Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-28
Railroad Connection Between the
East and West-The C. & L. C.
Railway Company.

Railway Company.
OuECinclnnati contemporaries manifest
GOOD deal of uneasiness at the turn the
rallraod interests of this State have taken
during the past year; and well they may,
for these interests are seeking other and
more Important commercial outlets than
those afforded by the Ohio river. The re-
suit must be injurious, for time at least,
to the commerce and to the progress
in business of almost every kind, to
the Queen city, but there is, never
theless, great future open to her
through the natural growth of what has
already been well established. it's not un-
likely that Cincinnati might have retained |
few years longer, the control of the |
emigration westward and the distribution
of the transportation, if the Little Miami
and the G. H. & d. railroad companies had
been more independent and formed eastern
connections, upon their own terms, as sug-
gested by the Gazette, but it could only
have been for few years, for the direct
geographical lines are against that city,
and the sharp competition of capital would
eventually have forced the result so much
deplored by Cincinnatians. Their best
policy, as has been suggested, is now to
look to the great South, to send lines of
railroad through Kentucky into Tennessee
and Georgia and alabama, and reach even
into the Carolinas, and to back up these
improvements with judicious political re-
form which shall assure the business men
of the South of their good will and friend
ship.
If any one will glance at the map, the
extent of the present railroad strife will
be made apparent. There are two great
lines leading to the westward one through
Columbus as a center, and the other
throgh Cleveland, along the lake shore
1t is very clear that the former will accom-
modate a greater scope of country, and
upon most of the lines make better time
than the latter. Out of this we shall as
suredly realize great future for our capi-
tai. A recent editorial in the Gazette at
tributed the railroad enterprises making
Columbus center, to the scheming of the
Pennsylvania Central railroad company,
in their anxiety to Outstrip the New York
Central. While it is true that company
enter into the combinations, and reap a
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to us here, that the plans which have re-
suited in the extension of westward lines,
had their origin with, and were carrid out
by Mr.. B. E. SMITH, of this city, President
of the Columbus and Indiana Central Rail-
way company-one of the shrewdest and
most successful business men of this coun-
try.
Soon after Mr.. SMITH took charge of the
c. & 1. G. railway, he saw the necessity of
extending his road farther westward, and
only in that way could he hope to secure
any great support for his line from the
great thoroughfares-the Pennsylvania
Central and Baltimore and Ohio roads,
Accordingly arrangements were made to
secure the Union City and Logansport road,
which had been partially graded; money
and iron were furnished, and under the
efficient superin tendence of DIR. JOEL Con-
VERSE the work has been pushed forward
so rapidly that it is confidently expected
to have the entire road ready for trains by
Christmas or New Years. Cars already
run to Marion, Ind. A consolidation took
place some weeks since, by which a through
line is secured to the Mississippi River via
Logansport. Since then the control of the
Chicago and Great Eastern has been OBJ
tanned, making direct route to Chicago
from Columbus. This will come under
the control of the Columbus and Indiana
Central Railroad Company on the 1st of
January.
Another enterprise of this company has
been to aid in the completion of a short
line from Jeffersonville to Cambridge City,
Ind, making a direct route from this city
to Louisville, KY, and saving to passen-
gers oUer too hours time going to and from
the South and Southwest, over the Cincin-
natl line, This will soon be completed,
and will prove one of the most important
feeders to the G. & I. G. railway.
So, to sum up the enterprises of this'c COM
pany: We have direct line to Indianapo-
lis, with trains making the distance of 1888
miles in six hours and thirty minutes; a
direct line to Chicago via Union City and
Logansport; a direct line to the Mississippi
river going westward on an air line from
Logansport; and direct line to Louisville
via Piqua, Richmond and Cambridge City
these latter to be completed in few
weeks and In successful operation.
The junction of the lines is at point
short distance beyond Covington, Ohio,
and there the c. s. 1. G. railway company
are constructing round house and max
ing every necessary arrangement to meet
the increased business. The construction
is under the superintendent of w. ko-
MANS, Esq. the Master Machinist of the
road. E-'t-
We observe, also, that the road bed has
been most thoroughly rebuilt with gravel
the entire length, and new iron laid from
Green field "a station twenty miles this
side of Indianapolis) to Saint Paris, Cham
paign county, Ohio; and it is intended to
reach Urbana, if possible, before winter
sets in. This will greatly improve the
road, and leave but one other thing to be
done to make this one of the most complete
roads in the country, namely: the laying
of an additional track from Columbus, to
Piqua. The business will compel the COM
pany to do this within the next eighteen
months.
JOSEPH II. LARwILL, an old citizen of
Wayne county, Ohio, died at Wooster, on
Wednesday last, aged eighty-four years.
The LARwILL family were among the
Oldest citizens of Ohio. In 1924 the four
brothers, JOSEPH, JOHN, JABEz and Will
LIAM, all ranked as strong supporters OF
General JACKSON for the Presidency. And
it is the boast of the family that, during
the long intervening years, neither the
brothers nor any of their descendants, or