The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-17
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L CINcINNATl Sept "A. 1870 !
Editors Journal:
-. "The melaneholy days hays Gomez
u. The saddest of the year; ''s--As = -
And have brought with them the usual
amonat kcfl Stir and hustle 70 be
looked for at their. cpmmencement
The faahionabses 4retarn- from the
watering places and Summed resorts
laden with the whole seasons gossip,
Ito retail to their less fortunate friends
Business men return to their stores
and Offices With removed energy
70 pore over their books and
accounts ard accumulate the need
ful Clergymen tcturn to their
/ flock, to moraIize On the Wickedness
Ithey have seen, and warn them against
1 the results Of devotion to the votarles
/ Of fashion. The theaters re-open With
l new " stars new companies and new
| appointments. In fact, everything
l and everybody seems re-animated by
the bracing air, and the wonted hur-
i rging to and fro, as If life depended
o. our not losing a moment. The
actiVity.so peculiar to the American
people increases With the changing
/ weather, and everybody Is ready to
commence another season of gliety.
"Thus runs the world away"
/ The resume of my duties after return
ing from my visit to Evansville, was not
characterized by any renewed energy,
az 10 wont on such occasions, owing
perhaps 10 the state of the weather
at that time, but more probably to my
| inability to Danish from my mind the
/ 81 ahsanf fecoiiections of my visit. /
/ can nov understand why it is that Of
/ the number Of old citizens of Evans
vile, who have left there aud estab-
/ Iished themselves in other cities, few
have been able 30 resist its fasci-
nations, and have sooner or later
returned. In all parts of the
land tho fame of Evansville has
gone abroad, and she is everywhere
accorded a name for enterprise and
liberality. Liberal to fault; wit
ness Water Works contract.) 1t is
with feelings of pride that we note the
march of improvement going on there
steadily but not slowly, and In a few
short years, with her five railroads,
Water Works Ia successful operation,
graded and powdered streets, street
cars, Opera House, q fine hotel, and
al other appliances of a first class
city, Evansville will be prepared to
reap the benefits which are the nat
ural results of these improvements,
and despite the croakers the citizens
will be able TO pay their taxes and
the city to pay its debts. Next to the
love Of ones native land comes
the love of the land of our adoption,
and after my mention Of home should
come some news from my present res
idence. Since my first arrival in Gin
cInnati, (February, 1885, there has
been a constant feeling of depression
In bushes circles and all over the land,
which has operated against all inter-
iests. A general cry of ahard times "
has greeted every travelling agent
who has had the unpleasant task of
making collections, and 10 where has
there been !" fushneSs" in money
matters. This has, of course, had
a tendency to check all improvements
and leave everything at an "old fogy'
stand still. and fears have been enter
tanned that the Queen City" of the
west would lose IT'S prestige and the
right TO its title, and thatthe eminent
" american City in Cook County,
Illinois, would attract all the capital
and energy Of the western country.
aud outstrip all others In greatness.
But glance at what has been done
here since that time in the way of
improvements (without comparison
with rivals will show that despite
the hard times and depression in bust
ness, Cincinnati still las some claims
TO the title of Queen City. The
mammoth Suspension Bridge across
the Ohio, the largest span Ia tho
world has been completed since
that time. aud now stands an
honor to the city, and a credit to its
builder. Another large bridge be-
tween Cincinnati and Newport, is in
process of erection, and when finish
ed, will serve to form complete rail-
road connection between this city and
the South. The large hospital at the
corner of Central Avenue and Thfr4
teenth Streets, has been erected with
in that time. and is the finest build
ing for that purpose. aud most COM
plete in its. arrangements, of any in
the country. C The new WESLEYAN
Female Seminary has been compile
ted but a short time, and deserves
the extensive patronage IL re-
ceives from the Methodist Church
people of the West. The extensive
worhhouse lately erected near Cum
a. lnsyliie, az great expense to the
city, to which bad people 20, is said
to be the most complete IN its man
agement and arrangements of any sim
1fa@ Ser kr44rx ~ Afesf n.~~
he IN lcholson pavement has been
laid in many parts Of the city, q new
and beautiful park has been laid out
aud beaatlied, and public spirit has
been feature of the ruling city Off
Gals. Beside these public impr0E-s
ments there has been block after block
of stone fronts erected in the business
part Of the city, all following the pop
ular Inclination, Westward thestar
Of empire takes its way. and no end
Of new residences, dwellings and neat
little cottages. As further evidence
Of ITS growth, i've years ago there was
but one daily accommodation train. on
the Little Miami Railroad. and that
consisted Of q baggage car and one
passenger car, beside the locomotive.
NOW there five daily aceommoda.
tlon trains averaging four cars to a
sEaln. vi these there are two
arriving Ia the morning and two
ieaYlng IN the evening, one of sew
sn cars ana the other of three. that
are lot the special accommodation of
business men OF the city who live at
different stations on the road. and
they are full every trip. This inorease
IS noticeable on other roads Ieadinr
into the city. but not SO marked raT7
haps, as on the Il. NJ. R. r.. All ~
willtend to lessen Cincinnati n. fbe |
eyes OF those who are not posted |
when the census return is made, but