1 cleveland railroading 1.1 cc&c , ls&ms 1.2 civil war 1.3 association cornelius vanderbilt 1.4 ls&ms again, , other post-war railroad career 1.5 health issues , ashtabula bridge disaster cleveland railroading the cc&c , ls&ms the cleveland, columbus , cincinnati railroad (cc&c) chartered in 1836. after several false starts @ construction, in november 1848 company issued request proposals build first leg of line cleveland columbus, ohio. frederick harbach, surveyor , engineer several ohio railroads, surveyed route new spur in 1847. stone had worked harbach , railroad engineer, stillman witt, while building railroad bridges in new england. alfred kelley, attorney , former state legislator, canal commissioner, banker, , railroad builder, president of railway, , he, too, knew stone railroading days in east. kelley , cc&c managers reached out stone, harbach, , witt, , asked them bid on project. stone, harbach, , witt formed company in late 1848 bid on contract, ...