The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-08-11

Mr. Hogan has opened up four quarries and
will open as many more as his work requires. He
has some thirty skilled stone cutters at work and
is daily increasing his force. The stone is blast
ed in the quarrles, cut and trimmed and then
dragged on sedges to the abitment walls. With.
in short distance Mr. Hogan has three open cul.
vert walls already completed The work on
these walls Is pronounced by competent judges to
equal the bridge abutments on the
NEW YORK CENTRAL AND ERIE ROADS
In New York State, and everybody knows how
substantial all the work about those roads are.
On the division there are about eight thousand
yards Of masonry, all OF which Mr.. Hogan will
have done In good shape by about November 1st,
when 1t Is expected that the grading Of the road
will be fnished
An indication OF the good times Is seen in the
wages paid laborers and workmen on the road
Last year shovees were working for s1.25 per
day; they are now getting 81 So and those doing
heavy work are getting So. Stone cutters are get.
ting IS so per day and the same amount is being
paid for teams Last year stone cutters were
working for s. OO and teams were getting 1915
and $500.
The village Of Dundee, B4rr's Mills and
shsnesville, will have new life infused into them
by the completion OF the road. They are located
in belt Of country unexcellsd for agricultural
and mineral wealth. Wheat corn and the other
cereals are grown in abundance, and the we'll
kept farms and fine residences Of the farmers are
good indication Of their prosperity. The hills,
in which this section Of OHIO sbOunds are filed
with excellent qualities Of
COAL IRON AND STONE,
Three Of the principal mainstays Of a railroad
country. These natural resources have never
been developed simply because there were no
inducements to open mines and quarres. There
were no means Of transportation and conseq lent
ly had nothing but local market. To supply
the small demands OF home consumption several
coal mines are being worked but only on 8 small
scale. The quality Of coal mined ia excellent and
will bear comparison with that of any other coal
district Of the State. We inq lired Of old and
practical stonecutters their opinion Of the stone
being quauied by Mr.. Hogan. They are all
unanimous In their praise OF It's good quality
One Of them said "It is as good as the Massil
lon stone, and much Off surpasses the Massillon
stone In many respects. That the qusrrying OF
this stone will, after the Connoton trains are
heard In the Sugar Creek Valley, become
LUCRATIVE INDUSTRY,
Is already assured. There is demand for good
sandstone and these hills are full OF 1t, being in
some places forty feet deep. Side tracks can be
run from the COnnottOn line up up to the mouth
OF the qusrries, thus affording the best Of ship.
ping facilities This stone crops out all along the
Sugar Creek Valley, and is accessible and easily
worked, being in projecting bluffs with little or
no soil to remove. What ia known as shell iron
ore is found in these hills in paying quantities,
In this vicinity 1t has never been worked but the
new road will have the same effect upon It as
upon the coal and and stone. Iron generally
goes with coal, and can be easily mined In con.
nection with It,,
The engineers are busily engaged cross section.
ing the working, preparatory to the graders and
with favorable circumstances, Messrs, Hogan and
SPOTS expect to have their work completed by
the first days OF November so that by that time
the road viii be ready for the ties and iron. It
is the intention Of the Com pany to have the rails
laid into Coshocton by the first Of the new year,
so that the people along the line can look for reg
ular traing early In the sprin, After the road is
completed to CoshoCton It is the intention OF the
Connotton Company to push on with the road un.
til straltsvle In Perry county, the terminus oi
the present branch, is reached.
word concerning the contractors having thil
work In charge may prove OF interest to our read
ers.
Mr., L. NJ sPoTTs,
l Who has the grading in charge,is a native Of Lo
e gansport, Ind. He is a sonin law Of Mr.. Var
r Duzer OF the firm Of Van Duzer Chapman & Mel
win, and has brother connected with the Chi
e cagO, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. It nigh
be said that rallroading runs in the family and
. successful rairoading at that Mr. SPOTS has
1 been sixteen years at contracting and has done
work In New York Iowa, Indiana Nebraska and
t Ohio, Eight years Of the time he was engaged In
New York State and the fact that he built sixteen
4 miles OF the double track Of the New York Cen
tra road to the entire satisfaction Of the chief en-
gineer is a testimonial to the fact that he thor
5 oughly understands his business. Mr. Spottl
| came to Ohio from New York State, where he
t was engaged on the Lake Erie & Western or Old
/ Erie road.
, MR.. JAMES HOGAN,
/ Who has the masonry contract is one OF the mos
experiC need men In his special line In the coun
try He is native Of Ashland Massachusetts,
/ and in the New England States is considered an
expert In judging masonry. Twenty years Of hil
lite have been spent In contracting and doing
, stone work. Masonry work on the following
named roads done by Mr.. Hogan, attest his abil
ity Portland Ogdensburg Belfast & Moose
head Lake European & North American (from
n At Takg Nnvv n.y,, oIrN t.,
1879 Mr. Hogan built 215 miles Of the Canadian &
: Pacific road alongside the well known Lake Of
! the Woods In Manitoba, British North America
On that length OF road there Wassome 5000 yards
OF rock excavated. On the Buckport & Bangor
! road, which runs along the Kennebeo river Mr.
Hogan did the masonry work on twenty miles
For two years and half he was foreman Of ma
sonry work on the ST. Johns u SChldiac road and
during first year Of the war he built 100 900 yardI
Of masonry In stone buildings, &C.. for the Penn
broke Iron Co. Between the months Of Novem
: ber, 1873 and July, 1874, Mr.. Hogan did some re
4 markRbly fast work, building 1000 yards Of first
: class and 900 yards Of second class masonry OF
i the Providence Worcester road. On that rOaC
d Mr.. Hogan built a seventy-foot granite arch
!. which cost $4,000. The granite was brought
. distance or bAJy miles anu INC hTCu is one OI Ln
a finest specimens Of masonry in the country. II
i the year 1859 Mr. Hogan was connected with thC
n building Of the Isthmus Of Panama road unde
Il the supervision Of Colonel Gillette Of Jersey City
a and helped to survey and build nine miles of II
:. At that time man working on the Isthmus roat
h took even chances on coming out alive. The as
n sertion thata
Q HUMAN LIFE WAS SACRIFICED
, For every sleeper OF the road is only too true
= Natives and foreigners alike succumbed to tn
= fatal swamp ievers prevalent In that county. MI
. Hogan told us that at times he saw six men di
u In one night. Skilled worknen and lsborer
u u were paid good wages, Ordinary laborers go
u $3.50 per day and boarding and at time an pac
d 81 was equal to 81 nowadays. Foreman, stone
g cutters blacksmiths and other skilled laborer
n received s. per day and boarding. The cost O
z building the road was enormous, but 1t Is noN
s. yielding large returns on the Investment.
10 Personally, Messrs. SPOTS and Hogan are ge