The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-09-06
Chesapeake and Ohio.

The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
A movement is on foot by which Mr..
Huntington is ito gain an entrance into
Cincinnati for the Chesapeake and Ohio
road This has long been his object, Land
the propriety Of bridging the river at this
point and crossingjinto the city over the
kentucky Centralihas been considered. 1t
has also been talked of extending the track
of the Kentucky. Central and making az
rangements with the Cincinnati, NewaOr-
leans and Texas Pacific lroad to use the
Cincinnati Southern bridgesandigettin by
that route. The Chesapeake and Ohiopeo-
pie have been laboring under great disad-
vantage for want of proper connections
with Cincinnati, OF at Least terminus in
that city, as at present all freight and pas
sengers for that road going either east to
tn seaboard, OF southwest to Memphis
from that point are obliged to leave over
the Kentucky Central from Covington, and
the transfers that is necessary to make are,
of course Instantaneous, especially SO
in the matter of freight. When the move
ment which isnOw on foot is cOnsummaGed
the Chesapeake and Ohio will be independ-
ent, and an active competitor in the mar
ket for traffic for the seaboard in the North,
Northwest and West, which can then be
transported to the ocean at Newport News,
as good a point as there is on the coast for
making European shipments, and much
nearer to Cincinnati than is New York.
Nh. Huntington has been negotiating
with the Ohio Central for the lease of that
road from Charleston, on the Chesapeake
and Ohio, to Point Pleasant, or rather a
point opposite on the Ohio side of the river,
including the, use of the bridge which is
now under course of construction and will
soon he finished The channel span, upon
which work is about to be commenced, will
complete the structure. The directors of
tlie Ohio Central will hold u meeting in
short time and consider the propriety of
leasing tie road and bridge to the CheSa-
peake and Ohio, but it is now an assured
Fact that no opposition will be made by any
of the Directors to the proposedlease. AT
ter getting across the river Mr.. Hunting
toms plan is to build piece of road to
Portsmouth. Il distance Of about fifty miles
from that point on into the Queen City.
AID will be plain sailing, as the scheme is
to purchase OF lease the Cincinnati and
Eastern and change it to standard guage.
The latter road is now completed to Hen
ly, within eighteen miles of Portsmouth.
and will reach that point by the LIST
of October. three bridges being to build
vet which will cause some delay. From
Newport to Portsmouth all that will be
necessary will be to change the iron, as the
grading, ETC., has all been done with view
to making the road standard guage, even
had Mr.. Huntington not wanted it. On
this end of the road preparations have also
been in progress, all new ties that are put
in being eight feet. The Cincinnati and
Eastern at present comes into the city from
ldleWild three miles over the Cincinnati
Northern tracks, but an arrangement has
been made at this end of the line for an
entrance, but by what way OF how is not
known, the matter being kept very quiet.