The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-01-12
From the Akron Daily Beacon of the llth, instl
The baltimore, Pittsburgh a Chicago
Railway.

The H1ttSburg q COnnellsvllle Railroad |
Company, organized in the interests ofthe |
Baltimore & Ohio road, and indeed by that
company, Is now building road from Pitts
burg, by way of COnnellsviile to Cumber-
land, Maryland, on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad. This road viii be open for bus.
ness IN the fall of 1870 dwill be on an
almost direct line from Pittsburg to Balti-
more. Moreover, after years of steady
legal struggles with the Pennsylvania
Central, which has heretofore been suppos'
ed to rule the state of Pennsylvania it has
gained IN the highest courts and in the leg
lslature Of Pennsylvania, full privileges, IN
regard to making connections, extending
branches and everything else, equal to those
enjoyed by the great Pennsylvania road.
This COnnellsville company will not be
content to stop at Pittsburgh but must of
necessity seek northern and western out
lets. As Pittsburg has no routes in the
requisite directions, except such as are
under the control of the Pennsylvania
Central, the citizens of the Smoky City,
are directly interested in aiding the Con-
nellsvllle company to build the northern
and western roads, which both parties
need
Inregard to this necessity, Mr.. John
w. Garrett, president of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, at regular meeting of the
stockholders of that company said:
1--WE are constantly asked if our plans
and arrangements are perfected for connec-
tions north and west Of Pittsburg. Favor
able progress is being made and will certain.
ly produce satisfaction results, but nego-
tiations are not sufficiently advanced to
permit their being favorably presented for
your action. The enormous and powerful
influence of the Baltimore and Ohio road
is being silently but steadily exerted in
this behalf 1t would be as useless to en-.
deavor to stop the flow of the Niagara, as
to hinder our making Just the comedians
desired, at the proper time Grades and
| terminal advantages insure our being
sought largely by western lines desiring
the nearest and best access to the sea-
| board
I'VE have located line from the Mo
nongahela to the Allegheny river. The
| line called the Baltimore, Pittsburgh &
Lake Erie railroad has been located by
| our engineers From Beaver through
to Toledo and Chicago, the Pittsburgh,
] Baltimore d Chicago line is now being ex'
amined, and the location will soon be
made. This company has been organized
has elected an efficient Board, with
Judge Welker at its head as president"
This Is enough to show that the Con-
nellsville company mean business and are
determined to put a road through In
brief they have the means and mean tc
use them.
This company it is, which has a survey.
lug party of this town, in field, to run {
line from Salem to Akron. If this route
proves IN most respects, such as grades
length OF line, prospects for business, pos
slbllitles of branches and connections, chan
ces for local support &c, equal to or bettel
than other routes proposed, then Akron
can secure her desired and needed roads t.
Toledo and Chicago, a position on tn,
shortest line from the lakes to the seaboard
at Baltimore, and an independent road {,
Cleveland, by the Cuyahoga Valley.-Sucl
results as these are worth attaining. anC
Cleveland IN adding Akron to secure them
will amply benefit herself For new anC
greater coal fields Will be opened to her by
the road and the benefits of a competin;
line will be furnished her to existing mines
The towns south of US along the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne q Chicago road are, eacl
of them, entertaining strong hopes tina
the Baltimore, PIttsburg & Chicago roal
viii pass through them. Canton, Massil
lon, Wooster, Mansfield thus think, wes
Salem, Ashland and Fremont, each as
sumes that in the north and west course o
the road they must certainly be points
The fact Is that the managers at Pittsbur!
and Baltimore will chose such a rout
through such towns, as they think will D.
best for their purposes, according to tn
reasons given above. 1t is an open contes
for rich prize and as far as Akron is con
cerned we are ready to let merit give tn
victory
So far as Canton is concerned, that cit,
will as well and cheaply get the indepen
dent outlet itneeds by building the road t,
Akron, or one to Mogadore, which will b.
about the nearest point on the line survey
ed by Mr.. Paul, as 1t can secure the desiret
benefits by any other course. With tn
main line passing through Akron, and
branch from here to Cleveland, Canton no
only secures competition in freights 70
moving its manufactures Westward an,
getting its merchandise from the East, an,
also has its immense coal fields open to tn
Cleveland market
Going by way of Akron, not only vii
Toledo and Detroit, but possibly Sandus
ky, become buyers of Stark county Goa
| but Cleveland and gainesville, (the latte
by the Hudson and Chardon railroad
which Is more than probable Will also b
customers of Canton. These last two Gus
| toners Canton can never get if the roa
/ follows the route just surveyed by Mr.,
E. Pillsbury, from Beaver ria New Lis
bon to Canton, thence by Dalton to Woos
ter, and on to Toledo. So, too, by les
I than five miles branch to the line b
Akron, Alliance reaps all the benefits
the new road, and of a competition i
freights for manufacturers and coal t
Cleveland and the west.
. The interests of Alliance Canton, Ak
= ron and Cleveland are one with those
= Salem for procuring the adoption of abou
the hne now being surveyed by Mr. Pau
The local coal and iron interests, preser
and prospective, of the places named al
sufficient to warrant our assertion. Neigh
bors, shall we make a common cause for
common benefit and together worllin;
Q together win?
p *Being from Pittsburgh to New Castle whel
I there is connection with the Pittsburgh & Fri
I and Cleveland and Muhoning.
/ The above is one of the coolest spec
| mans of lofty assumption we have see
lately and we only publish it to show Ca1
onpeoplethe extreme econdescension'ofo OF
Akron neighbors that they viii kindly a
! low us to become an appendage to the
soaring kite, We really can have tt
: privilege, not to say extreme satisfactio
of passing through Akron to reach 9th,
+ parts of the outside world-Cleveland an
/. elsewhere
J. We do trust our citizens will see the in
Portance Of this great enterprise and avail
; to the emergency. Let active measure
be adopted at once. Delays may be da
gerous.
From Hayti.