Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . OS THF RIVER. THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. 573. THE RIVER FROM THE VIADUCT. value as fuel. But the towns-people eyedit with disfavor. It was filthy, inconven-ient to handle, emitted an offensive smoke,and not a few questioned if stonecouldbe made to burn at all. With wood grow-ing at their very doorways, what sensewould there be in going a long distancefor a fuel neither so clean nor so pleasantas the old-fashioned oak or hickory ? Allday long the wagon went the rounds with-out a single buyer; but after a time agood-natured innkeepe
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . OS THF RIVER. THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. 573. THE RIVER FROM THE VIADUCT. value as fuel. But the towns-people eyedit with disfavor. It was filthy, inconven-ient to handle, emitted an offensive smoke,and not a few questioned if stonecouldbe made to burn at all. With wood grow-ing at their very doorways, what sensewould there be in going a long distancefor a fuel neither so clean nor so pleasantas the old-fashioned oak or hickory ? Allday long the wagon went the rounds with-out a single buyer; but after a time agood-natured innkeeper did consent totry a small quantity at two dollars perton. This was the beginning of the coaltrade of Cleveland, which now exceedsone million tons annually. In 1832 the canal was finished to theOhio River, and about the same time theadvance-guard of that New England exo-dus which set in with the opening of theErie Canal began to reach Cleveland andthe outlying country. Its commerce grewwith amazing rapidity. It numbered, in1846, 10,135 people, and in 1852, 25,670;and this rapid growth was altogether due
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