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PUBLIC LIBRARY, FORT WAYNE & ALLEN CO. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS COLLECTION FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
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WILLIAMS'
FT. WAYNE DIRECTORY
FOR 1868-9;
TO WHICH IS APPENDED
1 1
A UNITED STATES POST OFFICE DIRECTORY.
FIFTH ISSUE : COMPILED BY WILLIAMS & CO.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, FORT WAYNE & ALLEN CO. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS COLLECTION FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
FORT WAYNE, IND .: N. P. STOCKBRIDGE, No. 104 Columbia Street. 1868.
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CINCINNATI ADVERTISEMENTS.
Vanduzen & Tift, Buckeye Bell. Foundry 9
Church, Academy, Factory, Plantation, Steamboat, Fire, and Signal Bells. Manufac- turers of and Dealers in Brass Cocks, Globe Valves, Steam Whistles, Brass Castings, Spel- ter Solder, Babbitt Metal, Iron Pipe and Fittings, Hose and Couplings, Steam and Water Gauges.
102 and 104 East Second St .. CINCINNATI, - OHIO.
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ATI & WAS
SOLICITE
ATENTS
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G. D. Schirmer St. Wayne; End, PREFACE
TO OUR FIFTH VOLUME.
WE believe that our patrons will find our present ISSUE more reliable than any of our preceding Volumes. The information which it contains is the result of a thorough canvass of the CITY OF FT. WAYNE, superin- tended by H. THORNTON BENNETT, EsQ., our Assistant Compiler, whose competency and faithfulness have been fully tested by our patrons, in the volunies heretofore compiled by him for the CITY OF FT. WAYNE.
To collect and prepare the matter for a CITY DIRECTORY for publica- tion. is a perplexing and difficult task. The nature of the work compels us to seek information from each member of the community-from the intelligent and the ignorant; from the civil and polite citizen and the rough and unlettered resident. Some are unwilling to have their names appear in a City Directory, and purposely avoid the canvasser ; others give the information in an imperfect and scarcely intelligible manner. Only through persevering labor and continued watchfulness. can an approximation to correctness be attained in a Work of this character. We think, however, that we have in most instances been enabled to overcome the difficulties and obstacles which surround the undertaking, and confidently believe that the DIRECTORY for 1868-9 will be found by our patrons a reliable and trustworthy guide to the Residences and Business Houses of the CITY OF FT. WAYNE.
Our new DIRECTORY, for 1868-9, contains about SIX THOUSAND NAMES, which is a much larger number than is contained in any DI- RECTORY previously published for the city ; and, judging from experience gathered from the canvass of other cities, we should say, shows that the present population of the CITY OF FT. WAYNE is upwards of twenty-six thousand souls. Within the last five years the CITY has not only greatly increased in population, but the numerous splendid business houses, large manufactories and beautiful residences, erected during that period, are palpabie evidences of a great increase in business and wealth, and indi- cate for the city a still more rapid growth in the immediate future, and demonstrate, beyond a doubt, the power of FT. WAYNE to maintain her proud position in the foremost rank of the great CITIES of the WEST. We predict for the CITY OF FT. WAYNE a rapid increase in population and a progressive and prosperous future.
We return our thanks to the merchants and business men of the City for the patronage extended to the Work, and to the Press, for the many favorable notices published during the canvass, and renew our promise to the public to faithfully labor to make each succeeding ISSUE of our DIRECTORY more worthy of commendation and patronage.
WILLIAMS & CO.
CONTENTS.
Abbreviations
35
[ Justices of the Peace
25
Alphabetical Arrangement of Names.
35
Miscellaneous
29
Newspapers.
Banks and Bankers
28
Benevolent Associations
20
Notaries Public.
24
8
Boundaries of Wards
30
Patent Laws
Business Directory
181
Post Office Directory Back part of Book
Church Directory .. 21
P'reface.
5
City Government
17
Public Buildings
23
County Officers.
27
School Department.
19
Index to Advertisements ...
6
Fire Department
18
Sketch of Fort Wayne.
9
Street Directory
31
Insurance Companies and Agencies
26
Internal Revenue.
22
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
ART GALLERY.
Shoaff J. A.
38
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Hough John
54
Randall F. P
34
BAKING POWDER.
