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Fabrication of silk, 319, 320.
Cutler's coach and carriage factory, 320. Gill's foundry, 320.
Franklin Foundry and Machine Shop, 320.
Paper mills, 320, 321, 322, 323.
Starch factory, 321, 338.
Carpets and cordage, 321.
Neil Moore & Company's factory and re- pair shop. 321, 322. M. L. Sullivant's mill, 322.
Ambos & Lennox foundry, 332, 334, 338. Eagle Foundry, 323
Ridgway & Company's carworks, 323.
Manufactories in leather, 319, 323.
The Peters and Hughes trunk factories, 323, 324.
Beginning and development of Columbus buggymaking, 324, 325. Origin of the Columbus Buggy Company, 326. The Peters Dash Company, 326, 327.
The Hayden manufacturing establish- ments, 427, 428. Ohio Tool Company, 327. Columbus Woolen Factory, 327.
Furniture factories, 327, 328, 329.
Hollow woodenware, 328. Ohlen's saw factory, 328, 330. Manufactories in the fifties, 328, 329, 330. Ohio Furniture Company, 330. Columbus Sewer Pipe Company, 331. Brown, Hinman & Huntington Company, 331.
Columbus Rolling Mill, 331, 332. Blast furnaces, 332.
Later manufacturing establishments, 332- 337.
Manufactures in 1888, 339, 340. Markethouses, see Borough, Events, and Muni- cipality. Marquette, Jacques ; I, 4. Massassiniway expedition, I. 239, 240.
May, John ; I, 5.
Mayoralty, see Municipality.
Mckinley, William ; portrait, II, 384; biog- raphy, 817.
Membré, Father ; 1, 82.
Mengwe, the; I, 41, 73.
Meteorology, see Climate.
Methodist churches, see Church History.
Metz, C. L .; 1, 22. Mexican War, see War with Mexico. Miamis, the ; 1, 69, 70, 73, 84.
Military organization before 1860; II, 72-87 : Franklinton Riflemen, 72. Franklin Dragoons, 72, 73.
Militia law of 1821, 73. Columbus Artillery, 73, 74.
Militia musters, 74.
A militia " skedaddle," 74.
A gorgeous quartermaster, 74, 75.
The Columbus Guards of 1827, 75.
Franklin Rifle Company, 75. Mexican War veterans, 75, 81, 84, 85.
Military languor, 75, 85.
Columbus Guards of 1837, 75-79, 82.
Their service at the Clark-Foster execu- tion, 78.
State military conventions, 78, 81, 85, 191.
German Artillery, 79, 80.
Montgomery Guards of 1846, 80, 87.
Columbus Grays, 80, 187.
Columbus Light Guards, 80, 187.
Columbus Light Artillery, 80.
German Grenadiers, 81.
Columbus Guards of 1855, 81.
State Fencibles, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 97, 189.
Columbus Vedettes, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 97,121, 128, 188.
Montgomery Guards, 83, 85, 86, 88, 97.
Steuben Guards, 84, 86, 88, 97.
State arms and arsenal, 84, 90, 91, 122.
Ijams's Ligbt Artillery, 84, 86.
Governor's Guard, 85, 86, 88, 97, 188, 189. Colonel Latham's funeral, 85. Coldstream Zouaves, 86, 101, 187.
Military organizations and associations since the Civil War, II, 186-198:
Grand Army of the Republic, 186, 195, 199-217. Sons of Veterans, 187.
Exsoldiers' and Sailors' Association, 187, 193.
Various Columbus companies, 187. Thurman Light Guards, 187.
Fourteenth Ohio National Guard, 187, 192, 196, 197, 198, 207. Columbus Vedettes, 187, 188. Columbus Cadets, 188. Exprisoners of War Association, 188. Governor's Guard, 188, 189, 191. State Fencibles Association, 189. Memorial Day, 189.
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GENERAL INDEX.
Military organizations-Continued.
Columbus Memorial Association, 189, 190. Soldiers' Section in Green Lawn Cem- etery, 190. Visiting military, 191. State convention of the National Guard, 191.
