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BOARD OF TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION ( Sec Cincinnati Board of Trade and Transportation).
BOHEMIAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION .- As its name indi- cates, this is an association of resident natives of Bohemia, for mutual benefit. The association meets every second Monday at Arbeiter Hall. It numbers about 150 members.
BOOKS OF REFERENCE .- The first and most universally use- ful of Cincinnati books of reference is of course Williams' Cineinnati Directory. In this large annual, extending this year to nearly 1,400 pages, will be found cvery kind of informa- tion as to the local habitation of Cincinnatians of every class, giving at the same time a large amount of very interesting in- formation with regard to other matters affecting the city and its corporation. Those who desire to look back for a quarter century or so will find Cineinnati in 1841, and Cincinnati in 1851, by Charles Cist valuable. Those interested in the beauti- ful environs of Cincinnati, will find the "Suburbs of Cinein- nati," by Sidney D. Maxwell, 1870, a well written and very eharming, historical and descriptive volume. "Stevens' Cin- einnati in 1869" is a neat little volume; "Kenny's Illustrated Cincinnati, 1875," and " Mansfield's Personal Memories, 1803 to 1843," are the latest publications; the latter, covering a period of forty years, by the Hon. E. D. Mansfield, is one of the most in- teresting publications, and although not exclusively confined to Cincinnati, is intimately related to its remarkable growth and prosperity. There is also a family directory, called the " Blue Book," published this year by Peter G. Thompson, which pur- ports to give a " select list" of families residing in the city and suburbs.
BOND HILL .- A handsome village, settled in 1870, nine miles from the city, on the line of the Marietta & Cineinnati Railroad. Contains about two hundred inhabitants.
BOUNDARIES OF WARDS .- First Ward-Commenees at the in- tersection of Willow street and Ohio River; thence westwardly with Willow street to Eastern Avenne; thenee with Eastern Ave- nue to Kemper Lane; thence northwardly with Kemper Lane to McMillan street; thenee eastwardly with McMillan street to the south-east corner of Section No. 8; thence northiwardly with the eastern line of Section No. 8 to the north boundary line of Wal- nut Hills Cemetery; thence westwardly to Maple street; thence northerly and westwardly to Lane street; thence northerly to the north corporation line of the city; thence easterly to the northeast corner of Section No. 26; thence southwardly with the east line of Sections 26 and 25 to the northern boundary of the incorporated village of Columbia; thence southeastwardly along the eastern line of said village of Columbia to the Turkey Bottom Road; thence south westwardly along the Turkey Bottom Road to Lane street ; thence north wardly along. Lane street to Longworth's south line ; thenee westwardly along the dividing line between Longworth, Stump and Wade, to Richmond street; thence north wardly along Richmond street to the dividing line between Cox and Wade; thence westwardly along said line to the Ohio River; thenee along the Ohio River to the place of be- ginning.
Second Ward-Commenees at the intersection of Kemper Lane and southeasterly boundary line of Eden Park; thence north- wardły with Kemper Lane to McMillan street; thence eastward- ly with McMillan street to east line of Seetion No. 8; thenee northerly with the east line of Section No. 8 to the north bound- ary of Walnut Hills Cemetery ; thenee westwardly to Maple street; thence northerly and westwardly to Lane street; thence southwardly to the northern boundary line of the eity; thence westwardly with the northern boundary line of the city to Bur- net Avenue; thence southwardly with Burnet Avenue to McMil- lan street; thence westwardly with McMillan street to Locust street; thenee south wardly with Locust street to Saunders street; thence eastwardly with Saunders street to Sycamore street ; thence southwardly with Sycamore street to Boal street; thence eastwardly with Boal street to Priee street; thence southwardly with Price street to Liberty street; thence eastwardly with Lib- erty street and south line of fractional section No. 7 to the south- eastwardly boundary of Eden Park; thence north-eastwardly
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with the southeastwardly boundary line of Eden Park to Kem- per lane and place of beginning.
Third Ward-Commences at the intersection of Sycamore street and Court street; thence eastwardly with Court street to Gilbert Avenue ; thenee northwardly with Gilbert Avenue to section line ; thence westwardly with section line and Liberty street to Price street ; thence northwardly with Price street to Boal street; thence westwardly with Boal street to Sycamore street; thence northwardly with Sycamore street to Mulberry street, thence westwardly with Mulberry street to Main street thence sonthwardly with Main street to Liberty street; thence eastwardly with Liberty street to Sycamore street; thence southwardly with Sycamore street to Court street and place of beginning.
