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Way-freight $157,607 38
Way-passengers 102,294 93
$259,602 31
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Through-freight . $35,000 00
Through-passengers 102,294 93
$137,294 93
The whole receipts for 1850, would be :
For way-freight and passengers $259,902 31
For through-freight and passengers. 137,294 93
Carrying the mail
8,500 00
$405,697 24
It is well understood, that the property of railroads depends, to a great extent, on the magnitude of its way-freight and travel, in comparison with its through travel and freight ; because, while the last class is liable to be diverted from it by competitive lines, the first class may be said to be inseparably connected with it. In this aspect of the subject, the comparison thus made of the character of its freight and travel, is a highly favorable feature in the business of the Little Miami Railroad Company.
The cars and machinery of this company have been all made at Cincinnati.
SANDUSKY ROUTE. P. W. STRADER, Agent.
From Cincinnati to Sandusky, Buffalo, Boston, New York, &c.,
Via Little Miami, Mad River, and Lake Erie railroads to Sandusky, Steam- boat line to Buffalo, and thence via railroad to Albany, and steamer to New York .- Also Steamboat line-on and after opening of New York and Erie Railroad-to Dunkirk, and thence to New York.
LITTLE MIAMI RAILROAD.
Two daily trains at five o'clock and twenty minutes A. M., and two o'clock and thirty minutes P. M.
Connecting train at two o'clock and thirty minutes P. M., to Sandusky, Buffalo, New York, Boston, &c.
Passengers by two o'clock and thirty minutes P. M. train-Saturdays ex- cepted-arrive at Sandusky next morning at six o'clock, and leave by regular line Steamer at seven o'clock A. M. for Buffalo, connecting at Buffalo with morning express train for Albany, and evening steamer for New York. Also, on and after opening of New York and Erie Railroad, connecting at Dunkirk with morning express train, and arriving at New York same evening.
Passengers by five o'clock and twenty minutes A. M. train-Sundays excepted -sleep at Sandusky, and take regular line Steamer next morning.
Saturday afternoon train at two o'clock and thirty minutes, to Springfield only.
The Sunday two o'clock and thirty minutes P. M. train .- Through train-
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connects Monday morning, with steamer Alabama, for Buffalo, &c .; and with steamer Arrow, for Detroit, &c.
The following staunch and splendid passenger steamers, form the line from Sandusky to Buffalo, and-on and after the opening of New York and Erie Railroad-Dunkirk :
ALABAMA, Capt. Pcase, leaves Sandusky, Mondays and Thursdays.
SARATOGA, Capt. Nickerson, " Tuesdays and Thursdays.
EMPIRE, Capt. H. Squier, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
No extra charge for meals or state-rooms, on the boats forming this line.
DETROIT.
Through in twenty-four hours, connecting daily-Sundays excepted-with steamer Arrow, Capt. Atwood, for Detroit, at 8 o'clock A. M .- connecting at Detroit, with all points on the Upper Lakes.
This route connects, at Buffalo, with Niagara Falls and Ontario route, to Toronto, Oswego, Montreal, Quebec, &c. At Albany, with Boston, &c. At New York, with Philadelphia, Baltimore, &c.
Fare from Cincinnati to Buffalo, $8 80; to Detroit, $8 00; to Sandusky, $6 50; to Springfield, $2 50; Buffalo to New York-if tickets are procured at Buffalo-$7 50.
For all information and through tickets apply at Office, east side of Broad- way, first door north of Front Street.
TABLE OF DISTANCES.
CINCINNATI TO
Columbia 41%
Waynesville. 6
Bellevue 14
Plainville 5 Spring Valley 7
Sandusky City 15
Milford 412 Xenia. . 7
Huron 10
Germany. 11%
Yellow Springs 7
Black River .20
Indian Ripple 11%
Springfield 12
Cleveland 27
Loveland's 6
Urbana 14
Grand River 30
Foster's 4
Bellefontaine 18
Ashtabula 30
Deerfield. 5
Kentor .24
Conneaut .14
Morrow 5
Carey 24
Eric 30
Fort Ancient. 4
Tiffin 16
Dunkirk 46
Freeport 4
Republic. 9
BUFFALO 46
484
BUFFALO TO
Cheetawaga 5
Pittsford 8
Camillus 18
Lancaster 5 Canandaigua 21
Syracuse 8
Alden 10
Vienna 14
Chittenango 14
Darien 5
Geneva 9
Canastota 7
Attica 6
Waterloo. 8
Oneida Depot 6
Batavia 10
Seneca Falls 3
Rome 12
Churchville 18
Cayuga Bridge. 5
Oriskana. 7
Rochester 14 Auburn 10
Whitesborough 4
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Utica 3 St. Johnsville. .10 Amsterdam 11
Herkimer 14 Palatine Bridge 9 Schenectady 9
Little Falls 7 Fonda 13 ALBANY .16
325
Albany to New York
150
Albany to Boston
200
CLEVELAND ROUTE.
