Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-11-09

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tablishment of machine shops, and
manufactures is money we'll inves.
ted. In 1867 Aurora had a popula-
ton of less than 5000, the G. B. &
@. machine shops were located thef>
at cost of 5000, 900 to the citizens,
and the present population is TO-
600. Galesburg had machine shops
located there at about.the same time
and the rate of increase of popula'
ton is about that of Aurora's. The
machine shops Of the Q. A. O. st. L.
r. r. were put up in Bloomington
in 1859, since which time they have
doubled in population. The Illi-
nois Central put shops in Champaign
in 1858 since which time the in
crease of her population has been
5000. The machine shops 9. g. &
1. Road were built at Logansport,
Ind, by Mr.. Young in 1866, at a
cost to the citizens of two hundred
thousand dollars, has since increas-
ed her population 5000. Mr.. Young
also put up the Fort Wayne, Ind,
shops in 1866 at a cost of 5000, 1000
10 the citizens and the increase of
population has been 10000"
The same paper from which
we copy the above say -
"The foundations of the progress
of Cleveland, Ohio, is based upon
its Iron Manufactures, petroleum
refining, it's trade with the mineral
regions of Lake Superior and its
coal shipments to the Lake regions.
The population in 1860 was 43,4l7,
it is now 93,O1S, gain in 10 years
of 49,6O1. Furnaces, mills, machine
shops, foundries, &C., are being erec-
ted all over the country, butonly in
those cities that are connected with
the outside world by Railroads"
The Ohio State Commissioners of
Railroads in his report for 1870,
page 35, says: "Although many
countries, townships, cities and
towns (and he might have added
individually have sunk nearly their
entire Investments in Railroad cor
porations, it is universally conceded
that the enhanced value of property
and the increased facilities OF mar
ket have more than doubly compen.
sated for the loss by the building of
the roads in which the investments
were made"
A careful examination of
the history of the Railroads in
which such investments were
sunk will develop the facts in
nearly every case, that the
losses occurred from too much
haste in commencing work be.
fore the amount of funds neces-
sary to grade the road was Sc
cured by subscription or other
wise, or by improvident location
where there was not sufficient
business to sustain the road
when built. No such fears
need be. entertained for invest
ments in the Gallipolis, Near
thur & Columbus r. r. Com
pany, for it has passed and
placed on record a resolution
stating that until the directors
are satisfied there are funds
enough provided, by subscrip-
ton, or otherwise to grade and
prepare the road !for the Iron,
from Gallipolis to Logan, they
will not expend anything fur
ther than may be necessary for
Engineering and other expenses,
aud as to the location of the
road when built it must pass
through and over vast quanti-
ties of freight that is ready for
removal whenever the road is
finished.
The same authority Estate
Commissioner in his annual re-
port for 1858 says:
"Of the eighty eight counties Gn
Ohio all except nine enjoy more or
less Railroad facilities. Those hav-
ing no Railroads within their bound
aries are, Adams, Brown, Gallia,
Meigs, Mercer, Monroe, Morgan,
Noble and Pike, two others, Cler-
mont and Lawrence have very lit
tle."
Shall this continue to be the
case =? and shall it continue to
be said of our county that we
have more uncultivated land in
its limits than any other county
in the State, or shall we go to
work, strain a point or two and
build this road ? Less than
than twenty-five miles will
take us into the midst of one
of the richest fields of bitumi-
nous and camel coal, iron ore
of the best quality, limestone,
fire.clay and salt water, all in
inexhaustible quantities, only
waiting for cheap transporta-
ton (Which our road Of low
grades and easy curves would
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