Colored National Guard, 191. Military reunions. 192, 193, 194, 195. Mingoes, the; I, 73, 84, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 101, 291.
Monroe, President James; I, 261, 272.
Moravians, massacre of the; I, 99, 100, 101.
Morgan's escape from the Penitentiary, see Penitentiary.
Morley, A. T .; portrait, II, 360; biography, 839.
Moundbuilders, works of the; 1, 19-61. Mound City, I, 33, 34.
Mountain ships, I, 344.
Municipality, the ; II, 467-561 :
Incorporation of the borough, 467.
Powers and duties of borough officers, 467, 468.
Borough legislation, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473.
Incorporation of the city, 474.
Original city boundaries, 474.
The first city charter, 474 475.
City legislation in the thirties and for- ties, 476-481.
Absolutism of the council, 475, 479.
Early city. finances, 477.
City watch and police, 480, 481, 484, 485, 486, 488, 492. City charter of 1850, 482.
Municipal government law of 1852, 482, 483.
Its readjustment of executive and legis- lative functions, 483.
Basis of the municipal code, 484.
City legislation in the fifties, 484, 485.
City legislation in the sixties, seventies and eighties, 486-495. The city in the courts, 487, 491.
Hare Orphans' Home, 486, 488. City Park, 487.
Metropolitan Police, 488. City Hall, 488, 489, 490, 491.
Municipal code of 1869, 489.
Mayor's police authority in 1870, 489.
Codification of ordinances, 491, 492. City finances, 477, 486, 490. Ward districting, 474, 479, 491, 492. Street improvement law, 493. Municipal reform agitation, 493, 494. Review of local municipal history, 494, 495.
Roster of the borough and city govern- ments, 496-518. Music and the Drama, II, 782.
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National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, II, 199-217 : Twentysecond National Encampment invited to Columbus, 199. General Council organized, 200, 201, 202, 203.
Its plans, preparations and announce- ments, 204, 205, 206, 207.
Camps for the veterans, 205, 208. General staff organization, 209, 210.
The great parade, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214. Programme for the Encampment Week, 214, 215.
Reunions held, 215.
Finances of the Encampment, 215, 216. National Road, I, 320-329: Colonial highways, 320.
Early arterial thoroughfares, 320, 321.
National aid to road construction, 321, 322. The Cumberland Road, 321, 322.
Its extension to Ohio, 322. 323.
How surveyed and built, 324.
Its continuance through Ohio, 326.
Suspension bridge at Wheeling, 327.
Travel on National Road, 327.
Importance of the road to Columbus, 328.
Its disuse and decay, 328, 329.
Neil, Hannah; portrait, 1, 784; biography, 911.
Neil, Henry M. ; portrait, II, 112 ; biography, 809.
Neil. Moses H. ; portrait, II, 144.
Neil, Robert E. ; portrait, I, 352 ; biography, 885.
Neil. William ; portrait, I, 344; biography, 879.
Newberry, Professor J. S .; 1, 21, 22.
Newsboys' Home, II, 744.
Nigger Hollow, I, 277, 308.
Northwest Territory, see Ohio.
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Obetz, Nelson ; portrait, II, 608; biography, 825.
Odd Fellowship, II, 765-768, 776. Ohio Canal, I, 330-340 : Governor Ethan A. Brown's canal pro- jects, 330.
His message recommendations with re- spect thereto, 330.
First Canal Commission, 331. Canal engineers and surveys, 331, 332.
Proposed canal routes, 332. Beginning of canal construction, 332, 333.
Governor Clinton's visit, 334. Canal contracts and laborers, 334. 335. The Columbus lateral built, 335, 336.
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HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
Ohio Canal-Continued.
Its opening to traffic, 336. Arrival of the first canal boat, 336, 337. Commercial importance of the canals, 337, 338. Canal passenger traffic, 338.
Present extent of the canal system, 339, 340. Ohio, Founding of ; I, 105-120:
Indian titles to the northwestern terri- tories, 105. Colonial claims, 105.
Claims of Great Britain, 106.
Schemes of western settlement, 106.
