Biographical and historical memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio. Embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the county and a record of the lives of many of the most worthy families and individuals, Part 42

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Publication date: 1892
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of $20,659.70 on interest account. This is sure-

Expended on extensions and fire hydrants, ly a good showing, and reflects credit on the $30,327.89. Paid on city debt, $14,443.18. Paid board of management, and doubly so when it is interest on city debt, $20,659.70. Total, $35, 102.88. considered that the city for its uses had re- Paid on four new boilers, machinery, etc., ceived in addition to the above the annual sum Power House No. 2, $9,229.60. Paid on new of about $15,000 in water privileges, from boiler house addition Power House No. 2, $4,- which the works received no revenue. During 328.05. Map of water works plant, $1,415.50. the year 1888 there were laid 11,835 feet of new Rebuilt part of stack at Power House No. 1, extension, which with other improvements in- $249.50. Reservoirs, buildings and premises, cured an expense of $8, 151.52.

$722.55. Total applied surplus, $81,373.97.

According to the secretary's report the The total mileage of extensions during the revenue from water rents for this year were seven years referred to was 9 miles 4,354 $29, 162.43, a net gain for the year of $1,983.52. feet, or about one-fourth of the entire plant. Nothwithstanding the board reduced the During the year 1890, there were laid 15,300 schedule of family water rents 25 per cent. feet of new extension which, with the cost of The water rents for the year, under considera- other improvements, netted an expense to tion, were in excess of those of any former the city of $10,488.25. There are now 46 years during the existence of the works. The miles and 4,865 feet of city mains in use. The board had also paid over to the city council water re ts collected for fiscal year ending during that year $5,000 on water works pur- March 31, 1890, were $31,824.70, a net increase poses, making in all during the past two years, of $770.97. There are now no temporary loans by the works, a reduction of the city's bonded outstanding. The trustees of water works are

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Wm. R. Baker, president; Gil. Snyder, Robt. considered a part of the National road, and the Thompson, Pius Padgitt. secretary; R. M. Saup, state did not assume control of the bridge at superintendent. The total valuation of the the time the National road was given over to plant as it stands to-day is $600,000. The the control of the state. The bridge was built water supply is of the best, being taken from and owned by a company which also owned the river above the city, which is here best the Third Street, or what at that time was called known as the "Beautiful Blue Muskingum." the Putnam bridge. The attention of the state The cities takes a justifiable pride in her water seemed first to be attracted to the Main Street works plant, which is counted as one of the bridge by the construction of the draw-bridge finest in the state.

over the canal. It was in 1812 that the legis-

In 1812 Levi Whipple and others obtained a lature passed a bill granting John McIntire the charter to construct a toll bridge over the Mus- right to construct a dam across the Muskingum kingum, and he and Benjamin Tupper, Dr. river at the head of the rapids. In 1816 the Increase Mathews and Ebenezer Buckingham same right was granted to the Zanesville Canal completed a bridge where the Third Street and Manufacturing Company, which was incor- bridge now is, in 1813. It was an uncovered. porated in that year. În 1835 that Ohio river bridge, resting on piers which, raised about boats might enter the "upper" Muskingum eight feet, now support the Third Street bridge. river trade, the legislature passed a bill author- After a few years this first bridge fell down, izing the state to purchase certain lands owned and it was rebuilt about 1818 or 1819. It was by the Zanesville Canal and Manufacturing Com- again doomed to calamity, and burned on the pany for the construction of a dam and a canal. night of May 27, 1845. The work of rebuilding The purchase was made in 1837, and the report was begun immediately. The piers were raised of the commissioner of public works for the to their present height, and a bridge something year 1842 says that the Muskingum improve- like the upper bridge was erected upon them. ment was completed and that boats could enter The Main Street bridge was built soon after the the "pool " above the dam at this point. In Third Street bridge. The stone pier under the 1845 the state made an appropriation for an. central part of the "Y" was finished by Jacob other draw-bridge, and still another was built Houck in 1813. The wood-work was com- in 1866, which was called a double draw, and pleted the next year. A portion of the east for which the county commissioners appropri- end fell into the river in 1818. This damage ated $3,500. Main Street bridge was owned by was repaired, and fourteen years later a part of a private company, and was a paying institu- this bridge fell again, with more deplorable re- tion until 1852. In the previous year the sults. "August 21, 1832," wrote Mr. Church, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge was " a great freshet had drawn a large number of completed, and a foot-path constructed people to the bridge, apprehending danger of along the south side of it for the use of its being carried away; and, strange to relate, the employes, to save them from paying with this danger staring them in the face, many toll. The general public was swift to use were on the bridge when about 300 feet of the the walk and save the toll charged on the Y east end of the bridge fell into the swollen bridge. This was the one thing which led the torrent. Among those who went down into company to listen to a proposal on the part of the angry tide were Ebenezer Buckingham and the state to purchase the bridge. Negotiations Jacob Boyd. Mr. Buckingham's body was re- were pending for some time, and in April, 1866, covered a few days after, about four miles be- the minutes of the county commissioners' meet- low the city by Edmund Bliss, who received ing contain a copy of a petition from citizens, the reward of $500 offered by the family." The numerously signed, setting forth the fact that wooden Fifth Street bridge, after a score of the state authorities were negotiating for the years' service, more or less, is getting untrust- purchase of the south side of the Main Street worthy, and is being replaced by a large and bridge, but that the company which also owned expensive iron structure, a little further down the Putnam bridge refused to sell that portion stream. The Sixth Street bridge, an iron struc- of the Main Street bridge unless the county ture of much solidity, is of comparatively recent would purchase the Licking branch of the

