The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-02-02

CldA lALCACoIr~Oll tLA u
their keffsseRtatlTes IN Cohgtesyape
propriasienI were sePsaesdIsdsechfed
from eSGosetnaent atoi oopen and
improve a number of harbors between
Erie and Toledo The Thirteenth
Congressional District OF Ohio at that
time embraced the eve large coun-
tics -6uya1oga;-hor -Meafra,-
Huroh;TSsAcea5I ~SandnSky. and Rich
land, and stibe aseverals members OF
CongfesSArdm Chic id gtii0se SSaH
tall ofSkhen dybeliera Afs n6YaaeseH
ed, sayesths Bhetnpw holds this
penn meESsshlisted, aad willingly co
operated gith the opelceSentatiyeAt
the Thirttseenath DistEiet in this a1 e9p ten
Tn. 'aPsbi1s and and s afFH1gshs 8 40 e 4
these VARIOUS Jhatbors served to aug
ment tue foatI6g facifitfes on St6eI
lakes!S' Safiing aadS steam vessels
multiplied; trade &n the upper Eikc
countiS~~asHnEaYnt I'm, and a. 1afgtl
portidasef heSprdddeps 76fsN Northern
Ohio karnzs.aHd-worksheps ERE ear
ried tP supply the wanegefF thehnewp
settleh.ents OF Michigan ipSndsiuf stisea
IRssEss.11f1f]'FfIITItHlPf.'sssssG'S ' s's 1sfs'
Nofthern Ohio duringStbese year.
increased largely in pSpulatioaesaads
we haneht~theA-tlat Aths-aaxaaee4
from ina6Boads andcofduroy bridges
to cahann ayigatUnsg1as something
to be prend OF. ,3sJolffnkye 9naErea5
ure e$eEfsiens ne.thehkmade p td
nal palaees, at IttesEate pf four 1nhes
per hbur5Sandla canal fFeishts were
TRANSPORTED at the slow speedL of %.
to 3Otmiles ip "a bonrs Stage coach
es on Epost of egr fpublicyhIgb%aYs-
seemedta be the successful rivals ta5
canal ItFavelS and air merchants swsra
considefm t6rtuiatei fthey aeeohhnpiishs.
ed theft anndA .ttip,b etG cities
after Befeiandize1 iIEaess' !tffah three
or four weeks, and thepfeceiBt atakeir1
stores Of eastern FpdfebasesUiin
less tbaBssiH weekssftom athes tinleSofs
leaving-heme-f -sRsS3o 70 ID
A Tourney by stlge-e6achE sfraTn,I
Cleveland to- Columbus during win
ter OF Rpfing Vrdin4itya eeeVpiedd
s isF: ssI t5 asEsa! 3. ss ssaE !, ; .ssI
road howl and the pa4engefs we're
Fortunate if they made 1he-jaaEasSI
without having to, work their way by
often earEying,a raiIyard lifting the
coach pH oSdeep rnts ahdHgIpleTt
During the last thirty Years shS st4l
of raiffaads and Il tekgAeAY
has ~sueeeeded, or rather has almost
superoededl tire use of canals in Ohio
and the descendants Of the early set;
tiers above referred to have been rich
ly enjoying the comforts and convet
nienceS l9fao Railroad @csnveyances,
which their fathers were deprived oil
About 1913 raiIEoads began to- bel
constructed lin Northern Ohio,gFto
open Up; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lake
Erie. -Sinoesthattyear line after 1ipe5F
and railroad sitter railroad has sbeen-s
completed. uptila t this date the terrtl
tory known as No therfr OHIO lnortht
of the National Turnpike Road) alone
is permeAteA aRdTtrRgefSeds by, oyer
two thotkahdil m3lA d laid, track. |
Some oAithAsS iDdds, connecting as
they DO with continuous trunk lines
stretching across the cohti1ent,1 from
ocean 20 oc51p, o naIInnaI IN
their ehaiacter andeimHortance,- and
have dSfnbined t6sti1haate- aRd aug
ment tAel pepIlation,5 tie tArift.I DID
enterprise and power lofGNprthdfnl
Ohio. hndEnRotNp Ssateat large
ThesexatarailroafS Improvements:
together with the poperLsS-slsstSisity4.
the telgrsphH wlEsS
have served almost to annihiiate space
and disaptssa Land fs:fike lShe mihdf
vth E0ndsE and s~stppisbpspt when