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The prosperity of the canal continued here unabated, until the coming in of the railroad. Since that date, though some little transporta- tion was carried on by this method, until a year or two ago, its former large commerce and its glory are forever departed.
RAILROADS.
On October 31, 1835, a meeting of resi- dents of Circleville was held at the Atheneum room to consider the subject of a railroad to connect Cincinnati with the Ohio Canal. Jo- seph Olds presided, with Andrew Huston as secretary. A committee was appointed to send a reply to the communication received from Cincinnati upon the subject and to draft a set of resolutions.
The next night this committee reported, recommending that the project be carried out and that Circleville be the point selected as the terminus. They also resolved that the State be in equity bound, either to directly un- dlertake the building of the road or to sub- scribe stock to a company incorporated for
that purpose. About this time, also, it seemed probable that the Baltimore & Ohio would ex- tend their road through the State. On March 24, 1831, an act was passed by the Legislature to authorize a State loan of credit to railroad companies. Nothing definite, however, was done here for many years in railroad matters.
The Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zanesville Railroad Company-the realization of the dream of 1835-was incorporated February 14, 1851. The road was not finished until 1857, although the section with which we have to deal was finished two years earlier, for in July, 1855, trains were advertised to run from Cincinnati to Bremen, in Fairfield County.
This company became insolvent and the road was sold and reorganized as the Cincinnati & Zanesville Railroad Company, on March II, 1864; again being forced to a sale, the com- pany was reorganized and on January 25, 1870, was incorporated as the Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley Railroad Company, which title it now bears.
On January 1, 1873, this road became a part of the Pennsylvania system, being leased by the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, with general offices in Pittsburg. At the beginning of 1903, the valuation of property belonging to the C. & M. V. road was $1,205,480; with rolling stock valued at $249,398. This latter consists at this date of 23 engines, 15 passenger coaches, 17 baggage and caboose cars, 116 stock, box and constructions cars; while the value of this road as a means of transportation irom the vast coal fields of Ohio may be judged from the fact that 432 coal cars are owned.
The entire length of track of this road is 203.04 miles; while it extends through Pick- away County, with a main track of 23.04 and second tracks and sidings of 5,55 miles.
The valuation of the C. & M. V. road in the county is $185,989; while total taxes levied for 1904 were $3,643.31. The stations on this. line in the county are Circleville, Kinderhook, Woodlyn, Atlanta and New Holland.
The Norfolk & Western Railway was or- ganized in Ohio in 1875 as the Scioto Valley Railroad. The line extends from Columbus
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to Portsmouth, being finished to the latter place in the early part of 1878. On March 16, 1876, the track was laid in Circleville to the corner of Canal and Main streets; and the next day, St. Patrick's Day, the event was celebrated by an excursion to Columbus partici- pated in by a number of citizens, accompanied by Wittich's Band. As the train stopped at Ashville and Lockbourne, the number of pas- sengers was increased, and although the weather was unfavorable the first trip to the "Capital City" over the new route proved to be quite enjoyable.
The continuing of the road through Circle- ville was attended by a rather unusual feature. The company having reason to believe that injunction proceedings would be instituted by some business men on Canal street, as well as by the C. & M. V. Railroad Company, whose track it was proposed the new road should cross, foiled these intentions by a strategic movement.
On April 2nd, at 3 o'clock A. M., George D. Chapman, general manager, John B. Peters, superintendent and J. D. Criley, contractor for track laying, left Columbus with a force of workmen, whose numbers were augmented at Lockbourne, making, in all, about 200. Ar- riving at Main street, corner of Canal, they began work at 5 o'clock, proceeding rapidly. Mr. Chapman moved up and down the line, giving general directions; Colonel Huntoon, chief engineer, superintended the grading. He was followed by Mr. Peters, with teams, dis- tributing ties; and he by the track layer with his force of men. Ed. Jones, overseeing the street crossings, came last.
About noon, it began to rain, but upon promise of extra pay the men kept at work. At 8 o'clock P. M. the track was completed, running south on Canal street and east on Huston to the corporation line.
As April 2nd fell on Sunday, no legal papers might be made out and thus the build- ers of this railroad gained their points and out- witted their adversaries. Against May 19, 1876, the track was completed to Kingston. On May Ist, regular trains had begun running between Circleville and Columbus.
