Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-07-31
COAL ROAD.

The following communication, written
by citizen Of Dayton, and published in
the Dayton Daily journal Of the 24th
inst, shows that the Daytonians are be-
ginning to take an interest in the proposed
Dayton and Belpre road It is to be hoped
the. writer's suggestion to appoint a com.
mittee to go over the route, will be car
ried out, as it cannot fail to convince the
Dayton business men, if they don't already
know it, that our route is the cheapest,
best and most practicable one:
KS our much talked Of Southern Ohio
Railroad has, for the time being at least,
sunk out of sight, with probably very lit
tie hope of being speedily resurrected,
wish again to call attention to the proposed
Dayton and Southeastern Railroad via
Xenia, Washington Court House and Chilli
cothe to the jackson coal fields on Pigeon
Creek In my former communication /
showed very plainly that the road via
Washington Court House could be built
very much cheaper than the Southern
Ohio Railroad, and is eighteen miles short
er, and can be put in running order to con-
meet with the Perry and Hooking coal
fields within four months, and to the Jack
son coal fields within twelve months from
the time Of contracting. 1t will take at
least three years to build the Southern
Ohio Railroad, and Judging the future by
the past it will take five years yet for them
to even commence the Southern Ohio Rail-
road.
In the meantime, our city is suffering
from the lack Of coal and iron at reasona-
ble rates. We pay more for those articles
than any Of our rival cities, and are conse-
quently unable to compete with them. and
as consequence business is dull, and our
mechanics are going off to points where
they can get work. Before it was an
nounced that the first installment of the
Southern Ohio Railroad subscriptions
would be returned TO the subscribers, our
building interests looked very fattering
and business in that line was very brisk
and contractors anticipated finer years
business this wear than they had had for
ten years, but as soon as the announcement
was made that the subscription would be
returned building almost completely fiat
tened out, and to-day our carpenters
brick layers, and, in fact most every
class OF mechanics complain of the
dullness of trade. How are we to remedy
the matter? How are we to attract people
to us, instead Of driving away those whC
HIG mere now! 1 dtISAtI, Oy SuPFiJ ihS uS
with the one thing needful, cheap coal
and also cheap iron. And let us have j
Dabere quickly.
Parties along tfTe-line of the Dayton &
South Eastern road are very aesiriOus that
u committee Of our citizens be sent to ex-
anime their road and they will meet then
at Xenia, and convey them over the entire
linc--in carriages in order that they may
: see and Judge for themselves as to thu
merits OF this enterprise. viii not GU
Board of Trade move in this matter, ant
have good practical committee appointed
who will give this matter a thorough in.
vestigation, and If not a good one let u
drop it and try something else. Let some
thing be dcne and that quiellly-mucl
could be accomplished yet this year if W,
weuld go at it promptly. G. w.