. The railway library . the Cleveland Iron Company buying it in the interest of the Smithparty, who extended the line to Canton under the name of theYoungstown & Cannotton Valley, which was afterward changedto the Connotton Valley. In 1879 the first telegraph line wasstrung along the road, and Will J. Baxter was installed as the firsttelegraph operator at the Carrollton station. In 1881 the road, nowcontrolled by Boston capitalists, acquired pieces of track leading fromCanton to Zanesville and set out building connecting links. In 1883the main line was extended to Cleveland, and shortly afterw
. The railway library . the Cleveland Iron Company buying it in the interest of the Smithparty, who extended the line to Canton under the name of theYoungstown & Cannotton Valley, which was afterward changedto the Connotton Valley. In 1879 the first telegraph line wasstrung along the road, and Will J. Baxter was installed as the firsttelegraph operator at the Carrollton station. In 1881 the road, nowcontrolled by Boston capitalists, acquired pieces of track leading fromCanton to Zanesville and set out building connecting links. In 1883the main line was extended to Cleveland, and shortly afterwardto Coshocton, and on June 25, 1885, the name was changed toCleveland & Canton. All this time the road was a narrow-gauge,and on Sunday, November 18, 1888, all preparations having beenmade, the road was changed to standard gauge in one day. Theroad was extended to Zanesville in 1889, and the name againchanged to the Cleveland, Canton & Southern. In 1899 the roadbecame known as the Wheeling & Lake 29 30 The Railway Library EVOLUTION OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL, 1831-1915 By President A. H. Smith. The New York Central Railroad as now constituted represents186 predecessor companies, and the final consolidation of thesecompanies on December 23, 1914, created one of the greatestrailroad organizations in the United States, and at the same timeplanted an important landmark in the history of railroad trans-portation. Each of these constituent companies, large and small, passedthrough many vicissitudes of construction and financing; struggleswith popular opinions and laws; until finally a great transportationmachine was completed for the public good. A brief sketch of this evolution of The New York CentralRailroad, from its beginning to the present time, may be of interestto those who have been the students of the development, andespecially to those who have participated in it for so many yearswith heart, mind and money. Early Development in New York State. The Mohawk & Hudson Rail
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