Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-03-24

the industry Of a manufacturing people;
and TO become such. in addition 70 its
many other elements Of prosperity. no
portion Of the country can contribute
more than the White Water Valley,
with its immense water power, il il is
once tapped by a Railroad Popula-
ton living from industrial pursuits are
the only reliable basis to an inland city;
and this basis is always precarious.
unless il be permanently attracted and
secured by cheap and inexhaustible
water power.
Cincinnati may learn from Boston
another lesson, and that is. to furnish
through Railroad facilities, convenient
and healthy rural homes for its citizens.
This Is attsinable in a very eminent
degree by our railroad. II is laid out
over the western hills OF Hamilton
county, and thus affords a very large
number Of very beautiful building spots
where these locations can rs yet be
purchased cheaply. with extensive
grounds around them. The other
railroads out OF the city, except the
Short Line,to Dayton. and the Western,
run along eitherth Ohio river or Mill
creek. These localities being very
low, and therefore subject to the dis
eases and other objections peculiar to
low locations, has hitherto prevented
the citizens Of Cincinnati from using
railroads as avenues to suburban
villages. II Is undeniable. that Glea.
dale would have had a far more rapid
growth, if il had higher location.
Ii is intended to run an hourly omni-
bus train between Cheviot or Miami
town and the city, by laying ut once q
double track for that distance.
This will afford every accommoda-
tion for the purpose indicated. And
the citizens of Cincinnati may thus
enjoy residences, some 400 to GOO feet
above the Ohio. and this will be wesl
OF Cincinnati; fact well TO be pondered
sincei it is an admitted truth. that tc
locations east and north Of large cite:
are waited all the deliterious substan-
ces, which are sought tobe avoided by
country residences.
And in this connection we will be
perm tied to say, that the propriety oil
constructing railroad, is. in this coun'
try. too frequently discussed with ref.
erence TO the country as it is. Thi:
may do in countries densely populated
and with fixed habits Of production
but, in a case like ours, we should as.
certain the results produced upon sim
liar localities by the construction oil
railroads. Then only can we arrive al
correct conclusions.
Farms previously used for the pro.
lduction OF hogs, cattle, horses and
other live stock, always a waste oil
production) will be transformed into
more direct auxiliaries to the food OF
man. Fruit farms, milk farms and
gardens will multiply. Hills now
prohtless will be stocked for raising
poultry, and their brows graced by
vineyards. Occupations in every branch
Of industry will undergo decided
changes, by bringing manufacturing
and mechanical branches there, not now
dreamed Of Railroads thus unlock in
new countries additional elements oil
wealth, and in return they open up to
cities fresh wellsprings OF prosperity
The localities touched by our road are
susceptible OF the application Of the
most varied agricultural. mechanical,
manufacturing and commercial labor
and enterprise, and we should have to
be blessed with the most capious i'm
aginative powers to give even remote
picture OF the country. as il will be af.
ter the road is completed, compared
with what it nowis. We presented oul
statistics with the view. that the read.
er may have a key, with which he may
unlock the future. However high his
imagination may soar. we are sure, the
first ten years after we shall commence
running will render fi.ncy's widest
dream AN every day occurrence, no
longer 70 b. wondered NJ by practical
men.
Artificial routes are and will be
projected, and perhaps constructed,
with the purpose Of delracting the
productions OF the Valley from its nat
unl tendency To Cincinnati snd In.
dianapolis. but we hope and trust thai
the last named cities will listen TO our
appeal in time, so rs 10 secure them
against result dangerous. and one
which would forever after be regret.
ted.
These cities have great and un.
changeable interests 10 afford 10 the
people Of the Valley cheap travelling
facilities TO and from them. and still
greater is the necessity TO give them
ready means to market with their pro-
ducts. They will fnd, rs inland cit
les have ever found IL, as in the course
OF time rivals rise in magnitude. that
after all their connections with more
distant regions; their real prosperity
rests in The long run on the industry Of
the localities nearer home, and fol
whom they constitute the great inter
mediate marts.
There are not, as is thoughtlessly
asserted. too many railroads-on the
contrary there are too few.
We may have expended our means
on schemes too vast, aud on routes toe
long in distance. though We doubt it
But ii We have. aud these long routes
fail to pay high dividends. whst surer
what better method 10 retrieve the err
ror. than 10 do rs Boston has done
and to draw around vs. "a network o.
railroads, by which our cities will b,
the centres vt business for the busy
beehiyes OF industry, the manufactu
ring villages within circle OF hun