New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-16
The monopxnhela Valley.
Correspondence. Of The Tribune.

Correspondence Of The Tribune.
ELIzABETa. Penn. July l. is%o.
brief description of the location. appearance
and manufacturing facilities afforded by the Valley
of the Monongahela, may not be uninterestins to
some Of your renders. The Monongshela River
rises in the Allegheny Mountains in the Western
part of Virginia. After running in Northerly di.
rec,ion for considerable distance from its source it
enters Pennsylvania and is soon joined by the wa.
tiers of the Cheat Pursuing Its course TO the NORTH
augmented by several tributaries of which the
Youebiogeny is the most considerable, il unites with
the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh thereby form
ing the Ohio. The Monongahela is remarkable for
The mdness OF its waters, from which circumstance
It's name Is supposed by to have originated The
term Monongahela In the Indian Language sgniying
mild or placid water.
In Virginia tho country Is new and for the most part
thiny settled. For miles vast forests Of oak and poplar
line the banks Of tho river and In many places extend Tar
back into the interior. Great numbers OF men are en-
poysd cutting rafting logs supply the market be-
low from these large tracts OF woodland that tim
Der is obtained for building OF the steamboats, that
navigate Western waters Tho banks OF the river In
Pennsylvania studded with beautiful farms aud thrv-
Ing villages The dacent counties are diTerhned win
bills and valleys. presenting in some places picturesque
and romantic appearance, and Inhabited by hardy and
industrious population.
Iron ore is found in abundance along the base Of the
Chestnut ridge and Laurel hill Several furnaces for smelt
ing the ore are active operation. The p metal Is
shipped Pittsburgh where 1t 10 manufactured into iron
and the various articles OF HARDWARE Tor Wncn nsl city
IL noted.
coal basin The Pittsburgh coal seam spread. unln'er
ruptedy over the Valley from the base OF the Chest
nut ridge the Western boundary Of the State not to
the Ohio River" Coal mines are opened In nearly all
parts OF the Valley; aording an abundant supply OF the
best quality Of bituminous coal. The "coal trade -
now considerable, and annually increasing. great
amount OF coal down the Ohio and disposed Of In
Cincinnati, Louisville and other Western cites and VII
laSes. ,
The Monongahela Is slack-watered from Pittsburgh to
Brownsville distance OF 81 miles. Between these places
steamboats, ply daily. The dams are four In number No
l. mile above Pittsburgh No q at the mouth Of Turtle
creek; No 8, just above Elzaoethtown and NO De-
tween and Cookstown. These dams arc eight
feet high and permanently built anording water power
sufficient for driving amount OF machinery desired
Tho pools formed by the DAMS from ten TO dfesn
miles long. and nearly quarter OF mile WIDE From
this II be at glance the large amount OF water
that be supplied by them Greater facilities for man
utacturing are seldom afforded favorable op-
portuni,y OF Investing capital offered
The raw material can be readily obtained. Washington
County extensively engaged in the woolgrowinS bust
ness From II large amount OF wool Ia sent annually TO
Lowell and other Eastern manufacturing establishments
why might not this wool be manufactured at home II
would save the carriage of the raw material to Lowell
and transportation Of agricultural products 10 pay 10Y
its manufactures 10 say nothing OF the COST OF bringing
back the manufactured article Cotton can be procured
from the South by the Ohio River without difficulty, and
small expense for transportation
Possessing all these advantages, MononSahela valley Is
destined ere isng 10 great aud wealthy manuac
turing district. Those who have capital TO Invest would
DO we'll TO examine Its claims before investing elsewhere
Tho health Is good % any part or the United S'aIes
Tho so Is good producing In abundance all the necesa
ries Of life.
Some manufactures now in operation which pro-
auce that which known extensively In the West and
even In Texas by the nauio Of "MonongAhela Whisky.
Many sober persons decidedly Of the opinion iha'
should these manufactures all operation the conn
try would be physically and morally benefited but
melancholy Is,