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I~h'E GATE CITY OF THE SOUTH JOINS HANDS WITH THE QUEEN CITY OF THE WEST
SHE IS THE QUEEN
Cincinnati k and Atlanta Are Ciosely
Bound by Many Ties.
THEY HAVE LONG BARTERED
Ohlo’s Qreat Metropolis Long Ago Cov¬
eted the South’s Rich Trade.
SHE; BUILT A RAILROAD TO GET AT IT
Not Until She Was in Close Touch with
Atlanta Was She Content—A No¬
table Day at the Exposition.
Cincinnati day at the exposition Is one
of the most memorable of all that have so
far occurred. The great metropolis of
Ohio was duly represented by its most
prominent business and professional men
and these were met in a most cordial spir¬
it by Athintians and representative soutli
enters Many ot these well remembered
the hospitable greeting they received when
they visited Cincinnati on the occasion of
tlie completion of the Cincinnati Southern
railroad several years ago, Then, nothing
was too good for the southerners; on
Wednesday the south endeavored to re
clprocate in some small degree.
Between Atlanta and Cincinnati there
are many tics, Directly after the close
of the war tne merchants of Cincinnati,
looking over the southern territory, saw a
splendid held for commerce, and they saw
that Atlanta was the coming city 111 that
territory. At a cost of $2o,Uw,000 they
built the great trunk line through the state
of Kentucky and into Tennessee to Chat¬
tanooga, where they tapped our own West
ern and Atlantic, getting direct railroad
communications with the Gate City'. In
tlie years that have elapsed since that
great enterprise was completed, the busi
ness men of Cincinnati have annually had
reason to congratulate themselves upon
their business foresight and sagacity. Be¬
ing lirst in the held of southern trade they
have more thau held their own. True,
they have not been handicapped, as the
m: ness men of Chicago say they have
by discrimination in railroad rates,
but perhaps if the latter were to put their
hands in their pockets and build their own
transportation line, as the Cincinnati people
did instead of waiting upon tratflo asso¬
ciations, they would have no ground to
compiain of on that score.
Atlanta long looked upon Cincinnati in a
measure as her storehouse. She bought
great quantities of her meat and grain and
merchandise from Cincinnati, and the re¬
markable spectacle has been presented of
Georgia farmers feeding their mules
corn shipped from Cincinnati; feeding
themselves with Cincinnati cured hams,
and hauling their cotton to market in Ohio
made wagons, and perhaps refreshing
themselves with some Cincinnati brew or
distillation. Today, the Georgian, more
patriotic and more enterprising, divides his
patronage among home industries. He is
raising bis own meat, his own grain, and
what be cannot sell of the latter he con¬
sumes nimseif in one form or another. At
lanta has for several years enjoyed good
railroad schedules to Cincinnati and has
been in close touch with her. Clues be¬
yond the Ohio have made loud complaints
because they did not enjoy through car
service to Atlanta, but Cincinnati can
smile at that.
The people of the Atlantic seaboard have
always looked to the northern and east-
THE MONROE ADVERTISER.
FORSYTH, GA.—SUPPLEMENT.
ern Cities as their natural markets, but the
energetic business hettfc-ee of Cincinnati
have made steady and great inroads upon
the trade of New York, Philadelphia, Bal¬
timore and other northern cities.
The people of the south and of Georgia
especially are quite familiar with Cincinr
nati and are frequent visitors at that beau¬
tiful city. They are as familiar perh&ps
with that part of the city called ‘‘Across
the Rhine” as the citizens of the interior
of Onio. They know the "zoo” and the art
galleries and the beautiful suburban section
of tlie heights probably as thoroughly as
the residents of the city Cincinnati’s
greatness In a large part is attributable
to her line commercial organizations whicn
have done so much for the city, Sketches
ol these organizations are published else
) where.
Ninety Miles an Hour.
There is now oetng uuui at me Baldwin
locomotive works in Hiuauelpma, says Tin.
New lork World, an ordinary locomotive
with driving wheels of live leet diameter,
wifich, it is said, win, as soon as compieteu,
uraw a tram of cars from ITniudeipnia to
New York city in an hour.
Tins claim is not made uy tlie Baldwins.
They have notluug to say on the subject.
