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Willard Began In Field OfVWheat When Baltimore andiOhio Railroad Went West9:09 A10:00 Athefarm j10:30 AO.. Aug. 9,—TV. B.TRichards then owend Keefer. one of Wlifcird'a foremost j where the better part of the cUyj citizens, vcho has been treasurerjnow stands and evidently laad been* ^1;$0 A ©f tbe TVUlard municipality since}given a tip as to what was soon;its incorporation, has written in-jio take place in the a/fairs of the; *2:20 verestingly of the btgmniog and-railroad here. j ]Aroirth of Willard. In his articles Then quite suddenly cars of stone • Ur. Keefer says xn part: |and brick began arriving daily; aj[switch engine with crews arrived;}AP2:00 P* Early Us. the spring of 1ST4 the J the master mechanic and his men people*of this vicinity were a*.\ak- * were sect over from Tiffin and thej ©ned to the fact that the Bahi-jterminal was located here. - ;wore Ohio railroad company wasj Mr. William Motson began laying * About to begin the construction of j out lota on the east side and very \ a line to reach Chicago, For some isoon St k*can^ known that T. J. time it had been known that this* Frazier. Mho Mas the B. O- civil» ■was under contemplation, the mat- \ engineer, and Janies Ha ms her, who 1 ter having gone so far that2:304:307:30PPthe'had secured the right of way lorcompany had bought a farm be-,the line between here and Chicago i tween Cemerton and Havana where]had bought the cast end of Mr? j the junction was at first planned *Hlch«rd's farm and they too began to be made. Haying out lots.'When the surveyors came through J The postoffice was duly esiab-front the west leaving behind ajlished before there was a room to trail of stakes and were soon foI-Jcontain it and for a short time the * lowed by James Ramsher tiegoti-jznali tliat came consisting only of ? A ting for the right of way. and forjletters, was kept in a cigar box in the farm of Benjamin Odell where [the baggage room at the station:9:09 P9:00 A19:00 Athe roued house and much of ihejlhen in the partly finished grocery —-Iroad property is now located:store of Frank Moore; and in a*lt became well understood that a j few weeks of his changing his store lt;bang:e had been made In the route.‘Into a saloon, the office was moved In June the Hunt Brothers from*to the unfinished drug store of Barnesriiie, Ohio, with many teams Ellas Mason, and in February of Ahd ^grading outfits arrived andjlSSG I had a building for it com-began plowing a wide cut through j plot ed and quit my railroad work the field of nearly ripe wheat ajand gave my full time to the office, short distance from where the de-j First Building,pot nor stands. No giant stearn j The first . to ,)(lefcovel mvis used So this work . re nside from the sja_Teaaws plowed the lush places ™*jtion was the Crawf0rU and Eoylly men shoveled tne dirt on the corner of Front and Mot--*a‘? * ^^n'ea to lou' gwund' streets. This v.as for a grocery and deposed on the nil*. |st0re 3nd rclt;Ulc,(i to Mh4SThe nest matter or interest was*.10:J0 A1:39 P2:002:20PPwas„ . . , [iu the big fire of 1S7G.the erection of a smaJl frame build- j ^ was extended. firstMS tor a telegraph oiSce aad vat - j Def{ance and nest „ s th ch|_bvroom. and a U„le later an ad-{ connected v.ithdition served the purpose othvz-i ^ ^ ^ ^ ;ular- gage and supply room. S-;pat,sc.nHer trains were put on ^Bums of Mansfield, can.e here as. busmess developed with aAgent and operator and C. a|^ -----^ _________ „ . _. ... _ rush, men seemed to fairlv swarmButler. ofPlymouth was; night• ®P-jhero aRd bindings could not beerator. ----n= o. th. -»n*us^-ieompleted fast enough to properlyOn hard_ T .. , . „ benches in the little waiting roomcage* Junction, i. e.. the placer ^ „ ._ until a crew was called ro go out.9:305:907:007:30PPPP8:00 P9:00 P9:00 A 9:30 Ai. e*. the where the line branched off reach Chicago.«: Lciimwl Telegraphy.10:30 A1:30 P2:30 P1-0 ‘and then felt it v:as a luxury tocrawl into the warm beds just vacated.