Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-02-10
Norrtspouoeute.
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENTS.

CPIcAao, Jam 20, 1869. The events of tho
| New Year In Chicago, are the commence
| lment OF q new monthly magazine, THE
WESTERN MONTHLY" devoted to literature
biography and the interests OF the w Test. ana
the opening OF the Washington street innhei
under the Chicago River.
| The want OF such magazine as ins
WEsrEaN MONTHLY aspires to- become, has
| long been felt IN the West. In business ell'
efgy, In newspaper enterprize and abillty, III
railroads, commerce and agriculture, anu lh
all the channels OF natural prosperity, We
outrank the East, while oul schOOle iuc az
least equal to those-ot the older Stated, And
there ID no good Teason why wo should not
have a magazine literature to corrospondWlth
our development in other respects. We have
cultivated talent enough Of high character,
literary and scientific, If organized ana
acting IN concert, TO sustain magazine
which shall truly represent western character
and western interests, and correspond 70 the
bounty OF Nature IN its gifts OF magnificent
rivers, Ocean-lnkee, and wide reaching pfal,
ries II ia the purpose OF the conductors OF
this monthly, by q liberal policy to secure
the best productions Of our ableal Writers
and thinkers. II has already enlisted tho
hearty BympatlIy of the fret scholars OF the
West Including many OF the leading minds
OF our universities, colleges aud public
schools, az well as some of our best writer's
Of fiction 1t will disCusss public measures
FREQ from national and not from par
tiBan stand point. and seek to promote a
catholic and tolerant spirit, anda generous
rivalry in good deeds, while pandering to no
prejudice and apoogi2ing for NO organized
lniluity 1t viii encourage real progress, by
upholding whatever is true and of good re-
poet among mon,
THE WEST RN MONTHLY
Ia edited and published by Reed Tuttle, at
\ -. l. a
in advance. Each number contains siXty-fOur
pages of reading matter, and will have steel
engraved portrait and biography OF some
representative Western man The Jannaly
number was issued with tho haste and inn
perfect preparation incident to q fret under
taking, aud the publishers confess that 1t
does not represent their ideal, nor come up
10 the standard they expect to maintain in
the future, But II certainly is a creditable
number, end gives promise of fresh and
vigorous life As all accepted contributions
are to be libcra'ly paid for, and rejected ones
returned, ii desired, make suggestion or
two for the benefit Of those who may write
for its columns-which will apply also TO
writer's for daily newspapers. BE SURE you
have something to write worth reading, be-
fore you write, and put your thoughtsin the
most readable style. Re-iC,'ite, ifnecespGIJtO
completeness and perfection Of st>lo ana
treatment, and mover seLU al
imperfect manuscript to the sUtLIs,
with the expectation that they will cuIle-l
and fit it for publication All such comInuh-
ications will, or should, gointo tho waste ba !.
ket. The buiiness OF an editor ID to write hs
own thoughts, and decide upon the merits Of
hers productions, and their fitneSs for pub
hcation In his magazine OF paper, but not to
supply contributors with thoughts, or teach
them rhetoric. II iOung writer's would heed
these Hints, they would save themselves
much useless labor and modification. II 10
not always good angel, or at least a SCise
one, that many young men and women hear
saying unto them write" An experienced
editor can tell at a glance what sort Of angels
dictates their contributors articles.
To return from thi depression, let me add
that | know the publishers, their aims
and expectations. They have trongtrtends
to back them, and wide and unocupied field
for their labors. They have industry enter
prize, courage, enthusiasm and experience OK
editors, They have begun TO go through
with their undertaking, and II western men
will sustain western literature, by their sub
crptions, We shall soon have magazine
| of which the West may well feel proud.
THE TUNNEL.
The project Of tunnel has been agitated
for some years, the growing needs OF travel
requiring some more certain method 0I
crossing the river than the bridges, which
are open large part of the time to meet the
demands of navigation. From the advance
sheets Of the February number of the West
ern Monthly | CLEAN tho following facts con-
cerning it: The contract was first lot, Aug,
9th, 1866, for 1911 900, and the contractors
altar spending $4,000 in labor and ma
terals, abandoned the work May 18th, 1867,
and tho contract was declared forfeited. The
work was again let. July 25th 1867, to J k
Lake, and Charles b. Falwel Of tho firm Of
John V, Farwell 4 Co.. for $328, 500, and has
been pushed forward with Igor and peril
nacity that oyercamo all obstacles, and on
the hTst day Of the new year, II was open to
the inspection OF the public. The tunnel in
cludes Two passage ways-one for foot pas
sengers, 8l0 feet long, ten feet wide, and
eight feet high, the entrances to which are
by o stairway Of eighteen steps, enclosed
by stone entrance houses and passage
way for teams, 1908 feet long, part 1f
the way 291 feet wide, and ISL feet high, and
the rest OF the way l9a feet wide, except un-
der the river, where tho passage way is di-
yided into two arched ways, each IL feet
vide and l3 feet high. The road for teams
ID nearly 81 rods long, CO 2.5 rods of which
are arch-covered, and the remainder open
and walled, theiwalls being rs feet high and
Q feet thick at the base where they Join the
covered passage way, and gradually dimin-
ishing in hight and thickness till the road
bed rises To the level OF the streets. The
roadway Ia laid with the Nicholson pavement,
and the foot passenger way with plank and
both are well lighted and ventilated. There
we're three and half milliOns OF brick, g.
800 cordsof stone, 10, 900 cubic yards OF bro.
ken stone and sand, 8 900 cubic Yards OF con-
crete aud 10000 barrels OF wator cement
used in constructing the tunnel There we're
III, 900 yards OF excavation, and 1t required
10000 days work, of 10 hours each, besido
Hg.,.
glnes, to complete 1t, and the whole cost has
exceeded $io0, 600.
Tho chief credit af the work Ia due to
Charles B, Farwell, Esq., OF tho large dry
goods house OF John v. Farwell& 4 Co., who
furnished the money, and who made per
sonal inspection Of the work daily for year
and hall, urging tho work forward with his
accustomed energy determined that there
should be no such thing as fail. It Id the
only roadway under river In tn. world and
in this respect, it Ia like Chicago, unique and
unrvall0d.
still continues dull though collections arc
made with more facility, and the prospects Of
revival OF business with the opening OF
spring are improving. There have been few
failures In Legitimate business, and the credit
Of the merchants generally Is unimpaired.
Money Ii becoming easier, and business men
feel more cheerful and hopeful than a M nth
ago,
ANEW THEATRE,
Frank f, hikon f9r q long tmo the suc-
cessful manager OF Woods Museum, has
opened tho new theatre on Dearborn street,
has trunafcrred hls company 10 tho new
house, aud begins thonew campaign With thc
best prospects, AZ well as the good wishes OF
the community.
MINIsTEns CONVENTION
We have had a convention Of ministers of
all tue orthodox denominations dIscussinK
plans for tho civilization Of the Chicago
heathen, and there Aa general waking up To
the importance OF using all tho approved in
strumentahties FIR gathering hinh,ra into tho
yisible kingdom in this auDua harvest sea
son OF souls | wish them oven miraculous
success in their benevolent enterprise.
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A distinguished Methodist minister and
prominent Temperance Lecturer once Ie-
marked that 90 whero ho would, from OF 0
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