Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-04-21
From BacOnsburr...RaiIrOads. &c,

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there is a new line of Railroad being
talked of, and inasmuch as it involves
the interests of old Trumbull, permit
me to offer a few thoughts.
A Railroad from gainesville, on the
Lake, to the coal fields of Vienna and
BrOokfield, is certainly a highly com.
mendable enterprise. / see a writer
over the signature "Oa the Line" ad-
vocates a Railroad from gainesville ia
Vienna by the way of Warren. Now
it will be seen, by reference TO the map,
that a direct line from gainesville TO
Vienna will cross the a. 81 G.. w. II.
r. at Bloomsbury. If the object of the
road is to connect the peopleo of Paines-
vile and vicinity with the coal regions
OF this county / cannot see the propri-
ETY. of going round by Warren, some
s or 10 miles farther than by the way
of Baconsburg. Such a line of Rail
road is greatly needed, and no doubt
would pay well, but the most direct
route should be selected.
From gainesville to the coal fields
above mentioned, by the way of Ba-
consburg, il would pass through n
densely populated, highly cultivated
and productive country, and would
vastly benefit the people of the whole
country through which it passes
There il a road already surveyed from
Miles to Vienna. The New Lisbon
Railroad connects with the Mahoning
Railroad at Niles. Now if the Paines-
vile & Vienna r. r. was made via
Bloomsbury, the lake country would
be directly connected with the coal
fields, and the interest of all concerned
infinitely promoted.
Railroads should be constructed for
the benefit of the people and their
productive development, and not
-lno-ely as ple-aSure-rUures 10 county
seats and fancy towns.
The distance from gainesville to
Ashtabula is about p miles, the dis
lance from Ashtabula to Vienna is
about 40 miles, andthe whole distance
of rail road, so as to connect the lake
country at the two points on the
lake with the coal fields of Trum-
bull county, is about 30 miles. The
great advantage of these roads in the
development of the agricultural and
mineral resources of this part of the
State, cannot fail, we think, to inspire
in the minds of all concerned the
effort to secure these inestimable ben
efits. Improvement and progressive
enterprise constitute the vital power
of the age in which we live. Rail-
roads are the mighty levers by which
the natural resources of the country
can be developed and made useful.
From gainesville to Vienna by the
way of Baconsburg, the road would
pass through six towns, viz; Concord,
Hambdon, Huntsburg, MesopOtamia,
Bristol and Bazetta, a distance of about
35 miles. From gainesville TO Wen
ma, by the way of Warren, the road
would pass through eight towns, viz:
Concord, Hambden, Claridon, Midtile-
field, Pennington, Champion, War
rem and Rowland, a distance of about
45 miles. BY these figures we see that
the route, by the way of BaeOnsburg,
is 10 miles the shortest. Something
of an item in cost Of construction and
running time.
While L do not wish 10 detract
anything from Warren, yet L cannot
see why the gainesville 4 Vienna r.
r. should go 10 miles round TO accom-
modate Warren.
DdCouSOuiSf ~ tiuSs - hOt ~
large a town as Warren, but accord
ing to its size, is doing more business
than Warren.
1t has a Touring mill, 3 saw mills,
, planning mills, , nail keg factorys,
l cheese box factory, l cheese factory,
> dry goods stores, 8 family grocery
stores, / drugstore, l hardware, l
extensive barrel factory, 2st0ve andtin
shops, 2 carriage and wagon shops, 8
blacksmith shops, , shoe stores, /
furniture store, l good hotel, , church.
es, school houses &C., and the town
is rapidly increasing in population
and buildings. Il. CASTERLINE.
Baeonsburg, April 18th, 1869.