Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-17
,w ,Eassl From the Toledo Blade.1 rD9
! The Toledo & Columbus Railroad.

survey of the Route-Report of Mr..
C. C. Waite, Chief Engineer of
Zoi the Koad--The Presidents Re-
- p0rtLsiaiement of the Trea
s'e surer. pes ti8hs liAi i.4--7--
sa wa At this stage of our progress we are
80 wont TO project plans of railways, canals
and other important public improve
ments, at rate faster than the public
mind can follow. One project is made
and set on foot the public applaud and
@ support it. Another important enter
prise ii is planned and placed before the
people; they recognize its value, and
give it sympathy and aid. Another
may follow, and yet another, until all
iisn recollection is crowded from the popular
= Is mind of the plans which first gained its
attention or appreciation. eR
-ah sviThis reflection is elected by the Pc
rusal Of the report of Mr.. G. @. Waite,
80 -. Chief Engineer Of the Toledo & Colum-
noei bus road. with the accompanying report
of the President and Treasurer. His
nns ,s pamphlet has to do with project, which
o'. the shifting and uncertain currents of
public attention have neglected of late.
Tigi 1t is, however, reassuring to know that
while the public mind may be drawn
away to other and more momentous
F.is schemes, there are those who have not
ioIoforgottsn the value of this project, sub.
ordinate though it may be. and have
A4. diligently and faithfully performed their
share of the work necessary to push it
forward to success. The report of Mr..
Waite, setting forth the labor performed
in making his survey of the route, shows
that the work was done with COM
mendable completeness and care, and
aT isdisplays throughout the internal evil
dences of perfect comprehension of all
.,,s the bearings of the work. The report
of the President, John R. Osborn, Esq,
sets forth the circumstances which called
ssl for the survey, and transmits Mr.. Waite's
eport .o,ax.-sls.s
1, will probably be most interesting
to our readers if we simply state the
-irloi facts as given by Mr.. Waite,s able re-
port, prefacing it by slight notice of
the movement which has led to the in
corporation of the company and the ma
king ofnthes survey. tss.oesa2 -ai
81 .sl The importance of a railroad connect
ing Toledo, and the system of railroads
ISL Tcentering here, with Columbus and its
q - = connecting railroads, has long beenmani-
-ei-9 fest On the 10th Of July, 1867, meet
sTs ing was held in this city, at which all
81 the localities interested were represent
en-, and which resulted in the incorpora-
tion Of the Toledo and Columbus rail
s s road with the following gentlemen as in
,slS corporators: Messrs. Charles A. King,
'seR Charles Kent, Matthew Shoemaker,
Se~ John r. Osborn, A. D. Pelton, Maurice
!. A. Scott, H. s.. Walbridge. R. @. Dam
,af% iels, james G. Hall, of Toledo; and w.
20 Dennison, James W. Westwater, w. B.
Brooks. VIM. A. Platt. Theo. Comstock,
. q Samuel Galloway and d. W. n. Day,
lss,,S of Columbus. Subsequently J. R. Os-
dsS born was appointed President, M. Shoe
maker, Treasurer, and Mr.. G. Waite,
: g Chief Engineer, and an immediate survey
& : of the route was determined upon The
ss9 citizens of the line designated in the
IS charter of the Toledo and Columbus
road having responded most promptly,
se9 The survey of that line was determined
S. la upon first Retarded by rough and stormy
o@@ weather, it commenced about the middle
szri of October, q i'd was completed about
the last of December As no probability
i'ov now exists of any further surveys of
competing lines, the report of the survey
saof throughout the counties of Wood Seneca,
5 Wyandotte, "a Marion, Delaware and
-Iam Franklin is now before the public.
lsssTF 1t will be found from Mr.. Waite's re-
11 that the distance from the city of
bsa Toledo to the Columbus and Indiana
IssTsvR Railroad in Franklin county, is 1885
miles, and from that point to the city of
. o98 Iolumbus is $50 miles, making the en-
3 3 e. eIi tire distance 123.45 miles between the
g termini. =. 3s5 = s.. ~ ,es.s >; :saa ,,i
; IS But one seriously inconvenient grade
occurs, which is to be found in the 4th
subdivision of this line, of SO feet, and