Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Part 30

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Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co.
Number of Pages: 472

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WillJn AR, The lime lins arrived when it must bo definitely know ivhnl shall he the nature of these guarantees und how far they can be maile effect- ivo in the work of erecting the Irnotures needed to display the articles con- Iributed from this and ilistant States, and

Wirares, The Side Board of Agriculture cannot colertup any propen- sition Innking In h separation of the tuderesla of the Stole Foir and the pro- pusod Exposition, hy occupying separate gronuds , uint

WIITURAN, This Tuand, in dealing with The citizens of Indianapehe und Their constituted committee, desne lo monintnin the most I'rank ond cordial relations in all matters affeeling the cylubdishment of the proposed Expiry- lion , therefore,

Resaleed, That The members of the Sinte Board of Agriculture repeal ils formor expresgien in fuor uf such Sinte Lxporition nul Tudinnapolis as nill onuble exhibitors and visitors In place in mid nilness the industries of all States mud peuple, in ronneotion with the mechanical and ngrienlinral pro- dueliens of todiann.

Reautory, That the State Hoaril ennnol gn forward ju this onlerprive ns ono peculiarly ity gun, but mnel rely open material nid from cilizons af Indianapolis und railroad companies in iho erection of proper buildings til Al rortures la necommodule The articles placed on exhibilien, the huild- ings la hie erected un the plans tulopled hy a joint committee of citizens of hodintinpolis mind of the Bonnsl

Resolved, That This Board ennnot consent lo any separation of the pro- poved Exposition from the intricals of the annual Sinle Fnir, and we there. fare adhere firmly lo our first proposition, thol the ludiana Agricolintal Fair and The E'spouliun shouhl be held on The squie ground

Repohed, That The gijutobler ur require is simph what will secure fund- In riostruct the Innlding und other improvements-estimated al $100, 000 -is Ilns sim will be cavential to the success of the enterprise.

Resolved, That as a guarantee, on the pril af The Board, for the money Ilis ndvonerd by thy ritirvis nad sailrend compquies, il shall be the duty of the Scorelary und Treasurer of ilus Board la keep acouple of the receipts und expenditures of the Sinle Fair ond Exposition of 1873, ond every year Thereafter, atul nounully joy orer to the subscribers, pro rata, all the uel procers remaining in the Treasury of the Board, notil ihr adrauce shall be fully rejeud, nithout interest.

BASIA PADPONED HY CITIZENS HIF INDIANAPOLIS.

Wieut As, IL La propoved ibul the Sinte Buurd of Agriculture shull iucor- porale into miul hold with the Staly Fair, ou their gronds at Indianapolis. n general Exposition of fint less than thirty duys in each year ; aud

WILL MEET, This union if Iwru greit enterprises will necessarily compel Ihr ereelinu of additionni buildhugs and a largely increased expenditure of monoy la neeunijdish and nike rtrelire the enterprise ; nud

WHEILL'AS, Thy Stale Boaril counol, uunided, accomplish an onderinking Bo lorge in ils propertians nad so ieuch hicyenil Ibe cash means nl ils dis- poanl, nud

WuLucas, This volerprise, while il embraces the whole Sinle, ond rrery county thereof, is particularh and especially on eulerprive farorable In the great ond gruning interests of ludianapolis, As the commercial center of wur young Sinte .

Now, for the purpose of indensifying said State Board against logy, and In vuulde il to xieure the ensh means In prosecute saidl improvement, we agree lu pay lo said SIple Board, or lo ils assigns, at the close of Their Exposition in 1873, The suit uf [ Here is to be inserted the individual subscription of the gunraptor ], nilhunt relief from valuation mi appraisement lan's. This sum is payable on thy condition That in ense there should be any deficit in the receiptle uf euch Fuir aud Exposition in the year 1813, to pay the expenses Thereal, welding the cost nel rageuses of new buildings nul other improlr. mente, Thru so much of sand uote or obligalien ouly shall be due und pay- atile, A pre rata navessmient on enrb pole er obligation being promptly mode lo muko up muy dificil which may exist in the expenses of The yrar. Aml iu muse unid receijds are sufficient In puy ban] exprudilures, including the cost idf the new buildings ni iunprorewseuls, Then this obligation shall be Toin.

