Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-30
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HARveY. flag and freight station, lis located
3G miles north Of Wilmington and six miles
south OF Goa ervie. Grain and milk are the
principal shipments, ani coal and phosphate add
to the freight.
LAUREL laos WoRKt This il one Of the most
impntAut manufacturing AID freight .tation on
the line OF this ruai Two large rolling mills be-
longing 10 Hugh L etle, the President Of the
rOAd, are IN full operation and give employment
tn a Large nuniber uf hands, One Of these mills
has bnt receatly been built, and is located iume-
dtatey upou tile Railroad willie the other iz
about three-q laIters of mile tn the West. Tho
blooms used here are shipped 10 Wilmington, and
fTUn thence to Laurel, On tie W Il Il X. II.
There is a telegraph station here, with j NJ
Dcnney for station agent and telegraph op -rator
MGRruNvlGLE Is a station embracing mum
Der of scattered houses, Il store aud a Hour aud
saw mill. 1t Is also the location Of Mortonyile
r. o.
MopFvILF, the frat station South from
GoateSv!lie aud two miles distant, is 30lI miles
siderable tnufetunDg Importance, and
thicKly populated community. There are four
paper manufactures here, one Of which is car
ried on by Jeksnp u Moore, proprietors OF the
ltoekland and vt, Augustine Mills, near Will
miDgton. The others are carried on by W & j.
| Mode, Waters IL Bee Brunar x Powell These
| Mills are not all located at the station on the
| Brandywine, but some of them are probably a
mile distant to the West, on a stream of water
which cmptles into the Brandyyine Recently
| Modena Z. U. has been established here, and
| McWillidmstoTn being located but short dis.
tance on the StrasbuTg road the mails for that
| place are thrown off at Modeville.
| CoATEsyILLE, deserves more than passing
| notice from railroad traveller propelled at a
rapid rate through the town by the power OF
| steam 30 here our journey for the day ends aud
| We seek place in Speakmans large hotel in
| which to pass away the gloomy hours of dark
| and rainy night. We have often tried to do up
| Coatesville on paper as it deserves but have IL
often failed. young prosperous, growing
| town of from 8. 900 to 900 population, and still
j spreading its majestlng arms out in all directions
and dOtting the valley and the hillside with hand
| some houses, we scarcely know how to keep pace
| with it's rapid growth, Here are stately man.
| siOns that would do honut to the millionaire
| stores that would honor tile busiest marts OF
trade churches that reflect credit upon the yari.
Gus Christian denominations public schuo
| buildings that reflect honor upon the cause OF
education City Hall towering far above uthei
large buildings, which, Gndsr lte shadow look
hlhpuptOn in dimensions. Here arc also rullinl
mills, the pride Of Coatesville, which give EN-
plOyment tu large proportion Of the popula
tlOn. The shoe manufacturing business, too. Il
about being introduced on largo scale Some
enteIprislng citizens have formed an association
| purchased 10 6.,rt bulidlug, and employed
| a shoe manufacturer " carry OH the establish
ment with not less than Gfty hands for tn
space OF teVen years, at the end gl ZhlCh time. i
,le manufacturer Las fulfilled his part CT th
contract, the buildings and lot are to revert /,
| the manufacturer ss his own property.
The Chester Valley Union, 30 long and abb,
edited by the genial kaufman, is the accepted
newspaper organ of this section. The UaiO
. indeed has become household word Near
every body takes it and reads it, and as grow
Coatesville 80 grows the Union in lmportanc
and popuritly.
: Amongst the large manufactures of Coates
vile may be mentioned the Foundry and Ma
chime shops of Caleb Ridgway; the Rolling Mill
OF stephen Worth also, of q. Il Pennock 4 Co
There are other rolling mills in the vicinity, q
which mention will be hereafter made as W
pass up the railroad north The W. Il r. Roa
here passes under the Pennsylvania Centrs
R4lroad The stupenduls iron bridge of that roa
winch Is one of the finest trIuHphg Of IDechanisI
IA the country, spans the Brandywipe here, o
stone piers over 81 feet In height.
CoatesVllle Is 81 miles nortu from Whining
d ton and nearly midway on tho railroad whic
: for the present has Its Northern terminus a
Blrdsboro.
The ofices Of the Company are located her,
and at nearly al hours Of the day may be see
A | the cheerful countenauces Of Alessrs ErmaI
) | trout, StOZ, and Others Who are always read
!, to drop cheerful wDId and make stranE .
l feel perfectly at home.
With these brief notes OF Coatesville the chic
L town on the road, we bid adien to its hospitab
Inhabitants and press on our journey n Jrth
waId.