Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-04-08
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Manufactures and the Future Prospects
OF Warren

Manufactures aad the Future Prospects
or Warren
Two causes Arrays combine, whenever. and
wherever a large city is created. They usually
are both united together in the building up of a
town. one, or the other of them is indispensa-
Die to the existence Of a village. These are
Manufactures and Commerce. Now it is plain
. that as every canal, and railroad. that is CON-
pleted, affords additional facilities for travel aud
Transportation and shortens the distance between
the country and larger towns. that it adds in
creased inducements to jewellers in the country
10 take their trade to the points where the most
business is done, and tae largest assortment of
goods are kept for sale. 1t is equally plain
that small towns like Warren, when situated in
the vicinity Of such places as Cleveland and
Pittsburgh, cannot reasonably be expected to in
crease in any very rapid rate, 10y means Of their
increasing commerce. 1t is true that the guam
tity of goods sold in this place las constantly
u hif AID steadily increased, but it has only kept pace
with the population of the town and surround
ing country, and the increased means of the in
habitants. The population of the county is now
almost at a stand. The wild land is all taken
up, and the farms are as small as they are likely
TO be while land in the western states and terri
tories is as cheap as it is now. Besides. quite a
large portion Of trade in -four. grain. salt, &c,
which this place formerly had from AshtAbuls,
~ and Geauga counties. has been cut of by the
sra Lake Shore Rail Road, and the plank roads
leading 10 a. The cheese fcca these ~eoSatieS,
foraely shipped here 10y canal, also follows the
aex track. The grain of Aahvning and Co
lumbiana counties, much of which found a mar
kt here, now finds an outlt by the o. & p.
Rail Road.
~ There is therefore no reasonable prospects that
under the present circumstances, Warren can in
crease 10 q ratio to keep pace with the p~eighbor-
ing .,~as, by means Of its commerce alone. 1t
u time for the owners of real estate. for business
men whose prosperity is identified with that of
@ss the town. 10 look this matter in the face. There
sone way and one only. by which the growth
of the town in population and wealth may he
steadily Increased and sustained, and that is by
. Grating and fostering manufactures
We are informed that the Steel Mandatory
- at present located in Sharon. Pa, is about 10 be
removed to some point in the Mahoning Valley,
aud that its location is not yet permanently fixed
This estabisbent will give employment to
more than one hundred hands, bring in a popu-
lafion of four or five hundred persons. and dis
tribute in its neighborhood, from $4,000, TO
500, 900 per year. Why cannot this be secured
to Warren, by a little Eberality and courtesy on
the part of its citizens As a location its ad-
vantag-s are as great as any point in the Valley.
. We are Informed that the President of the Steel
Company was in town a few days since. and
expressed himself as Acknowledgements by the
fseihties which this town egss
We sincerely hope that those who are most in-
terested, and who possess the most influence.
will not pass this matter over with negleet.