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trr-iow fa-* for roost 9.thistulytan,ugh5Q0-ihed the coo-inci-) m-uon* Ik ot fixed701V I or BUtHr. wt*Cl,me*,, and »crn-f theJt oI, re-iff of war-0 ae-:tion.□ ID-mast r the .aces, vages i»t be labor-1 that at the betterTHE W£8TERH RAIL* ROAD.The Directors of the Ohio and Penney 'van is Rail Road held a meeting m Massillon. Stark County, Ohio, last week, for the purpose of opt-ninc bid*, and allotting contracts on the line between Canton and Wooster, bat owing to an unsettled duScolly in regard to roate, the Directors chanced their intended plan, and mv.ted h.d* on the t.a« twenty two mile* east at Massiibn, passing througn Canton to the Mount Union road, within about four miles of the point of eroding the Cleveland and WelUville Rad Road. Thia :s a most beouu-ui piece of ground, of easy grades and straight lines, and was tel at very low prices, averaging nbont St,000 per mile, for grading bridging, lt;fcc-. and preparing the road for the superstructure.Five miles of the hoe. trom Wooster east to Paradise rani mil, was aiso lei. nt low prices. These five to lea include all the heavy work between Massillon and Wooster. Para i.se summit ,» a common point to both liw r.v»S rviHe*. and the tinai surveys and peimaocnt .oration ti -ro Mass.Bon to that point will be made in n short ume. The work on this part -f the route be.ng very light, no delay in the final completion w \ emit from the delay of putting u under contract.From Woo iter, west to a P°mt at or near Gabon, where the road will intersect with the Cleveland and Columbus road, (Mr. Kelly', road) winch point ■t is proposed shall be the Western terminus ol the Ohio and Pennsylvania road, toe surreys and tins: ■oeattoa Will be made by the first ot January next,Tariff ; le«’li ve Ta ion Count tied, and, cofocos, I ■ag ofthe oft tie met rrm pnnc nut to met 'owing re/,V*lt;J rrtPeaa-yiv over thst pl.e As th, the resib whvti or goner, il «oon hea macy as • ■ulsionth.•ad to to va-were who i pas-QCCC8-Jadgebe immediately putqtjes-5 very erousSU to m the id anilagntnpar-fricul-der a Ine of ethingsome-t coal towels .ply — ultief.f Eo?t mt tne of our a used.when it us expected it wi under contract.The only remaining part of the road in Ohio, is m Columbiana County, commencing at toe Slate line,and running West to the-Mount Union road*, the eastern point of the present contracts. T.» pirtoo of the line will be finally prepared tsr letting in about one month. To grade, bridge, and prepare it Dr the superstructure, wiii cjsI, it t* climated, about 8100,000. The people along the Hue, and of the town of Salem, have promised to ra. se 8100,000 This will pay the expense from the State Line to Salem. The money to grade and bodcc the remaining gap of about ten miles, es .mated at 860,000, will have to be furnished by the people of Pittsburgh, who ore to reap the largest part of the benefit of this great work.Olxr readers will thus see, that in the Slate of Otuo. with the above exception of $60 000, the preparation ot the work for the superstructure is provided for, and every thing is moving on very satisfactorily to the company. A* we have more to say -bout the line ta tins State, than we have room for to day, we must defer farther remarks until oar next.PaoMtscoous Srm.*to is tub MrrHootvT Cmubcb m. - h«. kMn mmitril in Ciociona-SlXteThi 1 F rancwc the new mtellige eo, and mail ot b le.The ! charnel ! tie re v m^nt s highly ! age pr since ■ S-J.ftOO be no c abnndi eiroer The and e Cbnlei as hav The long I nad A appro, may e the pa *p:nt McXK no Ini r.cbea rneasi nauot leaso ihe w in forttalers leave activ popti new forrolt;gageparih
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Pittsburgh Daily Gazette
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Oct 05, 1849
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