Thal un the payment of this oldignlion nr nole, ur any portion nf Il pate, thy Smule Beard ut' Agrienture gire the pinker ils obligalivh lo refunil the guin de paul, without interest, sn yoon ns the rereuver of the Fair and Exposition shall enulde the Sinte Bonrd uf Agriculture lo do su, and when the new boildiugy and improrements are prud fur in full.

The comquilleo huy uol time to enter mare largely into the ndraninges which this ouluspise will confer upon all parties of the Stale.

An hour ago, Ihr Iwo rowmilters enme lo A fnir understanding in regard lo this Isjuiliuu pornjeel, nul there is barely lime to place these results before the Delegale Bonrd. Mneh might be written, nud ought to be, show- ing ils ndroingis but this cannot be done now. The cause musi jdead for ilself Respectfully submilled

THOMAS DOWLING, W. B. SEWARD, H. CALDWELL, A. D NAMRICI, JOAN SUTHERLAND

The report way discussed ul length by Messrs Stevenson, Cobb, Higgins, Milrbell [uf Gibson; ond Pooh All bul the loller genllemau opposed the holthng of an Expontion in connection with the State Fair, upuu The ground That The interests were conflicting and the lisposition would sunllon up the Sinle mul County Fniss Mr. l'oole spoke in favor of the report.

Mr J I Willinius ollered The following resolution, which was ndoplrd Revolved, That The AInte Board of Agriculture by authorized lo unile wilh Who cily ur citizens of hivhinunpolis in holling on anhiunl Exposition on The Sinle Four Groundy proridel u gofficient guuranter enu he lind In praleri The State Bumed fromn lo's. Aud ulso lo inquire into the expoli- ency of hohling the Exposition uol less than hurenly or more than Ihurly days.

January 0, 1873, Ihr commullee nppointed to risil Looisrille, lo examine The Exposition Buildings al that place, reported as follows:

Mn. FREIAt: Your Anhcontwitter appviuled to visit Louisville nud oxutriur the Esmuution Boildings there, and prepare plaus and estiuinles for nn Exposiliun Building proposed to be ereelil on our grounds, mould reporl

Ibal ne nere kindly received on our arrival al Louisville, by Mr. Sinslie, Mr. Berkurls, and others, connected with the Exposition, ihn uol only guve ue every facility for the examination of their building, indl also all ilesired inforinnliun ns lo the cost of building, grounds, ele.

"The Exposition Building in Louisville is a handsome structure, and nell wInutul to the purpose for u hich il urus creeled, yel il is not without sonie ilefeelH. Tho gronnils for the building uere purchased ul n rost of $90, top. rost of billing $60,01X1, cost of decoratiuns in building $10,IXml; lolnl, SIsh,IKI. The Exposition was held ubont forty days, The rereiply heing SHRANHI.

PInus for the proposed builling to be ereetrd on our groonils have been $40,000, um af decorations aod other improvements about $311,000, tutal, $80,000 It is believed that an expeudilure of the above amount of money will pay all expensis af preparing for an Exposition In conurrliou with The Stale Fuir equal in magnitude lo uny Exposition in the West.

On motion of Mr Howling, il was

Potet, Tunt the Stule Board of Agriculture, in the faithful discharge of il« promises, is not prepared to carry iben out, and to enter tule permanent arrangements with the continittee of citizens of loilinnapolis for the initin- linn of the liplinna Exposition to be located in Uns city, and that the time hi* nou fully arrived when the amouul and nature of the Guntantee l'und should he definitely maile knoun ; and further, Ibal ne respectfully ask the nlleudence of the coinmillee of citizens al the inceling of this Board oll Friday morning. al 9 o'clock, when the Board will jointly consider will such committed The establishment of the proposed Exposition.