They are simply building the locomotive
for private parties and are to receive their
regular price of $ 10,000 tor it, Wnen it is
completed their part in tne matter is end
ed. The gentleman who is paying tor the
locomotive is W. J. Holman, of Minneapo¬
lis, mi elderly inventor, who has been in
the railroad business all his life and who
lias now invented something which it is
claimed wili completely revolutionize rail
reading.
il is not pretended that the ordinary
$lo,OoO locomotive winch tne Baldwins are
building would, if set upon any railroad
truck, be abie to travel ninety miles an
hour. The locomotive is not, however, to be
set on the runs as engines generally are.
W hen it is completed it is to be piacea oa
what are known as the Holman incuon
gcated trucks, which will raise it thirty
inches above the surface of the rails, it wm
be just like any other locomotive except tnav
each of us driving wheels rests upon anu
between three other wneels that hnaiiy
rest on the rails, The instant the drivers
of the locomotive begin to turn they nec¬
essarily, through fricuou, give an oppo¬
site rotary motion to the small wheels upon
which they Dear, and these small wheels
just as necessarily give a forward rotary
motion to the tiura set ot wheels upon
| which they are bearing, The natural and
inevitable result is that one revolution ot
the locomotive's driving wheels, by this
multiplicity of wheels in pyramid form,
carries .11 the locomotive x forward . just . twice .
as far as a single revolution if tne dnv
ing wheels be or> the rails themselves. In
other words, the speed of the engine, what
ever that speed might be on tne rails
theniselves, is exactly doubled by the use
of this newly invented truck.
In an experiment which was made with
an _ ordinary , , , locomotive thus , mounted . 1 .
Minnesota on a branch of the Northern
Paeitic railroad recently a speed of eighty
miles was sa«d to have been easily attain
ed F~; The X ,t invention 1Inenuon has nas been ° een kent nuiet qu “ it
being the purpose of those interested .0
say nothing about it until practical utility
was demonstrated by a run from Phiia
delphia to New York within an hour's time,
That b, *. Inventor. «m
be the shortest and quickest way of lettmg
i the world know that a new marvel in me
I chanics has come into existence,
In addition to the increase of speed at¬
tainable this new invention will, it is
claimed, save millions of dollars through
the diminished wear and tear upon the
rails, for the weight of loebmotives will
then be further distributed along the track,
and at no point of any rail will there be a
pressure more than one-third as great as la
now exerted by the driving wheels
ONE OF THE OLDEST
Cincinnati’s Chamber of Commerce Stands
High in Trade Organizations.
IT HAS DONE A GREAT WORK
The Body Has Always Taken an In¬
terest in Public Questions and
Made Its Influence Pelt.
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants' exenange is among the
oldest of commercial organizations in tlie
country which have attained special dis¬
tinction, and it continues to hoid its hign
position among such institutions in tne
scope and innueuce of its work. It has had
nfty-six years’ of continuous existence.
Having been permanently organized in lbSa.
Cincinnati was at that time a marKet oi
much importance for that period, which
was prior to the construction of railways,
us river commerce was active anu exten¬
sive, both in the direction of Pittsourg and
tne west and south, in me latter instance
representing the movement from tins port
of grain, nour, porK, beef, wnisky, dairy
prbuucts, etc., to southern markets, -and
in return sugar, moiasses, cotton, coiree
and other mercnanaise. At tnat time and
for many years suosequentiy Cincinnati
was most prominent in pork packing opera¬
tions and the Merchants’ exchange be¬
came the center of very extensive transac¬
tions, particularly in pork. The success
of her packers and other business operators
gave impulse to undertakings and enter¬
prises elsewhere in tne west. With the in¬
troduction ol railway transportation the
distrioution of mercnandise widened and in
ume various lines of river traffic gave way
more or less to the quicaer transportation
anorded by the railways with tneir wide
range of service.
