Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-06-28
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OHIO.
Knoxville Merchant in Cmcinnati-Beer
Iaults-RailrOad to Knoxville, &c.
NoRrIiERN ONO, June II.

NORIHERN OlllO, JUNE L.
NESsRs. EDIToRs: Since leaving your
town [ have made a journey of nearly
thousand miles, and some incidents, &c.,
of the trip may not be- uninteresting to
YOUR readers. | spent one day in Chatta-
nooga, which gave me, an opportunity TO
look about the place. An hour would nave
been amply sufficient to see all the sights,
but from the schedule of the railroad trains
| was compelled to remain twenty-four.
The Roane Iron Company have their rail
mill now in successful operation, and ii Is
a large affair turning out about hity tons
of first-class railroad iron day, and conse-
ouently employs a large number of hands.
Knoxville ought to have had these works,
and | can but think If the public spirit
had been shown which should have been,
they would now be adding to the growth
and prosperity of Knoxville instead
Chattanooga As a gentleman remarked
to me in the latter place, Knoxville is
tip-top place to pass resolutions for public
improvements. The trouble is, they stod
with the making of the resolution" STAN
tons hotel is nearly completed and is
fine structure, finished off with all the
modern improvements. IL reminds me
very much, however, of the appearance /
should think a fine opera house would
make in the middle of the great desert,
surrounded rs it is with low uninviting,
and implanted huts, located on either side
of long strips of mud which answers the
place of and believe are called streets.
There are some other buildings in process
of construction, which promise much in
the way of greatness. The people, one and
all are intensely ChdHdnOOQidn, and if
the village does not speedily rise to the
prominence of tirst-class city, | predict
in all sincerity that at least two-thirds will
die of broken hearts, and the other third
being mostly children in arms will change
the name to Ross Landing.
Myroute lay through Eastern Kentucky,
and I could but notice the evidences of
improvement along the whole round from
the Kentucky line to Louisville. Houses
have been repainted fences repaired, new
fields brought into cultivation, and the
general appearance of thrift and prosperity
i very noticeable. Bowling Green for in
stance, has more than doubled in popula-
ton since the war. They have utilized one
of the old forts, and now it answers the ex-
cellent purpose of reservoir for their wa
ter works. They have gas works and all
the conveniences of a city. I was inform
ed by citizen that the city and surround
ing country never was in so prosperous
condition as now.
CINCINNATI
4 pleasant nights ride on one of the
United States Mail Company's steamers
from Louisville brought me to Cincinnati
and | employed a day in looking over the
city. l was fortunate in having the COM
pany in this of Mr.. 4. +. Goshorn, of the
Anchor W llle lcuu W OTkS, VINO repre-
sents his ward in, and is President of the
City Council.
A stroll through the court house well re-
paid me. There were nine courts in session.
and was told they hold their sittings ev-
cry day, except Sundays, nine months out
of every twelve. The law library in the
building is an extensive affair, containing
upwards of six thousand volumes. 1t be-
longs to a stock company, and / noticed in
their rules that it was only for the use OF
Young lawyers, or those under three years
at the bar.
FACTS ABOUT BEER.
The breweries of Cincinnati possessed
for me a peculiar charm, and / was
serry | had not the time to visit more
AS it was | could only "do" two of them
those of Eleiners and Windisch * Null
hauser. 1t is perfectly astonishing the ex
tent to which beer making has been car
ried in this country, and especially in Gin
cinnati At the breweTies referred to the
beer is kept in large casks under ground
each establishment having three cellars
the lower one being over forty feet beneath
the surface They each have about seven
hundred of these casks, holding from one
thousand to fifteen hundred gallons. You
can easily sec the enormous amount o. the
beverage constantly on hand. Besides be
ing kept below ground, these casks are
kept surrounded with ice, so that the at.
mosphere of these cellars never gets above
3Oo Fahrt. These establishments sell from
300 900 to 300 900 kegs of beer each year,
and the trade is constantly increasing. In.
deed, the last named house, last year, could
not fill near all of its orders, and is rapidly
enlarging its facilities. What seems almost
incredible, the hands employed at these
establishments consume each day about
thirty kegs of beer, and a more healthy
and hearty set of men would be hard to
find. The whole appointments of these
manufactures are splendid; everything is
kent perfectly clean and pure, which nc
doubt accounts for the reputation they
have for their beer. Before leaving this
part of my letter / wish TO remark that !
tried a &? glass of the beer and liked it.
Pixies new opera house is about COM
pleted, and was TO have been opened on
this evening. Lis a model of artistic beau
tyand eleganceSand ranks second to none
in the country. Nh. Pike superintendent
the work himself, and has had an eye to
All of IFS appointments. IL certainly is a
credit To tie Queen city.
Cincinnati il still growing at the action
of[enucky in regard 10 her Southern
Railroad, and Is Vet determined 10 nDk G
connections with Knoxville and Chat
tanooga. There is some danger Of the
friends ofthe measure dividing thcquestion
a. 70 route, on account of the delay in get
ting il through but that we shall soon
have the railroad there's not i'm the minds
of Cincinnatian- any serious doubt 4
trip through Ohio does not show any ma
terial change during the last four or five
IL .