The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-10-12

LIST of November. If the rails and ma.
chlnery are on hand, the road can be
opened and cars running upon it by the
hrst OF December. No work Of the kind
IN our country has presented an example
of eqnal dispatch
Tue Intelligence ami liberality of the
land owners on the route, have been
evinced by subscriptions, and in relieving
the company from charge for the right OF
way. Cross ties are also furnished at
los cents apiece. Good crops aud high
prices have male farmers upon good
land Independent; th, hard times which
have prevailed among other classes, the
last two yeare, they have scarcely felt.
That it will psy handsome interest on
this cost few considerations will make
quite certain. The CHARTERS Valley road,
~ 8 10 miles long, returned for 1874. re-
ceIpts from passengers anil freight S71,-
034, or over $4,000 per mile. The liue
OF this roail is very much Of the charac.
ter of that OF the narrow gauge, through
farming district to County seat. With
half thesa receipts, or Sl,5o0 per mile,
the narrow gauge can pay working ex
penses and ten per Cent on its cost. That
the CHARTERS Valley road cannot do this,
is because its cost per mile has been more
than seven times that of the narrow
gauge, and its running charges will be
abont double what they will be. p
BY the census returns of 1870, the
yearly agricultural products OF Greene
County amount to s2,29l,369 Among
the items making up this amount are
whea. 254.393 bushels; corn 7lo $40 !;
oats 43S, ,252 wool 4444s0 pounds; but,
Ter 75A135; honey 27,177; maple sugar
FL, ,377 ;sorshum molasses 53,S75 gal
Ions; hay % 206 tons. The population
is set do wn at 25 ,S37; the value of live
stock l,S75.272
The trade of the county has hitherto
been carried on by wagons to Rice's
Landing, to W ashington, Wheeling, Cam
eron's station, oa the B Il O Z. & in
Marshall County, West Virginia, aud
some other less considerable points. Bat
no record has been kept of its amount, 80
that the aggregate tonnage of exports
an imports cannot be correctly ascgr-
tainod. The facts presented, however,
showing its population, wealth and pro-
ductiveness, prove that the traffic and
travel of the county afford ali ample guar-
antee of a sufficient business to make the
railroad profitable. The home subsCri-
bcrs to the stock will Thus not only share
in the com non benefits accruin from the
work, but draw handsome dividends
from the investment
Besi'les all this, branches and ex.en-
sions into the southern parts Of the coun
ty are already contemplated, AMI their
immediate construction is earnestly 10
tended, in sections where the inhabitants
have ample means for the purpose. This
determination has been excited from see
ing the small cost>of the narrow-gauge,
and the short time required to be relieved
from their imprisonment and bring to
their own doors the great advantages of
quick and cheap transportation. The
citizens OF Blacksville, on the south line
OF the county, and of Carmichaels, south
eastward Of Waynesburg. both about IA
miles distant. reached through and sur
rounded by fine productive regions, are
getting up subscriptions with view of
having extensions constructed as soon as
the narrow gaug. is finished to Waynes-
burg.
Pittsburgh, too, has deep interest in
this Such improvements, in this di-
rection, enlarge the area of her trade, in
troduce more farm products to her mar
kets and increase the number of custom
ers for her manufactures and merchand
ise; they also stimulate progress in agri-
culture, add to the surplus OF remote
neighborhootls, and attract commerce to
her marts which now goes abroad.
F. M.