Biddle & Brandriff
50
BELL FOUNDRY.
Vanduzen & Tift
4
BLACKSMITH SHOP.
Mesing Chas ...
48
BOILERS.
Bass & Hanna
42
Murray & Baker
44
BOOKSELLER.
Stockbridge N. P.
48
GRATES.
BRASS FOUNDER.
Hattersley A ... 46
BREW KETTLES.
Neuroth Anton ... 34
BREWERY.
Beck F. J. & Stotz
62
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
American Business Institute.
36
CARPENTER.
Potter Joseph L.
48
Etna Insurance Co ..
.... Facing page 9 and
American Life of Philadelphia
66
64
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS. &c.
McDougal & Co ... 66 Townley, DeWald, Bond & Co. 16
CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS.
Stanley. Bieber & Co
64
Stevens Thos ... 46
CAR WHEELS.
Bass & Hanna. 42
CASTINGS.
Murray & Baker ... 44
CLOAK AND DRESS MAKING.
rff C. & Co ..
38
Townley. DeWald, Bond & Co
16
CLOTHIERS.
Fledderman John G. & Co
40
Bass & Hanna
42
CLOTHS, &c.
French, Hanna & Co.
62
COAL OIL. Biddle & Brandriff 50
COLLECTING AGENT. Bossler H. H ..
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
64
Cochran, Humphrey & Co. 44
Potter Joseph L. 48
COPPER STILLS.
Neurothi Anton.
34
DRUGGISTS.
Biddle & Brandriff 50
Gratigny & Co
34
Meyer Bros. & Co. 2
DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES.
Gratigny & Co
34
DRY GOODS.
Orff C. & Co 38
Root & Co. 2
Townley. DeWald, Bond & Co
16
DYE WORKS.
Lewis B. A
46
ENGINEERS.
Murray & Baker
44
FANCY GOODS.
Gratignv & Co.
34
Root & Co ..
2
FOUNDRY FACINGS.
Crawford Geo. & Co ..
1
FRUIT JARS.
Hemingray R. & Co
7
FURNITURE.
Miller John M.
40
GAS FIXTURES.
Hattersley A ..
46
GEAR CUTTING.
Rastetter Louis.
16
GLASS MANUFACTURERS. Hemingray R. & Co.
7
GROCERS.
Huestis & Hamilton
62
HARDWARE,
Brandriff & Roberts 52
HOTEL.
Mayer House
40
INSURANCE.
56
Bossler H. II ....
Condon J. Frank 66 Home of New York 58 Hough John. 56, 58 and 60 60
International of New York
60
Mutual Life of New York
Randall F. P
Underwriters' Agency
5S
IRON FOUNDERS.
Murray & Baker
44
IRON, NAILS, &c.
Brandriff & Roberts
52
IRON RAILING.
54
LAND AGENTS.
Hough John ..
Randall F. P.
34
LIME, PLASTER AND CEMENT. Crawford Gco. & Co 1
LOOKING GLASS PLATES. Miller John M.
40
Cochran, Humphrey & Co. 44
MACHINE WORKS.
Bass & Hanna.
42
MANTELS.
Sutermeister & Becker
36
MARBLE WORKS.
Sutermeister & Becker
36
MEDICINES, (FAMILY ).
Biddle & Brandriff.
50
Mover Bros. & Co. 2
MILL FURNISHING GOODS.
Bass & Hanna,
42
MILLINERY
Oiff C. & Co ...
38
MILLWRIGHTS.
Murray & Baker.
44
Bass & Hanna ..
42
Sutermeister & Becker.
36
LUMBER DEALERS.
Clark & Rhinesmith
48
34
Township Officers.
23
7
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.
MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Stockbridge N. P ...
48
Brandriff & Roberts .. :2
Walther F. W. & Co
66
Cochran. Humphrey & Co. 44
NEWSPAPERS.
Hurd O. D. 50
Fort Wayne Democrat
Fort Wayne Ga ette Co ..
SEAL PRESSES.
Evens P., Jr. 1 Bossler H. H. 6 9 SLEIGHS.
NOTIONS. Root & Co.
2
SMUT MACHINES.
