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FORT WAYNE, IXi>.. JUNE, L894.
T is not the purpose of this little brochure I" tell the story of Fort Wayne's heroic epoch. It is not the intention here to print again the oft-told tales of earl\ days; nor relate the many Indian legends, the exploits of hardy neers, nor yet the deeds of daring performed by Anthony iyne and his courageous followers. The incidents that ended the reclamation of
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business, and peculiarly a good place for the incoming of those who are seeking homes or locations for the establish- ment of manufacturing interests of any kind. It means that we have good air, pure water, ample drainage, clean streets, it means that we possess advantageous geo- graphical position, a line con- tributary country, large ship- ping facilities, great natural resources, and intelligent, pub- lic-spirited citizens. It means that we have excellent educa- tional institutions, a g 1
social atmosphere, and a high- toned moral sentiment pervad- ing the community.
That all these things belong to Fort Wayne in a marked degree, is the purpose of this weak to demonstrate, and it is a pleasant privilege, on this 20th anniversary, of the birth of the Fort Waynf \i enter upon this task: enables this paper to pay tri- bute to its o\\ n est people have been more than kind, more than liberal in their patronage and friend- ship for a term of twenty years. It nun he well to say at this point, that it is no part id' the office of this publica- tion to sound the fulsome praises of the paper whose 20th anniversary it celebrates. L hanna. But, since the historj of Tin:
News is a part of the history of Fort Wayne, it cannot he out of character to sa\ that since the initial number of this paper was printed, the popu- lation of this city has more than doubled, and that itsarea litis increased in even larger degree, and that while this change has been going on. the News has quadrupled in
size, and has enjowd a larger elientelle than has belonged to any newspaper in northern . Mliana. Witl gratitude to the people f Fort Wayn^ kindly interest in '//,. /' " we enter upon th
period that irter century, in the
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FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
Fort Wayne a City of Home Owners.
PORT WAV XK is emphatically a popular city for home life. This statement lias full exemplification and proof in the fact thai in no place of its size, anywhere, are there more residents who own their homes, than here. In many cities the people inhahit Mats, tenements, apart- ment and boarding houses. \"t so in Fori Wayne. Here. nearly everybody rejoices in the ownership of the property in which lie lives. From the artisan in the shops, to the banker at his desk, we have a communitj of home owners.
The effects of this fact an- noticeabli iverj hand. The
man \\ I wns his home, im- proves its surroundings ; he plants shade trees and shrub- bery; he makes a lawn and keeps it in condition; he is in- terested in beautifying the environments that lie about him, and to this no doubt is due the fact that Fort Wayne is i. ne .if the most beautiful inland cities of the country. Not man} places of this size can boasl of residence streets that equal in picturesque at- tractions such thoroughfares as Berry, Wayne, Washington, Jefferson, Madison. Lewis, Brackenridge, Williams and DeWald, and avenues sn love- ly as Douglas, Creighton, Fairfield and Maple. Many of these streets are lined on both sides with graceful shade trees, whose overhanging
meet in inter-locking embrace, and thus form archways above
the heads of pedestrians and those w ho drive Upon the well paved streets beneath their umbrageous foliage. It is a fact, quite often spoken of,
that no citizen who has long ai.i.kx
lived in Fort Wayne, ever re- moves to another city for residence without a feeling of profound regret, and the numbers of those who have gone to other places and quickly returned to resume their home life in our midst, bear tribute to the high esteem in which this
city is held as a place of residence l>\ those who are familiar with its inan.\ advantages. Moreover, the fact above men t ioned, as to the unusually large house-holding class in Fort
Wayne, is one of the strongest proofs of the pcriiianenc.\
and stability of the city. A community whose people are
1 ad together elosel\ by property interests, is sure to he a
law-abiding, contented and industrious people. The inter
ests of employe and employer are moreclearlj identical, and
neither class seeks to gain unfair advantage, as ill places where the population is itinerant, or frequentlj Changing,
and where homes tor the most part are tenements, and owned almost solelj by capitalists. Another circumstance that adds to the popularity of Fort Wayne as a place ol living, is the fact that residence real estate is cheap, com- pared with that of maii.\ place-, possessing fewer advantages. 'l'lii>. doubtless, is largely due to the topographical character of the suburban districts. Few cities have so many inviting outlying plats as belong to Fort Wayne. It is common to many places to find low. swampy. Hat and unpicturesque ground lying adjacent to the citj limits on every hand. Here, thesuburbs north. south, east and west, are undulating, attract ive and beautiful, and there is no limit to the extent to which Fort Wayne may spread in any direction. As a result of this, the price oi land cannot reach exorbitant figures. Except in the very heart of the ,-ity. from $1,500 to $2, will purchase a
choice lot with all sewer. pavement and sidewalks paid for. and if one is willing to go further out. a choice fiftj fi iot
lot can be had for from $*
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Moreover, building mater- ials are far cheaper here than in man> places. Brick clay abounds in this locality, and the price is consequently low-. We are in the very heart of the best hard-wood lumber district in the country, and home builders get the benefit. We are on two railroad lines that pi-net rate the great pine lumber districts of Michigan,
and they lay down the forest products in this market at tin- lowest possible cost to the lton. consumer, still another in-
centive to home owning and home building here is found in the fact that our city is peculiarly fortunate in possessing a coterie of skilled archi- tects, whose professional talents have abundant tribute in the large number of tasteful and elegantly appointed homes, and substantial husiness blocks and public buildings designed bj them. Nor is this all. The fact that ours is a citj composed so largely of mechanics, affords us the besl skill in the art of building, and Fori Wayne homes are not more famed for their beauty of architectural design and
finish than for their compact ami substantial character. The importance to (.ur present and future of being a citj
of homeowners, cannol well l verestimated. It makes
of us a conservative, home-loving population, having a perpetual unit) of interest.
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FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
A Pleasant Place in which to Live.
"SORT "WAYNE is a pleasant place in which to live, I and for many excellent and all-sufficient reasons.
._[ Among these, are the possession of good air. pure water, ample drainage, clean streets, fine sanitation, and a low death rale.
To anyone who lias resided for twenty years in this city, it is superfluous I" sa.\ that the general liealthfulness of the l pie has vasth improved. It cannot be denied that years
ago, the climate here, like thai
the great Mississippi valley. \\
Ague, with its varied types of fevers, prevailed to a wide
extent, and in many hemes the quinine bottle had a place at the breakfast, dinner and
supper tables \\ hile ie es
eaped an occasional visitation of the -shakes." All that is changed. The outl\ ing low lands nn the west and smith have been ditched and drain- ed. New water-courses have
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the winds that on chills and fever, c with the odors of new-mown hay. Meanwhile the old-time frog farms of the Eel Itiver Valley are now producing celery and other health-giving delicacies for tastes epicurean. The quinine lias been banish- ed from the home to the drug store, where, with its quon- dam companions, the bottles of castor oil and calomel, it
That the improved condi- tion of the general health is largely due to the changed at- mospheric conditions, is doubtless true: but that is only one of numerous causes. Fort Wayne possesses a supply of the purest water for domestic purposes of am city in the
country. From a comprehensive syste f artesian wells.
all extending far below a thick stratum id' bed-rock, pure.
clear, cold water is drawn bj means of powerful pumps, and forced direct into the city's mains. An analysis of this
water shows it to I f the most perfect quality, and its
introduction into the homes of foil Way ne has heen attend ed with the almost total abolil f tvnhoid irwv from
supply, the cause has been dm to the drinking of water from surface wells, and that in no case has this disease existed in families depending exclusively upon the splendid water fur- nished by the city.
lint this is not all. Fort Wayne lieshigh and dry. With three rivers coursing through the heart of the city, the set- tled portions of town are always above high water mark, and there is no swamp land in the city's limits. Per conse- quence, freshets do no damage, and the heaviest rain fall is quickly carried away by ample gutters and sewers.
( )ur sewerage SJ stem is hy no means perfect; but it is being constantly enlarged and
improved \i\ additions that are demanded from time to time to meet the city's grow- ing needs. Those who made choice of this locality for the establishment of what has come to he a goodly city, wrought well in selecting a point where nature had pro- vided topographical conditions for the quick conveyance of objectionable matter to the swift-flowing currents of ad- jacent rivers.
We have clean streets. It was not always so; hut now the visitor to Fort Wayne ejaculates. -How cleanly are yout streets; how broad and substantial your walks: how altogether neat and healthful is the appearance of every- thing here." The commen- dation is well deserved. With our new pavements, came (dean streets, and they are here to stay and to add to the convenience, beauty and liealthfulness of Fort Wayne. lliajis. Quite as interesting as the
assurance that Fort Wayne is a pleasant place to live, is the proof that it is a ••seldom" place in which to die. The returns of the undertakers as reported to the health department, show that the total number of deaths in this city and its suburbs for the year
1893 was 617. On an estimated population of 40,
which is < ceded to he too small this would show an
average of 15.4 deaths to the 1. nun population a rate so low that it might well he coveted by any city. We have
before us a pamphlet in which the boasl is mad i behalf
of Buffalo, that because of her wonderful water supph taken from the whirling eddies of the Niagara rapids and the ozone from the breezes of Lake Erie, her death rate is only L 8.63 to the 1,000 of population. Our death rate, us
FORT WAYNE IT TO DATE,
THE HORTON ITF'G CO.,
PIONEER BUILDERS OF
Western Washers
Hand Corn Planters
UNEQUALED IN
Quality and Workmanship.
FORT WAYNE, 1ND.
Henri C. Paul, President. Established L890.
Wm. Paul, Jr., Vice-Presideni and Treasurer. Incorporated L892
Charles A. Paul, Secretary.
THE PAUL MANUFACTURING CO.,
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Wood Pulleys,
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FORT WAYNK UP TO DATE.
Our City the Home of Honored Men.
DjKOBABLY no city of her size, west of the New England States, has had more men whom the country has delighted to honor, than lias Fort Wayne It is not proposed here to enter into a presentation of biographi c;: 1 sketches of those of our citizens who have been called to placesof prominence because of their integrity, ability or strength of mind or of character; hut this publication would lie incomplete were we to permii topass nnmentioned the names of some of those who were instrumental in giv- ing to our city the impetus that lias carried her on to her present vantage ground among
the live cities of the west.
These are men who have hon- ored Fort Wayne by achieving national recognition for dis- tinguished service to the coun- try or to their own common- wealth. We may not lay claim to Anthony Wayne as a product of Indiana soil: for. although he is entitled to local patronymic honors, his illus- trious name belongs to Ameri- ca, and not to any city or to any state. But there are those who belonged at one time"or another to Fort Wayne in the relation of citizens, and to some of these we desire here briefly to refer. Fort Wayne was the home of Ex-Gov- ernor Bigger. Here Henry Ward Beecher, the foremo.sl of American pulpit orators lived and preached, lint these are not names best known or most highly cherished by our people. Thousands of men and women here still remem- ber the kindly voice and genial countenance of Judge Samuel Hanna. to whom, per- haps, more than to any other HON. HUG citizen, are we indebtedj[for
the Pennsylvania road's vast interest here, and the conse- quent rapid growth and prosperity of the city. Other thousands recall the sterling character and generous. helpful
lite of Allen Hamilton, the pioneer citizen, merchant,
hanker. Still ot her thousands revere the memory of Jesse I.. Williams, and many have personally known the munifi- cence of his charity. And everybody inthiscit;. still delights to honor that magnificent type of the American gentleman, the Hon. Hugh McCulloch. To this quartette Messrs. Hanna. Hamilton. Williams and McCulloch the NEWS accords the honor of having contributed more than am others to the impetus that started Fort Wayne upon its/".x/ helium career of remarkable growth. There an' other indi
vfduals «ho are represented elsewhere in these pages who
have i tributed as much perhaps to the permanent main- tenance of this city's substantial growth as anj one ot the gentlemen named above: hut to them belongs tin- honor of laying the foundation for our city's present greatness: and better still than that, to them is due the credit of having engrafted in early- days upon the local bod} politic the life
principle of their own sterling manh I. and no one may
measure the influence ol these strong, right-minded men. upon the future destinies of the city where they lived, it is a genuine pleasure to be able here to present, tor the first time, between the covers of printed book, authentic and life-like portraits of these four grand citizens of Fort Wayne. Hut these are only a tew ol the men whose names are widely" known and w hose lives have been in later years closely identified with our city's and our country's inter- ests. Mr. John 11. Bass, of Fort Way ne. has carved for himself a place in the front rank id' America's greatest manufacturers. Hon. A. I'. Edgerton was an honored member of the United States ( 'nil Service < iommission dur- ing the first term of President Cleveland. Hon. R. S. Tax - I if. one of the brainiest men in America, and for many y ears a member id' the Mis- sissippi River Commission. has this city as the place of his residence. Col. I!, s. Robert- son.iate member of the Na- tional Utah Commission, and once Lieutenant i Governor of Indiana, has his home here. Mr. R. T. McDonald, head of the great Fort Way ne Elec- tric Light Company, whose name as a brilliant man >>i Maine to California, is a citizen ot E. Moras, U. S. < 'onsul to Paris, one ..f the for, 'ii e.st newspaper men of the country, is a native of Port Wayne, and a product of our public schools. Hon. Walpole G. Colerick, Hon. Robert Lowry, Hon. James B. White. Hon. A. H. Hamilton, lion. Chas. Case, Hon. Joseph K. Edgerton, Hon. Chas. Brenton are among those who have honored this ,■ it \ as representatives in tin- Congress of the United States. Hon. Isaac Jenkinson, consul to cins- cow and Hon. Kiel McLachlan,. consul to Leith, were ap- pointed from this city, and Hon. .lam.- W, Borden, of Fort Wayne was minister to the Sandwich Islands under r dent Buchanan. Prof. H w Diederich, has just returned i: -.in Leipsic, after an honorable service as 1 . S. Consul.