On February 1, 1890, the Scioto Valley Railroad Company reorganized under the laws of Ohio and was reincorporated as the Scioto Valley & New England Railroad Company. It was leased and operated by the Norfolk & Western Railway Company. Shortly after this, all the property and franchises were bought by this latter company and merged into the general accounts of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, by which title it is now known. The stations on this road in Pickaway County are: Duvall, Ashville, Circleville. Hayesville and Elmwood. Its main track ex- tends through the county 23.46 miles, with 6.40 miles of second track and sidings. The valuation of this road lying within the county is $306,626; while taxes amounting to $5,567.12 were paid in 1904. The grand total of taxable property owned by the Norfolk & Western, at the beginning of 1906, was $2,191,568. Of this, the rolling stock was valued at $392,728. This stock consists for the entire line, of 521 locomotives, passenger and freight; the passenger car equipment num- bers 319 cars, with a freight equipment of 21,227 cars. The work and construction cars number 583. The N. & W. has a total length of track of 2,851.52 miles. The general of- fices of this road are in Roanoke, Virginia, L. E. Johnson, of that place, being president at this date.
On March 5, 1874, a certificate of incor- poration was filed by the Circleville, McArthur & Gallipolis Railroad Company, with capital stock of $200,000. The object was to construct a road from Circleville to intersect the Gal- lipolis, McArthur & Columbus road at or near McArthur, and passing through Pickaway, Hocking and Vinton counties. Some unfore- seen event must have interfered with the plan, for the road was never built.
The Columbus & Southern road operates a short branch from near Stuotsville to Bloomingville, Ohio. This runs through the southeastern portion of Pickaway County, ex- tending for 6.34 miles, from Tarlton to Laurelville. It was formerly known as the Lancaster & Hamden road.
The Columbus & Cincinnati Midland road
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NEW B. & O. RAILROAD BRIDGE, NEAR ORIENT Over Darby Creek.
SCIOTO VALLEY TRACTION LINE VIADUCT, CIRCLEVILLE Over the C. & M. V. Railroad.
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C. & M. V. RAILROAD BRIDGE, CIRCLEVILLE Over .the Scioto River.
AQUEDUCT, OHIO CANAL, CIRCLEVILLE Over the Scioto River.
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was constructed through Ohio about 1884-85. This line, which now belongs to the Baltimore & Ohio system, extends through Pickaway County for 7.40 miles, with 2.21 miles of sid- ing. Its stations are: Orient (Morgan's), Derby, and Era. (Palestine).
A most remarkable instance of bridge con- struction is now under way at Orient, in con- nection with this road. This bridge, which crosses Darby Creek, was originally a trestle- work seven-eighths of a mile long, put in at the time the road was built. Coincident with its construction, the work of shortening the bridge was carried on, by means of dumping earth (carried in by cars) through the trestle work, between the piers. Thus a solid bank has been formed, as seen in the illustrating shown else- where in this work, shortening the space to be covered by the new bridge, which is now under headway. This extends 1, 100 feet over land and 150 feet over water, the latter being accomplished by a single span. The structure is made of steel, resting upon 11 concrete piers. The tallest of these piers is about 90 feet high. The 11 piers cost $90,000, while the steel bridge will cost approximately $250,000.
TRACTION LINES.
The Columbus, Grove City & Southwestern traction road runs through Scioto township, Pickaway County, for the short space of .86 miles, extending to Orient.
On March 6, 1901, J. M. Wilson, repre- senting the Columbus & Southern Electric Rail- way Company, was granted a franchise over Court street by the City Council of Circleville. He had previously acquired a number of op- tions on right of way through the country and consent of owners in the city. These rights were afterwards purchased by the Scioto Val- ley Traction Company.
The Columbus & Southern had no part in the actual construction of the line. After Wilson petitioned for a franchise, a similar re- quest was made by the Scioto Valley Traction Company. A competitive bidding was held by the two corporations on local passenger traffic rates, the latter asking a five-cent rate and the
Columbus & Southern agreeing to carry local passengers free. This offer brought the fran- chise to Mr. Wilson's company.
After the company holding the franchise had sold out to its competitor the latter again asked the Council for a franchise, which was granted January 23, 1903, after being before the Council for consideration for 18 months. In the September following, the work of laying track in the city began. Many delays occurred and it was not until the summer of 1904, that the line was finished between Columbus and Cir- cleville and cars put into operation. The follow- ing summer, the work was completed between Circleville and Chillicothe. The ultimate destination of this line to the south was to be the Ohio River, though at what point had not at that time been decided. Though it is prob- able that at some time the line will be extended to Portsmouth, it now stops at the edge of Chillicothe. A little previous to this, a line was constructed between Lancaster and Colum- bus. Thus by changing cars at Obetz Junction people of Pickaway County are enabled to travel by electric line into Fairfield County.
