History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Part 75

Author: Johnson, Crisfield
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Number of Pages: 716

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There are ten stone arches on the west side of the river, of which eight are of eighty-three feet span each, while two have a span of ninety-seven and a half feet each. The length of roadway supported by stone arches is one thousand three hundred and eighty-two feet, and the average hight of the arches above the surface of the ground is tifty-four feet: above the pile foundations, seventy-six feet. The total number of piles driven to form the foundations of the arches and river piers is seven thousand two hundred and seventy- nine, which, if laid lengthwise, would extend over fifty-two miles.

There are no less than eighty thousand perches of solid masonry in the structure, while fifteen thousand five hundred cubic yards of gravel were employed as filling. The approximate weight resting on the pile foundations of the ten arches is one hun- dred and forty thousand tons, while that resting on the foundations for iron work is estimated at twelve thousand five hundred tons. The weight of the draw- bridge, resting upon its turn-table, is five hundred and twenty tons. That portion of the structure built of iron, including the drawbridge, is nine hundred and thirty-two feet in length, and fourteen hundred and forty tons of iron were used in its construction.

These brief statisties give but a faint idea of the mas- sive work which unites the two portions of Cleveland, from which, on the one hand, are seen the far-spread- ing waters of Lake Erie, on the other the smoking chimneys of the manufacturing district on "the flats," while beneath it roll the turbid waters of the winding Cuyahoga, and over it each moment are passing ve- hicles of every description, from the groaning freight- wagon to the lightest phaton. It must be seen to be appreciated.

THE BREAKWATER.

The construction of the original harbor, the build- ing of which occupied from 1827 to 1840, has been mentioned in the general sketch of the city. Con- siderable sums were expended on it from time to time, in repairs and improvements, but no movement was made looking toward the construction of a " harbor of refuge " at this point until 1820, In that year the city council adopted resolutions in favor of the con- struction of such a work by the general government, and, together with many citizens, petitioned Congress on the subject. Hon. W. II. Upson, while a member of the house of representatives, procured an appro- priation of $3,000 for a survey. The engineers re- ported the cost of the proposed new "harbor of refuge " at four million dollars, an amount so large that the committee on commeree peremptorily re- fused to recommend its appropriation.

In January, 1822, HIon. R. C. Parsons, then the representative in congress from the Cleveland distriet. introduced another memorial and spoke in its favor. showing not only the great necessity for such a work,

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but also convincing congress that it would not cost the enormous sum previously estimated. He per- snaded that body to authorize a new survey, which was made in the summer of 1874 under the direction of Colonel Blunt, of the United States Engineers. After its completion Colonel Blant reported two new plans; one providing for an anchorage of thirty acres to cost $500,000, and one involving an expenditure of $1,200,000 in constructing a harbor of ninety-two acres.

In the spring of 1825 congress appropriated $50,000 to begin the work, and referred the subject of its size and form to a board of engineers. These met in Cleveland in April and June, 1875, and reported in favor of the construction of a harbor of two hundred aeres, at an estimated cost of $1,800,000. This was adopted, though it is now believed that at present prices the work can be completed for less money. It was begun in the fall of 1875, and about fifteen hun- dred feet have been completed. ITon. H. B. Payne secured an appropriation of $50,000 to carry on the work and Hon. Amos Townsend one of $100,000 for the same purpose. Large as will be the necessary ex- penditure, it is believed by those acquainted with the subject that it will be greatly outweighed by the ben- efits to be derived from it to the immense number of lake vessels, the burthen of which amounts to a million tons and the value of the freight carried by which is estimated at $1,200,000,000 annually.

EAST CLEVELAND RAILROAD COMPANY.

This company was organized in 1859, under the presidency of Henry S. Stevens, and in that year the road was opened for business from Bank street to Willson avenue. In 1868 the extension to Lake View Cemetery was completed, and in 1868 the line on Garden and Ohio streets was set in operation. The company has now a capital of $300,000, and operates fourteen miles of single track. A. Everett is the president; IT. A. Everett, secretary and treasurer; and T. F. Frobisher, road superintendent.

KINSMAN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.

The road of this company, extending from Bank street to the Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad crossing on Kinsman street (now Woodland avenue), was built in 1859 by Henry S. Stevens and E. E. Williams, who directly thereafter sold it to the Kinsman Street Railway Co., incorporated in 1859, with a capital of 830,000, which was afterwards increased at various times, and, in 1829, was $500,000. The road is three miles and three quarters in length. of which upwards of two and a half miles are covered with a double track. For the past two years the road has been in the hands of a receiver. F. J. Locke. The name of Kisman street has been changed since 1859 to Woodland avenue, but the road retains its old name.

