Fifty years and over of Akron and Summit County : embellished by nearly six hundred engravings--portraits of pioneer settlers, prominent citizens, business, official and professional--ancient and modern views, etc.; nine-tenth's of a century of solid local history--pioneer incidents, interesting events--industrial, commercial, financial and educational progress, biographies, etc., Part 43

Author: Lane, Samuel A. (Samuel Alanson), 1815-1905
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Akron, Ohio : Beacon Job Department
Number of Pages: 1228

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On the night of September 15, 1844, this barn, containing some 50 horses, a large number of carriages, and large quantities of hay, straw, grain, etc., between 10 and 11 o'clock was found to be on fire, and in spite of the heroic exertions of firemen and citizens, eight horses perished in the flames. Nothing, of course, could be done towards saving the barn, but with our little rotary, and only 50 feet of hose, through the alacrity of citizens in supplying us with water from the near-by P. & O. canal, and in spelling us at the cranks, we did prevent the flames from igniting the hotel kitchen, or from extending across the alley, to the rear of the row of frame business blocks fronting on Howard street. Mr. Cobb's loss, $1,200; insurance $500. [Building materials, horses, hay, oats, etc., were far less expensive then than now.]

LARGE DISTILLERY GOES UP IN SMOKE .- On the night of November 9, 1844, the large distillery of Hiram Payne and Edward Sumner, west of Ohio canal, near lock 21, was totally destroyed, except the cattle and hog pens, saved by the efforts of the firemen. Loss $2,800; no insurance.

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JEWELRY AND CROCKERY .- February 10, 1846, the jewelry and crockery store of Samuel Gardiner, Jr., on the north side of East Market street, first door east of corner, wasfound to be on fire, but the hand engine companies performed such execution that the fire was confined to the building, in which started, with a loss of $500 only.

LARGE TANNERY CONSUMED .- November 4, 1846, the tannery, located east of Ohio canal, near lock 16, owned and operated by Mr. Frank D. Parmelee; one of Akron's most enterprising mer- chants at that time, was consumed, though the adjoining bark house and contents were saved by the efforts of the firemen, there now being two companies in successful operation. Loss $14,000.

ETNA FURNACE DESTROYED .- January 13, 1847, the Ætna Fur- nace, west side of the Ohio canal, opposite lock 12, owned by the late Judge James R. Ford, but operated by the Akron Manufactur- ing Company, under the management of the late Arad Kent, was totally destroyed, excepting the most valuable portion of the machinery, saved by the efforts of the firemen. Loss $2,000 to $3,000.

NORTHWEST CORNER OF HOWARD AND MARKET .- June 9, 1848, the entire range of buildings (all frame) from present site of Hotel Arlington, corner Canal and Market, nearly to the present brick block of Mr. John Robb, on North Howard street, was consumed, with much of the contents of the several establishments. Among other sufferers were Dewey & Elkins, publishers of the SUMMIT BEACON, $500; J. A. Beebe & Co., books and drugs, $1,000; Horace Canfield, American Democrat, $1,000; Adams & Eggleston, map publishers, $8,000. James Baldwin, father of Capt. Aaron P. Bald- win, and Lewis Kilbourn, father of William W. Kilbourn, of 712 East Exchange street, were the largest losers, (amount not stated), being the owners of the corner block (the old Pavilion Hotel) and several of the contiguous buildings.

WEST SIDE OF SOUTH HOWARD STREET .- September 16, 1848, the west side of Howard street, from the Commins & Allen brick block (now Star clothing house) north to the alley, adjoining Cut- ter's block, on the south. These were all original structures, two- story frame buildings, owned respectively by John K. Foster, Henry S. Abbey, Alfred R. Townsend and Seth Iredell. The losses were: H. S. Abbey, building $400, jewelry (partly saved) $500; Oren Beck- with, harness, $200; E. C. Hurd, dry goods, $7,000; John M. Cutler, boots and shoes, $4,000; Asahel H. Pierson, tailor, $150; Charles Leonard, groceries, $800; Miss Hamilton, milliner, $100; Iredell & Whetstone, dry goods, building and stock $8,000; Timothy Clark, groceries, $100; Messrs. Foster and Townsend probably losing about $1,000 each.

