Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-07-29
PROPOSED COLUMBUS AND
MAYSVILLE RAILROAD.

There IS much talk recently OF bulldlh
Railroad from Columbus or some poll
East ofthere in Ohio, to Naysyille. KY
One route proposed is from Newark, b
way of Lancaster and Chillicothe,
Maysyille. Another is from Columbus b
way of Circlevillo, Greenfield and Hill
boro, to Maysville. Another is from O.
lumbus by way OF CircleYille and Chill
cothe, to Maysrille.
Upon first thought, this last route woul
seem to be the more available, beeahse th
wealth of the two cities on theroute, an
cf Columbus and Maysville, would rendc
the building of the road comparatiyel
easy. .,r.
But there is another route much NOR
available. The road, il seems to us,
built at ALL (and why not build itO sho''
run from Columbus, by way of Mt. ster
ling, Washington G. H., Greenfield. Hills
boro, and Georgetown or Ripley, to Mays
vile. This route would be vastly prefer
able to the residents, and capitalize a
Columbus and Maysvlle Columbus ant
Maysvilleare already connected BY watel
(canal and river; so are CireleVille and
Maysyille, and Ohillicothe and Maysville
and line Of railroad from Columbus by
way of Circleyille and Ohlllicothe, would
not be enough shorter than the canal and
river route to compete with it 10 freights
Again, the route by way of Washington
! O. H. is from 30 to so miles shorter than
by any other route proposed, In fact it is
almost an air line; for, by the map before
us, line drawn flom MaYsville to Wash.
ington, would run through Greenfield and
Hillsboro, and pass Columbus on the West
at point not to exceed l6 miles in dis
tanCe, rFs.r trrr..r .f.ts
By any of the routes proposed the East
ern and Western trade and travel are tap
ped at Columbus, and at the points where
the roads would cross the CINCINNATI d
GAINESVILLE and Marietta and Cincinnati
roads; but by the Washington route we
would connect with third road at Hills
boro, -r .~.t.sE f.... an...t.f-
BY any of the other routes proposed, it
will be necessary to cross the Scioto River
at least twice, but by the Washington
route it will only be necessary to cross
that stream at Columbus; and from there
to the Ohio River there are no large
streams to cross; for the route lays along
the dividing ridge between the Miami and
Scioto Rivers, and what streams there are
would be passed ever near their head
waters.
While the territory between Columbus,
Washington and Hillsboro may be called
the highlands ofthe State, yet 1t is almost
as level as AoorI and in building road,
properly engineered, there would not be,
In the entire distance from Columbus to
Hillsboro, cut to erceed ttbenty feet.
This route, passing through the most
fertile region of Ohio, would. by the very
shortest conceivable route, connect the
Eastern cities at Columbus with the South,
ern cities at Maysville. 1t would open
direct line Of communication from the vast
bluegrass regions of Kentucky to the
Eastern cities, by line not less than one
hundred miles shorter than by Oincin-
natl.
Tc the stock raising and farming inter
ests of Kentucky and Ohio thisroad would
be of inestimable value. Co npetition in
transportation and travel is always to the
interest of agriculture.
Let the people along the line of this
route consider the matter and move in 1t,
Since writing the above, call was made
by number of the business men Of Wash
ington and the stock ratsers and shippers
Of the county, for meeting at the Court
House, on last Saturday night, 24th inst,
Pursuant to the call, the Court House
was we'll filled, and Col. s. N. Yeoman
was made President Of the meeting, aud
@. A Palmer Secretary.
The President explained the object Of
The meeting, and after remarks by Mr.
Jas. Purscll and others, it was determined
that a committee o. four be appointed by
the Chairman, to cohfer with the citizshs
Of Columbus. Mt. Sterling, Greenfield,
Ripley and Maysvllle, upon the
of building a railroad con
Meeting said several points o
The following Committee was appoint |
pdis o. A. Palmer, Jas. F. Ely, Daniel Me-
Lean and Jas. Pursell. /
On motion Of Mr.. Pursell, Col. 8. N
Yeoman was added to the Committee.
On motion, the Committee was instruct
dto report on ThurAday evening, Aug
uSt 5th. to which time the meeting ad-
iourned.