Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-17

shin. and within. two to three miles
If & Clairsvil!e. Why is this SO? Can
il he that the importance Of this puollc
improyement is not cOmprehenoed!
The Flushing and FreepOrt route was
well Represented, uuder the leadership
of such men a. Isaac Holloway, Esq.
of Flushing, and Thomas Green, al
Freeport; men who by their example
lead Others, and fully comprehend tue
great importance o. this Improvement; |
in fact, all the leading men oil Flushing
township appear to be determined that
if they fail 10 secure this road it shall
be no fault of theirs. When men come
forward and subscribe $40 per acre on
the amount of land they possess, rs
Thomas Hambletun, Jos. Morris and
number of Others in the northwest cor
ner of Belmont have done, they deserve
success. Flushing township has dDne
nO,,ly, AMI they still are ready and
willing, :lS long as there Is hope OF
success. Shall they have the asslstan'
and encouragement their wtll-dlrect-
Ell efforts en,iiie them to fTOhi Others
on the line? 1t is due to them.
ALI o'ciuck T.. NJ. Thursday, the
Flushing and FreepUrt route presented
their report through The following
committee: Isaac Holloway. ThumoS
Lodge, jacob Holloway, B. j. b anst
and Thomas Green, of Freeport. Suon
after this delegation was through, tie
Athens route, through large deitga-
ton, led by +. j. holiday, OF Casa-
willie, J. McCiau j. f.. Cannon, oi
Athens, and DIR. CoUh uf Biidseport,
presented thriuselr'-S > tor nearing.
Each delegation &C c0iDmittee WAS
neard st tpsrstt. ai.d apart from the 9th
ers, and us outsiders could not find
OUT either Tue totai amount OF StOrk
81 bscrItet!, ur inc relative Advantages
of the ruuie,-Ur form any iuea oG the
impression Liiiie On the Board OF Dl-
rectors by either; suffice it 10 say that
the com niueriii0n and rivalry manifest
ed was laudabie, and conducted Ill good
spirit, aud IN d bu,ineSo-like Way. lbe
DECISION OF Tie Board will not be given
for few day.
There is one ching that impfesses Inc
most favurably in regard 10 The enter
pri,e-lhe peTsOnei vi the DlrectorShlp
of the Clevelauu, Tus. Val. & neel-
ing Railway TO-, also the management
in every particular. In every way
these men impress an observer VITA
,neir capacIty, carelui ocrutlhlzins dis
lc.Iminatiun uud juug ment; and IN eT-
lerything, practical iJresisht; they arc
solid men, and tTufn tine most reliable
Information van get, there Is do douLt
as to their ability to carry forward any
enterpriSe they may undertake. Al
| low me 20 Say that am iully Impressed
with the idea That Belmont county has
never had ii better proposition offered,
or such AL opportunity gwen, 10 de-
velop her reSuLrct In our rapid tram
sit over the line OF road bet "cen Uh-
richsville anu Give land, We noticed
| five extensive coal works, SnIppIn-
from zach orc Twenty-Five 10 lUrty
car loads every day. The coal is
soft, but Tree nom sulphur, and has
less bituinlnou5 matter, but in every
Instance THESE coal COMPANIES nave ~
lSink shafts from l25 10 100 feet, and
then iu some Of iEe,n lind the cuul III
pockets. Our Coal on " hEeiing Creek
is much stronger heating coal, II not
so cieun, without the expense uf siuAIug
Shafts, anu can be mlned at much less
expense. Shall We lose this opportunl-
ty by our Own negligence? Shall We
sleep while others are active and earn
est. Other Conflicting interests are
watching with jealous care, every move
of this road, and if they can prevent
this extension /. will be done. Let
Belmont county do her part we'll aud
prom pity, AMI secure rail connection
equal to any now Oper tted. Ii the
whole line will uu as we'll as Flushing
TO D.. a. hAr h.l M
danger.
Since writing the above, the Direc-
tors, alter fully examining all evideGce
presented To theiIi, have decided upon,
and located the roadway on the Flush
ing and Freeport route. There is no
doubt now that there were serious OBJ
jectio!.s to this ruute-ObjeetiOnS, dilii-
cultle., hard ID overcome, AMI rig ht
well had their competitors on the
Athens and Brushy Fork route discov-
ered !be salient points, and they lost
| no opportunity 10 direct the attention
TO these Weak places. The route Is
longer; ii Is mure expensive to build;
1t will take two thousand feet mUre
bridging, mostly on Saltwater. Yet
| the route had some advantages that
the Company could not overlook. 1t
IS more centrally located in the terrl-
tory between the B. 4 o. Railroad and
the Pittsburgh, Gin. Il st. Louis Road.
hence ATTRACTS more llcai trade-aiId
for this reason will be able to cIntrib-
ate more stock. A large contribution
OF stock Will be deuIanded-iS demand
ed-aS condition OF this location. The
ruad will be well worth all that is de-
| inanded-.,ll il will cost. The noble
example given on the Flushing and
Freeport line, II clear right
ul Way, and over 1000 mile on the
route, should inspire every man in
Pease, Colerain, Richland aud Wheel
ing townships to make like effort.
No one Can deny that the advantages
10 these townships, in possession o: so
much coal, are far superior to Flushing
township to say nothing Of other bene-
hts. When We saw old men-men
who had passed their "three-score
years and ten" come forward and not
only lead, but direct by their sage
counsel AMI advice, contributing liber-
ally and freely of their means, when
at best the most they could expect,
would be that their eyes might witness
the building, and perhaps the compile
ton Oi this progressive enterprise, and
then Others reap the benefits, truly,
we could only aimire the true manly
n0bleness of such puhlic-spirited men.
May they live not only to see but en-
joy some of the comforts Of sIic h i'm
prOvemehts. All honor to the men
that have worked SO faithfully, active
ly and earnestly, on both these routes;
they have shown, fully illustrated, the
true spirit and enterprise of citizens
ready to forward every effort for tue
public good, ard progress of tie eour.-
ty; true, one must tail, tut we'll |
fought battle. contested inch by inch,
is better than n cowardiy retreat. For |