The Ohio Company organized, 107.
Its purchase, 107, 108.
The Scioto Company and purchase, 108. Migration of the Ohio Company's colo- nists, 108, 109.
Their arrival and settlement at the mouth of the Muskingum, 109. Political organization of the Northwest Territory, 109, 110.
Ordinance of 1787, 110.
The territorial officers, 111. Arrival of Governor St. Clair, 111.
First territorial courts, 111, 112. Second white colony on the Ohio, 112.
Origin of Cincinnati, 113.
Settlement of Manchester, 113.
First white settlement in Northern Ohio, [13.
Recommencement of Indian hostilities, 114.
General Harmar's expedition, 114. St. Clair's campaign and rout, 114, 115.
General Wayne's campaign and victory, 115. 116. Treaty of Greenville, 116.
First territorial legislature, 116, 117, 118. Division of the territory proposed, 117. Territorial politics, 118. Governor St. Clair's contentions, 119. His removal from office, 119.
State constitution of 1802, 119.
Roster of the Territorial Government, 121-123.
Roster of the State Government, 123-132. Ohio Company, see Ohio, Founding of.
Ohio country, primitive map of; I, 90. 91. Ohio Land Company of Virginia, I, 82.91. Ohio Life & Trust Company, I, 386, 401, 409. Ohio Penitentiary, see Penitentiary.
Ohio State University, see University. Ohio Wilderness, I, 3-18: Its first explorers, 3, 17. Its wild forest scenes, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Scenes on the Ohio River, 5, 6, 7. 17. Wild beasts and birds, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18. The Muskingum Valley, 8, 9. The Scioto Valley, 9. Primitive prairies, 9.
Ohio Wilderness-Continued. The wilderness in winter, 10. The wilderness songsters, 16.
Whetstone, Olentangy, Big Darby, 17. Old Joe and his Garden, I, 751, 752, 753. Olentangy, I, 9, 11, 14, 17, 45, 46.
Omnibuses and carriages, see Street Transpor- tation. Orphans' Home, II, 737-740.
Orton, Edward; I, 42, 663; portrait, 672 ; bi- ography, 906. Otstot, John ; portrait, I, 200; biography, 868. Ottawas, the ; I, 74, 102, 114.
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Parkman, Francis; I, 17, 103. Parks, II, 535, 536, 537 :
Goodale Park, 535, 536. City Park. 536. Franklin Park, 536.
Jefferson, Lexington and Hamilton parks, 537. Public building grounds, 537.
Patterson, Robert; biography, II, 599, 600. Patton, A. G .; portrait, II, 208 ; biography, 813.
Paully, Ensign ; I, 86, 103.
Penitentiary, see Buildings. and Penitentiary. Penitentiary, the Ohio; I1, 578-590. The first State prison, 578, 579, 580.
Its government. 579. 590.
Its manufactures, 579. New prison recommended, -579.
Its erection provided for, 580.
Its site selected, 580." Its completion and occupation, 580.
Disciplinary reforms. 580, 582.
Old Penitentiary grounds in litigation, 581. Execution of James Clark and Esther Foster, 581.
Cholera in the prison, 580, 581.
The plague of partisan interference, 581, 590.
Prison cruelties, 582.
Juvenile convicts, 582. Notable escapades, 579, 583, 587, 588.
The Myers murder, 582.
John Morgan's escape, 583-587.
Case of Mary Garret, 587.
Graded punishments, 588, 589. Enlargement of the prison, 588. The prison reform movement, 589. List of keepers and wardens, 590.
Peters Run, I, 278. Pfaff, Carl T .; portrait, I, 272; biography, 874.
Pioneer life, I, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170. Plat, original of Columbus ; I, 202, 203. Plat, original of Franklinton ; I, 140. Plat, original of Worthington ; I, 190.
Platt, William A .; portrait, I, 144; biography, 864.
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GENERAL INDEX.
Political Events, II, 372-463.
Patriotism of the pioneers. 372. How they celebrated Independence Day, 372, 373, 374, 375. Dinner to Philemon Beecher, 375. A legislative funeral, 376. Habits of early legislators, 376.
