Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-19

has a bridge at Cincinnati, a grand out
let north, which renders it all the more
important that the Kentucky Central
should have good competing facilities.
Before the war, and Immediately af-
ter Its close, the east and west were
firmly knit together by combination
of iron links, wrought into trunk lines.
The B. 6 o. R.R., the Chesapeake &
Ohio, the Cincinnati Southern, Louis
vile & Nashville with trunk cOnnec-
tions from Chicago to deep water in
the Gulf, the New Orleans line, and
trunk lines reaching out from Missouri
southwesterly to Texas, all go to show
that the North and South have been
united with as many, or more, ribs of
steel as the east and west. Gradually,
like the roots of mighty trees, new rail-
way projects in the Northern States are
being shaped so that, in the wonderful
future, feeders are growing up for all
these Southern lines. The undeveloped
mineral and forest, and agricultural
resources of the South are lying in
wait to rejuvenate life in South Atlantic
harbOrs.
Seeing these things, business men on
the line forced the managers of the
contemplated narrow gauge to Cincin-
natl, via Mt. Sterling and Jeffersonville,
to change the gauge, name and route
as indicated. The change means a
greater reach, grasp for something
beyond State lines, connection with the
South by new rOuTe-the fourth or
fifth, Columbus having Southern ad-
vantages via P. G. & st. L. Railrord,
Bee Line, Ohio & Chesapeake, and B.
& 0. Railroads
AS to Ohio matters, on this line, the
solid facts are about as follows: Dis
tanCe from Columbus to Mt. Sterling
25 miles; Washington G. H., Al miles;
HillsbOrO 65 miles; Georgetown, 80
miles; Ripley, 1O3 mile; Maysville, ia
miles. These towns are about midway
between the SciOtO and Little Miami
valleys, on line drawn south from
Columbus. The points of the triangle
are Portsmouth, Cincinnati and Column
bus. The latter is talking of building
the Cincinnati, Maysville and Southern,
to get share of the trade. Cincinnati
has already the benefit of the Marietta
and Cincinnati, the Muskingum Valley,
with its HillsbOrO branch, and is push
ing to completion the Cincinnati and
Eastern, and Cincinnati and Portsmouth
narrow gauge roads. Springfield and
Dayton each have narrow gauge in
this field.
A southern line from Columbus will,
therefore, cross two narrow gauge and
a standard gauge at Westinghouse. H.
the Marietta and Cincinnati at Lees
burg; the HillsbOro branch at its east
ern terminus; the Cincinnati and East
ern at Sardinia, Brown county; and,
eventually, the Cincinnati and Ports
mouth, at Georgetown.
The counties thus traversed will be
Franklin, Pickaway, Madison, Fayette,
Highland and Brown. All, except
franklin, have one of the finest free
turnpike systems in the United States.
They are made of very superior quail
ity of gravel found in great abundance
in that region. Until one has Travelled
through that country, in buggy, he is
not prepared to appreciate the wonder
full advantages the people enjoy, get
ting from place to place over smooth
and durable roads in winter and sum-
mer. These counties constitute enc
of the magnificent agricultural spots of
Ohio, devoid of dreary and monOto-
nous appearance on account Of being
just sufficiently rolling for good drain
age. 98
Mt. Sterling has about 1000 inhabit-
ants, Washington c. H. between 5000
and 1900, Leesburg 1000, HillsbOrO
from 5000 to 1000, Sardinia 800,
Georgetown 1900, Ripley 1000 and Abb
erdeen 1000.
Chief Engineer S. f. Rock and corps
will start out on the line next Monday,
to complete surveys already begun.
The gauge is to be four feetnine inches.
The office of the company is at the
corner of Town and High streets, over
the bank of Brooks, Butler & Co.
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