Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-20
COLUMBUS & TOLEDO ROAD.

From accounts published in Columbus
papers, work has already commenced on
the Columbus & Toledo Railroad. By
next fall, this Road will be finished, and
the people along its line, between Fostoria
and Toledo, who have hitherto been depriv-
ed OF the benefits of convenient Railroad fa-
cilities for marketing their produce, will be
placed in direct communication with the
outer world. The farmer residing at the
farthest southern point on this road in
Wood county. will be within one hours
ride OF Toledo, while those at Pembervill g
will be but an hour from one of the best
markets in the country. The products of
the farms, in the section traversed by this
Road, will be worth twenty-five per cent.
more to the producers than at present, and
in five years the lands will nearly if not
quite double in value. This result will be
owing to the fact that the rich soil in that
section of the county can be used in the
cultivation of such perishable products as
yield the greatest profits to producers, and
which cannot now be grown successfully
for want of market within easy reach.
Five acres of Rose Prairie can be made to
yield its cultivator larger sum OF money
per year than he can now make, in that
vicinity, by farming one hundred acres,
and with much less labor, too. The farms
will also enhance in value, not only be-
cause all products of the farm will com.
mand better prices, bat because everything
produced will command a ready sale at
fair oash prices. Much that now goes to
waste, will then be valuable.
The Atlantic & Lake Erie Road will
probably be finished next fall, or soon there
after, TINS afiording direct competition be.
tween that road and the Columbus & Toledo
from Fostoria to Toledo. This will in.
sure fair rates for passengers and freights
and will give to the townships traversed
by these Roads advantages not possessed
by any other townships of the county. IL
view Of the rapid growth OF the town.
ships now traversed by but one road, in
population and wealth, without competi
tion, what must we expect from the town,
ships traversed by these competing lines
Will their popul alton not double within
the next FIVE years? viii their product,
not more than double in value? Then is Il
not reasonable to suppose that the lands
will double in value? With that rapid
growth of Toledo which has character
lied her progress during the past few years
her population must reach 125, 900, by 1896
and that population must be fed largely by
the farmers on the lines of Railroad
through this county, Already this fact il
being realized and farmers are learning
how to take advantage of the demand for
supplies, Capt ROBERTSON, of Hull Prai-
rie, has demonstrated the fact that five
acres Of Strawberries can be made to yield
a better profit than ten times that number
Of acres in any kind of grain or grass
With the increased demand of rapidly
increasing population in Toledo, this pro-
ductlon Of the more perishable kinds OF
food must become still more profitable,
with no reason to apprehend an over sup
ply. In view of these facts, we congratu-
late the farmers of Perry, Montgomery,
Freedom, Webster and Troy townships
upon the new era Of prosperity now dawn
ing upon them.