DEATH OF A BRAVE FIREMAN .- On the night of September 22d, 1849, the new brick dwelling house of Mr. Charles Cranz, on Pros- pect street, fronting Grace Park, now owned by John McGregor, then approaching completion, was burned. Though working to great disadvantage for want of water, the firemen fought 'the fire vigorously, and while at work on the back porch, Mr. David Miller, Akron's pioneer sash, door and blind manufacturer, was crushed to death by the falling of the porch roof, through the thoughtless- ness, it was asserted, of some person in knocking out one of the props by which it was temporarily held in place. Mr. Miller was

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a member of Niagara Fire Co., No. 2, and one of its most energetic members. The brick walls of the house remained intact, and the building was immediately rebuilt. Mr. Cranz's loss was about $1,000, the builders, Messrs. B. F. and J. C. Dickerman, losing about $800 worth of tools.

THE OLD STONE BLOCK, ETC .- On the night of Dec. 27, 1849, the territory between the famous old Stone Block, a solid three-story stone building covering the present sites of the Henry and Stein- bacher blocks, Howard and Market streets, was covered as far south as the building now occupied by Wilson G. Robinson, by two-story (mostly frame) buildings and all fully occupied by mer- chants, mechanics, lawyers, doctors, etc. The fire commenced about the middle and spread both ways. It was supposed that the solid high wall of the stone block would arrest the progress of the flames in that direction as effectually as the high brick wall of the Angel block upon the south side did.

Unfortunately, however, there was a heavy over-hanging wooden cornice on that side of the block, and as the flames drew near, the brisk southwesterly wind sent them sheer up the wall to the cornice. The intense heat keeping the engines at too great a distance to do effective service, the result was that that mammoth building, too, was speedily consumed. The solid battlemented wall upon the east side kept the flames from spreading any further in that direction, but after the roof and floors had gone down, the wall, losing its supports, toppled over, falling inward, in doing which the lower portion sprang outward, shoving the adjoining two-story frame store building of J. D. Edson & Co. over into the alley, com- pletely demolishing the lower story, but leaving the upper story, including the roof, doors, windows, etc., intact.

The sufferers by this fire were: Milton W. Henry, dry goods; Henry Rattle, dry goods ; McCurdy & Michener, dry goods; the Akron Bank ; Christy & Sawyer, boots and shoes; J. Raymond & Co., dry goods; George W. Wyman, clothing; Charles Cranz, hardware; George W. Peart, drugs; Lander & Ward, boots and shoes; Koch & Levi, clothing; Sumner & Smith, clothing ; Ne- ville & Smith, groceries; C. B. Eells, tailor; Bennett & Smith, harness ; Benjamin McNaughton, cigars; Dr. E. W. Howard ; Otis & Wolcott, Pleasants & Harris, Upson & Edgerton, Philip N. Schuyler, lawyers. The individual losses were not given in the papers of the day, but the aggregate loss was estimated at $50,000.

HALL'S CORNER NEXT .-- On the night of February 17, 1851, the entire block bounded by Howard, Market and Canal streets, south to the alley, was burned over, including the dry goods stores of P. D. Hall & Co., A. Hibbard & Co., Abbey & Rose, and Sumner & Co., the clothing store of I. P. Sanford, and the auction store of Johnson & Platt. The buildings were all of wood, the Hall block being the first store building erected in North Akron, in 1832. Part of the contents of the several stores were saved, the total loss being estimated from $25,000 to $30,000.

FOUNDRY AND STOVE WORKS .- March 11, 1853, the extensive foundry and stove works, on the present site of the W. B. Doyle planing mill, owned and operated by P. Tallman & Co., was en- tirely consumned. The structure was a light one, but the patterns and castings destroyed were valuable. Loss $7,000.

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FLOURING MILL, FURNACE, PLANING MILL, ETC .- Nov. 1, 1853, the Ætna Mill, owned and operated by Rawson, Noble & Co., the Ætna Furnace, belonging to the estate of James R. Ford, the plan- ing mill of Dix & Finch, and the grocery store of John T. Good & Co. near lock 12, were consumed, the fire originating in the Ætna Mill. Total loss $40,000.