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A City of Splendid Educational Advantages.
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A I O city in [ndiana if in all the country surpasses Fort Wayne in the character of tier educational institutions and advantages. For man} years, the ve attracted the attention of he country by reason of their ex- i from our Centra] Grammar school
entitles the possessor t atriculation without examination
in several of the prominent colleges, and pupils graduating with honors from this school are awarded free scholarships
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n the best colleges of Indian his city, 5,167 children are
nrolled in fifteen ward -'-I Is
ad the Central Grammar
cl I, and receive instructs n
i.. i, i an intelligent corps of me hundred and thirty-eight eachers. TheoldClaj school, ihirh was destroyed by fire ii-« weeks ago, is now in irocess of replacement bj the aagnificent structure shown m the opposite page. Nearlj II the public school buildings if tliis city arc spacious, two- tory edifices, constructed I-. .in the must modern and cientific designs for buildings ,i this class. The stairways ,r,. commodious and made
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the grounds are spacious and in r\ en case located to con
venientlj accomi late the
greatest number. TheCentral Grammar school, alwavs the
have graduated main bright
scholars, who are even now ""v ' '■
wielding wide influence in
the world of letters. More than a quarter of a century ago,
the formati f a school librarj was begun, arid to-daj
all pupils who have reached their third scl I year. Hon.
1 '■ P. Morgan, wl i portrait appears herewith, has been a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Fort \\'a.\ ae Public Schools i"i' an uninterrupted term of thirtj three years,
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building until ii requires fifteen large brick structures to give them shelter, and nearly one hundred and lift} teachers to imparl instruction to them.
The parochial school system of the German Evangelical Lutheran Societies of this city, embraces five large schools and Concordia College, with property valued at $155,000, and having an enrolled attendance of 1,871 students, taught by a corps of thirty highty educated ami skilled in- structors. Concordia College, a pari of the Lutheran -c! 1
system, is one of the fore si institutions of learning under
the control "I' that church, in the United States. [I has usualh an enrollment of three or four hundred students, ami is reall\ an academy prepara- tory tn the Theological Semin an of that church at St. Louis. The Catholic parochial schools 'if Fori Wayne num- ber seven, ami the value of their property is estimated at
a t $450, There are
nearh 2,300 pupils enrolled in
the various scl is, including
those of school age at the orphanage. Fortj one teai are employed to give in struction in the Catholic schools.
Westminster Seminary for lToung 1. ulies. is a private seminary, conducted In .Miss Carrie 1!. Sharp ami Mr.. I >. B. Wells. it is devoted specially tn the higher edu-
eat i. i' young ladies, though
it maintains priman ami in termediate departments for girls. This school possesses marked advantages and has rapidly grown in popularity smee the dsy oi its establish
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There are. in addition to
those above mentioned, several private schools and kinder- gartens, and with these Fort Wayne nun he said to possess everj advantage thai can possiblj be required to fil the young for active Life bj affording thorough instruction in all the branches essential to a good education.
The schools herein enumerated do not. of course, include the business colleges, the nighl schools, nor anj of the de- partments of education conducted under the auspices of
the i'oung Men's Christian Association, although these
represent no inconsiderable number of students, and form an importanl part of the educational work in progress in the city. The Music Schools of Fori Waym are si vera] in num- ber, and Hi'-- are celebrated foi their excellence, numbering r instructors main successful ti
FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
Absolute Puritj of Drugs and all goods pertaining to medicine and f I is
the essentia] point to be observed to maintain or obtain g< health.
Since the commencement of our business, in eighteen hundred and fifty-
The Highest Grade and Quality of Goods.
Drugs and Spices than u,
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FORT WAYXE IT TO DATE.
Fort Wayne a City of Churches.
CD as she has a right to be concerning her eduea
onal advantages, the citj of Fori Wayne hai
special reason i" be glad of the strong religious mosphere pervading the community, as evidenced by th< any churches thai abound throughout thecity. Therean Fori Wayne al the presenl time, forty-two regularh ganized religious societies, as follows: Methodist, eight; Two nourish
itholic, seven ; Lutheran, seven ; Presbj terian, five; Reform- tian Associate
. three; Baptist, two: Christian, two ; Congregational, two; Young Wome
ibrew, two; United Brethren, two; Episcopal and Evan- Wayne. Thee
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worsli
omuls and appurtenances
s( not less than $2,000,000.
le memberehip of these reli- nis bodies, as gleaned from eir own reports, in round nnhers reaches 15,000 souls, lis is a remarkable showing
il accounts in large measure c the excellent standing of irt Wayne as a place free mi those oft-recurring •nes of lawlessness and dis-
ies of our elass. Any city, majority of whose people lognize God, and show their egiance to Him by organiz- g to advance His cause and s kingdom upon earth, is niiil to be a community of telligent, enterprising, law-
irv of Fort Wa\ ne. I hat in
si i went} years, the growth religious sentiment has not
il\ kepi paee w illi. hut has
en surpassed that of her
aterial prosperity. To this I
a doubt, is due the rem!
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itmosphere of the city, and the marked change thai
en place in the social life of our people. In another
■, reference is made to i litions thai obtained in
'a\ncat the close of the war; how rioting, robbery,
ind murder were of shockinglj frequent occurrence.
lifferent now. Aside from petty violations of the
aw, and occasional arrests for drunke iss and dis-
i luct, there is not much to mar the peace I
of the city. \o one can over estimate the influence
christian religion along the line of good citizenship.
ace, no man can tell how much we owe to the religi
forma
spires pointing heavenward from Fort Wayne ite a powerful commendation in behalf of this
wly organized branch of the
Association, belong to Fort nt is housed in its own magnifi- cently appointed stone struc- ture in the heart of the c-it \ . 011 Calhoun street, and has am- ple r i. all conveniences, and
everj equipment needed for the successful carrying on of this important work. The railroad department, with a membership of many hun- dreds, has a comfortable home of its own, hut which will some daj have to he enlarged to meet the demands of so
wide a field.
Not less than one hundred clergymen have their perma- nent homes in Fort Wayne, anil when is added to this number, the college professors
and teachers in the public, private and parochial schools, it will he seen that we have a very large citizenship compos ed of religious, cultured and
refined people, and out of
these classes has Sprung the
numerous literary and educa- tional societies that have placed Fort Wa\ ne foremost among the cities of Indiana. The News is w ithout data as to the number of these liter- ary circles, or their member- ship. Indeed, accurate in- vouid he impossible to obtain, private and informal. But it liana has as man} organizations ind improvement as has Fori
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is known that no city . devoted to mind cult Wayne, and il mat be added, that no city has a larger and
more intelligent class of refined ] pie.
Not leasl importanl of our city's claims to honor, is her conceded superiority in point of musical taste and culture. The Morning Musical, a society of music loving women. has done much to advance musical interests here, and the
recent product ions of ••The Creation" and ■•The Chillies id'
Normandx ." testify to the remarkable musical capabilities of
our vocalists, while some of the besl instrumental
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FORT WAYNE IP TO DATE.
Fort Wayne as a Railroad Center.
II ATKVF.K other claims Fort Wayne may have oi superiority over the cities of hoosierdom, there is none to question her supremacy as a railroad Other places there are with more railroads than iavc.it is true, but no city of Indiana can boast of as \ great roads as are centered here. The Pennsylvania •ni representing 8000 miles qf railway in active opera! ion; Wahash system, stretching its long branches through- the far west; the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rail- constituting, with its eastern connections, under the derbill system, a through from New York to Chi- ,; the great Grand Rapids e. running from Cincin- to Mackinaw, the Lake
great road. These shops, employ inn several hundred men, were Inst to us by the selfishness of a syndicate of con
tractors wh iginally constructed the road, and who made
thelocation of the simp, a mattei of private speculation. Fort Wayne has always been considered to be the most de- sirable point for these shops, and it has heen intimated many times (d' late that the\ would he removed from their present unsightly and unhealthfu] locality if it could he
accomplish
interests in
Without U
re terminus and then) connection, the
■ a w e tern, compi work of lines that I t Wayi ne of the
dry. Another projected from Chicago to New k is now knocking for Lission at our gates.
he importance to this city lie Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
w ill
its great shop plant, cannot he overestimated. This im- mense hive of industry has made possible the splendid achievements of Fort Wayne during the past quarter of a century, ami has no doubt contributed more than any
other Single cause, to the
mmI
this
terests hen' is computed by
the millions, ami it pays about one-twentieth of the entire
taxation of the city. During the past twenty years, an
average of nearly $100,000 per i th has been paid to the
employes of this great corporation here, and this vast sum. aggregating twenty millions of dollars, has been dissemi nated through the various channels of trade and commerce. Can .■ 1 1 1 \ one compute t|„. value this railroad has hcen to
the city, or estimate its importance to us now?
Next in point of usefulness to 1 his city is the New Fork, Chicago <& St. Louis railway. This road, owned now ami operated by the Vauderhiit s. has a total trackage of 523 miles, its monthly disbursements in this city amount to $35,000. it is believed that not much effort would be re- quired to secure lor this city the Stony Island shops of this
serious loss to the company's
: of a costly plant.
The Wabash Kaihvay. form- erly had a division point here, and this is still the home of quite a number of employes,
repair shops being st ill main
tainecl in this city . and several thousand dollars being dis- bursed monthly on the local pay-roll. This road is part of a system h:i\ ing 2,123 miles of track, and with it- ea
connection £ ling a great
trunk line from NY» i and Boston to the far soul h-
west.
The (.rand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, forming a through line from Cincinnati to Mackinaw, has its division point here. Fort Way lie heiu.e-
nearly mid-way between (.rand Rapids and Cincinnat i. The disbursements of this
road amount to about $7,
per month in this city. By- means of this route we are
placed in quick connection w ith the great health resorts, and also with the pine lumber regions of Michigan. The Lake Shore system,
represented here hv a branch running from this city to . i.nk, mi. has a tracka ann our people arc enabled to l' the most popular of American
1,185 miles, and b reach, in a few miles passenger lines.
The Lake Erie a- Western mad. ha, its station w of the Lake Shore, and with it constitutes anotl north and south road, tapping the pineries of Michi extending to the Ohio river.
The railroads that center in this city show a c trackage of nearly 12,500 miles, as follows
P. F. W. &. C, including the (.. It. <£ I. Railway
Nickd Plate Railway
Lake Shore Railway
Wabash Railway
Lake Erie & Western Railway
thai
bined
7,915
523
1,185
2,123
711
FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
flORGAN & BEACH,
ART GLASS, ,'1:;:;: ;:::;. io"sc
PAINTS, ":::,:'■■"■ ■"■' *""-"" '
Cutlery and Silverware, HARDWARE, ES™
The best Americanand Foreign maki
large variety. P. &
if Locks and Knobs in till tl
BICYCLES Refrigerators, Ice Cream Freezers, Mechanics and
Machinists' Tools, Electrical Supplies.
FORT 1VAVNK II' TO DATE.
The Grain Trade of Fort Wayne.
' " E grain trade of Fort Wayne has always been and is to-day one of the most important branches of business carried on at this point. Prominent in the trade in its earl} history may be mentioned the names of Messrs. I [ 1 1 1 & Orbison; McCulloch & Little; Bash & Aiken, now S. Bash & Co.; Efoagland, TresseH & <'".: Compareti Hubbell & Co.; R. W. Taylor; John Orff and D. S. Beaver, as well as others whose ni is the writer is unable to re- call. In the very early days of this trade, when Fort Wayne was the meat central shipping point of a wide territory, her grain going to
the sea hoard mostly l>\ canal and lake, this city en- joyed the largest grain trade of nn\ city ill northern Indi- ana, the -rain being hauled here from a radius of flfty or seventy miles, and the Storage capacity of the dif- ferent elevators and grain- warehouses was much greater than it is to-day. With the completion of a net work of railroads throughout the stale, our grain trade has been largely cut off, and. while still maintaining the rank of one of our first industries, it has fallen many thousand linshels short of her old-time prestige.
fort Way ne to-day has four large flouring mills, with a capacity considerablj exceed- ing ■"><"' barrels per day; and
in addition to this, she has one elevator with a capacity
of 50,000 to 75,000 bushels, and is well equipped for handling this business econom- ically ami to the advantage
of both buyer and seller.
