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J. R. Johnston, 1842. - Cincinnati. Sculpture, portraits, land- scapes, and historical pieces ; J. J. Faran, G. W. Johnston, T. Faris,
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J. D. Jones, Michael Jones, Cullum & Jackson, William Kent, Frank's Museum. Two of his historical pieces, "The Starved Rock," a legend of Illinois river, and the "Mouth of Bad Axe river," are owned by J. W. S. Browne.
J. Insco Williams, 1842 .- Cincinnati. Portraits, historical pieces ; his " Panorama of the Bible," recently destroyed by fire, has been greatly admired at the east.
C. R. Edwards, 1842 .- Cincinnati. Portraits and landscapes ; Dr. Gatchell, Dr. Garretson, Dr. Owens, Thomas String, J. H. Coleman.
Jacob Cox, 1843 .- Indianapolis. Landscapes, fancy pieces, and portraits ; Miles Greenwood, W. S. Groesbeck, T. Faris, Gardner Phipps, F. Lawson, D. B. Lawler, P. C. Bonte, J. J. O'Leary.
R. S. Duncanson, 1843 .- Cincinnati. Fruit, fancy and historical paintings, and landscapes ; James Foster, W. H. Brisbane, S. S. Smith, Thomas Faris, Dr. Newton, J. H. Oliver, Calvin T. Starbuck, J. Blackford, N. Longworth, Charles Stetson. His historical pieces, are, "Shylock and Jessica," " Trial of Shakspeare," "Ruins of Carthage," " Battle-ground of the River Raisin," " Western Hunters' Encampment."
William Walcutt, 1844 .- New York. Portraits and historical pieces ; William Dennison, J. Kelsey. His "Battle of Monmouth," with most of his portraits, are in New York.
B. M. McConkey, 1844 .- Dusseldorf. Landscapes ; Wm. Wiswell, George T. Jones, J. Kebler, W. S. Johnston, William Goodman, Jas. Ruffin, Gardner Phipps, F. Simon, Charles G. Springer, James M. Trimble, T. J. Strait, Victor Williams, B. Urner.
H. W. Grænland, 1844 .- Cincinnati. Marine pieces and land- scapes ; Broadway Exchange, Judge Burnet, Wulkop and Meyenn.
J. C. Wolfe, 1845 .- Cincinnati. Landscapes, portraits and his- torical pieces ; Jos. Burgoyne, Professor Ray, O. Oncken, J. T. Walbridge, James Foster, Elisha Hotchkiss, Timothy Kirby, J. Mills, H. S. Hendrickson, F. G. Cary, S. F. Cary, and Female Academy at Mount Healthy. His "Joseph and Potiphar's Wife," is at the St. Charles Exchange ; his other historical or rather allegorical pictures, are Bunyan's " Pilgrim's Progress," and Milton's " Para- dise Lost."
J. O. Eaton, 1846 .- Cincinnati. Portraits, landscapes, and his- torical pieces ; D. P. Strader, G. H. Brown, J. M. Wade, John Shillito, J. F. Torrence, Charles Stetson, R. L. Fabian, Dr. Judkins,
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J. K. Wilson, M. P. Cassilly, D. T. Woodrow, M. J. Louderback, Dr. Caldwell, at Studio. His " Christ Disputing with the Doctors," is at W. S. Sampson's.
D. B. Walcutt, 1846 .- Cincinnati. Portraits ; John Simpkinson, J. M. Blair, Edgar Conkling, William Wood, Richard Conkling, John Elstner, Thomas Sharp, William H. Crisp, G. R. Baker, Charles H. Wolff.
A. H. Hummell, 1847 .- Waynesville. Portraits and fancy pieces ; George C. Davis, Mrs. A. Parker, W. F. Barker, Maysville, Ky. O. F. Thompson.
C. J. Hulse, 1847 .- Cincinnati. Landscapes and fancy pieces ; S. G. Burnet, Dr. Muscroft, E. D. Norris, Franklin Ernst, Charles Spinning, J. C. Buerckle, L. G. Curtiss, Collard Martin.
Jesse Hulse, 1847 .- Cincinnati. Landscapes and fancy pieces ; S. G. Burnet, F. Ernst, E. C. Hawkins, Dr. Muscroft, Dr. J. F. Johnston, Dr. Murphy, W. S. Merrill.