Oldtime political notions and customs, 376, 377, 381.
Fugitive slave advertisements, 377.
Slavery in Ohio, 377, 378. African exclusion, 378.
Kentucky slaves in Ohio, 378.
Eighth of January political festivals, 378, 379, 394, 395, 396, 398, 400, 401, 412, 420, 423, 424, 425, 441, 445, 456. Dinner to Henry Clay, 379.
General W. H. Harrison's political visits, 379, 390.
Hon. R. M. Johnson's political visits, 379, 390.
Protest of Welsh citizens, 379.
Oldtime political meetings, 380. 381.
State conventions, 381, 382, 389, 390, 394,
396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 412, 413, 414, 416, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 435, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463.
Whig convention of 1840, 382-386, 388.
Campaign of 1840, 388, 389.
Hon. John Tyler's visit, 391.
President Harrison's death, 391.
Funeral bonors paid him, 391, 392.
Whig revolt in the legislature of 1842, 393.
Politics of the capital removal scheme, 394.
Oregon boundary dispute, 395, 398.
Republicans of 1843, 395, 396.
Kelley versus Brough, 397. A Whig dinner, 397.
A Democratic antislavery declaration, 400, 401, 403.
A Whig supper, 401. Death of John Q. Adams, 402.
Freesoil convention, 402.
Legislative deadlock of 1848-9, 402-412.
Origin and subjects of the contention, 404, 405.
Position and course of the Freesoil mem- bers, 405, 406, 407.
Incidents of the controversy, 407, 408. Repeal of the Black Laws, 407.
S. P. Chase elected to the National Sen- ate, 407.
Disappointment and rage of the Whigs, 409.
" Beelzebub's Cattle show." 409, 410, 411. Legislative deadlock of 1849-50, 411, 412. "Battle of the sandboxes," 415. Visits of Horace Greeley and General Scott, 415.
Political Events-Continued.
Henry Clay's obsequies, 415, 416. Martin Koszta extradition case, 416. Beginning of the Republican party, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422
Anti-Nebraska convention of 1854, 418. The Know Nothing movement, 420, 430- 434.
Fusion convention of 1855, 420, 421, 422, 430-434.
The new party named Republican, 422.
Its triumph in 1855, 422, 323.
Speech by Stephen A. Douglas, 426. Speech by Abraham Lincoln, 442.
Visit of the Kentucky and Tennessee legislatures, 427.
Dismemberment of the Democratic party, 427. 428.
Coalition of 1855, 430-434. Outbreak of the Civil War, 435.
Reception of President Lincoln, 436, 437, 438.
Peace commissioners appointed, 438.
Last speeches of Stephen A. Douglas at Columbus, 438.
Mr. Douglas's death, 439.
Relaxation of party lines, 439.
The Union party formed, 439.
Vallandigham's nomination and defeat, 441, 442.
Inauguration of Governor Tod, 440.
Inauguration of Governor Cox, 444. Speech of General B. F. Butler, 445. President Johnson's visit, 445.
First inauguration of Governor Hayes, 447.
His second inauguration, 448.
Inauguration of Governor Noyes, 450. Allen County movement of 1873, 451. Inauguration of Governor Allen, 452. Governor Hayes nominated for the Presidency, 453.
His farewell reception and departure for Washington, 454, 455.
Inauguration of Governor Bishop, 455.
Inauguration of Governor Foster, 456. Assassination of President Garfield, 458.
Tallysheet frauds of 1885, 460.
Inauguration of Governor Foraker, 461, 462. Hon. Allen G. Thurman nominated for the Vice Presidency, 462.
Point Pleasant, battle at ; 1, 95. Police, see Municipality.
Pontiac, I, 74, 86.
Population, I, 279 ; II, 55, 56, 232.
Postoffice, see Mail.
Powell, Thomas E .; portrait, II, 400 ; biog- raphy, 819.
Powell, William ; portrait, I, 392; biography, 888,
Prehistoric races, see Ancient Races. Presbyterian churches, see Church History.
