The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-02-01

mnnicate it to the meeting.
Col. W. O. Collins stated that be
had been in correspondence with NJ
Agnew, Chief Engineer of the Spring
field, Jackson & Pomeroy R. R, from
whom he learne I that the estimated
cost of that road would be about
$4,000 per mile with the iron laid
down, and that the road would be
Completed this year.
c. H. Collins, Esq, said he had
Received letter from Hon. S. A.
West, Representative in the Legisl,-
ture from Clermont county, urging
the citizens of Hillsboro to all in
constructing narrow gauge raj road
to connect with the Cincinnati &
L -banon Narrow Gauge on the west,
near O,kley. on the NJ. & G. R., and
exten ling east through Madisonville.
Madeira, and Camp Dennison, in
Hamilton county, Milford and New
louisville in Clermont county, and
Fayetteville, Brown county, to Hills
boro, and thence east to the Jackson
coal fields, either by connecting at
B rinbridge with the S. ]. & P. road,
or by line over the old road-bed OF
the HiIlsboro and Parkersburg r. R.
to Piketon. He had also received q
postal card to-day from Mr.. West, in
which he expressed hope that
the meeting here tonight would
take some action favorable to the en-
terprise. Mr.. Collins said our Rep
reseniative in the Legislature, Hon
II. G. Dawson, WAS present, and he
would like to hear his views. as he
lived near the line of the proposed
road from Hillsboro to Fayetteville
Capt Dawson responded to the
call, and said he believed the people
in his neighborhood, in this county.
and along the line to Fayetteville,
would subscribe literally. The citi-
zens of Fayetteville were very anxious
for railroad connection of some
kind, and were both able and willing
to subscribe large amount of stock
He thought Hillsboro needed ROAD
to the coal fields of jackson county,
and another and much shorter line OF
railroad 10 Cincinnati would do her
no harm. On the contrary it would
produce a wholesome competition,
which could not fail to be very bene-
fetal to the interests both,,of the town
and the country adjacent He had
been in correspondence with Mr.. West
of Clermont, and other parties, and
believed that the people along the
line west of Fayetteville were in ear
nest, and that the road could be built.
On motion, the Secretary read for
the information of the meeting, sew
eral letters received from Hon. S. A.
West, Fl. L. Chapman, of Jackson,
Vice President of the S., j. & Pome-
roy R. r. and from Messrs r. R. Sey
mour, E. Rockhold, and fourteen
other prominent citizens of Balm
bridge, all favoring the proposed
connection of the narrow gauge lines
now being constructed east and west
of Hillsboro, by a new line through
this place.
DIR. H. S. Fullerton called on
Capt. Sam Amen, as one of the NOV
ers in getting up the meeting, to
give his views in regard to the ex.
pediency and feasibility of the pro
posed road.
Capt. Amen responded, aud regret
ted his inability to make speech, as
he never felt more like making one
in his life, than he did now. He
was warmly in favor of the enter
prise, and thought there never was E
more favorable time than this to pu
it through. He pledged his hearty
cooperation in all efforts for the sue
cess of the road.
Mr.. Brooks Spargur, of Balm
bridge, was called on, but excused
himself, and called on Capt. Catch
of the S. J. & P. r. R, who wa
present, having come with him from
Bainbridge this afternoon, TO attenc
this meeting.
Capt. Gatch stated that he fel
deep'v interested in the propose'
connection via Hillsboro with tn
road he represented, and he coult
say that the President of the S. J.
P. R. R, Mr.. Emmitt, was warml
in favor of such connection. H
read letter written by Presiden
Woodward, of the Cincinnati & Be-
taviaN. G r. r., to Mr.. Emmitt, pre-
posing a connection of the two road
by line from Sardinia or Mt. Ore
through Hillsboro to Bainbridg'
He also gave some interesting fe
ures in regard to the cost of the S. I