construction. In looking over the records re- Main Street bridge and also the Putnam bridge. garding the date on which the Main Street The petition asked that the commissioners pur- bridge was opened free to the public and the chase the two pieces of property in question. collection of tolls discontinued, some very in- This petition had its immediate incentive teresting facts were obtained. Contrary to in the fact that it was in 1866 that the Bal- what is generally supposed, this bridge was not timore and Ohio Railroad bridge broke

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down, precipitating two locomotives into St. Thomas. Mount Calvary cemetery is under the river, and cutting off the free inter- control of the Mount Calvary cemetery associ- course between West Zanesville and the city ation, Rev. William Quinn, president; M. A. proper. No action was taken by the county Kernan, secretary; Michael Maher, treasurer; commissioners at this date, but on May 4, 1868, Peter Curran, Andrew Quinn, Maurice Foran the records show that the Putnam bridge was and Owen Tracy, trustees. Greenwood ceme- purchased for $16,000; and the Licking branch tery is situated at the northeast corner of the of the Main Street bridge for $8,798. The re- National pike and Cemetery avenue; Wood- port of the auditor of state for the same year lawn cemetery at Woodlawn avenue and the shows that the state purchased the main `drive- Cooper Mill road; the Catholic cemetery at way of this bridge at a cost of $19,201. It was the northwest corner of the National pike and therefore in the latter part of 1868 that the col- Cemetery avenue, Mount Calvary cemetery, on lection of toll on both the Third Street and the the National pike west of the city limits; the Y bridge was discontinued.

Zanesville's first burial place, on north Sixth road east of the city limits; and the Hebrew

German Catholic cemetery, on the Wheeling . street, where the gas-works now are, was laid cemetery on the National pike west of the city out in 1800. The second, which was donated in limits. There is another "city of the dead" 1802, by Dr. Increase Mathews, and in which the that deserves more than a passing notice from donor's wife was the first person buried ( June, a historian of Zanesville. That is the old 1802), is now included in Woodlawn cemetery. graveyard at the head of Main street, which The Zanesville City cemetery, now known as was probably opened as early as 1807. A Mr. Greenwood cemetery, was laid out in 1835, and Elijah Hart was buried there in March, that bodies were removed from other grounds to it. year. There the bones of John McIntire were The first burial there was that of Sarah Ann, entombed until their removal to the grounds wife of Jacob Stout, Sunday, October 24, 1835. of the McIntire "Home." As early as 1816, The original tract was purchased from Richard the town of Zanesville took charge of thiscem- Stillwell, March 5, 1835. Numerous additions etery. have been made to it and it is now large and

The parks are among Zanesville's most in- well improved. In 1869 the control of this teresting leatures. McIntire Park is located cemetery passed from the city council to a at the corner of McIntire avenue and Amelia board of trustees now known as the trustees street; Pastime Park on West Main; Putnam Greenwood cemetery. The present board is Park on the bluffs overlooking the city; Grant thus constituted: C. Stolzenbach, president; Park, located in the western part of the city, is David Hahn, treasurer; Edward Gigax, W. M. a splendid resort covering six acres of ground Shinnick, Jr., secretary; Scott Roberts is the beautifully shaded, and fitted up with all the superintendent. Woodlawn Cemetery was accessories of a first-class resort.

