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was from Malvern, was in the caboose, but hearing the crack of the bridge, stepped off the train. Fred. Davis went down with the wreck, but barely escaped with his life, being the only person who was not fatally injured.
THE SECOND BRIDGE DISASTER.
On Thursday, December 8, 1881, at half past five o'clock in the afternoon, the second bridge disaster occurred at St. Charles. The St. Charles News published two days after the event, said : -
About half past five o'clock, December 8, a heavy freight train, consisting of a large and powerful locomotive and 31 loaded cars, left the St. Charles depot and moved slowly upon the long and slender looking bridge that spans the Missouri river at this place. Many trains and heavy ones, too, have crossed the St. Charles bridge, but it was reserved for this one to be the second one to go down. The locomotive drawing its heavy burden had passed safely over the west- ern and center spans and was, perhaps, two-thirds the way upon the eastern span, when the structure gave way, and fell with a crash and splash into the river below, carrying with it to destruction the entire train The engineer, fireman and brakeman went down with the wreck. The former was killed or drowned, and the two latter sus- tained injuries. In the caboose were the conductor and two stock- men, while on the next car was the rear brakeman. All these managed to get off in safety before the fearful plunge was made. John Kirby, the engineer was killed. The crew of the train consisted of John Kirby, engineer ; Chamberlin, fireman ; A. Durfield, con- ductor, and Charles Oblinger and G. M. Metcalfe, brakemen.
After the first accident, the bridge was so quickly repaired that trains were crossing in December - the first one on the 12th of that month at 11 minutes after 12 o'clock p. m., one month and four days after the disaster.
CAR FACTORY.
On the 30th of November, 1872, the first meeting was held for the purpose of taking steps to organize a Citizens' Association for the city and county of St. Charles. Other meetings followed, and, on the 21st of December, the organization was perfected and commenced work.
At a meeting of the Board of Managers, held on January 11, 1873, the secretary was ordered to give notice in the city papers that the regular meeting of the Association would be held on the evening of the 18th ; and that after the business of the Association should be
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completed, a mass meeting of the citizens would be held, to consider the matter of establishing a car factory at this place.
The notice was given and the meeting held, at which a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions. Meetings were held from time to time, and subscriptions reported, that established the enterprise as a fixed fact.
At a meeting held February 8, 1873, a committee was appointed to wait upon the city council, and ask the passage of an ordinance releasing the proposed factory from municipal taxation for a series of years. This committee performed the duty assigned them, and the city authorities agreed to release the proposed car works from city taxes for 35 years.
At a meeting held February 13, 1873, progress was reported, and additional subscription committees appointed ; and the meeting ad- journed to meet February 22d, for the election of directors.
The meeting was held February 22, pursuant to adjournment. The number of directors was fixed at 13. By resolution, it was ordered that the following principles be engrafted in the constitution of the company : 1. No officer of the company except president and vice- president shall belong to the directory. 2. The salary of an officer not to be increased during the term for which he was appointed, and 3. The funds of the company to be deposited equally in the three St. Charles banks.
On that evening, and the following Monday, the election was held, resulting in the choice of 13 gentlemen in whose hands the stockhold- ers and the community could safely rest the success of the enterprie.
The board organized February 26, and measures were taken to commence operations at once. The works are now in successful oper- ation.
WOOLEN MILLS.
The first woolen mill in St. Charles was built by Messrs. Gibbs & Broadwater, the former named having followed the business in Vir- ginia. The mill was gradually enlarged, and passed into the hands of Gibbs & Cunningham, Paule & Walton, Paule, Walton & Co., and Robert A. Walton. During the war, when large supplies of woolen goods were needed for military use, the factory had a run of pros- perity ; but upon Mr. Walton's death it became idle, and so remained until recently, when it was purchased by the St. Charles Woolen Mills Company, and again put in operation.
Some years after the Walton factory was started, Messrs. Gibbs and Ross erected a brick factory in another part of the city. This was
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blown down by a severe storm, which did a great deal of damage in city and county. A new building arose on the site of the old one, much larger and more substantial, and filled with better machinery. This factory was operated some years by Gibbs & Ross, and afterwards by Gibbs, Field & Ross, until some time ago, when it passed to the Missouri Woolen Mills Company, the stock of which is owned prin- cipally in St. Louis.
The value of these two establishments, including grounds, buildings, engines and machinery, is probably $75,000, and the capital employed probably as much more. When in full operation, they give employ- ment to about 75 hands. It is rumored that the last named mills will soon be set in motion again, with renewed vigor and with an increased force of operatives. It is to be hoped the rumor is true.