C. S. Spinning, 1847 .- Cincinnati. Landscapes ; J. F. Meline, J. W. Hartwell, Dr. Knowlton, Dayton, J. N. McFarland, Tiffin, Ohio.
George W. Phillips, 1848 .- Cincinnati. Portraits and landscapes; E. M. Gregory, E. Carll, J. H. Brandt, G. Bown, Studio.
George W. White, 1848 .- Cincinnati. Portrait fancy pieces, and landscapes ; J. P. Broadwell, C. S. Burdsal, and E. C. Hawkins, P. M. Carty, Thomas Faris.
P. McCreight, 1849 .- Cincinnati. Landscapes ; William Hiatt, Mrs. J. E. Reeder, R. L. Fabian, Henry Marks, J. W. Phillips.
Miss S. Gengembre, 1849 .- Portraits and fancy pieces; W. Wiswell, Arts Union, William Goodman, Gardner Phipps, Edgar Conkling.
Edward Cridland, 1850 .- Cincinnati. Portraits ; Arts Union.
Jacob H. Sloop, 1850 .- Cincinnati. Marine views; T. Faris, John R. Johnston.
Ralph Butts, 1851 .- Cincinnati. Landscape and portraits.
A. P. Bonte, 1851 .- Cincinnati. Landscapes.
In gathering these facts and dates, a general visit was paid to the professional studios in Cincinnati, and the gratifying admission was everywhere made by the artists, that they had employment ample in its extent, and remunerative in its character; some of them ac- knowledging, that more commissions were offered than they could possibly undertake to execute. This state of things impresses the hope that Cincinnati will soon become, in the Fine Arts, the mother
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that takes care of her children, rather than as heretofore, the mother that turns them out to shift for themselves.
Miniature Painters-F. V. Peticolas, 1825 .- Clermont County, O. Thomas Dawson, 1825 .- Cincinnati.
J. O. Gorman, 1831 .- Frankfort, Kentucky.
William Miller, 1847 .- Cincinnati. Jacob Hoffner, W. H. Mus- sey, M. D., Nathaniel Wright, N. P. Iglehart, Wm. Willis, Saml. R. Bates, Mrs. G. H. Bates, M. S. Rogers, Israel Wilson, G. K. Shoenberger, S. E. Foote.
Modelers and Sculptors-Hiram Powers, 1828 .- Florence, Italy. Busts and statuary ; J. P. Foote, N. Longworth, Judge Burnet, W. Lytle, William C. Preston, S. C. His bust of Jackson is in Wis- well's gallery. Powers has executed other busts, which may be seen in the eastern cities. His Fisher Boy, Proserpine, Calhoun, Eve, America and California, stamp him as the sculptor of the age, if not of all ages past and to come.
H. K. Brown, 1833 .- Brooklyn. Busts; D. Corwin and others.
John S. Whetstone, 1837 .- Cincinnati. Busts ; Western Museum; John Whetstone.
C. C. Brackett, 1838 .- Boston. Busts ; Henry Ives and others.
John King, 1838 .- Boston. Busts and Cameos; M. L. Neville and others.
N. F. Baker, 1841 .- Cincinnati. Busts and statues ; John Baker, Professor Mitchel, J. P. Foote, Dr. Worcester. Baker's statue of Egeria is in the Arts Union, and his Cincinnatus is in the college.
T. D. Jones, 1842 .- New York. Busts; Henry Clay, Lewis Cass, Thomas Corwin, Mrs. Gen. Taylor.
Of the miniature painters, Peticolas, and Whetstone of the sculp- tors, have left their employments for other pursuits; and Baker has abandoned his professional implements, it is hoped, only to resume them in due time.
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X. TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL.
NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL ROUTES.
RIVERS, ROADS, CANALS, AND RAILROADS.
