The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-07
Franklin excepted,) to wit:

Manufacturers and Mer-
chants Stock...........-.sl, ,527,2O s6s77Ss
Speaking Of the Columbus stock
holders ofthe Company, Mr.. Greene
stated that they owned three-fourths
Of the taxable property and nine
ttenths OF the manufactures OF Colum-
bus, beside $1,000, 900 worth Of Coal
lands. -1
In answer to squestion, Mr.. Greene
stated that the Cleveland. d 'Colum.
bus Road, though interested in the
Tusearawas Valley Road, bad, after
testing the TuscsraWas Coal, came
back to the Use, in greater quantities,
OF Hooking Coal, of which it now
takes AZ cars per day for its own use.
The distance from Columbus to To-
ledo' over the Fast line, was 16 miles
shorter than to Cleveland {: but Coal
could be transported to Cleveland
cheaper than to Toledo over the West
line, because in the former case it
would be over Road already in ope-
ration, with an established business
whereas in the latter, the Coal traffic
would be its chief dependence.
At the close of Mr.. Greene's re-
marks, Matthew Brown, Esq, moved
that the thanks ofthe meeting be ten
dered that gentleman for his state
ment, which was unanimously adoIt d.
GEN. JOHN C. LEE,
President o. the Toledo & Columbus
West line) Road, was called out and
in responding, stated that the short
notice given him had not permitted
him to make any preparation. Nh.
Greene had given q statement Of the
history OF the matter, in which be
agreed. He had no design to dis
courage any Road. He wanted all
the Roads that Toledo could get. II
was understood at the outset that the
people of Toledo were in favor Of the
West line, and that was omitted from
the proposition on which the vote was
taken in order that the East lins
might ect as an irritsnt to aid in rails
ing local aid. The statement OF Mr..
Greene in regard TO the two routes,
was probably correct.
In December last public meeting
was held in Toledo, which endorsed
the action Of the Council, fayoring
the West line, and appointed dele
gates TO present the claims OF that
line before the Directors OF the Co
lumbus & Toledo Road, who we're
duly informed as TO the will Of ths
people Of Toledo, and ia deciding in
favor Of the Esst line, they did go
with full knowledge on that point.
The gentlemen OF the Esst line
want to make it pay. He hoped they
would, and expected they would do
so. II was in such confidence, no
doubt, that they selected that line
without consulting Toledo or ColuEl-
bus. With shorter line and lower
grades, they could afford TO do the
same work for less price -bnt Il We
are to have bat one Read, he would
not put 1t Oh TIE Ess, line. Toledo
had already invested 500, 900 on the
same route as far as FOst0ris, while
separation between ibe two Roads is
bat small the balance Of the DISTANCE.
a. the same tune leaving wide ex
tent OF uaoccupied country to the
west Il IS now proposed that The
City lay down 500, 900 mOie sub
stantially on the same track. He
had no doubt that gentlemen vbo
had subscribed 80 much would
hardly regard the Toledo snbseriP-
tiOu "a 3 controlling consideration,
but as business enterPrisethey would
construct the East line
The engineer who run the West
line had stated that h4d be been al
lowed time, he might have made q
more correetsuryey and thought thas
Mr.. Greene was mistaken sbous
grades. The surveyor (Mr- Strsng-
mani had since made surveys which
put a different phase On the matter,
Thinks the West line lesst expensive
tor grading, Gen l. was NOS pre-
pared to state difference in cost OF
carving a ton OF coal on the two
lines. Though the local frerphts Of
the West line would be much the
heaviest. From Columbus 10 Dsia
ware GA miles) the East line runs
beside the CIevland Road. and from
Fostoria TO Toledo "a miles) beside
the Atlantic & Lake Erie, making So
miles OF parallel Roads, leaving 92
miles with Roads not far tlistsns;
while the West line runs through An
country the entire dis
tanee, with its resources only partial
ly developed.
Gen. Lee then made somewhat de
tailed statement OF the stock and aie
secured for the West line, which sub