The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-08-17
BUFFALO, August 18th, 1886.

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Trip 10 the Lakss-Erc- Cleveland Sands4sks
| City-Mad Rirer Railroad 1oiedo-7Ae Agu,
| The Miami Extension Canai- Southern Trad.
| Monroe, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Raiiroad-De
! hoii--C Copper Fever Steamboat Empire I,ip Il
Chicago-Baek 10 Eugaio-Bu6aio Hotels. Nems
papers, and Business.
left Buffalo some four weeks since, on board Of
the steamboat Indiana, bound for Toledo, touching
at the various ports along shore. purposed to GO
from there by land TO Detroit by the way Of Monroe,
and TO take the magnificent Empire around the
Peninsula TO Chicago, and so overland to St Louis.
But my i'll star was in the ascendant. ] was COM
PEELED TO remain in Toledo over night and the abom-
Unable ague got held Of me, and was glad to hasten
back after reaching Chicago. advise travellers to
beware how they get caught in the Maumee in the
hot season. As we came up, fancy that saw the
ague spirit, long, lean. lank, and yellow, dancing
upon the waters OF the river, ready pounce upon
his devoted victims. But great Caesar did with
the ague shake, while in Spain, 20 did soon after
came upon Lake ST. Clair
But to return. The first place we made after eav-
ing Buffalo, was Erie, Pa known by the sobriquet
OF the Sleepy Borough. This is beautiful town
after you rise the hill, and since the opening OF the
Erie Extension Canal, It's business has been quite
active Large quantities OF coal are brought here
from the interior to be shipped for the eastern mar
kets. Lumber and staves too, are among the I'M
porlant articles OF the lake commerce. from this port
There Is one magnlt cent and extensive hotel here
the " Reed House" owned by Col. G M Reed, the
the former representative In Congress from this dis
trict.
Passing along up the lake we saw several small
towns, Connuaut, Ashtabula, Fairport, and when ar
rived at Cleveland, we found quite city-like look
ing place. There IS a vast amount OF business done
here, II being the outlet OF rich farming countr,
through which extends the Ohio Canal for three
hundred and nine miles.
We made hurried calls at several paces-verm
lion, Huron, Milan, an active, busy place, famous
Tor being great wheat markets Sandusky City
which Is destined 10 be place of no little impor-
lance, when the Lake Erie and Mad River Railroad
shall be completed TO Cincinnati twill be the lake
port for nearly all the travel across from the LAKE
countr, to the south The railroad is now compie-
ted to Tlfn, about 30 miles in the interior.
The next place we made was Toledo. The loca.
ton OF this place, at the mouth OF the Maumee Bay
and the ternnation in effect OF the Lake Erie and
WabashCanal, with which the Miami extension from
CINCINNATI connects; great trade will grow up her,
III the course of few years, if untoward EVEN
transplres To prevent II Perrysbugh and Maumr
City, above are rivals OF Toledo, and much shipping
~ owned AT each OF these ports | saw IN the store
houses and upon the docks, large quantities OF mer
chandise marked for Cincinnati, Nashville Louis.
vllle, st Louis, and other places in the south anc
southwest which had been sent from New York
left Toledo and proceeded by land about thirty
miles, TO Monroe, Mich This city is beautifully
located upon the banks of the River Raisin-famou,
tor Wnchester's defeat and the massacre, during
the last 1t has population of about $500 nha-
bitants should Judge, and is place OF an active
business. The southern railroad, belonging to the
State, which IS completed and in operation Hills.
dale, about fifty miles inland, terminates here
There are extensive Touring mills on the river, the
one belonging to Messrs. Burch 4 Co., capable OF
manufacturing about $50 barrels Of flour per day
Should any OF your readers, YOURSELF penetrate as
far into the W ST as this, | would advise you to put
up " no where else'' except at kellogg's Exchange
xyh pV Ia nrnrpa ~ [snf
From Monroe, made another land voyage to De-
roit, through not very inviting country, along the
lake anu rlver shore. Detroit is such an old place
that every body is acquainted with its locality and
characteristics well known, that will say no
thing upon that point Every body here has the
copper-phobia you hear nothing but copper, copper
from mornings dawn until evenings sun, among all
ranks. colors, sorts and sizes. II is astonishing
witness the excementwhich has been got up on this
subject. Companies are constantly forming and ex-
plorlng agents sent out to locate spot wherein to
operate. There will be iall-a crash-a tremen-
dous crushing explosion, ere long, or am pro-
phet.
We started off upon the steamboat Empire, the
leviathan of the Lakes. But after we had got up in
to Lake st. CLAIR, the vilalnous ague did shake me
like an individual earthquake, and did not leave
the boat until she again touched the wharves in But
fao, where now am. shall not give II mp SO, and
you shall hear ofme the priries OF the West, and
OF the deeds which have done amongst the wild
game, IN those regions Astounding
must till up scratch Oft part OF my heading,
Buffalo may indeed boast OF her hotels she has
four magnificent ones-he American, the Western.
the Mansion, and the new Commercial. In ont
ward appearance and internal arrangements, they
are all hard to beat. And as ! saw The Herald re-
suarly in each, Judge that the landlords show
good taste in all things.
As to the newspapers there are three dailies pub
lished here-the old Commercial the organ of the
whlg party, edited by Or Foote, whom every body
dslikes-a pompus parsonage, full OF pretertion bun
who, with the aid of two or three assistants
contrlves 10 make a very good paper. He dcnounces
he Herald, which is enoughto make him unpopu-
tar with all seekers for truth Next comes the
Courier, the par excellence organ of the democracy
edited by J. Strlngham, Esq 1t is barely tolerated
IN this community, no one taking it but partisans
who dare not do otherwise. The third is the Ma
ttondi Pilot, OF recent origin edited by James O
Brayman, Esq who makes a lively, interesting and
popular paper. Professor Hawkins, a heavy POM
and pedantic writer, is engaged as assistant,
principally in abusing the English and the Herald
ind laudlng the French Being himself unpopular,
he paper has carry him along as an extra weight
The fall business is revlving-Produce begins 10
rive from the West in considerable quantities
Flour is selling to-day at SO 80 and So Sc for all
!nod Western common brands. Wheat now brings
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