THE WEST SIDE RAILWAY COMPANY.

This was organized in 1863 with a capital of $80,000; D. P. Rhodes being the first president. In

1864 the company opened the ronte over Detroit street to the terminus of Bridge street and the Pearl street line. In 1879 an additional line over Pearl and Fulton streets to Lorain street was opened. In addi- tion to these lines, it operates under lease a road from Lorain street to Brooklyn, laid out by the Brooklyn street railway company. The West Side company operates about nine miles of traek, and its managers contemplate an extension of the Fulton street line to Gordon avenue. The president is Elias Sims.

THE ST. CLAIR STREET RAILWAY CO.

was organized July 30, 1867, as the Superior and St. Clair Street Railway Co., and in 1867 opened a donble track road from Water street to Willson avenne, a distance of three miles. G. B. Bowers was the presi- dent of the company in 1879, and acted also as super- intendent; W. A. Dutton being secretary and treas- urer. At Willson avenne this road connects with the St. Clair Street and Collamer Railroad.

ROCKY RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY.

This company was organized in 1868 with a capi- tal of $80,000, and built a steam railway line from Bridge street ( West Side) to Roeky river in Rock- port, a distance of about six miles. The president is Elias Sims.

BROADWAY AND NEWBURG RAILWAY.

When this company was incorporated in 1873, H. A. Massey was the president and A. E. Jewett, the superintendent. On Christmas day, 1873, the road was opened from the city to the company's office on Broadway, and in September, 1825, the extension to Newburg was completed. A double track covers the entire route, which is five and three-quarter miles in length. The company has a capital of $200,000, and owns nineteen ears with eighty-six horses. Joseph Stanley, who is the president, also acts as the super- intendent. The trustees are Joseph Stanley, Samuel Andrews, Charles Hathaway, J. W. Sykora, E. Gras- selli, E. Fowler and William Meyer.

THE SOUTH SIDE RAILWAY COMPANY.

The South Side Company was organized in 1874. Their line extends from Superior and Seneca streets to the corner of Jennings avenue and Professor street, and then branches ont over both those thoroughfares abont three-quarters of a mile. The president is Al- fred Kellogg; the superintendent, A. M. Emerson.

WOODLAND HILLS AVENUE RAILROAD.

This is a short line of single track reaching from the intersection of Willson and Woodland avennes, ont Woodland Hills avenue one mile and a half. The road was built in 1874 by John Rock, who is the present owner.

THE SUPERIOR STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.

This company was formed in 1875, and in Angust of that year the road was opened from Monumental

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square to Giddings avenue, a distance of two and a half miles, over the whole of which a double track was laid. The first president of the company was J. H. Hardie. The president in 1879 was Charles Hath- away: the treasurer. J. W. Car-on: the superintend- ent, A. Bartlett. This road connect, at Giddings avenue with a steam line to Enelid, built by the Lake View. Collamer and Enelid railway company in Is;6.

EIGHTEENTH WARD CEMETERY.

This, the oldest of existing city cemeteries, was laid out as early as 1804 and doubtless before, since headstones bearing that date are yet to be seen there. It covers an area of about eight acres. and is abund- antly supplied with memorials to some of those who settled in Newburg township when Cleveland was " a small town six miles from Newburg." The inter- ments in this cemetery in 1878 numbered seventy.

MONROE STREET CEMETERY.

This cemetery is located on the West Side, covers an area of thirty-two and a half aeres, handsomely laid out, and contains many fine tombs and monu- ments, of which latter the most costly is that of II. L. Whitman at the entrance to the grounds. There is in the cemetery a headstone bearing date Septem- ber 15, 1820, and recording the death of Adam C. Taylor, but this stone, with others of about the same date, was probably transferred from some other burial place since the best obtainable evidence-the early records being lost-declares that Monroe Street Come- tery was not laid out until some years after 1820.

The interments in 1828, numbered three hundred and twenty-seven, and at this time the cemetery tract is so fully occupied that the acquisition of more grounds seems imperative. The cemetery has a fine, stone, arched entrance which cost $4,300; an office built at an expense of $4,200; and a receiving vault that cost $3,300.

ERIE STREET CEMETERY.

