The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-05-11

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fellow citizens, the time is not far distant
when these things will come to pass
These are our objective points, our pres
ent purpose is to run a line through from
| B. to the Ohio river; and it is for you to
| say, whether you will offer helping hand
in forwarding this grand enterprise. VIII
| you assist in setting up your property to
/ five times its present value VIII you as
sist in developing your large coal and
| iron interests, where the cost is compara-
lively nothing? VIII you assist IN in
creasing the size of your town to ten
times its present dimensions? Finally,
do you want one of the grandest trunk
roads in the world to pass through your
town."
Here an old codger wished to know
about how much it would cost them to
| have his road pass through their town.
| Our speaker thought about 5000 would
answer. The old man told him to bring
it along, the money would be ready. This
being an old gag, Gen. B. became disgust
ed and wound up. Our meeting here was
much akin to the one on the mountain
the profits were small.
We learned next morning that the citi-
zens had paid for locating two or three
roads through their village, one of them
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to pay no more, at least until a considera-
BILE grading was done which we concluded
might be lust for them but improbable
to us-so we hastened on our way for NJ.
which is thriving village, situated on
the west branch of Sweet rlver, Stark &C.
We found the citizens of this place alive
to any railroad project seeking to make
their place a point, ard ready and willing
to contribute their share of means to the
enterprise whenever and wherever called
upon in fact, we cannot speak too highly
OF the citizens Of this village, everything
was arranged here to our utmost expecta-
tions, and we willingly made their place a
point on the Inter-Oceanic and Continen-
tai road.
Whilst at this place We received word
| to hasten home, which we did, leaving
Gen. B. to run the Inter-Oceanic and Con-
| tlnental road alone for few days. When
we returned we found him posted for a
meeting to be held at W, with Judge 7.
as principal speaker We were glad to
/ learn of this arrangement, as the Judge
had identified himself fully with the inter
| ests of the road on former occasion. His
speech at this meeting was mastery eff
! fort, to say the least, IN point of grand or
atory and sublimated eloquence. We
never knew or heard of it being equalled,
we mean of course in the way of rail-
road speech Talking up a railroad pro-
ject may be quite interesting to parties
concerned, but Is generally considered dry
to outsiders. However that may be, We
heard outsiders remark on the occasion OF
this particular speech, that our friend, the
Judge, had the faculty of making one in
teresting to all and everybody. To hear
| hin, Ii1ota 70 he aara,g ,,r,ov, oil ha i'm
portance of having the grand Inter- Ocean
ic and Continental road pass through
their cities, villages and hamlets is pecuh-
arly interesting There is no good scarce
ly growing out of this huge enterprise but
the Judge lays open before you. You
have all the goods of life you wish for, on
the completion of this grand project
Some of his thoughts are brilliant anc
beautifully expressed, for instance, when
representing himself as sitting in Pull
man car, leaving the Pacific for Tide wa
ter at Baltimore, passing through the Cal
lfornias, Oregons and canyons of the Colo
RADIOS, flying up the western slope Of the
rocky hills-travelIng through mountains
Of everlasting snow-anon speeding dowT
the eastern slope of the mountains, ovel
the plains and prairies of the westAr
wilds, going at rate of speed far excel
ing anything wearing hair, passing tens o
thousands of Buffalos, Antelopes, Bears
Elk, Wolves and Prairie degs-on and OF
we come with lightning speed, rolling
through your valleys, villages and cities
and finally drawing brakes at Baltimore
Now, it is for you, my fellow citizens, t,
say whether your town shall be poin
on this great artery passing over anC
through this grand and glorious continen
I ~ rrms L. L. l. I--vv
amidst thunders of applause.
In a few moments committees were ap
pointed to raise moneys for surveys ant
: other incidentals, when in due time it wa
announced that sufficient sum had beel
: paid In to warrant the target and leve
men both drawing on sight. As for our
: self we were dealt kindly with Gen. B
, we noticed around shaking hands with all
This meeting was a success, everybody
, was feeling well over the Judges speech
when some one came IN and announces
that large, respectable and enthusiastic
audience had assembled together in Sche
fer's Opera House, in Canton, o., in tn
interest of the Pittsburgh, Canton & Chi
r cago road, and bona fide subscription O
some S250,000 had been received and wo'C
be increased to double the amount in
l few days. This bit of news seemed t,
take the meeting by surprise, but tn
Judge and Gen. B. were equal to tn
: emergency, They said to the citizen
then assembled that now was their tim
, If they wanted the most grand and mag
nlhcent road that ever was laid on top O
ground, to pass through their town, nov
: was the time for them to act-now the
had an opportunity of investing in a roat
that spanned the western hemisphere an(
r passed directly through their place. Som
one enqulred what was to be done, whel
Judge 1. suggested the appointing a com
mlttee OF three to receive pledges and Sc
cure right of way, all of which was imme
l dlately done. Among them was youn!
Pit, who, when last heard from, had owe
? SSOO,OOO in pledges alone, besides promi
ses and resolutions written up to a larg
I amount. Our last meeting in the interes
+ OF the Inter-Q Oceanic and Continental roat
3 was held in the village of A., Ohio
This place is very retiring in manner an,
1 modest IN department, so much so. tha
I strangers have been known to pass thro
/, without becoming aware of their clos
proximity to the town. You viii see il
|, last weeks Pittsburgh Commercial tina
: the citizens Of this place resolved to Civ
3 US something handsome 10 further the in
r terests of our road.
1 In fact all along the line of our roa,
r the people are stepping forth with pledge
and promises. We pride ourself as beinj
=, one Of the polar stars to this project. w
, admit our want of capacity or ability t.
B. make railroad speech But we flatte
ourgelf we succeeded in mixing oursel
J. useful in other ways We feel assUre
s that Gen. B. and Judge T. when our in
' scriPtionz are written and set up at eithe
o end of this colossal structure, will do u
Justice-as far as our regard toward them
a should we survive them, this review vii
3 reflect our sentiments.
We will close this sketch by showinj
up few of the advantages of our road
!, the grand Inter-Oceanic and Continents
b road over all others.
lst. The minerals along the line c
d this road are more varied and extensiv
d than on any other line in the world,
: I'd. By a singularly strange eoinci
It dence the coal and IRON which aboundet
e all along the line are ranged in such wa
v and manner that chutes can be arrange
: to load them in the cars.
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