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FORT WAYNE DIRECTORY.
CINCINNATI
HOME INSURANCE
OF
CINCINNATI, O.
CO.,
Capital,
$300,000!
OFFICE:
SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF THIRD AND SYCAMORE STREETS.
W. W. IRISH, Secretary. O. P. GRAY, President. MEN OF THE WEST, PATRONIZE WESTERN INSTITUTIONS.
WALNUT STREET DYE HOUSE. NEW YORK PRICES!
JOHN HARMEIER, FANCY DYER & SCOURER, Office 218 Walnut St., bet. 5th & 6th, East Side, CINCINNATI, O. Dyes all kinds of Silk and Woolen Goods any color; also Cleans Ladies' and Gentlemen's Wearing Apparel, Shawls of every description, Curtains, Carpets, &c., according to the FRENCH SYSTEM, and at the SHORTEST NOTICE.
Manufacturers' Warehouse LOUIS SNIDER, MANUFACTURER OF
FOURDRINIER, BOOK AND NEWS PAPER, No. 232 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO.
PHIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR RAGS. R JOHN McCALL, Agent. 1
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FORT WAYNE DIRECTORY.
H. R. SCHWEGMAN,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
STAPLE & FANOY DRY GOODS
101 H.R. SCH WEGMAN.
MILLINERY GOODS, CLOAKS, - ...
MANTILLAS, HATS AND CAPS,
Groceries, Wood and Willow Ware, &c., No. 101 Columbia Street,
FORT WAYNE, - - INDIANA
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WILLIAMS'
FORT WAYNE DIRECTORY
FOR 1866-67,
DO> WHICH IS APPENDED A.
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE DIRECTORY.
FOURTH ISSUE: COMPILED BY WILLIAMS & CO.
FORT WAYNE, IND. : N. P. STOCKBRIDGE, No. 104 Columbia St. 1866.
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EVENS' PATENT SEAL PRESSES,
EVEN'S LEVER
PATENT
MANUFACTURED SOLELY BY
P. EVENS, Jr., 207 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, O.
For the use of Courts, Notaries, Lodges, Societies, Companies, and Busi- ness Houses; also for conveying a correct business address and preventing the forgery of Notes, Checks, Orders, and all mercantile paper. Stamping, Letter Heads, Envelopes, &c. Ribbon Cancelling Presses, and every variety of Ink and Wax Stamps. Also, Steel Name Stamps, for Marking Mechanics' Tools, and Stencils. Write for samples and price list. -
I Every bookseller or hardware house wanted as agents.
WILLIAMS & CO., Directory Publishers, 168 Vine Street, CINCINNATI, O.
PREFACE. - 1705307
IN collecting and arranging for the press, the information con- tained in the present issue of the FORT WAYNE DIRECTORY, we have exercised all possible care and diligence to avoid errors, and to prevent the omission of the name of any inhabitant of the City, and sincerely hope that our WORK will prove that this labor has not been expended in vain. The knowledge acquired of the Insti- tutions, Names, Business Pursuits, and Localities of citizens, from the publication of three preceding volumes, has, we trust, enabled us to make the PRESENT VOLUME an improvement upon any that has preceded it, and we confidently believe that our patrons will find " Williams' Fort Wayne Directory for 1866-7," as correct and reliable as the Directory of any City in the United States.
The Work embraces a General Directory - giving a full list of the names and locations of the inhabitants of the City ; a com- plete Business Directory-containing the name of each person and firm doing business in Fort Wayne; with a City Guide-containing the names of all the Streets, Alleys, Lanes and Avenues, giving their location and termini ; also, the names of all Public Institu- tions, Banks, Churches, Societies, &c., in the City, together with a UNITED STATES POST OFFICE DIRECTORY-containing the name and location of every Post Office in the United States and Territo- ries, arranged alphabetically and corrected up to date; also, a "Sketch of Fort Wayne," in which the rapid growth and present commercial importance of the City is truly set forth.
To the great experience and faithful labors of our assistant compiler, H. THORNTON BENNETT, Esq., who collected the infor- mation contained in this volume, the public are indebted for the completeness of the Work, and we cheerfully accord the merit of it to him.
