Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-04-24

'ic deep water can aud will be
utilized for the shipping Of coal bv
,ivcr and the transfer Of all kinds of
Freight TO iivcr steamers.
MIR Coe, the chief engineer. who
has entire Charge of the location Of
s'c road, has stated 10 committee
~ our town that the bridge over the
Ohio river was located between
here and Ceredo. aud lie would
recommend the construction OF the
main line there. the road crossing
the &. X q. track about midway
between the Big Sandy railroad
bridge and the Ohio river, and from
the Ohio river bridge he desires To
run n branch down TO point oppo-
site Clay street. where hc proposes
TO put in a combination wagon and
railroad draw bridge. snd then oc.
cupy the font street route to Bcuna
Vista street. He stated that this
branch road was TO extend to Ash
land. and that It would be built on n
level with the high water mark OF
lSS3. The water ofiSSJ, was about
six feet deep on the pavement nj
the Algcr lIou,e: therefore, the
construction Of this road, which
will be u fill or trcsile, would
be the same Ms having wall two
feet higher than "a mans head In
mont OF our entire town, and all
this TO accommodate the city Of
Ashland. There is "a doubt in the
minds Of many about this being n
branch road, and they think il only
a trick 10 obtain the franchise and
then make this the main line. IL
such be the case il Is this much
worse Tor us.
Mr.. Coc, the Chief Engineer, vcry
emphaticalIy states that the main
line shall not at any point be built
below the high water mark OF 1884.
and that being six feet higher than
1883, would make wall Ii in front
of our entire city, and no citizen Of
ordinary intelligence would tolerate
such a proposition. AT the first
glance il looks like a nice thing to-
have railroad company come here
aud build for us bridge over San
dy river, and then build a protcc-
ton against the ravagcs OF the wa
ter along our river front, but when
We consider that in getting this
benefit we again sacrifice the nat
ufal advantages we possess to the
worst enemy We have, and not
only that, but virtually ruin our
town by waling il IN snd forever
prohibiting the constructicn Of any
factories ON our river front, we find
that we are losing ten times more
than We gain, and should take de-
cidedstcps against any proposition
so detrimental TO our town.
And as there are several other
roads that will want right OF way
through our town the value
OF the franchise is very inn
portant consideration. and many Of
our citizens think the NJ. & w. de-
sircs to obtain il for the purpose OF
blocking other roads, or for using it
for speculative purposes. 1t seems
TO us very strange that they should
construct their main line across the
Ohio river, bet Tecn here and Cerc-
do, and thence on 10 Ironton, on
the Ohio side, and they want To
bridge Sandy and bvild branch TO
Ashland, when they will get the
shipping Of CatDcttsburg without II.
and the branch would give them
the addition Of Ashland shipping
only.
Among the other roads that win
want right Of way through our
town is the Ohio River Road, the
{. {. {. Road and another road TO
the coal fields, aud either one Of
these VIII give us more benefits than
the ~. & w. offers, without GORE
sponding detrimcnt; furthermore,
the only benefits our town would
receive from the ". < w. would
be the combination bridge and the
bank protection. which does not
represent money value Of one
tenth what the detriment would be.
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The UsHs or SonROw. The
simplest aud most obvious use Of
sorrow is 10 remind Us of God. IL
would seem that certain shock Is
nee sded TO bring as in contact with
reality. We are not conscious Of
breathing tiil obstruction makes il
felt We are not aware of the
possession Of a heart TIL some dis
ease, some sudden Joy or sorrow,
rouses u into extraordinary action.
And we are not conscious Of the
mighty cravings of our bali divine
humanity, We are not aware % the