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James Glenn, office south side of Third, between Main and Sycamore streets.
Richard Mulford, west side of Plum, between George and Seventh streets.
William Doty, north side of Second, between Main and Sycamore streets.
John A. Wiseman, south-west corner of Third and Syca- more.
R. A. Madison, south side of Court, between Main and Walnut streets.
Ebenezer Harrison, south-east corner of Walnut and Third streets.
Legislative and Executive Authority.
The fiscal and prudential concerns of the city, with the conduct, direction and government of its affairs, devolve on the mayor, and a board of trustees of three members from each ward, usually known by the name of the City Council.
The mayor is elected biennially, on the first Monday in April. It is made his duty by the charter, to cause the laws and ordinances of the city to be duly executed and enforced, to inspect the conduct of the subordinate officers of the city, and to bring to punishment all negligence, carelessness and violations of duty. He is the keeper of the public seal of the city, issues all licenses, commissions and permits under the authority of the city council, has power to administer oaths, take and certify depositions, and to certify the proof and ac- knowledgment of deeds and other legal instruments. An appeal lies from his decisions to the court of common pleas for the county of Hamilton.
The trustees, composing the city council, are elected an- nually on the first Monday of April. They must be free- holders, and residents of the city three years previous to the election. They determine the rules of their own proceedings, and it is made their duty to keep a journal thereof, open to the inspection of every citizen. They are required to take an
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MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
oath of office, administered by the mayor, and to elect from their own body a president, who is to preside over its meet- ings and, when necessary, act as its representative; and a re- corder, whose duty it is to keep in his custody the laws and . ordinances of the city. They elect from the qualified voters, a city clerk, whose duty it is to keep a journal of their pro- ceedings. They are empowered to appoint all collectors, as- sessors, surveyors, clerks of markets, street-commissioners, health-officers, weighers of hav, measurers of wood, lime and coal, wharf-master, &c. They have the control and manage- ment of all the real and personal estate of the city, but are expressly prohibited from banking, and restricted in borrow- ing for city purposes to an amount of not more than five thousand dollars in any current year. They have power to establish a board of health, to organize a city watch, establish and regulate markets, wharves and fire-companies, and to li- cense and regulate taverns, coffee, ale and porter-houses and public shows. They are authorized to abate nuisances, to appropriate ground for new streets or alleys, to open, straight- en, widen or repair streets, to license and regulate wagons, drays &c., and to levy and collect taxes for city purposes. It is made the duty of the council, annually to publish for the information of the citizens, a particular statement of the re- ceipts and expenditure of the public monies. For their ser- vices the members receive one dollar per day, which is re- stricted to the actual meetings of the board.
A city treasurer, and marshal, are elected biennially by the qualified voters of the city, on the first Monday in April.
City Council.
Edward Woodruff, President. Oliver Lovell, Recorder. Ward I. S. P. Chase, Samuel Lewis, Alexander H. Ewing.
II. Moses Brooks, Isaiah Wing, Joseph Graham.
III. D. A. Powell, S. Hazen, James McCandless.
IV. David Griffin, William Bromwell, J. Broadwell.
V. Edw'd Woodruff, Sam'l B. Findlay, James Read.
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MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
VI. Louis H. Shally, David Carroll, Ezra Bailey. VII. Oliver Lovell, William Billings, Joseph Ross. Charles Satterly, Clerk. J. S. Woodruff, Messenger.
City Officers.
Samuel W. Davies, Mayor. Samuel Scott, Treasurer.
James Saffin, Marshal. Joseph Gest, Surveyor. Joseph Pierce, Port-warden.
R. C. Phillips, Sealer of weights and measures.
Alexander Dalzell, Inspector of staves and heading.
Eli Richman, Thomas Smith,
R. Vallandigham, Richard Miller,
Wood-measurers.
William R. Field,
Eli Richman, Measurer of coal and charcoal.
R. Vallandigham, Measurer of lime.
John Carr, 1st and 3d wards,
G. G. Smith, 2d 4th and 6th, Street-commissioners.
Isaac Poineer, 5th and 7th,
Ira A. Butterfield, Captain city watch.