The compilers return their thanks to the business men and cit- izens of Fort Wayne for the liberal patronage extended to their enterprise ; to the author of the "Sketch of Fort Wayne," for the valuable matter furnished, and to the press of the City for the many flattering notices given during the canvass, and will perse- veringly labor to make each succeeding issue of the "Fort Wayne City Directory" more worthy of their approval and patronage.
CONTENTS.
Abbreviations,
37
Alphabetical Arrangement of Names,
37
Banks and Bankers, -
24
Benevolent Associations,
31 20
Business Directory,
223
Church Directory,
32
City Government,
20
City Guide,
17 30
Educational, -
22
Fire Department,
23 7
Index to Advertisements,
25
Justices of the Peace,
28
Miscellaneous,
35
Newspapers,
27 29
Post Office Directory,
241
Preface,
5
Public Buildings, Halls, &c.,
33
Railroads, 34
Sketch of Fort Wayne,
9
Street Directory,
17
Township Officers,
30
United States Internal Revenue,
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25
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Notaries Public,
Insurance Companies and Agencies,
County Officers, -
Boundaries of Wards,
CLASSIFIED INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Comparet D. F.
72
Ft. Wayne Machine Works
48
Smick S. S ..
62
Miller John M ...
90
GAS FITTERS. &c ..
Hattersley Alfred ..
72
Chittenden E. L.
80
Hough John
44
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Randall F. P.
84
BANKS.
First National
78
Ft. Wayne National. 86
BELTING.
Brandriff A. D. & Co.
78
BILLIARDS,
O'Connell Bros
94
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
52
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Kline Peter.
74
Schulz Peter
96
BRASS FOUNDERS,
Hattersley Alfred.
BUILDING STONE,
Humphrey J. & Co ..
74
Underhill & Zollinger ..
88
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &c ..
38
Townley. DeWald. Bond & Co
Yergens & Co
90
CHEMIST.
Wagner H. G.
76
CHINA. GLASS AND QUEENSWARE,
Ward H. N ..
46
CIVIL ENGINEER.
Butler Nathan.
82
CLOCKS (TOWER).
Rastetter Louis,
68
CLOTHING. &c.,
Fledderman John G. & Co
62
Comparet D. F ..
72
CONFECTIONERY, &c.,
Huestis & Hamilton ...
80
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Cochran, Humphrey & Co ...
70
DENTISTS.
Knapp I .. M. D., D. D. S
8
DRESS GOODS.
Root & Company.
DRUGGISTS.
50
Meyer, Brother & Co
70
Vollmer Daniel.
90
Wagner H. G.
76
DRY GOODS.
Root & Company
50
Schwegman H. R.
facing Title Page
Townley. DeWald, Bond & Co
38
Yergens & Co ...
90
DYER AND SCOURER,
Harmeier John.
1
FILES. RASPS, MILL PICKS, &c.,
Schmidt C. & Co.
60
FLANNELS. &o ..
French. Hanns & Co
60
FRUITS, OYSTERS. &c.,
Follinger J. M.
88
FURNITURE, CHAIRS, &c.,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
Edsall & Finlay,
66
Fledderman John G. & Co 62
GROCERIES
Bulger & Co ...
50
Follinger J. M.
88
Huestis & Hamilton
80
Schwegman H. R.
facing Title Page
96
Slocum & Stellwagon
Trentman B. & Son
81
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &c ..
Ash & McCulloch
92
Brandriff A. D. & Co
78
Oakley B. W.
76
Schmidt C. & Co
60
HATS, CAPS. &o.,
Edsall & Finlay
66
Schwegman H. R
facing Title Page
HOTELS.
Mayer House.
38
Rockhill House
66
Summit City Hotel.
84
United States Hotel.
239
INSURANCE.
Etna Insurance Co ... 40 and fronting page 9
Babcock & Lumbard, Agents,
82
Bossier H. H ......
38
Cincinnati Home Insurance Co.
1
Home Insurance Co ...
42
Hough John, Agent.
40
International Fire Insurance Co 54
Irwin Dr. Jonn S. Agent
80
54
New York Accidental Insurance Co
54
North American Transit Insurance Co
CLOTHS. SATINETS, &c ..
84
Randall F. P. Agent.
French. Hanna & Co ..