Bass & Hanna .. 42
Anderson & Kover
36
SODA ASH. Crawford Geo. & Co. 1
PAINTS. OILS. &C. Biddle & Brandriff 50
Brandriff & Roberts
52
Gratigny & Co ...
34 Murray & Baker. 44
2 Rastetter Louis ... 16 Mever Bros & Co ..
PAPER HANGINGS. Anderson & Kover
Stockbridge N. P
48
PATENT LAWS.
Knight Bros
8 STOVES. &c.
PATENT SOLICITORS.
Brandriff & Roberts 52
Knight Bros ..
4 STRAW GOODS.
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
Orff C. & Co. 38 Shoaff J. A ..
PIANO MAKERS.
Walther F. W. & Co.
66
TIN, COPPER AND SHEET IRON WARE. Brandriff & Roberts 52
Mesing Chas .. Reid A. D. & Co
48
Neuroth Anton 35
PLUMBERS' MATERIAL. Hattersley A.
46 TOWER CLOCKS. Rastetter Louis. 16
Fort Wayne Gazette Co
72
TRUSSES, SHOULDER BRACES. &c.
Sarnighausen J. Zimmerman & Co.
70
Biddle & Brandriff. 50
PRINTING PRESSES. 44 Cochran. Humphrey & Co.
Rastetter Louis 16
PUMP MANUFACTURERS.
Kyle A. P. & Co.
52
WINDOW SHADES. MeDougal & Co. 66
C .. H. & D. Railroad .. 195
P . Ft. W. & C. Railway
74
REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Bossler H. H.
64
Hattersley A
46
Hough John
54
SAL SODA, CAUSTIC SODA, &c.
Crawford Geo. & Co.
1
R. HEMINGRAY & CO.,
No. 68 Walnut St., Cincinnati, O., MANUFACTURERS OF.
FLINT, GREEN & BLACK GLASS,
CONSISTING OF
Fruit Jars, Lamps, Lanterns, Chimneys, Brandies, Hock Wines, Demi. johns, Screw Cap Flasks, Tumblers, and a general variety of Table Ware. Also, Philosophical Apparatus, and Round & Oval Shades for Artificial Flowers and Statuettes. Solar, Sun and Comet Burners on hand in large quantities.
N. B .- Our PATENT FRUIT JARS, manufactured exclusively by us, stand unrivalled for preserving qualities, and have the best reputation of any Jar in the West.
LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE COUNTRY TRADE.
TAILORS. (MERCHANT). Fledderman John G. & Co. 40
PLOW MANUFACTURERS.
64 TIN PLATE.
Brandriff & Roberts 52
PRINTERS.
68
TURNERS.
WAGON MANUFACTURER. Stevens Thomas .. 46
RAILROADS.
38
STEAM ENGINES. Kass & Hanna .. 42
STENCIL CUTTER, STEEL STAMPS, &c. Evens P. . Jr 1
36
STORE FRONTS. Hurd O. D. 50
Stanley, Beiber & Co 64
PAINTERS.
68 SAW MILLS. 72 Murray & Baker. Indiana Staats Zeitung. 44 NOTARY PUBLIC.
SASH. DOORS, BLINDS, &c.
WOOL DEALERS AND WOOLEN MILL. French, Hanna & Co ... 62 WROUGHT IRON PIPE.
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DIGEST OF UNITED STATES PATENT LAWS,
COMPILED BY
KNIGHT BROS.,
SOLICITORS OF PATENTS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, AND COUNSELLORS IN PATENT CAUSES,
No. 24 WEST FOURTH ST., CINCINNATI, O., and
No. 406 F STREET, WASHINGTON, D. C.
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1. A PATENT for seventeen years is granted to the first inventor of a new and useful Art, Machine, Manufacture, or Composition of Matter, not heretofore known in this country, nor published or patented in any foreign country. Application fee, $15. Issue, $20. Act 1861, Sec. 10.
2. A CAVEAT is useful as a precautionary step, in cases where the inventor requires further time or means to mature his invention, and eutitles the party (for a year) to notice of any interfering appli- cation subsequently filed. Gov. fec, $10. Act 1861, Sec. 10.
