The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-07-22


tween the places mentioned. This
is 80 miles shorter than the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad. Probably the road com
pleted would be just about as long
as the Fort Wayneline. This route
is perhaps as well located as is pos
sible. in relation to other railroads,
dividing the distance between paral-
lelled lines in such way as tc secure
the most local traffic possible, and
passing through some considerable
towns.
Brother Lane is seriously at fault
in his geographical knowledge, if he
can immagine that tpe individually
or Fremont collectively are interest
ed in that line, at least so far as it is
proposed to run it Westward from
Medina to Tiffin and thence on a d.
rect line through Paulding county.
Oh, no! we might as well feel special
interest in a road from Beyrout to
Calcutta, for all the advantage we
could derive from the building there
OF. We do feel an interest in the
projected road from Pittsburgh to
Toledo and Chicago, and we believe
our city is deeply interested in its
construction. whether our citizens
can be made to see it OF not, and
whether Toledo is reached by the
Northern route Through Salem, Ak
ron, &c, or whether by the South
ern, Through Canton, Wooster, and
Ashland &c, wehave and shall con-
tinue to urge our people to make an
effort to secure its location at this
point which would be in a direct line
from either quarter, should the road
be run to Toledo. If it is not meant
to touch Toledo, we are still inter.
ested in the construction of the line,
and while upon the subject would
suggest our programme in that case
for its, the BedconS consideration
aud at the same time expose some
fallacies in the above extract from
the Railroad Gazette which would
not occur to superficial observers OF
persons not actually acquainted
with the facts.
If the intention is to reach Chica.
go by the shortest possible line from
Pittsburgh, it be admitted that tc
Akron it has been proved the short
est, why should the road, after con.
tinuing northward to Medina, be de
fected southwark to Tif1n if dis.
tance is an object, and thence be
continued westward through Paul
ding county? Accurate measure
ment will demonstrate that several
miles of distance would be last, De
tween Medina and Tifin, by such Q
detection, or in other words if the
line were continued from Medina tc
Fremont several miles of distance
would actually be saved over the
other route while a northing Of IL
miles would be gained. The same
line continued would carry the road
through Bowling Green, Napoleon
and Bryan, all points of importance
with further gain in northin g, and
saving of actual distance. The
advantages Of this route are two fold
First, it would be actually shorter
second it would run through coun.
try not supplied with roads, and
touching more important towns
and cities than on the lower
route, and would gather an immense
" greater local traffic. Between
Medina and the state line, on the
lower line, there is but one town o.
importance, Tifln. On the more
northerly line it would strike, after
leaving Medina, Norwalk, Fremont
Bowling Green, Napoleon and Brya I
before it tcrossed the state line.
Now as to an inaccuracy in the
above extract from the Chicago
Railroad Gazette. 1t is this:
"From Akron, it's course is due
west, Through Medina to Tifin 81
miles lohtch is already graded"
We know that the projects of the
old "Clinton Air Line invariab ly
urge that the line is graded, but peo.
pie who live along it have not been
able to discover that such is the case.
About five miles, perhaps, of the
line was once graded, in Huron coun-
ty, but so many years have elapsed
since then, that it has in places been
fenced in, 'plowed as a feld'' and
planted to corn &c, That portion
of it lying in Seneca county has new
er heen graded. the forest trees vet