Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-09-22
Correspondence of The Evening star

roads Build Up Clevelaud-Ab0It
Fruit near Washington and In Oi,is.
Correspondence of The Evening Star
CLEVELAND, O., Sept. II, 1870
Editor Of SiaT. This Is the mort beautiful city
that have ever seen. 1t ssituated on the bank
of Lake Erie, high up spd dry; has a sandy,
gravelly soil, and is handsomely laid out with
wide streets. Its business places are substan-
tally built and neatly fitted up, whilst its resi-
dences have been constructed with a view to
comfort, convenience and confines. The
better and more sumptuous class OF them
have spacious surroundings, which are
adorned in accordance with highest taste
with shrubs and shade trees, fruits And
flowers. Even the smallest houses have been
built with an eye to make home pleas
ant There are no long, crowded rows of
evenings, put each house, great Or small, elc-
CANT or OF simple style stands by itseit. and the
latter, tCo, has little yerd In front, with a
garden in The rear, or, in other words hak a
surrounding Some OF the streets have been
parked on either side, and % much attention
he's been paid to setting shade trees on all OF the
streets that the city is demo minated "The Forest
City" All the principal streets are paved: the
hrsf ones were paved with stone, but the latter
ones have the NicOis0n, which, Tor the GOOD of
the horse ard the carriage. TO doubt is the hest
nade. L understand that some of the stone
pavements here are to be taken up and the
NicOson put down Ina their places
Inc enterprise OF the people OF this city is one
or the noticeable facts pertaining to IT, Tn the
sait, r. ranesyiiie, beautiful town - miles
east oil mere, had the advantage in population
and natural facilities; but Cleveland energy and
enterprise secured for itself one terminus OF the
OHIO canal, which touches the Ohio river at
PORTSMOUTH. and II soon Outstripped its then
lndoent neIghbor. From the very dav when
the towbOat entered Cleveland down TO tbe
present IFS people have no. been Indifferent TO
ruDilc improvements, nor to the manu- tacturino
interests. A s sc IN as the railroad spirit beoa6
to rise in this country Cleveland WAS awake to
ITS ht neffs, and TO all of the earlier roads CEN
se,hg mere the city In its corr crate capacity,
peneve, subscribed TO the capital stock of each
rold Thus, by the united influence and capital
OF the city and its citizens, there have been
nult-hrst, the Cleveland, Columbus and Cir
cinnati railroad; and then, in the order tbat |
name them, If remember correctly. followed
these roads The Cleveland, PainesyiIle aud
Ashtabula, the Cleveland and Toledo, the
hopiDg, and On same track Atlantic and
Gre-.t Western, and now, 1 believe, there
h.-a ano,9er tn IN process OF completion from
railroads radiating every way into the counlry ',
manufactures rive sprung up ia most narysl-
1.s Q Tann.-, and to-day Cleveland has come TO
TIE Union. Here taat most exseengt Ion owrs ara IN
from Lake Superior meet the coal from the
interior OF the State for practical results Cleye-
ana makes pig-iron. tox-ron, sheet iron, rail-
road iron, nai's, nu's, screws, tcols. Iocomo
tlves, engines % every Kind, steam boilers. and
mach,neiy OF ev ~ sort, glass. agricultural
10.
per, and copper in every other tor m; she manu-
fac,urCs wood work aud wares of every men
tonable form and variety; has large manufac.
In short, Cleveland hes assured to herself in
these public, private and corporate enterprises
healtn.a al and constant growth and permanent
prSsper.y, ana IN these respects is pattern for
but what garden and farm products have
seen on the markets here, i'm the line OF yegeta-
bles, have never seen any better. IhaYe seen
IN ina
grown on the exceedingly rich bottoms of the
Mississippi river, or on the best praires OF Hi.
nois, ont never any fairer or Of finer qualtv
Along this lake-shore are ridges of warm. easi-
iy- cultivated, yellow sand, which a little man
ure gladdeHs as readily as any soil that ever
saw, and they produce excellent fruits and vepe-
tsDd d ,, ana besTeen these ridges are iat, elm
iands winch make the very best pasture, mea-
dow, and corn lands in the State; so that this
locality has soils adapted to the production of
any any iIuit, vegetable, and grain grown in this
a peach-crop there has been along this lake
shore th'e season and think the fruit Is better
naNoreo than It Is i'm your vicinity, but not so
sIre, one season with another. observe that
the In ect preys somewhat upon the fruit here.
but not so badly as in your vicinity. The
Hales Early decayed almost entirely this
season win you, as it does generally, but here
lt was very excellent and profitable crop:
showing that fatality exists in the climate,
or IN some insect, that must DISCOURAGE its
propagation IN your region. see that
new peach called the Lawrence" bes been
brought out, which ripens q week earlier,
1t ,s said, than the Hales' Early, has an
excellent quality, and is not disposed to rot.
This peach may be the one FOR your locality.
Ihe "Richmond' is another new peach, which
come' In season the same time that the "Early
CRAWFORD does and the Country Gentleman states
that II is better peach than the Crawford. It
would be well to keep this new conner In mind
ihis market ts well supplied with grapes of
excellent growth, Notwithstanding the rot so
much spoken of. have seen the Hartford Pro-
inc, delaware, Concord, Isabella, and few of
pound to 10 cents, with the growers.
Apples are very abundant, and winter fruit
Will be low this Fall Fall apples have been
very plenty and very fair A better apple could
hveof them in your city.
There has been moderate fall OF water all the
season, and the meadows and psstares ere fresh
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