3. APPLICATION for Letters Patent, should be made within two years after the first sale, or pub- lic use of the invention, and must be accompanied by a Model, (where the case admits of one,) or a specimen of Ingredients and Composition : also, Peti- tion, Oath, Duplicate Drawings, Specification, and Fee, ($15). It must be made by the inventor, or (if de- ceased) by his administrator, for the benefit of the heirs. Act 1836, See. 6 and 10; Act 1839, Sec. 7.
4. MODELS may be of any durable material, avoiding glue, must not exceed twelve iuches in length, and should particularly represent the points of in- vention.
5. DESIGN .- A patent for 32, 7, or 14 years, is allowed to any citizen of the United States, who originates a new carving or sculptural composition, or a new shape or configuration of any article of man- ufacture, or a new, oruamental, or useful design, pattern, or picture, to be worked into, or printed, or painted, or cast, or otherwise attached to any article of manufacture. Gov. fee, $10, $15, or $30. Act 1861.
Photographic illustrations of Designs must be ac- companied by the "negatives," to euable copies to be made in the Patent Office .- Holt, Commissioner of Patents, 1857.
An engraved or printed design issued as an object of art, having a value in itself, and intended for sale as such, properly comes within the provisions of the copyright law; but when, however artistically ex- ecuted, it is not produced for sale as a work of art, but is designed to be atfixed in the manner of a label to a manufactured article, it then plainly falls under the act relating to patents for designs, and consequently can not be protected by copyright .- Bishop, Commis'r of Patents. Aug. 1859.
6. COPYRIGHT may be obtained for, 1st, Printed reading matter, forming no part of any or- nament or manufacturer's mark ; 2d, Charts, musical compositions, and prints or engravings intended for sale as such. Act 1831, Scc. 1.
7. REISSUE .- Patents with defective specifica- tions may be reissued in an amended form. Gov. fee, $30. Act. 1836, Sec. 13; Act 1861, Sec. 10.
Where by inadvertence, accident, or mistake, the original patent is too broad, a disclaimer may be filed either by the original patentee, or by any of his as- signees. Fee, $10. Act 1837, Sec. 7.
8. EXTENSION .- Application for extension must be made at least three months prior to the expiration of a patent. The chief points to be established, are : Ist, ascertained value of the invention; 2d, amount of loss and profit which have accrued from the invention; 3d, efforts made and difficulties incurred in maturing and introducing the invention. Application fee, $50. Issue, $50. Act 1848. Sec. 1; Act 1861, Sec. 10.
9. FOREIGNERS may obtain a patent on same terms as a citizen. Act 1861, Sec. 10.
10. JOINT INVENTORS are entitled to a joint patent, but neither can claim one separately.
11. ASSIGNMENTS may be made previous to application, and should be recorded in United States Patent Office within three months.
12. A PART OWNER of a patent may, in the absence of any contract, assign his interest or any fractional part thereof, or he may, either alone or in company with others, purchase or make as many ma- chines as ke pleases, and may sell them to others with the right to use or sell them; or he may refuse to sell them, and may rent them; but he has no power to control the action of, nor to exercise any super- vision over, a co-proprietor, nor to compel contri- bution of profits or losses, nor to enforce a partition of the right, nor is either party under any obligation to make the property profitable. Such parties must be regarded as having interests which are distinct and separate in their nature, though derived from the
same instrument; and having the same interests, with the right to use them separately, they can not, for any legal use of them, incur any obligation to each other .-- Chapman, J., Supreme Ct. Mass. 1864, p. 225. Allen Mass. Rep.
13. THE SPECIFICATION must set forth the invention in such full, clear, and exact terms, as to enable one skilled in the art to which it appertains, to compound and use it without making any experiments of his own. - 5 Howard, 4.
14. ABANDONMENT .- If an iuventor (before application for a patent) knowingly suffers his in- vention to go into public and general use without objection, it is a dedication of it to the public .- 4 Mason, 108.
No patent is held to be invalid by reason of the purchase, sale, or use prior to the application for a patent, except on proof of the abandonment of the invention to the public; or that such purchase, sale, or prior use, has been for more than two years prior to such application for a patent. Act 1839, Sec. 7.
15. PRIOR DESCRIPTION in a public work, if relied upon to void a patent, must be such as would be sufficient in a patent .- Parker v. Stiles, M'Lean, Nov. 1849.