GAS COMPANY.
The St. Charles Gas and Coal Company was organized February 20, 1871, by Sylvester Watts, Charlie Thaw, Theodore Bruere, James H. Britton and John C. Orrick, who each subscribed 200 shares, the en- tire capital being $100,000, divided into 1,000 shares of $100 each.
About one-fourth of the capital is now held by others. The actual capital is $55,000, which has been. consumed in paying for grounds, works, pipes, etc.
The first gas was burned September 9, 1871, and the first dividend ($2.50 per share ) was declared October 15, 1872.
During the year 1872 there were consumed 1,281,200 feet of gas, and the gross receipts of the company from gas alone were $6,668. Tar and coke constitute another source. The company expects to consume 10,000 bushels of coal for the manufacture of gas, and 3,000 bushels for firing, being about double last year's consump- tion. The works are operated by one superintendent and two firemen, and there are 135 private consumers and 59 street lamps.
The present company, by grant from the city authorities, has ex- clusive privileges in the gas line, their rights and duties being prescribed with particularity, so that the public interests may not suffer.
PORK HOUSES.
While all merchants in St. Charles have from time to time, as occa- sion offered, turned an honest penny in the purchase and sale of hogs, none of them have given this branch of industry that attention be- stowed on it by Henry B. Denker, Esq. He has built up a trade and a business in this line that proves him to be a live business man, and
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he is entitled to the thanks of the community for the energy and pluck he has displayed.
He commenced in a small way in 1867, in which year he slaughtered about 400 hogs, putting into his business about $6,000. In each of the two following years he slaughtered about 500 hogs, at an expense of about $8,000. In 1870 he packed 800 hogs, and put into the busi- ness about $12,000 ; in 1871, 1,500 hogs and $16,000; and in 1872 his business increased to such an extent that he very much enlarged his pork house and its appurtenances. In this last named year he slaughtered 4,000 hogs, and had a capital of $32,000 employed.
His packing establishment is 140x35 altogether, being of brick for about 60 feet, and the balance frame. It consists of slaughter-house and smoke-house, with a room for rendering lard, which is done by steam.
The value of the house with its furniture and various appointments is about $8,000.
UNION FIRE COMPANY.
For nearly a century St. Charles had existed as village, town and city without any means of extinguishing a fire, and fortunately for all that time without a serious occasion for it. It has been singularly exempt from the visits of the fire fiend. Long may it be so !
As better houses were built, and more money was invested in that kind of property, and property of all kinds increased in value, and stocks of goods of various sorts, and of great value, appeared on the streets, the want of some means for extinguishing fire, better than the rude one of the water bucket, began to be felt. This feeling found ex- pression in the organization of the above named company, the first and only one of the kind they have ever had. It was organized February 2, 1861, by the enrollment of (31 active, and 2 honorary members and the election of a full set of officers.
The first engine owned by the company was an old, cast-off affair, made by Rogers, of Baltimore, and full of days and years of service in the St. Louis Fire Department. It cost this company $250, and did" service, when required, for about 10 years, when its further use was dispensed with, and its place taken by a new engine made by Rumsey & Co., Seneca Falls, N. Y. This new engine cost $1,500, and is now in use. The company is equipped with engine, hose carriage, hose and all the usual apparatus, and has adopted a tasty uuiform.
The city has provided them a substantial brick building for the stor- age of their apparatus, with a hall in the second story for meetings and the transaction of their business.
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FOUNDRY.
The first foundry established here was commenced in January and February, 1866, by Peter McHugh, who had been a brass moulder in the North Missouri Railroad Machine Shops.
B. A. Alderson became interested in the enterprise, and entered into co-partnership with McHugh in March, 1866, furnishing the capital for the completion and equipment of the establishment ; and the first heat was taken off April 14, 1866, and work commenced with fair prospects. In October of the same year the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Alderson purchased McHugh's interest, and built a substantial brick machine shop, since which time the place has been known as " The St. Charles Foundry and Machine Shop."
From April, 1867, to October, 1869, the establishment was operated by Mr. Alderson and Mr. Charles Bruere, formerly a machinist in the North Missouri Railroad Machine Shops, and from the latter date to Jan- uary, 1870, by Mr. Alderson alone again. January 18, 1870, it was closed and offered for sale. But not being sold for want of a purchaser, it was leased, in October, 1870, to Messrs. Chapman & Rogers, both prac- tical and energetic men, who together operated it to December, 1871, when Mr. Chapman sold his interest in the business to his partner, Mr. John Rogers, under whose able supervision it is now carried on. The present capacity is 8,000 weight of metal per heat, but it is in contem- · plation to enlarge it to meet increasing demands. It employs from 12 to 18 hands, and though not large, has sent out some very heavy cast- ings, and has been of great value both to city and county.