Fourth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Eggleston Avenue and Ohio River ; thence northwestwardly with Eggle- ston Avenue to Court street; thence eastwardly with Court street to Gilbert Avenue; thence northeastwardly with Gilbert Avenue to section line; thence eastwardly with section line to southeast wardly boundary line of Eden Park; thence with southeastwardly boundary line of Eden Park to Kemper Lane; thenee with Kemper Lane to Eastern Avenue; thence with Eastern Avenue to Willow street; thence eastwardly with Willow street to Ohio River; thenee westwardly with Ohio River to Eggleston Avenue and place of beginning.
Fifth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Eggleston Avenue and Ohio River; thence northwestwardly with Eggle- ston Avenue to Fifth street; thence westwardly with Fifth street to Sycamore street; thence southwardly with Sycamore street to Ohio River; thence northeastwardly with the Ohio River to place of beginning.
Sixth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Eggleston Ave- nue and Fifth street; thence northwestwardly with Eggleston Avenue to Court street; thence westwardly with Court street to Sycamore street; thence northwardly with Sycamore street to Canal street; thence westwardly with Canal street to Walnut strect; thence southwardly with Walnut street to Fifth street; thence eastwardly with Fifth street to Eggleston Avenne and place of beginning.
Seventh Ward-Commences at the intersection of Canal street and Sycamore street; thenee westwardly with Canal street to Walnut street ; thenee northwardly on Waluut street to Twelfth street; thence westwardly on Twelfth street to Vine street; thence northwardly on Vine street to Liberty street; thence eastwardly on Liberty street to Sycamore street; thence sonth- wardly on Sycamore street to Canal street and place of begin- ning.
Eighth Ward-Commences at the intersection of John street and Ohio river; thenee northwardly with John street to Third street ; thence eastwardly with Third street to Raee street; thenee northwardly with Race street to Fifth street; thence eastwardly with Fifth street to Sycamore street; thenee south- wardly with Sycamore street to Ohio River; thenee westwardly with the Ohio River to John street and place of beginning.
Ninth Ward-Commenees at the intersection of Race street and Fifth street ; thence northwardly with Race street to Sev- cuth street; thence westwardly with Seventh street to Central Avenue; thence northwardly with Central Avenue to Twelfth street; thenee eastwardly with Twelfth street to Walnut street; thence southwardly with Walnut street to Fifth street; thenee westwardly with Fifth street to Race street and place of begin- ning.
Tenth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Twelfth street and Central Avenue; thence northwardly with Central Avenue to Liberty street; thenee eastwardly with Liberty street to Vine street; thenee southwardly with Vine street to Twelfthi street; thence westwardly with Twelfth street to Central Avenue and place of beginning.
Eleventh Word-Commences at the intersection of Vine street aud Liberty street; thenee castwardly with Liberty street to Main street ; thence northwardly with Main street to Mulberry street; thence castwardly with Mulberry street to Sycamore
street; thence northwardly with Sycamore street to Saunders street ; thence westwardly with Saunders street to Locust street; thence northwardly with Locust street and the continuation thereof to McMillan street; thence westwardly with McMillan strect to Vine street; thence southwardly with Vine street to Liberty street and place of beginning.
Twelfth Ward-Commences at the intersection of MeMicken Avenue and Vine street ; thence northwardly with Vine street to McMillan street ; thence eastwardly with McMillan street to Burnet Avenue ; thenee northwardly with Burnet Avenue to the northern boundary line of the city ; thence westwardly with the northern boundary line of the city to the Miami Canal; thence southeasterly with the Miami Canal to McMicken Ave- nue at Mohawk bridge; thence southeasterly with MeMieken Avenue to Vine street and place of beginning.
Thirteenth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Liberty street and Vine Street; thence northwardly with Vine street to MeMicken Avenue; thence northwestwardly with McMieken Avenue to Mohawk bridge; thence southeasterly with the Miami Canal (or Plum street) to Liberty street; thence east- wardly with Liberty street to Vine street and place of begin- ning.
Fourteenth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Linn street and Liberty street; thence eastwardly with Liberty street to Miami Canal or Plum street; thence northwestwardly with Miami Canal or Plun street to Baymiller street; thence south- wardly with Baymiller street to Oliver street ; thence eastward- ly with Oliver street to Linn street; thenee southwardly with Linn street to Liberty street and place of beginning.
