Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-12-15
from the Youngstown, Register.
ASHTABULA AND YOUNGSTOWN
RAILROAD.
Report on the Survey OF The Line.

On Monday, the 5Oth OF September, Col.
Irwin Camp, in company with Henry Hub
bard, ESQ., OF Ashtabula, Went over the pro-
posed line of route for the railroad between
this city and A~shtabula, reaching Houngs-
town on the evening of The I'D After a de-
lay OF q few days, on September Both Col.
Camp, with a full party and complete sur
veying implements, commenced the survey
or the Ashtabula and youngstown route, by
both the proposed lines, VIZ: by wayofCrab
Creek, and also by way OF Rrier Hill, Squaw
Creek and Church Hill Railroad. After a
careful and exhaustive survey OF the whole
line, the work WAS completed at Bristol on
Thursday, November 10Th. tWenty-fourdays
having been given to the Brier Hill and
Bristol lines, nine days to Ashtabula Divis-
ion, and six days 10 the bloomfield onnec
tion, the whole including one day lost by
bad weather, one day on the road and one
day returning home.
Since that time Col. Camp has been pre-
pairing his report, estimates, statements, pro-
nleS n maps. On Friday evening, in COM
pany with n number OF gentlemen from
AShtabula, Col. Camp visited our city and
read the report TO 4 meeting OF our capital
lists. We have seen the report, and publish
herewith extracts OF a nature likely to in
terest the public.
GENERAL DEFAMATION oFTHEw WHOLE LINE.
This line commences at the bumper end
of track, a. depot OF the Lawrence Branch Of
p. Fit. w. & C.. r. R., at lower end Of Youngs-
town, thence curying through lands of Htne,
on the face OF the east slope of Crab Creek,
and gently descending grade. reaches fats OF
bank near water tank Ofthe Hubbard Branch
Railroad, thence on a line east of andthirty-
three feet from the boundary line OF said
Branch Railroad, and parallel Herewith 70
near the Hubbrd Road, where IL crosses said
Hubbard Road and Hubbard Branch Rail-
road and Crab Creek, to the foot of the west
slope of said bank From this point, with
grades varying from fOrty-twO to forty-seven
and forty-nine feet per mile, il reaches the
head Of r Creek, and soon crosses the Lis
bon and Vienna Railroad, a short distance
south OF the Liberty n Vienna township
line, at a distance of about eight miles, at an
elevation of 572 feet above Lake Erie: thence
with undulating grades, passing about forty
rods west OF Vienna Center, and through the
west end of village on to lands OF Sanford,at
a distance of about eleven miles, and at an
elevation of 674:7 above Lake Erie, being the
highest elevation reached between NOungs-
town and Ashtabula Harbor; thence over nat
but elevated lands dividing water OF SQuaw
Creek and Kennedy's Branch of Mosquito
Creek and by the valley ofKennedy's branch
with descending grade of thirty-one feet per
mile for three miles, to the north corner Of
Vienna township, at a distance OF about
fourteen and one-lourth miles; thence over
elevated fiat between Kennedy Branch and
Big Creek, to near bank of Big Creek, where |
the descending grade Of thirty-one feet is
again resumed and carried on down the gen. !
! eral slope Of the eastern hillside OF MosQuitO
Creek, crossing its several branches, Big
Creek, Confusion Run, the A. & g. W. X. R., /
Walnut, Immediately thereafter till grade
touches bottom of Mosquito Creek, at the
of twenty and oDe-half miles, and elevation
OF 307 feet above Lake Erie; thence, crossing
Mosquito Creek, with about an eight feet
maximum I'LL for abOutfOurteen feet of level
/ grade to foot Of west slope OF Creek; thence
with a grade Of thirty-tWo to ~thirty-siX feet
per mile. we rise to top Of west hill slope at
Mecca Center Road at Mecca oil diggings
corners, one and One-half miles south OF
Powers corners, distant about twenty-five
and One-half miles, and at an elevation OF
S59.S feet above Lake Erie thence, by one
tangent north thirty-eight and one-half de-
grees west, and gently undulating grades to
aAa- - ~ II Ak2aN ~
mile north of south line of Bloomfield town.
ship, at a distance of twenty-eight and one
fourth miles, and an elevation Of BIS feet
above Lake Er1es thence. by undulat1ng
grades, crossing Rock Creek, not exceeding
thirty-three feet per mile, Badger Creek,
south and north branch OF Three Brothers,
Mill Creek n outlet OF marsh near Austin
burgh to summit Of hunson Hill, at a dist
ancs of hfty-five miles. and an elevation of
2S7.7 feet above Lake Erie; thence, by de-
scending grades ranging between fOrty-nine
to sixty-dve feet per mile, relieved by light
er grades and occasional level stretches to
Ashtabula Harbor, distant about 6l.eS miles
from Youngstown, and elevation of grade
about 6.S feet above Lake Erie.
