The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-07-17
THE VALLEY RAILWAY.
The Progressing of the WorL.

Messrs. Van Sickle and Conger, the con-
tractors for the building of the Valley
Railway fromCleveland to Canton through
their sub-contraGtors, are pushing the
work with eommendable spirit and 1t now
seems positive that early IN the winter,
cars will be running from Canton, to Ak
ron, and that in.the spring the entire route
will be done.
On taking a trip over the proposed route
from Cleveland we find that at three miles
out of Cleveland no work has been done,
and that two gangs of men and teams are
at work between that point and 8 mile
lock where about half mile has been
graded. Between and II mile lock
mile has been graded, and "a men and 25
teams are at work. This side of II mile
lock, So men and "a teams are at work.
Al Hogs Back, the most difficult cut on
the road, only u men and 20 teams can
work to advantage, and the progress Is
slow. A mile is finished this side of II
lock. Between Boston and Peninsula the
grading is all done except at Jackson's cut
and this work is we'll under way. At
Peninsula the work is under full headwsy
and will soon be finished, certainly by the
18th. From Woods grocery for mile
the work is nearly done. A mile IN dis
tance over Mackey's farm is delayed on
account of the failure to secure the right
of way. At Hawkins cheese factory the
work is done for. "a mile. At Yellow creek,
John Botzum is pushing the work and
soon mile and half viii be ready for
the ties. On Halls farm 20 men and IA
teams are at wOrk and are nearly through
a mile and Z. A short break here occurs
which will be done in few days when a
,f ava, hn 10
for the ties. Reaching Akron at Schum-
acher's mill a portion of the work is done,
and Engineer Dudley is now IN Columbus
in consultation with the Board of Public
Works as to the best means of crossing
the Ohio canal. Here trussle will be
built 400 feet long, the timber of which is
on the ground. Across Howard street at
| the depot grounds force Is at work, and
along the Little 0uyahoga the work Is
we'll along. Beyond the 9th Ward in
Hart's woods great progress has been
made and the work may be said to be done
to GreentoWn. On section a cut of :, 600
# is to be made but besides this the work
| is very light. Section is well under
way and section 9 is done. On the north
| half of section 10 but little has been done
but the south half between Berlin and
Canton is finished Section IL is also fin
ished and section II is done to the diverg-
ing lines where the route into Canton Is
not yet decided 1t is calculated that
four ffths of the grading from Akron to
Canton is done, and from Akron to Clever
land the whole work is progressing rapid
ly. The only points that are at all back
ward are on the..Bluffs at Akron, the pima
Gle at Peninsula and on the Hogs Back
in Brecksville. The right of way has NOT
all been settled, but soon will be, and
soon the whole way will be read dY for the
ties. Messrs Van Sickle & Conger bsvs
been very fortunate in the selection OF then
sub-contractors and take great care that
all the men under them shall receive then
pay. as fast as the work prcgrssses.-Ak
ron Times. l.-.