach of the Law. The gang is now
doubtless broken up. CHIPS.
An Old Telegraph Quarrel I'm Court.
The Boston Advertiser contains a report
Of the trial of Hon. f. o. j. Smith, for sub.