P. W. STRADER, Agent.
Spring, Summer, and Fall arrangement-from Cincinnati to New York in 48 hours ;
Via Little Miami, Xenia and Columbus, Columbus and Cleveland railroads to Cleveland ; steamboat line from Cleveland to Buffalo, and thence via rail- road to Albany and steamer to New York.
LITTLE MIAMI RAILROAD.
Two daily trains at 5 o'clock and 20 A. M., and 2 o'clock and 30 minutes P. M.
Express train at 5 o'clock and 20 minutes, A. M., to Cleveland, Buffalo, New York, g.c.
BUFFALO.
Passengers by express train leave Cincinnati, Sundays excepted, at five o'clock and 20 minutes, A. M., leave Columbus at 11 o'clock 30 minutes, A. M., and arrive at Cleveland at 6 o'clock P. M., connecting with regular line steamer for Buffalo-connecting at Buffalo with express train for Albany; at Albany with evening steamer to New York ; making 48 hours from Cincinnati to New York.
Passengers sleep first night on one of the following steamers. Sleep second night on steamer on North river ; making the trip from Cincinnati to New York without loss of sleep.
Passengers by 2 o'clock and 30 minutes P. M. train,-daily train-sleep at Columbus, and resume next morning, Sunday mornings excepted.
The following staunch and splendid low pressure passenger steamers form a line from Cleveland to Buffalo.
EMPIRE STATE, Capt. Hazard-BUCKEYE STATE, Capt. Stanard.
N. B. Steamer QUEEN CITY, Captain Titus, takes the place of BUCKEYE STATE, for the present.
No extra charge for meals or state-rooms on the boats forming this line.
The roads of this route are new, and laid throughout with heavy T rail ; and no exertion will be spared to secure the safety, speed and comfort of travelers.
DUNKIRK.
On and after the opening of the New York and Erie Railroad, a regular line of steamers will be put on from Cleveland, connecting with the morning express train at Dunkirk, and arriving at New York same evening.
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DETROIT.
Steamers leave Cleveland daily for Detroit, connecting at Detroit with all points on the Upper Lakes.
This route connects at Buffalo, with Niagara Falls and Ontario route to New Toronto, Oswego, Montreal, Quebec, &c. At Albany, with Boston, &c. At New York, with Philadelphia, Baltimore, &c.
Fare from Cincinnati to Buffalo, $10,00 ; to Cleveland, $7,50 ; to Colum- bus, $3,50 ; to Xenia, $1,90 ; Buffalo to New York, if the tickets are procured at Buffalo, $7,50.
For all information and through tickets, apply at the Office, East side of Broadway, first door North of Front street, Cincinnati.
TABLE OF DISTANCES.
CINCINNATI TO
Columbia 412
Waynesville 6
Cardington 13
Plainville 5 Spring Valley 7 Gilead 3
Milford
41% Xenia. 7
Galion 15
Germany.
11%
Cedarville. 8
Shelby
.121%
Indian Ripple. 11%
South Charleston 11
Greenwich
1212
Loveland's 6
London . 11
New London 7
Foster's 4
West Jefferson. 10
Wellington 11
Deerfield. 5
Columbus 14
Grafton 11
Morrow 5
Worthington 9
Olmsted 10
Fort Ancient. 4
Berlin
11
Cleveland .15
Freeport 4
Delaware
5
BUFFALO 200
454
BUFFALO TO
Cheetawaga 5
Geneva 9
Oriskana. 7
Lancaster 5
Waterloo. 8 Whitesborough 4
Alden 10
Seneca Falls 3
Utica 4
Darien 5
Cayuga Bridge 5
Herkimer 14
Attica 6 Auburn 10
Little Falls 7
Batavia 10
Camillus .18
St. Johnsville 10
Churchville 18
Syracuse 8
Palatine Bridge. 9
Rochester 14
Chittenango
14
Fonda 13
Pittsford 8
Canastota 7
Amsterdam 11
Canandaigua 21
Oneida Depot. 6
Schenectady 9
Vienna 14 Rome .12
ALBANY 16
325
Albany to New York
150
Albany to Boston
200
12
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MIAMI CANAL.
THE amount of tolls for 1850, collected on this canal, was $315,103 60 cents, leaving, as net proceeds, after deducting cost of repairs, superintendence, &c., the sum of $192,645 38 cents ; being $64, 88 86 cents over the proceeds of 1849.
