The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-05-12
THE VALLEY r.. r..
And a Pleasant Trip South
.. Thereon.
A Rest and Dinner at ZOar on the
Tusoarawas River and the
Sights There.

Compliments of the Valley Railway
Company, for a pleasure trip down the
line Thursday, May 10th" was the word
ing of an invitation that brought to-
gether fifty persons in Cleveland, Akron
and Canton. A special car left Cleve-
land at 8:20 a. m and arrived in Canton
at 1854. On leaving the West TuscaTa-
was street station for a trip to the
pleasant southern terminus, Wheeling
junction, the party consisted OF the fol-
lowing:
treasurer Of the Valley Railway Com
pany; James e. Turk. general superin-
tendent; Chas Med. Kile, general freight
agent; ID. Z. Mishler, passenger agent;
w. B. Porter, auditor OF the road aud B.
G. Harris, Cleveland ticket agent; Col. l
N. Whitbeck. treasurer of CuyahOga
county; A. Malin, contractor; G. o. Bias
sett, of Short 80 FOrman, railroad prin-
ters, Cleveland; t. C. Walters, OF the Em-
piTO Freight Line; j. A. Smith, repre-
senting the tug interests Of Cleveland;
DIR. l. II. Marshal, W. ]. Ives, Charles
Calkins and Sheridan Knowles, of Cleye-
land; G. II. Adams, Of the Cleveland
Railway Index; Edward Madden, of the
Cleveland Catholic Universe; George w.
Hummer, of the Akron Beacon and W.
E. Wellman Of the Akron News. The
Canton party consisted of Mayor PierO,
L. v. BOckiu5, K. Barnett, A. McGregOr,
OF the Democrat; Joseph A. Heman,
of the Ohio Volks Zeitung
Geo. B. Frease representing the CleVe-
land Leader, 7. W. SaxtOn, proprietor,
and Chas. r. Frazer representative of
the Repository.
The distance from Canton to Wheel
ing Junction Is sixteen miles. The road
nr~k aah
try, and touches North Industry, Spar
ia, Sandyville and dineral Point, thriv-
Ing little places, encouraged by the rail-
road.
At Mineral Point the Valley connects
with the Cleveland q Pittsburgh road,
and at Wheeling Junction with the
wheeling q Lake Erie Railway and the
Cleveland u Marietta road. The Valley
Railway Company has completed
arrangements with the Wheel
ing and Lake Erie railroad to run
excursion trains over their road from
the junction to ZOar, distance of only
about three and half miles. The special
car was switched on to that road, and In
town, was reached. From the station it
Is but few minutes walk to the hotel
70 which the party repaired, and at /
o'clock sat down to an Old-fashiOned
substantial dinner with an abundance
OF good Victuals set before you, and you
help yourself. after dinner the party
strolled about the place seeing the
sights.
The garden came in for a visit. the
milk-hOuse, the stable where their hun
dred and over cows are kept, the fac
tories, etc.
ZOar has been place of summer re-
sort for many years, and has always
attracted great interest. The cOmmun-
ty settled here about 1922, Mr.. Bimeler
being their spiritual leader. The resi-
dence they built for him is now occupied
0y Samuel Harr, one of the Directors.
Jacob Ackel man, one Of the original
settlers, is still living. All property
ID owned in common, and they are very
wealthy. They number now over three
hundred, own about seven thousand
acres in the TuscaraWas valley worth
over hundred thousand dollars.
ZOaE is well worth a visit, and the
Valley railway affords a convenient way
Of reaching 1t. The return trip, some
twenty miles, was made in forty min
utes, reaching Canton at $40 D. m.
The gentlemanly officials Of the Valley
railway made the trip pleasant to their
guests, many Of whom had never been
over that part Of the road. The hills of
Pike and the beautiful Nimishillen
creek now echo to the steam W thistle and
the noise Of the railway trains.