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HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
Prescott, William H. ; I, 31, 32, 43. Press, the; I, 419-493 :
First Ohio newspaper, 419. The Ohio press in 1821, 420, 422. Freeman's Chronicle, 421, 422, 423, 431, 455, 465 Western Intelligencer, 423, 425, 477.
Columbus Gazette of 1820-1825, 423. Ohio State Journal, 423, 424, 425. Ohio Monitor, 425, 426.
Ohio Stotesman, 426, 427.
Miscellaneous newspapers periodicals, 427-451.
and other Difficulties of early journalism, 452-454. Primitive editorial fairness, 454. Free extras, 454 456.
Advent of the daily paper, 456.
First telegraphic news transmission, 456, 457.
Struggles of the first dailies, 457, 458. Legislative reporting, 457.
Journalism of the Civil War period, 458, 459.
The Crisis office mobbed, 459. Advent of the steam press, 460. Newspaper office locations, 460. Journalistic fracases, 461, 462.
Editorial associations, 462, 463, 464, 466, 467.
Journalistic biography, 467-493. " A Great Old Sunset." 473, 474. Prices, I, 262, 265-271, 387, 389, 390. See also Business, and Lands and Land Titles.
Protestant Episcopal churches, II, 705-708. Pugh, Andrew G .; portrait, II, 544; biog- raphy, 840.
Pugh, John M .; portrait, I, 288; biography, 874. Pulling, James G .; portrait, II, 304; biog- raphy, 817.
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Railways, II, 233-303 : Origin of railway locomotion, 233, 234. Railway beginnings in the United States, 234, 235. Railway beginnings in Obio, 234, 235. Railway projects in the thirties, 236, 237, 238. In the forties, 238, 239.
Incorporated lines tonching Columbus, 240, 303. Little Miami Railway, 240, 241, 242. Columbus & Xenia, 242-249.
Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati, 249- 258. Central Ohio, 258-264. Columbus, Piqua & Indiana 267-271. Steubenville & Indiana, 267-271. Cleveland. Akron & Columbus, 271-272. Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati, 272- 273.
Railways-Continued. Columbus & Hocking Valley, 273-289. Ohio & West Virginia, 289, 290. Columbus & Toledo, 290 292. Scioto Valley, 292-294.
Toledo & Ohio Central, 294-295. Atlantic & Great Western, 295. Michigan & Ohio, 295, 296.
Columbus & Ironton, 296. Columbus & Maysville, 296.
The Union Dépot Company, 296, 297.
Street obstruction by railways, 298, 299, 526. 527.
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The High Street tunnel, 298. Fast freight lines, 299. 300. Express companies, 301, 302.
Rarey, John S. ; I, 740, 741, 742. Red Hawk, I, 95, 99.
Refugee Lands, I, 616.
Reinhard, Jacob; portrait, I, 328; biography, 877.
Republican party, formation of ; see Political. Reserve, Western; I, 106, 118.
Reynolds, William C .; portrait, II, 352 ; biography, 837.
Rickly, S. S .; biography, II, 833.
Rickly, Ralph R ; portrait, II, 312.
Roads, see Turnpikes and Plank Roads.
Rosetta fugitive slave case; see Bench and Bar.
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Sagard, Father; I, 68, 69.
Sanitary conditions of Columbus, see Geology. Sater, John E .; portrait, I, 616; biography, 905.
Savage, W. M .; portrait, II, 48; biography, 805.
Schiller monument, II, 231, 232. Schools, I, 494-581 :
School funds and legislation, 495-504.
Land grants for school support, 494, 495. Virginia Military District, 494, 495, 486. Refugee grant, 496.
First general school law of Ohio, 497.
School law of 1825, 497, 498. Supplementary legislation, 498, 499.
Taxation for school purposes, 499, 500, 501, 502, 504. Law of 1845, 500, 501. Akron school law, 501.
Law of 1848, 502. General school law of 1853, 502.
Law of 1873, 502. Compulsory education act, 503.
Examination of teachers, 503. Legal school age, 504.
Textbook legislation, 504, 546.
Private schools, 504-520. How supported, 505. Early schoolhouses, 505, 506.