IN the valley of the Ohio, there is no place so central, in relation to its population and resources, as Cincinnati. This centrality has a great and permanent influence on its destiny. It makes it conve- nient and cheap for a multitude of people to visit it as a mart of com- merce and as a depository of the arts. It tends to make it a com- mon depôt of all the things connected with either business or plea- sure ; because it is central, it must also become the focus, or meeting place of a great net-work of internal communications-radiating from, to, and through this common centre, to every part of the country. Accordingly, we find, that, in fact, no city of the Union, even the oldest, has such a various and vast system of artificial communica- tions either actually finished, now constructing, or planned with the strongest probability of success, as this central city. To exhibit this fact clearly, we will first state certain elements which relate to this natural CENTRALITY.
1. The Ohio river is 959 miles in length-from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi. From Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, is 458 miles; and from Cincinnati to the mouth of the Ohio, is 501 miles; so that Cincin- nati is very nearly in the actual centre of the valley.
2. From Maumee bay to Knoxville, on the Tennessee river, is about 400 miles, in a direct line ; and Cincinnati is very nearly on the line, and exactly half way ; so that to the whole country, which lies between the Lakes and Tennessee river, Cincinnati is just cen- tral.
3. If we take the distance between Cincinnati and Nashville, on the Cumberland river, as a radius, and Cinchnati as the centre, the circle described will include Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, western Vir- ginia, and western Pennsylvania; a country embracing 150,000 square miles, and capable of sustaining comfortably and happily, thirty millions of people, and which now contains nearly five mil- lions. To this entire country Cincinnati is central by nature,
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and central by commerce ; for her actual trade extends to every portion of it.
4. If we draw a straight line from Baltimore, on tide water, to St. Louis, on the Mississippi, Cincinnati will be on that line ; at least, it varies so little from it, that the variation is of no practical import- ance. On this line, Cincinnati is three hundred miles from St. Louis, and four hundred from Baltimore ; so that it is again central, in the great line of locomotion between the seaboard and the western bank of the Mississippi.
5. If this straight line be extended to the Pacific Ocean, it will touch near San Francisco; so that Cincinnati is on the great line of central communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Advantages equal to these, in relation to internal commerce and migration on the American continent, are not possessed by any other point east of the Mississippi.
In improving this position by artificial communications, the first step was to make ROADS into the valley of the Miamis ; after that, the State CANALS were made; one of which, connects Cincinnati with Maumee; and by the junction with the Wabash canal, connects her also with the interior of Indiana, down to the mouth of the Wabash, at Evansville. Next come RAILROADS; and within the last five years, the progress of Cincinnati in Railways, either finished, constructing, or chartered and commenced, with the strongest probability of suc- cess, is fully equal to that in any other city whatever, in the same period of time. The principal statistics, in relation to these import- ant highways, are given below, under separate heads.
I. MACADAMIZED ROADS.
Until about 1835, the roads around Cincinnati, were of that primi- tive character, which are peculiar to all new countries. Many of them led over the tops of the highest hills, without any reference to grades, while all were what are now called mud roads. The inven- tion of McAdam seemed to come, as a special remedy for such high- ways, and a great relief to a people suffering under such evils. It was not, however, until Cincinnati had attained thirty thousand in- habitants, that the macadamized roads were adopted here; since that time, every road of any importance, leading from the city, has been macadamized, generally, by chartered companies, and in some instances, by the county commissioners. The following are the principal macadamized roads leading from Cincinnati.
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NAME. DIRECTION. MILES. REMARKS.
1. Goshen, Wilmington, Wash-) ington, and Circleville turn- pike .
.. E. N. E ... 100
2. Montgomery, Rochr., Clarks- ville, and Wilmington
.. N. E. ... 50
3. Chillicothe & Hillsborough. 15 miles only finished.
4. Batavia turnpike. .E. 21
5. Lebanon, Xenia, and Spring- field
6. Lebanon, Centerville, and) Dayton.
7. Great Miami turnpike to) Dayton, through Monroe and Franklin
.. N. 38
8. Cincinnati and Hamilton. .. N. W. 21
9. Hamilton and Eaton. .N. 30. . Continuation of No. 8.
10. Colerain, Hamilton, and .. N. W. 37 Oxford.
11. Cincinnati, Carthage, and
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12. Dayton and Springfield. . . .. N. 24. . Continuation of 6 & 7.
13. The Harrison turnpike .. .. W 20
14. The Covington and Williams- .. S. 36 town, Ky ..
Total, fourteen macadamized roads, .514 miles.
