Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-03-15
Toledo as a Port of Entry.


The Toledo Port Of Entry Bill, recently intro
ducsd by the Hen. E. d. Pgck, which was
promptly passed by tho House, and rs promptly
issed by the Senate, las now become law, and
henceforIh our enterprising and prosperous
neighbors will enjoy all the legislative CONNER
cial Advantages possessed by cities on the At
lsp.le sea board. We congratulate Toledo on
the advantages which this measure secures TO ii
and also the Hon. E. d. PgoE for the prompt
and business-like manuor in which he has put
the bill through Congress. Such action is in
pleasing contrast with the slow and tardy pro.
coss, indeed we may say in pleasing Contrast
with the indifference which seems heretofore to
have characterized legislative action In matters
pertaining to tho local interests of this District.
In the past ,the citiI.ns of Toledo, like those Of
Chicago, have encountered difficulties which to
less resoluie or less enterprsing communities
would have proved insurmcuutable. To will
however, with them has been to do, and thus one
difficulty after another has disappeared. In
the improvement of their location, hills
have been levslled with the plain, and marshy
bottoms elevated to the level Of dry land; streets
hive been uniformly graded, sewers generally
constructed, and thus all parts of the city, by an
extraordinary outlay Of capital and of labor has
been made very healthy, pleasant and attractive,
and now to complete such expensive clnsses of
improvements and To furnish the rapidly In
crsasing population with an abundant supply of
| pure and health-giving water, they are about to
establish waterworks on the Holly principle al
an estimated cost Of about $500 GOO. In this
manner are the leading citizens anticipating
that wider range Of commercial prosperity &
which their present business transactions arc
merely intro -uetorr.
! Nor should we omit 10 state, that while
TIE public and private improvements thus
made have been very costly, the wealth in
vested in them has been mainly acquired by the
citizens themselves. In their lsgitimNie pursuits
, e business, thus showing a very large acquiSi-
ton OF productive wealth. As an illustration
OF the process by which that wealth has been nc
quiad 1t may be stated that within the period OF
eleven years there has been an Increase Of $780,
900 900 in the imPnTts Of Toledo the exports
during that game period show an advance Of
100000 900, while the population, has increased
- N~'''' N"N" iNoN''S1 kt"hN 10 hhN.
indicate only Tue commence ment of an era Of
future prosperity which will exhibit a growth
in population, in manufacturing and commercial
enterprise and in productive wealth, which may
probably surpass the expectations of the most
hopeful aud place Toledo among the leading
commercial cities ofthis nation. In the attain
nent of that result the vast net work of railroads
which ceniralize in her and radiate from her will
render more than an ordinary assistance, while
her connection with the Lake and Ocean nayi-
CATION, which is now made m,re valuable by the
rights conferred as Port Of Entry, will form an
important auxiliary to her future prosperity.
the Importance Of which can scarcely BE- es.ima-
ted,
With her record Of past prosperity, combined
with unsurpassed facilities for the receipt and
distribution Of articles Of commerce, associated
as these advantages are with region Of country
tributary to her commerce, surprising 10 extent
aud fertility thato England, we confidently an
hcipae for Toledo a very wide range Of pfps-
Perity, the influence Of which we may hope 10
feel IN these up-riyer towns.