opened by a corporation named "The Proprie- The old records show that at a meeting of tors of Woodlawn Cemetery," which was char- the town council June 5, 1814, an ordinance was tered in 1850, the first officers of which were passed, applying to the county commissioners A. A. Guthrie, president; D. Applegate, treas- for permission to erect a public market house. urer; and Charles C. Russell, secretary. The The site chosen was known as "the public improvements of the grounds began in 1851, square," the same now occupied by the court under the personal supervision of the presi- house and jail. The petition was not granted, dent. The cemetery was publicly dedicated in and the council decided to erect the building 1853. Among the original stockholders were on Market street east of Court alley, and built Charles C. Convers, Charles B. Goddard, Rich- a frame structure, fronting thirty-five feet on ard Stillwell, Hugh J. Jewett, A. A. Guthrie, Market street and having a depth of forty-three the Buckinghams and others. The first grave- feet. The contract price was only $150, and yard of the Roman Catholics of this town was after its completion John L. Cochran was ap- on the rear of the lot occupied by St. Thomas' pointed market master at $50 per annum. As church. The first person buried there was will be apparent to even the least thoughtful, John S. Dugan, who was killed, as the result of this building was frail indeed, but it stood until liis horse running away in 1825. When St. January 24th, 1863, when it fell under the weight Thomas' church was erected, the dead were re- of the snow upon its roof, coming down with a moved to the present Catholic cemetery, which crash and killing, wounding and maiming quite was purchased for the church in 1835, by Bishop a number of persons, some of whom were prom- Purcell of Cincinnati, who dedicated it, and en- inent in the town. The present large brick two- trusted it to the control of the parish priest of story market house was erected in 1863-65.

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The first payment toward its construction was named officers: N. G. Abbott, president; G. made August 1, 1863, and the last January 14, L. Shinnick, vice-president; James Sheward, 1865. This structure contains, on the second secretary; James Hazlett, treasurer; Robert floor various city offices. N. D. Savage is mar- Lashley, first engineer; John Printz, second engineer; standing committee: A. Printz, R. ket master and meat inspector.

The police department is organized as fol- S. Adams, R. I. Morrow, Jesse Fox and Horace lows: Chief-W. H. Sheppard; lieutenant-J. Granger. The first engine of this company P. Evans; patrolmen-Wm. Williams, W. H. was called the "Little Old Hydraulic," and Riley, John Sherman, J. J. Ansel, Charles Free- stood side by side with the "Union" in the man, George Clark, George Murdock, Thomas engine house. At the time it was the most G. Parkinson, Wm. A. Clements, H. S. Hankin- efficient in town. The "Union Fire Company" son, Ed. Pickerell, W. McLaren, David L. Toll, was incorporated February 14, 1840, and ex- W. M. Hunnicutt, John B. Yueger, G. H. Kem- isted until 1874. It had a large list of active per; watchman at Fifth Street bridge, Wm. members, and its first officers were the follow- Dennis. The department has headquarters at ing: Joseph Johnson, president; Andrew Daw- the workhouse building, where the mayor also son, vice-president; James R. Kees, first direc- has his office, and is equipped with a good tor; Alexander Johnson, second director; John patrol wagon and an adequate number of horses. Gerwich, treasurer; Thomas Launder, secre- The administration of its affairs is able and tary; John H. Printz, J. A. Tucker, Isaac D'Gar- generally satisfactory. mitt, Harrison D'Garmitt, Richard Drone and