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GENERAL INDEX.
Schools-Continued.
First schools in Franklinton, 494, 495, 505.
The Old Academy. 506, 509 510, 511, 528, 529.
Teachers of private schools, 509. Hazeltine's school, 511, 512. Female Academy, 512.
School on Doe Run, 513.
Lutheran Seminary, 513, 514.
Highschool of 1832, 515.
Charity school of 1836, 515. Schools for colored youth, 516, 550, 560, 565.
Columbus institutes, 516, 517, 518. Commercial schools, 520.
Public schools, 521-581.
Worthington College, 521.
First Sunday school, 521.
Origin of the common school system, 521.
First school examiners, 522, 538. First certified teachers, 522
Schooldistrict boundaries and house- holders, 497, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527.
Pioneer teachers of public schools, 528, 531, 532, 533.
Their compensation, 528.
First public school and schoolhouse in Columbus, 529.
Public school disbursements, 529, 530, 531. 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 543, 544. Columbus as a separate school district, 536-545. Private versus public schools 537.
Inefficiency of the latter, 537.
State school Superintendent, 499, 537, 538.
First graded schools, 539. Common school revival, 539, 540.
Reform in school apartments. 540, 541.
Rented schoolrooms used. 541.
Erection of school buildings proposed and provided for, 540-542.
Evening schools. 542, 558.
School disbur-ements in 1841, 543, 544. School organization under the act of 1845, 545.
Additional school buildings erected, 546. Textbooks made uniform, 546.
First superintendent of Columbus schools. 547. Highschool department opened, 548. Made permanent, 549.
Earlier Highschool course, 549.
German-English scho Is, 550. 564. Compensation of teachers, 528, 551.
Columbus schools in 1851, 552, 553.
The different superintendents sketched, 553-568. Present Columbus school regulations, 566, 567.
Schools Continued. Women as principals, 567.
Instruction in music and art, 567, 568.
The Normal School, 568, 569.
The school library, 550, 569.
North End Highschool, 563. Board of Education, 570-573.
School Examiners, 573.
School sites and buildings, 574.
Enumeration, attendance and expendi- ture, 575. Graduates of the Highschool, 576-581.
Scioto Purchase, 1, 108.
Scioto River, the; I, 301-310:
Its early navigation, 301, 302.
Its obstruction prohibited, 302.
Sullivant's Bridge, 303, 304.
The Old Ford, 304. Floods of 1798, 1832 and 1834, 304.
Flood of 1847, 304, 305.
Floods of 1852 and 1859, 305.
Flood of 1862, 305, 306. Floods of 1866, 1869, 1870 and 1881, 3 6.
Flood of 1883, 306, 307, 308.
High water of 1887, 308.
The Bloody Island, 308, 309.
Navigation of the river by steam, 309, 310.
Seat of government, legislative proceedings as to location of; I, 208. 223-235.
Serpent Mound, the; I, 37, 38, 39.
Sessions, Francis C .; portrait, [, 832 ; biog- raphy, 912.
Sewerage, I, 684, 687, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694. Sewers, II, 529-535:
First sewers underground, 529.
Sewerage commission of 1865, 529.
The Scioto River as a sewer, 529, 532, 534. Peters Run sewer, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533. Fourth Street sewer, 530.
Cost of the sewers, 1, 662; II, 530:
Absence of system in sewerage, 531.
Northeastern trunk sewer, 531, 533.
Southeastern trunk sewer, 531.
Northwestern trunk sewer, 531, 533.
Franklin Park sewer, 531.
The intercepting sewer, 532, 534, 535.
The Canal as a spwer, 532, 533.
Peters Run sewer dam, 533
Shades of Death, I, 320.
Shadeville, I, 49, 58.
Shawnees, the; I, 70, 73, 74, 84, 85, 89, 98, 100, 102.
Shea, John Gilmary ; I, 17, 79.
Shepard, William; portrait, I, 704; biog- raphy, 908.
Shrock, M. E .; portrait, II, 32; biography, 804. Slade, William H .; portrait, I, 480; biog- raphy, 899. Smith, David; portrait, I, 456; biography, 896. Smith, James ; I, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18.
