Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-07-08
Rail Koad Matters.

THE JAMESTOWN BRANCH is moving along
with all the facility practicable. Engineers
and contractors begin to hover about, and
Chief Engineer WILLIAMS has taken rooms in
the story below this office, and agreements
have been entered into upon which contracts
are to be beased tor the prosecution of some
portions of the work upon the line. We shall
therefore, hope soon to hear that some of our
citizens who have the land & means 10 close up
the right Of way question, will give every ia
cilty for getting every obstacle out of the
way, that the work may be at once put in
haId
The following, from the last Panesvile
AdcertiSer, is the latest in regard to their Rail-
road: "The projectors of the gainesville,
Youngstown and Pittsburgh Railroad, having
under consideration the narrowing of the
guage to II little over three feet, in order to
| reduce the expense of constructing and opera
ting the road-all former projects have been
laid aside for the time, and committees are at
work to secure a transfer of the stock sub
| scri6ed to the common gIage-to the three
feet two inches guage. One.fourth less stock
| needed. The committee have been met with
good success in re-obtaining Names and
have nearly fnished their work. Messrs.
Ford and MEYER have returned east
RAILROAD MATTERs.-Th following is from
the last Western Reserve Chronicle The
Ashtabula, Youngstown and Pittsburgh r. r..
Co., on last Thursday, contracted with New
York party for the grading, masonry, etc. of
their road. They expect TO commence work
between Ashtabua an1 Bloomfield by the 18Th
of this month. The Presiden; of the compa-
ny, Mr.. McCREARY is very sangune of soon
having IA force at work all along the line. The
line south of Bloomfield has not been definite.
ly located.
II Warren wants either of the new railroads
coming from the lake to the coal fields in the
eastern part of this county, somebody has got
to wake up soon, or in short time it will he
too late. The prospect of anything being
don1 on the part of citizens largely interested
in the growth anl prosperity of the town, is
not encouraging.
The comparative view we gave week or
two since, of the business of the several towns
along the Lake Shore, taken from the annual
report of the L. S. & NJ. s. company, gave
Ashtabula "A very creditable position, in a bus
iness way, among the stations lying between
Painesvile and COnneaut inclusive, especially
in freight shipped, was its showing a rather
proud one Could we have added the amount
of business done at the harbor, by the numcr-
GUS fleet owned at this place, we could, no
doubt, have made an exhibit of shipping bus
iness from this locality, that no one OF the
several towns named could approach. The
amount of lumber and slaves, especially, tax
en- by the lake is quite large and forms heavy
item of our marine business. Beside the ma
tive lumber shipped from here, the amount of
pine lumber brought into this harbOr is con-
siderable. The manufactures of Messrs. l..
NJ. Crosby, in grain separators, and those of
SEYMOUR, GIDDINGs & Co. and @. G. CULLEY,
in door, blinds, sash, mouldings and general
jobbing and building, create large demand
for pine lumber, and adds another important
item to the business of the Harbor. Another
,nsiderable item brought in by water, is lime
stone; the kilns' of Messrs. H. HUBBARD q
Co. and VIM. HUMPHREY, are seldom suffered
t. go out from the beginning to the end Of the
season, but for necessary repairs. The amount
of material required, therefore, for steady
business OF this kind may be readily estimated.
These leading features of the business of this
place, are thus limited at, 10 show in some
measure, that Ashtabula has no competitor
among her sister towns in the varied and ex-
tended amount of business carried on by way
Of the road and lake. Some of our sister
towns we notice, are accounting for the dis
parity which this exhibit of the report alluded
10, makes in our favor, Our friend of the CIT
iseR, finds reason Cor this disparity as it re-
iers TO Conneaut, in the fact that the Amboy
station divides the business with the station
of the village. This, certainly speaks well for
this new station, and its importance will no
doubt, ere long, enttle them 10 a building, and
the stopping OF other than the accommoda.
tion train. fHtf Hrf.
The COLORADO PoTATo BuG was
brought To our notice on the 4th as ap-