December 22, 1819, the Zanesville Express Henry Worstall, pipemen. Among the active gave notice of a meeting of the subscribers to and honorary members of this organization were the fire engine company, at the court house, at many of the most prominent citizens of Zanes- 2 p. m. the following day for the purpose of ville in all walks of life. The company had a organizing, electing officers and transacting good library and made a feature of a mock such other business as might be necessary. court, in which one man is said to have been on The company was organized with forty mem- trial every evening for a week, charged with a bers, fifteen of whom worked the engine while misdemeanor, while numerous witnesses were the others formed the bucket line. The com- subpoenaed and attended, believing the court pany was made up of leading citizens and to be properly constituted and in every way among the first to join were William Twaddle, regular. The "Hope Hose Company" was Joseph Church, S. Deffenbaugh, James Culbert- organized with a large membership, May 5, son, Michael Dulty, John Dulty, Adam and 1851. Its first officers were David Orndorff, John Peters, Nathaniel and Charles Wilson, president; John T. Redmond, vice president; Nathaniel Sprague and Richard and George Charles S. Parish, secretary; John Van Horne, Reeve. This company, called the Union Fire treasurer; James and John Morrow, directors; Engine Company, had ladders which were William H. Shaffer and John W. Campbell, kept at the "fire company house," at the south- plugmen. The motto of this company was east corner of Fourth street and Fountain alley, "Prompt Action when Danger Calls." A dog and a dog named Minus that ran to all the was attached to the organization also. His fires and was something of a mascot; and they name is said to have been "Dash," and he is had everything their own way until 1836. On accredited with having had an analytical the 19th of November, that year, the "Merch- knowledge of the fire alarm and its workings. ants' Fire Company" was organized, with Elias "The Star Hose Company" was organized with Ebert as first engineer; Col. J. T. Fracker was sixty members, May 1, 1852 and disbanded president; Bernard Van Horne secretary and when the paid department was introduced. treasurer; Isaac Campbell, second engineer; Its first officers were William Fox, presi- and Daniel Brush, James Raguet and Anthony dent; John Stone, vice-president; James Coch- Wilkins directors. The company was organ- ran, secretary; E. L. Grigsby, treasurer; Henry ized with 100 members, and each wore a con- A. Heritage, messenger; William Fox; T. G. spicuous red badge with the letters "M. F. C." McCormick and Isaac Cummins, directors. Its displayed upon it in gold. From 1836 to 1840 motto was "Our Impulse to Action." May 10, they used the old headquarters already referred 1852, the "Eagle Fire Company," of the Third to. The mayor's office and council chamber ward, was organized with a fine list of members, were overhead in the same building. The and officered as follows: Thomas Dixon, "Relief Fire Company" was organized January president; George W. Harris, vice-president; 10, 1839. There was a large membership, and Samuel Chapman, secretary; Charles H. the company started out with the following Werner, treasurer; T. Dixon and G. WV. Harris,

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directors. The West Zanesvillians organized organized May 17th and was accepted by the the "Muskingum Fire Company," June 1, 1853, city May 25, 1872. It was an independent with the following officers: Charles Peters, company, of thirty members, who declared their president; Louis H. Worrell, vice-president; intention to act as a reserve and turn out only William W. Wimmer; treasurer; James S. at large fires except in their own ward, where Ward, secretary. There were fifty members. they would work at all fires whether summoned This company was reorganized in 1871, as the or not. It was thus officered: President, "Reliance Hose Company," with Thomas Frederick Hirshy; vice-president, Peter Keck; Smith as president, Henry Kendall as secre- secretary, Wallace Quigley; treasurer, Joseph tary, Frank McKinney as treasurer, John Mills Haffer; captain Frank Myers; assistant cap- as messenger, Charles L. Grimm and William tain, Peter Shubock; messenger, Philip Huff- Maker as pipemen, and John Whitehart and man; standing committee, John Kreuter, John Daniel Dugan as standing committeemen. N. Steiner and F. Ryan. July 5, 1872, wit- The membership was forty. The name was nessed the organization of "Niagara Hose again changed to the "Relief Hose Company." Company," who occupied a building in the The city built a two story house for its use at Ninth ward erected by the city, until they dis- a cost of $1,600. This organization finally dis- banded March, 1876, and divided their property banded in 1878, and was in a way attached to among the remaining twenty-two of their fifty- the paid department. "Rescue Hook and eight active members. The first officers were Ladder Company, No. 5," was an independent John Curtis, president; Andrew Farnum, vice- organization in 1854, and paid $1,200 for its president; John D. Jones, secretary; O. C. truck besides building quarters for itself next Farquhar, treasurer; H. D. Flanagan, and to the court house. There were forty mem- F. Olmstead, directors; S. Atkinson, William bers, and they were called by some "kid glove" H. Ratliff, S. Greemiger and William Osmond, firemen, but they showed that they had good standing committee. "Rescue, No. 7," was fighting hands in their gloves when 34 of them organized December 29, 1874, gaining its mem- volunteered to help put down the rebellion. bership from the "Relief," and was accepted The officers were John Dymond, president; by the city council January II, following. This George James, first vice-president; Edward was an independent volunteer company and Wheeler, second vice-president; W. F. Baker, adopted the by-laws of the "Neptune." The secretary; H. C. Lillibridge, foreman; Charles first officers were Henry Minter, president; W. H. Ross, assistant foreman. "Relief, No. 7," H. Gillingham, vice-president; P. Dugan, treas- was organized in the Seventh ward, June 30, ures; W. E. Atwell, secretary; L. Twaddle and 1870, with nearly forty members and the fol- Arthur Palmer, directors; S. E. Huff and P. lowing named officers: William Godfrey, Cullman, plugmen; Isaac Murray, messenger; president; David Hook, vice-president; William J. Murray and J. Stowe, pipemen; James E. Atwell, secretary; William Deacon, treas- Douglass, Marion Varner and H. Dugan, stand- urer; Isaac Morgan and D. P. Mercer, direct- ing committee. Until the spring of 1879 the ors; Charles Huff and Arthur Palmer, plug- companies still in existence received from the men; Denton Graves, messenger; Samuel city $150 each per annum, which they ex- Murray and Albert Worstall, pipemen; R. pended in furnishing their halls on the second Perry Bean, Newton Hall and Enoch S. Huff, floors of the hose buildings. Each secretary standing committee. "Seventy-six Hose Com- was paid $25 and each messenger $40 per year pany" was organized April 15, 1872, and occu- for his services. The volunteer companies pied a building on Monroe street, in the Sixth were composed, for the most part of the best ward, which the city erected that year. Two men in town. As organizations they never years later it disbanded and divided the pro- received more than $215 per company per ceeds of its property among the then active annum, to defray expenses. After years of members. Its first permanent officers were service, when the demands upon their time be- Harrison Marshall, president; Jacob Fischer, came onerous and the city found itself able to vice-president; John J. James, secretary; afford a paid department, they gave way, and. George S. Fitz, treasurer; Daniel E. Giles, di- by act of the city council, were disbanded May rector; John Keeswell, assistant director; John 26, 1879. The present department was orga- A. Brennan and Frederick Fischer, plugmen; nized under an ordinance passed by the city Richard Hocking, James Wallwork and Joseph council July 24, 1824. It is efficiently officered. Wise, standing committee; Nicholas Strauss, manned and equipped and has made an envi- messenger; Robert McNabb and Jesse D. Fell, able record among the departments of Ohio. pipemen. "Neptune Hose Company" was Its successive chiefs have been John McCor-

