Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-23

There is often a great advantage to
town, as well as to the individual noble
man, when the capital of a peer is in.
vested in some great commercial under.
taking, or takes the direction of improV.
ing and developing the town itself. The
Duke of Devonshire, the very model of
business man, has been doing greai
work in the two towns, where he Is
large landowner, of Buxton and East
bourne. Cardiff is typical instance
II was once an insignificant place,
whittier coal was brought down on the
backs of mules to the tiny wharf of a
little creek belonging to the port of
Bristol. Il was known chiefly to the
traveller as place situated near to the
cathedral village of Llandaf. Now the
relative importance of the two places is
entirely altered :; Cardiff is q busy town
and thriving port, while Llandaff is its
suburb, as Clifton is suburb of Bristol.
The late Marquis of Butte, to whose en-
tefprising spirit the rise of this town is
entirely due, possessed, in addition to
some 35. 600 acres of the Glamo morganshire
hills. rich with mineral treasures, large
tract of moorland, desolate and bare, in
front of the small town of Cardiff.
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for utilizing this land, and he at last de-
termined on supplying the town with
docks. In this great enterprise the mar
quis is popuIarly reported, as was also
said of that great commercial nobleman,
the Duke of Bridgwater, to have haz-
arded almost his last penny; but in the
issue the docks have been successful
far more successful than the canals.
The present marquis was only an infant
when he came into the title. The trus-
tees carried out all the plans of his
father, and Lord Butte, we believe, in
stead Of appropriating the vast income
derived from the docks, devotes it to the
further expansion of the port. The
MARQUIS is the owner Of large fields Of
smokeless coal which isnoW preferred by
an the naVies of the world. Lord Butte
inherits the genius of his father in being
an immense builder and as his house
in his Scottish isle has been recently
burnt down, he will have q further OPP
nortunity for exercising his capacity this
Way. About one-half Of the great town
of Cardiff belongs to him. Of course In
Guiding the castle, which, reconstructed
once. Is receiving another reconstruc-
tion. The east end, which is practically
the 'twest end" of Cardiff, belongs to
lord Tredegar, and is called after him
Tredeparville. His land adjOins Lord
Bute's. and he may possibly have q port
to compete with Lord Bute's. A curious
point has, however, been raised to the
effect thaG the Crown is the owner of
the beach from low-water to high-Water
mark. and may on occasion assert its
rights. Many other instances might be
giTen of the vast commercial interests
ef nobility. The great iron-works which
are fhe property of the Duke of Cleye-
land. might be mentioned. The Duke
of Westminster is, we believe, greatly
engaged in building transactions. He
ia fhe landlord of the two Houses Of
Parliament. Within recent years his
Westminster property has been enor-
mously developed, and will soon be
entirely covered with sumptuous build
mos The Earl of Derby owns great
naTT of Liverpool; the Duke of Norfolk
pwns a great part of Sheffield the Earl
of Kimberly owns a gosd deal OF Eal-
mouth. Lord Macaulay said, according
to Mr.. Trevelyan's work, that he would
not exchange his position for all the
wealth which Lord Dudley had below
the ground, or Lord Westminster above
II The town of Brighton affords sew
eral illustrations of our subject. The
Earl of Chichester has a good deal Of
nroperty in the east end, but being dis
anpointed in an election he abjured
tiIe place, beyond presenting it with a
Cemetery as a solemn warning. He is
now taking his part in the remarkable
development of the place: don ElA