Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-02-11
NEW AND IMPORTANT RAIL
WAY ENTE RPRISE.
Cleveland, Springfield and Cincinna-
Il Short Lines
From the Springfield Republic of Feb. 81

From the Springfield Republic Of Feb. 3.
The great railroad need of Spring
| field, for many years, has been direc
| through line TO the East. Much at
| tentiOn has been given to this mattel
| during the past two years, and credit
| able efforts have been made by the
managers of the Cleveland, Sandusky
& Cincinnati road to give up these IA
| cilities. The road has been repaired
and improved, the rolling stock is In
/ better condition, the trains make fast
| er time aud better connections. aud
better depot accommodations have
| been furnished.
| Within the past twelve months
| much has been done by the way OF
| improvement by the Cleveland, Colum
bus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Com
pany IL has stationed in Springfield
| two of its best men-Jo ohm r. Hilliard
and George W. Burt-and has built
a very large aud fue brick freight
| house aud further improvements are
contemplated.
The spirit of progress will not stop
| there. Out of these improvements
something still more important is GER
| tainly destined to grow. A most sig
niicant article, in this connection, is
| the following editorial paragraph
which we find IN the Cleveland Daily
Herald of Saturday last.
The lease Of the Little Miami Rail-
road to the Pan Haudle-or, in fact,
to the Pennsylvania Central-necessi-
tates a line from this'citY to Cincinnati,
independent Of the Columbus route.
The purchase of the Delaware and
Springfield road by the @. @. & @. was
judieious operation. for that line
must soon form a part of the line we
speak of that shall avoid Columbus,
aud open a more direct route with
Cincinnati. The lease of the Little
Miami will prove a serious blow to
Columbus, as the local interest on the
part of the management of that road
has done much for Columbus and now
that interest will be overshadoWed by
foreign element that will not be in
terested in the Advancement of Co
Iumbus.
The factss ated in the foregoing are
generally recognized. Cleveland and
the East must have a new road to
Cincinnati, in order that that great in
terest-the New York Central-at the
head of wnich is Cornelius Van
derbilt-may have Southwestern
connection. A splendid road is al
ready built and in good running order,
from New York City, via Albany, Buff
falo and Cleveland to Springfield.
A road must and l0W now be built
from Springfield, via Xenia and Leb-
anon, to Cincinnati This route will
clip about twenty miles, more or less,
from the distance between Cincinpati
and Cleveland, and will oPan a new
route through the richest agricultu-
raj region of Ohio.
We assure our fellow citizeas that
there is a good deal in this thing.
IF the matter is taken hold Of
in manner at all commensurate with
its importance, it will not be many
months before the great East and
West line will run through Spring.
field.
The article we have quoted shows
that the Cleveland railroad authori-
ties are about to take hold Of the pro-
jeet, and we know that the parties
along the proposed line are By no
means asleep.
This ne10 road must be built
More hereafter.