Murch 18, 1873, Mr Sulberlanil, from The compiillee nppointed al the Felnuary meeting lo perfect arrangements for holding nu Exposition, reported ny follows:

To the State Baard of Agriculture:

LENTLEULY: Your commoilice, lo trhoiu was entrusted the charge of jer. feeling the arrangements for the Exposition in connection with the Smule l'air, mint committee on part of citizens, composed of Mrssrs Gibson, Vin- prilgr mtil Morrison, beg lenve lo report the result of their lulors We assembled un a call by the Secretary, mud found The Gnumunice Fundl, from the citizens of Indianapolis, lo be $100,000, signed by areepinhir parties ; And ulso that the required nmionul of money us proposnl to inrest iu build- ing for nn Exposition can be borrowed from banks in this city by the bouils being depesited as collateril

We would also further siale lbnl, upon investigation, the Irneaction, ns propose, will be perfectly legal.

Tin propositions from the Gas, Water Works, nod the Street Inihrny Companies, harv been carefully considered. The one fent the line L'empany is wlisfilary, and ire recommend ils neceplauce.

The Water Works proposition wne respectfully derlined, but is herewith sulunited.

The Steel Railroad proposition, As hell as others, are respect fully sub- ulled for The neliun of the Bunrd.

We hme spent much lite in the revision of the preunum list for an Ex- position, und prepared the proper rules and regulations.

We recommend the offering of gobl and silver medals, principally in the mechanical ileperiment, and sub-litule diplomus inslend of bronze medals. All uf which is respectfully submilled.

Mr. Sutherland further sialed thel they hod held h consultation with The archileri regarding bis estimoled cost of the building, but had arrived il uo conclusion, preferring to leave the moller wholly lo The Board.

W1. Dowling offered the following, which was adopted .

Resolind. That the I'resident of this Board, together with Mesers. Cold- Sewurd nw Milebell. be appointed a special commillee, in conjunction willi Mesuis. Morrison, Gibson and Vinnedge, on the part of the enhisenbers lo the Simranter Fund, lo adopt measures iu regard to the erectiull of the Exposi- linn hildings atul general improvement of the ground.

Iln moliou of Mr Duwling, il was

Ordered, That The President and Secrelary uf this Board he authorized 10 funke, execule, and endorse the necessary paper upon which to borrow money from the trinks of' ludinnapolis or elsewhere.

DIENING OF THE EXPOSITION

This Exposition was opelicil September 10, 1813. llon Jolin Sutherland, l'resident of Tho Sinle Bonedl of Agriculture, delivered The following brief address :

LADIES ANH RENTLENEN : It is very gratifying, on This occasion, lo those urbo lenre been sn closely identified wish the enterprise, lo see I be great tu- lereal manifested on this occasion, and the mass of people bere nsseullcd. A few shurl months ago, The Dinlerial Ibol was necessary for the ereelion of This biulding nas in the lumber yards of this city, Chicago, Michigan und other places; the brick-n lorge portion-were yet unburnt Plany oud specifications had to be adopted ; contraels had to be made ; in short, oll Ilinl nay required lo creeule n work of Ihnis elinrneler.

Three weeks nyo, Floral Ball, or what now is Floral Hall, was nullung but an nyeu spune of ground, not the least nppomarance of auy impruremenl. Il is one of those illustrations which goes lo prose whol enn he accomplishedl by a Quiled effurl A bearly rooperation on the purt of the citizens of lilianapolis nud The State Bonrdl of Agriculture have accomplishedt wyhal yon are here lo-ilay. llon nell, ia for inu lo junge. There liny bern Inid here a fimodation which, if properly guarded und gnuled, will be ul lusting benefl lo the great misses who will here ossemble. We stant to- day in the fraul mauk, ns a State, in this enterprise. I presume There is uo Slite in thu Union Ilint lins gruntoils and improvements superior lo ours. To the peopdo al' Indinna this has been erreled, for you and yours.

To the Mayor noil Couuril of this Cily : In behalf of the State Bourd of Agriculture I return you thanks for the prompt and liberal manner in which you bare responded to our request. There was an appearance of dr. Iny on your parl, but when we mmde known our wants Ibere was Ihnl sondy response which is deserring of police.

When I luis programme was made onl, il was hol my intention to innke muy remarks, nul, therefare, I hinve provided for the accasinn Those whom thuis cily atul Stute baie delighted to honor. I have Ibe pleasure of mul rodueing 10 you Mayor Mitchell, of Indiaunpohs, who will now adresy you.

