The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-22
THE GAUGE CHANGED.
The O, O, 81 ., Now Connected
With the b, g. o. system,
A Change OF Great Importance TO tho CITY
luther o, O, a 8, Matters,

Canton and bouthen railroad and u
was accordingly done, There we're
llaO men scattered along Tho road Sat
mday night 80 10 10 DO In readiness
Tor the work the next morning, There
men We're divided into squads OF about
tN onty men each, who were under the
control OF u foreman, The road was
divided Oft into aeotiOua md each
squad had their respective sections TO
atlend 10, The widening OF tho guage
was done under the direction OF super
Mtundent II, A, Kennedy,
Az daylight yesterday morning the
sound OF the aledge hammer IN aplking
HE rails 10 tho ties was heard all along
tho line, Although the weather was
dlaagreehble the work had 10 90 on
nevertheless and by y O'Clock IN the
ryenlng, the track from Cleveland 10
'~0ah0et0n and from Canton 10 sher0dR
vile, u distance OF one hundred and
sly miles was wldened TO standard
giage,
When the work wal finished a trial
lfdln wlA run over the road from Can
ton " C|OHh0otOn and also from Canton
TO b|herodhYille A similar train was
run from Cleveland 10 Canton ahead OF
me regular train this morning, There
W. now htahuaIu gulge loada running
loto canton IRON huYeh QlHefent al
,vutlonh huu Nv heoh ~ the CAUTION ana
WNyueapufg Ioauhi completed another
o"e VIII pe hdded 10 inc llst
YEaTERpAY's MEETING.
A number OF ralroad omelals con.
slstipg OF PfeAdent Blood, superln-
'endort Wardwell and several Others
wore NJ the Barnett House yesterday,
They were constantly advised as 10 tho
p,og1ehu OF the WORK, IN inc AFTERNOON
~, noaui MNhpor MVelNllel ueAteu NV
N'VH " 'n oipsNlt ulhneI'
" Ar TUE DEPOT THIS MORNING.
mai
lhb molhlng u gGeNt NUMBER OF
people assembled NJ the depot 10 sec The
irgt standard guage train pass over the
road. The train from tbe gouth VIVA
..vcr th,ee honrs AMI hotf Io,. o,d
1,a ,,sin S,a,o a, '"' ~ ""e
NV t1",n i'V"i tpo hoIth was huarly TWO
lOufH lAte, Tho cause OF Tho lateneaa
IN aus 70 the rolling stock bning new
1ken 6y The emo emo n 'V ers SSS" , tbe troiU nv
are apt to be late Tor The next two or
three days, The narrow guage rolling
STOCK wlll be stored away. on u side
track mere ny canton unll ~ IN sold,
ana then " wiz De shipped away Oh the
9taUuHlu EuhHe ours
TRAIN.
nv O'CLOCK u lfain consisting OF u
mall and baggage car and three paggGn.
cor o0aeheg arrived ln the city from
Clovelond The ,raI, was ,hs ono dina
""' w 4" Wv,
huIp Nv W oolouA ouV was ueiayeu
vWli.g W guy nVWneSs OF everything,
NV Wv ssaViYh Mas mIge nulnool o.
puop,v ou" wy VSW atooa Was euelully
oaanilmsu' AZ tho spegtltos appeared
1aVisuuua !. WI Nv st'e1y Vlae wy uIauE
cd success. The train from the engine
~ Sho uaoV uar WIS now s'ogS' in0se
omnioves bnt tbev onneored w b"ve
freshod Themselves No In honor of tbe
occasion,
A PART or TIE II, q o. sYsrEM
AaL...n A.. U
Az ~ wei Known the cleveland ana
canton was built abouteight years ago,
the principal object of It's projectors
being 10 ton the great coal d%latrIets of
| the i-uscarawas and Connection %yaiieys
and the Strnigbtgyille region. II w9s
for years known as the Connotton Val
iey foad This change of gnage Ia an
important atep. of mueb greater
inheritance than ia M frat sunposed.
An exlenaIon OF the road h almost
| oompleted from Coshocton Ia Zanes.
| Vile where n will connect with ihe
baltimore & Ohio. tins virtually he.
coming a part of the baltimore & Ohio
and giving the latter an entrance and
good terminal facilities In Cleyeland'
This was The principal reason of t6e
Widening of Che pnupe. Thla will han.
pGt Canton Ia mn unneual derree.
AsruR no GREATER ACTIVITY
Late saturday afternoon from the
J'p room ol Vuo bEmoolNT IVbLlNn
~ IoMrNN ule lol,oWlng Was issueu,
n'r(n" ~ sr,r IA Non NY yyorg "" ,bo
road IN grbatnr sneed.
~ Az Ennis,nTV, near glru.
bprewitb oger The following nremiums
aim foremen and Sangs ,yhp ,vIil en'
gage 10 the work of changing the gauge
w Iouu o,lnoIIoWi lNov, 70, rIlty
rollton Division finishing their quata
assigned, hrst, Fifty $4,000 dollars to
the gang on the Coshocton Division &C.
GoglPl,snihg Sne saiIe result lily
%cyyecIH9 nd nivision doinc tfeSees onichS "1
and best work. The money in each
case " be divided rs follows: Fore.