The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-01
PAPER BY
JAMES VAN DUSEN
READ AT THE MEETING OF THE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LAST SATURDAY.
AN EXCELLENT PAPER
The Pioneer Railroad of Ohio-the
Little Miami of Cincinnati, O.,
and Other Notes. a

The following paper was read by
Jaem Vsan Dusen at the meeting of
the Historical society Saturday:
1S36-The city council issued the
bonds of the city for six hundred
thousand dollars from which she
loaned the Little Miami railroad
100000 and the White Water canal
$200,00O
1S36-The first passenger train in
Ohio on the Erie and Kalamazoo
from Toledo, o., to Adrian, Michigan
1S41--July IA the right of way
along front street as far into the city
as Deer Greek was fully established
About this time the council gave the
company the right to use the landing
at the water works for the landing
from the river of the first locomotive
engine and tender and 500 tons of
railroad iron. Strap rail.
1S41-The president Of council was
given authority to cast the city's
vote for the following directors Of
the new road:
George p. Terrence, Clark Viii
liams, A. II. Ewing, Edward Wood
ruff, and John Kugler, Of the city of
Cincinnati and Hamilton county,
Ohio, jeremiah Morrow, F. B. How
ell, Of Warren county, James Gallo
way, Joshua Martin, Abram Hewling,
and r. d. Foresman, of Green coun-
ty and Peter A. Springman of Clark
county.
At last came the putting Of the 10
comotive in Cincinnati and on No
vember II, 1871 it was resolved by
council that the Little Miami rail
road company hereby have permis-
sion to use their locomotive engine
power on its railway in Front street
provided its general velocity shall
not exceed six miles per hour until
this resolution shall be rescinded,
and provided that said company shall
be liable for all accidents from fire
or otherwise occasioned by the run
ming Of said locomotive
1S41-December Is, council re-
solved that this board tender to the
officers of the Little Miami railroad
company their acknowledgement for
their polite invitation to unite in an
excursion toMilford on Tuesday, 18th
that having twice traversed the first
fourteen miles of road with great in
terest and satisfaction it being COM
pleted that distance In the judgment
Of this board it is work which
promises to become of great utility
while creditable to the city at large
and a valuable investment to the
stockholders.
But the crowning glory of this af-
fair officially was in July, 1912, when
the veteran city clerk made this en-
try IN his journal of council GA
communication was received from r.
NJ Shoemaker, chief engineer of the
Little Miami railroad inviting the
city council and officers of the city to
take a ride on said road for the pur-
pose of inspecting the same which
1S52-The second road to be open
ed the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton in 1852, had the Trail to
commence with. The opening cere-
mony for this road, Sept. 10, pre-
sented two trains out Of Cincinnati
and one out of Dayton to meet them
at Hamilton. The second train from
Cincinnati contained four passenger
coaches, four stock ears, and two
flats, all crowded to the guards, on
the last of the cars Ga fat) was the
Washington Artillery firing salutes.
That was really great event the pa
pers recognized: they had commenced
to awaken to news occasionally.
An interesting picture of one of
the trains that in the early sixties
was run on the old Columbus, Piqua
& Indiana railroad now a part of the