On July 25, 1904, to celebrate the comple- tion of the line, a party of 100 citizens from Circleville made a trip to Reese's, over the new route, the motive power employed being a steam locomotive. Three flat cars, loaned by the Hocking Valley Railway Company, were occupied. Upon arriving at Reese's, a num- ber of the traction company's guests stopped off but the majority continued the journey to Columbus.
The first passenger coach on the electric line came into Circleville, on August 5th, carry- ing six passengers, the trip having been made from Parsons avenue, Columbus, to Water street, Circleville, in 50 minutes.
The Scioto Valley traction road is admir- ably equipped, It has a private right of way through the out-of-town portions of its route. It uses the third rail system and is capable of making a maximum speed of 80 miles an hour. The road is constructed with 90-lb. steel rails carried on oak ties, the road-bed being per- fectly graded and the track well ballasted. The masonry and bridge work constructed in con-
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nection with this road are of the best pattern, having strength equal to that of those used by the largest railroads. The power is gen- erated at Reese's Station and transmitted to sub-stations along the line over aluminum cables, at a voltage of 30,000, which is reduced at sub-stations to approximately 600 and fed into trolley wires and third rail. Cars run every hour both north and south, with regular baggage and freight schedule.
This road owns 14 passenger coaches of excellent make and handsome finish. They received first premium among traction cars at the St. Louis Exposition. Additional equip- ment consists of three baggage cars and two trailer freight cars, as well as a number of flat and gondola cars used in construction and maintenance work, with a total value of $63,083. The grand total of taxable property of this road amounted, at the beginning of 1906, to $399,716. This traction line extends for 24.22 miles in Pickaway County, its route and stations being almost identical with those of the Norfolk & Western Railway. The main office of the company is at the corner of Third and Rich streets, Columbus, in the building used as a terminal station, which is owned by the company.
The officers of the Scioto Valley Traction Company are: President, F. A. Davis; vice-
president, W. S. Courtright; secretary and treasurer, E. R. Sharp; superintendent, L. C. Bradley; auditor, F. K. Young. All these gentlemen live in Columbus.
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Many automobiles-electric, gasoline and. steam-are owned by the people of this county, while a few motor-cycles take their noisy way through our streets. The quieter bicycle was several years ago a frequent mode of locomo- tion, hundreds being used by pleasure-seekers. But now comparatively few are used, and these, for the most part, merely as a convenient rather than a pleasant method of travel.
But as yet, in Pickaway County, auto- mobiles are private property, used for passenger travel. We have no public-omnibuses, delivery or transfer wagons, horses still being used as the motive power of these vehicles.
Our not-far-off ancestors, traveling and transporting goods on foot, by canal boat and stage-coach, knew or thought little of these present wonders. And we do not know but that soon Roy Knabenshue may bring to Pick- away County his line of perfected air-ships and set up a passenger and transportation line among the clouds, having a terminal station and. offices in the town which was once his home.
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CHAPTER XXIII
MILITARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Not a few of the first settlers of the county had seen service in the War for Independence, but no record has ever been kept and we can therefore mention but a few, namely : Conrad Kline, George Ater, Edward Davison (also a noted Indian fighter in Kentucky), Fergus Moor, John Thompson, Capt, Eleazar William- son and Col. Thomas Gibson.
WAR OF 1812.
We are able to give only a very incomplete list of those who served in the second war against Great Britain. The following served from Pickaway County: John Shoemaker, Samuel Lutz, Henry Drum, Joshua Dunnick (in Captain Nye's company of light-horse), Isaac Woods, David Yates (who held a com- mission as officer), John Boggs . (who held the rank of major), James Renick (who held the rank of general and was at the surrender of Detroit by General Hull), Valentine Keffer (major in General Renick's regiment), Beth- uel Anderson (sergeant, afterward a lieutenant in the State militia), Henry Dreisbach, Abso- lom Van Vickle, Elias Florence (who enlisted in a light-horse company that was never called into service; he was later colonel of a regi- ment of State militia for many years), Daniel Van Sickle, Benjamin Duvall, Luke Decker (commissary to Gen. W. H. Harrison), George Coon, John Smith, Sr., and William Tee- gardin.
Of those who settled here, after serving in the War of 1812 from other counties or States, we are able to mention the following : John Flemming, Frederick West, Francis Rush, Jacob Yoakum, John Lane, Nathaniel Champ, Jacob Hott, Thomas Vause (captain of a light-horse company), Nathan Perrill (2nd lieutenant), Daniel Wilson and Isaac Bean-all from Virginia; James Milton, Rob- ert Gibson, William Boyd and John Cochran (lieutenant )-all from Pennsylvania; and Benjamin Hill and William Fullen, from Ross County, Ohio. Major Puthuff and George Rowe were also soldiers of the War of 1812.