The milling capacity having grown so large, it has now
become aecessarj to ship in a large amount of -rain in ad- dition to her local receipts to supply the same. Thishas had a tendency to make Fort Wayne a better market for -rain, relatively speaking, than any id' the neighboring markets, and also enables her to ]ia\ considerably higher
prices for this article than her sister cities. From I >
with people in charge at the expense of the railroad (
pi s: and these concessions on the part of the railroads,
combined with high rates of toll on the wag 'oads lead
ing to this city, have militated largely against the com- mercial interests, both wholesale and retail. >d' Fort Wayne- En the opinion of the most enlightened public sentiment, free -ravel mads are essential to the prosperity of the com- mercial interests of this city, and they should he eon tinuously and persistently advocated until every toll-gate has been abolished from the county. The soil of most of Allen county is exceedingly unfavorable for good countrj roads. Theabundance of claj and scarcity of -ravel, make road building difficult and costly, and for this reason Fort Wayne has ion- been
handicapped in the direction
of rural trade. It is gratify- ing, however, to note a marked improvement in this di- rect ion. Under recent legis- lation, several new gravel roads have been finished radial ing in many direct ions. and it is reasonably certain that no more toll roads will ever he constructed in this
county. There is a steadily growing sentiment in favor oi road improvement. The introduction of road making machinery has simplified the labor and expense of grading, and the outlook is altogether favorable now for the earlv
stion of a i of grave] i county wl
thorough
roads all use high-
ecti
Ton. nun bushels of -rain are
ukel al the present lime an
ladily above this figure. Min- im business of this city has be d some of it, we are satisfied, hi
ic trade is growing i lair criticism of the nade in former years: it been merited. The
Baltimore & Ohio railroad and the Lake Shore <& Michiga Southern railroad, traversing verj rich sections north of u
It is to lie hoped that With
the improved roads that are even now in sight, and the promised abolition of all the toll roads, the railroad com- panies, or private capitalists, may feel warranted in building new elevators, and thus create stronger competition and a
livelier market for the cereal product of the adjacent country. There are man) reasons wh\ Fori Wayne, with its -teat inducements as a commercial center should attract a lar-e amount of the trade thai has been heretofore driven to smaller places on adjacent parallel lines of railway. With costi\ tolls removed, and roads over which easj access maj i.e had lo heavil} loaded teams, to this city, the a offered bj local merchants in the wa\ of bargains will surel) result in a vasl increase to the grain trade of our city which has so long suffered from the influence of high tolls and mud roads.
FORT WAYXK tl> To DATE
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE
CLOAK, SUIT AND
FUR HOUSE
IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
is been al the head of the Cloak, Suit and Fur business for the past ii'iity years. Never found without the very latesl productions of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC STYLES.
He is wide awake an jtropolitan ideas. Aj
suppi
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The Wholesale Trade of Fort Wayne.
(CATED on three great trunk railroad lines, in the heart of a rich agricultural region, with tour long north and smith railroads having their termini here, it was impossible that Fort Wayne should n.ot lie a splendid wholesale center. The past twenty years have witnessed re markable growth and activity in this branch of commerce. Several large, influential ami highly prosperous concerns have recently been added to the number of wholesale establishments in Fort Wayne, ami the jobbing trade in
Iry i: Is. groceries, boots and shoes, iron, steel ami heavj
hardware, ami other lines.
\n important branch of mercantile trade is without representation in Fort Wayne. For instance, there are only fifteen establishments de- voted exclusively to the job- bing of iron, steel ami heavy hardware in the United Mates, west of the Allegheny mountains. The great house of Mossman, l'arnelle& Com- pany, of this city, is one of the largest of these, ami de- cidedly the foremost concern of its class in Indiana.
In dry goods, we have two jobbing houses. DeWald & Company, and Knot & Coin •pany, both of which do an extensive business, which is m>t by any means confined to this state, but leaches across the borders into Ohio ami Michigan, ami extends in some cases beyond the three
states mentioned.
A few years ago, two linns represented the wholesale grocery interests of this city.
Now, live mammoth establish- geori
incuts find this a successful
avenue to commercial success, ami no better or more pros- perous houses are found elsewhere in Indiana.
In wholesale boots and shoes, we have an establishment that has grown from inconsiderable proportions to one of
the largest ami most prosperous concerns in the west, ami the Brm name of W. I.. Carnahan A- Company is widely ami
favorably known as one of the most successful houses in
iii
stad
Five large con feci ion cries arc eliua^eil in the wholesaling,
mil onl\ of g Is pertaining to that branch of business, but
allot' them carry mi a large baking business, ami two of
these establishments are ii ense concerns, whose products
are widelj disseminated by wholesale throughout a wide adjacent territory .
Several houses carry mi a wholesale drug trade, but there is no establishment here exclusively devoted to the jobbing of drugs ami medicines.
The jobbing of fruits in this market is carried on bj several large establishments, those of J. I!. White. Pottlitzer Brothers, Louis Fox. McDonald & Watt ami Burslej & Company being most prominent.
The wholesale hardware business is confined to live large establishments, all of which are well managed, prosperous and heavily stocked concerns.
Leather and findings are sold by one jobbing house ill Fort Wayne.
Ten establishments control the local wholesale liquor traffic.
The wholesaling of meats in this city has grown to be an important industry, and the trade that was a few- years ago controlled almost exclusively by one house, is now divided among several greal concerns, Fred Eckart, l.eikaiif Brothers & Hash. Swift & Company, Armour & ( lompany, • rottleb Sailer ami George lioux being leading represent at tves.
One large millinerj estab- lishment holds the jobbing trade in that line of this city. Eight concerns are devoted more or less extensively to the wholesaling of notions from this point.
Five establishments in this city are engagedin the whole- sale paper trade.
The superior shipping fac ilities of Fort Wayne, as represented in the Several im- IVAL1'- portant railway systems that
center here, will always give her an advantage thai cannot be gained by cities less favorably endowed, ami as the next decade promises another trunk line, and a new direct road to Indianapolis, we may reasonably hope tor rapid development of our wholesale
trade.
As pertinent to this branch of trade, il is proper to refer io the commercial travelers of Fort Wayne, a progressive class of estimable gentlemen, who stand at the forefront of [ndiana salesmen. To them belongs the credit oftheor- ganization of the T. I'. A. The late Herbert V. I. this citj . was an early President of the National Association and several local travelers have been at the head of the state society, of which this citj is the home of Posl \ - the largest post in [ndiana.
FORT WAYNE UP To DATE.
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TO DRINK
A cheap Beer, brewed outside of this city, when Fort Wayne supplies some of the largest cities in the land.
Pay double prices for imported Beer when a domestic Beer, brewed out of nothing but the choicest Barley and Hops, can be bought at prices not higher than injurious and adulterated goods.
The Herman Berghoff
Brewing Co.
PRODUCES IX ITS
Dortmunder, Doppel
©
§
and Salvator,
Fully as wholesome and pure an article as any imported beer.
THEY DEFIANTLY CHALLENGE THE WORLD
To prove that their claims and affidavits are not true. They invite Chemists and Experts to Analyze their Dortmunder and Salvator Beer and to lay claims to their
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REWARD OF $5,000.
FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
The Large Retail Trade of Fort Wayne.
~S0RT WAYNE
cat retail market. No better affoi ded of judging of the thrift of any In the patronage accorded to her retail stores. By this standard, our city hasoccasion to feel proud ..I' her position in the sister] 1 of commercial municipali- ties; for where may we look to find a place of the import- ance of Fori Wayne, with tin- record of as tew failures as
have occurred here? The Mattering conditi f retail
trade in this city is due to several causes, and foremost among these arc the high character of our merchants, their keen business intelligence, their progresive enterprise, the splendid quality of their stocks, and the uniformly
good values extended to their
patrons. With inducements such as are offered in thi' re- tail stores of Fort Wayne, there is no object for our people to seek the larger markets of Chicago, Cincin- nati or New York. With resident buyers constantly in the eastern market to supply the local trade out merchants are able to compete with dealers anywhere, and it is a subject of remark thai not even the greater cities offer hotter bargains to the public than can he secured over the retail counters in Fort Wayne There is onlj one obstacle in the path of the fullest
this direction. Our < ntrj
trade is not what it ought to be, not what it has been, ami may we not hope that it is not what it will he in the future. The cause id' this failure to come up to her full standard of business patron- age, is treated of at some length in a previous chapter on the grain trade. It is due
solely to the condition of our unimproved countn r Is
and the costly tolls exacted on the turnpikes. Y ears ago, before the era of railroad building hail constructed parallel trunk lines at distances of less than a dozen miles apart, the local retail market had patronage from western Ohio, south
era Michigan and a large pari of north and eastern [ndii
The building of these roads has lost some of this trade for
our city fo]e\ er; hut with a widespread system of free
gravel roads, much of il might he regained, and it is hoped that laws recently enacted and new legislation that is needed, will do much to give us relief in the direction of re- moving the embargo uj local trade established i>\ the
maintenance of toll roads In private Corporations.
UJGUST F. SIEMOK
The dry g Is trade in Fort Wayne is represented In
thirt \ est a hi isl unci its. doing a business every \ ear that takes
seven figures to rept lume. It is the boasl ol ..in' people that in quality of stock, attractiveness -t exhibit, and uniform lowness of price. Fori W ;n ne dr> g Is houses
are not surpassed in an\ city.
Groceries are sold in more than one hundred and forty establishments in Fort Wayne, though id all of this number are extensive dealers.
\ i .. . 1 1 1 forty stores in this citj are engaged in the sell- ing ol' drugs and medicines and the dealers in this line stand in the front ranks of our merchants in point of intelligence and thrift and the trade is uniformly at- tended with prosperity.
There are a dozen or more establishmi ni - engaged in the retail furniture trade, which .0 i- -ne of the most prosperous
of local commercial pursuits. Thirty linns an- engaged in the retailing of boots and
shoes.
About twentj two merchant tailors do business here.
A dozen establishments are devoted t<> the sale of cloth- ing, hat-, cap- and furnishing goods.
Fifteen concerns earn on a genera] trade in hardware. sto\ es and house furnishing goods.
Twelve stores sell music, musical instruments and mer-
There are a do/en book stores here.
Fifteen notion stores do business in Fort Wayne.
The number of saloons, we don't know, but there are eunuch to supply the demand.
The character of Hie business blocks thai house the re- tail trade of Fort Wayne, is first class Better store rooms than those occupied by onr leading merchants are not found, except iii the palatial blocks of the ureal cities of the Country. The commodious quarters occupied In Root & Company, DeWald A Company, William Halm & Com- pany, Meyer Brothers & Company, Beadell a Company, M.
Frank A ( ompany, -am. Fete A Max. [,ouis "Woll A Com- pany. F. . I. ( o. idem A. I. ami II. Friend, Pixie} A Com pauy, Mergentheim A Company, .1. 1!. White and many other well known dealers, are the pride of our people and
the subject of favorable comment In all who make our city a \ isit.
FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF FORT WAYNE,
Corner Main ami Conn' stkkf.t
Oldest National Bank in State of Indiana.
Capital and Surplus, $475,000.
OFFICERS: .1. II. Bass, President. M. W. Simons, Vice-President
I. km. 1;. II \i; 1 vi \\. Cashier.
W. I.. PETTIT, Assistant Cashier.
('has. McCulloch, President. John .Mum;. .It:., Cashier.
The Hamilton
National Bank,
Capital, 1200,000.
surplus. 240,000. FORT WAYNE, IND.
|
Stephen B. l'.n.M OLIVER I'. MORG |
.. President. w, Vice-President |
|
Jared 1>. Bond, James C. Woodt\ |
.1:111. Ass't Cashi |
Capital, $350,000. Surplus, $ 125,000.
The Old National Bank,
DIRECTORS: Oliver P. Morgan. Stephen B. Bond.
John m. Bass. Heni:y C. Paul.
Montgomery Hamilton.
FORT WAYNE, IND.
John w. White, President. Tims. li. Hedekin, Vice-Preside Hakky A. Keplinger, Cashier. Gustave G. Detzer, Assistant
White National Bank.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $220,000.
Pays '■> per cent interest per annum on time deposits. Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent at $5.00 per Annum.
DIRECTORS : .1. B. White. B. T. M< Don u d.
K. L. Romy. Sol. Rotiisi iiild.
'I'. B. Hedekin. J. W. White.
I), c. Fisher.
NUTTMAN & CO.,
BANKERS,
FORT WAYNE,
IND.
We solicit accounts of Corporations, Firms and individuals.
Exchange bought and sold.
Collections receive prompt attention.
Our Vault and Safes are Fire and Burglar Proof.
Interest paid on deposits.
FORT WAVXK UP TO DATE.
Substantial Banking Houses of Fort Wayne.
Y\ Nwere are hanks and banks, and there arc cities having banks with larger capital, more surplus and greater deposits than those of Fori Wayne; but we challenge any city in the United States to show a cleaner record in its annals of banking than belongs to our own favored citv. Never, in all hei history, was there a bank failure in Fori Wayne. Never were the doors of an) bank- ing house here closed for a single hour because of inability to meel legitimate demands made over its counters. Never has the business community here been denied liberal ac- commodations at the hands of the local hanks. Never have local business interests Buffered because of a failure tn secure the discounting of commercial paper.
Where is the city that can boast "f a record equal to this? Where is the city of 45,000 people that can point to banking institutions so capablj and intelligently con- ducted through a period of half a centun ?
During the early days of the present era of business
depression, when the i pie,
not know ing how to account for the sudden and widespread
hearing of hank wrecks, and embezzlements, and defalca- tions, became restless and uneas\ lest their savings should be lost: and when
an drawers, there never anything like a run on Fort Wayne hank, and ths ago, even dollar that
l 11 withdrawn was retun
>ni| \ . unt il to-daj I lie
hmoredollars to keep of Fori Wayne have mon monej on deposit than when the era of hard times began; for people are beginning to realize that there is no
safer place for i iej than in the coffers of a local bank.
