Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-07

against the reelection of Genera
Grant, that the masses of the Re
publican party were satisfied witt
Grants economical administration
and anxious for his reelection il
1872. If person is SO disposed
he can learn a great deal of infor
nation from all sections of the Un
ion in travelling on a railroad. Th'
weather being somewhat cool, fol
lowed by sunshine, we little anti
cipated any snow, but upon our ar
rival at the
'CITY" OF FOREST
We would see a slight fall, and as
we moved on westward the snow in.
creased in depth, and on Wednesday
morning we found good sleighing in
Chicago.
We noticed that there had been
many fires west of Fort Wayne since
our last trip over the road. Fol
miles could be seen whole forests
destroyed by the fire, the sod and
soil being burned as we'll as the
roots of the trees, thus causing
thousands upon thousands to fall to
the earth. Fences had been burnt
down and rebuilt for miles along the
line. Seven o'clock and twenty
minutes P. NJ. brought US to
CHICAGO,
And directing our course to the
SHERMAN House" of to-day, we
soon found ourselves comfortably
cared for by the gentlemanly pro-
prietors. This house Is one of the
best in the city, now, since the fire,
and is nicely fitted up, to be used
until a new building can be built on
the ground where the original Sher-
man House stood before the great
fire. 1t will probably be a year and
a half before this can be accomp-
lished-in the meantime the travel
ers will find the present Sherman
House a pleasant place to stop at.
Wednesday morning, after break
fast, we took a stroll through the
portion of the city that had been
destroyed by fire, and we were sur
prised at the
ENERGY AND ENTERPRISE
Displayed by the men of this city.
Hundreds of men can be seen still
engaged in hauling and cleaning up
rubbish, while as many more are
tearing down the parts of walls left
standing by the destroying flames,
and carefully laying to one side all
the brick to be used again in re
building nice business blocks. Here
and there could be seen still some
smouldering fires, while a great
many nice blocks are being rebuilt,
each structure having as many men
as can possibly be used to advan-
tage in building walls. Temporary
wooden buildings are in great
abundance all over the burnt dis
trlct. From present appearances,
and from information obtained, it is
the intention of the business men to
lose no time in rebuilding the city,
nicer and better even than it was be-
fore the fire in many respects. Over
25O good substantial buildings are
now being built and completed.
There is no excuse for a man to be
out of employment here, as there is
work for all to do. 1t is really
worth while to go around and see
men, who had but short time ago
grand storerooms, now doing bust
ness in a small one-story wooden
structure.
Before leaving the city on We'd
nesday evening, we called on A. M.
Smith, General Passenger Agent of
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific Railroad. The depot of this
company having been destroy
ed by the fire, the officers are at
present in such buildings as they
could get fixed up until the depot
and other buildings could be re-
built, and Mr.. Smith, who is a very
pleasant and courteous gentleman,
informed us that their buildings
would be replaced as soon as posi-
BILE. He also informed us that the
bridges at Rock Island and at Oma-
ha would be completed ere many
months, which, when done, will give
continuous line from the eastern
cities over the Pacific road, without
change of cars, which will be one
OF the grandest achievements in rail
roading on record. Without de.