The Erie Street, or as it was originally called the City, Cemetery is located on Erie street from which it derives its name. It was originally laid out in 1826, and was the successor of the old cemetery on the pre- sent corner of Ontario and Prospect streets, which was laid out and occupied in 1198, as related in the general sketch of the city. It was only two aeres in extent, but by subsequent enlargements has been inade to include ten acres of land. The first burial was in September, 1827; Minerva M., daughter of Moses and Mary White, being the person then interred. Prior to the year 1840, no regular register of the sale of lots, or of burials, was kept. but at that time the whole tract was re-platted and thenceforth a complete record of the interments was preserved. The greatest number of burials during any single year was seven hundred and seven; this was in 1849.

When the City Cemetery was transferred from the corner of Prospect and Ontario streets, out of the re-

mains lying there about three hundred were removed to the present location. The aggregate number of interments in this cemetery is. as near as can be ascertained. about fourteen thousand: the total num- ber of lots. eight hundred and forty-nine. It is owned and maintained by the city.

NORTH BROOKLYN CEMETERY.

The land of the Brooklyn Cemetery Association is situated on Seranton avenne, between Wade and Seymour avenues, and was called "North Brooklyn" to describe its location in the township of Brooklyn, before that portion of the township was included within the city limits.

The association was incorporated in May, 1849, with the following officers: Martin Kellogg. Dio- date Clark. Robert C. Seklen, John W. Soper, Fran- cis Branch. Benjamin Beavis and Edward C. Van Hosen, trustees: Benjamin Beavis, clerk: Francis Branch, treasurer. The first interment in the ceme- tery was that of John Connock, a native of Eng- land. aged fifty-two. buried JJuly 22. 1848.

The present officers of the association are D. S. Brainard. N. Meyer and Alfred Kellogg, trustees: B. R. Beavis, elerk: Alfred Kellogg, treasurer.

ST. JOSEPH'S AND ST. JOHN'S CEMETERIES.

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cemetery, on Wood- land avenne. was purchased by Bishop Rappe from N. C. Baldwin, June 22. 1849. It comprises about six- teen aeres, of which but two were at first used for burial purposes. This was known as the "old al- lotment." When filled, or nearly so. Bishop Rappe bought a second tract a few blocks west of St. Joseph's cemetery, which is now known as St. John's ceme- tery. It was bought May 4. 1855, from N. C. Bald- win, and comprises nine and one-half acres.

During the summer of 1828 Bishop Gilmour had the north and west parts of St. Joseph cemetery graded and laid out in lots. This part is known as the " new allotment." and is laid out and platted ou the lawn system. It is the intention of the manage- ment to follow as elo-ely as possible the plan of Lake View cemetery, in the marking of graves and beanti- fying the grounds of the new allotment.

St. Joseph's cemetery was the first place of inter- ment in Cuyahoga county owned by Roman Catholics. Among the first to be interred there were .J. Brogan, P. Whelan. 1. McCann. J. Lestrange, P. O'Neil, G. Hancape. II. Kaiser, II. Detmer. J. Faust, 1849-52. Total number of interments from July 1, 1849, to January 1, 1879, in St. Joseph's and St. John's een- eteries, thirteen thousand seven hundred and sixty- four. Rev. G. F. Houck, manager: P. Roach, sexton.

JEWISH CEMETERY.

The plat of ground used as the Jewish cemetery was laid out in the year 1849. one acre in extent, on Willett street, and, owned by the Israelitish Church

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Congregation. This society afterward merged in the Anshe Chesed congregation, and the cemetery has since been under the control of that society. The first interment was that of Morris Marks, who was buried in the summer of 1840. In 1869 an additional half acre was purchased, so there are one and one-half acres of land now within the cemetery limits. There have been nearly six hundred burials in this cemetery since it was originally laid out.

WOODLAND CEMETERY.

In 1853 the city purchased of Benjamin F. Butler, of New York, sixty and one-half acres, on what is now Woodland avenne, for $13,639.50, and laid out the present Woodland cemetery, which still retains its original dimensions; being in form, nearly square.

Since 1853 the interments in Woodland have ag- gregated about twenty-five thousand. It contains many handsome and costly monuments, and among the finest are those erected as memorials to the mem- bers of the Seventh and Twenty-third Ohio regiments who fell in the War for the Union-that of the Seventh having cost 86.000. Among the legion of graves may be counted two hundred and fifty-seven, in which sleep as many of Ohio's citizens who were slain by rebel hands. The imposing stone structure which adorns the entrance to Woodland was built in 1878. The interments in 18;8 numbered seven hun- dred and twenty-three.