Five banks of deposil arc doing business in this city. I >f
th
iks.
ick of these national banks is si.i d iiiidix ided profits on t he li h da; round figures to nunc than $620,1
Ma\ last, amounted and the total ni de
e buildings erected ,1 National Bank, at •ts. iii the ven heart
of the city, has a massive and elegant three-story stone structure, built two years ago, and constituting one of the handsomest and most attractive buildings in the city. Its office is fitted up with the latest and most approved fixtures, and is a model of comfort and convenience in all of its ap- pointments.
The White National Bank, at the corner of Clinton and Wayne streets, has must elaborate and commodious quarters. Indeed, it is doubtful if any bank in the state of Indiana is mure elegantly housed than is tins young but remarkably prosperous insti- tution. Its building is three- stories in height and its office occupies the entire ground door, having a floor space 60 x60 feet. The furniture and fixtures of the White Hank arc of the latest design, of substantial material and *^ artistic workmanship. Most
excellent taste and skill are shown in all the arrange- ments, and nothing could be more complete and convenient than are all the accessories of this office.
The First National Bank, which for so mam years has occupied the building at the corner of Court and Main streets, is about to he estab lished in new. commodious and elegant quarters in the Bass Block, where Work will soon begin upon extensive improvements looking to that
end. The r i is ven large,
and as all the latest furniture ami fixtures are to he adopted for its use. the First National Hank will soon have an at- tractive home. ID- The Hamilton National
Bank lias not changed its location for many years, and it ma.\ not do so for sonic time to come: hut as this hank owns one of the most desirable comers in the heart of the city, it is not unlikelj that somi da\ not far distant it w ill occupy a spacious and convenient office that shall vie with any of its contemporaries in the elegance of its appointments.
The Xuttiuaii Bank has Us home in the Bank Block, on East Main street, where it was established several years ago. 'fins is a private hank and enjoys, to a high degree,
the confidence of the entire Community. It is a sound and conservative institution.
\ in n. is prominent in banking circles here in other
days, are those of ex Secretan Hugh McCulloch, Allen Hamilton, Charles D. Bond, J. if Nuttman and S. Cary Evans.
F()1!T WAYNE UP TO DATE.
Bass Foundry and Machine Works,
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.
IMPROVED CORLISS ENGINES,
SIMPLE. COMPOUND AND CONDENSING.
U1)
MEDAL AWARDED AT WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
TUBULAR BOILERS, FEED WATER HEATERS.
AND STEAM SEPARATORS.
FACTORY, ELECTRIC LIGHT, STREET RAILROAD, AND ROLLING MILL PLANTS.
SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
FOKT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
The Bass Foundry and Machine Works.
taking up the subject of the greater manufacturing industries of Fort Wayne, the Bass Foundr} and
Mac! • Works natural!} suggest themselves, because
ieir overwhelming importance to this city and her in- is. The railroad shops employ more men, and disburse . nionej to employes; but, because the} are owned and
nM-ii b} capitalists of other states, the} d I possess
tly that place in popular esteem which is accorded t" rreai industn whose title heads this chapter, ami which
dustry, whose product is known wherever railroads have been made, ami which is itself a magnificent monu- ment i" the wonderful business capacity of the man under whose skillful direction it has "Town into its present magnificent proportions.
The I'.ass Foundry ami Machine Works is not as old an institution as some of its
compeers of the Empire state and New England; hut it wears the distinguished honor ..I making some lines of man- ufactured products which in quantity and quality are with- out successful rivals in the
world. It istheprideof ever} citizen id' Fort Wayne to he aide to sa.\ to visitors from abroad that our city holds the parent pi, mt of the great Bass Foundry, and that the big in- stitutions at Chicago and St.
is an 1} branches of tie- Wax istablishment.
with feelings of profound faction that the Fort tic visitor to other cities truthfully proclaim the that this great enterprise,
itavj
:els, emblazoned with the legend "Bass Foundry, Fort vne. Indiana." And should you visit Europe or the ipodes, England, France, Germany, Russia or Australia, car wheel product of Fort Wayne would greet you, ywhere. The capacity of the Bs died u heels per da\ . and in season
Foundr
several
-i -i
l sill
strong wheels, and such a ma^ndicent reputation have the wheels of this great factory, that many railroads would not buy wheels from an} other source at any price that could be named.
But the item of car wheels is only one of many im- portant branches of manufacture carried on at this great establishment. The Bass-Corliss Engines are famed ■ when- for their remarkable excellence in points of material, (-.instruction and wearing capacity, and the demand foi these great machines comes from all points of the compass. As showing the ability of the Bass Foundry to compete with the world, it is in point that eight huge boilers have just been constructed here for use at New Castle. Penn- sylvania, which is not exactly "carrying coals to New Castle," but it seems very- like it. in view of the great iron foundries that abound in that locality.
The Bass Foundry and Machine Works during the past twenty years, when run- ning to their full capacity. have employed from one thousand to twelve hundred men. w ith a pay-roll aggre- gat ing about $35,000 a month, which very large sum has been disbursed through the regular channels of trade in this city.
Ii has been popular, some- times, and in certain circles, to inveigh against the suc- cessful manufacturer, whose husiness skill and fori have enabled him to amass a competenc} ; hut we have yet to meet that citizen of Imli- As^- ana who begrudges to Mr.
John IF liass the fruits of his labors in building up a manufacton that through forty years has given employment, at good wages, to hundreds
of « potent workmen, enabling them to live in
happiness and contentment, to rear and educate their families of children, to bin and improve their hone-, and to iiii respected ami honorable places in the community.
Since its establishment, and up to date, the Bass Foundr} and Machine Works have disbursed to employes man} millions of dollars, and upon tins vast revenue other
hundreds of trades people have lived and prospered. In
estimating the value to out -
what the} cont ibute indirectl} to the general pub
always he considered \ great boon to Fort \\ ayne has
been the Bass Foundry.
FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
FORT WAYNE UE TO DATE.
The Fort Wayne Electric Works.
5. A
The r ex- Iders, of its nted,
'ARALLELED, in a city of wonderful manufactur- ng successes, has been the remarkable rise and pro- gress of the Fori Wayne Electric Co., an establishment which was in its infancj ten years ago, and which to-da\ stands in tin- very first rank of our great industrh history of this enterprise would read like a romance, story of its earlj struggle of its tenacious right f
istence, of the lack of i fidence of some of its stockhi
of the hopeful and enduring contest of its manager, slow but steadj growth, of obstacles met and surmo of its final triumphant and brilliant success, gaining victory over every rival in the great field of electrical science,
would till a volume teeming u hh interest to those who de- light in the contemplation of splendid achievements.
To Mr. U. T. McDonald be- longs the undivided honor of projecting, carrying forward and preserving for this city one of the foremost of her manufacturing enterprises. Ee
few
ii old frame structure on the ickel Plate tracks west of [arrison street. lie was its lanager, when, having out- rown these dilapidated nailers, it moved into a more
(1 h .lis building erected
>r its occupancy on East olumbia street. Ee was in mtrol Of its affairs when
dw;
lit
ing years, and saw its greal R- t. s
possibilities of growth if only
capita] might be placed in his hands with which to develop it. lie chafed over the indifference of stockholders, who had invested $1,500 each, and who were clamoring for dividends on that investment, while declining to pul another dollar into an enterprise thai was suffering for need of widespread improvement. And then, one da\ he
went to New York, and stint led his Fori Wayne coadjutors
by wiring for their acceptance of $80,000 apiece for their in- terest in a property thai had cost each of them the magnificenl sum of $1,500. The deal was made, and the Fort Wayne Electric Companj passed into the hands of a greal and wealth} corporation; but, as Mr. McDonald had been true to the interests of the local stockholders, securing to them
interests of his city, for he made the sale conditional upon the plant being maintained at Fort Wayne. Then came the disastrous lire that left the electric works a crumbling mass of ruins. The corporation controlling the works again
desired to re ve the plant to the easl where vacant
factories, owned b\ them, awaited the business of the local works. Again Mr. McDonald's strong individualit} and his never flagging loyalty to Fort Wayne wen- shown. The company was obdurate in its determination to move, but it desired above all to retain Mr. McDonald's services. The eastern managers insisted. Mr. McDonald was firm and threatened to resign. Finally, a compromise was effected to the end that if the citizens of Fort "Wayne would rebuild the plant on a scale commen- surate with the demands upon it. the works should re- main here. A committee, comprising some of our lead- ing business men, made a prompt and active canvass, securing contributions in the sum of $25,000 and the works were saved to us. The plant was immediately rebuilt on a very extensive scale, new land was acquired, and the company extended the build- ing far beyond its promises to meel the steadily increasing demand for the products of this great establishment. Hundreds of new men were
/employed. The highest class of skilled artists and artisans were brought from abroad to this city. A large contingent of expert workmen came from Brooklyn to Fort Wayne, and never was an investment of
$25, made to better pur
pose than that which per- Wayne Electric Works for Fort Wayne. It would be impossible, in the few words left for this subject, to tell all that has been accomplished for us b\ this greal industry. It has disbursed among our citizens from $20,000 to $30, I per month. It has given employ- ment to an army of workers. It has developed tmw suburbs and has caused the erection of hundreds of homes.
It has i le Fori Wayne the best lighted place in America.
and has advertised this city as no ,it\ in the country is ad- verl ed It has brought visiting delegates ofcouncilmen from other cities to our hotels, and has secured the mone\ of other municipalities to enrich our people.
This enterprise shows what the loyal efforts of one man m;i\ accomplish tor his city.
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FORT WAYXE UP TO DATE.
S. F. BOWSER & CO.,
The "Perfect" Self=Measuring
OIL • ^HiSntTANKS J^ —
NEARLY 50,000 NOW IN USE. East Creighton Ave., FORT WAYNE, IND.
PAUL E. WOLF,
PARLOR FURNITURE,
COUCHES, BED LOUNGES,
AND ALL KINDS OF MATTRESSES.
Fort Wayne Carpet Cleaning Works.
Carpets Taken Up, Cleaned and Relaid.
^^FEATHER RENOVATING.—*
S3 and 35 Clinton Street. FORT WAYNE, IND.
FOET -\VAYXi; UP TO DATE.
The Bowser OH Tank Industry.
1
|x L885, the above industry was established, of which Sylvanus F. Bowser and Allen A. Bowser are pro prietors. They began in unpretentious quarters on
tin- south side. Since then, thej have been buying ground
and enlarging their plant from year to year, until now they
have well on to two blocks of ground, at the corners of
Creighton avenue, Thomas and Julia streets, about half of
which is used for factory purposes and the remainder for
their homes and several tenement houses. This business
was made a sneeess by the very discreet management of
Mr. s. F. Bowser, who had
fourteen years experience as
traveling salesman, and he
was the first man in this
country, if not in the world,
who undertook to go on the
road and sell oil tanks alone,
which gave him a thorough
knowledge of how to handle
agents as well as a thoroughly
practical knowledge of the
tank business, winch under- standing he has used to the
best possible advantage. A comprehensive idea may
be formed as to the growth of
this establishment when it is
known that no longer than
eight years ago S. F. Bowser
was its salesman, book-keeper
and manager. To-day it re-
quires ten clerks to handle
their office business, even
in these depressed times.
Although business is not as
lively as at this time last
year, (hex have latelj begun
the manufacture of several
new articles, which make up
last
>\vtl
ml'
several things, some of which we have mentioned and s ■
more we will now mention: the\ arc the inventors of all their patents in oil handling appliances. That is. they are the first inventors and manufacturers of modern oil handling devices, hence with a clear untraversed Held before them. thej were enabled to invent, without hindrance or intrud
ing, such devices as well merit the name "Perfection," hence they arc inventors and not imitators. Therefore,
f can put it lip, Simp
peration; il \\ ill disi
tank and il is renih
eel half gallon or quart at a stroke, at the win of the :ator. Another reason is, thev have alwa1 made thei"
g Is of the best material possible, and bj first-class work- men, and in substantiation thereof, thej warrant all their
g Is to arrive at destination in g 1 order and so remain
for three years; but few lines of goods, if any. are thus warranted, which shows the confidence the makers have in them. For these reasons and several othi rs which might be mentioned, this firm has had a continuous growth and the stead\ demand for their goods, which has increased very rapidly in the last few years, has rendered their present quarters inadequate to the demand, hence they have about completed an office 22x65 feet, which will be finished and furnished in oak, having all the modern electrical ap pliances and speaking tubes, so that every department of the main shopcan he commun- icated with from the office, with the utmost satisfaction. They expect to occupy their new office about June 1st. at which time their present capacious quarters will be converted into a machine room which department is now very much crowded.
This enterprise furnishes a remarkable illustration of what may be accomplished by grit, energy, intelligence and close application to business. The Messrs. Bowser knew that their tank was a good thing; that it served a desir- able purpose: that there was .1 demand for just such an automatic time-saving, clean l\ machine for the handling of oils. This much proven, all that remained was to manu- facture the g Is ami place
them upon the market. How to do this without large capital, was the problem suc- cessfully solved i>.\ these gentlemen, and it is a problem as toother inventions that has distracted and impoverished many bright men ever since the era id' invention began. That the Bowser brothers were able, bj sheer force of per- sonal integrity and their own tireless energy, to cam on this enterprise, gradually increasing its capacity to mi great demand, w ithout incurring liabilities fatal to its perity, is a consummation over which they have cause for self congratulation and in which everi citizen < Wayne should have an interest, for the pi great facton has done much to advertise the name of our city. Having about sixt} traveling salesmen covering the United States, the most remote parts me as much under
I - is In, liana.