NORTHEAST CORNER HOWARD AND MARKET .- Dec. 8, 1854, the northeast corner of Howard and Market streets, commencing north on the present site of Davis & Blocker's drug store and extending around to the Empire House, all wooden structures, one and two stories only. Total losses about $25,000-sufferers: Gardner & Walker, agricultural store; J. H. Christy & Co., leather ; Cook & Dussell, groceries ; G. & S. Kempel, boots and shoes; Sumner & Pardee, clothing; Peterson & Wetmore, tin and hardware; Morton, saloon; W. D. Stevens, barber; John Lander, boots and shoes; Oren Beckwith, harness ; James Gardner, groceries.

OHIO EXCHANGE, STORES, ETC .- April 30, 1855, the Ohio Ex- change, three-story brick, on the present site of Woods' block, with the intervening two-story frame buildings west to Major Stein- bacher's brick block, were consumed, with a loss to Rinear Van, Evra, proprietor of Exchange, of $10,000; Frank Adams, hats, caps, furs, etc., $3,000; William H. Tallman, jewelry, $1,500; Malcolmn & Co., (Arthur Malcolm and Samuel A. Lane) clothing, $8,000; Hor- ace S. Weston, restaurant, $900; Koch & Levi, building, $1,000; Mrs. Amanda A. Ackley, building, $500; John T. Good, building, $500. Total, $24,900.

ANOTHER MILL DESTROYED .- The merchant and custom flour- ing mill, belonging to Mr. William Thayer, and operated by Wese- ner & Richmond, on the site now occupied by Pringle's livery stable, immediately south of the Schoeninger block, on Main street, was burned March 29, 1855, at a loss on mill and stock of $11,000, also fully covered by insurance.

MR. THAYER AGAIN "UNFORTUNATE."-Having leased his mill, as above, Mr. Thayer established a grain warehouse in the two- story brick building corner West Market and Cherry streets, which, on June 19, 1855, was "mysteriously" burned, at an alleged loss of $1,000, also fully covered by insurance.

ANOTHER FIRE ON HOWARD STREET .- A new two-story brick building, near the present site of Phoenix block, belonging to Judge Constant Bryan, and occupied by Ayers & Beadle, grocers, was burned on the night of March 26, 1856, at a loss to Judge Bryan of $2,300 with $1,500 worth of insurance, and to the occu- pants of $1,500 with $1,000 insurance.

A SECOND SEVERE SCORCHING .- After the disastrous fire of June 9, 1848, at the northwest corner of Howard and Market streets, Messrs. Baldwin & Kilbourn, and other lot owners, immediately replaced the buildings with substantial two and three-story brick blocks, all of which found ready occupation. On the night of Dec. 29, 1856, the Baldwin & Kilbourn portion of the block, embracing four store rooms on Howard street, and one on Market street, were again destroyed. Among the losses by this fire, besides the tri- fling loss the parties, in whose grocery and meat market, on Market street, the fire started, Baldwin & Kilbourn's loss was probably from $10,000 to $12,000; Henry W. Wetmore, agricultural

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store, $3,750; Beebe & Elkins, book and drug store on ground floor and Beacon office in the second story, $15,000; McNeil & Kempel, grocers, $1,200; James S. Carpenter and Henry W. Howe, attorneys, $700; Daniel B. Hadley and Newell D. Tibbals, attorneys, $550; Henry O. Hampson, tinware, $100; total, about $35,000.

This loss fell with peculiar hardship on Messrs. Beebe & El- kins, not only being the second time they had been thus despoiled by the devouring element, but losing all their presses and types, and even their subscription books, made it the more difficult to pick up the stitches again and go on with the paper. But the old Beacon was re-established, and on April 5, 1889, celebrated its Golden, or Fiftieth, Anniversary, the amount of matter in its weekly edition being four times greater than in the earlier years of its existence, while its twenty-year old daily, with fully twice as much reading matter as the original weekly, has an average circu- lation of over 3,000 copies per day.