FLOURING MILLS.
The oldest flouring mill in St. Charles is the one known as Griffith's, built many years ago, and yet built so well and substantially as to be even now as firm and strong as it ever was. It is not . now in opera- tion, but there are four others running. Altogether they have a capacity of 1,000 barrels per run of 24 hours. On a run of 12 hours per day, for 200 days, the five mills of which we speak would con- sume about 500,000 bushels of wheat, which probably is something near the amount they actually do convert into flour when all are in active operation.
There is also a smaller mill which engages principally in grinding corn, which, in the hands of an energetic, enterprising man, could be made a profitable business.
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St. Charles county is noted for the production of the finest quality of both corn and wheat. The St. Charles flour stands at the very head of the list. The citizens have reason to feel proud, and do feel proud, of their corn, wheat and flour.
Among the other industries in St. Charles is a tobacco factory, the article here manufactured having a wide reputation and finding a ready sale in home and foreign markets.
SECRET ORDERS.
For the facts referring to the early history of Freemasonry in the city of St. Charles, we are indebted to Joseph H. Alexander, who contributed a series of interesting articles upon that subject, entitled " Historical Notes of the Rise and Progress of Freemasonry in St. Charles." The first charter granted for holding a Masonic Lodge 1 in St. Charles, bears date October 6, 1819, while Missouri was still a Territory. It was granted by the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. The lodge had been working under a dispensation from July 5, same year. The charter was given at Nashville, and is signed by O. B. Hayes, Grand Master; W. Tannehill, D. G. M .; S. B. Marshall, S. G. W. P.T .; Wm. G. Dickerson, J. G. W.
At the date of its organization, the lodge had 13 members. The names of only three are now known - these are the three officers named in the charter, and their names are Benjamin Emmons, Bennett Palmer and Rowland Willard. The lodge prospered, for in 16 months after it was organized, 32 degrees were conferred - 12 of the first, 10 of the second, and 11 of the third - and the membership more than doubled. The lodge was granted another charter from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, October 11, 1822, and its name changed to Hiram Lodge No. 3.
From the first return made to the Grand Lodge, by Hiram Lodge, October 5, 1822, we find that considerable work was done, especially in November and December, 1821, the lodge conferring 7 degrees in the former month at three meetings, and 14 in the latter at six meet- ings. An inspection of the returns also shows that the lodge must have been working for the benefit of others, as well as themselves, for G. W. Ash, who was raised November 26, 1821, demitted March 7, 1822 ; James Alcorn, Daniel Monroe, Richard H. Waters and Samuel C. Owens, raised in December, 1821, demitted in January, 1822, and Bernard O'Niel, raised January 12, 1822, demitted during the same
1 St. Charles Lodge, No. 28.
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month, these demissions in all probability being made for the purpose of organizing a lodge in some other frontier settlement.
The second report to the Grand Lodge is dated the first Monday in October, 1824, and gives the following list of officers : William G. Pettus, master; Stephen W. Foreman, S. W. ; Rowland Willard, J. W .; Nathaniel Simonds, Treas. ; Henry Hays, Sec. ; William Smith, S. D. ; John Lilly, Jr., tyler ; Benjamin Walker, steward. On the 10th of April, 1826, Edward Bates, M. W. G. M., being in the chair, Archibald Gamble presented the proceedings of Hiram Lodge, with a resolution passed by said lodge, surrendering the char- ter, jewels and furniture. On the 13th of April, the committee to whom the matter was referred, made the report, that the Grand Lodge consent that the charter of Hiram Lodge be returned, and the lodge be dissolved.
Thus closed the history of Hiram Lodge No. 3, the second lodge opened and operated in St. Charles. The fire had ceased to burn and the light had departed from the Masonic altar in 1826, and Masonry in St. Charles had ceased to exist, except as embodied in the persons of those who had received its light and benefits. So far as any record appears there was no Masonic life in St. Charles, from 1826 (the date of the dissolving of Hiram Lodge No. 3) to 1837, a period of more than 10 years .. The first sign of revival is the following petition : -
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri :
The petitions hereof, humbly showeth, that they are Ancient, Free and Accepted Master Masons. Having the prosperity of the fraternity at heart, they are willing to exert their best endeavors to promote and diffuse the genuine principles of Masonry. For the convenience of their respective dwellings, and for other good reasons, they are de- sirous of forming a new lodge in the town of St. Charles, to be named St. Charles Lodge. In consequence of this desire and the good of the craft, they pray for a charter or warrant, to empower them to assem- ble as a lodge, to discharge the duties of Masonry in the several degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason, in a regular and constitutional manner, according to the ancient forms of the fra- ternity and the laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge, that they have nominated and do recommend Beriah Graham to be the first master ; Alex. T. Douglass, to be the first senior warden and John Orrick to be the first junior warden of said lodge ; that if the prayer of the petitioners should be granted, they promise a strict conformity to all the constitutional laws, rules and regulations of the Grand Lodge.
