New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-22
MILW AUkEE.
The itarbor-Buiiding>- Depression Of Trade
Collision of Interests between the City and
the surrounding Country. &c.


MILWAUKEE. Thursday, July n. 1881
Milwaukee immediately conylnceS one that
II has AN admirable site fora ctv with harbor similar
70 that at Chicago Vet with elevations each side Of
the riyer Of good hight-too high, see, m many
places. IN the Judgment OF lis fathers tor utility
and rs a consequence, lcvcllng and grading are frc
quentIy met
one thing that agreeaby strikes all strangers that
have met with. excepting, loeheve, Mr.. Greeley,)
Is the color OF the housc>al the better class being
built Of ayellow brick peculiar to Milwaukee This
city certainty looks much more cheerful than any
have ever seen that have been built THE usual duh,
dead red brick Ordinary Milwaukee brick sell tor
81 81, and the patent pressed tor s. per thousand
Milwaukee Is suffering from depression OF trade.
arising immediately ont OF the failure OF the wheat
crcps ion the last two or three years. and It has
resident producing class, and depends almost eNclu-
>yoN upon the tanners FOR purchasers, ana on their
crops Tor payment Is not difficult 70 discover how
directly the wcl-dongloi the one class improves the
condition of the other.
The growth Of Milwaukee has not been 80 great
for the past year or TWO ~ II was previously, III
went q little too fast and has had a check. am
told that j. has injured itself by little selfish
ness. which, It true, Is narrow minded indeed The
charge Is as follows The state generally has been
anxious for a system Of Internal improvements
railway rom Milwaukee 70 the lead regions and the
Mississippi. sc. This railway, II II sad, the inhab
itants OF Milwaukee or influential men among them.
have steadily opposed Tor length ot Tune, the 90
vlous reason beng that they considered the prosper
iy ot their city depend upon the ARRIVAL of great
numbers of farmers wagons and teams, OF course To
the great profit OF hotels and retail stores whereas
the railroad would cause stores To be established all
along H. line through the country, where The trade
Will De done, while Milwaukee Will become merely
channel of transportation for great portion of the
products of the country. The inland counties have
Al length determined to stand this treatment no
longer. and have organized the Rock River Railroad
Company the rOad 10 run from Fond du Lac, at the
head of Green Bay, TO GAINESVILLE, whence branch
Will be- continued 10 the Galena road, thus con.
Meeting Green Bay and the fertile Rock River Val
lev with Chicago. II this rs carried out, ana
| see no reason 20 doubt that II will be-, II must
seriously affect the prosperity OF Milwaukee. They
have, however, at length commenced the road 10
the Miss sSppI. and built some twenty miles Oi H.
but too late ~ command all the business u might
have had If slaIie earlier
A. tor any rivalry between Milwaukee and ChIca-
90 II can no longer exist The days Of that strug-
gle are over Milwaukee can never be more than
the Boston. while Chicago VIII inevitably become
the New-Nork Of the West The reasons why |
predict this costny for Chicago, gave YOU IN my
last thcy are obvious, Chicago viii be "A city Tor
many states while Milwaukee exists for Wisconsin
only Yet WmcOnsn has within her borders the
elements OF a great state. and great states build
great cities even for themselves. Let there then be-
anity between She city and the State, aud they will
help each other. After All, Milwaukee has one ad-
vantage over Chicago Of which she may well be
proud she l. favored with al ominenily handsome
site. while that Of Chicago is lat.
The remarks made ~ my last ON manufactures
IN Chicago hold equally good Tor Milwaukee. Mate
ras, renls, food and labor, are equally cheap Their
establishment here would distribute wealth through
the country and rapidly oil the Golfers OF those who
engage IN these occupations.
Yours, PcEAvANr.