The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-07-21
RAILROAD GOSSIP.

There are 800 miles more OF railroads in the
State Of Ohio now than three years ago.
The pay car on the P. Fl W &C Ry passed
through last Thursday and glsddened the heart
OF the employees Of that Company In this city.
Two hundred Italians employed on the W & 1
E railroad grade near Pike Station became un
ruly one day last week and were discharged.
Mr. H W Lansing, formerly with the New Jer.
sey Central Railroad, has been appointed general
freight and ticket agent OF the COnnottOn Valley
Railway.
The VALE R R has secured part Of ita
decided between Norwalk and Fremont but will
probably go through Bellevue.
&C Ware, who has the contract for grading the
VIZ L E R from smithville to Main street,
orVille, established his headquarters at the ST
James Hotel last week,-LoTville Crescent.
The Cleveland & Plttsburg Railroad Co. is put
ting in switch to Pennook Bros. new car shops
at Minerva. They also intenI lengthening their
side track a! that station to accommodate the In
Creasing business.
Track laying on the line Of the W 4 L e road
is being pushed forward at the rate of a mile a
day from Wellington, and will soon be com.
menced at Huron. The final survey and loca.
ton OF the line from Norwalk to Toledo has been
ordered by Contractor Griggs.
The Wooster & Lake Erie is getting under way.
Engineer Bishop Of Cleveland, has just completed
the survey Of the proposed line between Wooster
and Russell ste ton and reports an easy grade and
very practicable route. Subscription books
will be opened In few days.
The @ MT v & G Ry has 1900 feet Of bridges
and trestles on a track length of 14O miles an
average of 100 feet to the mile. recent nspec
tion shows the bridges and tre ties between Sun
bury and Columbus In poor condition. As soon
as the road lie sold the necessary repairs will be
made,
The Pennsylvania Company has Issued oircu.
lar stating that ell stop over checks are limited
to fifteen days from the date of issue, and are is
sued only on first class unlimited tickets The
passenger, however, can stop at ss many places
as he chooses, and at each place he has the right
to a stop over check good for 10 days.
Messrs. G v Hard, L OhlIger, W A Uader.
wood, B Barrett, D Curry, aud Clark, Of
Wooster, have been appointed a Committee to
raise S5O,OCO which amount will be necessary to
secure to that city the Cleveland, Wooster and
Southern road The road will be built by eastern
capitalists, headed by Mr. John j. Astor Of New
York.
Pennook Bros, the car builders OF Minerva, are
building new two story shop, L shaped, Of the
following dimensions, 4Ox75 and 2Ox24 feet. It
Is to be used for the woodworking department
and will be occupied in about q month. An ad.
dition has also been built to their foundry which
enables them to melt and use q ton OF iron more
per day than formerly.
A meeting Of the Board OF Directors OF the
Cleveland, Wooster u Southern Railroad was
held in Cleveland on Friday last. Wooster is ex-
pected to furnish $4,000 and the right of way
through Wayne county, and, If this IS DONE the
assurance is given that that part Of the road be-.
tween Wooster and Milton station on the N Y, P
& will be completed by january.
The Connotton Company arc having some
trouble regarding the site Of their depot in
Cleveland. 1t is proposed to locate It on Ontario
street at the foot of Huron and designs for fine
building suitable to that location have been pie.
pared, The City Council favor the site selected,
but some Of the property owners are objecing
and have carried the matter into court. II is
hoped that the matter will soon be adjusted, az.
ter which the contract for the building of the de.
pot will be let,
The ConnOtton Valley & straitsville Railroad
Company lest Friday filed for record with the
Recorder Of Holmes county, mortgage made to
the Farmers Loan and Trust Company OF New
York, to secure the payment Of their series Of
frat mortgage bonds upon which the Railroad
Company has negotiated loan from the above
named Trust Co in the sum of s2,72O,OOO at per
cant interest payable semi.annually, to run
from May Ii, 1881 to May l, 1911, This loan looks
to the completion and equipment of the line Of
railroad between Canton and CcShocton by the
close Of this year.
The Toledo Council has granted the W & L E
road the right Of way for three miles through the
center Of the city The contract for the laying of
the foundation Of the bridge across the Maumee
has been completed, with the condition OF its be-
ing ready for swinging the iron work by October
1st. The whole bridge, which is to be a magnh-
cent iron structure with draw span $40 feet In
length argest In the state) s to be ready for the
rails by Dec. 1. Oak Harbor has agreed to donate
thirteen miles Of way and raise S25 1000. II the
plan for the road to strike Oak Harbor s carried
out, Fremont may possibly be left In the cold un.
le's the remaining $1,000 is made up