60
COLLECTING AGENT,
42
Underwriters' Agency
Chittenden E. L ..
80
LAND AGENCY.
Hough John ....
44
Indiana Land Agency
44
LEATHER.
Kline Peter
74
LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES,
Clark & Rhinesmith.
74
Oochran, Humphrey & Co.
70
Edgerton Jos. K. & Co
52
EcElfatrick & Lewis,
92
MACHINISTS,
Ft. Wayne Machine Works
18
Rastetter Louis.
68
MARBLE WORKS.
Humphrey J. & Co
74
Underhill & Zollinger.
88
MATTRESSES.
Miller John M.
90
MILLERS,
Comparet D. F.
72
MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, &c ..
Underhill & Zollinger.
ENGRAVERS. (GENERAL),
Evens Platt. Jr
4
18
MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Stockbridge N. P
86
FANCY GOODS.
90
Vollmer Daniel.
NEWSPAPERS.
Ft. Wayne Gazette.
64
Ft. Wayne Times and Sentinel
58
Indiana Staats Zeitung,
56
NOTARIES PUBLIO,
Bossier H. H.
38
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Siemon Bros
Stockbridge N. P
86
Hood W. E ...
72
Oakley B. W
76
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PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, &c ..
Brandriff A. D. & Co.
78
Meyer, Brother & Co 70 Cochran, Humphrey & Co. 70
Wagner H. G ..
76
Hurd O. D
76
PAPER WAREHOUSE,
Snider Lonis ..
1
Evens Platt. Jr ...
4
PHARMACEUTIST,
Vollmer Daniel.
90
PHOTOGRAPHERS.
Conklin Theodore
82
Shoaff J. A 68
PLUMBERS.
4
Hattersley Alfred.
72
PRINTERS. ( BOOK AND JOB).
Campbell & Dills.
58
Brandriff A. D. & Co
78
Jenkinson & Hartman 64
Morley & Jones
94
Sarnighansen J
56
PROVISIONS.
96
Slocum & Stell wagon
RAILROADS,
C .. H. & D. R. R
100
Little Miami R. R.
98
P., Ft W. & O. R. R 102
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Bossler H. H ..
38
Hough John
44
Randall F. P ..
84
REAPERS AND MOWERS.
86
Smick S. S. 62
RECTIFIERS
Trentman B. & Son
84
RESTAURANTS,
O'Connell Bros ..
94
SADDLERY & CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS.
Oakley B. W
76
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, &c.,
Brandriff A. D. & Co ..
78
SEAL PRESSES, SEALS, &c ..
SEWING MACHINES
Fledderman John G. & Co., Agents
62
SHAWLS, &c.,
Root & Company
50
STEAM ENGINES, &c.,
Ft. Wayne Machine Works
48
Rastetter Louis. 68
STOVES.
Ash & McCulloch.
92
STRAW GOODS.
Edsall & Finlay
66
SURVEYOR.
Butler Nathan.
82
TAILORS, ( MERCHANT)
Fledderman John G. & Co.
62
TIN, COPPER & SHEET IRON,
Ash & McCulloch
92
WAGONS, CARRIAGES, &c.,
Smick S. S ...
62
WALL & WINDOW PAPER,
52
Siemon Bros ..
Stockbridge N. P.
Ward H. N.
46
WINES AND LIQUORS,
Trentman B. & Son ..
84
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
Ward H. N ..
46
Schwegman H. R.
.facing Title Page
WOOLEN MILL.
French, Hanna & Oo
60
I. KNAPP, M. D., D. D. S.,
RESIDENT DENTIST
Office in Keystone Block, SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF CALHOUN AND COLUMBIA STREETS, Over Nirdlinger & Oppenheimer's Store; entrance on Columbia St., FT. WAYNE, IND.
INSURE WITH THE EINA
OF HARTFORD. CONN.
THE IMPORTANCE OF INSURANCE.
An unusual number of very destructive fires are now occuring; whether they originate from periodic or other causes, the fact should be sufficient to claim immediate attention from every cautious and sensible property owner to the great importance of not neglecting the subject of Insurance, if it has been overlooked. Delays are Dangerous.
LOSSES BY FIRE IN THE UNITED STATES NOW AVERAGE ABOUT
$150.000 PER DAY.
