Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-01-09

more demand her place amongst the
1--we counties Of the State, and assert
her powers, SO long seemingly dormant,
in the march of progress. Inordinate
Eelfshness, and a love Of personal
power is no longer an incubus upon
the energies of our live community;
while we have shown, our neighbors
over the water what men can do,
when they "wil." And whereas they
nulli6ed and frustrated all eudeayors
toward improvements of this kind By
making them subject to the petty jeal-
ousies, and selfish whirns Of a small
part of the population; our citizens
have dropped all personal. local or
side issues involved, aud have united in
endeavors to obtain what they thought
could best be had; thus merging all
into one great channel, their efforts
have been crowned with grand sue
cess.
We now offer an extended hand to
the Chesapeake & Ohio, which, we
trust, will ere long present its iron head
on our shores, and with it we may yet
have the pleasure of forming link in
the shortest railroad line between the
tide waters Of the Atlantic and the Pa
ciGe, but be that as it may, we will no
more have our city styled by strangers
as the '.dead mans town." and cheer
fully surrender that significant title to
our neighbors. Merchants will never
again pay dollar per hundred lbs. for
freight from Cincinnati, or be compeli
ed to traverse in rickety wagon, the
swamps and mire between here and
Portland.
{ Too much credit cannot be given to
the working committee who have so
ably pushed this work to completion,
and without whom, we would probably
have no brighter prospect than to
plough the mud for time to come.
A little balance of about $4,000 is
yet wanting to fill our subscription, and
which the Committee have obligated
themselves to, raise We trust that the
friends Of the road throughout the
County, who have SO far shown them
selves so liberal and well disposed, will
give the wheel one more lift, and close
up the breach, now so small.
And word to subscribers. As
railroad cannot be built without money,
neither can it be built quickly, and
rapidly, without that money is paid
promptly when due, as subscribed,
and when the builders have calculated
to get it. A call will be found in an
other column, for the first installment,
to expend on the work already COM
menced, and arrangements have been
made to advance the work even more
rapidly than the contract will admit of
calling in the subscriptions. So that
every subscriber and well wisher to
the road should prepare himself to an
swer promptly, the calls as they are
made, by paying his monthly quota in
to the receivers at the First National
Bank. of Gallipolis
Asto the route contemplated, we be- |
heve that part inside of the city limits
has not been definitely settled. In |
passing out of town it will occupy the
line of Sd Street, from Locust to the |
Mill Creek road, crossing Mill Creek |
near the Infrmary, thence along the
base of the hill to Campaign Creek, |
about six and one fourth miles, though I
we are informed by Major GRAHAM, one
of the engineers, that they have short
ened the line 1000 feet on the last sur
vey between Gallipolis and Bryans farm.
From Campaign it will pass out via
Porter to Berlin, below Hamden, thus
the first proposed route
some five miles. Tunnels will be
avoided as well as all other heavy work
possible, as means of lessening the
cost and insuring the completion of the
road at an early day. We expect soon
to hear that our neighbors of Meigs
have completed their subscriptions and
are ready to have their line built from
Campaign to Pomeroy. We may be
assured, the"Salt Town. will not be far
behind us, in an enterprise like this, so
evidently vital to the hopes and pros
poets of the two counties.
Cop SPEED THE RAILROAD.