The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-31

This will substantially all pass over
the Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Val
ley railroad.
The Lake Shore aud Tuscarawas
Valley Railroad Company will guar
antse the bonds of the Wheeling and
Tuscarawas Valley Railroad Company,
and if desired will also procure the
guaranty Of the Lake Shore Railroad
Company, and the Cleveland, Columbus,
Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railroad
Company, to the bonds Of the company.
The Lake Shore and Tuscarawas
Valley Railroad Company was incor.
porated on the I'd OF July, 1870, and
was organized by the election Of direct
ors on the Oath OF March, 1871. Its
capital stock is $2,000,000, and its
bonded debt, 100000, and the con-
tract for its construction was made on
the lst of September, 1871.
On the lst of January, 1872, the
road was completed and cars running
from Grafton, on the Cleveland, Column
bus, Cincinnati and indianapolis rail.
road, to Seville, on the Atlantic and
Great Western railroad, a distance OF
"a miles.
The whole line is under contract,
and the funds provided for full payment
for it's construction.
1t will be completed to Massillon, on
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chi
cago railroad, BY the lst Of May next
and to or near Dennison, on the Pan
handle road, by the let Of October
next
The whole length of the line from
Elyria, on the Lake Shore railroad, to
the Panhandle road, at or near Den
nison, is go miles.
From, Wheeling to Dennison the
distance will be from 40 to "a miles,
depending on the route that may be
adopted.
The capital stock OF the Wheeling
and Tuscarawas Valley Railroad Com
pany is 100000, ten per cent OF which
is unconditional. Responsible stock must
be subscribed to enable the company to
complete it's organization BY the election
of directors.
When it is considered that our por-
ton of the entire line is much more
expensive than the northern portion Of
the line, the proposition Of the Lake
Shore AMI Tuscarawas Valley Railroad
Company to consolidate the stock OF the
entire line upon equal terms must be
REGARDED as highly favorable. To
appreciate the value of this road to the
city of Wheeling, it is necessary for US
to look to the railroad connections which
it will furnish us.
At Dennison it will connect with the
Panhandle road, which gives us our best
connection with Columbus, Cincinnati,
St. Louis and the entire west and south
west. As the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad has no connection st Columbus
with any road running west, our railroad
connections are broken and interrupted
at that place.
The distance from Wheeling to Co.
lumbus by way OF Dennison, will prob
ably be from ten to twelve miles greater
than by way OF the Central Ohio. But
this is more than made up by the delays
at Benwood bridge and Bellaire by way
of the Central Ohio. The railroad from
Marietta northward, which is now COM
pleted to Caldwell, in Noble county,
Ohio, will strike the Panhandle road at
Dennison or New Cumberland, which
will give US o road to Parkersburg
some thirty or forty miles shorter than
the present road by way Of Grafton.
At New Philadelphia, ten miles north
Of Dennison, we strike the Tuscarawas
Valley branch of the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh railroad, which is a local
road running from New Philadelphia to
Bayard, on the Cleveland and Pitts
burgh road. This will only be valuable
as feeder to bring additional travel and
trade to our road.
At Massillon, twenty five miles from
New Philadelphia, we cross the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago rail-
road.
At Clinton, ten miles north Of Massil-
lon, we cross the road from Millersburg,
in Holmes county. Ohio, to Akron.
This will be valuable as feeder to
furnish additional travel and trade to
our road. At Seville, ten miles north
OF Clinton, we cross the Atlantic and
Great Western railroad, which, with the
New York and Erie railroad, will prob
ably be the shortest line of road from
Wheeling to the city of New York. At
Grafton, twenty miles from Seville, we
cross the Cleveland, Columbus, Cinciu-
natl and Indianapolis railroad at a
point twenty-five miles west OF Cleve-
land.
Our running connections with this
road take us direct to Cleveland and
furnish us depot grounds and buildings
| in Cleveland, which it would have been
difficult for US to procure in any other
way. At Grafton we have connections
that put us in direct and immediate
connection with all the leading railroads
of the country, east and west.
From Grafton to Elyria, the terminus
of this road, it is eight miles. Here We
are on the Lake Shore railroad, twenty.
six miles west OF Cleveland, and thirty.
five miles east OF Sandusky City, Oh the
shortest line between Cleveland and
Toledo.
The Lake Shore railroad being mere
" an extension of the New York Cen
trail, makes our road part Of the main
line from Wheeling and Southeastern
Ohio to the city OF New York.
The value of the New York connec.
ton will be understood when it is recol.
lected that it makes US entirely indie
pendent of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad and the Pennsylvania Central,
which now control all the railroads
coming into the city.
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