The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-11-11

folurn 10 1arls. 1t Is DelfeSeu 10
London, in Prussian circles, thai
the war vii! continue all winter.
Muskingum River Rail Road,
There being no railroad project
in contemplation other than that al.
most in operation, why IN j: not ar
opportune time TO open up the dis.
cussion relative to a road up anj
dewn the Muskingum Valley r.
Marietta. We believe that Zanes.
vile can be more benefited by This
line of road than any yet in con-
temptation, and TO secure It's imme.
diste establishment should be al
once the leading theme and object
of GAINESVILLE capitalists. While the
present roads afford the necessary
means Of shipment and :ravel, they
also serve as the most convenient
means imaginable 20 enable the We.
ry trade these roads were designed
to secure, TO slip past Us They eur.
ry ou:, bring bat little back.
BY building a road up and down
the Muskingnm Valley we sap one
ofthe richest counties in the State
and procure an outlet for the pro-
ducts of u very prosperous country
for our own use. The South West
ern Rail Road project has been on
the boards for about eighteen years
and the prospect Is no better, and
we may truthfuily Say not so good
as it was in the beginning. FAIL
ure has stamped every effort, and
although the people of Morgan and
Geerusey counties. have exercised
all the skill and ability that human
energy could command, they have
accomplished nothing. 1t has al
ways been our opinion that a rnad
up the river would be more beuef-
cial to the people of Morgan county
than the one they have been seek
ing to establish, and We arc abso-
lutcly certain that to Muskingum
county, It would be an immense ad-
vantage. There d a large trade a.
long the MnskInaum that rightly
and properly belongs to GAINESVILLE,
and will just as naturally seek this
city as water seeks u level. The
business interests Of the valley de-
mands tina. we have such q line oil
Road.
Bur will the people of Morgan
county take hold OF il? "a burnt
child will AVOID the Ere" blI as II
grows in experience and knowledge
it learns the use Of that element.
Just so II Is with them. The peo-
pie OF Morgan county, We are AS
sured, If led IN sueh an enterprise
by men Of integrity and experience,
and those IN whom confidence can
be placed, will "conIe down. liber-
ally. Assure them that they shall
not again be victimIzed 10 tho ex-
tent of $500, 600 or $500, 900, and
they will mako this project a sue
cess within three months, so far as
they are concerned. But this can
only be done by putting men at the
head of il that know no tricks and
who will work with zeal. Let Mr..
Fillmore, Mr.. Black, MIR. Merriek
Mr. Grant. Mr.. Russell, and a few
others whom We might name in
this city, strike the first blow and
say the word, and the road will be
built. What do you say, gentlemen,
shall we have the road?
Every business man IN the city Is
we'll aware that If communication
between the points below on the
Muskingum was absolutely cut off,
and the trade of the valley directed
another course, GAINESVILLE would
loose ne-thIrd OF her present com.
mercIal standing. If this is true,
would she not greatly Increase her
business and improve her CONNER
eial value and standing with i'm
proved facilities decentralization !
If tho Se1th Western Road should
&C on we will teel it here more than
we now do the Hooking Valley
Road.
These suggestions will do for pre-,
sent rcf1ection.-Zanes. City Times.
The Times is certainly correc. as
to the value a Rail Road running
along the Muskingnm Valley would
be to GAINESVILLE, and is also right as
to the aridIty with which many oil
our citizens would take stock in
such u Road. provided good and
substantial men e at the head oil
1T. WhIle the trne interest OF Nor
gan county, and McConnelsville,
lies in the completion of the Sonth.
" cstern Rail Road, and whilc a
M%usklngum Valley Road would not
be of a tenth The benefit 10 Morgan
conRty that the South-W Western
would /; yet, the prospect of the
South Western beng completed be-
ingsc !ar in the future, and our needs
OF a Road being so great, We believe
If would take bu: little effort t.
raise a very considerable amouat Of
stock in Morgan county for a Mus
kingum Valley Road. GAINESVILLE
capitalists, truly, cannot do more
toward buiIdiag up :hcIr City than
they can by taking hold Of this
matter and pushing it With the ut
most vfgor.
WHEN q labor.ng man toiis six
days. docs ne think what a cons
founded IDIOT he . 8 TO gamble and
guzzle the proceeds of his weeks
labor ON Sunday ? Is he proud OF