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HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
Societies, miscellaneous ; II, 775-78I. Squier and Davis, I, 24, 25, 28, 30, 33, 37, 38, 42, 43, 46, 47, 75. Squirrel bunt, I, 294, 295. Stages and staging, see Mail.
State Fair, see Industrial Events.
State Government, see Ohio.
Statehouse, see Public Buildings and Capitol. State University, see University.
Streets, II, 519-528 : Streets of the borough, 519.
City streets during the thirties and for- ties, 520.
Streets during the fifties, 520, 521, 522. High Street paving, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528. Bridges and viaducts, 521.
Street shadetrees, 521, 522.
Street cleaning, 520, 522, 523, 525.
Street names, 521, 523, 524.
North High Street improvement, 525, 526. Street obstruction by railways, 298, 299, 526, 527.
Numbering of houses, 520, 521, 527. Irregularities of streets, 527.
Street assessments on public property, 528.
Recent street paving, 538, 539, 540. Street Lighting, II, 558-559 :
Candles, lardlamps and lanterns, 556, 566. Origin of gas illumination, 555.
First gas ordinance, 556.
Columbus Gas and Coke Company organ- ized, 556.
Gas works erected, 557, 558.
First gas supply, 557. Amount of supply and prices, 558.
A naphtha interlude, 558. Electric lighting, 558, 559.
Street Transportation, II, 304-314:
Early omnibus and hack service, 304, 305. Limitation of fares, 304, 305, 306.
First street railway in Columbus, 306, 307. Its construction and opening on High Street, 307. Its decadence, 308, 309.
North Columbus and Friend Street lines incorporated, 309. North Columbus line built, 313. Long Street line built, 310.
High and Friend Street lines consolidated, 310.
Neil Avenue line authorized, 311. Oak Street line incorporated, 311.
Bought by the Consolidated Company, 312.
Consolidated Street Railway Company formed, 312.
Sale of its property, 309. Electric motors introduced, 313.
Glenwood and Green Lawn line, 313, 314. Belt railway schemes, 314.
Street Railways, see Street Transportation.
Sullivant's Bridge, I, 218, 235, 302, 303, 304, 310.
Sullivant, Lucas; I, 135-139, 150, 151, 153, 157, 158, 159, 162, 163, 170, 171, 172, 189, 218, 235, 237, 244, 261, 295, 302, 313, 405, 505, 507, 509, 521.
Sullivant's Mill, I, 162.
Sullivant's Prairie, I, 173.
Sullivant Store in Franklinton, 154.
Swayne, Noah H .; portrait, II, 8; biography, 837. Swayne, Wager; portrait, II, 96; biography, 808.
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Tahre, I, 77, 79. Tallegwi, the; I, 41.
Taverns, see Coffeehouses.
Taylor, David; portrait, I, 160; biography, 881.
Tecumseh, I, 246. Telegraph, electric, I :
Its invention and first use, 362, 363.
First lines strung, 363.
First line touching Columbus, 363.
First message over it, 363.
First telegraphic news service, 363, 364.
Additional lines in Ohio, 364.
First Atlantic cable, 365.
Magnitude of present telegraph service, 365, 366. District telegraph, 366. The telephone in Columbus, 366, 367.
Telephone, see Telegraph. Territorial government, see Ohio.
Thames, battle of the; I, 75, 170, 248, 309.
Thurman, Allen G .; portrait, I, 16; biogra- phy, 855. Titles, see Lands.
Titles, Indian, I, 105.
Tod Barracks, see War for the Union.
Townshend, Norton S .; portrait, I, 80 ; biogra- phy, 859. Townships, history of; 163.
Trade, Board of; II, 366-371 :
First organization of in Franklin County. 366.
Second board organized in Columbus, 367. Board of 1872, 368.
Organization of 1880, 368.
Reorganization of 1884, 369.
Board of Trade building, 369, 370.
Subjects to which the Board has given attention, 370, 371. Turnpikes and Plankroads, I, 311-319:
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