DIVISION.
A to condition Of the division, L V al
ready said that / found It's
and cut in excellent condition. There are
about twenty-nine miles Of this road in the
rich and populous townships Of Bloomfield,
Creek, that with their present gradients, and
outside OF bridging, would not require an
expenditure Of over Sl50 per mile to fit them
ready for the ties. found, however, in four
different places, gradients, which, from the
reading Of the report OF lS4, /
had no right to expect. The assurance then
given was that there should be no ascending
grade going north exceeding thirty-three
feet per mile. AS soon as this discrepancy
was made Rnown to the President Of the
road, he, with commendable promptness and
due appreciation of the engineering adyan-
tages thereof, ordered all gradients, going
either north or south. between Bloomfield
- E.-a- vi - Mha Iaal ~ AAA H. I
Erie heavier gradients, to be reduced to thir-
ty-three feet per mile, and you viii see by
the profile and stimate herewith submit
ted, that provision has been made for their
reduction to that ratio.
At the harbor I find n topography as favor
able as could be desired, in blun banks on
harbOr. for accommodation
ming on the top Of elevated shutes for coal
ample room for two railroad depots and pri-
vate d~Ocks-bends IN the course OF the
stream, through which a short cut OF one
hundred feet in width would furnish ample
room for the turning or winding Of the larg-
est vessels. l also found the U. S. Govern
ment engineer expanding an ample apprO-
priation for dredging the canal to thirteen
feet deep, below the ordinary average stage
of water in Lake Erie. A United States
Topographic Engineers Map, with harbor
Improvements, topography and soundingS,
allRccurately delineated thereon, is here
with submitted, and for the present accura-
cy thereofI can fully vOuch, having had
charge, as Government Inspector, for the
last two years, Of the work done at this as
well as of the other harbors west it oSan-
dusky excepting Cleveiand)
OF THE LINE FROM DEPOT OF
LAwRENCEBRANcH BY WAY OF BRIER HILL
Commencing about six or eigh hundred
feet south of the end of track, theme coming
across the c. & NJ. r. r. at grade. lin front OF
Mr.. Hines house, and over Crab Creek and
Federal street, at an elevation OF about
fourteen feet along said street; thence along
on the north side Of Brown, Bonnel& Co.'S
gfdn FEonH With q RIGHT IF UaU nr nhnnf 4
twenty feet in width measured from outside
of the north rail or side track to the crossing
of the Pennsylvania and Ohio canal, on 10
lands belonging 10 estate OF Judge Rayen,
to the first and lower crossing OF the Maho-
ming river thence, crossing said river and
crossing TO the right through brick yard near
q large brick brewery on the south side of
river, into a tangent nearly at right angles
with Mill street, which is crossed near foot
OF slope near corner Of cemetry; thence, In
front Of public school house and on to lands
of estate Of Moses Johnston, curv1ng to the
right through same to the second and upper
crossing of Mahoning river and ana into
land and garden of John Aanning at an ele-
walton OF about fifteen feet above canal;
thence with an average cut OF about four
teen feet through hill top. between river and
Eagl Furnace bank, then passing between
the furnaee stack and canal at said furnace,
and along the precipituous face OF bank
above the birm side Of canal for about three
hundred feet, and then into a trestle about
forty-hve feet high for about six hundred
feet in length, and thence along and parallel
with the T.. q N. X. H., at ABOUT thirty Iecl
from the west boundary line thereof. passing
the Brier Hill furnace to the switch OF the
Church Hill Railroad. at its junction with
the c. I'M R. r: thence, by the courses, dis
tances and gradients Of said road, for 2Oi
miles to junction with lower end OF the Lib
erty and Vienna Railroad; thence by the
courses, distances and gradients OF roads 70
intersection with youngstown md Shtabula
Railroad, by the Crab Creek line, for a dis
tance Of 2.Se miles, making total distance
from Lawrence depot to said last named
junction of 9.S9 miles, being an increase
Of LAB miles over the distance from depot
to said junction by the Crab Creek line
Total cost, Sl0S, 632,S0.
Ihave also given you a map and estimate
Of a line from a point about two and one
fourth miles below Lawrence depot, over on
the west side of the Mahoning river, and by
way OF Pin Bluffs, above the lower corner
OF the Church Hill Railroad with the c. & N.
the above described line at or near the above
mentioned brick brewery, the whole length
Of line by this route being ll.63 miles from
said lower junction to the L. & V. crossing,
and being LIS miles longer than from the L.
q v. crossing to said lower junction by the
Crab Creek route. Total cost, Sll6,s2,75.
Col. Camp estimates the cost of the road as
followsi
COST OF YOUNGSTOWN DIVISION.
Ready for the rail, $l28, .OS; total cost Of
same, including iron, sidings, stations, S4le,-
505,0S.
COST or DIVISION.
Ready for the rail, $G 1924; total cost,
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