These roads proceed directly from Cincinnati, but many of them are continued, by their connection with other roads, until they ex- tend through the State. Thus the Dayton and Springfield roads, by their connection with the National road at Springfield, go through the State to Wheeling, and over the mountains to Baltimore.
II. CANALS.
The canal system of Ohio, commenced in 1824, was not fully completed until 1842. Since then, the rapid introduction of Rail- roads, and the complete demonstration of their success, for the pur- poses of speedy communication, have arrested the progress of canals. Those, however, which terminate at Cincinnati, have been of great and undoubted utility to the commerce of the city. Immense amounts of freight are transmitted upon them, especially of the heavy products of the country. The canals which connect directly with Cincinnati, are as follows :-
.N. 72
.. N. W 21. . Continuation of No. 5.
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1. Miami canal and Extension. .N ..... 290 miles.
2. Whitewater canal N. W .. 70
3. Wabash and Erie S. W. 200 .. Continuation of 1.
Total Canals .560 66
The MIAMI CANAL commences at Cincinnati, and follows the great Miami valley, until it passes the summit, at St. Mary's, and enters the Maumee valley, terminating at Toledo.
The WABASH CANAL is wholly in Indiana, but joins the Miami canal at Junction, in the valley of Maumee, and pursues the Wabash valley to Terre-Haute, and will be finished to Evansville, at the mouth of the Wabash. A boat may now pass from Cincinnati to Terre-Haute ; and soon may pass to Evansville-more than six hundred miles of canal navigation !
III. RAILROADS.
Railways are rapidly taking the place of other means of loco- motion, for the purposes of travel, and of rapid transit for light goods, and even for the transportation of such heavy articles as coal and iron. Their effects upon the economy of society, and their social influences generally, are very remarkable. They are making a great and extraordinary revolution in the means of intercourse. Cincin- nati is, by its centrality, before mentioned, admirably adapted for the adoption and successful employment of this new element of commercial power. On every side, toward every point, radiating lines from Cincinnati will penetrate the most fertile regions of Ame- rica. They will connect the lakes with the rivers; they will bind ocean to ocean ; they will bear the burdens of enormous harvests ; develop the treasures of the disemboweled earth, and carry bread to laboring millions. It was not until 1835, however, ten years after the success of the Liverpool railway, that it was seriously proposed to make a railway from Cincinnati. The one proposed, was the Little Miami railroad ; which, after many years of hard struggles, was com- pleted to Springfield, 84 miles. In 1836, the Charleston railway was chartered from Cincinnati, through Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Carolina, Georgia, and S. Carolina, to Charleston. The project, as a whole, failed, in consequence of the great burdens laid on the charter as conditions, by the State of Kentucky. It has, nevertheless, been in progress toward completion ever since; until it is now, on the southern side, more than half completed. From Charleston, South
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Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia, an entire line of railroad is com- pleted to Chattanooga on the Tennessee river, Tennessee; a distance of 447 miles from Charleston, and 433 miles from Savannah. From Chattanooga a railway is in rapid construction to Nashville and another to Knoxville. From both these points, it is quite certain there will be railroads, at no distant day, to Cincinnati ; thus com- pleting the original plan of 1836. The railway from Covington to Lexington, now constructing, will be part of the great line.
From Cincinnati, north to the Lakes, the lines which connect the Ohio river with the Lakes, are already finished ; these also make a continuation of the great Southern line. The entire line from Charles- ton and Savannah to Cleveland and Sandusky, through Cincinnati, will be about thirteen hundred miles in length.
The great East and West Line will be formed, by the Ohio and Mis- sissippi Railroad, the Cincinnati and Belpre, and the Baltimore and Ohio, extending from Baltimore, on tidewater, to St. Louis, on the Mississippi.
Radiating lines to other points of the compass are already in pro- cess of construction. Of these there are three different lines begun, or chartered, through Indianapolis to the north-west. One up the Great Miami to Dayton, there connecting with lines to Indiana, to San- dusky, and to Cleveland. Another line will lead north-east through Wilmington, Ohio, Washington, Circleville and Lancaster, until it joins the Central Line at Zanesville. Other projects have been spoken of, and many charters have been granted for lateral lines of railway, connecting those which radiate directly from Cincinnati, with those which proceed from the Atlantic. When the whole are completed, of which there is strong probability, Cincinnati will have about four thousand miles of railway, which are on lines directly leading from, or to, this city. The vast influence of these mighty streams of inter- nal communication, centring here, cannot be anticipated. When connected with the productions of the inexhaustible soil which they traverse, and with the great population already here, the joint in- fluence of such potent causes, will probably create an extent of com- merce, and a growth of civic power and wealth, of which we have, at present, only a faint conception.
