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CUBA, a hamlet containing about fifty souls, is situated on the Ridge road, near the south line of the township. It has a steam saw mill, a school house, a boot and shoe maker and a physician.
The soil is generally very good, the farms are mostly well cultivated and neatly kept, churches and school houses are numerous and very well attended, newspapers are liberally patronized, and it is perhaps safe to say that the people of Springfield township are excelled by none in the county in enterprise, industry, morality and general intelligence. Popu- lation : Males, 856; females, 864 ; total, 1, 722.
ST. JOSEPH
Township, one of the center townships of Allen county, is bounded on the north by Perry and Cedar Creek, on the east by Milan, on the south by Adams and on the west by Washington townships. It was first settled in the spring of 1835, by Uriah Notestine, John Tilbury, Jacob Sturm, Philip Lee, Christian Parker and John Herbert. The surface is flat and the soil fertile, a clayey loam, well watered by the St. Joseph river, from which it derives its name, and some smaller tributaries, and is very well
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adapted to the raising of root and cereal crops. The timber with which the township is well supplied, is mainly white oak, beach and maple. It contains ten district schools, four churches (one of all denominations, built in the year 1848, one German Lutheran, built the same year, one Methodist, built in 1864, and one Catholic, built in §866), and one town- ship library, Daniel Eby, Librarian. The Fort Wayne paper mills, an extensive manufactory, of which Freeman, & Barnett are proprietors, besides several saw mills, have their situations in this township.
The Academy of the Sacred Heart, an offshoot of the church of St. Vincent de Paul, built in the year 1866, has a beautiful location and extensive grounds on the Auburn road, six miles from the city of Fort Wayne. The main building is of brick, four stories high, eighty by forty-five feet. The attendance has rapidly increased since its opening. The pupils are under the charge of eight Sisters of Charity. The prin- cipal means of communication with the township is by the St. Joseph river road, following the course of that river through the township. The number of males in the township is 652 ; females, 719 ; total, 1,371.
WASHINGTON
Township, one of the center townships of Allen county, borders on the northern line of Wayne township and by the annexation of the village of Bloomingdale, embraces a small portion of the city of Fort Wayne within its borders. Its remaining borders are, on the east by St. Joseph, on the west by Lake and on the north by Eel River and Perry townships. The first settlements in the township were made by Isaac and Nicholas Klinger, and Rheinhart Gripe in the year 1824, by Andrew Moore in 1825, and by John S. Archer, David Archer, Adam Pettit, Thos. Hatfield, Asahel Savery and John Cook in 1826. The township was organized in March, 1832, at the March session of the County Commissioners. John S. Archer was appointed, during the same year, inspector of elections until the following April. The election was held at the residence of Thomas Hatfield. Moses Sivets was elected Justice of the Peace. The first white child 'born was David L. Archer, Jan. 1, 1827, and the first death was that of Catharine Ihler, July 2, 1825. The surface is rolling, sloping gradually to the south and east. The soil is a good sandy loam, well adapted to the raising of wheat, corn, oats and grasses. The St.
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Joseph river, which floats through the southeastern part of the township in a winding, mainly southwesterly direction, together with Spy run, Beckett's branch, and the Feeder Canal, afford ample facilities for all necessary water privileges. The Lima, Goshen and Leesburg plank roads traverse the township in northeasterly directions. The Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw and the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroads traverse the township in a northerly direction. It contains two churches-one Catholic, St. Vincent de Paul, situated in the northeastern part, on the line between St. Joseph and Washington, Rev. Auguste Adams in charge. This church was built in 1861 and its parsonage in 1862. The number of families attending it is about 125. One Methodist (Bethel Chapel), built in 1842, situated in the northwestern part. There are three libraries, -one township of six or seven hundred volumes and two Sunday School of about 125 volumes each.
The first school held in the township had an attendance of ten scholars and was taught by Alexander Waldron, in a log cabin, in 1829. It now contains eight free schools, with an average attendance of about 800 scholars, and two German Lutheran, one of which is situated in the eastern and the other in the southwestern part, with an average attendance of about thirty scholars each. The oldest inhabitants now residing in the township are Babel Wainwright, 95 years of age, and Victor Beurre, 75. The township boasts two saw mills, one tannery, two grist mills, one spoke factory, two breweries (Bloomingdale and French), two sorgho mills, two lawyers and two ministers. Population : Males, 780 ; females, 844 ; total, 1,624.