FORT WAYNE VI' TO DATE.
Fort Wayne City Government
UP TO DATE.
Mayor Ciiauni i:v B. Oakley. Clerk William Jeffries. Comptroller — Fames H. Simonson. Attorney— Benjamin F. Xinde.
COUNCILMENA T-LARGE.
Robertson J. Fisher. John Mohr, Jr. C. H. Waltemath.
Emmet II. McDonald. Charles (.. Uriebel.
WARD COUNCILMEN.
Firsl William H. Tigar. Sixth William M. Gle?
Second lh-.\i:\ I .. Sommers. Seventh- PeterJ.Schei
Third George H. Loesch. Eighth Paul E. Wolf.
Fourth Anthony Kelker. Ninth John Young.
Fifth Hi:\i;\ Hild. Tenth Barney Borkens
BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Charles S. Bash. David 2f. Foster. Uodolpiius 13. Rossington.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
In. .m is 1). DeVilbis
WATER WORKS TRUSTEES.
Henry C. Graff e.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
John Moritz. Ely A. Hoi i man.
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.
James Liggett.
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
Nelson Thompson.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS.
Cn vrles A. Doswell.
FORT WAYXE UP TO DATE.
Some Great Industries of Fort Wayne.
nlliani Min-i --
^1 P'hkuk are many establishments engaged in manu- facturing here, whose achievements it would be a pleasure to chronicle, and whose products it would be a labor of love to extoll; but thej are so numerous and their interests are so varied, thai in the few pages allotted to this subject, it will be impossible to give more than a brief mention.
The history of the Fort Wayne Organ Company is about co-extensive with thai of the News. Its twenty years of life have i" en twenty years of triii The products of this factory have wen recognition all over the globe, and it is believed that there is nocountn in the world, inhabited !>\ civilized beings, that has not heard the strains of the Packard < >rgan, manufactured in Fort Wayne. There is a Fort Wayne < >rgan in the boudoir of the Empress of Germany. Fort Wayne Organs are sold h.\ the fore- most music houses of London, England. The great firm of Steinway & Sons are proud to be counted agents of this superior instrument. Geoi ge W. Morgan, S. B. Mills. Clarence Eddy, Harrison M. Wild, George F. Root, Albert Ross Parsons, S. X. Penfleld and Ail Neuendorf and other renew ned organists have vied cine w ith another in terms of praise over its superlative merits. Fort Wayne is proud of her Organ Company.
The Olds Wagon Works are among our substantia] great industries. Here, the art of wagon making has been re- duced to fin dt wkh science,
and the occupation of the v. a.
cross-roads blacksmith of forty
years ago, who took three months to build a buggy that cosl $150, has given waj tut he modern application of lira ins to the business of carriage making, as employed at this great factory, whereby a better quality of work is ac- complished at less than half the rust and in a feVi hours of time. The (Mils Wagon Works produce Farm Wagons, Spring Wagons, Surreys, Open Buggies, Top Buggies, Phaetons, Buck Boards, &c, and their wagons are sold all over the world, carrying the name of Fort Wayne to all nations ami all people.
The Indiana Machine Works stand high an gour: -e
reeeiith established industries. This company makes all kinds of wood- working machinery of the most modern de- sign and must evpiisite workmanship, and it requires a
catalogue ot nearl) one hundred and fifty pages to illustrate the different machines and to print the numerous tes- timonials of their excellence. Mr. John ('. Peters, who has Long been prominently identified with Fort Wayne manu- factories, is president of this company, and the bt management has been foi several years in the capable hands of Mr. John Landenburg, to whom meat credit is dui intelligence and enterprise in building up a large and im-
rtant industry. uf the Wavni
Knittinir Mills
J be said that the exact nature ot this infant in- dustry is not indicated b\ its name. It certainly is one of the most prominent manu- facturing features of Fort Wayne, and is deserving of special mention. This is the "iil\ exclusively full-fashioned
hosiery mill in the United States, and while only about two } ears old, the fame of Its
g 1- has already extended
from coa^t to coast, and its products are sold by the most prominent houses in the trade throughout the country. The production has steadily ad- 4 vanced, until it has now
| reached al t $12,000 per
month, employing about 115 people, with a pay-roll of
t I. per month. From this
it can readily be seen what a factor in Fort Wayne's pros- perity this institution has already become. This com- pany is now making an in- destructible black stocking for both ladies and gentle- men, which is guaranteed both in colorand wear. Few, if any. mills in this line have ever guaranteed the "ear ,•( their goods. This is a new hosiery business and promises to be quite popular. The company is officered bj the following gentle- men: B.C. Paul. President; W. IF Dreier, Vice-President; John Ferguson, Treasurer, and T. F. Thieme, Secretary. Fort W ;ii ne capital exclusively is interested in this mill and its stockholders deserve the thanks of the community for bringing this industry from Chemnitz, Germany, where i I has been established over one hundred years.
The Fort Wayne Ir.m Works are a branch of the Bass Foundry, the lesser concern having been absoi years ago h\ its greatest rival. This establishment has beet successfully conducted for a period of manj years, and its manufactures arc celebrated for their uniform high quality. The manutai I lire Of gas <
ture
FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
J. F. CURTICE,
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS,
INVESTMENT BROKER.
3,::
ft-mii-rirjr
otppp
FORT WAYNE REAL ESTATE IS STILL CHEAP.
BUT STEADILY ADVANCING.
'he l" t Wa
elligenl and thrifts inhabitants, coming to the front as a greal al. manufacturing and railroad
>nt<
ii\ e 3 ears. I 'i ir I hese reasons, Fori
Real Estate is steadilj advancing
1 indicates a health} a
i in s growl h and merits the car
hiii i uid favorable con sidei atio
vestors who an' iii search of -a pri .i 1 1 \ r.i i. m\ estments.
Full information, prices, ten pecial bargains on application, li
ds, Western and ess Chances. Tim- ls, Ranches, Live
MONEY TO LOAN.
$100 to $100,000. Lowest rates iest terms. Mortgage notes and rial paper boughl ami sold. Cap- iced en choice real estate first ;es withoul expense in loaner.
t Persons wishing to buy, sell or exchange property of any kind or desiring to loan or borrow money, will find it to their interest to call on or address me.
Rooms 3 and 4, White Bank Building,
Reference : White National Bank.
FORT WAYNE, IND.
FOBT WAYNE II' TQ DATE.
Other Noted Fort Wayne Factories.
PROMINENT among manufactories established during the past ten years, is the I>. N. Foster Furniture Company, manufacturers of the celebrated Bruns- wick Folding Bed, and furniture of all the better grades. This establishment is located on East Columbia street, and dors an extensive business, its folding bed trade reaching ;ill parts of the country, and its manufaetnred furniture being widely distributed through the various wholesale and retail establishments under the same management at Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Terre Haute and Jackson. A very im- portant addition to this plant lias recently been consum- mated in the purchase of the Auburn Church Furniture Factory, which lias been merged with the Fort Wayne concern, increasing the work- ing force very considerably.
The Pape Furniture Com- pany is also an extensive establishment, devoted to the manufacture of all kinds id' office and household furniture. This manufactory, located on the north side, has been in operation only a few years, but in that time it has won an excellent reputation for
the high character of its
goods.
The Peters Box and Lumber Company, under the manage- ment of < 'harles Pape. of the Pape Furniture Company, manufactures packing cases and does a large business in that staple commodity, and also in band saw mills. Several hundred hands find employment in .Mr. Pape's
Mr. Paul E. Wolf conducts alarge upholstering establish-
these machines is something enormous. When it is staled
that istablishment in Philadelphia recently ordered
two car loads of washing machines from a local manu- factory, some idea of the extent of this industry maybe obtained. The "Utility" is another new washer. The manufacture of overalls, shirts, cheap pants, and
shirt waists for children is carried on extensively in this
city, the lloosier Manufacturing Company, D. S. Rede!
D. \. FOSTER.
n Hi
mattresses, the higher id'as. divans
The washing machine industry of this city is one of our most Important interests, anil the claim is made lor I'm! Wayne that more washing machines are made here than in any city in Hie world. The Weisell Washer, made by Diether<& Barrows; the Rocker Washer, manufactured bj
Frank Alderman; the A.nthonj Wayne Washer, made by
the Antl y Wayne Mi facturing Company, and the
Western Washer, of the Horton Manufacturing Company, are all products of the highest character, and theoutputof
M. Poster being the principal f these large plants has been exceedingly prosper ius
Road Machines constitute a ver\ important element of ..in- manufactures. The In- diana Reversible Road Ma- chine is made by the Indiana Machine works, and is making wonderful strides in popu- larity tor so young a claimant to public favor. It is a model in the wa\ of beautiful out- lines, as pretty as a i sulky, and it is a veritable giant in its capacity lor work. The Fleming Road Machine is also an excellent road- maker, and has enjoyed a large sale throughout the country for several \ ears.
The manufacture ol beer in Fort Wayne is carried on extensively in the two great breweries of Berghoff Pros., and Centlivre Bros. The pro- ducts of these great concerns is very popular with the trade and the output is very large. 'I'h is business gives stead) em- ployment to several hundred men. and \ ields large revenues
to the government ami to those engaged in the manu- facture. The establishment of I..
hen! womlen work ft' all kinds, does an extensive lillsiliess in se hall and law n tennis goods.
Rastetter, manufacturer i
bugg\ Ih.ws. bicycle tires.
A. dozen firms are engaged in brick making in our city.
There are about fifteen carpet weavers in Port Wayne,
Ten establishments are devoted to the manufacture of wagons, carriages and buggies.
About thirty-five cigar factories are earned on in this city, giving employ ment to about two hundred men.
The Ken Murray Foundn and the Western (.as Con- I struction Company, two large establishments, are largely devoted to the making of gas works.
I.. Diether & Pro.. Boffman Pros., .1. Kl.-tt & Son and Kliiiiesmith A Simonson are in the plaining mill bus
FORT WAYXE UP TO DATE.,
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fi\i^*&mstm raw*
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FOBT WAYXK CJP TO D VI I.
Fort Wayne's Natural Gas Resources.
T is with a feeling of profound pardonable pride that every contemplates the introducti
ling the Salimonie Mining and I
risking large sums of ney ; i
I pluck in developing what is
gratitude and a sense of citizen of Fori w ay ae m to this city of an ruin the seemingly inex- ro the gentlemen com-
Charles McCulioch, Ferguson, B. S. ( »'< a capitalization of grown tti such inn banking or manul employs regularly supply ing natural for both heating an of the in ;
ths tin
il into ooking
\ 's material welfare dwarf
0 utter insignificance when iughi into comparison with i supreme convenience and ■ overwhelming importance
this grand achievement, th natural gas in their lies, the people of Fort ly iic cannot be too grateful t (lie gas fields, with their sightly derricks, with their
ensn lors, with their
me and smoke, and noise,
1 dirt, are fifty miles away, ving gas, we are better ofl in >iit the concomitants t attend its getting; with-
the boring and the pump- r, and the blasting and the
it th
W^ ■-
^
Alfred Hattersley, II. C. (.rum-. John
; C. Paul and C. S. Bash. From
a few thousand dollars, the same has
jnitude as I i now outstri]) our largest
acturing institutions. This i pany
iet\veen sixty and seventy men and is ias to the entire city of 1 light ng. Feu of oui readers areaware f this plant ' be sur
the |i pe line embracing the supply d s- tribution of natural Fort Wayne embraces over 207 miles, distributed in a field nf ovei 200 square miles hi ten itory and being drawn from 115 wells. From this
line nearly 39, fires and
lights arc supplied and 7,500 homes made cheerful by its presence. The economy of meters has been demonstrat- ed to such an extent that
now nearly one-fourth of the
consumers are thus supplied. The decrease in supply of gas has become very apparent and the utmost economy and care should be used by every citizen to protect the same. Tin- diminution in supply and the increasing amount of sulphur and moisture in natural gas, thereby render- ing it unlit for an illuminant, has necessitated the purchase hi the artificial plant so as to combine the two companies
ami enable the Sali nie to
i linue in the illuminating
business. It is the intention
to at i in * lei the
artificial plant so as to in crease the present caudle power from sixteen to twenty - ' give our people forty per cent. sing the price, and it is the further educe i he price of artificial gas as ii iases. The Artificial com-
uid I.eniert as
LS I
s daily life, that lem. These days e of Fort Wavne
The Salimonie Mining A Gas Co.. was originally formei
Montpeiier, iml., on the Salimonie river, by a t'cv
oncers in the nat tiral gas business, embracing among then
e names of such men as R. c. Bell, W. w. Worthington
more light without inc
intention, if possible,
the consumption of same increases.
pany has elected Mi ssi s. Paul. Bash, I
directors. Our citizens can certainly be congratulated on
the fortunate change in ownership of this plant.
The board of directors is composed of J. II. Bass, S. B. Bond, c S. Bash, \\ . I.. Carnahan, John Ferguson, Charles McCulioch. B. S. O'Connor, II. C. Paul and E. R. Iceland, all but one citizens of Fort Way ne.
The officers ol the company an n < Paul, President ; c. S. Bash, \ n e president .1 I . w . Scheiman, Tn McCulioch. Secretary, and G. M. Hofmann, Superintendent.
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Drug and Chemical Trade and Manufactures.