In the following table are included only those lines, which lead directly through Cincinnati, and which are either finished, construct- ing, or, to which subscriptions have been partially made.
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Names and Localities.
Length.
Finished.
Construct- ing.
Partly pro- vided for.
Little Miami.
84
84
Mad River.
134
134
Xenia and Columbus
54
54
Cincinnati, Columbus and
149
149
Cleveland . .
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
60
60
Dayton and Springfield
25
25
Hamilton and Eaton
40
40
Findley Branch a.
16
16
Western b
45
35
10
Cincinnati and Hillsborough
37
37
Cincinnati and Belpre c .
130
34
96
Cincinnati, Circleville and Zanes- ville d.
121
85
Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis e
85
Ohio and Mississippi f
325
325
Covington and Lexington g
96
61
35
Indianapolis and Lafayette h.
51
61
Indianapolis and Terre-haute i ..
270
70
Pacific Railway j.
369
369
North Western k
80
80
Baltimore and Ohio.
280
177
103
21 Lines of Railway.
2,261
639
586
1,006
The principle upon which the above table is constructed includes all the lines,-which are continuations-of those lines, which pro- ceed directly from Cincinnati. On the other hand, it excludes all the lines, which are merely lateral to those leading from Cincin- nati. Thus, it includes the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ; but excludes the Indiana and Bellefontaine Road, which is lateral to the Mad River Line at Bellefontaine.
On this principle we have the following great lines, viz :
Baltimore and Ohio Line
280 miles.
North-Western Railway to the Ohio
80
Cincinnati and Belpré 130
Cincinnati and Hillsborough 37
Little Miami . 22
Ohio and Mississippi
325
Pacific, to Mouth of Kanzas
369
From Baltimore to the Kanzas
1,243
121
In the same manner, the line from Charleston, South Carolina, through Cincinnati to Cleveland, will make about 1,100 miles, in length, of which 700 are actually completed, and 140 more in course of construction ; yet, as there is a link, between Lexington, Kentucky,
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and Knoxville, or Nashville, Tennessee, unprovided for, no notice is taken of it, above, except so far as Lexington.
If the Southern Line, to Charleston and Savannah,-with some continuous lines in the north-west had been included, in the above table,-the aggregate would have been, as stated above,-four thou- sand miles of direct railway, from Cincinnati ; all which there is the strongest reason to believe, will be completed, in a very few years.
The following notes on the above table, will explain the connec- tions of the several posts.
a. The Findley Branch, connects the Mad River Railroad with Findley, the county scat of Hancock county.
b. The Western Railway, connects Dayton with Greenville, the county seat of Darke county, and thence to the Indiana Line, in the direction of Winchester, Indiana.
c. The Belpré and Cincinnati, is to unite the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at, or near, Parkersburg, Virginia, with Cincinnati.
d. The Cincinnati, Circleville, and Zanesville Line is intended to connect Cincinnati, joining the Little Miami, at the mouth of Todd's Fork, with the Ohio Central, at Zanesville.
e. The Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis, will be connected with Cin- cinnati, by the Ohio and Mississippi, at Lawrenceburg. At India- napolis, it connects with the Lafayette, making, in all, 166 miles from Cincinnati to Lafayette.
f. The Ohio and Mississippi, will connect Cincinnati and St. Louis.
g. The Covington and Lexington passes up the Licking to Paris.
h. The Indianapolis and Lafayette will be continued north- westerly to Chicago.
¿. The Indianapolis and Terre-haute will pass on west through Illinois.
j. The Pacific Railway connects St. Louis with the mouth of the Kanzas river, and is a continuation of the Ohio and Mississippi.
k. The North- Western Railroad has been chartered by the State of Virginia, to connect the Baltimore and Ohio, at the Three Forks of Tygart's river, with the Cincinnati and Belpre; thus making a continuous line to Cincinnati.