Hun. James Muchell, Mayor of the city, delivered the following intro- ductory speech :

1.APIEA ASH GENTLEMAN : Witnessing ndhin our limits the opening of The hral Exposition mer hehl in this Siule affords lo Indianapolis and her people, through ur, their bumble representalire, occasion to speak nonils nf aplcome lo the strangers who throng our streets, and who hove assembled here nl This hour to listen In the distinguished gentlemen who will andresy you.

For the privileges of thus hour ire are mininly indrbled lo the rejer. seulalires of our State Bonrd of Agriculture, and In these liberal gentlemen whose gunranleo of the eni of one hundred thousand dollars lins given lo us This hrantiful building. That the Board will rrap nbumlaut reward, mw that ull will linve pleasure nud profit, through this grond enterprise, who cau ilottut ? We hnro room for everybody nod for everything. llero Ibe farmer, whose products feed the world, will display lun richeal alorey ; irhile the nork of the punr arlison will apenk more effectively for himn thnu Tho paid newspaper puffs for bis wrcallby competitor. Here the Indies dis- plny their Instr und handiwork, and here the work of the artist gires proof of his genius. We hiare one groud puuorumu of the productiony of art, Inhur, Instr, skill niul geuius.

Bul of these aud kindred things il is hol my province lu speak ; 1 om hore suuply In bid you welevine. Andl allow me, in duing thul, lo ezteud to

you, slingers, one and all, n hearly invitation, after you hure satisfied yourselves with our Exposition, lo sellle nuong us, and become cilizeun of the liveliest inland city of the world.

But knowing your impatience lo beur those who are lo address you, 1 will now formally introduce lo yon one trhom you not only know already, hul trhom the nulion know's-our distinguished Senator, Oliver l'. Mortun.

SIVATOR HONITON'S SEIKOI.

Mn. THESIDENT, GESTLIVES OF THE BOANH ASP FINAUX CITIZENR: I feel that this is burdly n lime for speech making; all round us we bre ori- deners of work rather than words. We have the beginning here of what is lo he a grand und triumphant Exposition lor The State of' Indiann. Bear in mind that this is the first time this Thing has ever heen allempled in the Alle, bear in mind that it involves it vast uxpienso nnd n great ilenl of labor. This cannol be necomplished by words nor by speech-tunking, hut must be necomplished by thought, by intelligence, hy mhor nul hy uurrmilling in- dustry.

I am aurised That to Mr. Sutherlait, The President of the Board, In Mr. Caldwell, the Superintendent, and all the other ufficers and members of the Board, we are indebled for their unremilling labur-for The fact That they hure giren all their time, for weeks, lo prourole this great enterprise. As yun enn nll see, il is pol finished ; such things beror are ; they itre uever reily nt the lime ; but they have come as peor lo il ny conlit be expected un. der The circumstances. In the course of two or three weeks, ar perhups a shurler lime, we shall hore on Exposition here of which we will by promil ; antil next year il trill be still better, and we shall, like other States thul have ruibirked in Ibese enterprises, go on improving from year lu year.

This is n step wul of The old healen path uf Thy onihnury Sinle Fuirs. We buve gallen beyouil ilinl. This must not be looked upun ns n mere shour-os nh entertainment : nu the contrary, il is a school of kimrleilgr, thun trhich there can be no higher-no better. I insist That The money spent in an en- lerprise af This kind is as much ilerotel In The panse al education as money spent in the support of Cominan Schools. The former whu comnes here enn »P7, in the course of three days, what improvements Ive been mode in ngri. cultural itoplemenis, and he eun learn unov in Unve iluy's than br cuo lenrn on his forw in Inenty four years. Aml so with the inrehinnie. Ho comes In sre u hnt new luols hure beon minule unil u hut inor improvements Imre been oile in his Irane : and he will curry mirny morr nen idens nith him, after n neck speul here, thou he would guin in his shop in Twenty years.

Therefore, I sny, this is not n show, nel n piline of idle paslime ; il is a school for The foruier, for the mechanic, lor the Insur's man, ntul for all who are engaged in carrying on the commerce and business of this gran country. Therefore I urge you In encourage il, wird not ta [nak upou il as a Divans of nmuscioent simply, but us n thing that is worth your time and] meney.