Joshua Grimes, Benjamin Emmons, John Orrick, Alex. T. Doug- lass, B. Graham, James C. Lackland, James McClure, Philip A. Stockslager, John Lilly, Jr.
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This paper bears no date, but it is indorsed " Petition for Lodge at St. Charles, 1837." A dispensation was granted May 3, 1837, but it is not known when the lodge was organized. It was, however, in session as early as June 7. The lodge was called St. Charles Lodge No. 23, and the jewels and furniture of Hiram Lodge which had been surrendered to the Grand Lodge were donated to the new lodge, which now bore the name " St. Charles Hiram Lodge No. 23." 1 - In October, 1838, the lodge had 23 members and one entered apprentice.
In October, 1841, there were 20 members ; in October, 1842, there were 25 members, and in October, 1844, there were 22 members.
The lodge ceased to work after 1844, and its charter returned to the Grand Lodge. No other lodge of Masons was organized in the town until 1849, when Hiram Lodge No. 118, was formed, with the following members: E. D. Bevitt, P. M .; T. W. Cunningham, P. M. ; John Orrick, P. M. ; W. J. McElhiney. M. M. ; Edward P. Gut, M. M. ; J. C. Lackland, M. M. ; Joel D. Jones, M. M. ; J. W. Rob- inson, M. M .; Robert Spencer, M. M .; Chas. F. Fant, M. M. These were all members of Hiram Lodge No. 23, except Robinson.
The dispensation was granted June 29, 1849, and the first regular communication was held July 2, 1849. The initiatory steps for erect- ing a Masonic hall were taken in 1849, and the following board of trustees were elected : A. C. Orrick, J. W. Redmon, W. J. McEl- hiney, J. W. Robinson, E. D. Bevitt, T. W. Cunningham and J. G. Tannor. The building was erected on a lot on the east side of Main street, between Jefferson and Madison. The deed to this lot was ex- ecuted by Gallaher & Orrick, May 8, 1850. The property was divided into 150 shares, and at least 45 of these were taken by parties who were not Masons. The corner stone of the hall was laid October 10, 1849. From July 2, 1849, to April 22, 1850, there were 69 degrees conferred.
In May, 1851, the lodge had 35 members. The lodge celebrated the 24th of June, 1856, and also the 27th of December, 1858.
The last meeting of Hiram Lodge No. 118 occurred July 17, 1861, and the charter was surrendered in May, 1862. During the existence of this lodge - a period of 12 years - 127 petitions had been pre- sented ; 22 were for admission by demit from other lodges, and 105 for initiation. Of these 105 petitions, 101 were accepted.
Mr. Alexander, in speaking of the interval of time that had elapsed
1 The Grand Lodge called it in its minutes Hiram Lodge.
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between 1861 and the date of the organization of the present lodge, says : -
Nearly four years had borne their records of war and bloodshed since the light of Masonry in St. Charles had burned to its last expiring flicker. The war was closing, and peace was again asserting her supremacy, when the minds of Masonic brethren began once more to turn instinctively, as it were, to the subject of setting up the altar of Masonry and lighting its fires once more in St. Charles.
I remember well that little meeting in the back room, where the matter was quietly talked over and conclusions reached. I remember also the visit to St. Louis made by the three who had been named to fill temporarily the three principal offices, when the Grand Secretary was interviewed on the subject, and the visit that this same three made to Bridgeton Lodge for the purpose of pass- ing muster, according to Masonic usage, and obtaining their consent for our application for Masonic authorization.