All these railroads, it will thus be perceived, have a direct bearing upon the commercial interests of Cincinnati, and will contribute to swell the aggregate of its general business.
The following table presents the aggregate results of roads, canals, and railroads, finished, or undertaken, through Cincinnati.
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Works.
Finished.
In progress.
Undertaken.
14 Mc Adam Roads
514 miles
3 Canals
560
21 Railways
639
586
1,006
38 Works.
1,713
586
1,006
Cincinnati has, therefore, seventeen hundred miles of railways, canals, and macadamized roads finished, nearly six hundred in pro- gress, and one thousand undertaken, on lines radiating from itself. If to these be added other lines, continuous to these, which have a probability of early completion, the whole will make five thousand miles of artificial highway, soon to be completed.
CINCINNATI, HAMILTON, AND DAYTON RAILROAD COMPANY.
Office, north-west corner Vine and Fourth Streets.
PRESIDENT .- S. S. L'Hommedieu.
Directors .- J. C. Wright, Samuel Fosdick, E. B. Reeder, William Burnet, A. M. Taylor, Cincinnati; John Woods, Hamilton ; Alex. Grimes, Dayton ; Jos. B. Varnum, New York.
Secretary .- Isaac Shoemaker; Treasurer-Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company ; Chief Engineer-R. M. Shoemaker.
OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD COMPANY.
Office, Bromwell's buildings, north-east corner Fourth and Vine Streets. Rooms 5 and 6, second story.
PRESIDENT .- Abner T. Ellis.
Directors .- Alphonso Taft, John S. G. Burt, Charles W. West, Eden B. Reeder, George W. Cochran, John Baker, Henry Hanna, James C. Hall, David Z. Sedam, Joseph A. James, John Slevin, Cincinnati ; Joseph G. Bowman, Illinois ; William Burtch, Samuel Wise, William R. McCord, Samuel Judah, Vincennes, Ia. ; Thomp- son Dean, John Cobb, Aurora, Ia .; George W. Lane, Lawrence- burgh, Ia .; Elias Conwell, Ripley Co., Ia.
Secretary .- H. H. Goodman ; Treasurer-Henry Hanna; Coun- selor-Alphonso Taft; Chief Engineer-E. Gest.
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LITTLE MIAMI RAILROAD COMPANY. Office, corner of Congress and Kilgour Streets.
PRESIDENT .- Jacob Strader.
Directors .- Jacob Strader, John Kilgour, Griffin Taylor, R. R. Springer, John H. Groesbeck, Nat. Wright, John Bacon, William McCammon, Abraham Hivling, James Hicks, jun., Larz Anderson, Alphonso Taft.
Secretary .- John Kilgour; Treasurer-Archibald Irwin ; Super- intendent and Engineer-W. H. Clement.
This is the only railroad, leading from Cincinnati, which is actu- ally in operation. It connects, at Springfield, with the Mad river and Sandusky railroad, and at Xenia, with the railroad via Columbus, from Cleveland ; thus affording two distinct routes to Lake Erie.
The whole number of passengers carried on this road within the past year, was 144,486, and the amount received from them was $204,589 87. Of these 52,288 are through passengers, from Cincin- nati to Springfield and from Springfield to Cincinnati, who paid an aggregate sum of not far from $125,000. A portion of these pas- sengers, however, although counted as through passengers on this line, did not travel beyond the limits of this road, and are therefore, for the purposes of this calculation, to be added to the list of way- passengers. The receipts therefore, from passengers passing through, to or from the lake and the eastern lines of travel, did not in fact greatly exceed $100,000, or one-half the aggregate amount received from passengers.
Of the earnings of the road for the transportation of freight, the greater portion belongs to the class of way-freight. The table an- nexed to the Superintendent's report, showing the "principal ar- ticles of freight transported," exhibits very clearly the fact, that by far the greater portion were articles of domestic product and con- sumption, passing between Cincinnati and the country adjacent to the road. The only exception is comprised under the single head of " merchandise ;" and as this item, being 18,295 tons, includes no small amount of way-freight, the whole of the through-freight would not yield, for the past year, over $35,000; and the account would then stand as follows :
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