James Wise, Lieutenant.
County Officers.
Commissioners, Jonathan Larrison, Presley Kemper and Thomas Cooper. Auditor, Hugh McDougal. Treasurer, Samuel Martin. Recorder, Griffin Yeatman. Assessor, H. R. Bywaters. Coroner, Charles Hale.
Commissioner of insolvents, John B. Enness. Inspector of flour, Arthur E. Armstrong " pork and beef, Henry Thorp.
salt, Wm. B. Barry.
" oil and whisky, H. M. Ernst, Lewis Hunt.
Township Officers.
Trustees, William Crossman, Josiah Fobes, Thatcher Lew- is. Clerk, David Churchill. Constables, I. C. Copelen, Joseph Morrow, William Moody, John Reily, Jesse O'Niel, Thomas Hurst, J. S. Olmstead.
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COMMERCE.
COMMERCE.
THE commerce of Cincinnati is co-extensive with the na- vigation of the west, and its interior trade is spread over the whole extent of country between the river Ohio and the lakes, north and south, and the Scioto and Wabash rivers, east and west. The Ohio river line of country in Kentucky, for fifty miles down, and as far up as the boundary line between that state and Virginia, makes its purchases here. Besides its sales of foreign merchandise through the region thus describ- ed, Cincinnati furnishes the lower Ohio river country, and the upper and lower Mississipi states and territories, with a vast amount of manufactured products, not merely made here, but with which this market is extensively supplied from the inte- rior. For these, there are received in return sugar, cotton, rice, molasses, &c., from the south ; lead, shot, furs, honey, &c., from the Missouri and upper Mississipi regions : and pork, flour, &c., from Indiana. The eastern half of the state of Indiana is the most important customer for foreign goods, to this market, and the lower Mississipi country, for our vari- ous manufactured articles. The products of other countries, brought to this place, are purchased in New York and Phila- delphia, with the exception of certain descriptions of grocer- ies which are supplied by New Orleans.
By the census of 1840, it appears that the capital invested at Cincinnati, in commercial houses in foreign trade and in commission business, is 5,200,000 dollars. The capital in re- tail dry-goods, hardware, groceries and other stores, 12,877,- 000 dollars. Lumber business, 23 yards, 73 hands employed, capital 133,000 dollars ; sales, 342,500 dollars.
Chamber of Commerce,
Instituted October 22d, 1839, meets monthly at the Young Men's Mercantile Library rooms. Lewis Whiteman, Presi- dent. Henry Rockey, Secretary. B. W. Hewson, Treas- urer.
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BANKS.
BANKS.
FIVE incorporated, and two unincorporated banks, furnish the business accommodations, and, in some measure, supply the circulating medium of the place.
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company Bank. Capital $2,000,000.
This institution was incorporated in 1834, and is authorised to make insurance on lives, to purchase and grant annuities, receive and execute trusts of every description, and to buy and sell drafts and bills of exchange. Its management is plac- ed in a board of twenty trustees, who must, individually, be stockholders to the amount of five thousand dollars. Bank- ing house, corner of Main and Third.
M. T. Williams, President, J. M. Perkins, Cashier, Sam- uel R. Miller, Secretary, V. Worthington, Solicitor, T. J. Matthews, Actuary, Isaac G. Burnet, Notary.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Cincinnati, Jacob Burnet, Micajah T. Williams, Alex- ander Gibson, David T. Disney, George Luckey, Vachel Worthington, James R. Baldridge, Samuel Fosdick, Samuel R. Miller. Warren, Trumbull co. Simon Perkins. Gallio- polis, Gallia co. Samuel F. Vinton. Columbus, Franklin co. Alfred Kelley, N. H. Swayne. Cadiz, Harrison co. Daniel Kilgore. Dayton, Montgomery co. Samuel Forrer. New York, Gould Hoyt, Henry Rankin. Boston, Samuel Hub- bard. Philadelphia, Matthew L. Bevan. New Orleans, Charles Stetson.
Franklin Bank. Incorporated in 1834. Capital $1,000,000.