In ISTG, ne are lo hare n Centennial Exposition for The United States, nl Philadelphin I am looking forwurd In That Exposition with the greatest in- Terest. We expect to shon the world, al PInlndelphia, whal one hundred years of hberly and education will do for n peuple. The Exposition al l'hil- wlelplun will be ibe greatest advertisement This country has ever haut lo the people of the Old World. This is n brunch of that Exposition, and i bupe Indians will see to it thol she is properly represented at Philadelphia in

Now I waut lo speak to you more particularly for o fow ininnies in regard lo Indique While I do not elnitu that ludinnn is n grent sovereign inde. pendent Stale, a separate Stole und nation fromu Ilinois uud Dhio, bul a porl of our great country, rel } um prond of Indlinun. I om n nalive of Indiann nod lake the deepest pride nud the greatest pleasure in all That contribules lo her cleration, growth and prosperity. I tun glad to kinn that she is marching un How as she lins never ilone before. She is not the Ingest State, in point of' territory, by ony menus, but I believe I can say this, that Indi- nua bny Jess Innd not susceptible of cultiraliun, necoriling to the whole num. ber of neres, of nny State in the Uuion.

No State in the Union bos richer lauit Thun lundinun. No State produces u greater variety of soluable productions thun Indinun. And I can refer lo The census of' 1870, nud the duin in the Agricultural Deportmicul ill Washing- lon, to establish Ibis proposition: Thul hudinan is lo-lay, according to her Area and population, Tho most prosperous agricultural community in the United Sinles.

But our odranee is nol material altogelber. We ury mulinneing in intelli- geuce, iu educalinn aud in moral improvement. Our Common Schools are now kepl open nearly six mouths in the year, laking the yenr through and The Stole orer ; and in The large cities nine months in the year, while in sil the large louns tho sebools ore grauled. We luive on oxcelleul system of Common Schools. It is not perfect by nhy menus, unil in enjillo of being greatly improved I am glad to he oblo lo slale that it is belug improved trom year lo year. Last year ise bnd 94,060 school houses in ludiano, nnd 600 or CIMI are being built every year Last year the lintion rrreuuo of the Stale amounted In §2,300,000 while Indinua line n school fund of $8,500,- ANNA, being The largest school fund helonging In uuy Sinle by more than $1,000,000 1 enn look forward tothe time, not far distnul, nhen luihinno shall libro a schuet system equal to think of New Englund ar uny port of the Unileil >Inles

Dur material development is going in wonderfully. We linre non uearly 3,700 miles of milroad in Indinun, not counting the side-trook, with 400 miles ouder contruct or in process of construction. Out of ninely-two toun. livs iu tho Stalo, you cut go lo-dny by ruil In eighty-sovru ; und, iu fillern ur eighteen months from this thur, you enn go from Inilianapulis In every county iu ludinon by muilroml.

We have rast minem) weallh, more ralunble thun the gold anil siher mutues of Californin, Colerndy or Nermln. Wo hure 6,600 square miles ef coal fields, aud 450 square miles of whal is called bluck cont, suid to be the lost in the United States, omul equal In any in the world, for the thinking of iran. We hure only recently discovered this grent source of wealth lo eur Stale It Ims, I believe, been esinblished to be B fael thut the block coul of Imliann will make irou in ils mn sinie, without coking, equal to that of auy oller, oud Ihnl the pig iron made from the Imlinhn block conl is the best fer waking Bessemer steel. That is a pojul of great interest to our Sinte, nud upon which much depends in Ibe fufure. Vou lime hourden guod dral said uboul block coal Ferbaps sotie grullemen here do not know why it is so villuatile in the making of iron. The bilmumnous conl of Pennsylvania, be- fore being used in the monufacinie of iron, muel he cokeil, or cookeil iu or. lor lo espel the hitumen, while the Indiaun blook eonl innkes iron of equat quality in the raw slale. The reason of this is, that this conl keeps ils shape in the furnace, does not mell, does hol swoll nivel run Ingether, lenns nn cin- der or clinker, and buros lo n nhilu ash, is free from impurities, and, il 15 unid, makes the best pig iron for the nmuufneluer of Resvemwer steel in the nurld.

