The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1877-05-10
Home Correspondence.
MaysVille & Columbus r. r,


EDITOR NEWS Since the proposition was mad,
by at the last Railroad meeting of your citizens
to construct a Narrow Gauge Railroad from Lees.
burg, through HiIsboro to Mt. Oreb or Sardinia
a charter has been obtained to construct Narrow
Gauge Railroad from Washington c. H. through
HillsborO to Ripley, and thence to Maysville with
q branch at some convenient point, to the Spring
field & Pomcroy Narrow Gauge Railroad, which
passes through Greenfield and Bainbridege Mr..
Henry N. higgins and myself signed this charter
as CorporatOrs with the sole motive of assisting to
keep our county in such position as to avail our
selves of any practicable Railroad improvement
that might be offered.
Does my proposition (Which is comprchended in
the charter mentioned,l commend itself as practi-
cable, useful aud capable Of immediate accomplish
ment, and as the best plan, in subservence to the
interests of the largest number of people and
( widest extent Of territory?
] Ist. II is based on accomplished facts, viz: the
existence of three finished Railways, as the termin-
us or base of the projected enterprise, and every
mile Of Railway that is finished north from Sardinia
or Mt. Oreb, or north or south from Hiisboro, or
south from Leesburg OF Greenfield, can be irnledi-
Gtety operated, and is not dependant on the i'm
mediate completion Of any other parts of the gen
eral line.
I'd. On the line of the proposed route, there are
seven townships Madison, Fairfield Penn, Liber-
ty, Hamer, Salem and Clay, (or New Market
Whteoak and Glay) and there are fourteen villages
and towns, viz: Greenfield, Centerfeld, East Mon
roe, Leesburg, New Lexington, Samantha Hills
boro, DanviIle, Fairview, HOllowtown, Pricetown,
BufOrd, Sicily and Mt. Oreb, (or New Market,
Sugar Tree Ridge, TayIorsville, Mourytown and
Sardinia) whose best interests and convenience
would be promoted by the construction Of the
proposed line Of Railway.
Sd. 1t would make the most important link in
she Narrow Gauge Railroad from Columbus to
Maysville, and would con1ect with the Coal Road
from jackson at Greenfield, and would give to
HillsbOrO and the country west of her shorter
route to the East via NJ. c. R. r. by forty miles or
more, and would give a competing line from
HillsborO to Cincinnati, shorter than the present
line via H. & C. R. R. by 3 miles, and would also
shorten the R. R. distance to Columbus by more
than frty miles.
4th. The direct main line north to Leesburg is
as good line as far as Samantha or further north
for Greenfield, as direct independent line from
HillsbOrO; because the small increase of distance
if any, is more than cOunterbaanced by the accom-
mediation of the people Of the two large townships
of Madison and Fairfield and the important and
wealthy villages in those townships; secondly, be-
cause thereby no diUersion is made in the con-
stuction of the straight line to Columbus;
and thirdly, because a third rail on the NJ g. c. R.
R. track, from Leesburg to Greenfield, which bv
law can be laid on such track, by consent of both
companies, would obviate the necessity of any
Independent branch to Greenfield, and all the prob
abilities are, that such consent, founded on the
best interests of both companies, would be OBJ
tanned.
5th. The advantages of the proposed Railway
line having been partially stated, it is proper to say
that contrasted with any other project for practical
bility Of execution and subservence to the largest
interests, it is more excellent than any other-viz
than that to Bainbrdge because it shortens the Rail
road passenger travel and freight East and North
eieren miles the distance between Greenfield and
Bainbridge) and makes direct link in the COlum-
bus Maysville Road. I'd. 1t supplies a con- |
ne1ion with the Coal fields with so inconsiderable
increase Of coal transportation as 70 amount to |
nothing, contrasted with the loss in distance Of
and freight transportation As all other
projects talked Of are, for the present. so indefinite
the contrast cannot be extended
ON IN the Sth OF this month the COrpOratOrs |
meet at Ripley to organize under the charter men
toned, and to prepare to open books for the sub
scriptiOn of stock, and the important question is
What will the people Of Highland county, interest
ed in the routes, do?
Of course no subscription Of stock will be asked |
until the line is defined, and then with the stipua-
ton that all stock, subscribed in each township is
to be expended in such township in the cOnstruc-
tion and completion of the road-bed for the rail,
before any part thereof is used for any other pur-
pose.
a general meeting of all the people along the
routes will be called at HisborU, in time for &C
tiOn, before the election of the Board of Directors
is to be held and therefore for the present the at
tentiOn of all persons interested is earnestly in
vited to an impartial consideration of the great
interests at stake, until report of the corpOraors
is made. JAS II. THOMPSON.