Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-12-09

Fincastle and New Market to Hills
boro, about thirty-tive miles lS de-
grees east of north thence by Lees
burg to Washington, the capital of
Fayette County, twenty,four miles,
in about the same course, or, per-
haps, % OF 80 degrees more of a
detection from due north.
As our farmers know, Washing
ton is on the Cincinnati, Whining
ton and GAINESVILLE Railroad, which
fact is significant, and accounts for
the mention of another interest in
this article. From Washington the
survey takes in Bloomingburg, Mt.
Sterling, Palestine and Harrisburg
to Columbus, thirty.seven and a
half miles, making total Of one
hundred and seven miles from Alb
erdeen to Columbus.
The alignment Of the road has
the merit of great directness, al
most airline, as follows:
The maximum grade is fifty feet
to the mile, which is necessary in
order to reach the tableland. From
Aberdeen to Ripley it is very di-
rect; from Ripley, through the Rip
ley basin to the table land, about
eight miles, seven miles of which
has a grade offifty feet to the mile,
overcoming an altitude of three
hundred and fifty feet, it is quite
circuitous. Thence four miles to
RusselIsville, on an airline thence
to Fincastle, nine and half miles,
is an air. line, through a generally
even, though slightly undulating
country, encountering a single in
stance of extraordinary expense,
say one mile, at Eagle Creek thence
to within two miles and a half of
Newmarket, is an air line of seven
miles, with only surface grading !;
thence to the crossing of the Hills.
boro Railroad, a mile and a quarter
west of Hillsboro, the graduation
will be rather expensive, with rath-
er heavy cuts and fills. Thence to
Hillsboro one and a quarter miles
alongside Of the Hillsboro and Gin
cinnatti road, the cost will be slight.
From Hillsboro to the table land
north Of Chark Creek, about four
and a half miles, the road will be
expensive with its graduation and
masonry. These table-lands reach
ed, there is an air line of five miles
to Leeshurg, with only surface gra-
ding. From Leesburg, crossing
Lees Creek, and for distance of
q mile and half, heavy expense
will he required. The creek lies
one hundred feet below table land
The table land having been reached
again, there is an airline Of thir-
teen miles to Washington, with
surface grading throughout, save
at the crossings Of Rattlesnake and |
Sugar Greeks, where there will be
additional expense, but not very
heavy. At Washington, the road
will connect with, and cross the
Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanes-
vile Railroad, sixty and one
half miles from Aberdeen. Thence
is continued the air line to Bloom
ingburg, five and one-half miles,
through level, even country, with |
simply surface grading, crossing
Paint Creek, say mile south Of
Bloomingburg, Thence by IN air
line, the road will run, DETECTING 90
degrees to the cast, by Mount Ster-
ling and Palestine, to Harrisburg,
a distance ofnineteen miles, Thence
the detection is seven degrees west
for 5000 feet, across Darby Creek,
For three miles here the cost of
the road will be heavy. Having
crossed Darby Creek and reached
the table land, there is nm air line
of fourteen miles to Columbus, in
the same course as that to Harris
burg, connecting with the Hooking
Valley road, 1900 feet north Of
their eastern bridge over the Sciota
GENERAL IDEAS.
A portion of the general plan is
to connect with the Hooking Val
ley Railroad, for the coal business,
it having possession of the best
coalields in Ohio; and to continue,
by an averagement with them, if
possible, around to the Columbus
and Cleveland depot.
The most prominent local nd
to be derived from this
enterprise, is to ccommodate the
grain and stock business Of these
There will thus be af-
Porded a new opening to the Eas-
.ern market, 1t is n rich country,
md it wants q market to develop
It's resources, All Of these com-
lies are very productive of grain,
md feed a large amount Of cattle
md hogs, 1t is as good a corn
as can be found in the
State.
This also gives these counties
lecess to coal of which they have
leen in need. They pay to-day |
I've cents more per bushel than is
in the Cincinnati market
Should this road be built it will
tand as a north and south line for
connection, by way OF Maysvillc
md Lexington, with the Southern
States,
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