THE INCENDIARIES COME TO GRIEF .- Though morally certain that several of the fires named were of incendiary origin, nothing had so tangibly implicated the perpetrators thereof as the circum- stances attending this case. Two young men from the contiguous townships of Copley and Bath, tiring of farm life, purchased a small stock of groceries, in the room where the fire originated, in- voicing but $250, upon which, on the alleged intention of largely replenishing, they had secured insurance to the amount of $1,000. At the time of the fire, not only had no addition been made to the stock, but considerable sold out, while on the morning after the fire several packages of goods were discovered in the barn jointly occupied by one of the partners and a neighbor. Though the affair was partially investigated by the Grand Jury, then in ses- sion, nothing was done about it until nearly a year afterwards, when, through the detective operations of Marshal J. J. Wright, with the hearty co-operation of Sheriff S. A. Lane, Deputy Sheriff A. R. Townsend, and Prosecuting Attorney, Henry Mckinney, a chain of direct and circumstantial evidence was forged by which not only the principals but their chief confederate, (a hitherto respectable young farmer from the township of Northampton) were sent to the penitentiary for five years each, and the tool, who applied the match, one year, the latter, on being arrested, making a voluntary confession of the crime, and on the witness stand, dis- closing with great particularity the details of the transaction from beginning to end. Serving his entire term, the latter soon van- ished from the neighborhood; the others after serving about half their time were pardoned by Governor Dennison, the chief spirit of the enterprise, and instigator of the crime, soon floating off into the western country where, according to rumor, he speedily went to the bad, while his dupes at once resumed their places in the society of their respective townships, and have ever since con- ducted themselves in a strictly upright and industrious manner.

In a civil suit, Messrs. Beebe & Elkins obtained a judgment for damages against the incendiaries for $14,867.77 damages at the November term of Court, 1858, though it does not appear from the record that any portion of said judgment has ever been paid.

WEST SIDE OF HOWARD STREET .- March 1, 1857, the west side of Howard street, from the Perkins and Allen brick block, south to the brick tavern, part of which, now owned by Mr. Israel Isbell, is

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still standing, was devastated, the buildings, mostly cheap wooden structures, belonging principally to Judge Constant Bryan, William G. Raymond, of Akron, and his sister, Miss Raymond, of Rochester, N. Y. The occupants were: David Lebcher, marble works; Pierre Schinbring, furniture; Lewis Creveling, restaurant; Mr. Keiffer, boots and shoes; J. B. Martin, saloon and residence. Total loss probably $6,000.

ANOTHER INCENDIARY FIRE .- On the morning of October 7, 1858, the extensive works of the Akron Barrel Company, on the present site of the Miller Chain and Match Works, with all its val- uable machinery and material was consumed, presumably the work of an incendiary, and surmised to have been the work of local coopers who bitterly antagonized the introduction of labor- saving steam-driven machinery in the fabrication of the immense quantity of barrels then yearly used by the mills of Akron and vicinity, the manilla sacking, now so largely used, not having then come in vogue. The loss to the company was $12,000. A reward of $1,000 was offered for the detection and conviction of the incen- diary, but though one or two slight clues were struck by detectives J. J. Wright and James Burlison, the perpetrator of the crime was never definitely discovered.

MELOPEAN FACTORY BURNED .- Allusion has heretofore been made to a musical instrument-the melopean-invented by Mr. Horace B. Horton, and in the latter forties and early fifties manu- factured by himself and the late Bradbury T. Blodgett. About 1852, William O. Sanford, brother of Akron's pioneer cabinet maker, Mr. David G. Sanford, bought out Mr. Blodgett, Mr. Ira Rose, late of California, father of,Akron's well-known nurseryman Mr. Lucius Rose, succeeding to the business in 1855, purchasing for that purpose "Central Block," a three-story brick building on the present site of Merrill's Pottery, corner South Main and State streets, built by the late Benjamin W. Stephens, in 1836. On the night of June 4, 1858; this establishment with all its contents was burned, with a loss to Mr. Rose of from $8,900 to $10,000, and to Mr. James Holmes, Mr. John C. McMillen and several other workmen of from $75 to $100 each in tools. The business was resumed in the Garrett Block, corner of South Howard and Cherry streets, by a stock company composed of Ira Rose, James F. Scott, John W. Baker, John C. McMillen, James Holmes and Leopold Swindeman, succeeded by James F. Scott and the late Alois Straub, Messrs. Horton Wright and William Smagg also being employes of the establishment for several years.

