 In part, the railroad lacked the funds, saying it needed at least $50,000 ($ in dollars) to complete this work.The C&M also discovered that the North Western Railroad at Blairsville was willing to ship freight east but not west, which significantly hindered the new road (as it was costly to ship empty rail cars back to Cleveland).No additional work on the Cleveland and Mahoning's main line was made after 1857, leaving the main line just about long.