Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-01-25

=, I believe thss coai territory Of yours /
the most valuable IN Ohio. care no
IhoW ricbs hew beautiful those notel
valleys are, one acre Of your land il
werth five Of theirs. 1t Is destined &,
be so andy you who live, win see it,
All the world has allied itselfto Goa
and depend upon it, what is it tha
moves the machinery OF the world
How are you to put it in motion with
out coal. It is moving the world to
day, Ohio with its vast population anC
wealth would be poor if she had moi
her Railroads. Land that was moi
worth more than. five dollars per acrs III
to day worth two hundred dollars per
acre. / will tell you Of nay experience
& was raised near the 46ughiogens
river ia Perun, Before the. Railroad
| was made through that country, I could
have bought land of from ten to fifteen
dollars per acre. Ny, father b0ughl
what was known as WilkinSon's Island
for ten dollars per acre; that land to day
viii command 500 per acre. I took .
"trip two years ago on the COnnelsyiIle
Railroad, was. amazed to see what q
change had been wrought, there since
the railroad been built, 1t il. but one
lcohtinuons line Of Villages nom KEGS
port to ConnelsviHe. Ny fellow citi.
zens, what caused this wonderful
chang? That railroad has male that
country. On q certain farm If. was
necessary to Slack water In order. that
the tthite coal might be dug out, In two
weeks after this was accom- mpIished the
owner sold the coal privilege for $1S, ,OOt
and had his farm left. An old gentleman
owning a farm and mill in order to Sc.
Iedfe his milldam purchased q small
tract of ,hilIy Land at FIVE dollars pei
Lacre. He was an elder In the Presby-
ssterian church. He had several sons
The oldest, whose name was John,
went to school; after John received his
education, he went into the study OF
Blaw which displeased the old man very
much! He gave the second son an ed
ucatiDn and he went 70 the study Of
medicine. He educates his third son
and he went to Georgia to teach In an
Academy. Il These two did not please
tile old man SO he thought he would
match JoflnIwhen he would make his
will. he wiiIed,J ohm the rough hillside;
when the Connelsville Tailroad opened
up, John. sold his hillside tract for $40,
0JO being worth more than all the rest.
What told you aboutlyeur coal is true.
Open your Railroad and wait thez re-
suits. More than two thirds Of Ohio is
depending upon you for their coal. The
advantage of the route is plain, do yosr
duty. In the first place get the right
ofFWay.Ir Who IN Justice ought to fsifn-
ish the right of way. Those wholive on
the line. The advantage of the people
along the route, will be IN proportion to
their proximity to the road. That piece
of property must be peculiarly Situated
that can possibly be damaged by q rail-
road passing through it., 1t must be
peculiarly situated that 1t will not en-
hance its value When you are ,ap
preached for the right of way, do not
be backward. Give it cheerfptly, you
are making money by the operation.
The right of-Way clear, stock comes
next. My fellow citizens, give liberal
Iy.. IT must be a very poor man that
z can not take one & share. # half / have
sid be true, or if what I have said be
ildli btuO FCO4fcIlAlk tuO duNautdkSS,
suppose they buy the rig of way and
get 800, coo would they be making q
bad bargain, NJ :, Pres't. No doubt they
would make money. I read an article
in the CAdiz paper that said this cohn-
try, is fond Of stock Bank stock, Pike
stock, DC, I do not know If this be
true ortnot, but il (. It Is, try Railroad
stock and see if viii moi pay better
than all the other stock. Consider the
character Of the route, the direction ,of
the road. 1t is the shortest, route be-
tween Baltimore and Chicago. = twill
be the main road. It will be the road
for business, The road will pay for
itself. **k#1I have said alilI Iintended. = IF
you want the road, you must work.
We must compete with other routes
.Wehaye advanta ges over ali the other
routes. But my friends we must be
up and doing. DON'T 60 tosleep. Give
the right of way cheerfully and sub
eribe such a stock that will surprise ALL,
Now oil, never. Donot let the 6IpporF
tqnity u pass Work and work in sils earn. /.
On motion the following Committees
in School Districts in Belmont
County near near the proposed line, we're N q
District No Nathaniel Taylor and
David Armstrong; Dis. No a Robert
Love and John Sharp, Dis. No s. 5Jarnes
Patton and Rev. Thomas Love; Dis
Nos Barney Boyd and Mra Diekey;i
Dis. NOT John Patton y Wm. GampbelI
fmiIeFA and John Watson. On motion
the said Committee were instructed to