Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-12-11
MANY
Have Been Its Ups
and Downs.
Something About Ash
land & Wooster Ry.
Mr. II. B. Camp Promoter and
Principal Stockholder.

One Of the many big industries in
which Mr. II. b. Camp, Of this city, In
largely interested, is the Ashland &
Wooster railway. He is practically the
owner Of the road. At present he is
engaged in extending 1t from Ashland
to Savannah, Ashland county. Four
gangs Of men and teams have been at
work on the grading for some time, and
there has been no cessation OF the work
owing to the winter weather.
The company has been considering
the matter for several months Of ex-
tending the road to New London, a
point in Huron county on The Big -Four,
Northern Ohio and Pitts burg & Akron
division of the Baltimore 4 Ohio, Ow-
ing TO the great difficulty of crossing
Buck Creek, where very deep cut ex-
lists, the New London extension has
been dropped for some time, although
New London citizens pledged over $S,-
600 to pay Mr.. Camp for right of way.
The difficulty of grade came very near
| causing the road 10 be built to Green
wich, town few miles west of New
London. However, on Monday of this
| II
Messrs.A. A. Arnold, W. IL. Thompson
and S. C.Clark, accompanied by A. 5.
Miller of Ashland, general manager OF
the Ashland & Wooster company, Wis.
tied Mr.. Camp at his Office here. The
terms of contract to extend the road
to New London were agreed to orally
provided New London can assume the
additional requirements of Mr.. Camp
He asked for more generous appro
prlation from the citizens there because
one piece of grading at Buck Greek
hill will cost $25,OOO and he can buy
the right of way through Greenwich
for less than building the road to New
London. The New London gentlemen
went home expecting to come up tt
the requirements, as they figure the
road will be Of vast benefit to the town
Mr.. Camps road has had almost al
interesting a career as Mr.. Camp him
self. 1t was begun about 10 years ago
when a short strip was built to MT
Camps clay works at Horace,in Wayn,
county from Custaloga, junction
point on the Pennsylvania road som,
10 miles west of Wooster, A few
years later Mohican township, Ashland
county, issued $4,000 worth of bonds
to have the road extended TO Jerome
vile. The bonds We're sold and theI
declared unconstitutional, though part
ly paid on the personal pledges Of citi
zens. For an attempt to levy tax t,
pay the bonds, the trustees of Mohical
township were fined for contempt o.
court by the circuit court at Ashland
After the road had been built some
years to Jeromevile, citizens com
mittee at Ashland raised $4,000 to have
it extended to that town, f. Il. Myers
and Bro. paying $4,000 of the sum
The completion of the road to thai
point was celebrated with a tremen
dous crowd and big barbecue, a
which Mr.. Camp was one of the mos
modest attendants, Ashland and Jer
omeville are continually praising MI
Camp for the great material benefits
he has brought them.
Though called the Ashland & Woos
ter road, it does not yet touch Wooster
and 10 not likely ever to do so. Som,
time ago the stockholders of the roaC
met at Milbrook and voted to increase
the capital stock from 100000 to 5000,
900 and sell bonds.
One OF the main reasons for extend
ing the road, Mr.. Camp says, is to b,
able to get more freight cars from con
Meeting roads, the scarcity at presen
being very great, While the road i
more than paying operating expenses
much more than the surplus earning
is required to better the equipment an,
roadbed. Mr.. Camp says he has N,
definite idea at present of extending
the road to Sandusky.
A. 5. Miller, the general manager, Il
| well known among railroad men NJ