Simply the current fires among mercantile, manufacturing, and private property !
No portion of this land, no favored spot is exempt from the ravages of this destroyer. An average of hazard hangs over every piece of consuma- ble property. Your house, your store or warehouse, your shop, mill, or factory, is just as liable to be burned as any other, of like kind and management.
It is the beneficient aim of Insurance, to equalize and distribute this immense loss; so that calamities, instead of falling with crushing weight upon the few, shall be easily borne by the many.
It is more than ever essential to look to the goodness, strength, and se- curity of Insurance contracts. The financial contingencies of the future are open to fluctuation. Select when presented the strongest, and be well prepared for whatever comes. Hope for the best be prepared for the worst.
- Agencies in all the Principal Cities and Towns in the United States, by whom Applications for Insurance will be promptly attended to.
THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST.
THE LEADING AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE CO.
AINA
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
INCORPORATED 1819.
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
Net Cash Assets, July, '65, . $3,715,439.47 Losses paid in 47 Years, over $18,000,000.00
Agencies in all the principal Cities and Towns throughout the United States. Policies issued without delay.
Are You Insured ? If not, Why not ?
The public will find in the important matter of INSURANCE, the first essential is, secure the best; and the managers of this Corporation design maintaining their integrity for those genuine and sterling qualities of the profession, in the future as the past, confidently looking for their reward to greater appreciation and preference from property owners.
Our rates of premium are graduated by the laws of compensation, after ample experience. The safer the risk the lower the per centage-the greater the hazards the higher the premium. The propriety of Insurance therefore extends with equal force to the safer classes of property that it does to descriptions of a more hazardous nature. Consequently protect your property by a good Policy from the Ætna.
Fire and Inland Navigation Policies Issued at as favorable rates and rules as are consistent with reliableindemnity.
Branch 171 Vine St. Cin. O.
J. B. BENNETT, Gen, Ag't.
SKETCH OF FORT WAYNE
FORT WAYNE, situated on an elevated plain, at the junction of the St. Mary's and St. Joseph Rivers, has from an early period been a point of great interest. As early as 1700, the French visit- ed it for the purpose of trade with the Indians, and prior to 1719 they established here a regular Trading Post, and it became one.of their most important commercial centers. In the Miami dialect, the place was called Ke-ki-ong-gay, and Ke-ki-ouge in the Potta- wattamie. Vandreuil, Governor of Louisiana, writing in 1751, located " Fort Miami " at this point. It was a small stockade fort, built by the French, situated near the St. Mary's, probably in the vicinity of the canal aqueduct. The dim outlines of this Fort were traced by General Wayne, in 1794, and by Colonel John Johnston, in 1800.
At different periods, four nations have held dominion here. The untutored Indian for centuries ; and for half a century prior to the conquest of Canada, the tri-colored flag waved at the meeting of the St. Joseph and the St. Mary's, after that, in December, 1760, the British flag was run up in its stead, upon a fort erected upon the east bank of the St. Joseph, near its mouth. May 27, 1763, during Pontiac's war, a small garrison stationed there, was massa- cred through the treacherous influence of the French traders over the Indians. This was about the last exertion of French power on this continent, east of the Mississippi.
The Declaration of Independence, in 1776, was the commence- ment of an era that established the rule of the United States as the fourth power that reigned over this region, and still reigns, greater than all that preceded it. The sagacious mind of Washing- ton, at an early period, fixed upon the junction of the rivers as of commanding importance for a strong military post ; and the main purpose of the campaign of 1791, was for its occupation as a cen-
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ter of military operations for the North-west. His plans contem- plated a garrison of one thousand or twelve hundred men, but the defeat of General St. Clair, within a day's march, defeated his well- matured plans, and at that time the American army failed to oc- cupy this favorite rendezvous of the savage Indians- this "Federal city " of the tribes that formed the Miami Confederation.
In 1794 the United States were more successful. After defeat- ing the Indians at the Rapids of the Maumee, Gen, Wayne march- ed to this point, and selected here a commanding site for a fort ; and in October of that year, "Fort Wayne " was completed. From that period, and bearing that name, for now seventy-one years, this has been a center of American civilization and power. It continued to grow in importance until 1825, when the first plat of the town was made, and it was laid out and incorporated as the " Town of Fort Wayne." Since that time there has been a steady, uniform and healthy progress.
