Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-07-29
RAIL ROAD MATTERS.


have been impeled by their deep interest, 10 .
acquaint themselves Of most Of what Is being ,
done for the iuribefance OF our two enter.
prizes. What we have to communicate, there.
fore, will meet the wants OF our outside read |
ers, more fully than those nearer home. or
the jamestown Branch, there Is little TO be
said. The engineers are al work, and the con
tractors are getting their material together for
work, some of which has airi, ell and all will
be on hand In the shortest possible time
Some little trouble showed itself at the james.
town end of the line last week. The rails
laid for crossing the Erie & Pittsburgh road
already known to be In the hands Of the Pa.
Central-were removed last Sunday, and the
connection thereby broken. This highland. |
ed measure was executed by subordinate or
employee Of the company but any authority
for 1t from the proper source was disclaimcd. |
II seems 10 have been cowardy effort to ac-
complsh en- end, which the leaders and di.
rectors had not The grit 10 stand by. We
understand that those who did the job, have
the privilege of returning the rails to their
proper places again, aud that there is reason
TO believe that they fully recognize the policy
Of so doing.
The first work in order upon the Youngs-
town line, was the procuring Of subscriptions,
as was stated last week. The work has been
going on actively, and the committee have
been industrious in the labor assigned them.
Though these labors have been arduous and
sometimes not as agreeable and encouraging
as could have been desired, yet they have met
with very fair success, and only some $4,000
or $4,000 remained at last accounts, for max
ing up the quota for Ashtabula. Some effort
was required to bring our Austinburg friends
to the work, but there remains no longer any
doubt of their taking all the stock expected of
them-$15 600, we believe, is their figure. Nor
gan came up to the work nobly and prompt
ly, and S3l or 900 was entered at once
Rome and Orwell have made good begin
ming, and the reports are expected from those
places of full compliance with their respect
i've share of the 100000 from this county.
Thus there remains no doubt of making
up the subscription asked of this county, and
the officers and friends Of the company have
full confidence that the balance of the $500, ,00o
cash subscriptions will be promptly raised
along the other portions of the line. This
amount, it might have been inferred from our
article last week, was expected to cover the
building of the road, but in addition to this
Mr.. RANDALL proposes to take 100000 in
stock, which will provide for one million dol
lars towards the completion of the work.
This will put the work in such state of
forwardness, that bonds for its entire equip
ment may be easily negotiated.
THE WORK upon the second track of the
Lake Shore line is being rushed. The steel
rail, however, is neither here nor there.
| The las. Painesvile Telegraph contains tie
following:
The corps of Engineers for the Painesvlle &
Youngstown Railroad OF which j. c. Sharp.
less, Esq, is the Chi0f, arrived in town last
! Saturday, and commenced their work on Mon
day. THIS shows an energy and zeal which
argues well for themselves and the officers of
the Road To-day. Wednesday they will be
readyiOr the shovelers, and two gangs of men
will commence working tomorrow, Thursday,
morning. The gangs will be increased as fast
as the engineers lay out the work, and by the
last of next week. we are informed, three hund-
red men will he at work on The line from
Painesvlle to Chardon, between which places
| the work is to be crowded to completion with
all possible speed. As soon as the engineer
gets the stakes driven TO Chardon, which will
take but a comparatively short time, his corps
will commence the work beyond, making the
necessary surveys in completing the one al
ready made, SO that the letting of the contracts
on that end of the road can be made. and the
entire line completed at an early day. We
shall keep our readers posted on the progress
made from week TO week"
That's the talk 1t looks as if Painesville
| had ii definite idea.
LIST OF PATENTS issued from the United
States Patent Office, to Ohio inventors, for the
week ending July is, 1871, and each bearing
that date, furnished this paper by Cox &
Cox, Solicitors Of Patents, Washington, d. c.
Buckle, William Yost, Butlervill
Fly Wheel, Charles Root, Cleveland.
| Claw Bar, David Christie, ChillcOthe
Grain Drill, Daniel E. MoSherry, Dayton.
Steam Heater, Daniel Vaughan, Cincinnati.
Tub, &c, Edwin Augustus Firby, Norwak.
Halter Buckle, Philip A Snyder, Butlervillc.
Carriage Jack, Henry l.. RiOuT, Pleasant
Ridge.
SGein Twisting Machine, Thomas Slibbs,
| Wooster.
Hot Air Furnance, John ]. vogelgesang
Columbus.
Hand Corn Shelter, Charles Nelson o Hara,
Cincinnati
Steam Flowing Machine, zcrah Rider,
Harvester Platform, George L. Deardorf,
Canal Dover
Iron Rim for Wagon Wheels, Lucius Hub
bard, Ottawa.
Photographers Refrigerator, Mary A. Thorn
! ton, Perrysburg
Curd Slrainer, Ralph Mason and Sidney
Mason, Burgh Hill.
Machine for Cutting Oval Tin Bottoms,
Julius Meinig, Cincinnati,
| The horse disease is making havoc among
the railroad horses in N. Y. letter from
Paris snys an epidemic of serious nature pre-
vals among the horses of the Paris cab COM
panies.
LITERARY NOTICES.