The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-02-01
The Baltimore, Pittsburgh & Chicago
Project,

Correspondence of the Pittsburgh CONNER
cial.
About the 18th of December last ]
noticed an. article in the Pittsburgh
CONNIE -c,al, on the extension of the
Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago
Railway, from Pittsburgh through
Ohio and Indiana to Chicago. The
person who wrote the article undoubt
eddy had some knowledge Of the coun-
try, which looks very favorable for the
location of this road. L have been a
citizen for forty years of many OF the
counties which he points out for the
location of this road, and being init
matcly acquainted with the country
as far as Laporte, Indiana, I propose
to give some hints by way Of ventila
tion, some of which were left u in
your correspondents description of
the country. Starting ut Unity, in
Columbiana county, in fifteen miles
we reach New Lisbon, IL rich old
county seat, with a population of
two thousand, with a good agricultur-
al country, with large beds of coal in
every direction to back it up, in
wealth; ''having many manufacturing
establishments, and a future prospect
of becoming a hourishing point"
thence sixteen miles further to Bay
nard's Station, where it would cross
the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad
making connection for Cleveland ;
thence sixteen miles further on we
reach the city of Canton, the county
seat of Stark county, with a popula-
ton of SOFIA city of large manu-
featuring Interest,", having three agri-
cultural machine works, one steel fac
tory, two large steve foundries. one
reaper knife factory, two planiag
mills, with superior agricultural ad-
vantages; thence eight miles further
we reach fhe city of Massillon, a flour
ishing city in Stark county, with q
population of 5,26S, containing two
machine shops, two blast furnaces, two
planning mills, one paper mill, two
Touring mills, n extensive stove
foundry, with large deposits of stone
coal surrounding the city, and n of
the best agricultural points in the
State, Twenty-Five miles further we
reach the entcrprising city of Wooster
with a population of 5,416-a very
important place Of trade, with its
many institutions of learning, one
largo agricultural works, II steam
engine shop, one boiler works, one
paper mill, three plauing mills, one
large flax mill, two extensive furni-
ture manufactures, one large WOODEN
mill, three Touring mills and foundry.
At this point the Fort Wayne Road
is crossed at right angles, leaving it
from twenty to thirty miles to the
south till it reaches Laporte, Ind.,-
This place has no superior in the
state for agricultural products.
from Wooster, we return to Can
ton, TO show up another route: Seven
miles from Canton we reach three
sinai! villages, Navarro, Rochester
and Bethlehem, leaving Massillon five
miles to the North ; a very large pro-
duce point, where we cross the Ohio
Canal. The people along this point
propose to raise two hundred thousand
dollars for the location last named
On this route large quarries of sand
stone of the finest quality, and coal
banks without number, are laying
aleng the line of survey. Eight miles
further we reach the village of West
Lebanon, on a grade of ten feet to the
mile. Seventeen miles further We
reach Wooster, on a grade Of not over
twenty-five to any one mile, making
it a very valuable route and worthy OF
consideration. Twenty two miles fur
Their through a tbickly populated
country, e the village Of Rowsburg
We reach the town of Ashland.
BY another route from Wooster, in
eight miles we reach the village of
observation-disclosures of the greatest
cattle grazing points in Ohio, it being
contiguous to many thousand acres of
land adapted to raising stock, such as
sheep and hogs, Several hundred car
loads are annually driven to the
railroad from this locality. The day
is not far distant when, by the ard of
a railroad, this will be one of the best
stock markets in Ohio Seven miles
further we roach the viIIooe of Jerome