From time to time numerous additions have been made to the original plat-November, 1833, the County Addition ; October, 1836, Ewing's, and May, 1837, Hanna's Addition, with many others since, that have extended the limits of the town something over two miles east and west, and nearly the same distance north and south ; and the population has kept equal pace with its en- larged dimensions.
In 1828, the population of the town and its immediate vicinity, was estimated at about 500 ; and in 1830 it was computed at about 800. In the winter of 1839 [a Charter was granted by the Legis- lature for a City corporation, and on the 2d day of March, 1840, a vote of the citizens was taken upon the adoption or rejection of the Charter, which was adopted. The population was then about 1,200; in 1850, it reached 4,200; and in 1860 it was 10,300; at the present time, from the rapid growth of the past five years, the population must equal 20,000.
The causes that produced this rapid growth, are apparent .; The commanding situation of the town, in the center of a large and fertile scope of country that sought this point for trade, with no competing town, and the facilities for export and import, were im- portant elements in its growth. The facilities for this commerce, resulted from the important internal improvements constructed so as to make this an important point in their routes.
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The first of these was the Wabash and Erie Canal, completed from the west in 1838, and from the east in the fall of 1842, thus connecting Fort Wayne with Lake Erie, at Toledo. By affording the means of shipping direct to the Lake, the canal drew the trade of a large region of country, north and south, immediately to this point. The water power resulting from this improvement, fur- nished facilities for the erection of mills and manufactories that were of great importance in its progress ; and from this period it took a new start, and this impetus continued till the era of Plank Roads, in 1848. These roads were constructed with much energy and rapidity to a great distance in every direction, attracting an increased trade from a large and fertile section of country. Lastly came the Railroads. The Ohio & Indiana R. R. was first located, in 1852, and completed in 1854. The Fort Wayne & Chicago R. R. commenced in 1854, and completed in 1857, which two roads being consolidated with the Ohio & Pennsylvania R. R., consti- tute the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago R. R. Company, making a line 467 miles in length, and inferior in importance to no road in the United States, and equal to any in its management and success.
Next followed the Toledo & Western Railroad, located in 1854 and completed in 1856, connecting Lake Erie with the Missis- sippi.
Aside from the travel and freight brought to Fort Wayne, thus adding largely to its commerce, it has the fortunate position of being a central point on these great lines, and hence was the best location for their extensive shops for repair and the building of rolling machinery, for both the roads. They therefore erected shops so extensive that they should be visited and examined, to properly realize their magnitude and importance.
The T. W. & W. R. W. buildings consist of a round-house, 140 feet in diameter, with capacity for 24 engines ; brick machine shop, 100 wide by 160 feet long ; blacksmith shop, 40 feet wide and 160 feet long ; wood shop, 30 feet wide and 200 feet long. A brick freight depot, 25 feet wide and 60 feet long ; an elegant and con- venient Passenger Depot, 40 by 100 feet long.
These shops and the working of the road give employment to over 500 men, with a monthly pay-roll of over $30,000, and an expenditure for material of $250,000 per month. The shops of
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the P. Ft. W. & C. R. W. exceed in size and importance direct ratio with the increased length of the road, and embrace a brick depot 290 feet long by 160 wide, and two stories high ; freight house 200 feet by 60 feet; brick office for Vice Presi- dent, Superintendent and Engineers, 50 feet square, two stories high ; transfer house 25 feet by 100. In addition to these build- ings, for the general business of the road, all the machine work, building of cars, and repair work for the entire Western Division, from Crestline to Chicago, 280 miles, is done here, requiring ex- tensive buildings and immense expenditures.