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, in
addition to its features as a trading ex¬
change, has always maintained muon in¬
terest in public questions. Tne delibera¬
tions and actions of its members have been
notaDiy enecuve in promoting movements
and measures looking to Detter conditions
in transportation matters, in improvement
of navigaoie waterways and otherwise
promoting financial, industrial ana com
thermal advancement, it nas atso from
ume to ume rendered important service in
the relief of suffering humanity, in dispen¬
sing funds and material far and near.
ine agitation of tne quesuon of a railway
leaaing airecuy from Cincinnati to tne
soum, w'hicn took form in tne construction
of the Cincinnati Suuuiern railway oy tms
municipality, at a cost of $2u,uuu,uuu, was
actively promoted by the Chamoer of Com
nipri'A
* N Cie growth of the city in its com
mercial importance tne memoersmp 01 tne
cnamoer of commerce naturally manifested
amoiuon to possess a suitable ouuuing
us purposes as an exenange as wen
commemora^.ve or tne eutcipr.se anu
££^fA yeais ot ly Ltfus. t . “ l 2® 11 e.duua of tne qiicst-uu anu
0£ %a r.ous pious 01 procedure me aosoc.a
uoa in nso arranged tor tne purenase from
uie government ot tne postomce property,
possession to oe haa when tne new feaera.
1 uuucua « should be occupied, which was m
1660 , wnen work was begun in removing the
0iC j structure. In June, I&6 7 , tne corner
stone ox the new chamber of commerce
budding was laid and me dedicatory cere
mon.ea incident to its completion and oc
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eminent architects for the new budding
j those from Mr. H. H. Richardson, of Bos¬
ton, were adopted, which, for their striking
boldness and commanding characteristics
of exterior design represent one of the
most imposing structures in the countrv.
The grand impressiveness, dignity and har¬
mony of effect of the building can scarcely
1 be understood from any sketch,
j photograph or engraving. The walls
I are of undressed granite and round
. to a tower at each
e corner,
the general design being romanesque.
From the Fourth street sidewalk to the
cornice is 113 fee- Is n ^ t hf- —V T 1
Of the luoi is a A-enty-nve teet more of
elevation. Burnet street, on the south of
the building, is thirteen and a half feet
lower than Fourth street. The entire
structure above the exchange hall, vast
as it is, is supported from the marvelous
iron work of the roof, The cost of the
bunding, with its general equipment, ex¬
clusive of the ground, was about $b<5,UW).
Tne marketable value oi me ground would
eniaige tne figure to Jj>l,uuu,uuu The as
sociation has a bonded indebtedness of
Unou.uvu, but no floating debt, its nrem
bciamp at tms ume is l.bau, with annual
dues of ?.zo it expends aouut >»,uvU yearly
mr teiegiaphio mantel reports.
Tne guv eminent ot tne cnamoer of com¬
merce is vested in a board ot uiteen mem¬
bers; tne president, treasurer and secre¬
tary eacn nuiu ouice for one year; tne two
Vice piesiuents arid ten uneciors for two
years eacn, one-half being elected annuai
xy. rne members of tne board ol mrec
tors at tills ume are 'as iouows: Tresiuent,
Maurice j .r reioerg, of lr reiuerg tsi v\ ura
um, distillers ana uquor dealers; lirst vice
president, william iViocaiusier, local ireignt
ageit ot me rnttsourg, uiuciuuau, Chicago
anu £>t. .Louis railroad; second vice presi¬
dent, B. W. Wasson, gram merchant
treasurer, Casper H. Kowe, vice president
anu casmer of uie Mantel National bank,
secretary, Fred Guckennerger, ot Charles
GUoitenoerger cc toon, grain, merenants; di¬
rectors, d. Harker Gaie, of uaie mud.,
hour and grain merenants; laiion nuiuiy,
j ^ Gieene, nmory cc co., live siocit m'ci
uiaias; rsicuoras j Hunan, utaier in coup
Ciage anu cooperage supplies; P. iVf. Hu
Scnart, general manager of uit conn C.
■tvoui Jtacaug Company; T. F Vviggais,
oi \v lggms <st Kiemieuer, commission mcr
cnants; n Hee many, of many at Hamei,
grain and hay merchants; Flams. W.
a uuuis, oi tne humus Aiming cuinpany;
Jomi H. Alien, 01 Alien u Munson, Hour
anu grain merenants; George F. Dieterie,
secretary ot tne union Ursumag Company,
Jonii to. tenuuto, contracting agent ot tile
Cincinnati, nriuuluu anu may ton ranroau.