^1 P'llK drug trade of Fort Wayne is a mosl importanl
pari of the cit} s c erce. H is carried on in fort}
establishments, and next to the grocer} trade is the mos< widely distributed branch of the legitimate busine ■ <i the city. The druggists of Fort Wayne comprise in their
mbership man} of the mosl progressive, influential and
altogether estimable citizens in the community, and such establishments as those of Meyer Brothers & Co., Dreier &
Brother, Gross & Pellens, C. B. VV [worth, II. W. Mord-
hurst, George il. Loesch, WUliam !.. Moellering, .Martin Detzer, Fred ffoham and
Crown" Baking Powder, manufactured b} this house, ranks beside the products in thai line thai have brought fame and fortune to Dr. Price and the Eoaglands, of New York. Tin' Lincoln Tea Company, of Fort Wayne, is a concern
of onlj a few years standing, bul its producl has bet le
famous from Maine to California, and its popularity is at tested b} large orders claih received from all country. The business of this company ha rapidly that it has been found necessary to gre
city. In addition to a genera] drug and pre- scription business, near!} all the leading houses in this line cat r\ stocks of surgical and dental appliances, and Gross & Pellens are manu- facturers' agents for bat bers' and dentists' furniture and
Mi
ithers
& Co., of which the local establishment is the parent louse, is one of the largest drug establishments in the United states, and every part of the country pays tribute to one or another of the branches of this big concern. Mr. E. P. Williams, formerly of this city, several years ago with- drew from act i\ e participation in the business of Meyer
I hut hers & CO., "I Which firm
he is still a member, and the remaining members of this
firm have amassed goodly
fori is 111 this large and
flourishing enterprise. Not only this house, bul se\ era! other local establishments, J. f. \
engage re or less exten
sivel} in the wholesaling of drugs. The trade in paints, oils, glassware and putt} forms also an importanl adjunct tn this business, and probabl} no cit} of Indiana, except the capital city, dispenses so largel} of these articles. The man ii tact in e of proprietary medicines and of culinary
supplies from chemicals, is an industry that has assumed of
late years siderable importance in this city. Aside from
hisregular drug trade, there is scarcer} a pharmacist in the cit} whodoesnol make a specialt} of some formula with whose merits he has become acquainted, and thi greal drug house of Meyei Brothers & Co., with its branches at St.
Louis and Kansas City, has numerous proprietary articles
ami patented medicines, whose merits are as familiar as
iter upon the manufacl ure an
Lincoln Tea on a very ex- tensive scale. The advi ri is ing department has recently been placed under tin' con- trol Of Mr. Joseph B. Davis, a newspaper man of wide ex- perience, \\lm is issuing a vast amount of printed matter Setting forth the merits of this splendid article. 3 £> 5" 1 'I. ?\
The Keller Medicine and
Denta] Company, manufac- tures medicines, extracts ami
dental supplies of all kinds.
and on an extensive scale. It enjoys a very- large patronage through many states of the union, and it proprietor and manager, Dr. .1. « >. Keller, has amassed a comforta,ble tor- tune in the last decade from his profitable enterprise.
Dr. Henry A. Read, V. s.. manufactures quite an ex- tensive line of medicines used by him in his w in. pi at I a veterinan surgeon, and some of these have gained such prominence for curative qualities been compelled of late years to carry quite a stock (if his IYER. prescriptions, alread}
pounded, to meet tl mauds of those who know their value.
Drs. Dodge, Langtn and Mi i pound a good
many excellenl prescriptions to he used in their veterinary practice, which are on sale, and which form a considerable pan oi the proprietary medicine commerce of Fori Wayne. Dr. Middle, thi Royal Baking Powder, \v,nich
has broughl fame and fortune to a greal New i'ork still manufactures his popular perfumes iii t his city, ami has a large tradi in his own manufactured baking powder, ex-
I ractS Hid spices.
Mr. Edgar Kemp has recentl} engaged in the manufacture of baking powders and pure spices, and his business is in- creasing at a gratif} ing rate.
•■fat her'- Balsam" and "Father's Balm" are made here.
FOET WAYNE UP TO DATE..
IDBtflUiDQiQifi
S. W. HULL,
WALL PAPER,
Window Shades, Room Moulding, Artists' Materials, Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnishes, Brushes, Etc.
House and Sign Painting, Paper Hanging, Calcimining, Graining, Etc.
Particular stress is laid upon the Excellence of our Hanging. We employ none but first-class
mechanics, and Guarantee the Highest Standard of Workmanship. Living
Prices, Prompt Service and Courteous Treatment.
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27 CLINTON STREET.
Telephone X<
FOHT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
The Real Estate Interests of Fort Wayne.
0 higher tribute to the substantial prosperity ol Fort Wayne can be cited, than rests in the fad thai in no city of her class in the United States have values in real estate been so uniformly retained, save with an un-
deviating tendencj to advance, as in Fori Wayne. A.1 1
twenty years ago the twenty feel frontage on Calhoun street, opposite the Courl Eouse, was purchased from the late John Hough at one thousand dollars per foot. The price was regarded as extravagant; but the same property could not be bought to-day at that figure, and the invest- ment lias proven a good one. Ali. nit three years ago, thirty
feet, mi the same street, but
with a depth of hit only a little more than one-half as great, brought $l,100per foot. The reason for the high value on desirable real estate in the
heart of this city, is that the
property will earn a hand- some return mi the money it
cnsts. In the city of Albany, New York, the capital of the Empire state of the Union, a
City of 1110,1)1)0 people, at the head of navigation on the great Hudson river, property can l>e bought on Broadway or State street, the principal thoroughfares, for less per foot than Calhoun street real estate commands in Fort Wayne. The cause of this difference is as stated above. Fort Wayne business realty will produce better financial results than the same class of property in much larger cit ies
elsewhere. The great < 1 1 >
e; Is house of Root A t 'oln-
pany, on Calhoun street in this city, pays an annual
rental of between $6, and
$7,000, and some idea of the advantages of Fort Wayne as a tradi tained from the fact that merchants higher rents than obtain in other places. The development of Fort Wayne's suburbs during recenl
years, has produced great activity in the local real estate
market. The opening up vi the large plants of land owned by the Hamilton and the Williams estates in the southern part of the city, was attended by a very brisk demand for residence property. The establishment of the electric light works, i hi Broadway . gaye a strong impetus t>> real estate in
that direction, and resulted in the opening up of some mosl
excellent property in the south-western part of the city. Lumbard's addition attracted many home-seekers and home builders to Nebraska, where the Nickel Plate yards and the
be oi, to pay
establishment of tin- Horton Manufacturing Company's plant and the Wayne Knitting Mills offered strong induce- ments. Then came the grand scheme of the Land and Im- provement Company, an organization under whose in- telligent management, s e neglected ami dilapidate, I
farm property, lying between the St. Joseph and Maumee rivers, was reclaimed i>\ dykes from the possibility of over- flow, and transformed into a beautiful and most popular suburb, with modern homes and massy lawns, and shade trees, and llowers. and fountains, and laki
In the meantime, w hile all these additions have been filling up. other parts of the city have grown and spread. encroaching so rapidly upon the adjacent country that it has been found necessary, upon occasion, to extend the city 's limits.
And what is better still. and that which speaks volumes for our city's thrift,
is the fact that all the tune this has been going on. the influx of new people has kept
pace with the city's growth and the tenement houses in the central part of town have been kept well tilled, and neither the price of property or the rate of rents have
materially declined.
Fort Wayne has Ion; i mtgrow n her chr\ sal - Time was w hen even citizen knew every other citizen. Xol so now. The man w ho
has lived for years in the sixth ward 1 1 1 : i \ have never seen his neighbor of the tenth. This, of course, is not surprising nor is it peculiar to Fort Wayne. < >n the con- trary, it is a condition that that has changed from a \ illage to a lentioned here as showing the rapid
ilae
belongs to ev<
city; but the fact is i
recent extension of our city's borders, and the consequent
large number of real estate transactions that have taken
place in the past decade.
As stated elsewhere, real estate in Fort Wayne is not held at abnormally high figures. Desirable busines are valuable, of course, because of what thej will produce in nuts; hut good residence lots in an) portion of the city
can he had at reasonable prices, as is evidenced h\ the fact that so many of our people find it cheaper to own their own homes than to occupy tenements.
Then li nt cit izen cannot he a
householder here.
FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
KARN & NELSON,
No. 9 EAST COLUMBIA STREET,
CHICKERING,
James & Holmstrom, Briggs and Muehlfeld.
For over seventy years the Chickering Pianos have been the standard, and have given perfect satisfaction.
The James & Holstrom Pianos contain the most perfect transposing key = board of any in the world; can be played in any of seven different keys.
The celebrated Briggs, in tone and action equaled by few; excelled by none.
All of the above celebrated instruments can be secured at reasonable prices and on easy terms.
ALL GOODS WARRANTED.
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VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME.
FORT WAYNE VV TO DATE.
Something About the Wayne Club.
VERA' recent innovation is the Fort Wayne Club, an institution that had not been thought of five years ago, but which is now comfortably housed in its own commodious building where it has flourished for two years of prosperous existence. The Fort Wayne Club is one of the metropolitan features of this place, and as such is en- titled i" more than passing mention in a work whose province is to deal with the leading enterprises of the city- There had been clubs, and chilis, social, literary, terpsichorean, political, religious and what not, but there seemed to be a demand for an organization, with attractive apartments, where the busi- ness men of the city, without regard to political or other affiliations, might meet in a social way, and when- they might, in a becoming manner, entertain \ isitors from abroad. To the enterprise of Mr. P. A. Randall, whose plethoric purse lias always been prompt tn fly open at the behest of any enterprise looking to the public advancement, the Fort Wayne Club is indebted for
means to earn out its project.
This gentleman had a fine piece of property, on Harrison street, between Berry and Wayne streets, and there was erected thereon a large, sub- stantia] I altogether com- fortable and convenient club In. use. which came into pos- session of the club on terms
entertained at the "Wayne Club" every year, and among these are eminent men from all over the country, governors, congressmen, judges, politicians, merchants and pro- fessional men nf even rank.
Probably by no other instrumentality is the name city given such wide and favorable publicity as through the ••Wayne Cluh's" hospitality to visiting guests of frii this eitv. The gentleman who has received the welcome
that is u ganizatl
the
ml make revenues
is I.
han sufficient t" meet all accruing liabilities, and its standing has been maintained from the day of its pening. Its social status is recognized everywhere ■nil has the high endorsement "i man} of the best i of Fort Wayne, who frequent its parlors in a social ml als.i at meetings of various literary ami musical
guests of members of tl h a sense of social obligation conferred upon him. which prompts him tn oft repeated ami kindly expressions "t regard not only I'm- the club, hut for the city whose people constitute its membership. In many ways this organi-
zati tontributes to the
welfare of the city. Net a few public enterprises that have been successfully carried
nut. ha\ e had their origin in
the parlors nf this popular club-house, and man; jects for the improvement of our streets, our parks, our
pavei in. sewers, are
likely to sprine- from the concensus nf opinion nf busi- ness men gathered for social purposes at their fa\ orite re sort
Mr. Robertson J. Fisher li.i- served the Fort Wayne ciuh as President ever since its organization. Mr. Fisher is one ..I' Fort Wayne's most enterpi ising citizens, and his
select inn as the head nf this
organization was made not more on account nf his tit- ins-, for the important place.
"'•"• than in recognition nf his
prominence as a citizen and
a most affable gentleman at all times, ami one who knows
anil seeks tn ;ul\;|nce 1 he interests of the fit \ .
The club officers for the current year are as follows:
President R. .1. Fisher.
first Vice-President li. T. McDonald.
Second Vice President S. •'. I. milliard.
Third Nice President II. <'. \';\u\.
Fourth Vice-President Henry Rothschild.
Secretary .1. II. Fry.
Treasurer l.miis Fox.
I!.. ard nf Governors S. I.'. Uden, \\ H Mungen, R. C. Hell, F. A. Newton, I harles Met ulloch, R. If Manna. Charles <.. Guild, S. M. Foster, \\ P. Beck, \\ P, Breen, A. I. Friend.
F()I!T WAVXK VV TO DATK.
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VIENNA BREAD,
iIa''
FINE CAKES S
Wholesale and Retail.
PROMPT SERVICE. Telephone No. 163. W. r. (jfcrLLtK*
Sherbets.
.rip K** /.000 GALLONS.
Banquets, Church Socials and Picnics.
QUALITY THE BEST.
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ENGRAVERS
BY ALL PROCESSE
No. 175 Clark Street
CHICAGO.
The Half Tones in this Work are all bv Benedict & Co.
fort wayni-: ri- to date.
Our Loan and Savings Associations.
