The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-11-04

jackson county Is again attracting at
tention. As soon as the new railroad
shall have been completed, and a branch
built from the Valley road, and the Day
ton d Southeastern TO Wellston, jackson
county resources will begin to be devel-
oped.
The last number of the Portsmouth
Republican says:
There is not another place in America
that we are aware of, that offers to capi-
talists desiring to invest in coal and iron,
so rare an opportunity of a good invest
ment as the locality of Jackson, in Jack
son county in this State. With iron ore
OF the best quality and unlimited album
dance on every side, and coal pronounced
! the best in the world for making iron,
we can see no reason why that county
should not be the most prosperous in the
State, nor why the village of jackson
should not rapidly advance in population
and wealth. Not long since we had the
pleasure of visiting the coal and iron
regions of that section, and we found
them far exceeding in richness, nything
we had anticipated, although our mind
had been previously prepared.
"ln talking with gentleman connect
ed with the Erie Coal and Iron Company.
who have eleven hundred acres lying
parallel with the Portsmouth Branch OF
the Marietta railroad, and which is un
derlaid with a vein of the above coal
three feet and eleven inches thick in the
clear we were informed that they could
anufacture the very best iron produced
in Ohio at that point for fourteen dollars
per ton. Certainly this is bringing the
manufacture of iron from the ore down
| - al, Il, nit h
stand successfully the competition of any
iron manufacturing district in the world
1t is this wonderful fuel already prepared
, in the labyrinths of nature for the use oil
man, that gives jackson county the pres
tige over all other sections for the manu-
facture oil cheap iron which in excellence
; we are told is not excelled by that made
, in the old fashioned way by charcoal
: although there is a difference in the
market in favor of charcoal made iron
; of from 81 so to s. co. yet it must be
] borne in mind that this iron is manufac
. tured from eight to ten dollars cheaper
than the charcoal iron.
? cat Ironton the coal has to be cokec
} and transported for thirty-six miles, but
here is the coal already prepared for use
t the iron ore, the limestone and the clay
: all together The iron ore is laid dowr
at your furnace for one dollar and hal
a ton, payable in goods, and two ton!
and half make ton of iron. Agains
such unequaled facilities there is no us'
in talking about competition from any
quarter
Another advantage which is enjoyed
: by the people of Jackson, is the fact tina
: the coal and the iron and ali the mate
rial entering into its manufacture, are il
1 close proximity. And still another ad
1 vantage which must add greatly to thei
prosperity, is the fact that a railroad il
at this moment being contracted from
Spring gfield to Jackson, for the sole pur
. pose of tapping this splendid deposit o
e coal and iron, and we are told on th
, best of authority, that the. Scioto Valle,
road also proposes to build a short brancl
road to tap jackson for its freight anC
: coal and iron.
+ when these things are accomplished
i as there is every reason to believe the,
, will be within two years to come, land
which are now selling in that favored re
: gien for one hundred dollars per acre
t must advance four and five hundred pc
@ cent as they have already advanced b,
the advent of the Cincinnati and Mari
eta road
/ In the meantime we hope that Ports
t mouth will increase her facilities to take
j. advantage of this cheap iron and coal
= for she is the natural outlet for a yer,
Q large proportion of this vast wealth tina
l. lies just beyond her door With ou
b water transportation, a competing lin
d to the seaboard and increased railroad
. facilities, there is no reason under tn
sun that we can see why Portsmouth
should not compete with Pittsburg il
d her iron manufactures. Indeed we lool
+ forward to the day when we shall b.
, able to ship cheaper and better iron t.
England than England can make an,
. lay down on the wharves in New Yorl
e or New Orleans"