Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-03

Iud especially to the West and North,
lot equalled elsewhere. In addition to
he two Roads here referred to, should
DC named the Lake Shore & Tuscarawas
Railway, now being built, to connect
with the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern at Elyria and the rich and extern
sive Coal and Iron mines OF Medina,
Stark and Tuscarawas counties-thus
good Coal within 100 miles OF
and furnishing the third com
peting line to the immense mineral de-
posits Of the interior, and giving still
more positive assurance of cheap Coal
and Iron.
.. As the focus of no less than four
teen lines of Rail,oay, stretching out in |
every possible direction, and becoming |
the channels of trade for the extensive
and productive regions penetrated by
them, this City will possess advantages
for local traffic second to no other in the
country. So completely will the sec
tions tributary to Toledo be supplied
with Railways, that scarce a neighbor-
hood will be without direct connection
with us.
3. With these facilities, Toledo will have
no less than nine direct rail connections
with the seaboard-two to Boston, three
to New York, land four counting the
M;lla.,IA 10 DhilaHnl-
phia: two to Baltimore; and one to
Norfolk. Competition will at the same
time be furnished to Chicago, st. Louis,
Cincinnati-in fact, to all points South,
West and North. In word, there will
be scarcely a City of Importance in the
land accessible by rail, with which To-
ledo will not have competing connec-
tions. Then will she enjoy whatever
measure of benefit is to be derived from
such advantages.
t. Not least in the list OF benefits to be
named here are the direct and compel
ing connections to be secured with
the great Lumber regions of Michigan
whereby the present prominence ol
| Toledo as Lumber market will be
largely enhanced. The l35,000,000 feet
OF Pine Lumber, 2S,00O,OO0 OF Shingle.
30,O00000 L.ath marketed here in 1870
will be greatly exceeded in amounts
when the new lines of Road are opened
This traffic will begreatly stimulated by
the new facilities for market opened by
the two direct Roads into the grea
Lumber-consuming regions OF interio
and Southern Ohio and Virginia.
We must not omit to refer, in thi
connection, to the peculiar local advan
, tages of Toledo as manufacturing point
and especially for heavy Iron works, de
) rived from the extraordinary combina
: ton OF rail and water accommodations
) since, to all the facilities for inland trai
: tic above referred to, is to be added no
less than twenty miles OF available waite
? front a large portion OF which will a
once be in direct connection with on
) Railway system. OF course, with sue
: extensive range for choice, there will b
, little difficulty in obtaining desirable lC
= cations on reasonable terms. In lac
=. we can name superior property of thi
D description be had at nominal rate,
/ This is point not be overlooked.
I 1t is entirely safe to say, that the nun
0 ber of Railways now being constructed
and at an early day to be constructed t
e Toledo, is greater and more importar
, TO its future growth, than in the case {
any other City in the country; and wit
S them finished the City will present
( more complete network of tributar
4 lines of Railroad, than any other. Bu
= the advantages from these, cannot b
a measured by their number.
= When. with the commencement
| the new yesr, four of Toledo's new line
Y of Railway shall be opened for traffic
A we may expect to begin to realize
] though then in but small degrc
e the benefits OF our increased facilitie,
: 1t will only be when all shall be con
0 pleted and pour in their contribution
e of trade, that the full measure of on
e advantages will begin to be appreciated
s Then will Toledo feel the tide of growt
e and prosperity which is in store for hel
: The readers of the COMMERCIAL wi
1 bear witness that it is not given to eS
4 trayagance in prediction. And we re
: gard it by no means extravagant, to re
I peat that in the entire history of Toledo
5 she never saw a time when her pros
| pect OF early and greatly accelerate
growth was as evident as at the present
' Everything looks hopeful and assuring
! and our people only need prudence an
; energy in the employment OF their ad
l vantages, TO attain to the fullest measur
OF substantial success.
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