The preliminary steps having been taken, Mr. Alexander continues by giving the record, which is as follows : -
At an assembly of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, con- vened in the city of St. Charles, in the county of St. Charles, in the State of Missouri, on Saturday, March 25, 1865, for the purpose of organizing a lodge of that fraternity, to be known as Palestine Lodge, were present : Joseph H. Garrett, P. M., Bridgeton, Lodge No. 80, Mo., Master; David V. Baber, M. M., Bridgeton, Lodge No. 80, Mo., S. W. ; S. Haynes Martin, M. M., Bridgeton, Lodge No. 80, Mo., J. W. ; Joseph H. Alexander, M. M. ; William W. Edwards, M. M .; Edmund Taylor, M. M. ; Robert A. Harris, M. M. ; John Byngton, M. M .; John S. McDowell, M. M .; James Keaton, M. M .; Samuel Gravely, M. M. ; William D. Orrick, M. M .; Robert Mc- Clarin, M. M. ; M. R. Goehagan, M. M., of Hiram, Lodge No. 118, charter surrendered ; James G. Owen, M. M. ; Isaac J. Moore, M. M. Lodge opened in the Master's degree in due form.
The W. M. then read his commission from the M. W. John F. Houston, Grand Master of Masons in the State of Missouri, authoriz- ing him to organize this lodge; and also read the letter of dis- pensation of the M. W. Grand Master aforesaid, constituting the brethren Joseph H. Alexander, William W. Edwards, Edmond Tay- lor, James S. Burlingame, James Keeton, John S. McDowell, Robert A. Harris, James G. Owen, Richard H. Overall, Isaac J. Moore, John H. Newby, Samuel Gravely and John Byngton into a regular lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, to be opened in the city of St. Charles by the name of Palestine Lodge, appointing Brother Joseph H. Alexander Master, Brother William H. Edwards S. W., and Brother Edmund J. W. for opening the said lodge, and governing the same in the several degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason and making the requirements usual in such cases.
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Our space precludes us from following this interesting history of Freemasonry in St. Charles any further.
The present officers of Palestine Lodge No. 241 are : Joseph H. Alexander, W. M .; Robert Hickman, S. W .; Albert Huber, J. W .; T. L. Rives, Treas. ; John K. McDearmon, Sec. ; H. G. Bode, S. D. ; Fred. Burckhart, J. D. ; Christopher Bode, tyler.
Blucher Lodge No. 351, I. O. O. F. - Was organized May 31, 1876. The charter members were Fritz Knoop, Charles F. Hafer; A. H. Hackman, Nath. Abram, George H. Senden, Julius Quade, Her- man Brouns, Henry Brocker, Henry Blæbaum, George Ranch. At present the officers are Ernst Woulker, N. G. ; Herman Rassfeld, V. G .; Fritz Landwehr, secretary ; William H. Meier, Per. secretary ; Gustave Johannpeter, treasurer.
St. Charles Lodge No. 105, A. O. U. W. - Was organized Feb- ruary 6, 1879, the charter members being Joseph H. Alexander, James Boyse, George Jacobs, Dr. F. D. Jones, Philip H. Pitts, Charles Rattray, A. H. Stonebraker, E. B. Hayward, Julius Heye, Joseph James, Robert L. Luckett, James B. Pritchett, Joseph W. Ruenzi, C. A. Tripps, E. J. Tuttle. The present officers are A. H. Huning, P. M. W .; J. W. Ruenzi, M. W .; George Jacobs, F .; J. H. Bode, O .; L. H. Breker, R .; J. P. Hœhn, financier ; R. H. Luckett, receiver; James Herrington, G .; William Grothe, I. W. ; A. Fredricks, O. W.
Ivanhoe Lodge No. 1812, K. of H. - Which was organized Octo- ber 10, 1879, had as charter members Joseph H. Alexander, Dr. Charles M. Johnson, Charles L. Hug, Alexander Garvin, Robert F. Luckett, Rev. R. N. T. Holliday, C. A. Tripp, E. B. Hayward, Albert H. Edwards, August G. Nahan, Frank Broadbent, Julius Heye, A. H. Stonebraker, James H. Rowe, David M. Davis, August R. Huning, Joseph James, Joseph W. Ruenzi, Dr. F. D. Jones, Theodoric F. McDearmon, James P. Daugherty, Robert Gauss, F. Glover Johns, Dr. James W. Davis, William M. Castlio, Peter Little, John K. Mc- Dearmon, Charles T. Wells, Thomas B. Stonebraker, Henry Ander- son, Edward J. Tuttle. The present officers are Theodoric F. McDearmon, P. D. ; Louis H. Breker, D .; Joseph W. Ruenzi, V. D .; Alfred H. Payne, A. D. ; Joseph James, chaplain ; Joseph H. Alex- ander, R. ; August R. Huning, F. R. ; Samuel W. Temple, T .; John B. Martin, G. ; Charles S. Pronge, guardian ; H. G. C. Daminer, S.
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