The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-05-12
RAILROAD GOSSIP.
coNNorToN TAX APPRAIsEMENT

coNEorToE TAX APPRAIsEMENT.
Monday afternoon the Board of Auditors OF the
counties through which the Connotton Valley
Railway passes, met In the County Auditors
office here to sppraise the value Of The real estate
and other property of that company. The follow.
ing Auditors were present: N Ramsey Stark
A Wagner, Summit; W H Brew deputy Cuya.
hoga; A Bilman, CARROLL L Olin, Portage
The full board being present, the meeting organ.
lied by elec.iUg Mr.. N Ramsey, Chairman, and
Mr.. A, L. Billman, secretary. William A Lynch,
Esqr, Attorney for the Connotton, represented
the Company at the meeting A statement, show.
ing the amount and value OF all the properly Of
the road was submitted by Mr.. Lynch and read.
motion was made by Mr. Billmsn aud seconded
by Mr.. 0lin to accept the valuation report as
handed IN by Mr. Lynch.
This report put in 1880 miles main track In
Carroll county, 2S 70 miles in Stark, 30 in Port
age and 20 in Summit at $4,000 per mile and lSO
miles side track in Carroll, .9S milesin Stark aud
20 miles In Portage at $500 per mile. list OF the
locomotives cars, depOp, water stations and
other property Of the Company followed with
values attached. The entire value o. the road as
handed In was in the nelghborhood Of 100000.
Mr Brew OF Cuyahoga, moved that Cuyaboga
county be credited with a proportional value Of
the tax on the roadbed without the rolling
stock, as the iron is not yet laid In that county.
This motion was seconded by Mr.. Wagner Re.
marks were made by the different Auditors. The
motion, upon being put, was lost only Mr. Brew
voting in the Affirmative. The object Of this mo.
tion was to get for Cuyahoga county goodly por.
ton Of the taxes Of the road most OF which Is on
property located in the lower counties The
failure OF this motion debars Cuyahoga from any
part ofthe ConnottOn Companys taxes this year.
This was because no track has yet been laid In
that county. Auditors Wagner and Brew then
withdrew in order to leave on the evening Valley
train for home. After brief discussion the val
ue Of the main track was raised by the remain.
ing Auditors present from 50 200 to So $780, and the
side track from $500 to $1,000. This will increase
the valuation Of the road and property to over
100000.
April 7th the track layers OF the Connotton
reached KeGt from the south, but on account Of
trestle work and bridge over the Cuyahoga river
not being completed the engine and construction
train were transferred to where the Connotton
crosses the Cleveland and Pittsburg, from which
place track laying has been pushed forward, and
Monday the bridge was crossed and rails COM
nected, so that the Connotton is now complete to
the Cleveland and Pitsburg crossing between
Hudson and Earlville. Work is being hurried
along to get the track to Bedford as soon as pos.
sible, when through trains will commence run
ming and tickets will be sold through to Ceve.
land via Cleveland and Plttsburg from Bedford.
The bridge across the Cuyahogs at this place
will be tested soon, being now completed.
sTEUBENvILLE, CANTON 4 CLEVELAND.
At Minerva, meeting In the Interest Of the
Steubenville, Canton and Cleveland Narrow
Gauge Railroad was held Monday night. Judge
Martin of Steubenville gave detailed statement
Of the origin OF the road, first contemplated from
steubenVille, on the Ohio river, to Richmond
Jefferson county, the extension Of which to Min
erVa, there toconnect with tle Connotton Valley
for Cleveland and the lakes, being the object Of
the present enterprise.
The Judge stated that their party had driven
over the route and held meetings at the princi
pal points during the past week, and were great
ly encouraged by the interest manifested along
the line. The length Of the road will be 4S miles
II OF which is already graded and partly tied and
the right of way secured for over one.hali the
balance.
The Company have leased 900 acres of Goa
land on Island Creek and Yellow Creek, through
which this road passes, specimens OF the coal be
ing exhibited met with hearty approval, being
commended on all sides as Of a superior quality
There are three veins, the surface vein on Isant
Creek being six foot, with roof OF sandstone, the
other two veins being four and seven feet thick
respectively.
Near Richmond, Ohio, where the road is nov
graded, they cut through vein OF limestone L
feet thick, which furnaces have tested, and de
cided better than that found near Lowell Ohio
"A committee Of five, consisting of " Faas, Johl
Numan, N Pennock, James Murray, and G /
Yengling, were appointed to solicit aid for thu
project.
correspondent writing from Wooster Gays
THE Pittsburg and Chicago road, which ha
been on the tapis for some months, has relapseC
into quiesCeht state. President Schmerz o
Pttsburg, 1t is said, has gone to Europe to secur
the capital with which to build his road"
The West TuscRrawas street Valley depot 1
completed and will be occupied in few days.