Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-02

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Paw ament-sunday IN st. Louis-Re-
mcNal of the Capital.
iEoitorlal Correspondence Of the StarI
1T Louis, sept. 2s.-For he las, fortnieh.
We nave been travelling amongst localities
every one of which claims TO stand s.jjrectIy
in the way to India That is the case with
Council Bluffs. All other cities, towns, VII
lagss, and settlements are either to the right o.
ne left OF the great route 10 India che is exactly
on the line. 80 of Omaha. Council Bluffs is OF
the track. out in the sua. owers, ON the wrong
side of the river; OBscig is on the lias OF th..
lndIa-go trade. Up n piece in Nebrasxa
GsOrge Francis Trains one-house CITY of Co
lumbus puts ia the claim, not only that lis
single tenement is located on the exact geo
graphical center Of the country, emitting her to
De the National Capital, but also that sh. =.
planted precisely 81 the point 10 make her the
gateway of the commerce Of the world ..Si
Joe ooh-POoh's Omana and the other candi-
dates up rIyeT; Sc. J,s IS the halfway hous-
between New Ork and san Francisco, and on
The direct line TO India rig Atchison. Fort
hearney, and the ~. u. X. X" Leavenwor;h
and Kansas City also put IN their claims in n
mild way. 81. Louis cOmplacentIy listens TO
the wTaBgIiBg Of the little places. and has an
abiding cODscIOusress that manifest destiny
points 10 CITY of sbout her shape and position
10 distribute the trade OF the world
The Rival cities OF the West.
Standing before good map OF the United
states with all the great natural lines OF travel
ana traiilc indicated, 81. LouIs certainly seems
70 occupy the position emitting her to be the
empire city of the West, if not the central clty
q the continent Chicago, her great rival
seems much too tar north. Will the tremau.
oous energy and activity of Chicago enable her
10 divert trade out of its great natural channels
IN her direction. or will naturaI advantages OF
position cause st Louis to triumph in the emf
a. IN the case of hunkerish New York over
sctiVe Boston! Voc Chicago has il all her own
way cuts on TIE Montana trade from St Louis
ch tIe one side, and the Kansas trade on the
Oiher; throws out three lines of railroad ID
Omaha and the "U. T. Il r. co,ps,ti,n
"hIle s. Louis is only beginning to talk about
constructing one in The same directions: ami la
snort runs around St Louis like 4 roIern clip
lef around Dutch ga,iOt. But Will not ne
slow and sure PACE of =. LOUIS win in the eudl
S1e VIII nave railroads IN all direc ions soon-r
or ia'"r; not cnly rada,ing lines bu: sra,-
HrLk lines that she will get by right OF pos
non. II ten ye1rs s. Louis oHJt, TO hIv.. /
HIIiiOh OF lhnaoifdnt~. and to have placed H.-.
self beyond M reach Of SUCCESSFUL rir..
VIII his BE- the case. or Will she BE- Nj
Suilsr-iZing over '.Wna; mi ght have besutF
chicago has grown 10 $4,000 inhabitants in
thirty years. 1T. Ions has been one huncr-d
and hye years reaching 3Iu,OJU; buti itnus,
&c I.nembered Ihat -. Louis has made mo,,
Of Ter growth within The last thirty years. In
IS ST Louis had bat 500 iunabi,ants
"hat st. Louis has to Build Upon.
What wonderful system OF water comun-
n--tnCn s. Louis commands, She has tn
Mississippi LaNigable 20 miles above and I34-
miles below! Twenty miles above the city tn
Missouri JOINS tn Mississippi, navigabl- 500
mIles above s. Louis, Two hundred mila.
below -. Louis the OhiO comes in, afTordipy
navigation - Pittsbur,. leo miles. Aud thsra
are l1.Ct0 miles Of nayIga5le tributaries 10 n
NIssi=siDpi and Missouri
On hs land side ~. Louis is backed M for n
Sreat .atuTe nv such mineral resources as tn.
world never saw before ia the same space.
Missouri has "a e. square miles OF coal bsds
nearly half the StaLe. In the way OF iron sh-
has such samples a 3 ,sC.,uyO tons in a sing ie
lump al Iron Mountain, and six miles dist4n
Is Pilot Knob, nearly as large. she has G,y,1
square mIlss Of lead, fifteen eounues OF cop
pr, and large deposits Of zinc.
Some o: the iron and lead is 50 ru-e that II
can be worked into hOIse-shoes and bullets di.
ret from tce Gre. And these immense resour-
Css are IN The immediate vicinity Of the won
oeFiuily fsvCTec ciry OF ~. Louis. Within one
hULdTtd miles Of that city are u oe found iron
lead, gold, zinc, copper, Tin. silver, platina
nickel emery, cobalt, coal, limestone, granite,
pipe-clay, fire-clsy. marble, metallic
paints "Hd salt. Missouri has eigh; millions o;
acres CT sOIl TiCh enough 10 raise heInp:Gye mil
bOL> q the best grape growing soil in the
TCrlt. IAe finest grapes We have tas Ted IN the
IVES; are taOse OF Missouri. She has twenty
millions of acres OF good farming land, well
~ateTed and wooded. s.. Louis ought ID
prosper She must, even II <he does not stir a
IL ger 10 help herself
Growth OF ST Louis.
Sue IS growing steadily. This year 1900
buildings were erected IN her borders. This
oJse not ofsett ChicagO's 500, III numbers at
least, but they are a better style ef buildings
than he frames that make up a considerable
portion Of ChicaSo's big showing; and ST.
Louis is on the whole much better built city
tAan Chicago,
Not up TO the Marx.
Bu: II. Louis shows no W here IL progress auy
Of those magnificent works OF improvement
that astonish the visitor at Chicago St
Louis has water works, but the water drought
from the river above the city is nothing but
liquid mud. II struck as a huge practical
Joke when II was presented 20 Us for washing
purposes al our hotel. Chicago would not rest
an hour with such water; she would either find
means 10 flier It or would seek some other
supply. Neither would Chicago content her
sell Tor day with the primitive mode OF load.
ing oI unloading freight practised on the 81.
LCuis -iyeT front To-day We watched the
process Of unloading lumber from a steamboat
q the "Leyee" II was carried mn the s,eep
stOne-paVed bank, board at a tine and two
men were req uired to each board Tha process
was constantly Interrupted too, by the zig-zag
movements Of mule-;eams working M the
same steep hillside. All along the bank the
same process was repeated, laborers CARVING
freight crossed IN their path by teams, and the
tsams turn getting blocked and entangied
Trough refractory or inefficient animals refus.
EG 20 pull their loads up the bank over the
rough stones used for pawn &. In Chicago this
fl.Ight would have been carried by boat ex-
aSty where wanted. and transferred almoS,
without ;he agency Of human labor.
The Nicholson Pavement.
but 81 Louis has inaugurated at least one
hrst-ciass Improvement. She surpasses Chicago
IN The the extent Of her wood payements. and
here a ia Chicago, me superiority of this pave
ment over all others is shown by the fact that
vehicles Of every description seek the streets
which II Is laid The improved appearance
given 20 street by the Nicholson pavement Is