Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-08-04

tiantiy being improved. A. presen, !, drives
tlK hcuflng mills, two saw mills, thFee paper
mills. two sash 80 DOR fae,cfiss, ono wooden
Factory, one ssv fsciory. ano ive machine
phOps, Among the most important msnuise-
turing establishments = that Of owens, Lane,
Dyer a Co.. Who nsnnfsctuts threshlue ma
chimes, portable steam engines, DC. and give
employment to one hundred and ffy hands.
Long. Black 8 Alsteller also manufacture reap.
ere and other agriculture machinery, and sever
al other estabIishmsnis give employment to
large number ofhpnds.
The next great public highway that brought
Hamilton into close communion with every
part Of the country, was the Gin. Ham a Day
ton Rail Road. which was completed in 1881.
This placed her within an hours ride Of Gin.
einnati, and since thea she has increased more
rapidly than ever In wealth and population.
II is quite convenient for merchants who do
business IN Cincinhati to live in Hamilton,
where good homes can be procured at trfing
expense. There are not more beautiful builds
ing spots than those the hill sides Of the first
ward, west Of the river, from which the hills Of
Mt. Pleasant, Princeton, Jones Station, aud
Trenton, and several miles Of the best agricul-
tural valley Of the west, may be seen. These
hill sides, called Mount Vernon, will all be GOV.
sled a, no distant day with the beautiful villas
Of those who desire healthy location.
The Junction railroad crosses the river at
this point over a bridge which conlers great
honor on its projectors. Itis, including lie eul.
verts and snbankments, two thousand aud six.
y-ive feet long, although the main bridge,
where Il crosses the Miami, is but seven huns
dred feet long. and is supported by four arches
Of one hundred and seventy feet each Ii is
covered with Moselys corrugated iron, aud is
Rfty feet above low water mark. The viaduot
at the west end is six hundred and sixty.five
feet long, crosses three streets at the tops Of the
hou ses, and has seventeen arches built Of Day.
ton stone. The grade from the Cincinnati
Hamilton d Dayton depot for four miles west
to the summit level, is sizty-fye feet to the
mile, The engineering of this magnificent su
perstrueture was done by John s. Earheart
Esq, and is credit to our Buckeye engineer.
The Junction road is now completed to Ok
ford, and will be opened to Connersville this
f,ll, IL is believed. twill next be extended tc
indianapolis. 10.
Another railroad Of great importance TO this
place, 10 that running TO Eaton, Richmond and
indianapolis. II is doing good business
These two roads, together with the Cincinnati
Hamilton 4 Dayton railroad, affords this plae,
excellent railroad faeiliti,s, Turppikes radiatt
in every direction, and the canal is Of great ad
vantage to shippers.
The intellectual and morals wants Of III,
/ community have received proper attention :
, Eleven Churches, Of large dimensions, and diff
/ ferent sects, are well attended and provided
with able ministers, Three school houses, or,
Of which was erected at an expense Of twenty
seven thousand dollars, afford room for th,
youth to be instructed, and few schools arr
equal to them.
The health Of this city, as We have befor
observed, is excellent and has been ever sine,
the canal, hydraulic and other improvement
have drained and dried up the ponds, lagoons
etc.. which formerly produced miasma; an,
{ there is no reason why Hamilton, with its waite
power, manufactures, canal, RAILROADS, turn
pixies and rich surrounding country. shoul,
, not in ten years more have population O
| thirty Thousand inhabitants.
A new free bridge is about 10 be erecte
across the Miami, short distance below tn
railroad bridge, which is much needed. Tn
old bridge, constructed about forty years age
is dark and dingy, with side walks poorly cal
: culated to accommodate the present vast travel
= ing population. 1t cost about twenty>fv
a thousand dollars, and its tolls have yielded it
stockholders a yearly revenue Of seven thous
and dollars. Several attempts have been mad
by the citizens of Hamilton to make this fire.
: bridge. but the stockholders derive too good
per cent on their investments to favor this pro
B ject. Another free bridge is much needed nortl
Of the city.