Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-02-17
G., T.V. and Wheeling R.R,
Meeting of Board Of Directors
FLUSHING ROUTE ADOPTED.
Interesting Account of the EXcIr-
siOEs OF Isie Belmont Delegation
20 SleVei;sfI(s.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 10, 1876.
EDITOR BELMONT CHRONICE--
Having laI the pleasure ofbeing ont
Of The humber uI citiz4ns from BeliuUn
county, that atten led the meeting o
The B Jard of Directors of the Cleveland
ruscarawaS Valley x and Wheeling
railway Co., propose 10 give You
such items as | think may be Interest
lng to lhuSe of your readers interested
IN this road. We left Bridgeport al
4:I5 p. NJ, on Wednesday, niaue con
utc,iun at MingO, and passed over tn.
Z. {. II 81. Louis iioad, To Uurich,ville,
arriving there at $50 p. NJ. Here We
tound That our ueIegation from differ
ent points On the rival routes OF the
proposed extensions, numbered one
nunired or more, repre-. enting New
Athens, CasSvllle, TippecAnoe aud Cad
II, on that line;-Fiusiiing, UniOntuwn
Rock Hill, FreepDrt, Moretield anu
IIpp1cdnOe, ON the other line. Allow
me u say, ttat in twenty-five years
past, nave never seen Belmont coun-
~ represented on any OCCASION by men
of more sterling worth and practical
common sense. Every countenance
dppOdISL " say w 2 oiO iCduS W W
our whoie duty to obtain the benefit OF
this enterprise
> AT 5:45 A. VI. on Thursday morning,
the active and energetic Sup't of the
rus. Val. Railroad, w. W. Card, WAS
ready waiting with ample acconmO.
dations to take us over the road tc
Cleveland. We had heard nuch OF
this road; we must say that we had no
idea that d road 50 lately constructed
coulu be in such perfect working order
so solid AMI suIooth. This road il
fully equal in all respects to the &. d
Z. Railroad. 1t is only necessary to
give an idea Of the business OF this
road, 10 cali attention 10 the fact that
it passes through the best portion OF
IuacdraWds county, alongside OF the
IuacdraWas Hiver, thence along the
beautiful valley of Sugar Greek,
through S;ark county, thence up
through Summit into Medina county.
Through LOrain, 10 The Lake, at the
III nth Of Biack River, having stations
at Uhrichsville, Pike Run Goshen, New
Pniladvlphia, (where it crosses the
NJ. d Z. KaIlrOad), Dover, Sirasburgh,
Barr'S Mills, Navarro, (tntre crossing
thO r " =, ~, As'iiostu,J -hooSh-
ion, PdulS, Fulton, (tliere crossing the
Q. NJ. V. d ID. Railway, Norwich,
Silver Creek, Easton, Crossing the a.
Il Il. w. Railway, hus-eli, Seville,
Lake Suininll, Medina, York, Eharte,
Beldeu, 10 the G. G. q. d /. II. r., at
The road has an extension,
(titteen miles), 10 The mouth of Black
River, on which they have station at
hart's, Patterson, (there crossing the
l.. 5 x NJ. =, Eiyrla, Edison and Black
River. Here the road has the finest
docks and shipping arrangements, such
as it weuid be impossible to get in
Ueyciaud.
AT Grafton, without change Of cars,
We leit / Q main track, and were soon
qunrtered in the beautiful
Forest City. The Flushing route dele-
CATION made their AuIue at the Forest
City Hote!, and the Athens route, at |
.he Wetdtll. 1t is unnecessary to say |
hat each delegation had an eye to their
Jwn inter st-each one mastering their
Urces, and keeping them well under
control, and ready for action. The
Athens route had the largest delega-
ion, and appeared TO he led and di-
ectrd by +. j. Holiday, of Cassville,
harrison county, and right vel did he
appear 10 understand tho necessity of
ne situation rs well us the control of
lis assistants. 1t did appear strange
o a lUoker-uu from Rrlmont, TO see
harrison county SO well represented -
he editor oi leading journal and 9th
rs, from the town OI CadIz, the county
cal, on hand ready to second every
movement thtt would be for the bene-
i of Harrison county, when the pro
oSed route through that county can
Ot possibly get ciusef than six L. sew
n miles to t'adiz, aud not u man to 4
spresen, either Richland township or =
/. CiairsXiiir, when said road lasses =
trough 50 much Of Richland town.