Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-12-14


signed were appointed to draft
an address to the people of Pre-
bic county, on the imperlous ne
cessity ofraising conditional sub
scriptions of $4,000 q mile to the
capital stock of the Lake Erie
Evansville and Southwestern
Railway Company, to secure its
construction through the county.
,s THE ROAD.
The Southwestern terminus of
this. road is as Evansville, on the
Ohio river, tho head waters of
navigation, fer first classed steam
ers, at all seasons -ofthe year
Its Notwithstanding is at Belle>
fontaine, IN the county of Logan,
in the State of iOhio,a distance
OF about 500 miles. These are
the charter points. Intermedi-
ate from the State line, the road
passes from the Southwest, to the
Northeast, through Eaton, and
Lewisburgh, in Preble county,
and West Milton and Troy IN the
county of Miami, to Bellefon
taine inzthe courty=of Logan, a
distance ofabout 80 miles, from
tue State line.
At Evansville, the road will
receive a large through business,
in trade and travel both from the
river aud by rail, from the South
and Southwest, for the Northeast.
Thelinesis some 20 miles shorter
than any other line, now CON
structed to- accommodate this
vast ira lie and business. The
line occupies the natural chan
mel of trade, between the North
east aud Southwest and conse-
QuentlY must become a magnif
cent route for through business.
At Be1lefontaine, it connects with
ell the prominent eastern lines,
and from the nature of things,
must become a great trunk road,
for many miles of river and rail
way freight and travel. az
Since the enterprise has been
developed, a Company is being
organized to build a bridge, across
the river at Evansville, for the
purpose of connecting, by rail,
the line under consideration, with
all the prominent Southern and
Southwestern roads. In this
connection, an association is now
being formed to extend the Line
of railway, from Evansville to
Jackson in Tennessee, a distance
of about 1870 miles. Thus, the
road under confederation, stands
progressively in direct connection
o with the Southern Pacific line, to
the Pacific Coast. This will be
the shortestalin across the con-
tinent,I and out of the way OF
snow drifts, and other climatic
distractions. And it crosses all
the roads from the Northwest,
into the city of Cincinnati, and
from it's direction, it must con:
vert many of them Western Di-
visions into important feeders.
for Eastern business. 20 eigid2T :
The local business, on the line
from the quality of the country
through which it passes, must be
. very large, for it trayerses, from
one end of the line to the other,the
finest agricultural regions of the
west. In the counties OF War
rick and Dubois, in the State OF
Indiana, it runs through the
finest mineral regions, on che
continent, there block coal and
the richest iron ore abound. neal
the surface of the earth, in sufi
Gent quantities to 'osupplyis5th
world. This coal is of a superior
+ quality, and is used for smelling
iron and manufacturing steel
without coakiEg. H5 o.
PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTION.
The road, with its equipment
will cost about $10,000,00O. Il
the State Of Indiana, the South
ern Division has been put unde
contract, Tor reconstruction, and
force is now at work. Be
49, anu
suof, subscriptions to the capita
= stock; On the line in the State o
Indiana, has been already votet
by. counties, and townships, an
that division of the line is nov
determined to have an Eastern
outlet, in the State Of Ohio
Col. r. Pattison, of Seymour, In
diana, Gen1 Superintendent, an
an experienced railroad man re
Gently returned from the city O
New York. with a definite propo
sition from Eastern capitalists t
90 buildthe entire road, from Evans
willie to Bellefontaine, upon tn
line indicated, provided the PEG
Tle on the line VIII raise in ioca
subscriptions to the capital stoc.
$4,000 per mile, en2othe Who'll
line conditioned to be paid whe.
-l the road is completed and til
cars running, from pointato poiu
as provided, in the SD bscriptiot
books.