The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-29
Cincinnati.
rCorrespondencc of the HERALD

CINCINNATI, Jan. 22, 1914
Jouineyimgs through Ohio onrcyamces--Roads-
Cincinnati-Ks Business, and the Result Of thu
PorI; Business this year-A Fall in Price Antici-
pated-Ihe Herald in Cincinndti-Gas Light
city and County Improvements, &c.
DEAR BENEFIT
Here am, after a small jolt through the nterio,
Of Ohio. ! left Buffalo Saturday week. and through
the various vicissitudes, rabrdgeitudes and pryine
out stageitudes necessary for western ravellerto
Undergo, have at last arrived at the end of myjour
,ey, safe, with the exception or few cracks ant
bruises. Speaking of cracks puts me in mind thai
ought to give the stage companies, county roads,
&c. puff as go long. left Portland in the can
IN Monday for Tiffin, at which place l took the
,tage, which by the way was most magnificent
FLAIR, to be delivered at Springfield, on the ma.
tonal road, in twenty-eight hours after the eapst
# said time. Instead of being in Springfield, J
Or wagon out OF the mud, which was nearly as deel
it is in Wall street But II Is OF no use to give you
description of my journey farther. All upsets n
he West are alike, and all rails are heavy TO car
y especially when you have to pay two prices fol-
the privilege have just arrived at the conclusion
# the great business OF import OF the West, and
The packers. are hurrylng their meat OF to marker
n anticipation of decline in price, which is gene
much cut at this point this season as last and wha'
las been, is principally by Eastern men and new
lands, the old packers having too much fear. OF
heir fingers to touch it. One or two houses that
nave been in the habit of putting up large quaint
les of pork, have not cut "A hog. IT was the gene
al opinion, at the commencement OF the season,
hat pork would not be over and II, and its taking
% sudden rise, caused CAPITALISTS that intended
mtting up heavily, to retire, leaving the principal
of the field to men Of borrowed capital, and IL
,uch hands is the principal part of this season.
'acking IN Cincinnati, who will not be enabled to
lold on to their stock, and its being rushed int
market will cause decline price. Another
-eason for the necessity of decline in price, ant
~ far the most plausible one is, that the principal
mount of hogs cut in this State, has been packed
the country, by almost as many different house,
IS there are barrels of pork, and they will a.
,oon as the roads become navigable, rush tnei
took into market, let the price be what II may
And its being congre gated here In such vast guam
titles, and in SO many different ways OF packing,
besides having many hundred owners, must me-
;essarily glut the market. find that it is the gen.
,ra opinion, that the money made this year oil
,ork, will be by second hands,
1t seems that there has been considerable nancler-
ng here, among some of the porkers, such as forg-
ng bills OF ladng, acceptances, NC. One gentleman
igured toerably largely in that way, until he ha'
accumulated a sufficient amount OF funds, Tin TN,
way of advances, Nc:) and Pomeroy s-trunkted Il
arts unknown, leaving his friends gaping after
aim. was very agreeaby astonshed on arriving
here to find the Herald SO much enquired for. In
the morning on the arrival of the papers from the
office the Herald is the first paper sought after, land
lucky is the one that gets it frst for it has not ar
IDLE moment from that time until some one hooks
It and slopes. ! have not seen Herald the
.eadpg room Of this house (the Broadway alter
ten, since have been here, and have had to pro.
cure one at your friends CIR. 81 j. when wished
10 see the news. 1t is not so with other papers;
YOU can see them laying about at any time: no
ice that they have began lighting the city witt
gas, but you can that economy is their motto,
IS the burners are not quarter large enough,. ano
they have not half enough gas on; that the lights
% make person shun shadows and run over the
realities. Cincinnati is going to build court
house, council chamber, and otherpubic buildings,
when those they have fall down. Verify, she hath
IN economical Council. for not public building
las she. Yours, j. G. b.