John H. Groesbeck, President. William Hooper, Cashier. David Loring, Fenton Lawson, E. S. Haines, D. H. Horne, James Reynolds, Moses White, F. Bodmann, J. C. Culbertson, J. C. 'Tunis, Henry Clark, Charles Fisher, Directors. One vacancy.
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BANKS.
Lafayette Bank. Capital $1,000,000.
Josiah Lawrence, President. John D. Jones, George K. Shoenberger, C. Donaldson, E. J. Miller, Moses Brooks, S. C. Parkhurst, S. S. L'Hommedieu, S. P. Chase, S. E. Pleasants, Charles Sonntag, George W. Neff, R. G. Mitchell, Directors. W. G. W. Gano, Cashier.
Commercial Bank. Capital $1,000,000.
James S. Armstrong, President. Joseph Smith, James Johnston, James McCandless, Nath'l Wright, J. R. Coram, George C. Miller, Jacob Strader, Directors. James Hall, Cashier.
Bank of Cincinnati.
G. R. Gilmore, President. N. Lougee, M. N. McLean, P. Collins, G. J. Moore, Peter Smith, Joseph G. Young, George Cullum, J. McLaughlin, M. M. Hale, William A. Reynolds, Robert Hosea, Jr. Directors. George Hatch, Cashier.
Miami Exporting Company. Capital $600,000.
N. W. Thomas, President. John W. Coleman, W. R. Morris, James Taylor, Samuel J. Browne, J. R. Child, S. B. Hunt, Warren Hartshorne, Horace Wilder, Directors. J. M. Douglass, Cashier.
Mechanics' and Traders' Bank.
E. D. John, President. George Conclin, W. Lewis, David A. James, Isaac Young, L. M. Gwynne, Directors. Stan- hope S. Rowe, Cashier.
Exchange Bank.
Owned chiefly by John Bates. Capital $200,000. A. Barnes, Cashier.
Agency of the United States' Bank. T. Kirby, Agent.
Office in the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company Banking House.
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INSURANCE.
INSURANCE.
General Board of Underwriters.
John P. Foote, President.' William Goodman, Treasurer. E. Robins, Secretary.
E. Robins, John Young, Thomas Newell, Board of Coun- sellors.
Cincinnati Insurance Company.
Incorporated, 1829. Office on Front Street.
John Young, President. Josiah Lawrence, Lewis White- man, Thos. W. Bakewell, John Kilgour, Joseph Smith, Ja- cob Strader, John D. Jones, Geo. Carlisle, James Reynolds, R. H. Southgate, L. Worthington, J. L. Avery, Jas. J. Cly- mer, N. W. Thomas, Directors. B. B. Whiteman, Secre- tary.
Branch Office, corner of Canal and Sycamore.
Firemen's Insurance Company.
Incorporated, 1832. Office, corner of Front and Main.
Geo. W. Neff, President. Geo. H. Bates, R. B. Bowler, Geo. H. Hartwell, Jas. C. Hall, Arch. Irwin, R. G. Mitchell, E. J. Miller, James Pullan, E. Poor, P. Rogers, P. Tilling- hast, Wm. M. Woolsey, K. Yardley, J. Yorke, Directors. One vacancy. Thomas Newell, Secretary.
Branch on Main near the canal. David Urner, Secretary.
Washington Insurance Company. Incorporated, 1836. Office, 73 Main street.
Wm. Goodman, President. Calvin Fletcher, S. C. Park- hurst, John Bailey, Thomas J. Adams, S. S. Smith, Calvin Carpenter, R. A. Little. Sam'l Davis Jr., Directors. E. Hen- ry Carter, Secretary.
Fire Department's Insurance Company.
Incorporated, 1836. Office on Front street.
David T. Disney, President. Ezra Bailey, Wm. Brom- well, Joseph Cartwright, J. S. Chamberlain, S. H. Crocker, A. Cullum Jr., E. Dodson, C. F. Hanselmann, Wm. Hum-
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INSURANCE.
ble, George H. Hill, S. King, F. Lawson, Wm. Murray, Wm. Orange, R. P. Resor, J. Seymour, Thomas Spooner, Samuel H. Taft, A. Trowbridge, D. C. Wallace, William H. Abrams, William Aarons, Directors. J. P. Foote. Secretary.
