The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-01-26
rHE n. y, p. 8 G. RAILwAY.
Progress in the Construction of This Road
Its Officers.

Its Officers.
The New York, Pittsburg 81 Chicago
Railroad Company are progressing rap
idly in the construction of their line
from New York to Chicago. The con-
structiOn of the road is under the
management of the vice president and
chief engineer, Hon. DelOs +. Culver, of
New York. Mr.. Culver has been one of
the most successful railroad builders in
the country, having built the following
roads: Vermont Central Railroad, Con-
cord u ClaremOnt Railroad, COntOOcOOk
Valley Railroad, New Hampshire; YER
mont Valley (nOw part Of Connecticut
River RailrOad), Danbury q NOrwalk
Railway, Fort Edwards & Glen Falls
Railway, OIL Creek Railway, Oil City q
PithOle Railway, New York ~ OswegO
Midland Railway, Mt. Clare Railway,
Jersey City q Albany Railway, New
York q COney Island Railway, and the
Bound Brook q Philadelphia Railway.
All the above railroads are in successful
operation, which, of course, speaks well
for the successful completion of the New
York, Pittsburgh & Chicago.
The route of the road is from JERSEY
City on the New Jersey Central to
Tamenend, distance of 100 miles west
of New York; thence through Pennsyl-
vania to Wampum, on the Beaver River,
to which point the road is built and the
cars will be running to that point on
April 1st next. A branch runs from
Wampum to Pittsburg. From Wampum
west the road runs to New Lisbon, Ohio
thence to Waynesburg and Sparta, in
Stark county; thence on through Tus-
carawas, Holmes, Knox, Richland and
Marion counties to Marion, Ohio, its
western terminus, where it Joins the
Chicago 81 Atlantic Road on to Chicago.
The road, when completed, will be fifty
seven miles shorter to Chicago than the
Pennsylvania Railroad and one hundred
and twenty-three miles shorter than the
New York Central.
The company have built the road thus
far without the issuing of bond and
have now on hand about 100000, which
is enough to work the heavy points en-
tirely through to Marion. There is also
over 100000 more subscribed between
Wampum and Marion that has not yet
been called for and which will be suf-
ficient to complete the entire line to
Marion. After the road is completed the
sale of first mortgage bonds, it is esti-
mated, will be sufficient to complete
everything ready for the rolling stock
and leave one million dollars surplus
with which to purchase rolling stock.
The officers are men of wealth and eX-
is estimated to be about twenty million.
The following are the officers and direc-
tors: President-General James S. Neg
ley, Pittsburgh, Pa; Vice President and
Chief Engineer--HO DelOs +. Culver,
of d. b. Kirkland & Co., bankers and
brokers, 38 Pine street, New York City;
Treasurer-William N. Riddle, cashier
Penn Bank, Pittsburg, Pa; Secretary
James ): Negley, Jr. Pittsbnrg, Pa;
Board of DirectOrs-General James S.
Negley, Pittsburg, Pa; Hon. DelOs E.
Culver, New York City; Hon. John R.
Mcpherson, U. s. Senator, New Jersey;
Henry Day, Esq, of Lord, Day 81 Lord,
attorneys at law, New York; Hon. Charles
Siedler, of P. LOrillard & Co., tobacco
merchants, Jersey City, N. j.; William
A. Cole, of W. j. Wilcox q Co., lard mer-
chants, New York; II. +. Collins, of H. f.
Collins 81 Co., Pittsburg; General James
S. Robinson, banker and member of Con-
gress, KentOn, o.; William N. Riddle,
cashier Penn Bank, Pittsburg; l.. Scott,
banker, WaynesbuTg, o.; William f.
Schmertz, President of Third National
Bank, PittsbuTg, and President of the
Baltimore, Pittsburg 81 Chicago Railway
Company; William B. Scott, of William
b. Scott 81 Co., bankers, New York; ID. W.
G. Carroll, director in Junction Railroad
Pittsburg, Pa.
The road runs through one of the best
agricultural and mineral regions of the
country, abOunding in iron, coal, lime
lumber, ETC., and is almost a dead
straight line. The local freight traffic OF
the road through such a country, ii
is estimated, will pay the interest on the
first mortgage bonds alone. The men
who have enlisted themselves in this
enterprise are among the most ex-
DnripOPnd railroad men in the country
and whose very names betoken success