Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-01-12
Il RailrOad from COLt,n, Olts
to Il'OntOn.
vinton County Interested in this Pro-
posed Road.

Lawrence county, mas peeh nleu
the office of Secretary ofState. Th
following named gentlemen are tn
corporators r, Il, Neil, Luthe
Donaldson, John Miller, Thee. ID
Butler, Franklin county; S. II. Rug
giles, D. w. Griswold, S. A. Moore
A. 7. Walling, Pickaway county
L. W. Foulke, W, Waddle, D, I
Mccoy, Ross county; Isaac Brown
Horace Il. Chapman, jackson coun
ty; e. M, Norton, Ralph Lecte, Johl
Campbell, W. W. johnson, Law
renee county. The amount of cap
ital stock is fixed at $4,000, ,000.-
The route suggested is from Colum
bus, gia Circleville to Chillicotho
and thence on the NJ. q @. Railroad
to RaysviIlc, in the southwestern
part of this county; from Raysvillt
it is proposed TO construct roat
ovor mountains and deep valleys tt
Jackson; and from that point on the
NJ. &c @. Road to Bloom or Washing
ton Station; and from one of those
points to Centroville, four or five
miles distant, to intersect the Iron
ton Railroad. The route requires
the building Of at least G7 miles o.
new road; and the ten miles betwcer
RaysviIle and Jackson would cost
for road bed and masonry, at lcas
eight or nine hundred thousand dol
lars. The route is very long one
"A very expensive one indeed; il
fact we think it is an impracticabl(
route. What would be gained by
running from Chillicothe to Rays
villc? Nothing at aIl--so far a'
distance is concerned. Raysyille ID
no nearer Ironton than Cbillcotho
Let no one think wo oppose the
building gof q road between thepoints
named; it is the route named that
we are opposed to. We will name
. nearer and a far more practicable
route-a route upon which q road
can be constructed so that more
than one million Of dollars can be
saved, viz: From Columbus down
the Columbus & Hooking Valley
Railroad to Logan; from Logan on
the unfinished line of the old SciotC
& Hooking Valley road-27 miles
to Macarthur Station; and thence
on the Marietta & Cincinnati Rail.
road to Hamden, and on the Ports
mouth Branch ria Jackson to Bloom
or Washington Station, above
named. There is no better route
than this, The route will require
the building Of only 80 miles of new
road-thc completion of the line
from Logan ria Macarthur to Near
thur Station-2l miles-Cmost o.
the grading and masonry being al
ready done) and the building of the
four or five miles of road from
Bloom or Washington Station tc
CcntrevilIe; the rest of the route
would extend over roads already
built and in operation. 1t cannot
be said that this route is impractic,
BILE, 1t is through the heart Of the
iron and coal belt, taking in its
range a large number Of furnaces
and through section of country
capable Of furnishing moro freight
than any other line of equal length
in this State, Along the line ofthe
old Hooking Valley road through
Vinton and Hooking counties are
all the materials required for the
manufacture of iron. Ore, coal
limestone exist in inexhaustablc
quantities. The counties Of Ross
and Pickaway can not furnish ma,
terials for the manufacture Of iron
Along the line Of the old Hooking
Valley road through Vinton and
Hooking counties there are the most
convenient furnace sites; along the
proposed route for thisroad through
Ross and Pickaway counties, there
are no furnace sites.
At South Point the road will con-
meet with the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad, upon which cars are now
running from Norfolk, Va; via
Richmond, as far west as White
Sulphur Springs--226 milos-and
180 miles east from South Point
From South Point a road will be
built to Cincinnati, 13O miles dis
tant:
Men Of Vinton and Hooking coun-
ties, make q move for this road TO
be built through this region. You
now have an opportunity to secure
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