Fifteenth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Hopkins street and Linn street; thence eastwardly on Hopkins street to Central Avenue; thence northwardly on Central Avenue to Liberty street; thenee westwardly on Liberty street to Linn street; thence southwardly on Linn street to Hopkins street and place of beginning.
Sixteenth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Baymiller street and Richmond street ; thence eastwardly on Richmond street to Central Avenue; thence northwardly on Central Ave- nue to Hopkins street ; thence westwardly on Hopkins street to Baymiller street; thence southwardly on Baymiller street to Richmond street and place of beginning.
Seventeenth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Hoadly street and Longworth street ; thenee eastwardly with Longworth street to Smith street; thence northwardly with Smith street to Seventh street; thence eastwardly with Seventh street to Central Avenne; thence northwardly with Central Avenne to Richmond street; thenee westwardly with Richmond street to Baymiller street; thence southwardly with Baymiller street to Sixth street; thenee eastwardly with Sixth street to Hoadly street; thenee southwardly with Hoadly street to Longworth street and place of beginning.
Eighteenth Ward-Commenees at the intersection of Smith street and Third street; thence eastwardly with Third street to Race street; thence westwardly with Race street to Seventh street; thenee westwardly with Seventh street to Smith street; thenee southwardly with Smith street to Third street and place of beginning.
Nineteenth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Wood street and Ohio River; thence northwardly with Wood street and Hoadly street to Longworth street ; thenee eastwardly with Longworth street to Smith street; thence sonthwardly with Smith street to Third street ; thenee eastwardly with Third street to John street; thence sonthwardly with John street to Ohio River; thenee westwardly with Ohio River to Wood street and place of beginning,
Twentieth Ward-Commenees at the intersection of Carr street and Ohio River; thenee northwurdly with Carr street to Eighth street ; thenee westwardly with Eighth street to MeLean Ave- nne; thence northwardly with MeLean Avenue to Gest street; thence eastwardly with Gest street to Baymiller street; thence southwardly with Baymiller street to Sixth street; thence east- wardly with Sixth street to Iloadly street; thence south wardly
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with Hoadly street and Wood street to Ohio River ; thence west- wardly with Ohio River to Carr street and place of beginning.
Twenty-First Ward-Commences at the intersection of Carr street and Ohio River; thence northwardly with Carr street to Eighth street; thence westwardly with Eighth street to McLean Avenue; thence northwardly with McLean Avenue to Gest street; thence westwardly with Gest street to State Avenue (Walker Mill Road); thence northwardly with State Avenue to Liberty street; thence westwardly with the continuation of Liberty street and Lehman Road and section line to the western boundary line of the city; thence southwardly with the western boundary line of the city to the northern boundary line of the incorporated village of Riverside; thence with the northern boundary line of said incorporated village of Riverside to the Ohio River; thence eastwardly with Ohio River to Carr street and place of beginning.
Twenty-Second Ward-Commences at the intersection of State Ave. and Gest ; eastwardly with Gest street to Baymiller street ; thence northwardly with Baymiller street to Hopkins street; thence eastwardly with Hopkins street to Linn street; thence northwardly with Linn street to Wade street; thence westwardly with Wade street to McLean Avenue; thence northwardly with
northern corporation line ; thence westwardly along the north- ern corporation line to the western corporation line of the city; thence southwardly with the western corporation line of the city to the southwest corner of Section 31; thence eastwardly with south line of Section 31 and Lehman Road and Liberty street to McLean Avenue and place of beginning.
Twenty Fifth Ward-Comprises all the territory heretofore known as the incorporated village of Cumminsville.
BOYS' PROTECTORY, THE-At Delhi, is a home for the main- tenance and education of destitute boys, from five to seventeen years of age. Shocmaking, carpentering and tailoring are taught. It is under the charge of the Brotherhood of St. Fran- cis.
BRANCH HILL .- A lovely village, adjoining Symmes station, on the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad. The Little Miami River flows between the two places, and they are connected by a handsome suspension bridge. The scenery in this vicinity is very charming. The population of the village is nearly four hundred.
BREWERIES .- The beer interest in Cincinnati is a large one. There are eighteen breweries in active operation, furnishing to
THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
McLean Avenue to Liberty street, thence westwardly with Lib- | thirsty citizens 550,000 barrels of beer annually. It is the erty street to State Avenue; thence southwardly with State largest beer producing city in the Union, excepting New York, Avenue to Gest street and place of beginning.