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mick, H. Shrimpton, L. F. Langley and John Fer- without compensation-one of whom shall be rel, who has served since October 3, 1891. The appointed for one year, one for two years, one department has besides the new central house, for three years, one for four years and one for on Sixth street between Main and Market, five five years, respectively, and annually there after hose houses, four hose carriages, one combina- one for five years. tion hose and hook and ladder truck, one "SEC. 3. Said directors shall be subject to chemical engine, 3200 feet of hose, eleven fine the direction and control of the city council, horses and other necessary equipments. The perform all and singular the duties prescribed five hose houses are located as follows: Hope, by the laws of this state and the ordinances of No. 1, 121 Market street; Star, No. 2, North the city council. Seventh between Elm and Center street; Re- "SEC. 4. The site of said work-house shall lief, No. 3, Keen, west of Fulton street; Eagle, be in the first ward of this city, on the lot and No. 4, southwest corner Marietta and Roe parcel of land situated on the southwest corner streets; Niagara, No. 5, southeast corner Put- of South and Fourth streets, now owned by nam avenue and Madison street. Its buildings the city, and occupied by it as a place for the are valued at $30,000, and one of them, the cen- working of prisoners, and on which is located tral hose house, recently erected, cost with its Power House No. 1; and the building thereon site $16,000. The fire alarm telegraph system shall, so far as practicable, be utilized for the went into operation February 20, 1879. At purpose of workshops, and such additional build- present it consists of one fire alarm repeater, ings (including mayor's office, watch-house or forty alarm boxes and 24 miles of wire. The city prison, and police station ) shall be erected force is composed and distributed at the dif- thereon for the purpose aforesaid as may be ferent hose houses as follows: No. 1-John necessary and proper for the carrying out of Flynn, H. Carl, C. B. Church; No. 2-Charles the provisions of this ordinance, subject always Hardesty, Lewis Rait, J. Baker; No. 3-W. H. to the approval of the city council. And said Mahler, J. W. Norman, W. H. Davidson; No. board of directors shall as soon as practicable, 4-J. W. Bowers, A. Gibbons, J. Henderson; furnish and submit to this council plans and No. 5-Isaiah Morrison, E. L. Maxon, E. Baugh- estimates of costs as to buildings proposed to man. There were sixty calls from October 3, be erected, and alterations and additions to 1891 to May 20, 1892; the loss on these did not those already constructed on said lot. exceed $3,200.

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Biographical and historical memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio. Embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the county and a record of the lives of many of the most worthy families and individuals, Part 42

Author: Publication date: 1892 Publisher: Chicago, Goodspeed Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 642

Author:
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Chicago, Goodspeed Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 642