The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-09-15
Rail RaIn NEErIEG.


On Tuesday evenings q railroad meet
ing was held in the Court House, fl
the interest Of the east and West
road. Owing to the fact that but /
few hours notice was given Of th'
meeting, but few were present
Mr.. J. T. Huss was appointed Chair
man and R @. Pennington, ESD, Sec.
retary OF the meeting.
After the usual preliminaries, Mr.. J
I c. Abbott, contractor Of the road, was
introduced and made few remarks.
He stated that he WAS more of a work
er than a talker, and only intended
to tell what he, as a representative Of
a Construction Company, intended to
do. He represented a construction
or railroad building Co.which proposed
to take bold Of this project, and put it
through, provided q certain amount
per mile Of local subscription was rais-
ed. His company had peculiar ideas
in regard to railroad building, and
they acted upon them. They built
railroads by completing short sections
at once. putting cars upon them, and
getting, in the way Of local business,
partial immediate return for the
money invested, instead Of building
here and there q disconnected part Of
a line and letting it lay without any
return until the whole was completed.
He stood ready to go to work at once
I'm building the road, and only awaited
the raising Of the local subscription.
The line was an important one, ex-
tending as It did from tine eastern sea-
board to Omaha. He stated that in
Ohio subscriptions were in a more
backward condition than anywhere
else, and that in this county they were
not as far advanced as in counties east
and west Of US. In his opinion-and
It Is undoubtedly correet-this line
would rank with the great lines and
connections Of the n. Y. Central, n.
Y. & Erie and Pennsylvania Central
which reach to the West and do the
great carrying business Ofthe country.
At the close OF Mr.. AbbOtt's remarks
Mr.. Pennington explained the cOndi-
items Of the contract for the building
Of the road, which we gave some time
since. Mr.. p. said that it would require
about $50, 900 from this city and town.
ship to place it on an equality with
the other townships in the county, and
that, In view Of the benefits we are to
reap from the building ofthe road, no
trouble ought Go be experienced in
raising 1t. He particularly wished to
impress upon the minds OF the people
that the contractors, by the terms o
the contract, was not 10 get one cent
until the road was built and the cars
running to this place.
Following Mr.. Pennington, w. P.
Noble, Esq, spoke Of the merits Of
the road, and set forth clearly that we
could not only afford to build the road,
but that our future prosperity depend
ed upon its building.
At the close of the remarks Of Mr.
Noble, the Chairman, Mr.. Huss, said
that he was heart and soul in this
project, but he wished all present to
understand that the Toledo & Colum-
bus road was not abandoned. He
was up to Toledo last week and
found that the road was looked upon
as a certainty, and that undoubtedly
it would be sub-let, the entire length
Of the line, in a short time. The T.
& C. road would be built and
most Of the earth work would be done
this fall. The contractor would be
here In a few days to let tho contracts
for the work.
A committee, consisting Of Messrs.
Noble, Loomis and 8. B. Sheath, was
appointed by the Chair to divide up
the city and township into districts,
and appoint committees to solicit sub
seriptiOns to stock in the road and the
meeting adjourned.
The above report is given entirely
from memory and Is nearly correct.
Our space will not permit US to do /
any urging in this matter. Truly, we
do not think it necessary. The pro-
ject is so feasible, 50 necessary, and so
easy, that no trouble ought to be had
in raising the money.
With two new railroads our county
and city would make rapid strides in
vva0Ifh