The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-04-21
SFnm he Cincinnati Daily Times. Y
In Southern Ohio.

seems W udfO DSOh ouuAOhiy
overcome with o raging thirst
of railroads, as we'll as those
partsof the State further north.
Within the past few weeks we
notice "a, charter; has, been
granted for the Portsmouth,
ironton & Cincinnati; the IRON.
ton & Columbus; the Gallipo-
lis, Macarthur & Columbus; the
Lake Erie g. Atlaptic;i and tue
Marietta g iBellsire roads. IsGa
The fsstfoof these, ,mbeing
nothing short of continuation
of the Chesapeake & Ohio
road, and leading through a
section long anxious for rail.
road intercourse with Cincin'
natl, has every prospect for an
early completion.
The coal and iron interests of
Lawrence and Scioto counties,
alone will afford sufficient bus.
mess for support of a railroad,
saying nothing OF the resources
of the counties west Of them, or
of the business which i. neces-
sarily will receive fronhthe
Norfolk road, o Every ching
bids fair for this road, anGSf
its projectors succeed, as nJ%
assured, the work will be under
contract before; the tirstidaylof
July. 30 Dos.
The Ironton & Columbus
Company seems to :contem.
plate a. line through Pike, Ross,
and Pickaway counties; but
from recent reports, it will
likely connect with the 'TeonT
templated road from Gallipolis,
and both together proceed over
the old Macarthur and Logan
grade, connecting at the latter
place with the Columbus d
Hooking Valley road, and
thence on to Columbus over
that line. BY this route only
thirty-three miles Of new road
will be- sreg uired-awehty of
which was graded years ago,
and tits even now in good state
of preservation. We refer to the
route between Macarthur and
Logan. Between "Center Sta
tion," the present terminus Of
the Ironton road, and Bloom
Swirch thirteen miles-the
conntry is extremely, rough,
but several furnaces are along
the line, whose interest in, the
road will be sufficient to induce
them to contribute sufficiently
to overcome any barriers that
may come up,
This road is an actual neces-
"a, ~ fhe ;-o. iatOIostUr tllIs
portion of Ohio. A great part
Of the iron made in Lawrence
county, as well as jackson,
Gallia and Vinton, finds a
market at Columbus, Lancas.
ter, Springfield, Urmna, Mans
field, Massillon, Canton, &C.,
and with these woE%gapsa Of
which we have spoken, once
closed up, it can be put on
board the cars, where made, and
landed'wheye sold, ,wii,thout,T,e;:1.
shipment, =
Three ihdralred Eb0usad)doEj
lars, in all probability, would
grade these two short sections,
and furnish the ties. This done
it would be an easy task to
supply the iron and the rolling
stock.
The road from Gallipolis
could more readily secure this
CONNECTION at Oak Hill4T,onls1
twenty miles between points
than by building a | new line
all the way 10 Hamden or Nc
Arthur, though the latter
route would afford much. the
most by way Of local business
passing, as it would, through
a aperfect network of furnaces.
Either route, however, would
be a success, and would give
Gallipolis railroad connection
with the East and West as well
as with the centrsl part Of the
Sfafa ,uf DO Dthg fir .t-T .ao!
St"lo, e,7dr rs177 suan1 n.e l
The Lake Erie and Atlantic
road is new enterprise con:
templating a line from Toledo
through Sandusky Seneca,
Crawford, Morrow, Licking,
Perry, Athens; and Meigs coun.
ties, to Pomeroy, where it is
expe tted to meet a branch OF
the Norfolk road coming down
the Kanawha road What as
sursnceythefrisnds OF this road
have that the Chesapeake and
Ohio Company will make this
connection we do not kuow;
but it is very reasonable to
suppose that the certainty OF
securing such a valuable con,
nection in Ohio would be a
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