Canal Insurance Company.
Incorporated, 1836. Office on Front street.
R. Buchanan, President. J. H. Groesbeck, James Hicks, Jr. Samuel Trevor, J. P. Tweed, J. W. Blachley, S. J. Kel- logg, Edmund Dexter, John Reeves, A. H. Ewing, Thomas Heaton, John Thomas, N. P. Iglehart, Charles Duffield, Jas. Goodin, W. F. Johnson, J. D. Walbridge, M. R. Todd, Sam- uel B. Findlay, R. W. Lee, Directors. J. H. Carter, Secre- tary.
This company has a branch on the Canal, between Main and Walnut streets, of which Samuel B. Findlay is Agent.
Manufacturers' Insurance Company. Incorporated, 1838. Office on Front street.
James McCandless, President. S. O. Butler, Wm. Man- ser, James S. Glascoe, John F. Dair, John Buchanan, John Frazer, Peter Andrew, A. A. Wilkins, Directors. Elias Dudley, Secretary.
Equitable Insurance Company.
Office on Third street. 'Incorporated in 1827, on the prin- ciple of mutual assurance.
Geo. C. Miller, President. John B. Clark, Stephen Bur- rows, John Baker, Jabez C. Tunis, Caleb Williams, Elam P. Langdon, Benj. Mason, Wm. Medary, D. K. Cady, Joseph Jones, John E. Williams, Directors. James Foster, Secre- tary.
E. Robins, General Agent, for the western states, of the Protection Insurance Company of Hartford, Con. Henry Hayes, Agent for Cincinnati.
N. Sawyier, Agent, at Cincinnati, for the Etna Insurance Company of Hartford, Con., and for the Lexington Fire, Life and Marine Insurance Company of Lexington, Ky.
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MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS.
MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL PRO- DUCTS.
I. In Wood, entirely or principally.
hands
value per annum
6 Agricultural implement makers,
30
37,900
2 Basket-makers
5
2,800
8 Bedstead factories
19
25,000
31 Coopers
176
167,000
20 Carpenter jobbing shops
65
71,000
48 Cabinet ware factories
384
538,000
11 Chair-makers
128
131,600
6 Carriage factories
87
127,000
1 Desk-maker
2
2,200
8 Ice-chest and packing-box factories
28
39,000
2 Pattern-makers 3
3,510
4 Plane factories 34
95,000
6 Picture-frame and looking-glass makers 17
26,900
4 Planing machines 16
60,000
6 Saw-mills 31
73,000
22 Sash and blind factories
90
71,700
5 Steam-boat yards
306
592,500
12 Turners
27
28,275
21 Wagon and cart-makers
96
104,300
6 Yawl, oar, pump and block shops
20
26,172
2,222,857
II. In Iron, entirely or principally.
3 Brand, stamp and venitian blind chisel- makers
7
6,800
52 Blacksmith shops
294
311,400
2 Cistern and fire-engine pump factories
13
13,750
6 Cutlers
9
6,500
1 Cotton-gin and spinning machine shop
25
45,000
8 Edge-tool makers and grinders
37
41,600
13 Founderies and engine shops
563
668,657
5 Gun-smiths .
15
16,842
1. Iron safe and balustrade-maker
12
11,400
4 Machinists and cotton-press factories
42
77,000
2 Printing-press factorys ·
11
9,000
2 Rolling-mills 148
394,000
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MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS.
