Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-04-27
Railroad Matters.
EDITOR GALLrroLIs JouRSAL:

IDllOk UALLilOLlS JOtRNAIs.
On recent visit of Mr.. SMART, Ohio
State School Commissioner, to his family
in this city, he reported that Mr.. CHAR
MAN, of Columbus, railroad builder,
wished to have an interview with some
of the citizens of Gallipolis. There
fore, at a meeting of some of the busi-
ness men of this place, the undersigned
and others were selected as committee
to go to Columbus and have talk with
Mr.. CHAPMAN in regard to railroad
building. We left here on Wednesday
evening, the 18th inst, and arrived In
Columbus the next day, Thursday even
ing. We were met by Mr.. SMART at the
depot, and escorted to the Office of the
SciotO Valley Railroad and introduced
| to Mr.. CHAPMAN, and after few hours
talk about railroad matters, he invited
us to take a ride with him the next
morning on his new road (the SciotO
Valley) from Columbus to Circleville, a
distance of 30 miles. This road was
commenced on the 23d of last August,
and is now finished ready for the cars,
with the exception of few miles yet to
| ballast, which he assured us would be
finished by Monday, the oath inst. Also,
| the grading or the same line of road is
nearly finished to Chillicothe, and will
be built to Portsmouth rapidly. On our
arrival at the hotel in Circleville we
were called on by some twelve or fifteen
of the leading business men of that city,
among whom we are pleased to mention
the following: VIM. Marshall Ander-
son. C. Weldon, Edward Smith. Nelson
J. Turner, Jno. GrOce, B. Ii. Bostwick,
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the Herald, and others, who seemed to
They are especially anxious to have the
Farmers and Miners road built from
their city to Macarthur, which Mr..
CHAPMAN assured us he was going to
build; Furthermore he was anxious to
build the Gallipolis, Macarthur & Co
lumbus road from Macarthur to Gallipo-
lis, and would do so at an early date if a
satifactOry arrangement could be made.
Mr.. CHAPMAN's contract with the
people of Columbus and along the line
of the SciOto Valley Road is not to re,
ceive dollar until after the Cars are
running throaglI-and says he will
make the same proposition to build the
Gallipolis, Macarthur and Columbus
road. Mr.. CHAPMAN has gained some
notoriety as Railroad builder, and has
the confidence of the Columbus, Cir
cleville and Chillicothe people, and
will not fail for the want of means to
build any road he undertakes, there
fore would think it advisable for the Of
ficers of the g., McA. & C. road to have
an interview with Mr.. CHAPMAN. We
went to Columbus to have talk with
Mr.. CHAPMAN without any authority or
intention to make any proposition or to
receive any. We found Mr.. CHAPMAN
to be a thorough business man, has his
telegraph wires from his Office i'm Column
bus to Circleville ut every station, and
directs the entire business of the work.
When we left Columbus for Circleyille
we found Oh the train Mr.. CHAPMAN's
paymaster who had his tin box well fill
cd with greenbacks, with which he paid
off the laborerS on the road. When we
were ready to leave CircleYille for Chilli
cothe we found Mr.. w. F. HURST and B.
III. BosTwICK ready with their private
carriage to accompany us to Chillicothe,
a distance of 10 miles, over splendid
turnpike, such one as would do Gallia
county no harm but indeed great credit.
We met with kind treatment and are
pleased with our trip. From ChillicOthe
we went to Portland by rail and there
met our private carriage in which we
arrived home Saturday evening, fully
convinced that the Gallipolis, McA. & c.
road can be built in a year or IS months
provided at all times that the Directors
of our road will not turn a deaf ear to
Mr.. CHAPMAN.
r. ALESHIRE.
A. HENKTNG.
WIN, WALKER.