The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-23
AuImpor,anr Railroad Project

A proposition to build a railroad
from Lake Erie to the Ohio river, near
the mouth of the Great Kanawha, and
thence ria the Kanawha Valley to the
Atlantic, is engaging the attention of
the people of Ohio. A committee ap-
pointed at late meeting of the friends
of the proposed road have issued a
lengthy address upon the subject, their
present object being to secure its con-
struction North Of the Ohio. As the
road must pass through West Virginia
to reach the Ocean, the enterprise
possesses no little interest for our peo-
pie. We extract the following outline
from the committees address:
On the Goth of May conference of
the friends of the enterprise was held at
Athens, Ohio, and after mature deliber.
alton, it was resolved that a certificate
of incorporation for a company to Oe
known as the atlantic e. Lake Erie Rail
,ray Company, should be signed and
filed with the Secretary of State, which
has been done. The object of the COM
pany is the construction of a railroad
from Pomeroy, a little east of north
from the mouth of the Great Kanawha,
to Toledo, passing through or into the
counties of Meigs, Athens, Perry, Lick
ing, Delaware, Knox, Morrow, Craw-
ford, Marion, Wyandot, Seneca, Sandus-
Ky, Wood and Lucas. An excellent al
tentative from Athens to Toledo,
through the counties of Athens, Hook
ing, Fairfield, Franklin, Union, Han
cock, Wood, &c, can be had by follow
ing the line of the Columbus and Hook
ing Valley road to Columbus, and from
thence to Lake Erie, using the line of
one OF the other of the already char
tered direct roads between Columbus to
Toledo. 1t is also the design to con-
struct line of railroad divergiug from
the above at some convenient point
north of the Ohio river, and passing
northward through the counties of
Athens, Perry, Muskingum, CoshOcton,
Holmes, Tussarawas, Wayne, Stark,
Summit, Medina and Cuyahoga, to
Cleveland; and it is the ulterior design
of the Company to form connections
with existing railroads, or to construct
a railroad running into or through one
or all of the States of West Virginia,
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
| lima, Georgia and Florida, crossing the
Ohio river for that purpose from the
shore of Meigs or Gallia county, Ohio.
1t is believed that the lines indicated
are the nearest to direct ones that can
be found from the different points on
| the Lake to the mouth of the Great ha-
Dawha. And we presume that it will
be conceded that the Kanawha Valley
is the proper line for railroad from
Southern Ohio to the South and South
east Atlantic Coast. By joining the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at OF
near Charleston, West Virginia, we
shall secure line to Norfolk, Virginia
which crosses the mountains on easier
grades than any of the mere northern
roads, and at points where the track is
never obstructed by SHOWS in winter
And by following the New River Valley
into North Carolina through the Alleghe
nies, we can pass through the gaps ii
the Smoky Mountains, and thus make 8
connection with the railway system O.
the South Atlantic Slope, and place our
selves in communication with Charles
ton, Savannah and other Southern
cities.