5 Sheet-iron workers
33
58,000
1 Spinning-machine maker
35
55,600
4 Wire-workers 12
13,000
.. 1,728,549
III. In other Metals.
8 Bell and brass founders
62
81,000
1 Britannia ware factory .
8
20,840
32 Copper, brass, sheet-iron and workers tin-plate
208
311,300
8 Jewelers, gold and silver-smiths 36
56,500
5 Lever-lock factories 49
95,000
4 Plumbers
18 48,000
3 Type and stereotype founders 85
45,400
658,040
IV. In Leather, entirely or principally.
2 Bellows factories
6
12,600
166 Boot and shoe-makers 652
488,000
1 Hose factory .
2
2,100
22 Saddlery, trunk, collar and harness facto- ries ..
102
231,000
21 Tanneries and currier shops 126
335,000
1,768,700
V. In Hair, Bristles, &c.
4 Brush-makers
15
19,000
2 Curled hair and bristle dressers
42
16,600
10 Mattress-makers and upholsterers 58
284,800
5 Stock-makers 75 40,000
3 Wig and curl-makers 8 6,000
VI. In Cotton, Wool, Linen and Hemp.
3 Awning, sail, &c. makers 8
12,000
1 Bagging factory
87
78,650
7 Carpet weavers 37
46,000
1 Coach-lace, fringe and military equipment factory . 7
15,400
2 Cotton yarn factories
60
95,000
10 Dye-houses .
36
15,540
2 Fullers and carders
18 30,000
4 Oil-cloth factories 81
73,000
366,400
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MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS.
4 Rope-walks .
2 Stocking-weavers
18
33,600
7 12,000
· 411,190
VII. Of Drugs, Paints, Chemicals, &c.
3 Colors, prussiate of potash, mineral acids and spirits of wine, &c. factories . . 29
68,000
2 Ivory-black and shoe-blacking makers 12 11,000
3 White-lead factories 44
121,750
1 Lard oil press
4 31,000
1 Neat's foot oil factory
4
33,500
2 Camphine oil distilleries
7 89,000
2 Linseed oil mills .
4 36,000
4 Patent medicine factories 10 68,000
458,250
VIII. Of the Earth.
35 Brick yards . .
175
87,500
2 Burr millstone factories
15
10,500
4 Cistern builders
12
21,300
2 Earthen and stone ware potters
11
12,000
1 Marble-cutter 3 10,000
6 Stone-cutters
70 83,000
1 Hydraulic cement and marble dust factory 15
14,000
238,300
IX. Of Paper.
25 Book, newspaper, &c. publishers
362
518,500
15 Blank book-makers and binders .
102
107,700
1 Bandbox factory .
5
9,000
6 Wall paper-makers and hangers 43
34,400
X. Of Food.
52 Biscuit and bread-bakers 132
259,000
7 Flouring mills 16
27
678,700
3 Bologna sausage-makers
15 21,000
62 Beef and pork butchers 157 1,098,015
48 Pork packers 1,220 3,074,912
5,269,627
669,600
3 Corn-meal, pearl-barley and hommony mills
138,000
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MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS.
XI. Science and the Fine Arts.
1 Cameo and Daguerrotype artist . 1
950
5 Copper-plate engravers and printers 16
42,000
3 Wood engravers .
3 2,550
3 Xylographic printers 7 4,900
1 Lithographic printer
4
3,500
6 Draughtsmen and designers
9
17,000
4 Miniature painters .
4
4,500
8 Landscape and portrait painters
8
7,500
14 Ornamental and banner painters
48
31,000
3 Mathematical, optical and philosophical instrument-makers
11
30,000
7 Musical instrument-makers
18
25,000
2 Surgical instrument-makers
4 4,200
2 Stucco workers ·
6
6,000
179,100
XII. Of Building.
20 Stone quarriers ·
212
253,450
140 Carpenters
580
347,600
48 Brick masons .
226
103,300
44 Stone masons
218
101,000
60 Plasterers . .
245
107,650
15 House painters
80
33,000
5 Bell hangers, &c.
7,217
953,267
XIII. Miscellaneous.
8 Brewers
60
126,000
2 Button factories
4
7,500
4 Clock-makers
10
12,000
12 Confectioners and sugar bakers
35
54,000
86 Clothing stores* 813 1,223,800
1 Comb factory 24
18,550
3 Distilleries 37
145,000
1 Glass cutter
5
10,000
25 Hat factories
181
312,000
1 Japannery
2
2,000
1 Last and sparable factory
6
15,000
* There are nearly four thousand females employed by these establish- ments, who sew at their own homes.
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MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS.
1 Machine-card, stock and portable burr-
millstone-maker .
