Annals of Cleveland

Railroads

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Abstracts: 21

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1720

Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 January 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

1720 - L Jan. 11; ed:4/4 - The Atlantic and Great Western railroad is
completed. It runs direct from Galion to New York. It has agents pro-
curing rich agricultural centers. It relieves Cleveland roads and mer-
chants of the burden of transporting, storing, ard selling rich products.
This is another question for Cleveland to ponder. (4)

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Atlantic and Great Western railroad; Galion, O.; New York

1721

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 February 1864 (2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1721 - L Feb. 15:2/2 - A clerk in the Cleveland and Toledo railroad of-
fice opened a drawer and discovered that several hundred dollars had been
made into a nest by mice who had gnawed their way into the bank notes.
- (2)

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Cleveland and Toledo railroad

1722

Cleveland Morning Leader, 3 March 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

1722 - L. Mar. 3; ed: 2/4 - An old lady who got on the wrong train was
gruffly spoken to and put off at the first station. "Let our railroad
companies and other public carriers make it a point to employ only cour-
teous gentlemen to come in contact with travelers, and there will be no
difficulty." . - (5)

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1725

Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 May 1864 (4 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

1725 - L. May 25:4/4 - The East Cleveland railway has leased a piece of
wooded ground in East Cleveland on which it intends to erect buildings
and make a picnic ground.
Round-trip tickets will sell for ten cents, but entrance to the grounds
will be free. . . . (4)

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East Cleveland railway

1726

Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 June 1864 (12 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1726 - L June 6:4/3 - The Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati railroad has
purchased 13 acres of land in the flats and is erecting four buildings
there. The freight house is 500 feet long, by 150 feet wide. . It was
built at a cost of $5,000. The round house is 226 feet in diameter and
will hold 30 engines. The car shop is 230 feet long and 70 feet wide.
The rail repair shop is 40 by 53 feet. All these buildings are built of
brick with slate roofs. (12)

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1729

Cleveland Morning Leader, 30 June 1864 (2 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

1729 - L June 30:4/4 - All railroads centering in Cleveland have agreed
to transport passengers to and from this city on the Fourth of July next,
at half fare. The ovation to the seventh and eighth regiments is to be
held on that date. (2)

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1731

Cleveland Morning Leader, 5 August 1864 (2 inches) ~ See original
p.3, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1731 - H Aug. 5:3/2 - On Aug. 8 there will be a meeting of the board of
city improvements in connection with the special committee appointed by
the city council to consider the question of allowing the Cleveland and
Toledo railroad the use of certain streets necessary in crossing from the
west side of the river to the new union passenger depot. (2)

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Cleveland and Toledo railroad; Cleveland board of improvements; Cleveland city council

1734

Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 August 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1734 - L Aug. 25; ed: 2/3 - The progress made in constructing a net-work
of railroads in every part of the globe is astonishing. Over 2,000 miles
have been completed in British India, and many more miles have been au-
thorized by the government.
"When this system of railroads is completed, an immense section of
the country will be open to commerce and the amount of cotton exported
greatly increased." (3)

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British India

1739

Cleveland Morning Leader, 8 December 1864 (ed; 10 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1739 - L Dec. 8; ed: 2/2 - "The large number of accidents which have oc-
curred lately, both East and West, have caused considerable comment on
the defects of American railways."
One critic says: "The chief defects of many railways is insufficient
ballasting of the road. Another defect is the poor, cheap iron purchased
by some roads. The method of fastening rails to the sleepers is
often defective, spikes becoming loose and often can be pulled out with
the fingers. Bolts or wood screws should be used. India rubber springs
on freight cars are considered dangerous because of the hammering they
produce, but hammering would be greatly reduced by good springs that
would ease the weight from a sudden blow or jolt. The mean and illegal
spirit prevents many companies from first making good roads, and then
keeping their bad ones in repair." (10)

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1740

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 December 1864 (ed; 11 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1740 - H Dec. 27; ed: 2/3 - "The responsibility resting, at all times,
upon railroad managers is neither light nor enviable; at this time such
responsibility is ponderous. Our roads are reaching the end of their
first life; most of them were not substantially built and hence have
early come to decreptitude. These evils could easily be remedied were
it not the misfortune of the colupanies, just now, to have thrown upon
their tracks an amount of business they are inadequate, properly and
safely, to carry. Cold weather, too, ... aggravates terribly the dangers
of rail transit." (11)

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