The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-11
From the Gplllpolis Jourual.l

Some weeks since we called
2 attention TO the proposition t
l hold a railroad meeting a
S Newark, in this State, in the
: interests Of a scheme.for a rail
|. road connection between the
South Atlantic seaboard anC
} the Northern Lakes, viG the
. Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
and suggested the appointment
of a delegate to represent oui
interest in said convention
The suggestion met with favor
and the city council appointed
H. NJ. Onderdonk, Esq, our
State Senator, the delegate.
The. convention was held last
Wednesday, and its proceed.
ings may be found elsewhere in
our columns. The attendance
was very large, and important
results may be looked for from
its deliberation and action.
This is an important enter.
prise, second TO none Of the
vast railroad schemes now in
contemplation, or in course of
construction, and we are glad
to see that its Importance is
being recognized by others
than those Immediately con.
nected with it. A correspond.
ent Of the Cincinnati Gazette
recognizes this fact when he
says:
A person who will take the
map and examine the western
part of this impol tant route
10 the seaboard, and glance al
the relation it sustains TO all |
that part of Ohio 10 which !
have alluded, VIII not fail to
discover reasons for the agita.
tior OF the business mind on
this subject, and for holding
just snch a convention as oc-
Cured yesterday.
The route by which the con
nection with the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroads. to be made,
if made at all, is OF course to be
determined by future events.
Upon this subject, in speaking
of the convention, the CORE.
spondent above quoted says:
-Four routes may he said to
have been considered; though
the one to Ironton haG no rep
resentative yesterday. II ses
rious feature in this route lies
in the fact that it is not as far
East as would be desirable to
strike the Virginia road. 1t
may be said that Ironton, by
building nine miles of addition.
al road, would intersect the
Scioto and Hooking Valley
road, running from Portsmouth
to Hamden; thus furnishing so
much Of the line at once. But
this road is understood to be
under the control CT the Balti.
more & Ohio, being, indeed,
known as the Portsmouth
branch OF the Marietta & Gin.
cinnati road, md it would ap-
pear probable that terms
could not be made that would
secure this as a tributary of its
Virginia rival. There are prob
ably advantages about this
route that did not appear yes
terday, and if SO, of course the
people of this locality will not
now be idle.
A second route is from
Athens to Pomeroy. thence to
Letart, where it crosses the
Ohio, and continues by direct
line TO Charleston, Virginia.
The remaining two routes lie,
in the main, between these two.
One starts at Athens and runs
to Pomeroy, or to a point three
or four miles below, and con-
tinues thence down on the
Ohio side Of the river to the
mouth of the Kanawha, at or
near'G Gallipolis, where it cross
es the Ohio and runs up on
either the right or the left
bank of the Kanawha, until
reaching the Virginia road, to
Gallipolis, through the valua"
ble,ir and coal fields to Vim.
ton and GalIia counties. This
route was carefully surveyed
and estimates made a year or
two ago. Arrangements were
also concluded with the Mari
eta G. Cincinnati road for the
construction of this branch,
hut Tho nroiect suffered a sud |