The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-03-04
NEW RAILROAD.

The extension of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road West from Pitts
burgh, to some point near enough
Omaha, to make it one OF the Main
Lines from that city, the Eastern ter
mination of the Union Pacific Road
to the seaboard, as we understand
ent various routes are under cOntem-
plation. Pittsburgh is much interest
ed in this enterprise, for the use of the
Connellsvillc Road, by the Baltimore
and Ohio Co., makes that city a
principal one on the route and she is
anxious to secure additional facilities
for travel and commerce both East
and West. There appears ut present
To be some uncertainty as to the point
of departure from Pittsburgh and as
! to whether the line shall be run North
or South of the Ohio River to the
West. If on the North side it will
likely start ut point a short distance
East of the city proper and pass
around the North side crossing the
Allegheny River near Sharpsburg,
thence almost directly West to Clin-
ton and the mouth of Kinnekanissing
Creek on the Beaver, a point rather
North of direct line East from Sa-
lem. This or 4 similar route the Bal
timOre and Ohio Company propose to
survey at once and will at the point
above named meet the party sent
East from Salem to complete the route
from Akron via Salem to Clinton
which route if the survey between
Pittsburgh and Clinton prove satisfac-
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cess.
IfhOwever the Company find it con-
venient to go on the south side of the
Ohio River land bridge that stream as
well as the HOnOngahela), the line
would necessarily enter this State at a
point a considerable distance South of
a line directly East from Salem and
there is a strong effort being made to
have the road built in that event
South of us and Westward from New
Lisbon to Canton, MassillOn and
Wooster. There is considerable diff
Guilty in this route on account of
hard grades, especially in the vicin-
ity of New Lisbon, but to a consider
able extent all the way East, both on
this and the other side of the Ohio
River. Our people have however
made a survey from here Eastward to
the mouth of Bull Creek q distance of
about II miles and at that point inter-
sect the surveyed line eastward from
New Lisbon.
If the line South of the Ohio River
is chosen we can still present a better
show for good grades and direct
route Westward from the mouth of
Il1rI (tranl- fhnK, Snrrf lnYsr 1oninrl,-
bors can, offering Akron instead of
Wooster as an objective point on the
way to Tiffin, which we believe is al
ready decided upon as one point to be
touched by the road. A route East to
Columbiana has been found entering
Salem from the Northwest, crossing
Depot Street near tlse Novelty works
and Davis Feed Store, following the
raVine past the Brewery and crossing
Lisbon Street between the property of
u. Street and A. r. Silver, thence
Eastward keeping upon the right of
East Main Street and the Columbiana
Road all the way, and passing about
midway between WashingtOnville
and LeetOnia, and touching Column
biana on the North side about half a
mile from the center of the town.
This is portion of the route to
Clinton, tine balance in a direction Il
little North of East will be completed
in a very few days. The route west
ward to Akron is all that could be de-
sired, being on easy grades and al
most straight. The advantages to Sa-
lem of obtaining this new road from
the West to the seabOard can hardly
be over estimated. There are perhaps
n number of new enterprises in con-
temptation by our citizens which may
depend upon the success of our efforts
to obtain it. If we get it we shall
speedily have anOther.-,SdIem Re
publican.