A word nbont Bessemer steel. It has o greus lulure in this country, sul is likely Tu produce almost a reralution in our mihvny syalent, and in many other things in which iran entera very largely. l'iof. l'ox, of our own Staly, hay wutnuilled n enlenlalion, verified by Prut. J. W. Foster, of fhirngo, niny ilenil, and by one of the ableal iron masters in Peuusytruula, shuning thol Bessemer steel mails can be maile cheaper than iron rails from the block coal ol' Iudiaun. I believe that lo he susceptible of ilemoustration, nud that the lime will woon couto when the railroadls of ludiunn aud of other SIales will be laid with Bessemer slee! rails. Bessemer alcol rnily will luat Bien er elghl lines as long as iron anes will. This hvemurs nh importuul element in chinjung the construction of rilroma, rituelng the expense of keeping thetn up nud chrapeuing Transportation. I holiovo thu limo will soon come when our existing railroads, East now West, will find it to their interest to

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pul donu iloulile tracks unul lay their roads writb aleol. I have now in my Twoyesdiet u proposition from n distinguished business mind in Holland lo boibl a ruilrond iyilh funr Irocks from New York City west lo some point in Ohio or Imlinun, then tivo tracks itiverging lo Chiengo, und live going le St. Lonis. Those irnrks In be Inid with steel rails, and the rund lo he cou. uruciel in the most suhsinotinl mbunder, with private cupital, and no nid askul fromn nny Slate or frotu the General Governineal. The only conililich or the proposition bring lunt The rond shall be elinelored by Congress, Upou Thul point I give no opiniun or expression of ull. I simply refer lo it lo show yuu Thul This question uf danbfo amt quadruple Iracks anil roils minde of Bleel is now being ennynssed hy capllalista ubroul as ivell is in our ormul country.

Tulking shoul Irunsporlulion, lel me refer you lo o single faet le shoty yon The importance of cheap Ironsportation lo us as a Stalo, and how il will ntfeet The minuthclure of iran and Bessemer sleel herenfter. 1 hare here a caleu- Iation milo hy n very careful nequointance anil frieml of mine, comparing The farm productions of Pennsylronin and Indiquo, as shown by the census of' ISil, nudl the data in the Agricultural Department nt Washinglon. Peun. sylraum hod of domestic nhimuils of all kinds, 1,006,689; Indiono Ind 4,611,092. l'ennaylonin hunt grains to the amount of 60, 460,000 bushels ; Toiliuun lind 79,860, 164 The value of the form products of Pennsylvania IL ILS elimated lo ho $183,946,000 ; those of Indinoo, $122,911,000. Thus you see thel while Indiann linil 505,0001 hend of live stock more, nodl 19,000,- 000 bushels of grain more Than Peunsylvania, yet the products of Pennsyl- ranin nro estimenteil at $183,916,000, off account of lier greater proximly lu market, while Those of ludinon are estimated al $122,014,000), Tlms you can uoderilund the muporlance of cheap transportation to Indiuna. Lel us see lin The question of transportation affeels us on the other hand, will reference to the manufacture of Bessemer eleel. Of The 174,000 tons of iron uro used in the blast furnnees uf Pillsburgh lost yenr, 84, INKL Ions corue Trum Lake Superior, 04,000) lous from Iron Mountain, Missouri, 20, 1KK) uns from Lake Champlain, and less than 5,01X frinn tho hume inines of Pennsyl- sonia. They emumnul taunufselure Their iron with The conl they live in Peon- nylonin ivilhont enking il. We bare coul in Imlinon wvilh which we can. In Il4 mu ginle, minke The hest uf iron ; while wo are 250 miles nearer Lake Superior than Villsinirgh, aud BBQ milea Deurer lo Iron Monolain ; so thnl the question of Imusporinlion determines the tael Ilot ludiann must becume the great center for the umnufuelure of Bessomber alcol. We cannut estimate the importance of thet manufacture lo our Stale.

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Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Part 30

Author: Publication date: 1876 Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co. Number of Pages: 472

Author:
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co.
Number of Pages: 472