Twenty-Third Ward-Commences at the intersection of Wade street and McLean Avenue; thence eastwardly with Wade street to Linn street; thence northiwardly with Linn street to Oliver street; thence westwardly with Oliver street to Baymiller street ; thence northwardly with Baymiller street to Miami Canal; thence westwardly with Miami Canal to Brown street bridge ; thence southwardly with Coleman street to Harrison Avenue; thence westwardly with Harrison Avenue to MeLean Avenue ; thence southwardly with McLean Avenue to Wade street and place of beginning.
and the percentage of payment of internal revenue taxes de- rived by the government from fermented malt liquors is 9.41. Ohio is the third beer producing State, New York being first. and Pennsylvania second. In 1868, Ohio paid taxes on 908,000 barrels of beer, of which Cincinnati's share was 550,000 barrels, considerably more than half the entire manufacture. The breweries now in operation are those of J. C. Bruckman, Foss & Schneider, Gambrinus Stock Co., Hauck & Windisch, G. M. Herancourt & Co., John Kauffman, Klotter's Sons (by C. Ken- singer, assignee), Herman Lackman, Christ. Moerlein, Mucller & Schneider, Neihaus & Klinckhamcr, Schaller & Gerke, Schmidt & Bro., J. G. Sohn & Co., J. Walker & Co., George Weber, Weyand & Jung, and Windisch, C. Muhlhauser & Bro. These firnis represent a combined capital of about four million dollars. Many of our breweries are clegant in an architectural point of view. The facilities for decp, cool cellars, so indispen- sable in the keeping of beer stock, arc unsurpassed in the country, several of them being 80 fect in depth, with three or
Twenty-Fourth Ward-Commences at the intersection of Lib- erty street and McLean Avenue; thence northwardly with Mc- Lean Avenne to Harrison Avenue; thence eastwardly with Harrison Avenue to Coleman strect; thence northwardly with Coleman strect to Miami Canal at Brown street bridge ; thence northwardly with Miami Canal to Streng street; thence west- wardly with Streng strect to Spring Grove Avenue; thence west to Millcreek ; thence southwardly along Millcreek to the | four tiers of vaults, one upon the other. The brewery of George
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Weber, on McMicken Avenne, adjoining the Bellevue Inclined Plane Railway, has a series of 27 vaults running back into the hill, separated from each other by the natural limestone formation from which they are excavated. These cellars are objects of interest to the visitor, and excursionists frequently avail themselves of the courtesy which is always extended by the proprietors to visit them.
BRIDGES .- The Ohio river at Cincinnati is spanned by three magnificent structures. One a Suspension Bridge for pe- destrians, vehicles and street cars; one, the Newport Bridge, for pedestrians, vehicles, street cars and railroad; and one, the Southern Railroad Bridge, for railroad exclusively. The three bridges cost about four millions of dollars.
FJENCLINIG
ENTRANCE TO THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
The Suspension Bridge, connecting Cincinnati with Covington, was constructed by the celebrated engineer, John A. Roebling, at a cost of $1,800,000. The entrance to this magnificent bridge is greatly marred by the inferior surroundings-itinerant apple and peanut vendors having miserable sheds in close proximity
owned by a private company, and a toll is collected for cvery passenger, animal and vehicle.
The Newport and Cincinnati Bridge, connecting Cincinnati with Newport, is of wrought iron, 100 feet above low water. It has eleven spans, the widest being 405 feet. The railway track with its approaches is 3,090 feet long. An extensive causeway, on a steep incline, connects the Cincinnati end of the bridge with the station of the Louisville Short Line Railroad. There are passage ways at either side for pedestrians, also a double track for street cars to and from Newport. A toll is collected for every passenger, animal and vehicle. The bridge belongs to a private company, and its exact cost has not been stated.
The Southern Railroad Bridge was begun in 1875, and crosses the river from the foot of Horn street to Ludlow, Ky. It was opened for traffic in 1877. The cost for the bridge proper was $663,570. The bridge is a straight trestle work, containing from north to south 2 spans of 300 feet each, 1 span 519 feet, 1 door span of 370 feet, 1 span of 110 feet, and with its northern approachı, is a mile in length. It is 40 feet above high water, and 1021/2 feet above the low water level. It was built by the Keystone Bridge Company, for the sum of $663,570, which price in- cluded superstructure, masonry and foundations. It is used only for railroad purposes.
BRIGHTON .- Formerly Ernst Station, the first stopping- place on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, two and one half miles from the depot. Once noted for its Brighton House, a great resort for butchers and market-men before the stock-yards were removed from its immediate locality. It is now a part of the twenty- fourth ward of the city.