State Militia.
The Second Company of the Second Regi- ment, Fifth Brigade, Second Division, was re- cruited in Deer Creek and surrounding town- ships and served under General Harrison at Upper Sandusky. The following is the roll. the original being dated September 6, 1817:
Captain, John M. Alkire; lieutenant, Jesse Cannon; ensign, Isaac Davis; sergeants- George Phebus, Jeremiah Brown and John P. Martin; corporals-Nimrod Alkire, William Grayham, Thomas Abbott and Janus Furnes : musician, Jacob Miller; privates - James Shackelford, John Prater, Samuel Ater, Henry Hines, Jr., Leaven Walsten, George Trehorn, Robert Johnston, Peter Brown, Henry Peck, John Hines, James Martin, Josiah Walstone, Abraham Cade, Jonah Probst, Henry Rector, Samuel Phebus, Jesse Peck, James Smith, Ja-
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cob Peck, Jeremiah Ulm, William Walstone, Abraham Ater, David Yates, Caleb Baggs, Ezra Woodsworth, Edward Rector, Jacob Hines, James Liget, Hiram Funk, William McGath, Jacob Terwilliger. Phineas Cade. Babel McGath, Henry Hines. Sr., Jonah H. Smith, Moses Cherry, Abraham Bert, William Hammons, Daniel Roads, Jonah Shake. John Roads. John Mills, Abijah Cory, Simon Horn- back, John Spangler, Samuel McGath, Joseph Slotherd, Tubman Robison, Thomas Vanhook, Benjamin Freeman, James Mills. William Ike, David Cooper, Amos Carr. John Runels, Stephen Tiffen, Jacob Funk. Powell Ike, Sov- eren Muir, David Baggs, James Walstone, John Halstead, Jr., Jacobus Halstead. William Shepard. George Robertson. Adam Guro, An- derson P. Lacey, Joseph Tiffin. Isaac Wolf, James Curry, Joseph Brown. James Truson. Thomas Ater, Levi Rose, Alexander Halstead, John Scott, William Norris. Samuel Thomas, James Golers, Thomas Simson. William Brown, Samuel Stonerock. Joseph Camp. Matthew Earlds, Thomas Brown, Adam Spangler, Thomas Gorman. John Billings, Sumerset Dawsey, Robert Ofordapor.
MEXICAN WAR.
Company I, Second Regiment, Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, which was organized at Circle- ville and was composed almost wholly of Pick- away County men, was mustered in July 2, 1846, at Cincinnati; saw service in Mexico and was mustered out, June 22, 1847, at New Or- leans, Louisiana. The colonel of the regiment was George W. Morgan; the regiment lost dur- ing its period of service six killed, two drowned and 60 died of disease. The roster of Com- pany I is as follows :
Captain, Daniel Brunner (appointed June I, 1846; resigned November 15. 1846). suc- ceeded by William H. Link (appointed 2nd lieutenant, June 1, 1846; promoted to captain, February 5, 1847) ; Ist lieutenant, Hiram E. Ring; 2nd lieutenant, Jacob Taylor (appointed sergeant July 12, 1846: promoted to 2nd lieu- tenant, August 27, 1846; resigned October 22, 1846), succeeded by Joseph E. Smith (ap- pointed sergeant June 1, 1846: promoted to
2nd lieutenant February 5, 1847) ; sergeants- John Q. Black, George Miller, Thomas Rus- sell, Alexander B. Latimer, John N. Brunner, George E. Taylor, David Gephart, Solomon H. Burk, John McLain; musician, Joseph W. Tay- lor; privates-Moses Bales, James W. Ball, Doison Beachtell. Benjamin Beard. James W. Bell, Benjamin Brady, Isaac Branderberry. John W. Bright. Francis Brocker. Thomas Casey, Robert A. Cox, William Cradle- baugh, Washington Crowl, John Dayton. The- odore Edmunds, William Engle. John Flem- ming. Benjamin F. Foreman, James N. Fink, Alexander Galtena, Solomon Graul, Thomas Green, Stacey Hackley, John Hager, John Hammon, William Howard, William H. Hum- ble, John O. Lamb, Joseph Leonard. George F. Lodge, Peter Longworth. Byron Lutz. Da- vid McFadden, George Mclain, Edward Mc- Laren. Daniel Martbeyer, Charles Meyers, William Montgomery, James Morris. Earnest Oesten, Jacob C. Oyler, Joseph C. Patchett, Edgar Potter, John Radcliff, Patrick Ran- dolph, Solomon Richard, William Rodgers, Boston Scarbury, Thomas Stillwell, Joseph H. Taylor. Jacob Try, Jr., Edward Turner. Abra- ham Vandergrift, Thomas Vanlear, Henry C. Vanmetre, George Vestal, John S. Walters, William W. Watson, Daniel H. Welsh, Henry Wessel, John White, Samuel Willet, Jeremiah B. Zehrung, Peter B. Zehrung, Amos Zermehly and John Zermehly.
