The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-12-03
THE NEW RAILR0AD-SHALL
WE HAVE IT?


we shall secure aud have built the
Columbus, Tifin & Toledo Railroad,
whatever VIC shall say about it in this
article will apply partieularlyto this
place.
Very recently the Committee on
subscriptions commenced soliciting
subscription to the capital stock, and
at the present writing have got Upon
their lists slO,OOO-.uot quite Que.
half Of what is required of this city.
That's a large amount ofmoncy, but il
is not the amount that ought to have
been subscribed at this time. for i, Is
always more easy to raise the frst two
thirds than the last third. In view
Of this 1t seems to us that the railroad
enterprise ia moving rather slowly
1t but very few of our citizens were
interested in the project, it could not
be wondered at-in fact it would be
natural aud right. But al our citiscas
hare a direct interest IN Il.
The Manufacturer, Merchant, Pro
duce Dealer, Property Owner. Lot
Owner, and every person who is the
holder of property to the amount of
one dollar will be benefited by the
success Of the road.
The merchant, by tho competition
between the two roads, will rot his
goods shipped here at rates that will
not cat up nearly all of his profits,
unless ho puts it upon the purchas- !
er. The manufacturer will reap the !
advantages of low freight, both in !
shipping in his raw material and |
shipping out the manufactured.-
The produce dealer will be enabled
to pay more for grain, hogs, etc., aud
make Tifin what it ought tn be-a
first-class market, and at the same
time make moro money than he has
made. The owner Of business rooms
or any kind Of real estate, will reap
his reward from the natural advance
in price of property that will follow
this railroad, besides beiug sure of
renting his property,
While Tiliin now, is as thriving a
city as any with its advantages, it is
partially fenced in because of lack of
outlets. That is the one thing need
full to secure future growth not
known to inland cities. When we
secure that road, the city will advance
in wealth and prosperity almost be-
yond calculation. Our manufactures
will enlarge their establishments,
which will bring the laboripg class
here we can invite other kinds of
manufacturing interests here with a
show of reason our markets will be
bettered the limits of tho city will
be increasediby the accession of per-
sons from abroad; and with right
the city will double in
size in five years.
Again We say, it rests solely with
rifiin whether this road is secured or !
not. Toledo is ready to do its share,
Crestline has the money raised, the =
right of way is secured, and the in. ,
.ermediato points have, the most of
hem, raised their money, and the
rest arc ready and anxious to do so. =
To give some idea of what good =
facilities will do for a town,
We cite as an example the city of !;
Canton, Ohio. A few years ago n
rifin led it largely in population
This fall Canton cast vote of up-
wards of 1900 and riffn little over
D00 Why has that place passed us
Simply because, by having good rail- h
road facilities, it has been enabled 4
to invite manufacturers there and I
make it manufacturing point and \
while that branch Of industry has '
advanced fast, all other business has |
kept pace with it. They have sew I
eral manufacturing establishments,
one of which is valued at over hoo I
million dollars. Who will say that .
our opportunity is not as good as that q
of Canton was2 We have the best
country, and there is not the compe-
tition from surrounding towns that +.
she had.
We ask the citizens of TifIin to
consider this subject in all its phases,
aud come up to the work promptly
1t is about the last opport unity we
shall have for useful road, and it
sho uld be energetically taken hold
of.
We shall return to this subject
again and if any one considers that
we are little forward in writing on
this subject because we lately arrived
here, we want them to bear in mind
that we have cast our lot here, and
have and feel as much interest in the
prosperity of the city and county as
any one.
LEcTUREs.-Shall we have a course
of lectures in Tifin this winter We
understand that the necessary ar
rangements have already been made
for at least six lectures, Five of
the most prominent lecturers in the
country are already engaged.
The only question now is, can a
sufficient number of season tickets be
sold to Justify the Committee in ner-