Tne supenntenuenl, Wnuse position is tnat
Of executive secretary, is cuanes m AJLUl
ia>, wno is eu»„or ut tne Cincinnati dice
current, a newspaper »oug anu wiuely
known in this country ana abroad as an
exponent ot American trade interests in
grain, nour, provisions, live stocK, etc., anu
lor special information concerning tne
leading crops 01 tne country
A Great Invention.
From The Biectricai Age.
! City streets ana country roadways are
the last places on eartn where one would
expect to and carpet tacks, but they are
found in more or less profusion along
tuese highways. i'his astoansmng fact
, by the
j was reveaied introduction of pneu
; maUc ure bicycles and many a wneei
man has discovered tne same fact, much
j to An ms enmusiastic sorrow. lover of
devised the sport has
a tuetuoa of removing uiese in
SKUO US ilttitt CI'etLtuX'fcS ITOIU illS OULU
way as ne advances, by tne use ui a
, strung magnet aitacaed to the front 01 ms
wueei. Tue idea is a good one anu tne
nuer nas nothing to fear, as may be in
L ne *Rvumpany
working peaSVLflfd h^col
trivance is disaster m ouier di
recuons * Ttie arust 0as portrayed a
magnet so sirong as to mak* a miw^ri'ni
attack upon all metallic substances in its
neignbornood, and the effect is vvefl Ulus
traied. One feflow has been bereft of
botn shoes on account of the iron pegs
in the soles, and for the same reason two
others are compelled to hue lamn nn««
to avoid being drawn into tne maelstrom
The inventor of lamp posts should be im
mortalized. These useful objects besides
lighting the way to belated travelers, are
y p<merful agent, "T
Fight for River Business.
Selma, Ala., December 4.—(Special.)—The
steamboat fight on the Alabama ’river has
been renewed. The new boat, "Josiah W ”
is accompanied on every trip by the Tin
s.e Moore, a faster boat, which precedes
her a few minutes at every landing. Rates
are cut to 10 cents per package, regard¬
less of size, Contents or destination, The
expenses for a trip from Mobile and re
turn are about $800, and all hands are
burning money.
THEY FCSM MADE
Cincinnati Is Strong and Fortunate in
Her Commercial Bodies.
THE FREIGHT BUREAU’S WORK
It Has Done Great Service in Protect¬
ing the Shippers and Securing
Favorable Rates.
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants’ Exchange occupies a posi¬
tion of well-earned leadership among the
corameroalj bodies of America. Housed
in a place in the heart of the Queen City
with an active membership of nearly 2 , 00 U
energetic business men, thu major por¬
tion of whom meet daily in her magniii
cent assembly hall, ready at all times to
give attention to every vital topic of the
day, and to lend impetus to every move¬
ment which promises to advance the wel¬
fare of the city.
Truly, there is the heart of enterprise
whose throbbings are felt in energetic
pulsations in every street and avenue, in
every factory, machine shop and ware¬
house in the whole city.
The markets of the world are in instan¬
taneous touch with her assembled mem¬
bership. The information garnered daily
in ner great storehouse atfords the basis of
a system of statistical compilation unri
valed for volume or accuracy upon the
continent of America.
.Domiciled under the same roof, and to a
certain degree under the fostering wing
I of the parent chamber, are a group of dis
; tmeuve organizations whose work has
; made its impress upon the times.
At the head of these stands me Cincinnati
Freight Bureau, specially organized for
| the promotion of intimacy between carriers
I- and shippers, and through a system of
harmonious co-operation tor the promo¬
tion of commercial prosperity, by perfecting
i and developing tne transportation service
of the city
The great transportation lines which ra¬
diate in every direction from the Queen
City are maintained in the highest standard
of efficiency by managers whose commercial
intelligence recognizes the value oi cordial
co-operative aid from an organized society,
the councils of which are directed by men
whose ability and success in the conduct of
their own affairs has marked them as emi¬
nently fitted to render advice and assur¬
ance in matters affecting the public weal.
Differences of opinion or apparent conflict
of interest, when submitted to deliberate
investigation and careful conference by un¬
prejudiced minds, can generally be adjusted
without that destruction of value which
naturally accompanies business friction, or
if not reaaiiy settled can oe patiently pur¬
sued to ultimate solution witnout injury to
private interests or to vested rights.