There arrived in 1850, at Cincinnati, by this canal, 117,655 tons of merchandise, and were cleared during the same period 42,784 tons. There arrived at Toledo in 1850, 122,580 tons, and were cleared 61,390. The increase during the past, over the preceding year, was, at Cincinnati, arrivals, 13,047 tons ; clearances 6,568 tons. At Toledo, arrivals, 18,016 ; clearances, 31,180 tons. The increase of business has been greater at the upper than at the lower end of the canal, both in arrivals and clearances, owing to the extent in which the Little Miami Railroad shares business at this point ; but, as will be seen, our railroad facilities have not, thus far, reduced, nor are they ever expected to reduce, materially, or even relatively, the canal business of Cincinnati and vicinity.
CINCINNATI AND WHITEWATER CANAL.
Incorporated, April, 1837 .- Charter perpetual.
LENGTII, 25 miles from Harrison to Cincinnati ;- connects at Har- rison with the Whitewater Valley Canal ;- crosses the Dry Fork of Whitewater-the Miami river and Mill creek ; the two former through wooden aqueducts ; the latter over a free-stone arch ;- feeder dam at Harrison, supplied from Whitewater river ;- canal passes through the hills dividing the Miami and Ohio rivers by a tunnel 1900 feet long ; and comes up the bank of the river to the city. Cost of con- struction and right of way $800,000: the State of Ohio subscribed to the capital stock, $150,000; the City of Cincinnati, $400,000; individuals, about $90,000; the balance of money necessary to complete the work was raised on certificates and bonds, issued by the Company. Boats first passed to the city November, 1843. The great flood in the Whitewater river, in December, 1846, swept away the feeder-dam, and about a mile of the canal at Harrison. The Company repaired the damage during the sum- mer and fall of 1847. In the fall of the same year, another flood swept away the entire canal at Harrison, which determined the
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company to re-locate on higher ground, which was done in 1848; since which, no accident of any importance has occurred ; and it is believed the work is now as permanent as any similar work in the country .- Owing to the interruptions to the business of the canal by these accidents, the revenue has not yet been sufficient to make the repairs, but the increased business, in the last year, leads to the belief, that, though from heavy cost, compared to the length of the canal, not much interest will be realized to the stock- holders, the city will be exceedingly benefited by the trade from the Whitewater Valley.
Of the receipts of the canal in the month of January, 1851, the collectors' books show
Barrels of flour . 19,522
Pounds of bulk pork . 1,131,218
Bushels of wheat 7,841 Kegs 66
" lard . 2,780
2,765
66 " corn 14,177
Casks of hams 76 " barley 2,284
Hogs
376
" oats
884
Barrels of pork . 504
" flax-seed
100
Lumber, 92,380 feet, beside wood, stone, shipstuff, bran, bed- steads, &c., &c.
Officers .- William McCammon, President ; Larz Anderson, Alex. Webb, John B. Warren, Thomas H. Yeatman, Harvey Calvert, and C. W. West .- Directors ; P. Outcalt, Treasurer; C. W. West, Secretary.
FORWARDING FACILITIES .- ERIE AND ONTARIO LINE.
N. Latham,
1851. James E. Moody,
LATHAM & MOODY. Late of Cleveland, O. Late of Pittsburgh, Pa. Forwarding and Commission merchants and Produce brokers, Cincinnati, Ohio
Agents for Erie and Ontario Line to Boston and New York, via Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain. And for Transportation lines to New York via Buffalo and Oswego. Also to Baltimore and Philadelphia, via Pittsburgh.
Prompt attention paid to the purchase, sale, and shipment of produce and merchandise.
SYRACUSE AND OSWEGO LINE. Vessels and Propellers on the Lakes, via Oswego.
M. Merick & Co., Oswego, New York ; Eaton, Hovey & Co, Syracuse, New York, Proprietors.
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Agents-Robe and Higbee, 107, Broad street, New York ; C. W. Godard, 98, Pier, Albany, New York; M. Merrick & Co., Oswego, New York ; Field & King, Toledo, Ohio.
WESTERN LINE.
Griffith's Western Line, connected with Regular Daily Line of Steamers from Toledo to Buffalo. Also,
We have a Regular line of First-rate Canal boats, to all points on the Wa- bash Canal.
James Wilson & Co., Commission and Forwarding merchants, Canal and Court streets, between Main and Walnut, Cincinnati, Ohio.
AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION LINE.
James F. Torrence, Commission and Forwarding Merchant, Canal street, between Walnut and Vine streets, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Agent for the American Transportation Company,-through, without tran- shipment at Albany or Troy. Cargoes Insured.
Two Boats Daily from New York and Buffalo. REFERENCES.
