. Book of the Royal blue . ash perhundred weight. Commerce at the timemeant simply barter, and very little moneywas used even in the settlement of balances. Home-made goods of all kinds were usedas legal tender, and if the farmer gotenough for his produce with which to payhis taxes he was indeed fortunate. TheNew Orleans market was not available be-cause of the distance and the time con-sumed in getting goods there. It was such drawbacks to commerce asthese that caused a turn in the affairs ofPittsburg, shaped the destiny of thefuture great city and made it the center ofthe greatest industrial
. Book of the Royal blue . ash perhundred weight. Commerce at the timemeant simply barter, and very little moneywas used even in the settlement of balances. Home-made goods of all kinds were usedas legal tender, and if the farmer gotenough for his produce with which to payhis taxes he was indeed fortunate. TheNew Orleans market was not available be-cause of the distance and the time con-sumed in getting goods there. It was such drawbacks to commerce asthese that caused a turn in the affairs ofPittsburg, shaped the destiny of thefuture great city and made it the center ofthe greatest industrial empire on the having become settled beyond peradven-ture that Pittsburg and Western Pennsyl-vania must turn their attention from agri-culture to manufacture if they would reachprominence in the business world, it becamean easy step to a substantial start in the THE RISE OF AN INDUSTRIAL EMPIRE. right direction. Ohio and Kentucky werejust beginning their development, and thedemand for building materials and imple-. JUDGE WILLIAM WILKINS. URST IKESIDKNT OF THE BANK OF PITTSBURG, V. S. SENATOK. SECRETARY OF WAR AND MINISTER TO RDSSIA. ments of all kinds from those sectionsbecame the opportunity of the Pittsburgdistrict. Mills and forges and factories werestarted like hives along the banks of theAllegheny and Monongahela rivers, whilethe transportation problem was readily andeasily solved by the Ohio, and Pittsburgitself began to grasp the great opportunitysoon after the ball had been started. Prosperity came in great waves with thedawn of this change. The demand forimplements increased to a demand for flour,cotton goods, glass, iron and coal, andPittsburgers sprang to the work of supply-ing these demands. The time had comefor the town beyond the mountains totake its place in the commercial world,and the manner of its assumption was in-deed creditable. The glass industry in Pittsburg had itsbeginning in 1797 in a factory started byGen. James OHara in a stone buildingon th
Size: 1550px × 1612px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbaltimoreandohiorailr, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