The history of six years’ successful oper¬
ation of this bureau abounds in instances
of settlements effected, of compromises and
arbitrations, wnereby long disputed amer
ences were ended.
in this ume questions of magnitude have
arisen affecting the interests, not of Cin¬
cinnati merchants only, but of the entire
territory north and south of the Ohio river,
throughout that great central district of our
country in wnicn is located the center of
population and industrial activity.
In haaiing suen quesuons the bureau has
proceeded with deliberation and wise dis¬
cretion, has invited to its coun¬
cils tne management of the great
transportation lines, has consulted
With membershiQ and directors of the
Chamber of commerce, has secured tne
opinion of the interstate commerce commis¬
sion and has assisted in presenting to the
courts of the United States questions which
involve Cincinnati’s commerce with tne
south in such form that in their ultimate
solution the interests of the entire mercan-
tile '“(mniii —m iuIj con
sideration. /d'has
The luenee in de- !
m- i.
lianees ter, in an^R^BRIHj invesugatl ; i
urging
aid of the projected ueep water
Ohio by participation m the organization urWj
Valley improvement company, a per¬
manent society which will bend its ener¬
gies toward permanent improvement oi
that great miand waterway.
Coincident with the worn of the burean
is the wurit of
Th.e Merchants and Manufacturers’
Association.
whose energies anu nmuence are mainly
directed to attracting strangers to Cincin¬
nati and fostering me wnotesafe and job¬
bing trade of the city. The work of this
society aitecis most tavoraoiy tne auairs oi
its active riiemoeis, nat us activities nave
been eftective in adding many hundreds ol
uiousanus oi Uoutvrs to me retail liaue
of tne city.
The Manufacturers’ Association of Cin¬
cinnati and iiamifton County, 0.,
Was origiiiany ionntu lo aitacit tue worst
features ot uie Ohio tax laws, us worn
has been patient and persistent tiuuugn a
term oi years, and tne influence or
us inquiries and puoneauona have
been felt throughout tire state in tne
councils of me state board of commerce,
m state conventions, in manufacturing cir¬
cles and touay tne cry tax reform is nearu
in every county and precinct and tne Lius
pursued in seeding mat reiurm are tin,
nnes origmany ram uown and promulgated
by tins association.
The National Association of Manu¬
facturers.
The National a^aanon of Manufact
j urers, lv. ■ 'Uiy organized in Cincinnati, rc
| ceived in us formative growUi agio anu
; intelligent support fiom tins organization,
‘thus, from me great original iuu.,uin
of energy stored in mat masterpiece oi
architecture on tne comer ox ir oUit.i arm
\ me streets in Cincinnati, nave gout form
innuences lor good to me mourners, tne
city, me county and tne state.
uil honor to me Cincinnati Chamber oi
Commerce and merchants' e-renunge.
MOONSHINE CASES.
Heavy Docket of North Carolina’s
Federal Court.
Raleigh, N. c., December 4.—(Special.;—
The leueral court lor tins district began
here touay wun 260 cases on tne criminal
docket, inairny lor inoonsmmng and retail¬
ing wnisky witnout license. 11 is tne heav¬
iest docket ever known.
Haul toimth, an isugnsnman, who is mak¬
ing a trip on toot to ail tne state capitals,
arrived neie yesieiuay evening anu caueu
on Governor Garr. He is to uavei wiiuuut
muney anu by tne end of nis tour he must
make $e,too. He tiau 26 cents on arrival
here.
Tae suci of $2,6oo of the Peabody fund
was yesterday uiv.ueu among tne six state
negro normal scnoois.
a ms week two more infantry companies
wm oe mustered into the state guard ana
howitzers wm arrive here lor a battery
to ue lurmeu in tms city.
The papers here are publishing a call
for a national Christian conicrei.ce at At¬
lanta, Ga., December 16th Ail the pas
tors nere signea tne can, as do many edu¬
cators ana public men.
Tne Durham ponce yesterday pursued
three boy theives, the Oldest was outy
twelve years old, and one ol them, ageo
seven, in endeavoring to escape, teil and
h.s leg was broken.