ST. MARY'S CEMETERY.

St. Mary's Cemetery, corner of Burton street and Clark avenue, was purchased by Bishop Rappe and St. Mary's congregation, from Gerhard Schreiber, April 15, 1861, and comprises about six acres. It is used exclusively by the German and Bohemian Catholic congregations, West Side. It is under the manage- ment and control of the pastor of St. Mary's congre- gation-at present Rev. S. Falk-subject, however, to the diocesan authorities. Total number of inter- ments to May 1, 1879, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven. Among the first to be interred were John Gies, Joseph Freund, Mary Kerik, Ann Wen- zink, John Berg, Joseph Pfeiffer.

LAKE VIEW CEMETERY.

This handsomely adorned and picturesquely located city of the dead covers an area of three hundred and five acres, and is approached from the city from Eu- clid avenue. It was laid out in 1869, and is now elaborately and handsomely improved, with smooth gravel drives, sweeping lawns, bright parterres of flowers, lakes, etc., and is, in short, one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the West. Among the many handsome monuments to be seen at Lake View, the one erected upon the lot of Mr. J. H. Wade, and costing thirteen thousand dollars, is probably the finest.

The entire cost of the three hundred and five acres now occupied by the cemetery was $170,495. The

grounds are undulating, some parts having an altitude of upwards of two hundred feet, and some of these eminences present views of extraordinary beauty.

The cemetery is owned and controlled by a corpora- tion known as the Lake View Cemetery Association, whose officers, in 1879, were Joseph Perkins, presi- dent; J. H. Wade, vice president: Charles Wilbur, treasurer and clerk. It is situated in the township of East Cleveland, but is essentially a city institution, and is therefore included among the city cemeteries.

RIVERSIDE CEMETERY.

Riverside, located on the West Side, at the junction of Columbus street and Scranton avenne, was laid out in 1826, by an association of lot owners, incorporated under the name of the Riverside Cemetery Associa- tion. A tract of one hundred and two and a half acres, bordering upon the Cuyahoga river, was pur- chased for 8102,500, and divided into five thousand and seventy-two burial lots. Riverside is as rich in nat- ural beauty as any of Cleveland's cther cemeteries, be- ing gracefully dotted with wooded ravines, beautiful lakes, sightly eminences and expansive lawns. Quot- ing from the Association prospectus: "The crowning feature, perhaps, of the entire grounds, albeit it is no easy task to isolate its beauties one from the other, is the . Grand Avenue,' on the main plateau, leading from the chapel and receiving tomb along a plane of a thousand feet, and without a curve, terminated at the eastern end by a fountain of novel design, formed of dark polished granite."

A handsome chapel and receiving tomb, erected in 1826, at a cost of 84,100, stands near the center of the cemetery, and materially adds to the pleasing ef- fect of the beautiful surrounding landscape. The most expensive work of art in Riverside is an impos- ing " canopy monument," which cost $10,000. It is the work of the New England Granite Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, and is owned in common by Messrs. Thomas and Isaac Lamson and S. W. Sessions. The interments in Riverside, from 18;6 to August, 1879, numbered four hundred. The officers of the Association for 1879 are Josiah Barber, president; S. W. Sessions, vice president; Alfred Kellogg, treasu- rer; J. M. Curtiss, clerk and superintendent.

CHAPTER LXII. MANUFACTURES.

Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Company-Lake Shore Foundry-Jewett and Goodman Organ Company-Cleveland Rolling Mill Company-Cleve- land Paper Company-Novelty Iron Works -Meriam and Morgan Paraffine Company - Cleveland Foundry- Bourne and Knowles- I'niou Steel Screw Company-Grasselli Chemical Works-Taylor & Boggis' Foundry - Cleveland Spring Company - Cleveland Steam Gange Company-White Manufacturing Company-King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company-Otis Iron and Steel Company-Wors- wick Manufacturing Company.

ALTHOUGH Cleveland did not becon.e a decidedly manufacturing city until the outbreak of the war, in 1861, yet it had taken some steps in that direction a

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long time previously. Of some of the very earliest, and consequently the smallest, of these manufactures we have made brief mention in the general sketch of the city at the beginning of Part II. To the great industries now in existence we devote the following pages; arranging the various establishments as nearly as practicable in the order of their beginning opera- tions; so that a glance at this chapter will show not only the origin of various individual enterprises, but will also give some idea of the manufacturing tenden- eies and progress of Cleveland. Of course it is imprac- ticable for us to do more than call attention to the principal institutions of this class, from which, how- ever, the reader can at least gain an idea of the enter- prise which in less than twenty years has changed Cleveland from an almost purely commercial town to one of the greatest manufacturing centers in the country.

