The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-12-18
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1t will be of particular interest to the
people of Akron, Cleveland and Canton,
IN common with residents in the surround
ing neighborhoods to learn that the COM
pletion of the Valley Railway from Cleve- !
land to Canton, If all ccounts are relia-
bic, Is not to be a thing of the far off flu
ture, but is rather of the near present.
1t is expected that the grading and bridg-
ing of the road will be entirely finished by
the first of April, and that, unless some
giant panic stalks in to throttle the mon
ey bags. cars will run for the first time on
the 4th Of July, 1874. This looks like q
tremendous programme, but We have no
doubt it will be carried out. A TIMES
reporter recently went over the whole
route from Cleveland to Canton IN compa-
ny witt Messrs, Van Sickle & Conger the
geniala wide awake contractors, and
can speak from actural experience of the
present condition of the road. All the
su~b-contractors are still at work when
ever the weather will permit and in the
deep cuts hundreds of men are employed.
Since the panic hands nave been numer-
our and easily obtained at ST ,25 per day.
Some of the sub-contractors will finish
their sections within q few DAYS and will
then probably be doubled up with con
tractors on heavier portions Of the road 81
that the work may progress more rapidly.
The road is divided into three dlvls-
ions, each division is divided into sections
and each section into stations. These
stations are 100 feet long.
The first division commences at Cleve-
land and ends q short distance below
Peninsula. 1t contains ten sections.
The second division ends near the oil
refneries in this city and contains seven
sections.
The third division ends in Canton and
contains twelve sections.
DIVISION ONE.
Commencing In Cleveland at the A. &
G w. R'y depot it was found that no
work had been lone for about 5000 feet.
This lies in the river bottom and will be
easily completed when the line Is laid and
the right Of way definitely established.
This comprises most Of sections one and
two.
In section three the work is all com
pleted mp to station $50. Here there is
about 400 feet not graded because the
right of way is not established and an in
junction laid upon the r~ailroaders. 1t is
also necessary at this point to make an
artificial channel for the river, which
makes the work more laborous.
In section four there is 500 feet ungrad-
ed In what is known as New York woods,
from station 30 to 2l5. From station
$50 southwards there Is also 600 feet to
complete, being the filling In of two river
channels and the construction of a new
one
In section five 1000 feet of very light
work is unfinished because there has been
a change of line. A change in the river
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$50.
In section six 1000 feet of light work
remains to be done account of q changed
line and a change of channel, but the re-
mainder of the section to station $50 is.
finished.
Section seven has 1000 feet of earth cut
unfinished and a rock cut 300 feet long
and % feet deep also to be completed.
Section eight, in BreeksVille, Cuyahoga
county, furnishes SOM of the hardest
work on the line, the cut through Hogs
Back" for, as it might more appropriately
Be termed, Van Sickle's Calamity occur
ring here. This cut was 500 feet long & 90
feet deep. 1t is nearly half done. The
remainder of the work In the section is
all finished: 4
Sections aine and ten are completed
throushstos
DIVISION TWO
In section one the FIRST ten stations are
finished, bringing the road to what is
known as the Pinnacle" at Peninsula.
This was originally a rock cut 1000 feet
long and 20 feet deep. About 80 feet, 81
feet deep, remains to be 6nished.@1n the
same section there is a cut 500 feet long
and Is feet deep to be fnishF inst this
side of Peninsula and nsar Ntods Stone
quarry.
Then all the work is completed Up to
section four, In which there Is 6e0&fssbsQf.
cut 10 feet deep to be accomplished, at
the foot Of Old Portage hill.
| Section five Is Just north of Akron and
contains the heavy bluffs near Lock 20 of
the Ohio Canal. At this point there is
SEQ feet, ton feet deep, to be Ont.
In section six, about half a mile below
the Cascade Mills of this city, there re-
main two cuts Ct 800 feet, 10 feet deep, to
be made and then the second division is
complete, section seven through this city
being finished.
DIVISION THREE.
In section one Of this division, being
that portion of the hne from this city to
Middlebury, the work Is all completed but
the trestle bridge near the Old Forge and
what Is known as the AiddlebuTy cut.
The trestls is large, 1900 feet long and 4S
feet high, and Is nearly complete The
amount Of work to be done at the Middle
bury cut Is considerable, but as q large
force of men are at work there If will be
speedily accomplished,
Section two and three are virtually I'm
ished.
In section four there remains a 400 feet
cut, 8 feet deep.
Section five and six are finished.
In section seven there is ct to be I'm
ished a small cut of $50 feet, six feet deep.
Section eight and pine are Gnished.
In section ten there remains yet g sin
gle cut of 700 feet, Is feet deep.
Section steven is completed. =
Section twelve Is the last one on the
route, being that portion in and this side
of Canton. A small portion only is COM
pleted. About three miles has not been
touched as the location Is not decided up
ol nor the right of way secured.
From this brief sketch of the condition
of the road it will be seen that only 3 COM
~paratiyely small portion Of the whole line
is unfinished. AL the unfinished portions
except at the termini of the road n Can
ton and Cleveland, where the location Is
undecided, are in progression as rapidly
as circumstances will permit, and the con-
tractors deserve praise for their energy in
pushing the work.
If no preventing Providence mara the
present calculations, Akron's next Fourth
of July celebration will be the most glori-
Gus in her histaFy, ana the Valley RAIL
way will then be talked Of as an accom-
| plished fact.-Akron Times.