The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-03


quite specially here Everything is con-
structed and shipped In bulk, ready to be put
up into house on arrival at Its destined poinL
Cottages costing from three hundred TO otwentv.
ave hundred dollaFs are thus built. and ara
becoming quite popular Stores, school. houses.
ard churches are built upon the same plan.
just now there is large demand for these
houses on the line OF tie Union Pacific Railroad
/ spoke In my last ofthe success OF Chicago Ia
forming n direct connection with each of the
branches of the Pacific Railroad This Is charao
terlsiio OF her business men. II there is rail-.
road project anywhere which promises to be OF
use to Chicago, they take hold and help IT, II
they cannot furnish capital themselves TO build
It, they get it from New York or Boston, An
Immense amount OF Bos on capital is invested
in some OF the railroad lines leading out o.
Chicago. The Michigan Central, the Chicago
Burlington, and Quincy. the Hannibal and ST
Joseph, the Kansas City and Cameron Rail.
roads, and the bridges over the Mississippi at
Quincy and over the Missouri at Kansas, are
works whose life-blOod of capital has mainly
come from Boston. New Englanders abound in
this city, as the half dozen or more of Con-
gregational churches, admirably sustained and
ministered 10 by able men, can testify. Tue
Yankee, with his native energy and shrewd-
ness, liberalized and enlarged by Western life
makes a model maD-just such men as in
In newspapers, are shaping and controlling the
destiny of this great city and of the mighty
country upon which 1t depends.
The press Of this city is prosperous and
powerful. There are few papers In this country
anywhere which are more ably and vigorously
conducted than the Chicago Tribune. II fre-
quently publishes more news than any of the
New York dailies, and its editors are at least
as able as many of theirs. II is the leading
journal of the city, Republican In politics, free
trade, slightly conservative just now, and
iavors Grant for President. Its managing editor
is Horace White, Esq, who has been connected
with the paper for more than ten years, and
wnom well remember for his able champion
ship of the Free State paper of Kansas in their
early struggles. ]. Medill Esq, is one of the
editors and stockholders, and for long time
attached to the paper. DR.. Ray, one of the
ablest writer's in the West, still contributes
spariDgy to its columns. Mr.. Shehan, late OF
the Chicaso Post, is also one of its contributors
Lieutenant-Gov Bross is still heavy
stockholder in the concern. He is at present
in Europe. .....
The Republican is the paper which Charles A..
Dana, formerly of the New York Tribune came
West to take charge of. His success here was
not as fiattering as might have been expected,
and he soon returned TO New York. The Re
publican has changed hands several times, and
at present seems to be successfully conducted.
The Evening Journal is one of the old papers.
1t has always been conservatively Republican.
and is in favor of a protective tariff. Charles
Wilson, ESQ.,, is its chief editor and proprietor.
AS a literary paper the Journal ranks high
much of its reputation in this respect being due
to the contributions OF that char ming writer, b.
f. Taylor, Esq.
The Times is the Democratic organ. 1t is ably
10 WI Tn a fQll M
1866 it came out openly in favor OF negro
suffrage, but the doctrine was too far in ad-
vance of the sentiment of the party, and the
Times has relapsed.
The Post is an evening paper, Republican in
politics. and well conducted.
The new religious weekly, gotten up by the
Congregationallsts who bolted from the Llde-
pendent when IL dropped its demon national
chara cter, called the AdUance, has reached its
twelfth number, and processes to have obtained
very generous support. 1t is conducted by
the Rev. DR.. Patton, but do not think it will
prove very formidable rival to the Indepen-
dent. which has patched up its quarrel with tho
Western Congregationalists, and got the most
of its old contributors from this quarter back
again. There are seme other minor journals
here, but none worthy of more extended notice.
There are several other topics of interest con
nected with this city which must defer to q
future comm unication. 1 may add to this that
bountiful rains last night and the night before
have broken the long drouth that has been
prevailing throughout this whole Western SEQ
tiOn of country. from Pittsburg TO the Missis-
sippi- The farmers will observe Thanksgiving
day now with lighter hearts. TD.T
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