Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-06-01
Warren Correspondence Of the gainesville
Taleqraphl
WARREN.

How natural Il seems to substitute the
pencil forthe pen, and a paragraph in the
Telegraph for a m 1t is seven
weeks since I said "good bye" to Your
readers, but 1 had no thought, then, that
so many days would pass before I could
find a few moments to devote to the bus
mess of " reporting progress" Newdu-
ties in a new place have demanded all
my time, my labor, my thought. So L
finally say to those new things, be still
for a moment, while I send greetings to
friends on the Lake Shore.
I am glad to learn from the columns of
the Telegraph that at length the citizens
of gainesville have taken hold of the
T. Y. & T. RAILROAD
As though they meant business. This
new phase of the subject sends a thrill of
hope away down to this valley and to no
place more directly than to this beautiful
city of Warren. Situated at h head of
the Mahoning Valley, and within n few
miles of the bestand richest coal fields in
the State, Warren possesses advantages
for a large manufacturing business sur
passed by no other village or city in Ohio.
The whole Mahoning River can be used
again and again within a short distance
to drive any amount of machinery that
may prefer water to steam as q motor
To some extenti it is already so used; but
it might easily move machinery enough
to build up a Lowell or a Lawrence.
IRON.
The making of iron and the preparation
of it for all manner of uses must soon as
sumo immense proportions in this city.
Mr.. Richards, said to be the best iron
mnlnr in thu Na1lau &c ran11Er Drehfn-
forward b building of large frst-class
Blast Furnace. he is also repairing and
enlarging the Rolling Mill adjoining the
new furnace. Here he proposes to make
large quantities Ct pig iron and then
manufacture it into merchantiron. These
works will be ready by early fall, and
will employ not far from three hundred
men. From this establishment we an
tcipate an addition of from eight hun
bred to a thousand to our population.
The hundreds of thousands of dollars
which this new Furnace and Rolling
Mill will scatter to the merchants of
Warren and the farmers of the vicinity,
must infuse new life and energy into ali
kinds of business; whilst it will I'M
doubtedly unlock and make more active
a large amoun of capital now partially
dormant.
But this Furnace and Rolling Mill are
~ LIZ ri al Vi I
them, too, will quickly follow. There
can be TO mistake about it, Warren is
destined in a short time, to become a
great iron center. Its furnaces will call
for hundreds of thousands of tons of the
iron ore of Superior, and that ore should
come by rail from Fairport. But when
those iron works are established and fully |
manned, what other kinds of manufac-
turing will be sure to followi What an
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suit What an addition to all forms of
merchandising
Has net all this a bearing ON the Rail-
road from Fairport to this placer War
rem Will need immense quantities of ore
which should come from Fairport. She
will need fve-fold her present amount of
merchandise, which will mostly come
from the East to gainesville, and there
be shipped to this point. When all this
carrying is added to that which will be
needed to supply the demands of sill the
now in operation at Niles, at
Girard, at Briar Hill, at Youngstown
and at Sharon, together with the unlimi-
ted coal fields that will seek TO deposit
their "black diamonds at the mouth OF
River, for the supply of Lake
cities and towns, from Erie 10 Chicago
and Duluth, who will question the i'm
p%Ortance of the road; OF who Will hest
to subscribe his bottom dollar, if
need be, to secure the building Of the p.
Y. d P. Road direct through. There is
ROlU too much business at this point TO
the thought for a moment Of
building the road east of this CITY. Yet
he immediate future is to so increase
his business as to render it necessary 10
he best interests Of the road that it be
quilt from ChardOn to Warren by the !
possible line.
Mr.. Editor, l nave not said half whatI
rant to about the Different kinds of man.
featuring, now pursued in this citv.
But 1 have said too much for your COL
INNS this week, so 1 will just turn the :
aucet and reserve the rest for a future
'ccaslon. Y. Z. d. !
May 24th, 1870. |