The following citizens of Pickaway County also served in the Mexican War, in the organi- zations named: Andrew J. Cradlebaugh, Company B, U. S. Mounted Rifles; J. C. Groom ( Ist lieutenant), Company E, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry: Lemuel Rodarmel, Company E, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; George W. Tritch, Company F, Second Regiment, Ohio Volun- teer Infantry.
There are now only three veterans of the Mexican War living in Pickaway County, namely : Peter Longworth, of Company I, and George W. Tritch, of Company F, Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and Lemuel Rodarmel, of Company E, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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Jacob Brown, who enlisted at Columbus in Company E, Second Regiment, Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, was a resident of Pickaway County for 50 years, dying October 11, 1903.
WAR OF THE REBELLION.
We are indebted to Whitelaw Reid's "Ohio in the War" for the accounts of the services of the various organizations from Pickaway County that follow.
Second Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf.
The Second Ohio was first organized for the three months' service and at the conclusion of this period was organized for the three years' service at Camp Dennison, in August, 1861. Company I, the only company in which enlistments were made from Pickaway County, was mustered into the service on January 15, 1862. Early in this year the Second Ohio took part in several small affairs with the enemy along the Memphis & Charleston Rail- road. On the 8th of October it participated in the battle of Perryville, losing nearly 40 per cent. of all engaged, Capt. Milton McCoy of Company I, being wounded in this fight. The regiment was in the Army of the Ohio, in command of Maj .- Gen. D. C. Buell, until he was succeeded by Gen. William S. Rosecrans, who changed the name of the department to the "Army of the Cumberland." Subsequently the division to which the Second Ohio was at- tached was assigned to the 14th Army Corps, Gen. George H. Thomas commanding, where it remained up to the battle of Atlanta. The Second Ohio participated in the battles of Stone River, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga (in which it lost 183 officers and men, killed, wounded and missing), Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek and other engagements of the Atlanta campaign. The regiment remained in front of Atlanta until August 1, 1864, when it was ordered to Charleston for final discharge; some four weeks later it was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. The regiment lost-killed in battle, III; wounded, 425. Leonard A. Harris, John Kell
and Anson G. McCook were the colonels of the regiment, in the order named.
The enlistments in Company I, Second Ohio, from Pickaway County were as follows : Captain, Milton McCoy; sergeants-Nelson McCoy and John Shoellar; corporals-John Pontious and Daniel W. Bost; privates- Thomas Clifton, Isaac Dennis, Barton Dawson, Dennis Doyle, Harvey Fulkerson, Martin Green, George Littleton, Jacob McKnight, Charles McFall, William Richeson, William Sapp, Cyrus Smith, William Smith, James Smith, Christ Stouch, George Seigles, Jonas Tatman, Frank Tulley, Rodney Webb, William Walston, Marvin D. Odin, Daniel O'Hern, Frank Wright and Fred Wichner.
13th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf.
On June 30, 1861, the 13th Ohio, which had been organized at Camp Jackson and drilled at Camp Dennison, embarked for West Virginia, where it took part in a number of engagements that fall, after which it went into camp opposite Louisville, Kentucky. On De- cember IIth it received orders to join the col- umn under General Buell, then about to re- sume his chase after General Bragg. On Feb- ruary 26, 1862, it reached Nashville. On April 2, 1862, the regiment marched from Nashville to reinforce General Grant, reach- ing Savannah on the morning of the 6th and taking part in the engagement. On April 29th the regiment joined in the advance on Corinth, reaching the vicinity of that city about May 12th, where it performed its share on the picket-line and in various affairs with the enemy until the city was evacuated, May 31st. Then the regiment went into Alabama. From July 16th to August 21st, it was encamped at Battle Creek. From August 21st to Septem- ber 26th, it was in pursuit of General Bragg, finally reaching Louisville. On the Ist of October the pursuit of Bragg was resumed. The 13th was at Perryville on October 8th, but was not actively engaged. On October 30th, Gen. W. S. Rosecrans was assigned to the com- mand of the Army of the Ohio. On December 26, 1862, the advance on Murfreesboro was
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