The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-02
How Others See It.
[Chattanooga Daily Commercial

AS the readers of the Commercial
already know, the city of Cincinnati,
acting under grant OF authority in what
is known as the Ferguson law voted In
1870, $10,0OQ,o0u, in sayen-thirty bonds OF
The city, the proceeds of said bonds, to be
used in building frst-elass railway
from Cincinnati TO Chattanooga. Pun
suant to the same law five trustees were
appointed by the Superior Court OF Cipr
cinnai to take charge of and lay ont
this fund in building said railway. Tue
| trustees took the work in hand, by eaus-
| ing surveys of various lines to be made
with a closepess Of detail and care
| seldom known in modern railway build
| ing. Two or three years Were consumed
| in this work, and in procuring proper
charter privileges from the State OF
kentucky,
In the meantime the Legislature of
Ohio passed what is known as the
| Wright Bill, the main object Of which
was to prevent any interference with the
Trustees by the political authorities OF
| Cincinnati, and to render them more in
dependent in the matters Of negotiating
bonds, raising funds, &c. We all know
| what has already been done, and we
also have observed that the policy of the
Trustees might be summarized in very
| few words, thus: 81. Build an ipde-
pendent lfue from Cincinnati to Chatta-
| uooga. 2. Make it in every respect a
first-elass road. 3. Spend not one dollar
unnecessarily tc acccmp ish these ends.'
Pursuing these ideas the heavy work,
that which necessarily would consume
most time forsits completion, has been
let to contractors oil it over year since,
other portions a few months since.
Th s heavy work lies in the middle OF
the line-irom Kentucky River In Ken
tucky to Emory River in nTennessee-anCi
at the two ends, the bridges over The Ohio
and Tennessee Rivers. This heavy Worls
is we'll under headway. Rails OF steel
and iron have been CONTRACTED for TO the
amount OF 81, 154,3i5, most Of which are
already made; and ties are under con.
tract which Will cost 100000. The total
grading, masonry and bridges let to con
tract is So, ,S9j,2I3; to whicn if we ado
$100 090 for salaries and the other items
mentioneu we get a total oil $1l ,T44 ,5SS, ol
about 81, ,75o, ,o0J in excess Of tne gran
made by the people under the Fergesei
Ilaw. The figures we give are taken iron
, the engineers report In that report b.
estimates that The Trustees Will require
$6 000, 900 more to complete the work OIL
the plan inau surated; and for authority
to issue bonds for that amount payable
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49, 20 CT eans;s uo ehe toa'
the first estilrddtS put ID at; but that i
noU,a', moU q. - suipfisins. Ing cneapes
nou|e ~ seiaofh DuliI lof VI Wlthln th
hfs1 estmate Oh ios coso. Inene Is ~
ohafge, nov even pretehse, that an.
, money mas peeA imebefed away by I'M
trustees. Vh Tue other mana, IL Is ad
matted ny the loudest newspaper grum
biers AZ their policy, tnat what they hay'