The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-02-27
N. & W. BRANCH ROAD
Between HillsborO and Sardinia
Should be Placed in Hands
That Will Use 1t.
Would Be Of Great Benefit to Hills
boro II Properly Operated
Suggestions from an In
tePested Citizen.

your kindness l may be permitted to
use the columns of your paper, l be-
lieve may be able to give to the
public thought which, If put into
practical application, will result In
much benefit to both the citizens of
Hillsboro and those living along the
route of the N. & w. F., z to Sardinia.
According to figures recently pub
lished the N. & W. road is playing a
losing game. During the last six
months of 1907 the surplus earnings
showed decided decrease amounting
to several thousands of dollars From
all indications, prospects tor better
conditions are not very encouraging
as the management has taken of
about all of what little service they
did have between Hillsboro and
Sardinia and rendered the branch
almost useless
Now the thought of making that
branch of some use for service and of
some benefit financially, occurred to
me OIL this wise. Why not the Busi-
ness Mems Association of Hillsboro
appoint committee to confer with
the management of the g. g. @. Trac-
tion or Swing road and have them
either lease or purchase the road
from Hillsboro to Sardinia and re-
model 1t by some necessary repairs
and the addition of poles and wire
and then by attaching to the line
now in operation between Hillsboro
md Norwood, make an electric road
of it. Without an undue amount of
Expense the G & G. Traction might
add that much more road and make
1t paying investment. They need
to wire only to the junction thus saw
ing the expense of mile or more of
poles and wire and by running up town
over their track now In operation,
the expense of equipping and,keeplng
another depot would be avoided.
Arrangements might be perfected
Spercby all traffic, both passenger
sud freight, now going 10 or coming
from the Vest, might be done over
toe Ia ;tion, whereas it is now done
t- bys, I ca be over the N. & w.
There ,rc a few points along that
r ,nch, specially Mowrystown, that
re deserving of much more by-way
'f railroad facilities than they are
row getting
Nov We have this branch completed,
in ourm nds of course, so far, and the
n, Xt thing TO do is to equippe and get
~ inlo operation with the best and
most prtctic4l service to all con-
Germ d.
As tie business Mems Association
At HilsDoro Is going to have this done,
IL becomes its duty TO thinklof service
hat will best conform to the interest
of the business portion or back bone
of the town.
There must be freight car that
will leave Hillsboro in the morning
and make two round trips, one in the
morning and one in the afternoon of
each DIV Then we would suggest
tha' a passenger Car leave Hillsboro
al S:i5 d "a for Sardinia and return
a, 10 IN then leave at ii a, m. and
return d 2 p N leave again at $3.50
and rrtu at p. m, running night
specit for speci Al occasions such as a
play at he opera or probably on Sat-
urday evening. Thus you see when a
travelling man comes to HillsborO and
works the towns down that branch he
will return to Hillsboro and patronize
he hotels there for supper, bed and
breakfast
should tny or all efforts to get the
swing management interested in such
a deal prove 'utile, we would suggest
that II b. taken aud placed before the
Hartman promoters at Columbus and
If they can be persuaded to take hold
of the scheme 1t will be the means of
getting road between HillsbOro and
Columbus all the sooner for the
branch, IN that case, would require a
power plant and while constructing
for it, 1t would be policy to push the
road on through and use the power
for the entire route.
Now In our feeble way, we have
attempted to introduce something
that We trust may open the way for
further thought which may, some
time in tn not distant future, crys-
talize into active operations along
the lines suggested Can 1t be done ?
Why DOM you try? Why don't you
tryf CITIZEN.