Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-26
Tho City That Sidney RigdOn Loved
So Well.
uOLLINGER AGAIN LOCATED.
Washington Locates III 'pot-Threo
thousand siefmblas Built
Mormon Meetings, ec.
.poclal oOrrespon dcnco to tho Nrwsl

yenlOef 20, 400, Wneni as u5I1r Oh tne
British colonial army, he stood on the
point OF ilnl formed By tho uniting
OF the Allegheny and the Mono ga.
hela rivera and the head Of the ONO
river, aud recommended the spot Nv u
most deeiraole place for fort. He
reported to Governor Dunwiddie Of
VIrgipin, on the subject, az follows:
As / got down some time before tho
canoe, l spent some timo in Viewing tho
rivers and the land in tho forks, which |
think extremely well situated TORI fort,
as II has absolute command of both
rivers. Tho rivers are each "A quarter of
mile or more across, ard run mere very
near at right angles. The former OF tho
two is very swift and rapid running
water, the other deep and stil without
any perceptible fall. About
two miles from this on the southeast
side of the river lives Shingles, King of
the Delawares.
This was during hoslilities between
the English aud the French, and
Waehington's commanding officer wns
SO inprested with this report that be
ordered stJckale built. Captain
Contteeoeur, however, with superior
force, took possession Of the stOckade
for tue French, and built Fort Du
Quesne,
In 1855 General Bradduck made an
attempt TO retpke the fort and met
with defeat, July 9th. In this battle
Braddock himself was killed and
Washington, then colonel, received
four bullets through his coat and hAl
two hoIs.s shot from under him. The
French held the fort TIL November.
1858, when on the approach OF larger
force under General Forbes they
burned the fort and magazine. Gene
raj Forbes at once built n small fort,
calling 1t Fort Pat, after the English
statesman, William Pit, anu from
which the city takes lie name. II was
Incorporated u borough IN 1894 with a
population OF less than one thousand.
In the year 1916 1t was Incorporated
as city. 1t has it's own Interesting
history OF the American revolution,
the war OF 1872, the Mexican war and
the great civil war, Of which every
Pittsburgor 10 proun.
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PittsbuTg was uuill on the spot
where Washington stood IN 1853 and
the city are jammed in between the
Nonongsb- 10 and Allegheny rivers at
their confluence, ana butted up
agginst the head OF the OHIO river.
The better residences have been built
ontbn h Ills east and south OF the origi-
nal CITY, mud IL reached by means OF
tne "dizzy" inclined planee. North
ward. across the Alleg hany TO AL
l.ghany city, and southwark, across
the MonOngahela 10 South Pittsburg,
are numerous anu magnificent briuges,
over which ladies ara ai!owsd to pass
flee Of charge, hut tho poor men are
charged one cent each way every day
except Sunday, when The galemen
are sent home ana the pa sagewsys
arc Tree to the world. Pitsuurgera
are now engaged In q campaign Tor
free bridges every day.
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Pit,sburg, callel ,ne "Smoky city,"
we'll deserves the name; tor 1t 10 sl.
most continually envelUped in dense
black smoke, which soon blRckens the
shirts and collars OF the people, willis
the pretty suits OF the dudes, and
brings wealth anu happiness TO the
lsundrymeu. This dieagreeable iea-
tule OF the city, however, is the result
OF the operation OF innumeTRble manu-
factOries-.he glory and wealth Of
Pittsbutg, The banks OF the Ohio,
Monong1hela anu the Allegheny,
stretching out for miles from Pitts
burg, are one continuous line OF fac
tories; and tho foundTies and blast
furnaces are counted in the thoussnde.
At night, against the vapofs that arise
from the smoke stacks and steam yents,
are II fiecteu the flames from the grea.
firea OF industry that are never
uuenched. producing many brilliant
colofs anu reminuing one OF the beau
tiiul and swe.insp'rlng ourora borealis.
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The frat eteampJat that ever flOated
on Western waters was built in Pitts
burg in 1911. She was called the New
Orleans and was constructed under
the personal supervision OF Fulton. AS
the city and Immediate nelghborhoOd
contained all the necessary materials,
such rs lumber and mstals, for the
construction OF these boats, the indus
try assumed Immense prop0rtiDns,s and
mp 10 few years ago more than three
thousand large steamboats, had been
built in Plttspurg. With the advent
OF the railroad the steamboat business
was diminished; but what the city
lost in that INDUSTRY enc multiplied
tenfold in iron and steel productions.
w.
Pllisburg Is the place oil business o.
the great Carnegie Steel company, bul
the WOIhH AIb iutbNcN a'oHN 49, '%''NN
from the "smoky city," up the Monon'
Vshela river. Homestead Is the name
OF the city and It was here that the
great riots OF a few years ago occurTec'
To 90 through the peaceful city now,
one would hardly suspect that within
those quiet residences, and possibly
among the gentle womentolk thnt iooH
down ON you from pretty Tlndows, are
some viragos VINO did not hesitate, IN
that awful riot, to assist In the Sight by
punching mems eyes out with theli
umhrellas.
Whatever msy be thought OF Car
negie he certainly hiss uone much ior
Pitlsburg and vicinity. Parks
museums and public Libraries ethel
bear his name or owe their eS'sieDc'
to his generosity; and four or hN'
thousand men are employed at hi
works. He has also Instituted series
Of fTst-clase free musical reoltalsi
presided over by Frederic Archer, the
great organist, and Plttsburgers heal
the finest music free OF charge
Ga the one hundredth Teclte
given the other night, MIR. Carnegie
who had just arrived from Europe
spoke, and the following extract IRON
his speech shows him to be either
great philanthIopist or q great Typo