Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-01-20


& Ono & LAKE SrrEaioR The Toledo Blad,
ssys that correspondent Of tie Detroit
.9dvrsiser lesrss from an authentic source
that corporation under the above name has
.tseo organised under the laws OF Michigan
sos the purpose OF buildiug railroad from
Toledo to Saginaw, thence on an air line as
Gear a. may be to Msckinaw. and securing the
passage Of the Straits by bridge or tunnel;
thence westward through the whole length of
Upper Peninsula. across the upper portion Of
Miseeusin into Minnesota. The company
- their articles OF association. provide for
ssschiag Marquette and Ootoungou by branch
roads. II not found advisable 10 take the main
seunk 10 those points. And branch will
pass from the Straits Of Mackinaw to Sau!t Ste.
Marie. and another will connect Saginaw
directly with Detroit. while the traffic south.
ward will pass on to Toledo. The total length
ostAs projected road will be seven hundred
miles.
A. &C. W. CoxsKcr,oys The contrac. il
progress Of negotiation between the Atlantic
snd Great Western Railroad Company, and
the Philadelphia & Beading Railroad Company
has heen finally agreed upoa, aud goes into
eEsct Immediately. 1t provides for lay Jog line
Of the marrow guage upon the Atlantic &
Great Western 2oad to Cincinnati. Cleveland
spd other western cities. and also the i'm.
mediate construction oi lina OF narrow gauge
10 connect tho Great Western with the
cstswisa road; thus forming, by means Of
she latter road aod the Philadelphia and
Reading road. . continuous line Of morrow
gasge railroad from all the great cities vest to
Phildelphia and New York.
. Nj. Benedict, Of the Cleveland Herald, was
10 Philadelphia on the 18th inst, and il
grouping various matters of interest for the
bsue6t Of bis readers. sdda. tie following. te
,shs testimony already given of.he arrausmsnt
and deaigos Of the A. & CT. Western
Company:
Arsngement has been made to take effee
sithoos delay. By which the Atlantic and
Great Western road Is to be connected with
she Cats~issa rosd, thus forming by means o
ths latter road. and the Philadelphia and
Reading. continuous line from the West to
~. great eosl fields of Psnnsylvauia BY con.
tract sptersd into the 10th OF this present
nosth. between the Atlantic & Great Westero.
the Western Central. the Lewisburg. Centre
and Sprucs Creek. tho Philadelphia aud
Reading. the East Pennsylvania. the Morris
snd Essex. the Cstsxissa, aod other .:.Rairoad
esmpasies contiouous line Of railroad. with q
narrow gauge win connect Cleveland and
Cincinnati with Philadslphia by the, Readiul
read, end New York by the Morris and Esse.
road. This b giant scheme aad Its impor
tspee cannot be overrsted. .ta
+ sssAHriaso We hear gossiping story, some
chat crude and imperfsctIy defined in detail
bearing ard object, OF projected line OF roa
by that mammoth oversbadowipg compsn.
Tho A. b G. W., upon which . company Q
,snsiaesss are Of work, and already within
score Of niles Of our own doors, which Is 3
sesepees the Catavissa aud ElmirA line &
PhiladeI phis, q Cs.swisss. with the Lake, a
,thiv plsce--tbs Caiawissa Il Ashtabua road
AZ The story goes Ashtabula Harbor is to b
IN terminus ssd that point is to be reaehe
fsi;hest bsidgisg the creek. The depot 10 I
tbs iesstsd 90 tbs East Side. and the bushes
sf The place and from the vest is to be broogt
ghtsr souvsuisut sdjaceoce BY spanning th
.ssssk viii carriage wsy from bank to banl
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