16. AN IMPROVER upon an original patent has no right to use the original, nor has the original patentee a right to use the improvement without license .- 1 Peters, C. C. 399.
17. MERE COLORABLE DIFFER- ENCES, or slight improvements, can not shake the right of the original inventor .- 2 Gall. 54.
18. A COMBINATION CLAIM is not in- fringed by the use of any number of parts less than the whole .- 3 M'Lean, 454.
19. LEGITIMATE COMBINATION, is where two or more parts act together, in a new way, with a useful result.
20. MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT means a substitute known to the art.
21. THE PRODUCT of a patented machine is not patent property .- 3 M'Lean, 296-97
22. LOCAL RIGHTS. - Patented articles pur- chased under a local right can not be sold or used out- side of the territory of the vendor.
23. PATENTEES are required to mark each article made or vended under their patent, (or where this is impracticable, to mark the package) with the word "patented," and the day and year; but in- fringers, who have been duly notificd, are liable, not- withstanding the omission of such marking by the patentee. Aet 1861. Sec. 13.
24. PENALTY of not less than $100 and costs is incurred for each fraudulent marking of unpatented articles with the word "patent" or like phrase, or for unauthorized use of a patentee's mark. Act 1842, Sec. 5.
25. THE INVENTION, if new, and useful to the public, may be the result either of long experiment and profound research, or of a sudden and lucky thought or mere accidental discovery. *** * Luck, labor, or inspiration gives an equal right .- Tindal, C. J.
The first inventor has the prior right, if he had re- duced the inventiou to a practical form by drawing or otherwise, and has used reasonable diligence in adapting and perfecting it .- 1 Story, 590-596.
There is no doubt that he who has discovered somc new element or property of matter, may secure to himself the ownership of his discovery, so soon as he has been able to illustrate its practicability and to demonstrate its value. His patent, in such a case, will be commensurate with the principle it announces to the world, and may be as broad as the mental conception itself. But the mental conception must have been susceptible of embodiment, and must, in fact, have been embodied in some mechanical device, or in some process or art. The abstract must be re- solved into the concrete. The patent must be for a thing, not for an idea merely .- Kane, J., U. S. D. C. Pa.
26. SECRET USE .- The inventor, who, from selfishness, indifference, or caprice, wishes to with- hold from the knowledge and enjoyment of his fellow- citizens a discovery which he has made, must see to it, that, in burying his "secret," he preserves proofs of its existence, ready to be produced whenever the action of another and more generous iuventor shall summon him to the issuc .- Holt, Commissioner of Patents, Nov., 1858. ")
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E. D. Schirmer Et. Wayne; And. SKETCH OF FORT WAYNE.
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FORT WAYNE, situated on an elevated plain, at the junction of the St. Marys and St. Joseph rivers, has from an early period been a point of great interest. As early as 1700, the French visited 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 commer- cial centers. In the Miami dialect the place was called Ke-ki-ong-gay, and Ke-ki-ouge in the Pottawattamie. Vandreuil, the 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. Marys, 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 John- ston 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. Marys. After that, in December, 1760, the British flag was run up in its stead, and 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 massacred, 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 commencement 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 pre- ceded it. The sagacious mind of Washington, 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 center of military operations for the North-West. His plans contemplated 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 occupy 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 defeating the Indians at the Rapids of the Maumee, General Wayne marched to this
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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-three years, this has been a center of Ameri- can 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 Addition; 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 popula- tion has kept equal pace with its enlarged 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 Legislature 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 25,000.
The causes that produced this rapid growth are apparent. The com- manding 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 important elements in its growth. The facilities for this commerce resulted from the important internal improvements constructed so as to make this a leading point in their routes ..
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 furnished 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 Rail- roads. The Ohio and Indiana Railroad was first located in 1852, and completed in 1854. The Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad was com- menced in 1854, and completed in 1857. These two roads being consol- idated with the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, constitute the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company, making a line 467 miles in
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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 and Western Railway, located in 1854, and completed in 1856, connecting Lake Erie with the Mississippi.
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 exten- sive shops for repair and the building of rolling stock, for both the roads. They therefore erected shops so extensive that they should be visited and examined to properly realize their magnitude and importance.
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