18 The Teeming East 



with cars loading on the tracks, there are no 

 storage buildings ; if the miners stop work a week 

 or more the consumer must suffer. Here too I 

 noticed the ruthless hand of man among the 

 trees. They are cut down to lie and rot on the 

 ground. We pass through sand hills, and belts 

 of timber, there are more rail fences than in Illi- 

 nois, where the last ones are being cut for posts 

 for wire fences. They always follow the destruc- 

 tion of timber. At 2 :30 P. M. we are in Indian- 

 apolis. As we enter Ohio beyond Richmond, we 

 observe the improved condition of farm houses 

 and barns, and we see some fine residences of 

 brick and wood. Even the posts along the roads 

 are painted. They have quantities of drainage 

 tiles scattered around preparing to drain off the 

 water, as the ground is soaked from the melting 

 snow. So we speed along, and when we wake in 

 the morning we find ourselves in Pennsylvania 

 among the Allegheny Mountains traveling down 

 Monongahela river, towards Pittsburgh. Tow- 

 ering mountains on either side the rapid streams 

 covered with second growth timber with but few 

 houses. The rocks that have been metamorphised 

 by heat, are tipped up at all angles, often on edge, 

 or leaning against the mountains as if for sup- 

 port. At last we reach the Smoky City, at the 

 head of the Ohio River a wonderfully rich city. 

 But her millionaries never made their money out 

 of the ground from which they were taken, but 

 from the bowels of the earth. They have delved 



