The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-01-04
RAIL ROAD MATTERS.
Report OF the Engineer OF the Toledo,
Tifiln 4 Eastern Road to the Trustees
OF the Toledo 4 WOOdTllle Road.
To the Board Of Trustees o fthe Toledo
q. WoodUiYe Railroad:

10 the Board Of Trustees 0C the IOtsdo
q; WoodUiHe Railroad:
/ GENTLEMEN Having been ap-
pointed by your Board To make an
estimate of the work performed on
the line of the Toledo & WOOdville
Railroad and connecting line ria
Iiffin to Mansfield, respectfully rep
resent:
That I have personally examined
every portion of the line from its juno
ton with the Dayton & Michigan r.
R., in East Toledo, to its intersection
with the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chi
cagO r. R., at point something over
7 miles nOrth-westerly from Mansfield,
total length 70 miles, 1920 feet. The
engineers estimates were taken on
and about December 1st, but owing to
unfortunate delays in obtaining the
required information relative to orig
inal quantities, have been unavOid-
ably prevented from furnishing you
with an erlier report.
! With the single exception of an al
most uRaccountable shortage in the
number Of cross ties delivered, as COM
pared with the required number, es-
| pecially between Tiffin and Mansfield,
1 was pleased to find the preparatory
construction or substTucture in a
much more forward state of progress,
and approaching vastly nearer to final
completion, than has been generally
and publicly understood, taking the
various inaccurate surmises and hear
say rumOrs as the measure Of infOr-
nation.
In view Of the fact that work was
u
about July l, and that its steady and
even rapid prosecution has been car
ried forward and paid for by local
subscriptions, it must be experiment
| ally acquainted with the labor, delays
and difficulties usually incident to
such an enterprise, that the manage
ment has been characterized, through
out, by commendable and successful
/ energy.
1t is also a noteworthy fact that the
citizens along and contiguous to the
entire line have paid their subscrip-
tiOns with really unusual prOmptness,
fully appreeiating the prospective val
ue Of the road in opening to the surplus
products of one Of the most fertile ag-
Tiuultural districts to be found ahy-
where, an available line Of transit to
our commercially important city.
Taking the original estimate as the
/ basis of calculation, the major part Of
| the cost of constructing the Toledo &
/ WOOdvile Division is found in bridg-
| ing the Maumee river at Toledo, and
in the comparatively heavy earth or
/ clay excavations adjacent. Nothing
/ having been done on this portion of
/ the line, this estimate will be under
stood to cover that portion of the road
between Dayton & Michigan junction
and Mansfield, in computing which l
/ been governed as nearly as possible by
/ the actual cash value of work done
and materials furnished-giving, also,
] the original cash estimate Of work on
each division named, so that the per
centage of finished and unfinished
work may be easily ascertained.
From Dayton & Michigan Junction 70 east
erly end Of Portage River bridge at Wood
vile, distance Is miles 800 feet, the original
estimate for eartbwO clearing, masonry,
treStle bridges, culverts and cross ties ag,
gregated-.....-.. aO1iOOO
Aggregate estimate OF work
done TO December lst......-..... $3.50
Leaving as value o. unhnish-
ed work. selOJ
Deficit in number OF cross ties,
lf,75O.
From Woodville to Tifin, "a
miles 2,7S0 feet:
/ Aggregate original estimate as
above .-......-..........so $4,000
Value of work done............... 7e, ,l00
1880
/ Deficit in number of cross ties,
T 5000.
From THIN TO Mansfield, or P.
st. W. & G. Junction, s.
miles BID feet:
Aggregate original estimate -sL5o-5O0
Aggregate value Of work done lO6,lOO
a, 400
Deficit In number Of cross ties,
$500.
SUMMARY.
4 Aggregate original estimate d.
4 VI. Junction to Mansfield $500
Aggregate value of work done $1,000
$500
Aggregate deficit in number Of
cross ties n, 80, or ay.-.......-s d, 600
Value OF unfinished earthwOrk 1850
Value Of unfinished culverts,
- 700