Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-20
FORT WAYNE.

snlpS, ana, as / nope, better under
standing of the heretofore cOntending
and rival sections Of our Union. Be
! fore arriving at
FORT WAYNE,
we were joined by a deputation o.
leading citizens, the genial and courtly
Mayor Randall at the head; a depu-
tatiOn whose ardOr ia our behalf not
even a drenching rain could dampen.
At the Fort Wayne depot we were
met by a large cOnc0urse of citi-
zets s Of every degree who welcomed
US with warmth of feeling and a gen.
eTOus hospitality that could not be eX-
celled by any people. There were
private carriages for the whole party,
numbering over two hundred persons,
and the doors of as many private resi-
dences were opened to receive and
give sumptuOus shelter to US. Ny
lines were cast in a most pleasant place
as l enjoyed rest at the elegant resi-
dence of Mr.. Bass, nephew of John
M. Bass, Esq, of Nashville) who is
| the proprietor OF one of the largest rail-
! road Car-Wheel manufactures in the
| United States, and one of The most
liberal of employers. This is a trait
/ that is shared by most of those who
| are preeminent as manufacturers in
| the Northwest. Realizing the value
and dignity of labor, gentlemen at
| the head Of large establishments are
sharing with the best Of their employ
/ ees the advantages and profits of their
| immense establishments by turning
/ them into stock concerns and issu-
/ ing shares. But to come back.
| We were shown through Fort Wayne
and saw all its streets, its suburbs, its
/ factories and workshops, the
site of the old fort whence
old mad Anthony Wayne, Of revo-
! lUtiOnary fame, used to chastise the
! POttOWOttamies. Fort Wayne, in
1860, had a population of 10000, and
now in 1871 IS said to have d, 600; for
whose benefit two daily and three
weekly papers are published, and
with profit to their conductors. The
| shop of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago railway is the largest in
| the town. 1t gives employment to
| 1900 men, and pays out 100000 per
month for material and labor. Then
| comes the Toledo, Wabash and West
| ern railroad shop, employing 400 men
and paying out over 1900, 900 every
| year in wages. Next to these comes
the great car wheel factory of Mr.. J.
Il. Bass, giving employment to
300 men, and eXpending for la
| Dor and material fully $4,000 per
month. Then the carriage wood work
and buggy-Wheel factory Of Olds q
Son, giving employment to more
than 200 men, the products Of whose
labor finds a market in Europe as well
North and South America. Then
there are WOOlen mills, planning mills,
and stave and heading mills, a trunk
factory, and many other industries,
the total Of whose earnings is i'm
mense, and whose profits are the least
part Of the amount which remains to
increase the capital and wealth OF
this manufacturing center, now
reached by three trunk lines, with
two important feeders in course
Of construction. The suburbs
Of Fort Wayne are most invit-
ing, and the general charac-
ter of the residences indicate taste
and culture. A noticeable feature here,
as elsewhere that / travelled on this
trip through the northwest, was the
number Of cOmmOdiOus and beauti-
ful school buildings which in UneX-
pected and eligible locations arose
high above all Others, attesting the
universal dissemination OF education.
A fact worth recording in this con-
neCtiOn, is that these common schools
are patrOniZed by the rich as well as
poor, and that generally they are re-
garded as beyond the average of pri-
vate schools for facilities, strictness
and thorOughness. Out Of Fort
Wayne we went, on Wednesday
morning, by special train on the Fort
Wayne, Jackson and Saginaw rail-
road, leaving the beehive of northern
Indiana about 9 o'clock, on our way
20
JACKSON, MICHIGAN,
where we arrived early in the after
noon. In this pretty little city we
were met in the same spirit as that
manifested by the Fort Wayne peO-
pie, and entertained in the same gem
er0us way. The hOspitalities eX-
tended to us were as bOuDteOus as
the large hearts and industrious hands
that have erected and that manage so
many wonderful industries and
sources Of wealth. In private carriages
drawn by such horses as only
Kentucky can match, we were driven
through the Well-paved and wide
streets, the elegant and unsurpassed
suburbs and the beautiful Genet cry.
A public dinner was the closing part
of a programme that was full of good
things. At this there were many in
terchanges of good fellowship and
~ a
complete union between all sections of
our common country were very gener- /
ally expressed. 1t was q very hearty
affair, this dinner, and reminded me
very much Of similar reunions in the
South, where people are 50 impulsive
and Open-heGrted. Already famous
for its coal mines, its eXhaUstless beds
OF fire clay and fire sand, Jackson bids |
fair to rival many Of its sister cities in |
manufacturing enterprises. 1t is the |
railroad center Of Michigan, having |
no less than nine railroads extending |
in as many different directions, north |
and south. It's population is estimated /
at 1900, to satisfy the children Of |
which there are FIVE of the best ap. /
pointed and most elegantly construct /
ed sChOOl-hOuses to be found In the /
United States. The people are 1
thrifty, industrious and far
reaching, and animated by
q desire to subserYe a common
interest foster and encourage every
feasible enterprise no matter who or
how many may be enriched by it
the question being with them, not |
''WhO is to gain by thls?'' but, "Is
there any benefit to accrue TO the
from it?' If so, they |
give money and any other help It
may need. What q lessiOn is there !
here for the people OF Memphis-what
a lesson in all that / saw of mauufac-
turing and mechanical enterprises,
which in every case increase the
value of the raw material they |
work up more than one third, to that |
7xtent, adding to the permanent
wealth CT the communities so
as to enjoy them. The
Of Michigan, located |
It Jackson, L found to be conducted
n a way and on a scale worthy of
limitation by the authorities Of our
State. 1t is more than selfsuppOrt-
ng, at the same time that the cOnVicts
ire being educated in and employed at
lseful eallings. The staple prOduc-
ions Of the labor Of the six hundred
nen confined for various periods are
grlcultural implements, furniture Of
n kinds, buggy and cart wheels.
from Jackson to
SAGINAW,
N the Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw
was our next trip, made
~ special train in four hours /
md half. Here, at the OBJ
objective point of our trip we
we're confronted with the most active
population and perhaps the most (