The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-08-22
WILL PREVENT DISCRIMINATION.

The new road will furnish a choice o
outlets, which will bring about Competi
ton in local rates of freight, a consum
nation long desired by the people who
have been compelled for years to submit
to such terms as a monopoly should die.
tate.
Mr.. Bagaley-What is the length Of
your proposed line?
Mr.. Straughan..Th distance from here
to Chicago junction ia l65 miles, We at
first thought we would have to build the
road through to the city, but since you
men of Pittsburgh are building good
road to Beaver we will be saved that
much, if we can come to terms with
you.
Mr.. McCreery-The maximum grade
of our road is 26 feet to the mile, What
will yours be?
Mr.. Straughan-We think we can car.
ry that grade (26 feet through.
Mr. Bagaley-- What will it cost to grade
your road?
Mr.. straughan-About 1000 per mile
Mr. Bagaley--DO you propose to lease
it to the Baltimore q Ohio Railroad2
Mr.. Straughan-We do.
Mr.. Bagley-Will they have control of
the road?
Mr.. Straughan-We will have to see
them about that. We don't know yet
whether they will favor our project.
Judge Clark, of New Lisbin, said the
new road would be a great benefit to
both Pittsburgh and the section of Ohio
through which it will pass. All that the
projectors of the new enterprise asked Of
Pittsburgh could be granted without
cost. They only ask the friendship and
sympathy of the Pittsburgh and Lake
Erie and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
roads. The Judge then went on to
sketch the proposed route, giving the va
rious points in the above named Coun-
ties at which the road would touch.
ALL FOR WANT OF A COMPETING LINE.
Mr.. Miller-A discussion here of the
points at which our road will touch is
unnecessary. No matter where the road
touches, the counties through which it
will pass will be benefited all the same.
l will give you an instance of how Pitts
burgh suffers the want of a competing
line of railroad through our section of
Ohio. | am in the hardware business in
Wooster, and l buy no nails from Pitts
burgh. Not because you ask more for
your nails than manufacturers of other
cities, but because the Pennsylvania
Company disCriminates against me to the
extent Of eight cents per keg. lam here
not because of my love for Pittsburgh,
but because necessity drives me here to
ask your moral support in abolishing the
evils which we have suffered for 80
many years. can remember when, 25
or 80 years ago, in the days of the Cone
stOga wagons, all the counties represent
ed here to-day were your customers
We want to be your customers again, but
can not do 80 as long as we are at the
mercy of railroad monopoly. five can
obtain reasonable terms from the Pitts
burgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company
our enterprise will succeed beyond
doubt, and we will then have an unbro-
ken line of road from East to West.
Mr.. MCCreery-The Pittsburgh & Lake
Erie road was built under the laws of
Pennsylvania, and by those laws any
road can connect with ug on equitable
terms. We have no legal right to dis
CrimiDate against your road, nor to grant
any person right above another.
Mr.. Miller-Do understand that we
have a right to run over your road-.that
you not only grant us that right, but give
Us your friendship
Mr.. McCreery-We have no choice in
the matter 30 far as your using our road
Is concerned.
Mr.. Bagaley-It is not likely that the
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie road will refuse
the business which the new will con-
tribute.