The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-05-16
TIE VALLEY RAILROAD.
Mr.. King Of the Valley Railroad Has His Say and
Good One.
To The Editor Of The Leader;

AKRos. April Q6. 1873
III, grat,Cviny IN know that the excellent mes
sogo ~ Msvor Rose has at last aroused the apatb,
oTCIoyo,ond towards the Valley Railway Comma
nv Ifvour arucla in Thursday's issue, condemn
i tbe ,inistro,ion NJ tba direotors of thatoor
noraiin, ,oora ofF.otuaIlv enlists the attention
Clouolond,s ci,i1ons +, tho needs and sLortoom
mos ir von MINI co of Tho MANAGEMENT of tht
.0rirs -; Tho V.llev Railway Cnmnanv the bette
ror Cloveland and the better for the enterprise.
wnileir Is far easier to oritlelse than to create
T dcnht whether Won wonld have INDUCED s,
Iroe, IN censure IN tbe article referred 10 hSd vol
hoo,. hn,ter formed on lhe subioct treated
Tho snh,crintions 10 the stock of this oompan,
,vere n,osrlv corditoned mon the expendimr
Of the money In the counties where 1t was paid
Good faith 10 the stockholders therefore, com.
nailed the construction of a graded line. as vol
saw. "away down somewhere into the bowels o
the staten and your after thought that IL woulC
have been better to have competed portion
the line. usiup all the funds raised for the pur
nose the Board were powerless 70 do,
The scheme was proiected by enterprising citi
zans of Cleveland. Splrited meetings were held
all ALONG Oe ronoSad route, an enthusiastic
mpeting WAS held in the old Council Chamber In
| CLEVELAND bosrtiIv endorsing the movement, Il
,vse deemed ,,ocos,orv to connpcr Cleveland nv a
| drect limo with tbo vast coal fields of the State
or its msnufaeturirp interests were in ieopardy
Time and labor in engineering were reouired all
along fine route TO secure in section of great en-.
gineeriup 5iriculties. the best possible line fol-
| large traffic in minerals. All this work cost
money. and the result, while II footS up heavily
on the balance sbpets through the skill of Enpi.
neer Dudlev. nided by Mr.. Farmer with his long
exnprience and good mdgment, has made the
Valley Railway. In IFS grades and curvatures. the
very hest line from extensive coal deposits TO any
large coal market This isno id G statement. but
can be verified by the testimony Of engineers of
national reputation. If the engineering expen.
SEES have been great. they have achieved a very
desirable result.
As to office EXPENSES YOU must remember that
the company has been orpapized for six wears.
and IL the items of that or any other account,
which are alyyavs onrn to the inspeotion or anv
stakeholder are examined nothing of reckless
exnendiure or exhayspance will be found there.
in. Bear in mind that these charges for engineer.
ing and Office expenses were mostly made during
the periot of initiation. when labor and materials
were much higher than now. Under the remark.
able skill and method of the late Secretary Mr.
Clarke, the books of the Company will admit of
the closest serutiny and viii he found corrnct in
every parficular
The item of irterest which is largo will bo out
down rnetariaIv ae irtnrast hoorinc snbsori tiore
are collected will hereafter show WIN This
costly item of CHARGES was Incurred
II isam matter of greater regret to the Djrectors
that the road has not long since b.en finished
than to apv one else They have a doubIa inter
est IN its com nIstioo heing Iargs ,tockbo,ders by
syb,cription and individually holden far the lis.
biliues of the compa1v.
Iii, not. perhaps for me IN saw who Is IN he
blamed for the long pro,trotion of this anternrisa
From the first Organization of tbe oomronv
CLEVELAND bv a "I.rye naioritv, has had onrtroi
of the BOARD On the ipcention of tha scheme
cleveland iuter4sts invitod tho hearty On 6roro.
zion of Akron aud Canton nronosInc tbet those
tyo ,Io oog sbonld ,nb.or,,. 20 ,ho s,oai, oS to
comnanv s15OOOo each while C,levolsnd would
readily raise s5uOoOo win far tho orostost nro.
veslth with tho Isr,ast in,oro 10 10 ha
snb,erved CIevelapd,s orots was not subeoribod
for nearly wear a f,er thst of Arrow and Canton
The rights of wav in summit and start counties
were secured and theline Iorated witbout DELAY
Near Cleveland two wears, DELAY consumed in de-.
lermininp the canal ouastior haId IN oboyopoo
the location Of the line Tbe r.ver,ion of the co.
nal bed to Cleveland WAS secured nv the aver
lions of those interested IN fine Valley Railway
interest and was consummated by that influence |
Two years delay in settlement of this canal bed |
question prevented for that period, the location
If the line in and near Cleveland; and II wss not |
ocated until after work in Cuyahoga county was |
suspended. Hence the reason, Mr. Editor. that
you ia Cleveland can only see the tracks of the |
surveyors and engineers"
Cleveland's delay in making her subscriptions
prevented the completion of the road during the
administration of the late lamented Mr. Witt who
At the earnest request of Cleveland CAPITALISTS.
and upon promise of their hearty cooperation
and the early adjustment of the canal matter, |
ook hold of the work and determined with his
accustomed energy to put II through before jan
lary, 1874.
The panic of September 1873, paralyzed all en-. |
erprise the stockholders did not nav their sub.
criptiOns. The contractors and laborers would
De greatly damaged by a suspension of work. and
lnder the impression that the storm would soon
blow over, the Board wisely or unwisely lit is |
Easy nOlU to say uuwiseyO borrowed money TO
carry on the work until May, 1874 hence the ere.
alton of the interest account.
During all these troabous times since 1873, have
you known of any railroad building except by
he f,steriup care AMI lthora1 ala ot coma ,,otro
oIi,a a,,s, o,I " oOI0 '''O
polIVah center largely interested i'll II?
oo,unDuS loi'u' ana olhclhhau nave pusheu
)ut their iron arms, and they will, | think, reap
heir reward Had Cleveland shown a like liber
,Iitv towards the Valley Re,Iuav with sucb aid |
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nc 'a'Iey Nol"ay "ouiu sooh DC compleIeu.
BY the generous liberaiity OF S. S. Stone, Esq., |
)f your city, who granted valuable franchises to
be comnauv hesides tho ribt f ,yo,, tho li,a Is |
,,,,, I,na,o5 o,,5 ,,S,. at,
"" loca'eu anu Ieauy lor lhheulate cOuslruc' |
ion
Your worthy Mayor could not have examined |
he contract of the citv with the VsIIav Railway
H., Iii a. -, N'' ~ ", ~
ne WIZ nlu 'neIe 'naI Ihe rRh'S OF 'he ci'y are
guarded by language as sTang as astute lawyers |
can make It He will find also that all the rail |
oads now or beraa flor to bc oonstruots In CIaye
and y, - 80,
. q ~ ""'o "'iiioe' 'quai i'Bh's WIN tne 'alleS
SallWay Company and that the city authorities |
ire arbters OF the charges to be made by the Val
ev Railway Comtanv for tho ree of IN nrorort, |
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