CUYAHOGA STEAM FURNACE COMPANY.

This establishment deserves and holds a prominent place in the front rank of Cleveland's manufacturing industries, both by reason of its early origin and present importance. The name of the corporation is hardly indicative of the nature of its business, as it certainly has never had anything to do with the manu- facture of -team furnaces. The name is supposed to have been bestowed because, when started, the works were supplied with a steam engine for " blowing " the furnaces, whereas other foundries in this part of the country used horse-power.

At all events, the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Com- pany was incorporated March 3, 1834, and in the fol- lowing April the company was organized by the election of Josiah Barber, Richard Lord and Luke Risley, a> directors, and Charles Hoyt, as agent.

The works were located in what was then Ohio City (now the West Side) at the corner of Detroit and Center streets, where they remain to this day. Inci- dental to a general foundry business, the first impor- tant article of manufacture was a patent horse-power, which gained considerable notoriety. In 1841 the company manufactured a large number of cannon for the general government, and afterwards enlarged its scope of operations from the manufacture of castings, plows, mill-irons, etc., to the production of large machinery.

This new and important departure was to a large extent effected in 1842, when Ethan Rogers entered the company's service and undertook the construction of machinery to be used in the building of railways. 1 Not long afterwards the company built a locomotive engine for a newly-constructed railway between De- troit and Pontiae, in Michigan, and this locomotive. the first built west of the Alleghenies, after twelve years of hard work, was in such good condition that it was sold for very near its cost. At the company's works were built, also, the locomotives first used on the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati railroad and , secretary.

the Cleveland and A-habido (now Lake Shore) rail- road.

Besides the distinction of having built the first lo- comotive in the west, the company gained also the additional one of constructing the earliest successful machinery for a lake screw propeller: the " Emi- grant " being the vessel supplied with its production.

Progress has ever been the watchword of this cor- poration, which has maintained an unbroken career of prosperity since its foundation in 1834, and the business of which, from a small venture, has risen to such proportions that upwards of one hundred and fifty men are constantly employed in the works. The company's capital, fixed at $100,000 at the outset, has remained unchanged. Its productions embrace steam-engine- and machinery of the largest class for mill- and vessel-, and are familiar on all the great Jakes and in all the large manufactories of the West. Mr. J. F. Holloway (for many years previous con- nonted with the company) was, upon the death of President W. B. Castle in 1832, cho-en president and bitsiness manager, and since that time has discharged the duties of those offices, while serving. as well, as designer, engraver and superintendent. The secre- tary of the company is Mr. Sanford I. Lewis, who has occupied the place since 1861.

LAKE SHORE FOUNDRY.

This prominent industry was established m the year 1550, by Mr. Seizer, and continued under his management unt/ 1866. S. Merchant then succeeded to the proprietorship and conducted the business until 1814 when a joint stock company was formed; O. M. Burke being president and treasurer: A. M. Burke, vice president: and C. E. Burke, secretary.

The buildings and premises at the foot of Alabama street consist of two brick foundries, each one hun- dred feet square, and one two-story machine shop, forty by two hundred feet in size. The company manufactures car, bridge and general castings. and makesa specialty of ca-ting water and ga- pipe, The annual business amounts to nearly half a million dollars. Near one hundred and sixty men are em- ployed, to whom, on the average, wage- of about $10 per week are paid.

THE JEWETT AND GOODMAN ORGAN COMPANY.

The manufacture of organs in Cleveland was estab- lished by Child and Bishop, in 1852. In 1860 Jewett and Goodman purchased the interest of that firm and continued the business until 1831. at which time a joint stock company was formed and incorporated under the style of The Jewett & Goodman Organ Company. with a capital stock of $60,000, In 1876 the manufactory was removed from Ontario street to the corner of Rockwell and Bond street>. The offi- cer- of the company are S. A. Jewett, president and treasurer: C. D. Goodman, vice president : F. C. Goff.

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History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Part 75

Author: Johnson, Crisfield Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co. Number of Pages: 716

Author: Johnson, Crisfield
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Number of Pages: 716