The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-01-01
THE STANDARD.
Thursday, January L, 1880.
TSpringfeld Republic.1

SPRINGFIELD. Ohio-a city of 10000
to $4,000 inhabitants, and with an an
nual aggregate of manufactured pro-
ducts worth $1O,O00,000 to 100000
hereby sends her greetings to her
neighbors in West and East Virginia
and desires to announce to them that
she proposes, at an early day, to open
up railway communication with them.
to the Ohio River. Our editorial
brethren of the Huntington Adverti-
ser; Charleston West Virginia Jour
nal; Staunton Spectator; Gordons-
vile Gazette; Richmond Daily Whig
and Norfolk Daily Daybook are re-
quested to receive the message and
make its facts known to their numer-
Gus readers.
Springfield has already completed a
good, substantial standard-gauge road
the Springfield Southern-built in
the direction Of Huntington, Rich
mond and Norfolk-to Greenfield,
Ohio, and in twenty days will have it
completed to Jackson Court House,
Ohio, one hundred miles toward tide
water, and the managers of the road
propose to push things until the line
is completed to Roc kwood Lawrence
County, a point directly opposite
Huntington, West Virginia, the west
ern terminus of the great Virginia
road from Richmond. A line drawn
from Springfield to lockwood passes
through very rich agricultural, lum-
Der, iron, coal, sandstone and lime
stone region, and the proposed extern
sion eastward to the point named-42
miles long-is sure to be built, and
when built will be virtual and real
extension Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
westward about one hundred and fifty
miles-in the direction Of Chicago,
and at Springfield passengers from
Virginia cities will be within direct,
easy reach of Cincinnati, Dayton, Co.
lumbus, Sandusky and Cleveland.
But this is not all. Tt is proposed
to build this line still farther to the
West and Northwest, to give Spring
field, Richmond and Norfolk direct
line to Chicago, Omaha and the Pacific
Coast! A project is on foot for build
ing virtual extension Of the Spring
field Southern, northwest to Sydney,
Shelby County-35 miles-where it
will make a connection with the In
dianapolis branch Of the G. c. G. & |.
road leading to that city, and with the
Dayton and Michigan, for Lima, and
via Lima, for Chicago, AS we under
stand it, the company which proposes
to build this road lacks but a few
thousand dollars more in subscriptions
to justify it in grading the road, put
ting down the ties and laying the rails
to Sidney. Liberal donations are now
being made in Springfield to the COM
pany, to promote this purpose.
A project is also on foot to build a
road from Sidney to Celina, Ohio, and
another to extend the line from Cell
na, to Decatur, Ind, a point on the
Fort Wayne road, and at both Celina
and Decatur most favorable Chicago
connections would be made.
We think we are justified in assur-
ing our readers and our Virginia
neighbors on the line of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio, that all these propos-
ed connecting roads will be built,with-
in one Or two years, and it is an in
disputable fact that when they are
completed we shall have a grand, di-
rect, through, trunk railway line from
Norfolk, Virginia, on the seacoast, by
way of Richmond, Staunton, Gordon
vile, White Sulphur Springs, Charles
ton, Huntington, Springfield, Sidney,