The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-08
A WORD FOB OUR RAILROAD.
From GreenviIle Journal.

Knows 1t. OreeDflile WaDIS
md will soon have is q Southern con-
lection with the c. II. & d. ethesat
Carlisle or Middletown.-Gesman
Press.
There is some truth and more of
fiction in the assumption o fthe Press.
The article in the Journal was not
written by an Eaton man but by q
Darke county man. We are aware
that G%reenville has not in the past,
and does not yet see things in their
true light of her interests. Years ago
Darke county was attached to Dayton
as a subsiduacy and paid for the priv
ilege $4,000. Had that money been
applied to building a road to Eaton,
Greenville would have had, what it
must have and what it is now trying
to accomplish by the Germantown
enterprise, direct Railroad connec-
ton with Cincinnati, and if that had
been accomplished, Greenville would
now be a city of 10000 inhabitants
and the wealth of Darke county
would now be known beyond the linn
its of Montgomery county. Darke
county is one of the largest and most
fertile counties in the State and it
has under the circumstances of its
want of direct communication with
its natural market, largely contribut
ed to the building up of Piqua, Rich
mond and Dayton. Now whether
Eaton is an old fogy town or not,
does not matter to Greenville or
Darke county for the county has an
interest in the outlet as well as the
TOWN. so that Eaton will interest it
self SC as to assist Greenville in get
ting a road to that point. The trade
of Darke county and the Northern
part of Preble will send Eaton's old
fogyism a kiting and Eaton will feel
itself but asuburb ofthe Queen City.
When Defke county shipped her
pork and hoep-pole by wagon to Gin
c~innati- and brought merchandise in
return, there was a mutual under
standing of each others interest, but
now the middlemen of Dayton and
Richmond do the business Of sale
and interchange of commodities and
the wealth and resources of o%ur1coun
Try are unknown to the business mer
of the city. What is wanted of Ea
ton is, to impress upon the Cincin
natl Board of Trade that there is
rich country.north of Preble county
and Cincinnati may have its trad
direct as well as after the profits
have been strained out by Dayton
and Richmond. Eaton can help d.
this and we trust that the fogyisn
of Eaton will not prevent its pres
and business men from doing sc
Darke county, Greenville and Gin
cinnati has a great interest in tn,
future from building this 16 mile
between New Madison and Eaton
Already has Greenyille and tn
northern part of the county spent
great deal of money to no purpose
Lust because Greenyille commence,
at the wrong end, IS We think Green
vile rs now doing BY throwing it
energies away on 60 miles of roa
when 16 miles will accomplish tn
same purpose. The Mackinaw Roa
was a failure just because there wa
no connection with Cincinnati. Tha
connection having been made Cir
lcinnati capital would have pushe
that road up into the northern pine
ries, as it has pushed the Cincinnati
Southern down to the tide-water tbs
lays the foundation of Fort Sumpte.
Greenville, Eahn and C~incinnat
have an interest in the building {
the connecting link between Eator
and New Madison, which if properl
understood by all of them would il
sure it's completion before midsun
mer, as the grade is easy and til
bridging light.
Now as we have heretofore sul
gested, somewhere, let a few, o II MOI
the better, of -Greenville's best an
f earnest business men, 90 down t
Cincinnati and interview the Boar
of Trade, taking with them statist
cal information as to the resource
of Darke county, and impress upo
them the value to Cincinnati of sue
a connection. Let them also confe
with the G. II. & d. Road, and in
press upon them the profits tha
) would accrue to the Road by extend
/ ing it to Greenville, and we have n
doubt but that they would give a
the material aid needed. 1t woul
be we'll however, for the Greenvill
delegation to take with them som
of the old Fogies of Eaton to vouc
that there is a rich country to tt
north of them, which if assisted i
the enterprise-would pour into he
lap cargoes of agricultural product
and take loads of merchandise in II
turn. This to US seems necessar
from the fact that it is so long sine
Greenville, in fact all of Darke cour
ty, have dealt direct with Cincinnati
that personal proofs of these n
sources might be acquired. Anothe
thing we would suggest in this col
nection, let the Greenville men ca
) the attention of our Senator, Geore
w. Moore, to this matter, and as
him to confer with the Cincinna
delegation in the Legislature. The
: are some Of them undoubtedly col
nected with the commercial, indu
; trial and railroad interests of I'll
D city. L.
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