Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-02-18

OUR EASTERN RAILWAY.
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The folloaving gPrivateE letter fromi
Judge Hurd, which we are permitted
to publish, gives clear statement Of
the present condition Of the eastern
railway enterprise and win interest
the public: - lt.Iear rrr--l
CLFV Ell IND, Mr.. NBRaTON & DELA 8TssRB
RAILROAD Co, Presidents Office, Il
- Mount Vernon o. Feb s, 20.
JAS. A. BARNEs, ESQ., Delaware, o.
Dear SRI had expected to hear
from you, before this time, that you
were ready to commence canvassing
for the promised subscriptions in aid
Of our EailrOads It is not. however, Of
immediate Importance that your sub
scriptiOns should. be obtained; but it
would be verv unWise TO let the q,iQht
tine, whom it does come, slip away un-
improved. When we get all things
ready to begin work, we shall COM
menCe at the east end and work Wests
It WOnld be desirable to have the en-
tire work completed at one time, but,
| in view Of the aid we can derive from
our operating line on the east, il viii
be both a matter of economy and ex-
/ pediti0n to work from the east ana fin-
| ishs as we 20. There viii be about six
or seven miles of heavy work Trough
the hills between the Killbuez and
| MOhican rivers. We shall be able,
with a cut of IS feet in depth. at the
summit, TO avoid a tunnel. Different
routes have been surveyed, and the
Board of Directors viii choose which
Ito adopt -0nsthe 18th inst. The old line
from Delaware to. Mt. y ernon, and for
at least II miles beyond, viii be adopt
/ ed. 1t is very doubtful whether the
/ old line Will be of any service to rs BET
yond that. We hope to- put the work,
( or some part Of it, under contract in
/ April. The peculiar nature Of cur lo-
cal subscri ptiOns-not payable only as
i the road is finished from point to point
/ practically. precludes the usa Of them
in the earlier stage of the construction,
/ We are obliged, therefore, to provide
/ the means by a sale of bonds or by OBJ
tanning a loan on the credit Of the
bonds ior subsoriptiOnss l have just
returned from Philadelphia and New
| York, and think there is no good
reason to doubt but that TEe. win be
able to commence work at the time
manned above. I am determined that
no CONTRACT shall. be given out, or any
pecuniary obligation Of any Kind as
/ sumed by the company. until cey-tNiR
meet it. We ara entirely independent
] and intend to remain $50. The road
from Hudson to Dfillersburg is doing
Fquite as well as we expected. The
= y
l aFy exceeded those of the same months
the year previous more than s. 900,
showing a healthy though not very
4 large Increase in the business. Some
large coal banks on the line win be
lopened in a few days, which viii ma
fterlally ado TO the business. The pros
pect OF such increase now near at hand
Il viii compel us tOiuse a portion of our
net earnings, which we had adesigned
I 20 devote TO the work Of construction
in the purchase OF new machinerY to
enable us to do the business OF the
road. All this, however, is encourag-
4 ing. If thereEis sufficient ByfsffJesssft
do, it will pay to buy the NECESSARY
machinery to doit.9 H05s3s 3ssass
I The PennsYl lvania Railroad Compa.
ny, as you may have observed from
the papers, purchased the Cincinnati
Wilmington u GAINESVILLE Railroad last
January. A corporation has since
i been formed to run a road from Gin
l cinnati to Cleveland Oia, ZauesYilIa29-
The. eorpOratOrs act in the, interests OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad ComDanF
and the Wilmington and GAINESVILLE
road viii constitute a part OF the line
'Iahe road will be extended from Zaries-
vile to Dresden-thence by ways oi
q CoshOctontO AIillersburg=-OT probably
q Oxford, six miles south of Mil llefsburg.
Here it viii strike our road which will
4 become the common trunk of both our
line Ito Delaware and the other to
Hanesville. Anybody can see that this
will add very much to the value and
| business. of our road from Oxford to
j HudsOnssa a distance of 6s miles. g :
- - -, r. @. HURD.
p. ST am happy to inform you
shat recent developments more than
sustain all I said to your people about
the abundance and fine qualify Of the
Holmes county coal. H. A car load was
sent to our town from one Of the banks
on the line of our road below. AIillers-
burg and distributor among a. dozen
/ or more for trial. The verdict is
unanimous in favor of the MfIlefsbt
EcOal.l Some say it is the best they ev-
ker used; others say they never used
any better .idw 81 oSi4aB. q. II.