Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-03-19

The PUstotlice was established. Der.
haps, about the time of the organization
OF the township. The Postmasters have
been rs follows: Gideon Leet, Esq, Ezra
Kellogg, Esq, David Klice, Matthew
Hubbard, Esq, Phlo Booth, Esq, Ncbe.
miah Hubbard, John Booth and Ezekiel
g. Root.
POST ROADS.
The Ridge road from east to west was
from IsOs'9 to 1852, the great thorough
fare, and the principal post road on
which the mails were brought to Ashta-
bula. Now, the Ridge roads are ways
of diminished importance, reduced near
" to par with ordinary roads
The old road from Ashtabula through
Sayerook and Ausiinburg ard other
townships of the fourth range, to Warren,
a dreadful wilderness road from the be.
ginning of the present ce1,tary TO isle,
continues, as it has been from the begin
ming, the principal post road, with some
changes in the northern twenty miles,)
from the south. In 1919 this road was
converted into the Trumbull and Ashta-
bula turnpike, which was used for about
thirty years, TO transport the mails TO
and from Warren, ny stage coaches, and
eventually, to and from Wellsvillc and
Ashtabula. 1t thus coNstiiNtes 4 con-
tinuous post road from the Ohio to Lake
Erie, it's northern part passing now from
Rock Creek, in Morgan, through Eagle
vile, in Austinburg, to Jefferson, The
county seat, and thence TO Ashtabula.
Daily morn ing and evening mails are
received At Jeticrson and Ashtabua, and
tri-weekiy mails at the Offices south of
Jefferson, on this road. The north part
of this road was, for few years, used
to convey the mail to and from the ten.
porary postoflice at the harbor and
village postCfiicc. Other shorter mail
routes have, from ti,ne 10 tine, brought
in mails from the southeast, either sep
arateiy from this route cr i'll conjunction
with it.
In 1917, a road was laid from Ashta-
bula to Jefferson, through the great
marsh in South Ashtabua, (now Ply
mouth,) which was importart, as the
shortest aud most direct route Irom the
northern part Of the county i'll the vi
cnity of Ashtahula village, and fron the
ridge roads to the county seal, which
could De projected by subscriptions,
and by $500 from the county treasury,
the expense Of opening this Ioad and
rendering it barely passable through an
almost unbrOken wilderness, we've de-
tiayed. Olher subscriptions and grants
were obtained from Time to timr. and
tbs road gradually improved until II be-
came good one.
TIE patrons and projectors of this i'm
portant road, in Jefferson, were Tnnothy
X. Hawley, Quintus f. Atkins Durln
Heacock, Esq, and Messrs. Noah Hos
kins, Loomis, aud others; in Ashiabula,
Matthew Hubbard, Esq, Thomas Whelp-
ley, John Hall, Walker Richmond,
Joshua Rockwell, Dennis lloadly and
iona. Buifum. Quin,us +. Atkins per
formed the greatest job on the road, in
causewaying the big marsh, This road
covered by The plank road isom Ashla-
bula harhor to Jefferson, built by a
chartered company in 1850, at cost of
$4,000. This post road, together with
its connections radia' ing from Jefferson,
toiHs the most important communlca-
ton between Ashta6ula and the south
ern country. to the banks of the Ohio.
The Cleveland, Painesvilse IL Ashta-
tabua section of the Lake Shore Rail-
road, supercedes the old ridge road, as
post road. The cars commenced rUnning
and carrying the mails east and west, in
1852.
The Ashtabula g. New Lisbon Rail
road chartered company was organizes
July 4, 1853. Their road is in progress
OF construction and is designated to be Il
post road.
(C0ntinued Rert teekl