Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-01-25

vatiJns and erected houses there
on. She is no party to this ne
dodge On the part of the
aud looks upon the coz
Of the road referred to
by the editor of the Journal, as
hopeless.
1t seems that the contemplate
road ia to be constructed and run
in connection with "the Dayton
and Union road" down the Still
water valley. No such road ex-
lists as the dayton and Union'
road, and never will. 1t would
be greatly out of line to Evans
vile, and consequently Howard,
Clute, SOUL & Pierce, of Chicago,
will hardly take the additional
burden on their shoulders of
building down the saltwater
Valley, by the way of Dayton, to
make this point on the liver
True, a line was run from Dayton,
up the Saltwater Valley, for the
express purpose of dividing the
people at Milton, and diverting
their attention from the Lake
Erie, Evansville aud South Wes-
tern Railway, now in process of
construc ion.
seThis road,n continues the ed
tor, "will run through Piqua and
Milton" Important announces
ment to the benighted Milton
ians! A tub thrown to the whale
will they bite at it, and sell
their position on the Lake Erie,
Evansville and Southwestern
Railway, for such a mess of pot
tage? s.Three sets of hands" says
the editor, care to be put at work
on the road-one set at DeGraf
-one set at Piqua and one set at
Milton" But who is to pay them?
Why, Howard, Clute, Souli and
Pierce, of Chieagol This man
Howard cannot be the same per-
son, whom the editor of the Jour-
nal, at Eaton last summer, charg-
ed as beng a mere l%oafer, unable
to pay either his wash or board
ing bills, or Office rent? Isit Dave?
"This action of the company
in thus letting the road, contin-
ues the editor, "has taken our
people by surprise, but such sur
prises are endurable, and we shall
hope to bear up under the in
Fiction even though it costs our
city $4,000 which is one of the
conditions of the letting. Our
people are prepared for this de
mand upon their energies and
liberality; and will meet the re-
quirements." And so it seems
the road was let by Howard,
Clute, SOUL and Pierce, of Chica-
go, to responsible contractors,
without the knowledge of the ci-
ty of Piqua, and she vas bound
-EI" rr 80 -4.
by the terms of the contract, and
now assumes the responsible
ty. This is very strange news
from Piqua; but of course it must
be true, and doubtless she has i'm
view the cancellation of the Tia
bilities by issuing hydraulic
scrip to- Howard, Clute, SOUL and
Pierce, of Chicago, in payment OF
the part they have taken to de-
feat tue construction of the L. s..
E. and s.. w. R. r. In this shape
it may be"endurable" blythe city,
and she may bear up under its
inHlctlon, but a bona hde sub
scripsion of $50, 600 to this, or any
other enterprise, would scare Pr
qua "out of her boots" Her
men of means will make no such
guarantees to meet, unless as
heretofore, they proposed it in
"chips and aawhetstones." This
response will doubtless suit the
purpose of Howard, Clute, SOUL
and Pierce. of Chicago.
"In fact" says the editor of
the Journal. "our people are anxi-
ious for the road, and are ready
and willing to make any g~uaran-
tees necessary on their part to
build it." This anxiety and
readiness to make any guaran-
tees necessary to build the road,
must have recently come to the
for heretofore she man