Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-10


BELnEFoNTA1NE & DELAWARE RAILROAD
CoMPANT.-Many of our readers have
doubtless forgotten, and others have never
been aware of the existence, of such an or
ganization as the Belefontaine & Delaware
Railroad Company. The company exists,
nevertheless, and at the time when the
railroad mania was at it's height in Ohio,
considerable labor was performed in grad
ing the track on that portion of the route
between Bellefontaine and NIarysville.--
Though no work has been done for a num-
Der of years, the organization has been
kept up, with a view of resuming opera
tions. We find in a late copy of the Logan
Gazette communication calling attention
to this road, and suggesting an amend
ment to the charter so as to authorize its
extension to Newark. We copy the com-
municatiOn, together with the editorial
comments of the Gazette, and commend
them to the attention of our business men
and readers generally:
"THE BELILEFoNTAINE d DELAWARE r. r.
has he COMPANY.
''This Company'ss work has been sus-
pended for several years. but they have
kept up their organization by e1ecting
Board of Directors each year. Mr.. Charles
Folsom, of Zanesfield, is the President
elected by the Board at their last election.
One difficulty with this Company was to
get a good connection with some road run
ming East but since the Steubenville &
Pittsburg Road has been finished to New
ark, where it connects with the Central
Ohio, would it not be good policy for the
B. 81 d. R.'iRs to have their Charter so
amended as to extend to Newark. By ex-
tending this road to Newark the Company
would have q straight Lire from ,Bellefon-
taine to Pittsburg, and would shorten the
distance some forty-five miles. This Road
would connect with the B. & /. r. r. and
s. d. q @. r. r. at Bellefontaine, and 1S
miles east of Bellefontaine would cross
the A. d5 Ct. w. R. r., and at Marysville it
would connect with the Springfield & Mt.
Vernon r. r., which is now finished from
Springfield to Delaware, and at Delaware
would connect with the Columbus q
Cleveland r. r., and at Newark with the
Pittsburg & Steubenville and Central Ohio
Railroads. So the Road from SanduslSy
makes eight different connections. With
all the advantages this road would have,
it ought to be one of the best paying roads
in the. .State,s The B. q ID. r. R. Company
have their road located to MarysViIle, in
Union County, and the grading has been
nearly completed. The work was let out
at the lowest prices, and about $85, 900 ex-
pended. The same amount of work could
not be done now for S15O,OOO TheiE-nes.ra-
is out of debt, but the Gnaazpany Will nave
to call for more stock or borrow money 70
also been secured from Bellefontaine to
Marysville."
ga WORD TO RAILROAD MEN.--Read the
communication, elsewhere appearing in
to-daV's Gazette, on the subject of a Rail
road TO Newark. Then take q good Rail-
road Map and see what Railroad to New
ark would do. Would it not complete a
direct line via Indianapolis from st. Louis
to Pittsburgh and is that not a consumma-
ton devoutly to be wished. The Bellefon-
taine & Indianapolis Company will greatly
neglect its best interests If it does not take
hold of this project. Besides completing a
direct route as aforesaid, what a trade it
would open up in the article of coal be-
tween this section of Ohio and the regions
East, where it awaits the demand Which
this road would make upon it. Look at
the Map again, and imagine another link
of road-sure to be built at no very distant
day-between Bellefontaine and Lima,
which would bring us in direct communi-
cation with Chicago, the great Emporium
of the Crest West. Imagine these two
links supplied, and look at the situation.
Is there anybody so dumb as not to see
that they would pay? AS auxiliary to the
B. & I. Road, these two links would be
worth as much to it annually as its total
profits amount to at present. In this we
are not mistaken. That the building of
both these lines is only question of time,
no one can doubt, who has learned that
what is obviously demanded by the re-
quirements Of trade and travel, is sure to
be supplied. Read the communication re-
fsrred to, and look at the map"