The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-23
Communicated
Our Railroad.

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Now that our Railroad Directors
are fairly harnessed up to their work,
it may not be uniuteresting to look
over the field of their duty, and per-
haps point out to them some Of the
sloughs and breakers ahead of them.
It is noised far and wide that the
Toledo Tifin & CrestIine Road will
be built. That Toledo aided with
two hundred thousandI That the
Pennsylvania r. z. Co. would find
the Rolling stock This news has
walked up friends from every town
and hamlet, and enemies 700 from
every fen and bush. Mansfield
comes like a ripe damsel with one or
two hundred thousand, that she may
become the terminus of our road;
Bucyrus with twice sixty thousand
10 divert US from Crestline connec-
tions into her project looking toward
Parkersburg or Maysville, on the way
to the Atlantic coast; Annapolis and
Washington each press their claims of
superiority; Melmore and Bloomville
lock horns; Kansas and Bettsyille
try a Shout" while the President of
our road holds the sponge; FOstoria
has a mischieVous hundred thousand
always ready to coax away the iron
horse from our pastures; Fremont
chafes aud threatens to build sixteen
roads, cutting across our road at every
station and concentrating all at her
'hub." The Broad Gauge will build
a branch from Salem through Green
Springs to Toledo-that she would,
Or "bust." Toledo has god fathers
and gOd-mothers promising US, 10 her
name, all kinds ofill-will. From their
report we are utterly cast off and con-
dsnned.
These distant thunders have no ter
rors for our Directors. Steadily they
push along, doing what is to be done,
of their newofound fawn-
ng friends, or their snarling, sna p
ping enemies; it is simply the evidence
IF the strength and prominence of the
work in hand. The time was, when
1one of this commotion was possible |
md those times were hopeless and |
leplorable in Tifiin
But all is not as fair as a summers |
iream-to our enemies we confess |
What will be sweet morsel under
heir toIgues-Our OloR city SubScrip-
ions are not complete. We hear men in
'ur midst, men of means, who say they
10 not want road. They have got
long without, and were satisfied.
Vow this may be true, hut no one be-
ievcs it, and it passes current rs a
simple falsehood, and with these men
ur Directors are just now worrying
nd spending valuab lie time. IF such
nortals did not exist, the great vir-
ne of pa tience could never be devel-
oped; the simile of ''hog wallowing
n his mire,' would have no applica-
ion.
Have patience, Mr.. Direc tors.
here are hundreds Of men who will
elp you along with your road, who
ave not yet been asked. TO among
he laborers and hearty toilers for
elp, and you will get it. The great
hings of the earth are done by them
fter all. The GreatBenefactor cast
is lot among them, and his wisdom
7as more than human. !
This road is past all danger from
riend or foe, and nothing can pre-
ent 1t becoming a first class road and
valuable investment. If you choose,
ou can earn and receive the credit
Ge to the enterprise, but of you is I
equired patience, and prudence, and
lbor, day by day for a time, as c
o great good comes unsought,. and /
o success without effort. Do not I
punt difficulties, but meet them like {
pol business men and your labor will
nus be lightened.
To our people let it be said that
very man, every real man, is expect
/ to help along what he can, and let
i'm hunt>1p the subscription papers
ithout waiting to be solicited, for
lie season is near at hand when the 1
ork should be begun, and other /
EMS time is as precious as your L
oney. r
GIVES. 7
July II. 1869. .