The New York herald., 1845-11-27
COLUMBUS, (Ohio,) Nov. 20, lS45.

Improvements Provision Market-Pork and Lard
Speculation ,n Hon-Ihe Railroad Mania
touching the West.
| Perhaps you would like TO know something about
the moving affairs OF thus State-of those affairs
which were not yesterday, true to-day, and will
not be so tomorrow for here the march is on
ward, and What one writes to-day is false to-mof-
row. Well, to begin, viii start from Cincinnati,
the Queen City Of the West; and truly she merits
that title. will pass the local improvements
OF the city, merely naming the magnificent Catholic
cathedrai-the new college-the observatory, which
contains the second largest teescUpe in the world
of which certain DR. Mitchell has charge, who,
however, tear wastes his time in searching for a
new star, which exists, certainly, in his imagina-
ton.
The pork business will be very heavy this season.
Several of the largest houses have been buying at
$4, and are anxious to contract for all they can get,
but drovers refuse to sell at that price, hoping the
next news from England will repert further rise in
flour and fall In cotton for, strange it may appear
the fall In cotton always brings about rise in -four
and, IN consequence, rise in all the products of the
farmer. Lard Is higf--contracts are made at $Sl
| for No. as to inferior quality, it is hard to get
it, as all is bought up by the manufacturers of lard
oil, which, by the by, is 10 snpereede sperm. II is
more llmpd, and burns more brightly, and costs
! about ~ cents per gallon. Candies OF beautiful
/ kind, entirely supercedng the sperm candle are
made of the quasi refuse lard, and can be had for ~
cents. They give more light, and burn as long
sperm All this has raised the price Of lard, which
cannot be bought IN the markets, for family use,
der 10 cents, about three cents than Baltimore
prices. Flour Is on the rise-ast Thursday week,
small parcels were sold at 4 rs il fell, however on
Saturday to $4 %, but yesterday It was at 4 s. in
| Cincinnati.
The millers are doing good business-wheat
was 10 cents, but now 80 is paid in Cincinnati-5
bushels OF wheat will make barrel of -four, and
pay the miller Tor grinding, and for barrels Freghts
10 New Orleans are up-ilour 80 cents barrel; add
$l for commissions, freight and insurance to New
York, and you perceive flour will cost SO 0S, deliv-
cred at New York. at present prices but uthoders look
for rse-some say it will go up to So at Cincinnati.
Look out, you flour SPECTATORS in the East. Manu-
factories are getting quite in fashlon-several large
cotton factories are nearly completed to go by steam,
and there are now more than 300 steam engines
| daily at work in Cincinnati. The railroad fever
RACES throughout the State-you cannot take up
paper that does not speak of meeting called some
where to make railroad somewhere. AS for my
self, am on tour OF examination Qor my own
peasure) OF the railroads completed, those in
progress, those talked of that will be made, and
those that never will be made.
The first, then, that came under my observation
was the Cincinnati and Xena railroad, running, as
It's name indicates, between the aforementioned
points, under the direction OF w. d. Clements, an
interchangeable and scientific, well practical
gneer, who politely offered me seat, gratis, on the
road, and took much pains explain to me all that
apperains to the road, from its first conception to
the present day. This road is 65 miles long, has
many curves on 1t, but no heavy grades it fol
lows the valley OF the Little Miami river, and
thus affords facilities to the farmers to send to
a good market the lnexhaustlbe products of one
OF the most fertile valleys OF the West You may say
that the road runs through immense corn-field.
This road is about being extended to Springfield,
eighteen miles further, and the surveys have been
made mad from this place to Sandssky city, on Lake
Ene-part OF the road is under contract, and it is
confidently expected that the entire line will be in
operation by November, 1916, and then we shall have
the pleasure OF receiving your interesting paper
the third day after its publication. The calculation
is thirty hours from New York to Buffalo. twenty
hours to Sandusky city, by the Lake, and twelve
hours to Clncinnati-thus, in sixty-two hours we
| shall read New York and Boston papers. But il the
good people of Gotham will only lend us little of
their surplus, to make the rail road from Buffalo to
Sandusky, then in fifty hours you can pay visit to
the Queen city. The cute ones in Boston have al
ready invested $500 900 in this road They had bet
ter look to their interests and send on another
$500, ,OO0 for rather short of funds, and mo-
iron. Among the other rail roads contemplated are
the line from this place to Cleveland, on the Lake,
and then from here to Xenia, also from Cincinnati
to Madison, twenty-five m.es-and don't know
ly to be made The people of Columbus have got
their dander up, and determined to let Gin
clnnatl take the lead. The great man here, VIM.
! Neil, has subscribed $4,000 to the line from here
Cleveland; and several of the counties, in fact all
them through which it passes, will subscribe $780,
OOO-the town of Cleveland has voted 100000;
but It VIII require capital OF $1,000, ,0OO and this
must come from the east, the land of rich men Why
don't the millionaire broker send out half a million
| he will be sure OF good investment The State
will no doubt vote $2O0,O00, and if some of your
years the line would be completed. The amount
subscribed here will first be laid out and then the
road pledged to secure the loan, with interest from
date, until the completion OF the work, and then the
loan TO be converted into stock. Now seriously ad-
wise your rich capitalists not to lose time. Then
the good folks of Boston should come out here
and take leok at the immense water power wasted
IN the Little Miami River-there is power enough
i 4 me fhp ms of V.nVy Apdh hara
they could get wool and cotton cheaper, and provi
sions also; and then the great market they would
have for their goods-the valley OF the Mississippi
and the Lakes of Canada !
will leave this city in few days to examine the
route proposed to Cleveland, and will return by the
Sandusky route. The country is generally level
AS an example, on the Xena road, for seventythree
miles, there is but one cut of twenty feet. and that
only tor few hundred feet in length-the average
cuts and fills are five feet Timber is very cheap
and the whole line is laid on oak string pieces, Six
inches square and twenty feet long these fasten
ed to cross oak tmbers, which are again fastened to
heavy oak sllls, well bedded in the earth. The flat
rail Is used, but thicker than is usual inch thick
by two and halt broad In time they expect to lay
the I rail.
| am now writing in delightful chamber at the
Neil House, built by VIM. Neil, the John Jacob As
tor OF Columbus-a truly magnificent building, and
worthy OF its name. 1t has one peculiar advantage
there is no painted wood work in the house. All
the doors, door sllls and window sllls and sashes
are made OF black walnut, highly polished. The
house Is well Kept, and is decidedly the only good
hotel west OF the Mountains The table reminds
one OF the Astor house-every thing is served in
that stye-and the markets here, afford every lux
ury, not excepting New York oysters Turkeys are
% cents partrdges CENTS butter l2a, beef T. veal
| and mutton 3, venlson and cents, and vegetables
tor almost nothing II this letter pleases you, will
again indulge my writing propensity.
CINCINNATI, Nov. u, ls45.
a Coup dcd Of the Cify-hs Progress-Te Pork
Market.
arrived here few days since, and truly may say,
that ] was greatly disappointed in the magnitude and
importance of this, the New York of the West Its
general appearance and the business and bustle all
strikingy remind you Of the great Empire City-that
same activity and energy seems to pervade every de-
partment OF trade, that particularly chaacterzes
New York.
Its population numbers some 10000, and is still