The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-04
Cincinnati.
Correspondence of the Herald


CINCINNATI, July %, 1884,
Descriptions of Cincinnati and Viciniy-Miami
Canal Hahey-Ankets and Resources Heat ot
the Weather-Mosquitoes and high Bedposts-
Floods Of Water and Dciuges Of Politics
Have you ever visited the Queen City of the
West What a,wonderful place il is $50 different
from what had anticipated, that will try to give
you description that others may be undeceived as
well as myself
supposed from its numerous factories, the large
amount of German population, and lis immense
slaughtering establishments, of which we hear so
frequently, that the city would resemble Pittsburg
with Its smoke and dinginess, an interior Pennsy
vania town in its architecture, and our suburbs in
ts] filth; but find magnificent city OF 10000
population at least, laid out in regular squares like
Philadelphia, all brick stone houses and stores
principally three stories, and which would Go no
dscred to our principal streets Of business or res
licences. The streets are well paved, with broad
tagged sidewalks, and lined with trees on either
side II lies IN a semi-clrcle OF hills, which are
alb out two hundred feet high the principal business
street extends back about one mile TO the foot of
the hill. The hills upon the Ohio generally ap-
proach and recede as here, and the interval is the
famous bottom land There are generally two
bottoms on the same interval, they are called
here, first and second bottoms Here the frs,
bottom is about seven hundred feet wide. AT the
public landing you then ascend TO the second by a
gradual rise Of about forty feet. This is a liile
browning, ana the water descends both ways
That which runs back emptes into a small stream
which emp,ies into the river at the s. W. end Of the
scm.crce. Al the other end the Miami canal
enters the river by several locks. This canal ex-
tends from this city to Fort Wayne, in Indiana.
where it intersects the Wabash and Erie Canal Ii
is not quite finished at its northern termination -
When il is, it will open direct communication
with The lakes at Toledo. This and the Whitewater
canal (Which comessout OF Indiana and terminates
here), affords considerable water power The
ioundries, machine shops, and shp-yards, or rather
steamboat yards, support a large population, bat
the greatness OF Cincinnati is TO be found in her To-
cation which in the heart of the richest couatry
yet peopled by civilized man. BY glance at the
map you will see that 1t lies between the Great
and Little Mama-that the Licking of Kentucky
emptles directly opposite
This CITY commands the whole trade Of the best
part Of North Kentucky, the SW and 81. OF
Ohio and Indiana, and by information you
know that in usual seasons this ia the
head OF navigation for large portion oi
the season. The Cincnnatians had the wisdom
to apply the funds the State gave them when money
was plenty, and every body rich, to the construc-
ton OF McAdam Roads, five Of which termin-
ate here. BY these avenues their market is always
abuudanty supplied This is 10 reside in the cheap
est city in the Union, The Pork houses are big
them to be the slaushterng houses, having frequent
is done two miles ont of the city, the Pork is dray.
The manufacture oil lard oil is carried on here,