Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-05-01

ed facilities for transportation IN the eS.
tablishment of new street car lines. and
by supplying a larger number OF cars.
Many of them are now being propelled
by the new and improved methods of
motive power. The cable. the electric
the dummy or mOter, and the old horse
cars. are all III use-the latter, however,
as in many other places, are 1aSt dlSap-
pearing from the main lines. For vlSi-
tor. a ride on one Of the cable ears from
Fountain Square to Walnut Hills is the
proper thing and of right form, and with
al very enjoyable. On one of these cars
our party rode one day to end OF the line,
probably five or six miles. and on re-
turning to a point part of the way back,
transferred to another line-hOrSe car
which meanderS through Eden Park.
passing the Art Museum or Gallery, and
also thenew Reservoir. both of which are
in the Park Arriving at the head of
the Eden Park Incline, down which the
whole business was carried on fiat or
bridge. horses. car and people, no change
being required as formerly the case, when
special car for the Incline only was
used. to which passengers had to transfer.
and then holding their breath, be slid
down to the bottom of the Incline, most
| ly unhurt.
Cincinnati is busy, thriving city; has
many massive business blocks, anu Is
quite a mart of trade, and furthermore,
/ Is in many respects very enterprlslng;
/ but it cannot be properly called beau
tiful place. The only way to see beauty
/ is to get out OF the city into the suburbs,
where it can be found in chunks. 1t
/ lacks a certain charm and attractiveneSs
- h.,+ p+h
possesses, and which is often felt by visi-
torS-owing perhaps to its great want
of beautitied parks and squares, which
might be said to be the lungs or breath
ing places. and charm as well, of all large
cities. Even Fountain Square is not
near up in point of beauty to what 1t
ought TO be. The fountain itself is very
fine affair and is all well enough, except
that it is seldom seen playing. But
around it there is nothing but raised
pavement OF stone, SOmber, cold and dull;
not a spear of grass, shrub or flower or
any other living thing, or ornamentatlon
of any kind whatever is to be Se3n-eyery-
thing lifeleSS and dull. 1t is pity that
so fine and costly fountain should have
such poor surroundings. In consequence
what really should be the great cynoSure
(attraction) of the city fails to be such,
except only in name. 1t ought to and
could be made "a thing OF beauty, which
&" is joy forever.
We were gratifed to receive very kind
call at our hotel from Mrs. Jennie Cowen
and Mrs. Martin, formerly Miss Ramage,
both former st ClairSvllle ladies', with
whom we had a very pleasant chat. Sub
Sequently We called TO See Mrs. COWen at
her room in the city building, adjoining
the office of Gen. b. r. COWen, District
Clerk, in which she is engaged as type
writer for Gen. CoWen, and is also filling
the position of Deputy Clerk of the Dis
trict Court. She is looking well and
seems to be very comfortably situated.
and has very pleasant surroundings.
On the evening of the 18th we embark
ed on the steamer Andes, bound for
Wheeling. This boat has been running
on the Ohio between Cincinnati and
Wheeling for thirteen years, and owned
until recently by Capt. c. Muhleman,
with whom we have OftimeS Travelled.
Mr. E. b. Cooper is now Master, who pur-
chased the boat last summer 1t has since
then extended its weekly trips to Pitts
burgh. Had always been popular boat
under the management of Capt. Muhle-
man, and under Capt. Cooper it bids fair
to continue its deserved popularity.
As we steamed up the Ohio on the home
stretch it was interesting to note the
change in the growth of vegetation as it
appeared on either shore as we advanced
nOrthward Indeed ever since leaving
Florida, although our movement north
ward has been rather slow on account of
our somewhat lengthy stops on the way
vegetation has not kept pace with our
advance, but leaves and bloom have been
getting scarcer and growing smaller and
beautifully less" giving in this part at
least of the Ohio valley the appearance
of backward spring, notwithstanding
the mild winter. Gliding slowly but surely
along our boat moved on the smooth
waters of the beautiful Ohio under d
clear and bright sky, every revolution of
its wheels bringing us nearer to our goal
until at length it struck the wharf at this
place, and our Southern journey was sub
stantially over
This our seventh trip to the South land
involved travel of about 1000 miles,
some of the movements of which, togeth-
er with some notes by the way, have en-
deavOred to give the readers of THE
CHRONICLE in the series of letters | have
written, which this letter closes.
And now hoping soon to meet person
ally all the friends in and around St
Clairsville and to find them and the nice
old town prospering and happy, make
my bow. II. CIV.