The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-20
SIGHTS IN CHICAGO.
The Bustle and Life in the Great CITY As
Interesting as the Exposition-She
Delves Deeply and Her Sky Scrap
ers are Expressive OF an Aspi-
ration that Should Elevate
Her to q higher
Moral Plane.

TaCOQ tHaL S0OUs0 N10'Sto
Her to q higher
Moral Plane.
The scope of the Exposition I em-
braced in my letter last week. The
trip to Chicago deserves some mention
because it is the scenic route from the
South Atlantic States. Leaving Ashe-
vile, the beautiful scenery on the
French Broad was passed by at night
in the local train to Paint Rock, where
through the courtesy of Col. Wrenu Of
the E.T. V. and Ga. railway. elegant
Pullman vestibuled cars awaited US,
to take Us to Knoxville and Hartman,
and to run as special train also to
Chicago by Col. Edwards of theQ & G.
and Col. Mccormick Of the Monon
route. Capt. E. A. Hoover, the adver-
tising agent of the latter, with Mrs.
Hoover and her sister, rode with our
party from Cincinnati to Chicago.
The magnificent bluegrass region OF
Kentucky entirely missed seeing ex-
cept by moonlight, which was not very
satisfactory. The French Broad anc
its grand scenery, extending about
eighty miles from Pigeon River to
Asheville, was a grand attraction on
my return trip, with just space enough
in half that distance for the railroad
on the margin Of the placid stream
gently gliding through the >gorge-the
great thoroughfare Of the mountains.
We also had grand mountain scenery
from Hartman, Tenn, to the High
bridge across Cumberland river, span
ing its channel 295 feet high, having
crossed the mountains through twenty
seven tunnels each in length from an
eighth to seven-eighths ofa mile--all at
rapid speed and no Sitting smo ke
from the monster compound engines -
thanks to good railroad manageme Mt.
The level lands and black soil OF In
diana, as one approaches the Windy
City, was q novelty to many Of US who
are accustomed to look upon the red
hills of South Carolina. A small lake
near Chicago, was the largest body OF
water we bad seen since leaving Broad
river, as we passed the Ohio at Cincin-
natl at night when we were ali asleep.
From Cedar Lake We got a glimpse OF
the Ferris wheel and as we got nearer
to the city the white buildings Of the
Exposition could be seen. Mr.. Dar-
rows carried our train through from
Paint Rock to Chicago and gave us all
the dots as we wentalong. The Press AS
sociation presented him with hand
some gold headed cane. He was the
most pleasant conductor I ever saw.
GREAT IS CHICAGO.
MIR. Darrows said to me at 2 p. M,
that we had reached the suburbs. It
was $50 o. NJ. when we got to the
depot. and the train was making an
average speed of twenty-five miles an
hour at the time. So we at once got an
idea of the immense size Of Chicago.
It's fifteen miles in width, and one OF
its thoroughfares, Halstead street, is
thirty-seven miles long. We entered
the city parallel with this street.
The city itself is just about the size
of Newberry County. It's million and
q half of inhabitants who occupy It's
vast area depend upon the Northwest
for their food supplies. The truck
farms in the suburbs do not amount to
much.
There were many attractions in the
city. Indeed, Chicago is asinterestlng
to the stranger as the Exposition. On
Wabash avenue, where we first stop
ped, there was no great hustle, and we
wondered what part of the city was it
that it was difficult to cross at corner
or board street car without danger to
life and limb if one was not exceedingly
cautious.
Our entire party had an experience
of this kind on State street when we
visited the type foundry of Barnhardt
Bros. & Spindler. 1t was at a time OF
the day when the furry and hustle OF
the street was at its height, and while
trying 70 keep clear of the street cars
in crossing at the corners. we would
almost collide with one Or more of the
hundreds of vehicles moving briskiy
I'D and down the street. You just had
to elbow your way around them like
in a crowd.
The gentleman sbove named, how
ever, treated the Association very
nicely. Type-making in all its details
was seen at their foundry-from the
melting Of the metal with natural gas
conveyed in pipe line 200 miles from
Indiana to the finishing of the tiniest
letter. The firm also served refresh
ments and gave Us a compliment OF q
boat ride to the Exposition by the lake
route. They do not belong to the type
trust, and they treat their employees
kindly. This is much to their good
sense and fine judgment.
The lake route to the Exposition
grounds has no dustand few cinders, but
the view is confined to narrow limits
on q smoky day. II Chicago has one
thing moss than another it is smoke.
And if she has
:. ONE REDEEa1ING FEATURE
and she needs more in many respects
it is the stiff breeze that springs up
from Lake Michigan and drives the
smoke into Hosierdom early in the day.
Chicago is about twelve miles from the
Indiana boundary line.
This breeze was one Of the refreshing