The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-11
LETTER FRoM MIssoURI.
BY an Old Citizen Of Wheeling.
correspondence Of tho InteIligencer.

Correspondence Of tho InteIllgsncer.
LAGRANGE, LEWIS Co., Mo-, J
November 90, 1871,
Thinking perhaps . few lines from this
section Of Uncle SANS domain might be
Of interest to some Of your readers, / take
this opportunity and privilege OF address.
ing your paper, LaGTange Is beautiful
little city OF about 1000 Inhabitants, situa.
ted on the Mississippi river about ten
miles above Quincy, Illinois. 1t contains
many general grocery stores, dry goods
stores, wagon makers, cabinet makers.
smith shops, tobacco factories, &c, u large
Touring mill, a printing office, two teie.
graph Offices, an express office, twelve
churches, one college, and the finest com.
mon school cdilce in Northeast Missouri.
The southern portion OF the city Is settled
by an active German population who sup.
port schools and churches in their own
language. There being railroad bridge
spanning the river at Quincy, tho MissIs.
sippi Valley & Western railway connects
us with that city, and will soon also place
us in daily communication with the rail.
roads centering at KGokuk, Iowa. The
citizens of L9Grange, believing it ad.
visNble that there should DO a united
effort on their part with view
OF promoting the interests Of their city,
and Of encouraging the building OF first.
class manufactures, addressed a note to
!, R,iAdams, OF Chicago, Ills, practical
iron manufacturer, which he answered in
person, and made contract with the city
council for tho building Of o rail rolling
mill, which contract was submitted to
vote OF the citizens on the fourth day of
October, 1871, and by them adopted by
2i6 In favor, and only 4 against. The
contract specifies, among other things,
that Adams Il Co, are to build in the city
OF La Grange, Lewis Co., Missouri, q rail
rolling mill OF the following dimensions
The main building or Rail Mill, to be 295
feet or more in length by 90 feet or more
in width, and 70 feet or more in height
from the foundation wall to wall plate.
The second building or Puddle Mill, to be
200 feet or moro In length by 70 feet or
more in width, and 20 feet or more In
height. The foundation walls arc TO DO of
stone, the walls above, Of brick, and the
roof to be covered with slate or tin. The
mills are to be capable OF making 25 900
tons Of railroad iron per annum, and the
general character Of the machinery to be
heavier than that Of any other mills lex.
cGpt Carond0lcD west of Pittsburgh, Pa.
The mills are to he completed within a
year from tho date OF election, and to DO
maintained for 90 years. The company
are to organize in their articles of as.
ISOLATION with capital of not less
than 100000. The city donates ten
acres Of suitable land, and $200,0O0 in LIN
Grange City bonds, payable In thirty
years, bearing interest at eight per cent
per annum, interest payable sGmi.an.
nuRlly. A good sCriptural foundation for
The mills was found In the northern part
1l the city, and work was commenced on
The 9th Of October last. The foundation |
walls are now nearly completed. The
river and the NJ. v. & w. |
'allway are Immediately In front of the |
Mills, A good farming country stretches
back from the river, which Is not As yet |
very thickly settled, About five miles |
northwest FROM La Grange lies the farm
u Mr.. Jos. s. Armstrong, late OF Wheel.
ng, and one and one.llali miles farther
west Is the farm of Capt. Wash. Dick.
,rson, also Of Wheeling, more recently Of
Parkersburg, West Virginia. There are
,ther farms here which can DO just as
occupied by Wheeling men as
~ anybody else and II any Of your
'eadCrs think of emigrating they shORld |
ook around here before purchasing else.
where Those wishing TO live In the city
ire offered cheap, healthy and pleasant
ZONES, cheap fuel, cheap food, u large
dividend on capital, and Gn equal portion
II her onward growth and prosperity.
Yours, truly, g. A. A.