The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-16
factions, and the o. 4 N. w. entered on
q new era of prosperity"

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a new era Of prosperity"
"As to the terminus of the Ohio 4
Northwestern it will neither be Ports.
mouth nor Gallipolis. Mr.. West has
started out with the idea Of making it
through freight line, and in order to &C.
complish this he wants to tap the rich
mineral fields Of Eastern Kentucky and
West Virginia. Pound Gap will be the
ultimate terminus Of the road, there to
connect with system Of roads that are
converging from the east, the northeast,
the south and the southeast. Nothing
short of this will ever satisfy the ambi-
ton of Mr.. West, and I wouldn't be
veiy greatly surprised If by this time
next year we have line OF railway from
Portsmouth to Pound Gap. As to just
how this will be accomplished, I am not
prepared to say. You know these rail-
road people move about in mysterious
way, their wonders to perform; but
from what I learned from President
West, am more than confident that the
o. & N. w. is to be extended to Pound
Gap. There are several ways of accom-
plishing this, and 1 know that all of them
have been considered by Mr.. West"
"In the first place there is probabili-
ty of the o. & N. w. joining hands with
the Eastern Kentucky Railroad. This
line extends from Riverton some fifty
miles back into the mineral fields of
Kentucky. They are already at work on
fifly mile extension, with Pound Gap
in the prospective. Then the Chattaroi
is also stretching out its iron arms in
that direction from Ashland. The o. &
N. w. has even gone so far as to get up
Irritation with the Chattaroi, and may
reach the desired goal by that route. 1t
is an easy matter for the o. & N. w. to
reach either of these roads. In case the
Scioto Valley is ever put to sale. l know
that the o. & N. w. has designs on the
Ironton division, and this prize once
secured, they could branch off at Haver.
hill Station, build track to the river,
and then by transfer or bridge reach the
East Kentucky and move on to Pound
Gap; or they could tranfer at Ashland,
join the Chattaroi and reach the Gap
that way. Or failing in this, it is among
the probabilities, unless they construct
an independent track on this side of the
river, that they will transfer here, use
the South Shore track to Riverton and
there unite with the East Kentucky road !;
and still further there is probability of
the o. & N. w. constructing line of
road to Pound Gap on the old survey"
anyway, mark my words: It may
not all be accomplished this year, but
when I say that Pound Gap is to be the
ultimate terminus of the o. & N. w.
do so with the assurance that l know
full well what am talking about. Presi.
dent West has the brains, the ability
and can command the capital to make a
great road of the o. & N. w., and now
that he is so directly interested in it he
will surely do so. The leaven is work.
ing for railroad bridge over the Ohio
at this point, and while the process of
getting the authority and the capital
necessary to build it is slow and tedious,
it will come sooner than you expect and
the next few years will show wonderful
developments in this section in the rail.
way line. Those who imagine that the
o. & N. w. is a sort OF jim-crow road,
with no financial backing, no ambition
to branch out, and no fixed purpose,
will find themselves mighty mistaken by
the beginning of next year."