BRICKLAYERS' UNION meets monthly at Arbeiter Hall, on Walnut street. It is a protective association, number- ing about 150 members.
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS .- This is an as- sociation whose ramifications extend over the length and breadth of the land. It is a secret beneficial order, and the Cincinnati branch numbers about a hundred members. The brotherhood has been in existence about twenty-five years, and has expended over a million dollars in benefits to mem- bers and their families.
BROTHERS OF THE HOLY CROSS .- The headquarters of the Brotherhood are at 269 West Eighth street, where a branch of St. Joseph's College is established. The Brothers teach in Schools, amongst others in the Parochial Schools of the Church of the Holy Trinity, on Fifth street; of St. Philomena, on Pearl bet. Pike and Butler; and at St. Francois de Sales, on Walnut Hills.
BUILDERS' EXCHANGE .- Office in the Board of Trade rooms, Fourth street, between Walnut and Vine, south side. President, James Dale; Secretary, E. P. Ransom ; Treasurer, M. Clements, and ten directors. There are some 300 members, including dealers in all articles used in building, or intimately connected therewith. The objects of the association are as follows, viz .: The collec- tion and dissemination of statistics and information of value to any or all of the several trades engaged in the building business; the mutual improvement and ad- vancement of all artisans and tradesmen in their sev- eral avocations connected with said business ; the peace- able settlement of matters in dispute between contrac- tors, sub-contractors and employers; the advantages of a general place of meeting for the transaction of busi- ness; the establishment and enforcement of such lawful rules and methods of procccdure as may be deemed for
and to do any and all other things falling within the general scope of the business and procedures of such Associations.
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS .- There are 113 of these useful associations in operation in the city. As n general rule they
to the great piers. But once on the bridge, its beauty is apparent to the most casual observer. The distance between the towers is 1,057 feet, and, including the approaches, it is 2,252 feet in length, and 36 feet in width. The towers arc 200 feet in height, and with the turrets 230. The chief wire cables are a NEWPORT RAILROAD BRIDGE. foot in diameter, and contains 10,360 wires, weighing 16,300 lbs. The bridge is 103 feet above low water [ the best interests of the Association and its various members; mark. It was opened to the public on 1st January, 1867. There are separate passages for pedestrians at either side, also a double track for street railroads to and from Covington. The traffic is very large, and increasing every year. The bridge is
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hold weekly meetings for the payment of subscriptions, and monthly meetings for the transaction of business, in which each subscriber has a voice in accordance with the number of shares he holds. They are conducted on different plans, some of them furnishing subscribers with a home at once, on which he makes weekly payments; others furnishing the means wherewith a member may purchase a home by the payment of a small premium ; others acting as a savings bank, wherein the weekly deposits draw interest, and where the principal, interest, and earnings of the money deposited are repaid after the lapse of the time agreed upon in the beginning of the Association. The beneficent effect of these associations, when honestly managed, may be seen in the neat suburban homes that dot the valleys north of the city, which have been paid for in many instances, by weekly payments of a dollar or two.
The following are the Building Associations now in active operation :
Atlantic Building Association No. 3 .- Meets Friday, at 457 Richmond street. II. Meinhardt, President ; A. Rudolph, Sec- retary; Lotze and Bettinger, Attorneys.
Atlantic No. 4 .- Saturday, at 457 Richmond street. II. Mein- hardt, President; A. Rudolph, Secretary ; Lotze aud Bettinger, Attorneys.
Arkansas Colony .- Wednesday, at 774 Vine street. Jos. A. Meyer, President; John Matre, Secretary; Lotze and Bettinger, Attorneys.
Allemania No. 1 .- Tuesday, at N. W. corner Western Avenue and Poplar streets. Peter Graf, President ; J. B. Staubach, Sec- retary; Buchwalter and Campbell, Attorneys.
Allemania No. 2 .- Saturday, at corner Central Avenue and Coleman streets. John Franz, President; Jacob Franzreb, Sec- retary; A. R. Von Martels, Attorney.
Banner .- Wednesday, Fifth street Garden. S. B. Warren' President; B. G. Landman, Secretary ; G. C. Wilson, Attorney.
Bellevue .- Wednesday, Dasch's, 331 MeMicken Avenue. H. Kaiser, jr., President; Chas. Culman, Secretary ; Lotze and Bettinger, Attorneys.
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