Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24
GREAT Is PITTSBURG.
Flattering Opinions of the City Given
by Cleveland Drummers.
ONE OF THE BEST JOBBING PLACES,
The Crowded Streets and Business Enter
prise Surprised Them.
Al DAY SPENT IN SEEING THE SIGHTS

Seventh avenue hotel, and spent the morn
ing driving around the city and seeing the
sights. Some time was spent in the East
End, where the men from Cleveland were
! surprised with the beautiful homes and fine
grounds of Pittsburg's wealthier people.
1--WE didn't have time" remarked one of
them last evening, ''to see the great iron
mills and glasshouses'of. your city, but we
drove past them and asked questions with
the drummer's usual loquacity, and can
assure YOU that think now know some
thing about Pittsburg. 1t is 'out of sight,
and a magnificent business center. That Is
all 1 have to say"
About SIX weeks ago the
Cleveland salesman entertained
their Pittsburg coadjutors in the Forest
City, and the compliment was returned yes
terday by the local men. They have great
bali team, as the score in the afternoons s
game will show. 1. j. Mittelberger, the
| Cleveland manager-an old Pittsburger, by
the way-claims to have the champion
drummers' team in America, and he states
they are open to play all corners in their
| line of of business.
WHAT THEY THINK OF W.
After the Cleveland men had seen as
much of Pittsburg as they could in day,
| DISPATCH man appeared among them to
get their opinions OF the city. Mr.. Mittel-
berger was the first one approached, and he
said: "Well, you know Pittsburg is my
native city, and never could 60 back
on it. 1 left here about ten years ago, and
= xl,k he's nd
| improved very much. j remember when
the East End was a woods, and now it is
covered with as beautiful homes as can be
| found anywhere. Not many of the
| bows in our crowd sell goods in
this city, but 1 assure you we
would like to, and it is not our fault. We
travel in other directions. This is by all
odds the best jobbing city in the United
States, and the drummers who come here
say that it is a good place in which to sell
goods. 1t is magnificent business center,
Cleveland brides itself on its Euclid avenue
and its homes. 1t is a city of wealth, but it
is tied up, and the people are afraid to
venture. Not so in Pittsburg. Your busi-
ness men have enterprise and get-up. They
get move on often, and TO their ad-
vantage"
N. Rehrbeimer was one of the Cleveland
boys who comes to Pittsburg, and his opin-
ion is fiattering in the extreme. Among
other things he remarked: "Pittsburg
doesn't lay strong claims to beauty. but she
is hustler. place this city next to New
York and Chicago. This is strong state
ment, bus will venture the assertion that
there is more enterprise displayed here than
in Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit put
together.
ALWAYS WIDE AWAKE.
'I represent novelty advertising COM
pany, and I only travel in enterprising
cities. The merchants here, and the busi-
ness men, are wide awake. and they never
hesitate to adopt new idea or q good thing
as soon as they see it. Your men in busi-
ness are shrewd BUYERS, which is one of the
secrets of success. There is money in Pitts
burg, great manufacturing enterprises, and
the general appearance of the people indi-
Gates their energy and activity. The very
life to be seen on the streets and main ave-
nues is inspiring, and is the first thing noted
by strangers"
L. Zeibert was one of the baseball play.
ers, but he left off in funny account of the
game long enough to say that Pittsburg
was his style of a city, and he liked to sell
goods here.
''Do you meet with much opposition from
Eastern men?" was asked. "We ac-
knowledge no competition" he replied,
proudly waving his hand over the crowd
around him, and his sentiment was roundly
applauded. ''Pittsburg is bustling place,
my boy," is what he kept saying, and in
fact that little adjective was used the most
in their descriptions of the Gas City.
Mr.. Myers said that Pittsburg reminded
him little of Cincinnati. He noticed the
people were thrifty, and the hustle on the
streets was to him sufficient indication of
the business enterprise.
"Don't discount the buildings in Pitts
burg" spoke up P. c. Eichborn. "I saw
some mighty fine ones to-day. There are
few cities in the country that can boast as
whole better lot of business structures"
AN EVENING OF PLEASURE.
It was a wide-awake and jolly party that
started from the Seventh Avenue Hotel,
last evening, to view the city by moonlight
from Mt. Washington. The party was
composed of the members of the Pitts
burg and Cleveland Drummers' base
bail mines, who had pounded the
sphere to their satisfaction at Re
creation Park in the afternoon, andswere
City, and compare it with the City of
Bridges. There were just 35 in the party,
and anyone that has tried to pilot so large a
company of drummers can imagine what
trouble it was to get them started and keep
them together, but Chief Hustler A. L.
Brunn, OF the Pittsburg Committee, and his
assistants were equal to the task, and soon
the whole party was on the incline, speed
ing up to the top of Mt Washington.
The evening was a beautiful one for
view of the city, the clouds only forming
background for the thousands of lights |
which defined the streets of the city. It |
generally takes something very impressive
and grand to rivet the attention of travel |
ing man who is constantly in and about the |
cities of the country, but the scene from |
Mt. Washington hit the mark.
81 don't exactly like the idea of going up |
those inclines." said Mr.. Gilman, "but |
when once at the top the scene is worth the |
trip. Truly, Pittsburg is great city. I
never realized until to-day what hustiing
and wide-awake city you have"
Mr.. LIE Quesne had not been in the city
for number OF years. He said: "Pitts- |
burg has grown wonderfully was sur
prised to-day and this evening by the hustle |
and indications of business and push about |
me on all hands. Why, one meets with |
crowds on every street, and it is nearly i'm |
possible to thread your way through the |
throng. In Cleveland on Saturday |
night the crowds are only found |
on two or three streets. Cleveland seems to |
be more conservative, SO to speak, and has |
less push. Everyone in Pittsburg is hus-
tling after the almighty dollar, and they
get it, too. Pittsburg reminds me of New
York more than any other city I visit in the |
way of business.
JUST HIT THE MARK.
you're right there" spoke up G. II. |
Percentage. There is no city in the coun-
try better to settle down in than Pittsburg.
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