The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-02-11
A Rumor.

A Rumor.
A rumor which has become quite cur.
rent here is that the B. & o. S.-W. R. R.
Go. intends bringing an old, second hand,
castaway bridge from Loveland,r o., fol.
the High street crossing. This company
has secured at a nominal cost a right of
way through our town, which to them
is Of incalculable value, and If after all
the liberality which has been shown this
corporation by our town authorities in
this way, then reason for an indignation
meeting of the citizens is glaringly ap-
parent We sincerely hope that in our
eagerness to secure the stone quarry en-.
terprise we have not blindly given ad-
mission to the "wooden horse" and as
consequence our generosity and conf
dence are to he outrageously abused.
Our contract with the company with
respect to the erection of this bridge
may not be as well guarded in all partic.
ulars as it should be, but it would be
we'll for the railroad company to carry it
out in spirit rather than in letter, and
give us such structure as their invalu-
able acquisition in the form OF right of
way across three Of the principal streets
of our town would clearly warrant.
We are painfully aware that the policy
of the past management of this road has
not been characterized by that liberality
and consideration which our business
relations with the company demanded.
We know that this company does not
own or control twenty miles of road
that furnishes as large an amount of
profitable business as the line between
this point and Blanchester, and yet over
greater part of this we still have the
old, secondhand, worn out rails, thrown
aside by the main line, and the passen.
ger coaches, although somewhat bright.
ened up, still bear the stains which are
the traces of years long gone by, then Of
all the old dingy dilapidated depots
along the line it is our ill fortune to
have the worst, located too nearly in the
center of town, surrounded almost by a
net work of tracks and in close proximity
to as unsightly and sinking lot oi
stock pens as ever met the gaze or dis
turbed the nostrils of the denizens ol
any municipality within the borders oi
our fair domain;
We only mention these facts to show
that in the estimation of the former
management we were regarded as trav'
elers on a slow train and side. tracked tc
wait their own will and pleasure as tc
the railroad accommodations and facili
ties enjoyed by more highly favored
communities. We have endured al
this for about half century and al
that time extending to the road goot
patronage, even cruelty neglecting th'
off spring of our own enterprise, the G
& M. R. R., which is struggling for
bare livelihood in competition with it
older and stronger rival.
Now, if by our obsequjous name
' and suppressed murmurings in the pas
{ we have led the present management t
believe that we will be submissive
further imposition still by having force
upon us "reject" of some other towr
we should correct the impression by
2 vigorous protest. We Withhold our Ger
sure of the present management unit
we are convinced they have in conten
plation the perpetration of this giganti
= fraud. They have been prolific in state
: ments of having many nice things j
. store for Hillsboro and we would rathe
not believe them guilty of any evil il
. tentions in this matter.
y They certainly have afforded thel
l. here an opportunity to do something ft
our town, as great as they could possibl
q desire. 1t could be made a monumen
y attestine their liberality toward o,
y town and appreciation of it's patronag
. Let them give us an iron bridge IL
. entire width of the street, with suitab
- iron foot-ways on each side, all substa
= tial, beautiful in design and finish, the
. we will have thing of beauty and
10 will be ioy forever. u