. 32
81,000
17 Soap and candle-makers
122
332,940
1 Maltster
2
6,000
2 Starch factories 16 45,000
1 Printing-ink factory 4
2,500
60 Tailors . 195
376,000
1 Tallow renderer 4
56,000
26 Tobacconists
158
325,000
5 Vinegar factories
11 30,500
1 Powder-mill
12
28,000
3,208,790
Recapitulation.
Manufactures
hands
value per annum
I. In wood, principally or wholly
1,557
2,222,857
II. Iron, entirely or principally
1,250
1,728,549
III. Other metals .
461
658,040
IV. Leather, entirely or principally
888
1,068,700
V. Hair, bristles, &c. .
198
366,400
VI. Cotton, wool, linen and hemp
359
411,190
VII. Drugs, paints, chemicals, &c.
114
458,250
VIII. The earth
301
238,300
IX. Paper
512
669,600
X. Food .
1,567
5,269,627
XI. Science and the fine arts
139
179,100
XII. Buildings
1,568
953,267
XIII. Miscellaneous
1,733
3,208,790
10,647
17,432,670
Ninety-nine per cent. of all these products are made and sold in Cincinnati itself. Some few, which could not be pro- perly separated from the mass, are fabricated in Fulton, New- port and Covington, but a large amount of manufacturing and mechanical industry, in those places, is not included in this statement.
The capital invested here in manufactures appears, by the census of 1840, to be 14,541,842 dollars.
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METEOROLOGY.
METEOROLOGY.
IN the following article, it is proposed to give a summary of the meteorological observations made at the Woodward College, in this city, (Lat. 39º 5' N., Long. 84° 22' W.,) during the six years beginning with 1835 and ending with 1840. It may be divided to advantage into the following heads : TEMPERATURE, WIND, RAIN, WEATHER, and HEIGHT OF THE BAROMETER.
Temperature.
The following observations were made at least three times daily, and the mean temperature deduced from them, at 5 A. M., 2 P. M. and 9 P. M., after the manner employed by the academies in the state of New York; a rule introduc- ed by Simeon De Witt the surveyor general of that state, and much more accurate than the common method of taking the mean of the greatest and least temperature.
The following table shews the mean temperature of each year according to Fahrenheit's thermometer.
Years
Mean Temperature
Years
Mean Temperature
1835
51°.3
1838
52°.2
1836
51 .6
1839
54.5
1837
53 .5
1840
53.8
The annual mean temperature, as deduced from the preced- ing observations, is 52°.84.
The annual range of the thermometer will be seen in the following table.
Years
Lowest
Highest
Range
1835
17° below 0.
95°
112°
1836 .
7
do.
99
106
1837 5 above 0.
95
90
1838 10
below 0
100
110
1839
2
above 0. 96
94
1840
1
below 0 .
96
97
Mean annual range of the thermometer, .
101.5
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METEOROLOGY.
The greatest degree of cold observed was on the morning of February 7th, 1835, when the temperature was 17º below zero : this day was also the coldest, the mean temperature be- ing 5° below zero: besides this the mean temperature of no day has been below zero during the above years.
The greatest temperature observed was in August, 1838, just before a violent thunder storm, when the thermometer rose to 100°.
The mean temperature of the warmest day, July 29th, 1838, was 86°.7, so that the mean temperature of the day has a range of 92° ; however, in any one year the range has not exceeded 87°. The warmest days in the year have almost uniformly occurred between the 15th of July, and the 1st of August.
The following table shows the mean temperature of each month for six years.
Years.
Jan.
Feb.
March.
April.
May.
June.
1835
34.6
24.5
40.1
50.5
65.3
71.2
1836
30.6
28.8
36.1
55.6
65.8
70.4
1837
30.1
36.6
41.8
48.3
62.5
70.1
1838
36.4
20.9
48.4
50.5
56.7
73.0
1839
38.0
37.0
44.9
60.2
66.0
69.5
1840
25.7
42.0
47.7
57.4
63.2
70.8
Mean.
