Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-27


Cleveland to Erie is really most delightful
The scenery along the road is not of tie rugged
and grand description, but presents to the eye
Of the traveller numbcrless fine farms, and sew
sral pleasant and picturesque villages with an
outward seeming Of quiet homeliness and COM
fort which the passer by would fain stop and
enjoy Nesting among the trees on either side
Of the railroad are many beautiful farmhouses;
some Of them even elegant in their exterior
surrounded by lands in high cultivation; and
although the earlier crops are harvested and
mostly garncred, scores OF fields of ripening com
gladden. the sight and heart by their large
promise of an abundant yield.
Erie is the largest town between Cleveland
and BufiIlo, and the enterprise and energy Of
its inhabitants are evident in their numerous
fine public buildings and private residences, in
the large amount of their shipping and trade,
and indeed il all that constitutes the character
istics of a go-ahead and active people. Their
| trade in lumber and coal is extensiye-nearly
equal in amount to that done in any city upon
the Lake The Erie K Pittsburgh R. R, be-
/ ginning at Erie, follows the Lake shore to Gi-
rlrd eighteen miles west of the city, and thence
DIVORCES south to the Ohio river. About forty
miles from Erie lie the immense and inexhsust-
ible coal beds Of Mercer county, Pennsylvania,
through which this road runs, and which will
/ give an additional impetus to the already exten-
sive coal trade Of the city, and add materially to
its wealth and prosperity in other respects.
This road. to the vicinity Of these coal fields,
viii be completed about January next. The
Sunbury d Erie Railroad, eighty miles of which
are now under contract and it is hoped will be
rapidly completed, will connect Erie with Phil
adelPhia, and passes through the finest mineral
region in the Union. When completed, it will
make Erie the lake outlet Of an immense CON-
merce, IN which Cleveland and indeed all the
lake cities viii be sharers. The Erie City Rail
road, another enterprise of which the Erie PeO-
Pile are confident Of success, will connect that
city with the New York d Erie r R. by broad
guage track This viii make Erie the lake port
for the through traffic between New York and
the Great West via the n Y d Erie r R
Then there is the Erie Extension Canal which
connects Erie with Pittsburgh and the Ohio
River.
The natural location of the city Of Erie is fine
The prospect from the observatory of Browns
Hotel IMem.-Stop at BRowN's HOTEL wher
YOU visit EIiel is really splendid. A little Il
the Dorth of cast lies the blue Lake and tht
mouth of the magnificent Bay which serves a
fine harboT; while north of the city lies th'
Bay itself, formed by peninsula which stretch
es perhaps five or six miles into he Lake, ans
. which is Joined to the main land by a marrow
neck that, from the observatory, greatly resem
bles a handsomely constructed floating bridge
This Bay is about one and half miles wide
and is doubtless the best harbOr in the Lake
Westward the eye rests upon the retired Por
= ton Of the city; almost hidden from view by
luxuriant growth OF trees and shrubbery- Tn
residences in this part of Erie are tasteful an
elegant, Chat Of Gen. Reed is model and cost
2 it is said, eighty thousand dOlars,) and the gar
: dens attached to them in many instances, THO
with rare shrubs and flowers. To the sOut
and eastward stretches a vast extent of mos
beautiful country, 6otted over with pleasan
looking farmhouses and elumps of forests.
il partakes somewhat of the characteristics G
d prairie land, though undulating and broken OC
, casiOnally by gently rising hills. 1t bears tn
: evidences, too, in many places of high stat
d Of cultivation The city itself is scattered
some extent, and many of its best buildings ar
70 at considerable distances from each other. tn
u Custom House and Post Office building is bull
- of white marble, with immense futed marbl
y columns in front, and is an imposing iOokin
. edifee. Tie Court House is an immense build
ing, in much the same style Of architecture !
the Custom House, in imitation Of white maj
+ bic. and is a splendid structure. The ehurche
are all fine buildings; the Catholic Cathedri
prominently 80.
s. There is a large amount Of manufaeturin
done in Erie; prominent among which are el
. tensive iron works.
s We must not forget to say that the Er
: DAILY BHlleiia, new enterprise there, (anJ
Perilous one in any city even of larger growth
n bids fair to become a permanent institution.
- - is a neatly and tastefully gotten up sheet;
edited with decided ability, and ought to becon
= a fixed success At all events, 1t has our be
m m wishes for its onward and upward career
ed There are many other things in and abO
nv Erie to which we should like to refer, bat tin
and space both forbid.