The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-06-16

ties, seldom leave home, and
hundreds. would visit and pass
through this section that now
avoid it because they Jlookfups
on US as behind the yage, in
|ihaying, no gRRilrosd communie
cation With any point The
Railroad will bring toithe9 dis:
Etrict cthrqpghI (which cit passes
population; twill bring icapi.
tai; it wall bring the products
Of the back counties to- the riy.
e1it will creates a home demand
for the products of the seil;i it
viii give facilities for moving
any and all kinds, of produce,
at any and all seasons of the
year; II will create competition
between the rival lines; it will,
through this competition, make
freights less; it will give to
Southern, Ohio, as well as the
west and northwest, and their
Seabpard market at Norfolk,
with another through, line + of
Railroads to reach it and to
Washington Citynfwithout 60
Ing around, by Baltimore, Q or
the more no eastern cities to
reach il, and with a harbor new.
closed by the frost king 1t
will induce large shipments of
produce of all kinds from 0 the
west and northwest, (which
| would add TO- the work of the
road here, and l. falIyicbelieve
that within - months, or less,
from the, completion Of the
Chesapeake & Ohio road to a
connection with the roads of
tOhio leading, to the northwest,
that the work onthe road will
beso heavy that they will be
llcompalled to- add q second
track to their road, and. that be-
fore 3 years from the time the
roadis finished, shall have pass,
| ed, that the company will see
a neceeesity ford tracks, Q for
freight and 2 for passengers.
Iconsider that the coal trade
Of this part of the country is
J ct in its infancy, but believe
In a very few years there will
be- moving gout OF the Kanaw-
ha Valley, thousands ifnot mil
lions of bushels of coal, where.
now there are hardly hundreds
mined. Much of this, no doubt,
would be brought out and ta-
ken on down the riverin barges
to the markets below, while
there wonld, also, be immense
quantities shipped to the west
and northwest by rail This
may be looked upon as aawild
fancy, and imaginative sketch,
but have patience, and you will
see it verified. Every day is
bringing coal more and more
into use, for domestic as well
as manufacturing purposes, for
Gas works, &c. Lower the
price Of transportation and you
Increase the consumption; low.
er the price of transporta ton
on produce and it will lead to
an increase of production; in,
crease transportation facilities
and You stimulate competition.
Competition will lead toredpc7
ton in freights-reduction in
freights induces and compeis
economy in expenses. .v}rr
Railroads running full trains
each way can carry freight for
much less rate per ton than
when running with only parts
ofloads. Low rates would ma1
terially Increase the amounts
to be shipped, both ways;
which increase Of itself. would
justify low rates, ,9and, yet yield
a. fair prolific the company. l
believe with the contemplated
road finished from Galhpolis,
TO LogaE, othato coal ican be
brought from Hooking county
to the Yriyerat GallipOlis, for a
cost to the .roadlof so tol75 lots.
per ton, and from Little Rae
coonlto the River, at the same
place, for a cost to the road of
35 to- 40 cents per ton, or
say, from Hooking county,
freight cost the road from 24
to g. cents per bushel. From
Little Raccoon, freight cost the
road II and. .14'cents per bush
elm both cases, to the river
at Gallipohsc,I think proba-
bly, in 8 both thesaboye cases,
the estimate is abovefwhatit
will cost the road, but theoost
will depend much upon what
amount of grade will have to
be overcome. l think twill
be light. An effort should be
made 10 make. the heaviest
grade at most as light as that
OF the uahesapeakey& Ohio r.
r. going zeast-say not over