I'HE past decade has seen the introduction and wonder. lul growth of an innovation along financial lines in tliis < ■ i t \ thai is sinipl} astounding as to some of its results. The formation of the first loan association of late years took place in 1884 and was organized under the title of the Fort Wayne Building, Loan Fund and Savings Association, almost exclusivelj by railroadmen. An as- sociation among German Americans citizens, followed soon after, and this in turn was followed by several others. Subsequently, the Tri State Building and Loan association, No. 1. was organized in 1889, . and its stock was taken so rapid!} that Tri-State No. 2, was found necessary to meet the demands. The Allen < lounl \ Loan and Savings As- sociat ion was incorporated in 1890 and several minor As- sociations have since been established. It is not the intention here to discuss the comparative merits of any of
these excellent institutions.
to • citizens because ol the
opportunities presented by them: The pastor of cue of
the largest c gregations in
the city, said to the writer that the benefits that bad
come to members of his ,
gregation through loan as- sociations were simply in- calculable. "In the first place," -aid be, "the} have begotten a spirit of thrift an g those who have here- tofore n"i known anything about saving mon ; I kn h of men who are now system atically la} ing by for a rain} dav, that which formerh went
associat i
And
rtiich is true of this | congregat ion is true of ever} congregat ion, and of all of society. The prospect of having one's capital, p; in little driblets, double itseli in a t ■ -w years, offers a inducement to everybody to become a capitalist in i
way. it is est ted b} an expert that $2,000,
mone} has been saved bj investors in loan associatioi by citizens of Fort Wayne in the last ten years; a
i e\ would for the most pan have been frittered a
useless luxuries ami extravagant In ing.
To loan associations belongs entirely the credit remarkable era of home buildina that has bee i
lastor's
classes
i id "Hi strong
i small
dining recent years. An officer of the Fort Wayne Build ing. Loan Fund and Sa tion assures the writer
that his association alone has furnished money for the
erect Mil ,ii' 1 1,, i less than i I sand homes, and a similar
ratio would give at least three thousand new homes as a conservative estimate of the number that has been made possible through this instrumentality. Another interesting tact in this connect!. in is. that with an average of fi family, these three thousand new homes are just about sufficient to shelter the 15,000 souls added to our population during the past ten years, or, more properly, these three thousand homes have received their ow ners.' who were for- merly renters, and the tene- ments vacated have been filled by the influx of new people. The quest is,
where would we have housed our new people had it not been for the loan associations. for there are not main empt} houses in Fort Wayne.
Another boon conferred by loan associations toour people is worthy of mention here. Under provisions of these
i panies, a stockholder ma\
borrow a sum equal b fourths the amount paid in on his stock, at an} tunc. How many of our citizens have profited by this benefi cent provision durin present era of business de pression, only the hooks of the associations could dis close, but that in mam homes
the dark clouds Ot | and want have been dis pelled because of the - laid away in loan associa PIXLEY' tiltI1.. we do nol doubt.
There are nineteen Loan and Savings associations in this city, with a paid up stock of $324,165.08, representing 55,558 shares; the} had on hand reportthe sum of $12,686.07; the} had loaned on mortgage security, $1,864,098.84; the} had loaned to their stockholder-. $9 was valued at
$18,417.52; (this item has since been largely increas 'he purchase Of the old engine house proper!) b} the Tri
State i ompan} i H pis of the last fiscal year
were $365, 165.68, and their loans aggri 57 :_'.
The i ui i, h| i ict imi oi Loan and Savings associations in this country, has almost entirel} done awa} with the Savings
Banks that formerl} n shedinalmost ever} state of the
Union, and whose mi mana nt so fn quenth resulted in
FORT WAYNE 11' TO DATE.
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AND CANNED GOODS.
BREAD, ROLLS, BUNS,
AND ALL KINDS OF CAKES EVERY DAY.
356 CALHOUN STREET,
Telephone 81.
FORT WAYNE, IND.
FOKT WAYNE 11' To DATE.
Our Magnificent Water Works System.
Pol! qo possession belonging to this city, have the people more cause to give thanks, than for the ad- mirable and altogether complete and satisfactory waterworks system, that provides for us one ofthefirsl essentials. Next to tin- air we breathe, the quality ofthe
water thai < s into ourhomes is the most importanl con
sideration; upon its purity the health of our people depends. That we have an abundant supply of absolutely purr water. drawn from wells driven deep through strata of solid rock,
is a fact with which every householder is quite < versant,
and one nver which there is universal satisfaction. The water supply of Fort Wayne is taken from forty-eight wells of an average depth of about 250 feet. Fourof these wells, just finished, it is be- lieved, would alone nearly supply the needs of the entire city, and the Trustees are confident thai there will be enough water tn supply any demand that is likely to be made upon their resources. When it is stated that in ex- ceeding dry weather, the re- quirements of this city some- times reaches 7,000,000 gallons pei' day, the excellent produc- ing character of our wells w ill he fully understood.
lint, while the character of our water supply is the fust consideration, the intelligence and remarkably successful management of the water works from their inception, is not less a cause of congratula- tion. The water works were begun in L879, fifteen years ago, and the following year the first service was rendered. The bonded debt of our water charles
works, amounts to $270,000,
and the cost of extensions, ami renewals to the pumping facilities will bring the total cost of the system up to date. in round figures to half a million dollars. There are fifty- tWO miles Of pipes, Supplying 4,570 consumers ami 161 lire hydrants. Five hundred consumers are served by meter, and statistics show that the cost of water to local takers is less than in any city in the country. Water is sold In meter measurement here at in cents lor the first one
thousand gallons and t'<\ cents lor each subsequent ■
thousand gallons in one day. Thus it will he seen that a family may use one hundred gallons of water per day at a total cost of less than $4.00 per annum. The Fort Wayne water works, moreover, although sup
ducing it,are o< [inducted as to make a magnificent showing
when brought into comparison with those of othei using the same system. The '■)!;> of Dayton, with 6,142 consuners, paid foi its operating expenses last year the sum of $43,013.79, or an average of a little more than $7.00 to each patron of the water works. In Fort Wayne, with i,570 consumers, the operating expenses last year, including salaries of clerk, inspector, engineers, assistants, fuel, and all the cost of running the department, were $14,76i cost of hut $3.00 to each consumer. These figures are
taken from tl tlicial reports
of the Trustees of the two cities, and should he not only very grat people,
hut are also highly compli- mentary to tin- man: _ of the local works.
That the Fort Wayne water works have proven a magnifi- cent investment, is not alone demonstrated by the quality of the supply, and the com
fort i convenience that
comes from an abundant quant ity of w holesome w ater; hut a lew figures w ill demon strate that from a financial
I il I 'I \ lew . I in- m\ estluellt
was a good one. The annual interest ■ water works
I I- amounts to$] 5,960, the
operating expenses last year «re i -I 1,760, making a total of $30,720. To oiis,.t this, the income from water takers last year amounted to$-J 1,250, lea\ ing over $10,000 surplus to be invested in improve incuts, extensions, etc. And in estimat ing the income, no account is taken of the tact that the entire city is pro II.'" II. \ided with lire p
without a dollar's cost for an abundant supply of water distributed through the mains for that purpose.
It cannot be out of character here to recall the long pro- tracted efforts put forth by the News in behalf of city ownership of her own water works: and. as the politicians
say, "we i it with pride"to its part in that consummation
as one of ot the best achievements of this paper's twenty years of life. We honestly believe that tin Wayne to-day possesses the best and most economically managed water works plant "t any city of her si/,, in the west, and that the quality of water provided our cit
unsurpassed in excellence, goes without saying. Fortunate, indeed, was t Ins city . w lieu her council dl I
FORT WAYXK IP TO DATE.,
nprecedented in Sales, nequalled in Results, niversally Commended,
The Weisell Washer
Stands without a peer in its class.
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Our City Salesman in a recent canvass of thirty hours makes sixty-six sales of the Weisell Washer in Fort Wayne, selling to numerous families who have condemned ordinary washers and accept the Weisell with delight.
DIETHER & BARROWS, f. m. smith & co., and
fort wayne, ind. PFEIFFER & SCHLATTER.
A. L. JOHNS dc CO.,
Hand = Made Harness
<tez-7/V INDIANA. --^^
Make every Harness they Sell, from $6.00 Upward.
Surrey, Express and Grocery Harness a Specialty.
SURRIES, PHAETONS, BUGGIES AND ROAD WAGONS IN THE CITY.
You cannot afford to buy anything in this line elsewhere before seeing the bargains offered at
40, 51 and 53 EAST COLUMBIA STREET.
The Splendid Hostelries of
no one particular has Fori Wayne made more active and commendable progress during recent years, than
in the matter of hotels and hotel accon dations.
e are plent) of young people in their "teens" who can mber when the A.veline house was the only hotel in sitj worth) of thai title, and when an} considerable
ber of transient guests were unable to find i ifortable
tersin the cit) o1 Fori Wayne. The last decade has
The Aveline II. .use has been rebuilt, enlarged, refurn-
I and renewed through- making it one "I the
st, pleasantesl ami alto-
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tin- season. The Wayne Eotel has the honor of enter- taining that class of transient guests \\ hose « ell (illed purses open readil) to the -Kill of one s.i well up in catering to tastes epicurean as is the proprietor of this tine hotel.
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rechri itened b) the nan t the present ..unci-. Mr. Perry
A. RandaU.was rebuilt ami very greatly enlarged a few years ago, and its historj since it came under the manage mi-lit ill' the genial Dick Townsend, has been one of unin- terrupted success. The Kami, as one hundred rooms,
till tastefulh and comfortably furnished, and all the an
isl;
Kami; ..id h.,s the reputati i be
se in the State of Indiana. Allium ll.itel. owned b) It. \. Foster was recent • de troyed b) fire, n as also
<'iit innovation, and a. Me nsiderabl)
ie traveling public, n was well located,
and handsomely furnished, and was especially popular, not only with its transient guests, bul also with a large class of our citizens who found pleasanl shelter beneath its hospitable roof.
The Rich Hotel, while notso new as some of its more pre- tentions rivals, is still of quite recent construction. Its erection by the gentleman whose name it bears, about ten years ago, really inaugurated the series of great improve- ments that have culminated in giving our city ample and
most satisfactory hotel accoi lations. The Rich Hotel
has about thirty well furnish eil rooms, and is well equipped throughout to cater to the comfort and pleasure of its guests. Its p resent popular landlord is Mr. .1. J. Pauley.
This paper would be inc
plete ami unsatisfactory were no mention to he made of the McKinnie House, at the station of the Pennsylvania railroad. This old hostelr) is probably more widel) known to the traveling public than an) of its present contempor- aries, ami the days when ('apt. McKinnie presided ovei
the (lest lines of t his popular house, are often recalled with satisfaction l>\ old time travelers who have not for- gotten the splendid table that
made it tain -IK,
( )ur cit) has also a number of other hotels, among which the Harmon House, the Windsor, the Weber, the Diamond, the Riverside, the Custer, the Jewel ami the 1 1 filck i 1 1 ma) In- named.
In these hotels, one thous- and guests ma) he comforl CORITZ. ahl) and well cared tor. ami
upon recent occasions great National ami "-tale Conventions have been creditably en- tertained. After [ndianapolis, no cit) in this State can compare with Fort Wayne in the number, character and excellence ol her hotels.
The fact that ten years ago commercial travelers planned their routes to avoid Fort Wayne, h-st the dearth of ac- i mioihitioiis here might subject them to serious incon- venience, while now tins class make special efforts to ar- range t.. spend as eh time as possible at our magnificent
hotels gives some idea of the advancement that has been made in this important adjunct to
Fori u a) tie has also ., nber of vei \ high .lass board
ing houses, thai ollahle hollies tor IIUUIX
families, ami which entertain si ■ ol ■ ven besl in
THE P,*~.^RD ORGAN
PEDAL BASS AND TWO MANUAL ORGANS,
Has an enviable reputation for High-Grade Workmanship, Excellent Tone Qualities and Durability.
Our patent stops, "Pips Diapason" and "Harp Angelica" are truly a Revelation of Reed Possibilities. These stops are found also in our regular Parlor and Chapel Styles, of which we make a great variety, at prices that will interest you if you want a Really Good and Reliable Organ.
Address,
FORT WAYNE ORGAN CO.,
FORT WAYNE, IND.
ALFRED GRINDLE,
ARCHITECT
I make a Specialty of Work at a Distance, also visit for Consultation and Superintendence.
bass block. FOR T WA YNE.
FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
Our Life and Fire Insurance Interests.
