Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-13
Nine Years IN Ashtabula,
Editor IRlegrqph ;

retrospective view of matters pertaining to
the village from his standpoint, may not be
out Of place in your paper. The prominent
idea that comes up us we look back to what
Ashtabua was nine years ago, is that there
has been steady and constant grQwtA during
all these years Looking a. Main Street, We
find that five new brick blocks have been add
ed to the business portion af tue street, viz.
Moore's, Smiths, Ashtabua House, Haskells
and Tyler's, aad further along, the Phoenix
Foundry; many wGnden buildings have also
been added, making the business part of the
town AT least twice as extensive as il was nine
years ago. The growth ip new dwellings and
repairs and enlaFyemsnts to old buildings, has
kept pace with the business growth, or the
new brick houses put up which add to the at.
tractiyehess and beauty of the place. M " be
mentioned Neltlctons, Z. II. Williams, E.
Halls J. a. Prentices Geo. Russelrs, IL. II,
Halls and NJ. G Dicks; while of wooden
buildings, we can say that they are too numci,
o Is 10 mention-some twenty on Centre stree t.
seventeen on Prospect, ten on Fisk and an ag-
gregatc of nearly one hundred, not counting
any at the Depot.
The enlargemens and improvements have
been quite as extensive, and have added quite
as much to the beauty and value of the place,
Thiuk OF the Editorial mansion of nine years
ago, as compared with the neat, tasty and
substantial dwelling of to day. So also of l.,
S. Shermans, H. Fassetts, A. F. IIubbard's,
p II. Watson's, A. c. Iubbard's, l.. d. Gates
@ c. Culley's, and scores Of others.
n1un n for nj bou
been prospered and has steadily increased
The manufacture of Tanning Mills, by L. NJ
Crosby, has increased from about or 5000
dollars yeaF to an average of 900 a year
for the past three years. The business of mak=
ing bent buggy shafts has increased still more,
MIR. Hlchcock's having more thun quadrupled
while Mr. snydcr's has grown up entirely in
that period So also of the business in 6entbug-
gy seqts, carried on by E. r. Williams and P,
F. Johnson. So also the Sash, Blind and Door
trade, and lhat in Cheesc Boxes Hide Tam
| ming and Foundry business have also steadily
progressed. The FIGURING business carried on
by Fisk, Siliman & Co. is at least three times as
extensive, giving employment TO some IA men
ut the present time, Only ORe manufacturing
| interest has closed, and that the Bent Fslloe
| business, through unjust and oxorbilant
charges for freight, All this progress has been
made while many th9qsands Of dollars owned
by our citizens has been tied up in Govern
ment and Railroad Bonds and vessel property
Now that two new railroads are nearly com
pleted and ready 10 pour the wealth of coal
and iron into our place, may we not hope
that the present interests will be sustained and
enlarged, and that new interests will spring
up, chilling in the unemployed capital Of oul
| Owp, apd the Citizens of other places
During the past nine years, no severe cpl
demic has visited u.s. The only one en,illct
to the name Of epidemic occurred in the fal
of 1865, when Dysentery and Typhoid Fevel
prevailed and carried off some - or 20 of the
inhabitants of the borough in about i9ul
months.
No extensive fires haye occurred, only few
dwelling houses having been destroyed, bu
no business houses, The Fire Department ha.
been considerably enlarged and rendered a'
efficient as possible by the addition of on,
new engine and several new, tanks,
No business failures of importance haze oc
Cured during aii these nine years, ane many
of the firms and business men continue almos
as they were. Among these are al the mem
bers of the Legal Fraternity with some slgh
change Of partnerships two of the Physicians
-Drs Hubbard and harrington, In trad
are Messrs. II. G. Tombes, Willard, Haskell
A, ii. Tyler, L. Tyler, Collins, Wells, Faulk
uer, Geo. Hubbard, Gilkey, ii Ii. Hall, Nut
tall, Ducro, Morrison, Fisk, Silliman&Co. Rob
| ortann Dirk Dickinsan a Mann only nnn q lpr
gyman remains-Mr Bonnar Many new AM
va liable additions have been made 10 busnes
circles, and a few have removed, while two o
three have gone to their long home.
Among the old settlers gAo haye been gath
cred in during the last nine years, may b
recorded Stephen Hall, L. Harmon, Co
Hubbard, Dea. William Hubbard and wife
William Jones and wife, II. Cheney and Par
son Hall
No startling crimes haye been committed
and scarcely single conimittal to the Peni
tentiary has been made of any resident of thi
borough. Regular preaching, with scarcel
an in,ermission, has been kept up In all of th
five orthodox churches, and no Sabbath ha
passed without the solemn tones of churc
bells 10 cali tAe citizens TO worship.
The population has increased about 33 pc
cent, or from about 1900 TO about 81 or 29O(
The enumeration OF children of suitable az
to attend common SCHOOLS has increased Il
about the same ratio. Or from 450 to 0S(
The wealth and business of the place hav
probably increased in as great II not create
ratio,
Let Us hope that the next nine years will b
marked with stili more rapid strides in wealt
and prosperity, and that the treasures of COT
and ir9R Ahat wiz be opened 70 us by our lie,
ltailr9ads will be forced to contribute TO ou
growth and business importance; that fai
ures, confagrations. CRIME and sickness ma
{ be still more rare, cad that the Bext nine year
may find Ashtabula rich and thriving city
the pride and beauty Of North eastern Ohio
Il.
A passenger train was wrecked pear Am
herst last Monday The train was Fnnning !
a high speed when the accident-!caused b
some one leaving hsnd.caI Oh the track ot
CURED. The engine was thrown down stee
embankment, followed by the mail car. on
baggage ear and two passenger cars. The er
siae sas completely stripped and lay upsid
Sowh heap OF ruins. BH strange 10 say, o
one was killed. The engineer and 6rema