ANOTHER HOTEL BARN FIRE .- April 18, 1859, three barns-two in the rear of, and belonging to, the " Bradford House," a two-story brick hotel on South Howard street (part of which is still standing there), and the other belonging to Mr. William G. Raymond, together with the frame kitchen to the hotel, were destroyed, a val- uable horse, after being rescued, rushing back into his stall already on fire and perishing in the flames. Total loss probably $1,000. Origin undoubtedly incendiary.

FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP .- June 27, 1860, at 1 o'clock A. M., the foundry and machine shop of Webster, Taplin & Co., on the present site of the Webster, Camp & Lane Machine Company's works, corner of North Main and Tallmadge streets, were burned with all their contents. Loss, $10,000,

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MIDDLEBURY CARRIAGE WORKS AGAIN .- January 2, 1860, the carriage works, blacksmith shop, etc., of Mr. Charles A. Collins, corner of East Market and Arlington streets, with most of their contents, were again burned. Loss $10,000.

ANOTHER MILL BURNED .- Between twelve and one o'clock, on Saturday night, February 24, 1866, the Variety Mills, previously sold by J. Park Alexander to Shewey, McGillicuddy & Co., on the present site of Mr. Alexander's Fire Brick Works, was burned, at a loss, on building, machinery and stock, of $13,000, with $8,000 insurance.

THE CHIDESTER HOUSE FIRE .- The two and a half story frame building, on the present site of Masonic Temple, built by the late Col. Lewis P. Buckley in 1836, had passed into the hands of the late Conrad Fink, and had for several years been kept as a hotel, by Mr. William R. Chidester. The house being then vacant, and in spite of the fact. that Mr. Fink himself slept there for " protec- tion," at 2 o'clock A. M., April 15, 1867, the building was discovered to be on fire and past salvation. Three or four other one and two story frame buildings, on the north, were also totally consumed and the upper portion of the corner building opposite (still standing there) then owned by William G. Raymond, as well as a dwelling owned and occupied by Capt. George Billow, across the ravine to the north, and on the present site of the Pendleton block, Losses: Conrad Fink, $5,000; Joseph X. Laube, $1,000; Chambers, Appleton & Smagg, $1,500; Raymond, $4,000; Billow, $1,125. -

POTTERY WAREHOUSES BURNED .- At 9 o'clock P. M., August 28, 1867, the stone-ware shipping houses of J. Park Alexander, and G. N. Abbey & Co., near the Railroad Repair Shops, were burned. Mr. Alexander's loss $5,000, with no insurance. Abbey & Co's loss $12,000, with $2,500 insurance.

MATCH FACTORY DESTROYED .- August 25, 1867, the Akron Match Company's works, on North Summit street, were destroyed, at a loss, on building and stock, of $7,000, and $3,000 insurance.

BOTH SIDES OF EAST MARKET STREET .- In those days the ter- ritory on East Market street, from Main almost to High on the south side, and from Main to the alley, on the north side, was cov- ered with two story frame buildings, all teeming with business life and activity, those on the south being occupied as follows: No. 200 (corner) Storer, Noble & Co., iron; 202, J. E. Wesener & Co., dry goods; 204, Adams & Hawk, clothing; 206, C. Vogt, saloon; Joseph Gonder (basement) painter, and Mrs. M. J. Van Fessler, (second story) residence; 208, Charles Teits, tailor; Joseph Fritz, barber; 210, J. S. Hawkins, harness maker, Amos Herman, dwell- ing; 212, G. F. Rentschler, meat market, Louis Cohn, (second story) tailor; 214, Henry McMasters, baker, Mrs. McMasters, (second story) millinery, William H. McMasters, music; 216, Hiram J. Ayres, meat market; 218, Jacob Miller, shoes; 220, M. Schware, jeweler, John Byrider, shoemaker; 222, A. Litchfield, groceries; 224, J. G. Reifsnider, groceries; the buildings being owned, respec- tively by Schoeninger Brothers, Samuel Hawk, G. F. Rentschler, J. S. Hawkins, Henry McMasters, H. J. Ayres, Jacob Miller and John Byrider.

