The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-10-23
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| Ch'cssc lead. the prscsyioa, having passed. nasslc
the ps~ssa, year Cleveland aNA tssrsN Ass 10 sn,ts~
pass ,A,.s, and ss aas second 10 GAssss' Il ,Sds.a
she bcees,es sVt saecv-aisi rival et that siy In tue
lons sass fos .sPrsm.s, -is.t, MsAs1's ssssass
CINCINNATI ean aHorllto lock on with pleas.
um at tho rapid growth VI her sister ci.ics on
tho LAKES. 1hc iacwsr ol Cincinnati, In
1856, viii b. quito eluAl TO onc-fiilh tho maxni,
ta.lc VI the largest city on the LAkm. Never
In her whole history has her physioal and com.
incrcial prosperity been greater than Il is now,
She can therefore not only alYori 10 look with
pleasure on tho growth ot her sister cities, but
sbs can sco tu that growth scarsSa VI future
profit Soon direct linss Of railroad will con.
nevt IN with Chicago, Detroit anil 1olcio, ~
they now 10 with Sanlasky. Cleveland and
Buffalo. We say diroct, kccapse Wv already
have very good communications with thcm.
'lhee connections have slrcady a,llol greatly
10 the commerce. vi the city. snd when they
becomo mole divct. and when (Aa under thu
now grants VI govcrnAleut land must b. the
easel We shall have direct line Of railroad
through Lcntrai MicSixaa to- Rhdkfi,.w. t0
Green hay, and through 10 tho Copper Minas,
10 81 Paul aud tho lar North West, w shall
bring the basin Of the lakes within our grasp;
and ~ at certain scasuna the Southern markets
arr tho only available ones In tho WMi, we
ahall compete with New York for tho trnle Of
that region, Nay, morc, wbon las will slso
shortly he tho casc,) by means VI railroads,
Charleston aud Pensacola will be outports VI
Cincinnati, here will b. the central point Of
commerce tor the trade Of the whole interior.
| All connections from the lakes TO the Gulf win
bo here radiant and concentrating. llenco W.
say, We turn TO the growth OF the lake cities
without jealousy, aud contemplate without
alarm the growth of that portion ofcur country.
Mr.. J. W, Scott. who wrote the article ior
Hunts Haga:inf, Ia entirely right Ia one prop
estion. which the writer Of this has maintained
for thirty years, that In the interior ~ the
country its grcnteat cities must arise. This
accoris with historical and commercial expert
encc. The largest will ari.e In the valleys oi
such mighty streams ~ the Missouri, Ohio, and
Mississippi modified, Of course. by the climate.
mHlth an,l Institutions OF the locality.
Tho lake basin is the nest largest oontinu.
Gus area, and will therefore have the largest
secondary cities. The growth oi the towna ~
tho lake correspond very vol with this gcueral
principle. Thirty years ago buffalo WINS all
the rage speculation was rife. and buffalo WA
to b. one of the largest places on the cont.
nent. II did grow for twenty years with great
rapidty, and then iell into slower but morc
healthy progress. Then came Cleveland, and
its growth In thu last fifteen years bus been
very great In the westward course ~ thsm,
lake towns. Toledo which should have bcn
the next 10 receive the impulse. was. Tor special
local difficulties (pow removei,) passed by, and
Tor iiyo or ak years Chicago has bern the city.
for Western advcnturcrS In town lots, und Tor
the as, ten years it, growth has byen more
rapid than sther oi ia lake ssters. although
well known M M oarly French port, II could
not grow until the country around II grew. In
1884 the first warehouse lots were sold IL
Chicago. AMI Il now has popalstion II s0y
900 This ia certainly u surprising move
nent.
let us now view tbe growth Of the Lake cit
ies,--taksn togsthsr. 10 thsir progress and their
comparison with tho cities Of the river. We
give table for tho paAt hfrep years