Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-06-11

NVptC1 tiiC <ADtC1t-ttfe~ LttfttCO4 4 WtfS,
of the 2lst ult 1t contains much useful
Information, which ought to be generally
known through the country. The "exhib-
it," showing the means. liabilities, DC, OF
the Company, published in the same pa
per, would be interesting, no doubt, to
many of ourresaers, who own stock in the
road, but it is too long for our columns,
and we are compelled, therefore, TO forego
the pleasure it would afford us to give it a
place.
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail-
This road occupies remarkable position
on the railway map of the United States,
so much so that without violent figure of
speech we may call it the line which Joins
the fol- of the country. For, while Pitts
burgh stands unrivaled as a manufacturing
centre, Chicago is manifestly the centre Of
the greatest agriculture. When you fatt n
a circle into an ellipse, you give it two GEN.
tres orJo-i, both of which radiate to the
circumference, but the most important line
in the figure is that part of the radius of
either which is common to both. that is, the
line which joins tn, foci. The great ell
lipse of the northern States has its foci
nearly five hundred miles apart, and so
much do they differ from each other in their
natural resources. that they seem fittel to
make their fortunes BY trading with each
other. There is hardly anything worth
having. possible TO their latitude, which
will not be found in the highest perfection
in one or the other of them. Hence they
need only to be joined by direct railway
communications still more to enhance the
great advantages which have already made
each first in its line.
Pittsbargh dates back to the former cen
tury, though its fellow focus, Chicago,
hardly can, for its first holso begun in
1706, was not finishcl till 1891. But the
first year of the nineteenth century found
Pittsburgh village of hewel logs with
1865 inhabitants. Ii has steadily and rap
idly increased in population since that time,
and in wealth still more rapidly, especially
since the era of steam navigation. Count
tuS ITO fbLui 10 nHtCti tOttt Ill tltd vi dUOut
five miles square, its population is now es-
timatei at $3.50. 600, and for that figure it
does more hammering while the iron Is hot
and turns ont more handiwork of one sort
or another, perhaps, than any other hive of
industry in the world. Drones do not
like to breathe the air of Pittsburgh, and
give it wide berth. A recent enumera-
tion gives about 400 manufacturing estab-
lishments to the population above namel
They are:
| Forty Iron Foundries.
Eighteen Iron Rolling Mills.
Four Steel Rolling Mills,
Forty-two Glass Factories,
Sixtesn Steam Engine Factories,
Thre, Shovel and Axe Facto.ies,
Three White Lead Factories,
Two Gun Barrel Factories,
Eight Coach F,ctories,
Five Cotton !, Ills,
Six Paper Mills,
Six Oil Factories,
One Rife and one Pistol Factory,
Two Saddlery Hardware.
Two Domestic Hardware,
Twenty Brewclies,
Three Steam Flour Mills.
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The value of the coal, iron and manufac-
tured articles producei IN 1874 was estima-
ted IN Hunts Merchants Magazine at
So0.Ooo,o0O. The coal CONSUMED and cx-
ported per annum does not now fall short
OF f'co millions OF tons, and the abundance
is inexhaustible. The consumption of pig
iron, blooms, and scraps. in 1851, was es-
tInated to be:
In Steam Engin, Foundrics $3.50 tons.
All Other Founiries 1925 tons.
Rolling Mills 9S.S5O tons.
Total 127.375 tons
With abundance Of lumber Of the hest
description from the mountain regions
drained bv the great rivers which meet in
its centre to form the Ohio, and the best eli
mate in the world with very INVITING scene
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