Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-04-11
Cleveland As It Is.

- @lAAAlAA "a
cd with the backward and downward ten
denotes, manifest in all the avenues of trade
and commerce. While there, We took a lcis-
urc hour to stroll over the city, and came
to the conclusion that about every third
building was dealing in the article ToLst."
We cOnverscd with many of the merchants.
in the dry-good, hardware, and clothing
trade, and found them generally complain
of 4 gradual but sure decline in business
especially was this the easel in the retail trade.
Building and improvement Of all kinds have
substantially ceased. Cleveland at present
is not a manufacturing city, and unless in
the future. she throws her capital and en-
ergy in that direction, she is damned be-
yond a financial redemption. Her Rail
Roads will not support her. To property
holders, they have proved a curse, rather
than Z blessing. Passengers cannot be COM
PEELED to quarantine in, or about the city
long enough to be bled very extensively
the connections between the different Il. Rs
east, west, north and south are 50 rapid,
that scarcely a mite is left behind, to salts
fly the hungering of that large class
who live upon the travelling public. The
truth is, that the majority of the upper
class as they love to style themsclvcs;-thc
wealthy portion of the citizens, live for
themselves, for their own brief selfish pleas
ures, exclusively, rather than give a share
of their time, their talents and their money,
to the advancing Of the highest good of their
fellow men, and the true interests Of their
beautiful city. 1t locks to outsiders as
though as soon as a citizen acquires a COM
Portable fifty or a hundred thousand, he
either retires from business entirely, or
throws the burden OF his business cares,
into less skillful hands. He and his family
soon commence q course of c~xtravagaRt liy-
ing apeing eastern fashions, getting up a
universal display and glitter, to Guido their
neighbors, get to living beyond their income,
and the result is, that very soon after they
have made a handsome competency, they
60 up like a rocket, sending a dcadening
chill through all the arteries Of commerce,
whitening the confidence of the public in
the commercial basis of the city, the hon
esty and integrity of her business men.
Especially is the general depression and
falling off in trade and travel felt by the
Hotels-with one exception VIC believe
they have been, and still are. on the
decline. One great cause Of this is because
they did not meet the wants of the public
of the mass that went there to trade, or do
business, or stopped there on their way to
larger citics;-they catered to the tastes
and wants of q few of the snobocracy in
stead of the yeomanry who supported them.
Their military parade No. l, military ev-
olutiOn No. ,, and posish a Ia militaire No.
3; their French dishes and big bills were
more suited to q city Of half a million, than
one Of forty thousand inhabitants. Tomcct
this want of the mass, has sprung into OK
istence a Hotel which VIC believe will meet
that want We speak of the American
House, opened with the beginning of the
year, by J. A. Ensign. 1t is certainly one
of the most homclike institutions that it
has been our lot to meet with in all our
wanderings. The kindness and courtesy
of all connected with the establishment
the relish of every dish placed before us,
and the moderate bills, all combine to make
it what it is fast becoming. the most popu-
lar Hotel in Cleveland. OF the clerk, Mr..
Graham, we need only say, that we were
astonished, to see a man of his talents, his
perfect gcntlemanly address, urbanity and
noble business qualifications, occupy 4 sub
ordinate position in any business.
OF the city generally, we must say, that
unless there is a combination among the
and wealthy men, very soon, to pro-
mote and encourage manufacturing, that
and progress is there ended:-that
Cleveland is fenced in.
OCCASIONAL