The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-26

In 1910, Cleveland was made the county seat Of
the county Of Cuyahoga; the court house was
the samo year !n 1914, the place was incorp'r.-
ted with q village charter, and its governments ad-
ministeIed by president. board OF trustees snd
recorder. (Alfred Kelly being the drst president
the first steamboat entered the river; in 1926. the
6rst appropriation for the improvement Of the hae-
Dor was made BY severnme&ns; MA In 1884. the princs,
The businefs part of the city was burned; in 1896
Cleveland was raised to the rank Of city.
In 1916, the Inhabitants Of Cleveland voted -
0O0 for the construction offs railroad, which ooa-
meets Cleveland with Columbus and Cincir naa-
This road was in due time built, and the oars
ran over the entire track, and came into this city
1851. The city also voted to loan 800 900 70 the
Cleveladd and Pittsburg Railroad, and forty miles
of this important work were opened for travel The
same day Previous to this time, however. tbs
secret leaked out that Cleveland was 20 be great
place, and the influx Of men Of talent and wealth
fron all parts of the country, as well as tho iur
portant additions to the aggregate population,
shown by the annual census, indicated the faith
bad in the report.
Since the completion Of the G. G. & G. road.
the passion Of our people for railroads has grown
with its indulgence the @, Railrosd hes
been finished, the Lake Shore to which the cisy
loaned also 800 000-has been constructed, giving
unbroken railroad connection with Buffalo, Bostea
and New York; the Toledo, NorWalk and Olsve-
lAnu rOau-Wn1cn Will form the laSt INK IN . 00U-
tnuous chain, stretching from Cleveland to Chicsgo
has been brought to such stage of progress that
few days more will suffice for its co mpletion.
After speaking of the public improvements OF
Cleveland and her schools, the writer makes esti-
mates as to the city's future:-
By referring to the table Of population, we 6sS
that the number Of inhabitants in 1850 was IL 600;
in 1851 Il 1i0 in 1882 25,60; an increase Of more
than twenty per cent per annum. Should the same
rate Of increase continue. city would contain in
1850, more than 100, 900 Inhabitants This estimate
is doubtless, too high but it is difficult to say what
causes can operate in any degree to check our on
ward progress
The amount Of produce received by the Ohio canal
during the years 1850, 81 and '52, exhibit an In
crease Of fully 20 per cent per snnum. For in
was 1872 $50 bushels; in 1851, go 500. aud ths
amount received in 1852 will be over 900 OO0 Bus
the receipts Of wheat vary greatly with the harvest
Of different years, We will take that other great
item of canal business-mineral .coal-an item sub
ject to no such variation. The number Of tons Of
coal brought to Cleveland by canal, in 1850, was
$780, in 1851, 103, 2S3; in 1852, the number viii
and departures from port, and the record Of
harbor business, exhibits still greater advances On
the amount Of former years. We have then album
dant evidence, derived from different sources, that
the business Of the city is in most healthy and
fourshng state. and has, in Its increase, more thaa
equslled the incremenss Of population
There is another source Of wealth and numbsss.
self and yet ono which Is perhaps destined to exert
as great an influence on her property rs her m
uaIled commercial facilities, and that 10 manufao-
lures. We have, It 10 true, on the two sides Of the
Guy yahoga some industrial establishments which are
quite creditable to u.s. but the capital employed h
manufactures Ii small, whom compared with the
wants OF the population (3s, ,000) surrounding tAs
place Of ts investment and entirely disproportisn-
ate to the capabilities Of this location for sustaining
manufacturss
Cleveland has special qualification for becoming
great manufacturing city; with her gsosrsrhissl
material or the manufactured article; her proximity
to beds Of excellent coal; her relations to the mine
raj region Of Lake Superior; she hardly fail 70
become celebrated for her manufactures, and hec
wealth and population are greatly 70 be increased
by them.
What, then, is 10 limit the progress Of the Forsst
City, Her beautiful situation, her healthfu air, hsr
vide and handsome streets, her countless trees asd
tasteful architecture never be taken from her.
Her great commercial fAcilities, viii only change 80
become greater. The agricultural resources OF the
country efwhich she il the market are not jet hall
developed Manufactures must lend their mighty
aid for her sdvancemens. What, then, shAu rstAsd
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