Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-01


,rown Sone. green stone, colored mar
Ne snd variegated tiles in the later
SSellngs. And here it may be said
.bat 10 the new public building for the
lin government, and in the placing OF
srHdry other edifiees, Philadelphia is
sdunate In securing architectural ef-
sSets Of mass and group not common in
0rr cities. Speaking of the past, we
o,rrst give due weight to the presence
II Independence Hall and Carpenters'
IsIlin connection with the important
n~st;onal history of the town. II is
| .ignifcant, urther, that Philadelphia
| .6oUId nave been first in so many
\ ihings. The former mint was the first
irsading put up BY Federal authority IN
any part OF the United States. The
ldest type-foundy in the country Is,
I'm carried on here, and the Oldest
5aily paper appears every morning with
rsueHed youth. Ofthe thousands of
national banks organized since the
Ssginning of the civil war, the earliest
10 be incorporated vas in Philadelphia:
and 50 too the Union League of this
city was the primary organization .of
is kind. Henry G.. Carey was the
~originator OF the book trade sales. The
dnt house built in the colony was the
Penn house, in Lettia Court, which re-
mains standing to this day; and human
Icing likewise seem to have an I'M
dyalkd faculty for surviving in his
bnm ate territory. A case in point is
General Robert Patterson, who emigrat-
ing from Ireland in 1792, served on the
American side in the war of 1872,
organized the Pennsylvania militia,
distinguished himself in the Mexican
war, led division in the war for the
Union, was an extensive manufacturer,
CONSTANTLY active in society, and short
Il before this article was written attend
I'd a dinner in honor of his own nine
rieth birthday. The establishment
Of turnpikes and the development of
public hospitals are other matters in
which Philadelphia was in advance.
Il can boast likewise in the Baldwin
locomotive Works, an establishment
which began, in the earliest days of
American railroad building, with the
manufacture Of single lOcOmo-
and has kept pace with the march
Jfthat industry until now it turns out
i've hundred locomotives a year, and
mi ,Oys three thousand wOrkmen.
GCevery side We are led back to the
lay of beginnings. The largest indus
.rtal Establishments, like the works just
lsn3 I'd, the DistOn Saw Company, or
he huge DObson carpet mill, of wide
ele lrity, have grown up within a gen.
,atiOn's time from small foundations.
Did houses are carefully preserved,
with the interior furnishings
,ftheir Revolutionary prime; and even
Shen historic buildings are disturbed,
be old associations cling to their sue
eSsors. The Friends Hospital, where
.~Ongfellow caused Gabriel to find
ivangeline, has vanished Ito the dis
of antiquarian authorities),
the legendary value he gave to it
emains; and it is mentioned rs a point
{ interest connected with eX-Minister
yelsh's house that it covers part of the
site. This constant recurrence
the past in Philadelphia of to-day is
/ keeping with q conservatism charaC-
'ristic of the place, manifested in var
,us ways, and commonly explained by
ne Quaker origin of the city. But that
uality is really due to other causes.
The main fact about Philadelphia,
ifferencing it from our other large
,ntres, is that it rests its Importance on
he power to produce tangible things of
bid usefulness. 1t adds value. Some
there is, andthere are banks
nd bankers welding extensive none
ny influence; but the greater number
T inhabitants, both humble and con-
are interested in manufactures.
he mass of the people work hard fora
wing at the business of making some
hing which their labor renders valua-
lie. Gaining money in this way, they
ppreciate its worth, become saving, and
west their savings in useful property.
space is plenty, where rents are
w, and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are ready
/, lend money, it becomes the habit
mong salaried men, mechanics and all
ersOns Ofsmall means to acquire or hire
separate house; andthis multiplication
t homes increases the proportion of re-
annsibIc and cautious citizens WITH
igh average of intelligence. | may
lstance a carrieron one ofthemorning
apers, who still continues his rounds,
lough he is also a bOtanist of good re-
ute, and member of the Academy of
Science.-GcOrgC Parsons
.athrop, in HulDc,'S Magazine .for Ft6-
u03y.