Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-09-26

The papers here of course keep you well
posted in regard to all Of the most important
events that are transpiring 10 this great
metropolis of the West, but feel like wri-
ting you few lines which msy be of inter,
est to your readers
Many Of our streets are now 30 obstructed
by track layers and piles Of lumber, iron
and rubbish, that It is found almost impossi,
BILE to travel at our usual speed These
street railroads will prove to be Of vast i'm
portance to the city when completed all over
the principal thoroughfares, especially If
they should be extended to some of the
contiguous villages. One road, from Fourth
10 Ninth street, is already finished and
the cars are doing good business. When
the people get accustomed to them they will
wonder why they we're not introduced be-
fore. Ladies can wear the most expansive
skirts and step in and out of the cars with
perfect ease.
Tho exhibition of tho products of our ar
tisans at the Mechanics Institute, has been
attended by large number of visitors du-
ring the last few days There is fine dis
play Of cutlery, stoves, mills, steam engines,
shingle machines, refrigerators, &c., &c
Among the most useful and ingenious ma.
chimes is the Patent Cord Wood Chopper.
Three man, with one machine and boiler
will cut from 80 to 100 cords of wood per
day. The saving Of wood over that cut by
the axe is from % to 75 cents per cord
These machines are admirably adapted to
the wants of stove and sLinglo makers, and
can be run by portable engine of six
horse power. Another machine, Wells
Patent Cylinder Power Press, has arrested
the attention and obtained the appreciation
of all the printers who visit the Institute -
1t is very handsomely finished, works
smoothly and gives good impression, and
is acknowledged to be an improvement on
oil other power presses 1t certainly reflects
great credit upon the skill and ingenuity ol
Mr., Welle, which we hUpe will be substan-
TALLY rewarded.
Our wholesale dealers are now doing q
largo business. Pearl street is bockadet
with bales and boxes Of dry goods. Thi
trade is constantly increasing and Cincinna
ii has become the great wholesale market
from which the merchants in the west and
south west now obtain their supplies Good
can be bought here as low as at the East
and at a great saving of time and money
Currency is scarce, and is likely to be un
til there is a movement in pork and grain
The banks find it hazardous to keep much o
their paper aAoat, as dealers in coin anC
exchange return it to them whenever ex
change is at par. If bsnk now issues I
hundred thousand dollars in paper, fvt
hundred miles from home, il may all be re.
turned for redemption In thirty-six hours =
The facilities afforded by rail roads fo
sending paper money home is fast reducing
US to hard money currency. Expansion
and contractiohs of banks can no Longer
regulate the price Of our products Raj
roads are found to be the great regulators 0
our currency.
Our manufacturers are doing on extensive
business, but collections from abroad com,
} in slowly.
The river is low, and steamboat men com
plain of hard times.
Tearing down large houses and building
still larger, is now all the rage. Nor,
money has been expended in building thi
summer than at any previous season, an,
Fourth street is crowded daily with th
( fashion and beauty Of the city, The displa.
3 Of jewels dress &c, on this street, is nucl
moro magnificent than in Broadway, Ne'
York, thirty years ago. The mammout
buildings, Pixies Opera House, Carlislc's an
Sprague's fashionable Clothing Stores, can
not be excelled in America, and Cincinnati
. is becoming a mighty fast city. $.