Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-08-25
THE THREE ROUTES.

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Under the auspices and by the
assistance of the Baltimore Il Ohio
r. R., there will'be completed by
the end of the present year the line
known rs the Pittsburgh and Con
nellsville Railroad, from this city
to Cumberland, Maryland. Although
now enjoying considerable traffic, the
Connellsville Road will find wonder
ful increase in its business, when its
through trains shall run between
here and Baltimore. That CITY has
literally aided her great railroad,
hoping by its aid in turn to divide
the traffic of all the great west and
to establish herself as an emporium
of commerce vieing with New York
for the first place in the foreign trade
of the nation. Her railroad, through
main line, branches and connections,
now reaches to Cincinnati, Louisville
and st. Louis, and shares the trade
of those cities and their tributaries.
But the Lake Shore, at Cleveland,
Toledo and Chicago, the Union Pa
citic, at Omaha, and the developing
Northwest are not yet touched. EX-
animation has shown that there is no
better way to reach these cities and
this great region than by going to-
ward them from Pittsburgh. All
negotiations to do this by arrange
ments with existing lines having
failed, new road must he built and
will he built.
OF course there is great rivalry
among all towns near the probable
line of so great road to secure a
position upon it, and hence we hear
of the different projects. First,
there is a company Incorporated as
the Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and
Continental Railway Company, pro-
posing route directly west from
here through Millersburg, Holmes
county, Loudonville, Ashland
county, Kenton, Hardin county,
Ohio, to Lafayette, Indiana, thence
by way of Sheldon, Illinois, to
Chicago. The Lake Erie Branch of
the Continental route it is proposed
to run north from a point on the
main line, through Dalton and Orr
vile, Wayne county, Ohio, Seville
and Medina, Medina county, to
Black River Harbor. near Elyria,
LOrain county. These are a part
of single scheme. Then there is
the Pittsburgh, Canton and Chicago
Company, proposing a line through
New Lisbon, or, if desired, through
Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio,
Canton and Wooster to Findlav,
Hancock county, or Tiffin, Seneca
county, Ohio, thence to Fort WAYNE,
Indiana, and from there to Chicago.
Then there is the Baltimore, !, Pitts
burg and Western project from here
through the Conequenessing, and
Beaver valleys through Salem to
Akron, Ohio, or else through New
Castle, PENNSYLVANIA, and Youngs,
town, Ohio, to Akron, thence west
ward through New London, Huron
county, Tiffin and Findlay to Fort
Wayne with branch down the Guy
ahoga Valley from Akron to Cleve-
land. All these routes cross the
line of the new road now building
with Toledo municipal aid from
Toledo southeast to Lexington,
Ohio, and with which the Baltimore
and Ohio has permanent arrange
ments. The representatives of
each of the routes have been assured
by the Baltimore and Ohio authori7
ties that the decision between them
will soon be made, when it is made
no time will be lost in getting men
to redeem the promise made by
the President John W. Garrett,
of the Baltimore and Ohio Company
to the Chicago Board of Trade and
to his own directors ''that cars shall
be running through in two years.
PITTSBURGH COMMERCIAL. ..
Comment on our part is not nee
essary, as every intelligent reader
will at once see what the duty of the
citizens of this County is in order
to secure the road, and particularly
since there are so many competing |
lines. With any reasonable effort |
on the part of this County in con-
nectiOn with the other counties
on-this line, there is no doubt but |
that we can secure its location
through here, as this is the shortest |
route by twenty three miles, besides
it will require less labor and means