A car shop, main building two stories high, 225 feet by 75 feet, with two wings 185 feet by 75 feet, which turns out 30 passenger cars annually, and 50 freight cars per month or 600 a year, and uses 18,000,000 feet of lumber per year, and iron and other mater- ials in proportion. Machine shop for the building and repair of engines, 335 feet long by 110 feet wide, one story, and ofices at the south end, two stories, and 30 feet square. Boiler shop, 140 feet by 50 feet, and in the second story, copper and tin shop. A black- smith shop, 320 feet by 80 feet. Round House 310 feet in diameter, with stalls for 48 engines. Water House 50 feet square, two stories high. Fire proof oil house 30 feet square, two stories high. Paint shop 150 feet by 75 feet, with capacity for eight cars. All these buildings are of brick, and of the most substantial character, and covering over six acres of ground. The men employed and the expenditures are equal to the extent and importance of the buildings. Men in the motive power department, under the con- trol of Isaac Dripps, master machinist, are 983, in the transporta- tion departmen, 538, in road or maintainance way department 1,339, station agents and telegraph operators 160, total of men 3,020. At an expense for labor and material for the month of Octo- ber, 1865, motive power department, $53,992 67; road, $49,817 19; transportation, $30,080 60; total, $133,890 46. For material in motive power department, $67,643 53; road, $81,567 98; trans- portation, $3,540 98; total for material, $152,752 49; total for men and material, $286,642 95. This vast expenditure for build- ings, men and materials, gives a satisfactory solution of the sur- prise expressed by citizens and strangers alike, at our rapid and substantial growth. The prospect of three other roads to be com-
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pleted at an early day, the Fort Wayne & Cincinnati, the Grand Rapids & Northern Indiana, and the Fort Wayne & Southern, will tend to continue this rapid growth.
Following our railroad improvements in March, 1855, the Fort Wayne Gas Company was incorporated and extensive works erected so as to light the city in October. The growth of the city has required the erection, this month, of a new holder 60 feet in diam- eter, 20 feet deep, with capacity for 58,000 feet of gas. The pipe is extended over seven miles and the consumption 34,000 feet per day.
This year a system of improving the streets was inaugurated, and the result is the Nicholson Pavement, that meets the approval of all, is now built on our principal streets and is to be extended as the public want demands.
While thus contemplating the public works as the great cause of our rapid growth, private enterprise should not be overlooked, as an equally important element in the rapid increase and pros- perity of the city. The extensive water power of our canal and rivers has led to the erection of eight extensive merchant mills, whose manufacture command the highest price in the eastern mar- ket, also eight plaining mills, and sash and door factories, which employ over 300 men to whom they give constant employment, to- gether with four large steam tanneries with work for 150 men.
Prominent among private enterprises are our machine shops and foundries. The Fort Wayne Machine Works of Bass & Hanna, with a machine shop 44 feet by 116 feet, blacksmith shop 44 feet by 30 feet, foundry 60 feet by 120 feet, car wheel shop 60 feet by 100 feet, and boiler shop 50 feet by 125 feet-all substantial brick buildings. The works give employment to 125 men with an average pay roll of $8,000, and a monthly expenditure for material of $45,000.
Besides these the shops of J. C. Bowser & Co., and of Murray & Bennigin, each with an average pay-roll of $5,000 and an ex- penditure for materials of $20,000. All these works are em- ployed to their fullest capacity and are unable to keep up with the demand for their work, which is of the most superior character. The large woolen factory of French, Hanna & Co., four stories in hight, 105 feet long by 55 feet wide, giving employment to
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seventy workmen, with a demand for their work that they. cannot supply, is another important enterprise.
Also the extensive hub, spoke and bending factory of Olds, Hanna & Co., a three-story brick building, 50 by 120 feet, with two warehouses, one 30 by 130 feet, the other 25 by 85 feet, and a two story brick, 50 by 175 feet, employing 150 men, using a million feet of sawed lumber, and making a million and a half of spokes annually. Nor must we overlook the four-story cabinet shop of John M. Miller, 40 by 120 feet, and employing 50 or 60 men, or the cabinet works of Griebel & Fee, and John J. Klachen.
The recent erection of the extensive shops of the Excelsior Ag- ricultural Works, on the railroad, in the Lewis Addition, and of the Fort Wayne Agricultural Works, in the North Side Addition, with capacity for over 300 men, and which manufactured, the past year, 1,000 reapers and mowers, and threshing machines in propor- tion, have also added much to the enterprise and business of the city. These, with numerous other manufactories, of which the limits of this sketch forbid a full description, are all elements of growth and prosperity, and readily account for our rapid progress, that must be permanent with such extensive works to sustain it, supported by a fertile country, and an exhaustless supply of the best timber.
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