The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-09-01

YOU how rapidly coal is taking the
pIace Of wood as fuel, and also its use
for making gas, and while timber is
disappearing, population is rapidly in>
creasing, thus creating still create:
demand for coal, and all it wants to de-
yelop and make available the millions
upon millions of dollars worth OF coal
and iron ore lying dormant around
and under you and all along our
road, is cheap transportation; aud
there is no route on the earth over
which it can be transported TO the
points Of consumption as cheap as BY
our road, from Logan and all interme>
diate points to Gallipolis.
Now, shall We have that road p
Can you see merit enough. in It to
buildit, or aid in building it. By liberal
subscription There Ia an abundance
of means between Logan and Gallipolis
to build it, and own and control it
yourse Ives il each and oil willldo what
they can by taking from ! to 1000
shares of stock, the latter amount, fifty
thousand dollars, having been offered
by one company (the Vipton Furnace
and Coal Company a few days since,
if we run the road BY their fafnace,
which may, be done; for possibly, it is
tho best route. This is offered as q
furnace subscription, with tho probabil>
ity of further subscription by the in>
dividuals Of the company.
The offer of this company should be
strong evidence to you of what they
think Of the merit of the enterprise.
There never has been railroad pro-
jected in Ohio that gave half the prom-
ise of the large dividends to the stock>
holders that this does. Run where il
may, along Big or Little Raccoon Zone
can be easily reached by switch fiom
the other being only three 10 i've miles
apart and the whole distance lined
with coal iron, lime, and millions Of
hoop.poles) il must pass throug n a very
rich agricultural district, that would
furnish as much business to the road rs
any section Of the State, and its agricul-
tural products would be but mite, and
that very small mite, of the business
the country through which the road
passes would furnish to il in its coal,
iron, lime, timber, hoop-poles and salt
and its line 10 the Ohio river being the
shortest and its grade the easiest that
is practicable from this great mineral
region, will enable the company to
transport your freight at such low
rates as to induce great increase in
its shipment, and the consequent rapid
development of the immense wealth
with which you are surrounded.
For this development you will need
vast amount of labor. twill bring
into active use the millions of wealth
that have been locked up for ages
where nature placed it, which millions,
through labor, transportation and profit
would be put in circulation, and
would open such a tide Of prosperity to
your citizens as this section never saw.
Every man, no odds what his occupation
might be, world be benefited by the
road to a greater or less extent. The
benefit TO the large mineral land holders
will be almost incalculable; for he may
draw his millions of dollars worth Of
mineral from the land, and for all agri.
cultural purposes, leave the land worth
as much as when he bought it. To say
that the railroad would enhance the
value OF the mineral lands IN TINS Sec
tion through which It W ould pass ~ or
LOO per cent would be more than IDLE
Tor there is no telling to what extent
the value would be enhanced, whether
oo, loV, 2o0. oVo, l,VoV' ZioVoor more
per cent TOT l no'u' .,e e"n"ueenen' .,s I"an
Wouid De Just IN proPorlipn " Ine iov"'
ton OF his land, near or iar from the
railroad, and the facility with which
he could develop and make available
the mineral that his land contains, and
il only wants cheap transportation to
enable him To. set thousands of men 10
wo,k 10 mine this rreat wealth and
nron,ro Il Gov morvet ',HI..
pPo ~, ,ho w oho"n tr0r.rorto,;on 70,
~ eet 'he 0"Grp .t.nspoi ' &c r
CURES money, 40 set money u III ,'a ou.
nclent quanuty requires a'i 'nose
Interested, directly or indirectly, 70
give their aid by subscribing to
the road literally in proportion to
their means; and in my opinion you
had better donate ope.third of your
Land to this comnanv than let this op,
nort,n;tv Gin Tbera will he no tron,
tSn:n n:,.; ;n a. .oo5 ;roiI ~, 40
pie ~ ss'',n .he ioIu n,isoa Il al "s' :" "J H.
unit anu put tneir snou'uers W 'n1
wheel. AS IN multiipllcity ol council
there is wisdom so IN unity OF means
and action there is strength.
If Won have but small means or but
little interest in the ENTERPRISE, sub,
scribe In nronortjon to yonr ability.
II Won have been blessed with nm
abundance of means show your con-
fidence in the merit of the enterprise
bv sIIbscribinc iiberallv. A mechan-
ic told me on Saturday that he would |
subscribe ten per cent of what he was |
worth said he was worth $1,000. If
oil wn,,ld do tbis Won would soon |
grade the road from Macarthur or