T is exceedingly difficult to give any positive data in the waj of statistical figures regarding the amount of life insurance carried by citizens of Fori Wayne, and yet, ra reliable figures al hand, there can be no doubt but thai • showing would be highly creditable to the provideni aracter of our people, and show that at the present time Uions of insurance lias been written upon the lives of it Wayne men, who thus testifj not onlj to their belief the stability of the companies carrying these enormous ks; but also to their own desire in this wa,\ to provide for ise who are naturally de- nileiit upon them for sup- rt. Through interviews !h a number of leading in- ane,• men, anil alter gain- ;■ from them a concensus
opinion upon the subject,
■ writer feels authorized in iking the estimate, which
regards as conservative.
it not less than five millions dollars in lite insurance is w in force, in reliable com-
:iies, upon the lives of
Wl
man} with $25,000 at least;
hundreds with $15, and
upwards, and thousands of policj holders in the sum of
$1,1 to $1,500. We give
these figures, not as SUSCepI i hie of actual demonstration or proof, hut as an estimate
(mule b} the best informed in- urance men of the citj . and s show ing an important fact Bgarding a strong character- i s i ii- of our people. No ligher i ribute to the citizen- ship of an\ eoinniiinit \ could
be gh en fr a business standp
members right h understand ami
han to say that its eciate the blessings of life insurance, and we devote this space to the subject, not in the interests of anj individual or anj insurance com pany. but simplj as showing the intelligence and provideni spini exhibited bj the men of Fort Wayne who annually expend hundreds of thousands of dollars in order that their dear ones maj be protected against penurj ami wanl when the Grim Reaper comes. We believe it would he possible to demonstrate from statistics, were the\ accessible upon this point, that no people surpasses our own in t heir enterprise alone this particular line.
importance of being well indemnified againsl loss. Aboul $12,000,000 worth of personal property, representing more than fifty per cent, of the assessed valuation of all property, real and personal, is insured againsl Jos, by lire, in policies issued h\ members of the local hoard Of under- writers. ( hie hundred thousand dollars per annum are now regularly paid in premiums in this city; and during the past ten years the sum annually expended for indemnity against loss by lire has been aboul $80,000. Bui during this ten years, we have had a series of disastrous conflagrations. The White Wheel Works
were totally destroyed, the
Electric Work-, win- twice burned out. the street Car
barns were i sumed, both
t In- 1 lentlivre and the |:> Breweries were se> erely dam- aged, the Aldine Hotel was
gutted, the o|,l Ac-idem-,
building was burned, the greal cfn goods store of Louis \\ oil & Co., was destroyed, Vordermark Bros., and Meyer A- Bro., wen- burned out. and man) minor fires during the decade swell- the total loss to a vast sum. upon which in- surance companies paid losses aggregal ing bi I wei n $800,
and $! So it appears
that lire insurance has 1,,-,-u a good investim people ill thes
have gone, for il ■ susceptible of proof thai aboul dollai paid to lire insurance companies during the past ten years b\ oil izens ol Fori Wax ne has come hack in cash to indemnify those whose property has been destroyed \i\ lire. This statemenl does ETT- not lake into consideration
the additional indemnity that comes from a well equipped ami most efficienl lire depart ment. through whose intelligent efforts thousands upon thousands ,u dollars have been saved to the people of Fort Wayne, in the saving of manj buildings from destruction and in the stopping of numerous incipient fires.
The subjecl of insurance both life and lire is one that never loses its interest, and as a community advances ill intelligence and thrift, its people come to understand more full\ the benefits that accrue from this beneticenl so It should he a matter of local pride that Fori Wayne citizens are so full} ahnast the times on this greal subject,
ami that s,, large an am t of mone,\ stands against
wealthy corporations to indemnify our peop
ror.r wayxf. n» to date.
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FORT WAYNE,
INDIANA.
FORT WAYNE II' To DATE.
Our Superb Electric Railway System.
is the proud boasl of Fort Wayne, thai while inalmosl every city of the United States, including all the greater ones, horses and mules are still in use to propel •t cars "ii some lines, in this city quadrupedal propul of passenger cars on the street railway lineslongago
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iirl\ claim he world, an exclu- atulation;
only t < > meet every day demands but also to supply any exigencies that can possible arise out of any unusual influx of visitors, or the necessity of carrying large numbers of our own citizens on any special occasion. The three huge engines, of two hundred and seventy-five horse power each, that drive the dynamos to generate electricity for this large system are the product of the great Bass Foundry of tins city, and the dynamos are made b\ the Thomson-Houston company, of which the Fort Wayne Electric company is an
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This subject would be in- complete without reference to the line of electric railway owned and operated as a private enterprise by Mr. R. T McDonald for the accom- modation of the people of Lakeside. Its road-bed - good, its equipment is ex- cellent and its purpose is to aid in building up .me of the must beautiful of Fort Wayne suburbs.
The Centlivre Street Rail- way line, running from the corner of Superior and < al
houn streets to the Indiana
School for Feeble Minded Youths, is not properly a part of the genera] system, as its
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carriages, and twelve trailers. Mammoth sprinklers keep the track tree from dust in the summer, and hit snow plows quickly remove the winter's snow. The intro duction of electricity as a means of propelling street cars in the city oi Fort Wayne has solved the problum of rapid transit foi ■ i pie. The cars a
consistent w iih purposes for ul
as rapidbi a> is te st reets foi t he lassengers have
clusively beyond the city limits, still it serves a ven de- sirable purpose, and reflects credit upon the public spirit of the gentlemen who own
and operate it. and especially is this true now that the
owners of this line are pro- jecting a double track from the corner of Calhoun and Superior streets to their park north of the city, and the chang ing >>i the entire system tring the last vest ige of horse
Taken as a whole, the street car lines of Fort Wayne are unsurpassed anywhere, and visitors from other cities in- variable COI 'in upon the cleanliness of the cars, the ex- cell, -nee of the equipments, the courtes\ of the employes and the efficiency of the general sen ice. Improvem.
an extended scale have already i n commenced, and thej
air to i, e in,, si vigorously pushed throughout the summer, so that before snow (lies the street car service of Fort Wayne will be in all respects as nearly perfect as men who know the city's needs and have a desire to supph them, can make it with the ven best of modern equipments and appliances \ single fare for all the systems is apt
FORT WAYXK IT TO DA'
WE WANT
All the readers of Fort Wayne Up to Date to examine the very latest and best Life Insurance Policy issued. It is the
NEW GUARANTY
Written only by the
Union Central
Life Insurance
Company
Will loan the full reserve value of the policy after five years. Will settle at the end of twenty years. The largest paid=up policies after three years. Incontest- ible and nonforfeitable after three years. The conditions and advantages of this new policy will be explained by any of the agents of this company.
C. E. EVERETT, General Agent,
Second Floor, Old National Bank Block.
Money to Loan on Farm or City Property.
FORT WAYNE VV TO DATE
The Park System of Fort Wayne.
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within the next decade Fort Wayne will pot commensurate with her growing needs in thai Twenty years ago, not a fool of mound was there corporate limits of this city, permanently devote purposes. Ten years ago nol a spadeful of eartl lifted in the way of such improvement. To-dai nearly one hundred and fift} acres in andaboul tl have been devoted t" this most desirable end. Colonel Swinnej belongs the credit of having lirst given substantial impetus to a local park s\ stem. ii\ providing in his will for the conditional be- quest to tlic eitj of forty-five acres of valuable land, mag- nificently situated and pecu- liarly adapted for a large and beautiful park. Within the past few months, this splendid property has conic into the possession of the city, by lease, and preliminary work has already begun upon what will ultimately constitute a spa- cious and exquisitely attrac- tive public park. It was the oft -ex pressed wish of the late Oscar A.Simons, that this city mighl some . I ; i > own all thai trad of laud h ing west of St. Mary's river, between Sw in
ne\ Park and I.indenw I
Cemetery. He saw then, as we are all beginning to see now, the desirability of thus obtaining a grand park, nearh a mile in length, beginning at the Washington street en trance of Swinney I'ark, and extending to the gates oi Linden wood, the silent, beau- tiful "city of the dead." It IS
not too late to carry out this long cherish desired consummation.
In L886, the lion. Hugh McCulloch beloved of Fori Wayne's greater men. ga fouracreson Broadwa} that hail heretofoi old Broadwaj Cemetery." By conditions of this donation, the city assumed to maintain the grounds as a public park.
and well has the city kept faith with the, I i; [or vears
ago the old burial ground became a lovelj park, the broail shade of its grand old oaks making it quickly coi, vertible into a park with foliage thai bad taken a centun to grow, and having its undulating surface tastefully laid out, with gravelled walks, and fountains and flower-beds interspersed.
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of the St. Man's river and west of
ago. the park spirit having at last
incut in the heart of the bod} politic, the lots
park which had not been sold were regular!} platted, and
now we have twenty acres of land on the north side, within
five minutes walk oi the i n house, exquisite!} laid out as
a public park ami gracing the spol thai until recent!} was a drear} common, the pasture ground of roaming herds. Shortl} after tin- inception 0f t he enterprise of introduc- ing water works, a tract of
about twelve acres, lying be- tween Clinton and Lafayette
streets, and extending from
Creighton avenue to Sutten- lield street, was purchased from the Hamilton heirs. Here stands the greal reser- voir thai holds the city's sur- plus water supply, and ad- jacent thereto is a consider- able plat upon which work has alreadj been commenced under superintendency of the civil engineer, whose plans provide for a very pretty park, with lake, rustic bridges, greensward, flower-beds and shrubbery.
The east. tii portion of the v .m !i.is not i,, iMi generoush treated iii the matter of parks. onl} one little tract of less than an acre having been laid out cast of llanna street.
■ i line park, consisting of about eleven acres, lying south of Creighton avenue, and just outside the city limits. This, although avail able to ail the people, is moss. strict!} a private park, and
does not belong to the public park system. It is to be hoped that Williams' grove will some day become the propert} of the city, either b} part donation or entire purchase.
The Centlivre Brothers own a large and most attractive park of fort} acres north of the city, which they have im- proved at a considerabl itlay, and which is used for
athletic and sporting exhibitions, and utilized frequent!} for picnic purposes.
Thus it is seen that our people have access to more than one hundred and fort} acres of pretty parks, all of which have been acquired during the ver\ recent past, and all has been brought about b} a complete revolution of public sentiment on this important subject. There should be no backwark step along this line
PORT WAVN'K UP TO DATE!
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The Fort Wayne Knitting Mills,
, FORT WAYNE. 1ND.
The Only Exclusively Full=Fashioned
Hosiery Mills in the United States.
None but Wayne Knit Hosiery Should be Worn by the American People.
OFFICE AND WORKS : Cleveland Street, near Main.
Salimonie Mining and Gas Company,
General Offices : No. 50 Clinton Street, FORT WAYNE, IND.
Natural Gas for Heating and Illuminating
FORT WAYNE L'P TO DAT]
A Closing Word in Retrospection
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IKX we re-all the changei able growth, the marked tial advancement thai have char
twenty years of fort Wayne's history . there is ygjji
cause for gratulation, not more on account of pasvHi inent than in prospects for the future. In L874, w\m career of the News began, Fort Wayne had hen, svB from a most disgraceful era of misrule, profligate exl gance, official corruption and social disorder. A crow desperate ruffians were holding a reign of terror ove people. Murders, robberies and assaults were of almost nightly occurrence: the police and constabulary were power- less to enforce the laws, and a rei.ni ,,f pliijr-ujrlyisin held
fhigh carnival. Gambling, licentiousness, drunkenness, and all forms of lawlessness nourished unchecked. Had as was the condition of social life, public affairs were even worse, if possible. The ex- travagance that grew out of the money-making epcjj during the war, had begot ei a spirit of careless
^difference, and I -.pie's
money was squ? lered in a
" *t ■ :. -s and
I lanner.
At last, there came a change.
The people, weary of the long
was recklessly wasted and thrown away.
jji Sfortsand the strong financial wisdom
i S. B. Bond, Wm. Fleming, John II. Bass,
•I- D. Nuttman, 0. A. Simons, in the
ml such men as. I. B. White, < '. Heltler. W. T. Mc- F. Mulder. Geo. II. Wilson, W. II. With. '. A. Minis. ui and others, in the council, to fr threatened bankruptcy and start her upon the
rosperity that sees her in 1894 with credit surpassed
aw-abiding and happj popu lace, and with a debt quite insignificant compared with the value of her water works, city hall, her lire depart-
liled
»w oi the unscrupulous orruptionists. and
he "OOOkS were opened." The •la I ion was astounding! ; I vus found
to be i d.-faulter. The city
clerk, to escapi disgrac • wn.i.i.
ishment, took his own life, ai d then began a thorough and systematic over hauling of affairs municipal. The assessed valuation of property in
the then little city of I',„( Wayne was $19, ,0001 The
fete Of taxation was $1.40 OH each $ ■ assessed valua- tion, and about $260, was the sum raised from the tax
layers. Fortunately, this ai ml wasnol realized by the
boodh-rs, for so badly had the city's finances been managed
foal city orders were only worth a little more than on.' half their face value. As showing the reckles. wa.t He's money at that time, an ex-mavor of the r
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sr inai a well under the old market house, which was itly abandoned, and which could be built to daj for
BO.hadeosI the city ,.f Fori Wayne the sum of $1,200.00!
Vnd this is only one of almost countless ways in which the
The era covered
twenty years has the building of a
water works, at s4iiH.mii i that is t.
i of elaborate, spacious houses in all parts of • It hasc ipleted the
OPU>t:iic!i..ii of over twenty
H^B"1 street pavement, and
ile more near-
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Washing Machine Co., the ,;M1N,i- Fort Wayne Organ Co., the
llorton Manufacturing Co.. the Foster Furniture C... and dozens of lesser industries, adding thousands to our population, of thrifty, well tod.. citizens, it has seen the hotel accommodations which were meagre and uninviting, increased to a point where our city has comfortably, ami with credit to herself, entertained sev- eral greal state and national conventions. It has noted the inception and carrying forward of a system of extensive park improvements, it has witnessed the establish^
a horse car streel railway and its tinal change and , ipie-
tion to a system of electric street railway, li has been the welcome recipient of an abundant supply of natural gas, and has sen the almost total abolition from our midst 1,1 wood and c.al in our homes and under the bo our factories as fuel.
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FORT WAYNE UP TO DATE.
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undertaker and Embalmer,
I7 West Wayne Street. ' FORT WAYNE, 1ND.
D. H. BALDWIN & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
PIANOS, ORGANS,
SHEET MUSIC, MUSIC BOOKS,
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS.^
The largest stock, lowest prices and best goods in th-market^ We make a specialty of rare old Violins, ranging in pr.ces from $35 to $650.
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MANUFACTURERS OF THE
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liming and Repairing by Rrst=class Workmen.
FORT WAYNE, IND. 98 Calhoun Street.
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