^ About the time the telegraph of-i Work on the round house, square flee was established the writer be- shop and depot was rushed, much2:20 Ppan there learning to make dots .of it being done in cold weather. a_ad dashes and how to read the TVhen the depot was built there was srme. and as this was the center an addition of a nice dining room ©t- activity here he had a good and about a dozen rooms on the chance to observe what was tak-'second story. Tiils was befoxe the ing piece. , (advent of dining cars and here all''AVord was given Out that there-passenger imins waited a s;jffl-j would be no town located here but [clem lime for travelers to procure that* trains for the west would be.a sumptuous meal, I can not re-swxtched off and run to Tiffin.}call tlie name of the first landlord where the*shops and terminal}of this depot hotel as he remained *)c located. ;only a short time. The next pro--David Bee. of Zanesville, had full [prxetors were Cherry and TVoJson.4:30 P7:007:30PP.charge of construction of the line.TVoIson was a Xewark man. J. TV.10:3012;00PP-and his coach appeared here often,Cherry remained here many years, and'he was a very busy man giving? 'William ^rotson .built a publicinstructions to foremen, directing j hall just east of Second street]___2the. forwarding;, of‘supplies and] where public meetings were held. | trj-ir.g to make wort move on 215;Several shows, church services and rras f.rapidly as possible/ T. J. — :KOV’ u,ewas the civil Cntramped many a mi . ... . .... , V..VV4r^Tifj 107^] laving out the ,,,A,',r lin ri»n *m.;. .....I —__ ischool b\measuring the ihnusandsyards of cuts and fills.out the work andjin the town. This need was very]55 °? ]mii^ands of cubic soon realized and a warm contro- ou . p0rs .....? {worlc wi«versy arose as to where the school!About the first of Xo^mhpr 2 «:*g-1 hou^ea*should be located, ular trains began running as far Jjon* m as held to decide, . . tails canL An dec- ' A ,, ■, board,tnls and noas Deshssr and. as had been civ^u;election here since has caused half rmt. Tiffin was made th© »J:iis-«thc excitement as this one. TheAt aimion point. At first two trains wire .east sale won by more- than two on~ extr; put on. On* started from Tiffin ivotes to one. Then representatives5setT on t The mormrg; ran out li-'-rc and j from the w^t side went before their0^c. 0*n jinunloaded passengers und left tiie}township board and asked to have’yfany w Tcsjcht cars on a siding: then ran-the district divided, and as neariv;^* «*;«. r,»ther tr.-in the morning, arrived h*re in the afternoon, and Lurned and ran to Tiffin for a nights rest.Town Tferc.Quite early in S7K. Mr. K Richards cam* to me»big fire. Schools. \ assisted 1To follow up this matter of;aid was schools, the one on the mcs; sidejthy was \\:zlt; ?so crowded that there was! FollowJOSt and..... v.v«u;tu ti.iiv i.ii\tre v.as r 0110 ,. Mr. R rj. baldly standing room for the schol- j the pos and said we ar:d when an addition v as builtthalf antwere going to have a town k'we £0 ii, both rooms were soon over-'trend w; and requested that I write to Wa«=h- crowded. ITp to about the voar’a plenty ington and ask that a po«t©fficrt 1-e IS'7 the scholars, had so increased tween tbestablished hero. Tie further stat- that Ihtle could be done in gi-ading:at Mcwa: ed that he wouid see that a p*- or properly conducting the schools'per cent.tition was circulated asking for and they More hardly equal to the [for mai tiiis and that I should he named .little red school houses in the [and as : for postmaster At first I declined country in efficiency. ]pair wor3a*-ing that I had no time to run, Tn i^SS it was arranged to bond 1 and the the postoffice, but on being urged the district to build a union school'to otherknown was too long and suggested and equipped a fine school build-'which n that I ask to have the office ing.^Chaos in the schools gave wav‘trade fa named Chicago. Ohio, ar-d the let- to order and our schools have (made ou: ter I wrote to the postoffice de-;conic up to first rank among union ‘did not parfmer.t made this request. Mr.schools. Another large building!said thaTlh„ TAM*. T?here cotwhere.I shops it
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Mansfield News
Mansfield, Ohio, US
Sun, Aug 10, 1924
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