Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-10-07
OUR TRAVELLING coREEsPoNDENE


CLEVELAND, ONO.
Editors Journal The beauties of this
city have been written 10y Bayard Taylor,
who after wandering over the whole world,
came to the conclusion that Euclid Avenue
in Cleveland, Ohio, z. s. A., was the most
splendid street in existence. How can q
less practiced hand attempt to write of it.
Look at the map of the United States, or
better, if you have large map of the
Northern States, place your finger about
midway between the east and west ends of
Lake Erie, on the site OF Cleveland. The
south shore is almost a straight line for
fifty miles each way from the entrance,
aud the entrance itself is but little cree
not wider than Market street, Wilmington.
The Steamers and other vessels crowd up
1T fer about two miles on tho left o. east
branch, and mile or more on the west
branch. No vessels lie In the Lake, and
there is 10 pier along the shore. The
breakers roll on smooth sandy beach, as
they do On the banks at Wrightsville, and
there is almost always the long, heaving,
restless, swell of the sea. Attimes, however,
glassiness. The Lake is over 200 miles
long, 90 wide and averages about $50 feet
In depth, being the shallowest of the great
American chain of lakes. But we COM
menced to speak of the river When
Southron says "Cherokee," or ''Tusca-
loosa, "Chattahooche, or "Pee Dee +"
there is sweet liquidity about the sound,
which is musical, but when you ask q
Clevelander, the name of his river. COM
n0SIOp his harhnnr hn ranIioo
AH'-and you are surprised when you find
him spelling it Cuyahoga, for according to
our pronunciation 1t would sound sWeetly
on the ear, but the harsh gntterals of the
Northern Indians are followed here. The
Cuyahoga then is the harbour Of CIeve-
land, city into which vessels of oil con
ceivable sizes and shapes crowd, from the
decked canal barge to the largest barges
and passenger steamers. Turning round
is the difficulty, and it is overcome in this
way: where the two branches of the stream
unite it is nearly one hundred yards wide.
80 steamer coming in will run half her
length up one branch, lay her side against
the point, make fast, back water and waip
round; going the rest of her route stern
foremost.
This city is said to contain over 100, 900
inhabitants, and is extending its limits
daily. Tho situation is elevated, the
streets have been laid out wide
and straight, public squares have
been provided, trees and greensward
planted, spaces left in front of residences,
and it really appears that taste and an eye
to summer comforts must have prevailed
with tho "city fathers" when the city was
made city. No moro delightful place
can be found Oh the lakes than Cleveland.
The Hotels are large and airy, not exorbi-
tant In prices, and all about are polite and
accommodating. We are at the "Weddell
House," which is trying the experiment of
first class hotel being carried on at two
and a half dollars per day, and whereas at
four dollars former party failed, with an
average custom of fifty persons; now the
proprIctors are getting rich with al aver
age custom of hundreds, running up to
nearly five hundred some days. Herein
is wisdom, true mercantile wisdom, so
seldom found in hotel keepers. From the
down Superior street is one of animated
business activity and gay pleasure. The
census reveals the fact that three thousand
four hundred and ffty-fve pleasure CARR
ages are kept in Cleveland. Grand turn
outs, some of them are not excelled by the
drive" of Central Park, New York
From this place our route lies North
west diagonally across the Lake and
up the Detroit river to the city
"a OAO u0 mSGuOu OI UIHV6l
is by line of fine passenger steamers, fit
to put to sea in any. weather. AS is the
policy of the railroads in these days-and
which suits the convenience of travellers
there is large union passenger depot I'M
der the hill at the edge of the lake. Your
idea (the prevailing one) here is ROOM
Looking up Superior street from the We'd
dell House, you see, few blocks off, a
monument erected to the memory of Com
modore Perry. It stands in the centre of
the public square, where the principal
streets cross it, and is composed of marble,
with double lifesize statue of Perry on
the top. It has the usual naval emblems,
and no doubt the likeness is very correct;
but the idea which strikes the uninitiated
is that the artist took some huge Western
raftsman as q model, and seized the mo-
mont when he was in the act of throwing a
grapevine ashore to make fast his drifting
raft, as the suspicious one for his pose. Be-
sides we are not apt to see a Commodore
of the United States navy on the quarter
deck with huge pair of fisherman's boots
Oh.
Altogether Cleveland is pleasant, and
will repay visit. We leave tonight, and
SO bid you adieu by subscribing ourselves
forever ''IN TRANSIT"
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