WAYNE
Township. Of the twenty townships comprising Allen county, Wayne is by far of the most importance, being situated on an elevated plain, at the junction of the St. Mary's and St. Joseph rivers, and containing the city of Fort Wayne, the county seat and one of the most important commercial centers in the State. The township is bounded on the north by Wash- ington, on the south by Pleasant, on the east by Adams and on the west by Aboite townships. The surface is rolling, with a gradual slope in every direction from the city of Fort Wayne. The soil is well adapted to raising wheat, corn, oats, buckwheat, timothy and clover, and is well
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watered by the St. Mary's, St. Joseph and Maumee rivers. There are some fine belts of timber in this township, principally walnut, hickory, oak, maple and poplar. Generally, however, the supply for building purposes has become quite limited, especially in the neighborhood of Fort Wayne. As early as 1700, this point at the junction was visited by the French for the purpose of trading with the Indians and before 1800 a regular trading post was established in the township, thus making it a grand commercial center, destined to become the most important town- ship in Northern Indiana. It is now traversed in every direction from Fort Wayne by roads, generally good, affording easy communication with every part of the county. The schools are excellent and so situated that they are within the reach of all, several of them being graded schools. The township library is situated in the city, comprising about 2,000 volumes, and is open to all every Saturday. The librarian and township trustee is John E. Hill.
Notwithstanding the churches in the city are convenient to all the inhabitants in the township, there are several well-built churches in the country, well attended by interested congregations and having good Sun- day school libraries. The farms are all well improved, having good buildings, with many orchards of choice fruit.
The township is thickly settled, having (exclusive of Fort Wayne) the largest population of any township in the county. Males, 1, 186; females, 1,014; total, 2,200.
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General Index.
Abbreviations, 65
Atna Life Insurance Company, 47 Alphabetical List of Names, to- gether with residence, &c., 65
Harper James & Co., 9
Hattersley A., 9
Attorneys at Law, 207
Auger Charles,
6
Hurd O. D., 63
Bass & Smith,
36
Bittinger J. R., 36
Hamilton & Co., 8
Indiana Land Agency, 57
Bloomingdale Brewery,
Boundaries of Wards,
45
Jacoby & Wiegand, II
Calendar for 1873-4,
Carbonized Cement Pipe Works
33
Classified Index to Advertise- ments, 207
Church Directory, 227
Constitution of the U. S. 24I
Colerick W. G. & H.,
56
County and City Officers 46
Coombs, Miller & Bell, 61
Didier J. C. 36
Fire Department,
230
Fire District,
230
Fire, Life and Accidental Insur- ance, 50
First National Bank,
44
Fledderman John G.,
44
Ford Charles,
44
Fort Wayne National Bank,
9
Nelson DeGroff & Co.,
8
Fort Wayne Machine Works, 35
Fort Wayne Street Directory, 39
Fort Wayne Steel Plow Works, 51
Fort Wayne Trunk Manufactory, 52 Fort Wayne Steam Iron Works,
54
New Haven Directory, 225
34 Newspapers, 234
French Lager Beer Brewery, I20
History of Townships, &c. 257
Hamilton Allen & Co., 49
Hoffman Bros., II
Indiana Land Agency, 48
Bloomingdale Street Directory, 42 63
Interest Table, 7
4 Justices of the Peace in Allen Co. 45 Kane James M. & Bro., 5
Kerr Murray, 33
Kover & Rivers, 6
Laidlaw Peter B., 55
Leutz, Bourie & Co.,. 64
List of Students at Concordia College, 205
Location of Fire Cisterns, 23
MacDougal & Lauferty, . 61
Mayer & Graffe, 56
Mayer & Morss, 32
Mayer Geo. J. E. & F. Voirol,
43
McCulloch & Richey, 60
Merchants' National Bank,
34
Mergentheim A., 61
Monroeville Directory, 222
Morgan & Beach, 56
Fort Wayne Steam Iron Works,
I3
Nestel D., 7
Nestel Charles W. and Eliza,
7
Newberger Louis, 8
New York City Store, 38
French, Hanna & Co.,
Notaries Public 49
Graham & Gottshall, I2 Oakley B. W. & Son,
8
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Officers of the City Government from 1840 to 1873,
16
Orff C. & Co., 55
Paramore S. L., 55
Parochial Schools, 229
Public School Department,
228
Public Buildings, Halls, &c.,
59
Queen Insurance Co., 37
Randall F. P., 14
Township Officers, 46
Reciprocal Distances
58
Trentman, Monning & Son, 12
Russell W. R. & Co.,
64
Trentman H. J. & Bro., 60
Sallot V. A.,
15
Shoaff's Gallery,
I2
Smick S. S.,
6 fices in the Western Division 234
Societies and Associations,
232
Wagner H. G., 34
Stahl & Hillegas,
15
Wolke & Trentman, 60
Stevens W. & E.,
14
Stotz Ulrich.,
15
Table of Population and Wealth of the United States, 53
Table of Distances of Principal Cities in the United States IO
Table of Distances and Rates of Fare from Ft. Wayne by rail, 124
Taylor Robert S., 12
U. S. Government July 1, 1873, 62 U. S. Express Company's bill of-
Zollars & O'Rourke, 61
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