Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-05-12
i,1, x0r4TNes BY THE. WAY.

,..-a,.1 b.,Srsl IN looking about the city
,s;.scv,s.,ii1,.1, beauties in and around her OF
which did not dream. and examining
sor,s Of her largest manufacturing interest,
- vb;ch. in connection with her CONNER
c;aT PURSUITS, she owes 50 much of her pres
emit prosperity, and on which prospective
Growth and wealth viii largely depend. To-
ledo covers an immense area for 8 city OF
her population almost as much territory
as New York. But there is not the least
prospect that it viii be very eompacty
built. People in the West are too fond OF
roonl--lsrge grounds for free elrcuialioh
oflfresh air from the country, and for the
plays and sports ofchildren N theseeiasloh
and safety of their own homes and grounds
One charming feature of this city, which /
is like Kalamazoo and some other towns
! is the amount of the primitive forest lelItl
1 aJlltbroueh the northern and western por-
1 tions of the city-the grand old oaks elIns
and maples.s left Just as they sPrang up
from the virgin soil deep rooted ana lai
reaching beneath -wide-spreading' oeautl-
fuI bleasure-yeilding aboye-they make y |
1 seem like a city in the midst Of a forest
what can add more to beautiful and Ell
soant residence than to see it embowered
among the grand old forest trees Scores
1 of thei finest dwellings in the city are thus
situated. and the effect is particularly tine.
Anything. butaa house standing, so to
speak, outdoor! not relieved BY any trees
designed either for utility OF ornament or
eomfeftl s
1 Tbe largest and finest business block in
the city, the Shall, BlOck'', was completed
last season.. Ii stands just south OF the
Boodv House. The prOpietress owns and
enioys also the most expensive and luxurl-
I, j ous residence in the city. Where is the
! ballot? Taxation without representation
Among other factories I visited the Mil
!; burn Wagon Works, in the western limits
! Of the city, on Monroe street, lying between
' the Cansda Southern and Detroit Branch
/ I Of the L. S. & M. S. Railways. The com
i many own here thirty-two acres, with l.
{ e9SIfeet fronting on Monroe street. The
81 company was first mganized and COM
S, menced business at Mishawakee, Ind, IN
1869. capital s10O, 900, increased to $500
o6 600. In 1873 they moved to Toledo, and
Of with paid up capital Of S6O9eOO, proks
II II ground for their present factory in July
er 1873. The works comprise two immenst
n. buildings, in the form of parallelograms
!. each being SOxs60 with an interval of 1O'
S, feet between, except at the front, where W
s, find the engine roon-so that there is al
rs, uInbrelren front Of 260 feet. The floor are
ur entire is SO, 084 feet, or 8 acres. There
q a Babcock automatic engine Of $50 hors
Y power, 4 boilers, each 1s feet long and
81 feet. diameter. The fiy-wheel is 16 feet i
diameter, S6 inches face and weighs !
p tons. There is a Knowles pump, for fr'
capable of throwing through 3 inch hos
g 7.OD gallons of water per minute. Beside
there are the pipes connected with the WI
i ter works so that there are facilities IL
"a flooding the building in case of fire. Thel
~ -sre s elevators. 5 for work and one for pr
" vate use; z 7planeTs, 5 sand-belts. One ms
fE turns so sets of azels per day ready for u
=, belts /. and thus all parts in like propoftio
'lie 'lle There is machinery for turning ont wa
tis. on every tAcsles psipates, complete for Us
ysi In the blacksmith shop are so forges;
my. the rear of this, the iron, room and tire-s'
isea ting de partment. The. third floor is
~, ~, wheel and gear making department, +
which from 5000 to 5000 are constant
On hand, seasoning. On this floor is
:, skeih-setting machine, by which ali
sn.s - made exactly alike and easy running, al
min I'm The two upper floors are for painting a
cor sttorage.aH The smoke stack, 1876 feet hie
.tOr- was seathed by lightning last january,
in GO feet were sent crashing through
~ roof, partly into the boiler and eng
y 4 rooms luckily, however, not doing q
; y material damage to either. The fluid pa
z-- ed down the insideuntil about 20 feet fr
g. the ground when it escaped aoutward
s tearing away one corner of the base.
- There are $50 men employed. Throu
5gs. sna 1.-the kindness of the Supt., was sho
tom through all the different departments q
mid / can assure you its is sight worth seei
,tl,I1s J, an 4 There are the hum and buzz and vi
Esge. Of machinery in all their varied form
nine. @ there are the active workmen mani
eses s,s9 Eating with trained eye and cautions 81
vent lea hand ithes intricate movements of e
hand hsSS plex and wonderful machines which
iFsdE qdickly4b bring forth from the crude, I
Shich material, things of abeauty and atil
sSs. sSs. there rings out in the blacksmith shop
he gan4il chorus so harinonionsefh its hi
'gged est significance, for it is the music of lal
sease sne the burden Of whose song the recita
eengs something accomplished, 3 )yFATto1 VI o.
afiHg sIt Toledo, April 48, 1876. -.
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