Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-06-19

or mineral WealiilfWHlUlll IO De
developed, utilized and made
subservient to theuse Of man?
To reap the bengfit Of such a
development Galipolis needs
capital and manufactures, bat
first in advance OF all other
wants, is the want Of cheap
transportation to'Rnd from the
interior. Give usthe Gallipo,
lis, Macarthur ~ Colgmbqs
railroad with a copnection with
Urbana via The Earmefg'. and
Miners railroad ,sSnd our city
is then in connection with The
whole country BY gell and we
-have thaQh lila a.sFe asor
.tegeonyay ygoa44 SUI plps af'heavy
mineral production h5TfIf Ifiiwn.
as may be; required. Why
may I'VE not then, With, cheap
rail transportation en one side,
and cheap water trah,sPijBtatfon
on the other, compete success>
fuilyin manufactures anil min
5rals With,lPi PittsblrRh, 1Ginain,
natl, ol6anyiother pom t9ii. the
western country, ,QtlrfaiEoad
will deliver us COAL. Eon ore!
and all .other minepaB Of the
district, cheaper than j isipossi-
bic for Cincinnati, Col lambus or
Pittsburgh to pfocpfe them,
and with our railroad built, and
in working 6 order, an!dievent be-
fore "a locomqtiveis is pRced up
on it, population will Commence
pouring into the city, manufac-
turersWill seek. sites for all
kinds of machinery, and the
dqll appearance Of. our streets
will vanish, and the busy hum
of industry will be heard
throughout the city, and at all
eligible points along the line of
the road from here to Logan,
thousands of miners and oper-
atives of all kinds, will be at
.tracted to the line OF The road,
and it will be. but a few years
until our city will rank as one
Of the first manufacturing cities
If the west. Gi&erus tlfe-rGils
road and all the other benefits
will follow in quick succession,
and to insure the rapid growth
of our city it is of the first and
greatest Importance that the
stockholders on theFline, from
Gallipolis to Logan should
own, operate and control the
the road, by so doing they will
have the heaviest dividend pay
ing road Of its length in the
country, 1t will be a grand
trunk Mineral and Agricultu,
raj Railroad, that will be tap
ped by lateral roads on each
side, at short distances, all
pouring in their vast quantities
of mineral wealth, to be hur~
ried on to distant consuming
points. 1t will be. but a few
years until the trunk Of the
road will be like a great street
passing through large city,
with a dense population on
each side, and | am well salts,
fed from present, indications
that our road will not be in
running order for, two years,
until the company will require
a second track, and with SO ia.
vorable a prospect ahead for
our road, our county and our
city, I deem it of vast import>
ance that every possible care
be taken to have the
final location Of the road made
on the shortest practicable line,
with the easiest grades practic.
able; hence the necessity of
carefully. examining, and if
necessary Of re,examining eve
ry road of the route, before
finally adopting the line. With
that object in view our Engin-
eer, Mr.. Howard, is closely
engaged in carefully examining
and locating the line. | think
he is doing his full duty. In
many instances change of a
few rods to one side or the 9TH
er, will shorten the line, lessen
the grades, or materially re-
duce the cost of construction.
J. d. kirkpatrick returned
this morning and is now push
ing the work energetlcally, and
during next week we expect