Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-08-31

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ton and Hooking COun-
ties;
In this age of entt rise, at most
points, the march Of Improvement is
onward. (Can you claim it for Nc
ArthurN Old land marks are wiped
out. New ones arc rapidly being
introduced. Many of the citizens
of Macarthur, and probably other
parts of Vinton county, can remem-
ber when the shortest and cheapest
route by which they could obtain
their supplies from the East, was
by canal or wagons to Pitts
burg; thence on steamer by river to
Gallipolis, Ohio; from there ly
wagons to Macarthur, occupying
more time and costing more for
transportation from Gallipolis to
Macarthur than it now should re-
ouire to bring them from New York
to your doors by Railroad, Does
your present Railroad facilities fur
nish you with transportation at those
rates? or In the absence of any COM
petition do they not require you to
pay such rates as to become almost
prohibitory.
Your town is situated in healthy
locality, surrounded on all sides by
a fine agricultural country, and in
the midst of one of the richest, if
not the richest mineral district in
the State, or perhaps in the world.
Coal and iron ore Of superior quail
ty and unlimited quantity all around
and under you. Also, lime, salt,
and burr stones in vast quantities;
in some places so easily reached that
all you have to do is to remove the
slight covering of earth that nature
placed over it, apparently to pro
tect it from climate influence, and
you have rich and almost inexhaus-
table beds Of iron and coal lying in
full view, ready for removal to any
point where they can be converted
into that article, so convenient to
have sometimes, called greenbacks,
The gold mines of California do not
present to the anxious miners who
travelled thousands of miles seeking
the golden harvest there awaiting
them anything to compare in value
with the coal, iron, lime, salt, timber
and agricultural produce which the
whole route Of this road abounds.
After getting about Is miles this
side of GaIlipolis, l don't think there
is one mile Of the route but what is
full of coal or iron or of both, and
only waiting for cheap transporta-
ton to fill your pockets with said
greenbacks. All it requires is a
cheaper means of transportation than
has yet been within your reach, but
which is now offered you in the Gal
lipolis, Macarthur & Columbus Rail
Road, Let us go to work and build
that and it will give you the shortest
line and the easiest grades that can
be obtained from this section to the
Ohio River, and consequently capa-
ble of giving you the cheapest and
quickest means Of transportation
that can be had to Gallipolis, from
which place it can be shipped to all
points on the Ohio or on the Missis
sippi River on barges towed by
steamers; which mode of transport
ton is the cheapest in use at this
day, and the short line and low cost
of freight from here to Gallipolis
will enable you to compete success
fally at Gallipols and all markets
below with Pittsburg, Kanawha
Valley and West Virginia, or with
Pomeroy in the sale of coal. 1t is to
your interest to get your freight ia
ken to the Ohio River at lowest rate
possible, because the less freight you
have to pay the betterprice you can
get at home, or the more your prop,
erty will net you when itreaches the
point of consumption; and it is to the
interest of the citizens of Gallipolis
to have your freight delivered there
at as low rates as possible, because
the low rate Of transportation to and
from that point would induce more
population to como and settle in tho
town--it would induce manufactur.
ers with their capitalize come among
us and erect furnaces, foundries,
machine shops, ETC., ETC., and that
capital would be circulated along
the route for coal, iron ore, lime, &c.
Then at low rates of freight there
would be n much moro rapid devel-
opment Of the mineral along the
route and q great stimulus given to
agriculture are which would con-
tribute to the work of the Road and
the quantity to move would be so
great that at lower rate Of freight
than was ever known in this Sec
ton, the Road would pay larger
dividends than any Road of its
length in the State; it will open the
shortest route to you via the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroad that has ever
been projected TO tho seaboard, ei-
therat New York or the more East
ern Cities; itopens to you uia Colum-
bus q Newark all the markets the
country, both for your mineral and
agricultural products; it will create
competition between lines of Rail
Road which it crosses that are run
ming parallel with other, as compe-
tition leads to lower rates; and q
general and lasting benefit would be
received by all throughout the re-
gion through which it passes. The
rich veins Of coal recently discover
cd in inexhaustable quantities in
Vinton county, suitable for making
iron in place Of charcoal, would lead