On the north side: 201, 203, Dodge & Cole, livery stable; 205, Wright & Freer, tinware, stoves, etc .; 207-209, Bittman Brothers, groceries; John Bakody, jeweler, Chas. Teits, residence; 211, Adam

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Orth, restaurant, Mrs. Sullivan, residence; the buildings belonged to Robert P. Henry, Wright & Freer, Bittman Brothers and Jacob Good.

The fire originated in the saloon of C. Vogt, on the south side, at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, March 11, 1869, and the structures being all of the most inflammable material, and the wind high, the flames spread with fearful rapidity, not only speedily destroying the buildings named, on both sides of the street, with the most of their contents, but also imperiling and in fact igniting many buildings to the north and east, which were only saved from destruction by the utmost exertions of the firemen and citizens.

The losses, by this fire were respectively as follows: Storer, Noble & Co., $1,000; Schoeninger Brothers, $3,500; J. E. Wesener & Co., $15,000: Adams & Hawk, $9,000; C. Vogt, $200; Joseph Gonder, $200; Mrs. Van Fessler, $200; G. F. Rentschler, $8,000; Charles Teits $500; Joseph Fritz, $250; J. S. Hawkins, $2,800; Amos Herman, $250; Louis Cohn, $1,200; Henry and Mrs. McMaster, $4,000; Win. H. McMasters, $100; H. J. Ayres, $2,000; Jacob Miller, $4,000; M. Schiware, $1,000; A. Litchfield, $500; J. G. Reifsnider, $500; R. A, Prior, (barn) $500; Dodge & Cole, $300; R. P. Henry, $3,500; Wright & Freer, $4,500; Bittman Brothers, $3,000; John Bakody, $200; Adam Orth, $1,600, Jacob Good, $1,500; Mrs. Sullivan, $100. Total loss, in round numbers, $70,000. Total insurance, $20,000.

MR. LOUIS COHN'S NARROW. ESCAPE .- During the progress of the fire, Mr. Louis Cohn, occupying apartments in the upper story of the old Trussell Hall block, after getting his family safely out went back to secure some of his valuables, but was so hard pressed by the flames and stifling smoke, that he was obliged to leap from the window to the ground in the alley upon the east side, and in doing so sustained an injury to one of his ankles, from which he never fully recovered.

SUMMIT OIL WORKS .- On Thanksgiving morning, November 25, 1869, the oil refinery of John T. Good & Co., in the north part of the city, including the treating, barreling, shipping and receiving houses, with 250 barrels, in process of refining and a large quantity ready for shipment, was destroyed, with a loss of nearly $20,000, and with no insurance.

GROCERY AND SALOON-TRIED FOR ARSON .- At 5 o'clock A. M., March 2, 1870, the grocery store and saloon of William Traver, on Washington street, was burned with an alleged loss of $3,900. This property was heavily covered by insurance, and the owner was indicted and tried for arson, but was finally acquitted.

SUBSEQUENT FIRES .- August 25, 1871, the Fire Brick Works of J. Park Alexander, on South Canal street, were burned, at a loss of $5,000, with $3,000 insurance. February 27, 1872, America's pioneer oatmeal mill-the German Mill-established by Mr. Ferd. Schumacher in 1859, near the present hominy works, on North Howard street, was burned with all its machinery and stock, at a loss of $20,000, with but $8,000 insurance. The turning works and hub factory of Sidney H. Bass, on the adjoining lot, north, was also burned at a loss of $500.

THE GREAT BEACON OFFICE DISASTER.

From the diminutive affair of 1839, with its single hand press, and its score or less fonts of news and job type, all told, in the

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early Spring of 1872 the BEACON establishment was occupying the entire four stories (including basement) 22 x60 feet (except a small corner on the ground floor occupied by Mr. O. H. Remington as a jewelry store) at 118 South Howard street, and was then having the building extended through to Canal street, to accommodate its rapidly increasing publishing and manufacturing operations.

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Author: Lane, Samuel A. (Samuel Alanson), 1815-1905 Publication date: 1892 Publisher: Akron, Ohio : Beacon Job Department Number of Pages: 1228

Author: Lane, Samuel A. (Samuel Alanson), 1815-1905
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: Akron, Ohio : Beacon Job Department
Number of Pages: 1228