The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-02-12
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Il may be said-t -that the railroad fever
.bss.og 50 iatsrmittent character, and As
{ Vsfiodicsiy thanifssts itssllf Is tie Ter
5Hsp eF guoGdisn ague, a year ago
sithls section Of coHutry affected in
5isgiplsai mahner and Il Was expected
eashas q new Iosa would be the immed-
Asisae result But Che comHUdore PfIOE-
e 70 much for the Erie, sud Tie pro
isct vas abandoned. Notwithstanding
y,shsiE failure .howeyer, the 4nanagefsa f
The EFie have stu endeavofed to secure
I. northwestern outlet BY which tbey
could reach Chicago and compete for
the traderOf the great vest As q re-
huls Of their efforts, they secured con.
eltfot Of the Atlantic and great Western
load, and sndesyOred to gain lease
Of the Columbuss Chicago and Indiana
Road. In thisasfors, howeFer,0 they
failed, and as slAted in our last paper,
the SSadi was leased, ia perpetdity, to.
the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Sd Louis
and PepnsyIEsnis Railroad Company.
siaoIhis action Of the G. CsidsL Eail1Oad
WAS far more iinportsnt than atlirst ap-
peared, and IS likely to con3ulse Us
with another attack OF railroad fever.
spesking in regard % this action the
New York TlSmes remarks: a
sunless, therefore, tbe Erie can get
eontrolof the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
and Chicago railroad, as It Is now stfiy-
iug to do, Il viii be1lUable To secure a.
through connection 10 Chicago, except
BY building the line from Akron 10
Toledo projscted last winter, about the
time the Vanderbilt war began aI
Well, the Erie has failed to secure
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chi
csgo road, and the Pennsylvania Leg
islsture has placed an embargo upon
its proceedings in that direction, by
passing bill continuing the present
directors in power and providing that
only one fourth Of the directors shall
go out at one time This bill has re-
ceived The signature Of the Governor
and is now law; so that, cut of from
a northwestern outlet the Erie viii be
forced 10 build a line Of road for itself,
as the Lake Shore line is antagonistic,
and it can hope for nothing from. that |
quarter. Where then viii this road be !
located! becomes an important ques-
ton, and one that we should beprepar1
ed to meet and act upon it at once, when
everit is presented. 1t is moi, as the
Z6',es asserts, that the Erie ''Will be
unable TO secure through connection
10 Chicago, except by building the line
from Akron to Toledo, projected last
winter" for BY combinations already !
secured, the Erie, in connection with |
the Atlantic snd Great Western, and |
the Pittsburgh and Cleveland roads,
which it now controls, win be able to
run its cars into the Union Depot at
Cleveland, thing II could not do be-
fore, and instead Of going by Cleveland,
IS was at one time determined, may de-
eide upon the extreme Northern route,
through Sandusky and Port Clinton to
Toledo, instead of bnilding the line via
Akron. Indeed, this seems most like
ly to be the case, as the Board of Trade
Of Cleveland, have already taken steps
with that object in view, and passed
set Of resolutions bidding for the Erie's
favor Ess val re cssI
Il, however, saving of distance, is a
desideratum, in reaching the great
West it is probable the Erie may de-
eide in building from Akron, In that
event is is possible that by united ef-
fort, and liberal subscription Fremont
might become point on that line, and
our citizens should watch The proceed
ing with interest, and be prepared to
take advantage of any opening that
may offer. With such road running
through the coal regions, and deposit
ing at our doors piles of cheap fuel, our
manufacturing interests would reCsive
a new impetus, and continued prosper
ity abide with us. Should this fail, the
Atlantic and Lake Erie project men
toned in another article, may give us
THAT ua need from annthar diractinn