The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-04-01
OUR RAILROAD.

El OlR RAiIROAD.
AS everything pertaining to Oul
proposed railroad is OF interest to oul
readers, We give below an article from
the Toledo Blade of Saturday, relative
to II. From that it will be seen, tha
4 TO secure the road we have only to dc
what the TRIBUNE said last week
raise the balance of our money anC
clear up the right of way along thc
line" We want the road, and we cal
have it if We do our duty:
We could only make IA mention on
yesterday of the contract made by the
Railroad Trustees acting On behalf OF
this city with Messrs. COnant Il Co.,
I of New York, for the building of the
road to WoOdville, for the sum OF
! S225, 900. The contractors guarantee,
I not only to complete the road To
I Woodville, but also to have built and
in running order, with the necessary
rolling stock equipment, within eigh-
teen months, a line of road from this
city to Mansfield, or some point far
I ther south OH the Lake Erie division
( of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
which was formerly known as the
lSandusky, Mansfield & Newark Rail
road. This wiIf bring this city, by a
new and direct line, into connection
with the Pennsylvania Central, the
Atlantic Il Great Western, and the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroads. This
secures IIs access tO the ineXhaustible
c8al fields of middle and southern
| olsin. The arrangement made by the
! f'rsistetss also secures To the projected
Atlantic & Lake Erie Railroad, (which
proposes as its objective points Nor
1 folk, Va, or Charleston, s. C.. on the
! Southern Atlantic coast, and Toledo,
on the borders of Lake Erie the right
10 come To this city by way of the
branch of the road owned by the city
of Toledo. r.. ...
This is the contamination of perhaps
the most valuable and important
movement ever made to provide a
rich and successful future for Toledo.
Ii provides new and competing
Eastern outlet for our commerce by
rail- which has been felt for a long
time to be a desideratum. 1t secures
coal of the best quality, in unlimited
abuudance, at a reasonable price, for
the building up of a variety of new
manufacturing interests at this point.
Its connection with the Toledo, Hpsil-
anti and Saginaw road will attract the
rich treasures of lumber, salt and pro-
duce of Michigan tO this point rs a
center of commerce. Here the iron
and copper ores of the Lake Superior
region will find their place of SniOn
with.the coal and the ores OF Southern
Ohio. These advantages, together
witiA the connections with the canal,
tllesTiyer, the lake, and the railroads
already in successful operation, make
the prospect of the Spring of 1870 the
most brilliant and most certain of any
ever before enjoyed by Toledo.
The citizens of Toledo owe a large
debt of gratitude to the Trustees of the
EASTERN Railroad, to whose wise, care
ful and yet energetic management we
owe these acquisitions and prospects.
rhelaw authorizing the people of To-
led TO authorize by vote tax levy for
railroad purposes was passed about
one year ago. About eight months
since, the people voted to authorize a
tax of $3.50, 900 for the construction of
an eastern Railroad Some time
transpired before the Board could be
appointed. Only about six months
ago were the Trustees appointed and
in shape to go to work. In that time
they have consulted with the various
railroad interests seeking connection
with Toledo. They have visited the
different coal fields inviting attention,
they have canvassed carefully the
various propositions coming before
them, and have performed an inn
mense amount of labor in the time
they have had to work. They have
not only succeeded in putting under
contract n road making all vital con-
neetions bid in securing ID for about
one hiatt the money it was, from the
first until now, expected to cost the
city. The Trustees have done their
part nObly, and are entitled to a large
measure of gratitude from their fellow
citizens. i .5 .H.''
1t now remains for our citizens to
heartily second and approve what has
been done, and foE- the Council to
formally ratify and thus make bind
ing the action which has been initia-
ted by the Trustees. We believe this
will be done, and that our citizens
will act i'm harmony i'm giving effect
to this advantageous arrangement
The vigilance and strict attention to
the interests of the city manifested by
the Board i'm saving on the contract
full One-half the money they were au-
thOrized and Indeed expected to spend,
is almost without precedent in SIM
liar enterprises, and has greatly light
ened the burdens of the taxpayers of
the city. They have succeeded in Sc
curing all tine advantages desired by
the undertaking, and even more, ut
less than one-half the estimated cost.
The contract binds the contractors
to have the road i'm running order in
eighteen months, but they expect and
intend to have the work done i'm less
time than that. In q twelvemOnth
we expect to go 10 the coal fields of
Southeastern Ohio OH the trial trip
over this road. Let there be no delay
in the preliminary arrangements on
the part of our city authorities, and
let the most cordial moral support he
rendered by all our people.