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

With the Railroad com.
pleted from this point (Galll.
polls, to Logan, no doubt but
large quantities of the iron and
coal from these counties would
pass over our road and find a
market here. asb..sa .emoJag
Athens comfy mined in
1867. 1923, ,O60 bushels coal.
Perry county mined in 1867
422,817 bushels coal. T. .1ilel
3Thisroad wouldrun 90 close
to, the eoalfelds of those coun.
ties that /. have no doubt but
in time some Of it will find its
way over this road to the Ohio
river. Let us have the con-
templsted Railroad as soon as
practicable, / have no doubt
butmuch of the uncultivated
land of this county will soon
be brought under cultivation
through the increase ofpopula-
ton, and the stimulus that the
Railroad would give to every
branch of industry within the
county, and on its entire line
to Logan, in Hooking county.
And l have not a'doubt but the
Agricultural products of the
county will be more than
doubled within two or three
years from the day the first
shovel full of dirt is moved in
the construction of the road.
Neither hayeI a doubt but
if it We're once known that the
building OF this road to a con-
nection with the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad at this point, is
a fixed fact, we will have enter
prise and capital enough come
to our city to have manufac-
lures Of different kinds ready
to raise steam, and start their
machineryb the time the road
is ready to bring them the coal
from the interior. From the
location Of Gallipolis, just op-
posite the foot of Gallipolis
Island, it presents one Of the
best points for placing a Rail.
road bridge across the river
from its head to its mouth
the banks on each side Of the
river being unusually high for
river bottom lands, and the
island being large, with a good
foundation, would render its
bridging easy as compared
with most points. Now one
and all, from the banks of the
Ohio at this point, through
Southern Ohio to Logan, in
Hooking county, to a connec-
ton with the Columbus s&
Hooking Valley Railroad, are
directly interested in the sue.
cess of this enterprise. Get
this under way, and let the
Chesapeake & Ohio Company
put a force on their road from
the mouth of Scary down the
Kanawha Valley to the mouth
of the Kanawha river, and /
believe you will soon find the
Atlantic & Lake Erie Railroad
Company from Pomeroy to To-.
ledo, seeking a connection with
the Chesapeake & Ohio road
yiG this Gallipolis) road, from
Logan, or down along the Ohio
river from Pomeroy, and very
probably the Hillsborough &
Cincinnati road would seek a
connection with the Chesa.
.peake &Ohio road at this point,
ola Piketon,J Jackson, and a con.
nection with our road about the
Keystone Furnace, or possibly
by running from Piketon south
of Jackson and Keystone Fur
mace by an independent route,
reach Gallipolis. 10 ynGm ho{o
Now, what do you say, shall
we make this. road, and there.
by secure the connection with
the Chesapeake o1& Ohio road,
and thereby materially benefit
ourselves Are you willing to
put your shoulders to the
wheel, and hslp lift this sec
tion out of the lethargy that
has for so many. years kept it
bound down, while other points
with no greater natural advan.
tages, but showing more ener.
gy, and unity of action, have
been. and still are taking the
lead. And if weido not soon
wake up atthis end Of the line
we will be left entirely out in
the cold. Let US unite our en-.
ergies and our means, make
one strong pull altogether, and
success will crown our efforts,
aud from the day we succeed
in securing a Railroad connec.
ton at this point with the
Chesapeake g Ohio Rails
road to Norfolk, and with the
Columbus & Hooking Valley