Founding of the Cincinnati Southern Railway (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1805. Excerpt: ... Testimony of E. A. Ferguson (before The'investigating Commission.) The Commission was appointed by the Trustees of the Sinking Fund and Board of Public Works of Cincinnati, under a joint resolution of the General Assembly of Ohio, passed April 27, 1878. Q. Have you been, from the beginning, one of the Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway? A. I have. Q. Are you the author of what is called the "Ferguson Bill," as it passed the Ohio Legislature? A. Not in all respects as it passed, but I am the author of the bill. Q. Was it modified in any material respect? A. None--except some restrictions as to the sale of bonds at par. Q. What particular public reasons led you to prepare that bill? A. The first public event that I have a recollection of, in Cincinnati, was the illumination, in February, 1836, because the Kentucky Legislature had, just then, passed the charter of the road known as the Cincinnati, Louisville & Charleston Railway. It was to be a road from Charleston to some point in the interior of Kentucky, after crossing the Blue Ridge, and then to have three branches--one to Maysville, one to Louisville, and another to Cincinnati. I was a mere boy at the time, and I was thoroughly impressed with the splendor of the illumination; the snow began to fall about dusk, and it was the most beautiful sight, of the kind, that I ever witnessed. From that time forth I have been a Southern Railway man. A Southern railroad has been the chronic want of Cincinnati. In my judgment, without a Southern railway, Cincinnati, comparatively speaking, would be a pleasant, educational, cultured town, a good place for a man of means and family to retire to. Without it, as a commercial city, relatively, Cincinnati would be nothing. Various attempts had been made, prior to ...