The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-05-13
ATLANTIC ANDLAKE ERIaRATL
WAV

ATLANTIC ANDLAKE ERIC RAIL
WAY.
Tha Heard of Directors of this Company
ba-,e f,ssn Ia session at the Neil House during
Fbe last fvyo davs and adjourned late last night.
Il A contract Of SO much Of the companv's rail.
1rs,7 line as lies between the north line of Ath-
ems county and Bucyrus, being ll8 miles, OF
over one halt the distance between Toledo and
Pomery, was let to Archibald NJ. Husteu, q
Co. The contract is for q completed railway
so much as lies south Of Newark to be complet-
ed on OF before January /, 1872, andfrom New
ark TO BucYrus on or before April 1872 The
certificate Of Incorporation OF this Company
was lied about ten month ago; the Company
was organized By the election of Directors on
the 6th of Septemberlast, and now, at the third
meeting Of the Board the Directors find them
Selves IN condition to let a contract for halt
the road-haying the ability from stock sup
| scriptions clong the line, to prepare the ROAD
for the iron. it IS also the intention OF the
Board 70 take measures at an early day TO let
/ that portion of their line lying between buey-
rus and Toledo Columbus journal
This makes the second road, the
building Of which is made certain TO
the south and west of us either Of
which might have been secured at
this point, flour citizens had taken
hold of the matter with the determi-
nation which has characterized even
smaller communities. The active
and enterpgising spirit manifested at
Fostoria, viii secure this latter road
at that point and it deserves to have
it for its liberality. We may, it is
true, derive a partia lbenefit from it as
well as from the Toledo, Tifin and
Crestline road, crossing, as they will
in their course to Toledo, the line of
the I. Z. d L. r. R. But our citi-
zens should lose sight of the fact
that both these lines viii cut off the
territory south and west of US, by
building up towns upon them, and
opening up a competition that viii
draw of trade. And hence, no effort
should be spared to counteract these
effects.
One line of road yet remains open,
we alude to the extension of the Con-
nellsville line, from Pittsburg west
ward, and to which generous sub
scriptions have been made, or are
making, along the proposed route as
far as Plymouth. BY diligent and
persistent effort we believe it might
de induced to take Fremont in the
route, and by giving us another east
ern outlet, be of incslculable advsnt-
age Otherwise, it becomes an i'm
perative duty which our citizens owe
to themselves, to push forward man.
ufacturing, introduce skilled labor
increase our population By the in
PRODUCTION Of mechanics and their
families, in order that the business
interest Of our city may not suffer
by any possible withdrawal Of trade
that may be occasioned BY the build
ing of antagonistic towns upon the
line Of these projected roads. This
is a matter in which every business
man is interested, and to which Ire
should be willing to contribute lib
orally, for the success of each ones
business depends upon the amount
oft rade carried on in the community,
and no surer road to success is open
to any community that that which
leads to manufacturing. An Agri-
cultural Works, a Paper Mill, and
Lock Factory, have each been talked
of successfully, but no positive pro
gress made in either, and yet there
is capital enough here to put all the
three in successful operation, and
our citizens be all the richer. Let
the movement be begun in earnest.