There will be 1,200 principals and wit¬
nesses here this week at the United Stales
circuit court. Juage S.monton wifl not
sit on the benen with judge Seymour.
Durham county sends the largest number
ot cases.
Leading democrats say that overtures
have been made to them by populists since
the November elections. The populists are
discovering that many republicans now
think they can carry the state singlehand¬
ed and dispose with the populist aid. But,
in the opinion of able democrats, a straight
ticket without concessions or compromises hundred
is the proper thing, and say a
thousand democrats would rather go down
followed.
THREE YEARS T.
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CornpsMfjH 'MM, Wk
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Veston, b ^
between HoHI
iug has an been outlet terminated a^VHBBBM| _ in mnipr" nls*aV
a 1
ter being before the state and federal
’courts for about three years.
The terms of the compromise as agreed
upon between the owners of the respective
properties provide that the Missouri, Kan¬
sas and Texas Railroad Company snail
transfer to the International and Great
Northern Company 4,y^t- snares of the cap¬
ital stock ot me Galveston, Houston and
Henderson railroad of the par value of $100
per snare, being one-half of tne total
amount oi the capital stock of the Galves¬
ton, Houston and Henderson company, less
one snare, tne "Raty” retaining snares
.and tne two remaining shares being placed
wun some party agreed upon by born the
contending roads, in order to secure the
strict and impartial carrying out of the
terms of the agreement. In consideration
tor this transfer of stock the International
and Great Northern surrenders the ninety
nine year lease, made in 1663, by winch, it
secured exclusive possession and control
of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson
property and franemse to be canceled and
abrogated Tne agreement further stipu
iates that both the interriational and
“Katy" shall enter into a joint contract
witn the Galveston, Houston and Hender¬
son, Identical in every detail, lor the trans¬
portation oi trains, cars, passengers, ton¬
nage, etc., between Houston and Gaiveston.
Uuuer tins amicable arrangement the two
rival roads win at once begin a joint op¬
eration of the Gaiveston, Houston and
Heuuerson track between Houston and
tne gulf and tne “Katy will be able to
touch the tidewater. The formal agree¬
ment which brings this long lignt to a
close was submitted to the Texas railroad
commission, at Austin, and has received
its approval and fvaty ’ trains' will, in a
uay or two, be running througn, unbroken,
between tot. Houis and Gaiveston.
Tne road in question was cnartered by
Texas in 1656, and ils completion was pre¬
vented by the bieaking out of the rebel¬
lion alter titty inues of tne most perfect
roaabeu in me souuiwest had been nmsh
ea. It is one of the oluest as wen as tne
most interesting railroad cases that has
been before tne courts lor a long tune, in¬
volving, as it uoes, valuable franchises and
privileges ana che growing inipoi cance of
Uie city of Gaiveston. 'ine road emuociies
tne consoiiuaLeu ngnts anu privileges ot a
number 01 otuer roaas. ft was designed
by its projectors to build from Galveston
to Henderson, in Rusk county.
BIRMINGHAM’S NEW INDUSTRY.
Papers Filed To Incorporate a Large
Manulactory.
Birmingham, Ata., December 4.—(Special
In tne urooate court yefeteraay niLor
poration papers were filed by the Bir
mingnam Cotton Manufactur.ng Company,
w.tn a capital stock of $15u,ooo. James b’.
Comen, of Cnester, Pa., and J. H. Gary
and James B. Weob, of Birmingham are
the incorporators, and the purpose of the
corporation will oe tne sp.nnn.g of cotton
anu women yarns, tne manufacture of tne
same into uotns, tne ginatug of cotton
irom seed into lint, the manufacture of
o.i from the cotton seed, ana also fertili¬
zers from the seed of the cotton plant,
ine company w.u also conduct a supply
store. fne incorporators will have tne^r
plant in operation inside of a month.
Will Discover the North Pole.
Kansas City, mo., December 4.—Profes¬
sor Diene, 01 the ixansus university, B aid
that he had decided to make anumer trip
to the arctic ocean in search of the pole.
The professor said if given plenty to eat
he will get to the norm pole as easily as
he got within 800 miles of it. His present
plan is to creep around the west coast of
Greenland and make a dash for the pole
by sledge or boat.