History of Seneca County, Ohio . ey and Toledo Railroad.—A company, named theColumbus & Toledo Railway Company, was chartered May 28, 1872, to build124 miles of railroad from Coliunbns to Toledo. October 15, 1873, theroad was located ria Fostoria; in November, 1876, trains were iTin betweenMarion and Columbus; in November following, the use of the PennsylvaniaCompanys road from AValbridge to Toledo, was acquired; in January. 1877,through business was opened, and, in July of that year, the road was completedand equipped at a cost of $3,338, In July, 1881, this road was soldto the Columbu
History of Seneca County, Ohio . ey and Toledo Railroad.—A company, named theColumbus & Toledo Railway Company, was chartered May 28, 1872, to build124 miles of railroad from Coliunbns to Toledo. October 15, 1873, theroad was located ria Fostoria; in November, 1876, trains were iTin betweenMarion and Columbus; in November following, the use of the PennsylvaniaCompanys road from AValbridge to Toledo, was acquired; in January. 1877,through business was opened, and, in July of that year, the road was completedand equipped at a cost of $3,338, In July, 1881, this road was soldto the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Company, under whom it is nowoperated. This road enters the county about a mile south of Springville inBig Spring Township, and after passing through Fostoria leaves the county atthe northwest corner of Section 18, Jackson Township. As everyi;hing connected with it is new. even its history, we cannot do bet-ter than take a sTOopsis of its history from the fiist annual report of Presi- .^4 «^. HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY. 385 dent Greene. The company was incorporated May 28, 1872, under the generalact of May 1, 1852, the corporators being M. M. Greene, P. W. Huntington,B. E. Smith, W. G. Deshler, James A. Wilcox and John L. Gill, of Columbus,for the construction of a railroad from the city of Cohimlsus to the city of Toledo,through the counties of Franklin, Delaware, Marion, Wyandot, Seneca, Woodand Lucas, a distance of 128 miles. The capital stock was fixed in the certi-ficate of incorporation at $2,r)()0,(H)(), and on the 1st of July, 1872, subscriptionbooks were opened in Cohimbus and Toledo. October 15, 1878, the line of theroad was permanently located through the towns of Delaware, Marion, UpperSandusky, Carey and Fostoria. It was originally designed to run the road duenorth from Delaware, but an extra $10,000 of stock had the effect of producinga slight curve in it, so as to carry it through Delhi and MidcUetown. Bids forthe construction of the r
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