Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-22
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A Knoxville Merchant i'm Cincinnati-Beer
Vaults-Railroad to Knoxville, &c.
Z NORTHERN OHIO, June. II.

of the trip may not be unlnterestlng 10
your readers. I spent. one day in Chatta-
nooga, which gave me an opportunity to
look about the place. An hour would have
been amply sufficient to see all the sights,
but from the schedule of the railroad trains
L was compelled to remain twenty-four.
The Roane Iron Company have their rail
mill now in successful operation, and 1t is
large affair, turning out about nifty IONS
of first-class railroad iron day ,and conse-
quently employs large number OF hands.
Knoxville ought to have had theseIworks,
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 of
| Chattanooga. AS gentleman remarked
| to me in the latter place, "Knoxville is a
| tip-top place to pass resolutions for public
| Improvements. The trouble is, they stod
with the making of the resolution" STAN
| toms hotel is nearly completed, and is a
| fine structure, finished off with all the
modern improvements. 1t reminds me
very much, however, of the appearance
| should think a fine opera house would
make I'm the middle of the great desert,
surrounded as it is with low uninviting,
and unpainted 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 ChattdnoOgidn,, and if
the village does not speedily rise to the
prominence of first-class reity,I 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.
My route lay through Eastern Kentucky,
and / 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
| is very noticeable. Bowling Green, for in
stance, has more than doubled in popula-
ton since the waf9 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. | was inform
ed by a citizen that the city and surround
ing country never was in so prosperous
condition as now.
CINCINNATI.
A 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. 1 was fortunate in having the COM
pany in this of Mr.. A. f. Goshom, of the
Anchor White Lead Works, who 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 i 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. i - \ II. e.
FACTS ABOUT, BEER.
The breweries of Cincinnati possessed
for me a peculiar charm, and L was
serry I had not the time to visit more.
As it was I could only do" two of them,
those of Kleiners and Windisch & Muhl-
hausef, 1t is perfectly astonishing the ex-
tent to which beer making has been car
ried in this country, and especially In Gin
teinnati. At the breweries referred to the
Neer is kept in large casks under ground
eoc - establishment having three cellars
% eao11 yer one being over forty feet beneath
tle i lo,. ae. They each have about seven
Tue tSnnJ sT of these casks, holding from one
nunud tnn,'snnd r. f, teen hundred gallons. You
on,, ell, coo the enormous amount of the
baroraoa IAN v.a constantly on hand. Besides be-
&c. Ient below ground, these casks are
tlnS7,t itnS snrrounded with ice, 20 that the at
| mdsnhere of these cellars never gets ABOVE
| 30o Fahr,t. These establishments sell from
90O 600 to 100000 kegs of beer each year,
and the trade is constantly increasing. In,
deed. the last named house, last year, co9iu
NO ill near all of its orders, ana is faplaly
| UOb NNhot SQQnS almost
eniaIS the hands employed al Lhese
lncredl6le, tS consume each day about
escaDnShmen. ~>r, and more healthy
thlrty Kegs OF be- u would be hard to
and hearty set of m, >sutlneats of these
find, The whole appC. : everything is
manufactures are splendid, :. which ne
kept perfectly clean and pure, va they
doubt accounts for the, reputatl, tlis
have for their beer. Before leaving
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. It is model of artistic beau
ty and elegance, and ranks second to none
in the country Mr. Pike superintendent
the work himself, and has had an eye to
all of its appointments. 1t certainly IS a
| credit to the Queen city. 8 ESQ, 5A
Cincinnati is still growing at the action
of Kentucky in regard to her Southern
Railroad, and is yet determined to make
connections with Knoxville and Chat
tanooga. There is some danger of the
friends of the measure dividing the question
as to route, or, account of the delay IN get
ting it through but that we shall soon
have the railroad thereis not i'll the minus
of Cincinnatians any serious douot.
trip through Ohio does not show any ma .as
terial change during the last four or flve
years, except that the farms are growing
larger, as the smaller holders sell out anu ),
move on West or South, and the lana Is
taken mp bywealthier. farmers, = e, e, -
1 am asked frequently as to the kukluA
troubles in the South, and am a little s sur
prised at the intimate relations East Zen. en-
nessee has TO the South generally, III m,,re .ne
minds of the Northern population. There
is very considerable feeling here in favor
of emigration to East Tennessee, and a.
soon as the people can come to understand