32.6
31.6
43.2
53.7
63.2
70.8
Years.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
1835
71.7
69.1
59.1
55.8
43.3
31.4
1836
75.8
71.6
69.3
46.2
38.7
30.6
1837
75.3
72.4
64.9
55.8
44.1
35.5
1838
79.2
77.7
66.4
50.6
39.0
28.2
1839
76.2
73.5
61.1
60.3
37.3
30.6
1840
75.4
74.7
61.8
54.3
40.9
32.4
Mean.
75.6
73.2
63.8
53.8
40.5
31.6
PEARL STREET HOUSE.
PEARL ST HOUSE
Drawn and Engraved by Doolittle & Munson, Cin! CINCINNATI.
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MES J. GODDARD & F. M.COCKRELL . de Pech victor.
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METEOROLOGY.
The following table for the year 1840, contains several partic- ulars with regard to the temperature, that may be interesting.
1840
Minimum
Maximum
Range
Mean temperature
Mean temperature
at sunrise
Mean temperature
at 2 P. M.
Coldest day
Mean temperature
of coldest day
Warmest day
Mean temperature of warmest day
Jan.
-1
55
56
25.67
20.45
31.84
15
6.6
29
46.3
Feb.
0
75
75
41.96
33.96
50.89
1
14.3
19
64.3
Mar.
21
75
54
47.71
40.22
57.22
11
31.5
1
64.7
April
27
91
64
57.40
49.40
66.20
2
43.2
25
77.3
May
42
89
47
63.17
55.40
72.25
9
46.2
18
75.3
June
47
93
46
70.85
62.96
81.50
7
59.0
28
81.0
July
50
96
46
75.40
67.20
85.20
2
62.7
16
81.8
Aug.
57
93
36
74.70
66.70
84.00
31
65.8
11
79.6
Sept.
41
85
44
61.80
52.43
72.80
21
51.2
25
71.0
Oct.
19
82
63
54.32
46.70
65.20
25
27.8
1
71.3
Nov.
18
71
53
40.93
34.00
51.10
19
25.2.
7,29
54.3
Dec.
7
58
51
32.40
28.40
38.06
18,19
14.8
15
47.2
Year -1
96
97
53.86
46.48
63.02
Jan. 15
6.6
Ju-16 ly
81.8
Wind.
The following table contains the average course of the wind for each month in the year.
Months.
N.
NE.
E.
SE.
S.
SW.
W.
NW.
Jan.
1
4
2
2
1
7
9
5
Feb.
2
2
1
1
1
8
9
4
Mar.
2
2
2
1
2
7
9
6
April
1
6
2
1
1
6
8
5
May
2
4
2
1
1
10
7
4
June
2
4
2
2
2
6
8
4
July
1
3
2
1
2
12
7
3-
Aug.
2
5
3
1
1
6
8
5
Sept
3
5
4
2
2
4
6
4
Oct.
4
4
2
1
3
7
7
3
Nov.
1
2
2
3
1
7
9
5
Dec.
1
2
1
2
1
8
12
4
Year.
22
43
25
18
18
88
99
52
63
METEOROLOGY.
From the above it will be seen that westerly winds prevail annually on an average 239 days, or about two thirds of the year; that easterly winds prevail 86 days or nearly one fourth of the year; that the wind is from the north on an average about 22 days or one sixteenth of the year, and from the south about 18 days or one twentieth of the year.
The above table is compiled from the result of 4,400 obser- vations made during six years. The observations were gene- rally made twice a day, and the wind or breeze denoted as being from that one of the eight principal points of the com- pass to which it approached the nearest.
Rain.
The following table shows the mean quantity of rain and melted snow in each month of the year, as deduced from the observations of six years.
Months
Mean rain
Months
Mean rain
January .
. . 2.53 inches
July
. 3.93 inches
February
3.1 inches.
August
4.34 inches
March
· 2.77 inches
September . 2.77 inches
April
3.64 inches
October 3.44 inches
May
6.54 inches
November · 3.73 inches
June
· 5.03 inches
December · · 3.06 inches
Annual mean quantity of rain . . . . 44.92 inches.
The wettest month of the year is May, and the driest Jan- uary.
The greatest quantity of rain in any one month was 9 inches ; this fell in May 1836. The least quantity in any one month was one eighth of an inch; this fell in October 1839.
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