The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-01

lated t0sToledO. The swamp - nearly
all IN primeval forest, but rather good for
crosn us and h0Op;poles. AS you near
the Maumee river tho ground rises enough
to make q bluff at the bank, where you
strike tho upper part Of the river.
Toledo Is on the north side Of the river
elevated about thirty feet, and the ground
Is. almost dead level. 1t has some
twelve elevators Tor grain, and another OF
million bushels capacity is to be built
this season. The grain trade is the basis
ol It's business, and sincsthe era Of rail.
roads has acquired nearly 10000 inhAbl-
tants and become tho third city in the
State, with q future that may surpass
Cleveland.
Not having seen Toledo since the tsar
mot the war Of 1872, or the Black Hawk
war, or the Patriot war, or the war with
Mexico or the Rebellion, but the Buckeye
and Wolverine quasi war oi 1884, when
there were but a few cabins here. l hap.
pened thusly: Twas in Massillon, and bV.
logged to o military company commanded
by son of Crispin, yclOped Benz. Razer.
We were ordered 10 hold ourselves In
readiness by the Governor, and Benz. /, as
though he was anxious for job in boot
mending, kept US on drill perseveringly.
After a lew days of Il, wanting rest, we
got up an order from tho Attorney Gen.
erAl, sealed, stamped, SC, ordering him
to report forthwith at Toledo, and sen; II
through the postofllce. Benz. was terri.
bly, affected, nearly tainted, and was that
night attacked with what the doctor told
him was the cholera infd1tuHI, and which
he firmly believed. Fearing / might be
hurt under go bravea commander, Invent
as volunteer aid 10 the General. Our camp
was Perrysburg, eleven miles up the
river, then the largest place ol the two,
but now only the roosting place for To.
ledo merchants, as the trains arc well ar.
ranged for 1t, and Communication very low.
II the r, W. 6 K. Road, when done, viii!
do that for Wheeling, 1t will relieve your
city much.
Toledo has fine business houses and pleas.
ant residences, but no brick payements.
About onS-tOnth nj the walks ore fiat
stones, the balance plGnk-hOlding water
and Ice, Warping, heads Of spikes get up,
TO be death on boot.t6es, corns and some
times equilibrium.
They are about erecting stand.pips wa.
ter works, where they pump the water up
and let 1t como down through the city
without a reservoir, as they have no hill
on which 10 put one. Milton says that
His Satanic Majesty, before shat villain.
Gus saltpetre was taken from the bowels OF
the earth" used TO throw hills about In
battle. Pity he would not mako himself
useful by placing your reservoir up by
Woods Cemetery, and throw that hill
over 10 Toledo. II l mistake not he, N.Y.
self, or some one once proposed 10 put the
creek through JonRthan's intestlnes and
level the hill into the creek. II you had
done that twenty-five years ago, Bellaire
and Martins Ferry never would have
been heard Of. You will do 1t yet.
l arose early In tho morning after our
arrival ITO do Toledo. had not studied
geography for some year,, and supposed
Toledo to be very near the lake, as the
harbor Is good. The fst person ! saw was
one of the tin'pail brigade, which arc very
numerous here. l asked him which way
the lake was, and he replied "Otf there"
Said l, "How far Is it?" Fourteen
mites. IlOW lhE " luo uHJ OLA
miles" "How far 10 the harbor Z" 1.-TWO
miles" allow far TO the water, then 7"
80, that is Just down here" I'll bet that
fellow thought had never been examined
by the school committee on geography.
The river passes any class Of vessels above
the city.
| said that Toledo would be q large
city. The scOpa of Western trade from
her position at the west point Of Lake
Erie, commands nearly all the State Of
Indiana, and Illinois, and will necessarily
take some ol Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas,
as she Is one hundred miles nearer the
Eastern market, by water, than Chicago,
while . II Is bnt two hundred by rail.
What gives her the produce, Will Of
Of course give her the market for other
things to a great extent. This road CIV
ing her another eastern outlet, when the
lake Is closed, will, Of course aid greatly
in her progress. Now, If Mansfield ever
starts in the construction Of the road she
has surveyed to Wheeling, and Wheeling
backs her, you will have direct road 10
this important point, as well as the whole
Northwest, by the NJ. @. & L. n. road.
From Wheeling to Toledo 1875 miles.
From Pittsburgh to Toledo 256 miles
Yours truly, J.E. W.