M. M. Caleb, Hiram Joy, C. V. Clark, 101, Broad street, New York ; L. E. Evans, Albany ; Niles & Wheeler, Buffalo; Brown & King, Toledo.
MIAMI, WABASH, AND ERIE LINE.
B. & D. Eggleston, Proprietors of a first-rate line of canal boats, on the Miami, Wabash, and Erie Canal, receipt for property to all routes on the Lakes and all the eastern cities, and advance on the same, when required. Dealers in New York salt, Lake fish, and produce generally.
JULIUS HULL, Forwarding and Commission Merchant,
Office, north side Canal, between Main and Sycamore Streets,
Is the proprietor of a line of boats from Cincinnati to Terrehaute, Ia. Runs eight boats to Wabash canal.
Also, as Agent for New York and Ohio Line, ships goods and produce daily, to New York, Boston, Canada, by way of Toledo, Buffalo, and Oswego.
Runs ten boats in this line ; employs seven persons and four horses to each boat; three clerks, and one warehouseman.
Has shipped during the past season, four thousand eight hundred tons goods, to Indiana by canal, and to Toledo, ou Lake Erie.
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THE CEMETERY OF SPRING GROVE.
XI. NECROLOGICAL.
THE CEMETERY OF SPRING GROVE.
THIS "rural city of the dead," is situated in the beautiful valley of Mill creek, four miles north of Cincinnati, near what was known, in the pioneer era of this country, as Ludlow's Station. It contains 220 acres, 207 being north of the Hamilton turnpike, and inclosed with a hedge of osage orange, and platted and laid off into sections and lots, for the purposes of sepulture ; and thirteen acres south of the road, and bounded by Mill creek, are used for the convenience of the workmen employed about the premises.
The cemetery is laid out in good taste, in the landscape style, and the principal avenues, which are of the liberal width of twenty feet, made to conform to the undulating and picturesque features of the grounds. A more beautiful spot for the purpose, could scarcely have been selected. The original plan was drawn by John Notman of Philadelphia, and afterward altered, in many of the details, by Howard Daniels and the trustees, to harmonize better with the di- versified aspect of its rural scenery.
The survey was commenced by Dr. John Locke, upon the system of triangulations, adopted in the United States coast survey; in which he had been for some time engaged ; a most accurate and complete method. It was continued by Thomas Earnshaw, assisted by his sons, until his death, in August last.
From a recent report of the trustees, the grounds and improve- ments, up to the 1st of October last, had cost $54,000, and the im- provements by individuals on their own lots, amounted to about as much more. Over fifteen miles of avenues had been opened and graded. The number of lot owners exceeds one thousand.
The following extracts, from a publication of the trustees, will more fully explain the origin and objects of this noble institution ; commenced with the purest motives for the public good, without the slightest view to individual gain, but with a sincere wish to confer a benefit on the citizens of Cincinnati, that would endure for ages.
To secure the interesting and salutary associations connected with a rural cemetery, and prevent the evils inseparably connected with
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burial-grounds within the confines of a city, had long engaged the attention of many of our citizens ; some of whom having repeatedly examined the grounds in our vicinity, and fixed upon a proper site called together a few of our prominent citizens, known to be inter ested in the object, and communicated the result of their explora- tions. At this meeting, a committee of seven was appointed, to select a suitable site for a cemetery. Of this committee, only four are now living. It was composed of William Neff, R. Buchanan, S. C. Parkhurst, Melzer Flagg, A. H. Ernst, T. H. Minor, David Loring.
This committee proceeded immediately to the discharge of the duty assigned it, and after a careful examination of the ground around our city, reported, at an adjourned meeting, held on the 20th of April, 1844, in favor of purchasing the Garrard Farm, con- taining about 166 acres, situated in Mill creek township, about four miles from the city. This ground presents every variety of land- scape, very beautifully diversified with hill and dale, forest, lawn, and running brook, while the soil is admirably adapted to the pur- poses of sepulture. It is sufficient in extent to accommodate a great population for many generations, and remote enough from the city not to be disturbed by its extension.
At an adjourned meeting, held on the 27th of April, it was agreed to buy the ground recommended by the committee, and to obtain the necessary funds by subscriptions of $100 each ; the payment of which should entitle each subscriber to an area of the ground equal to 50 feet square. So apparent was the necessity of providing a se- cure place of interment, that the amount necessary to buy the grounds was readily obtained. This gratifying intelligence was communicated to a meeting of the subscribers on the 11th of May, and the proprietors of the ground were directed to be notified that the Association would be prepared to pay for it as soon as the title could be made.
In the autumn of 1844, a committee of eminent legal men was appointed to draft a charter, which was submitted to a meeting on the 25th of October. It was examined, discussed, and amended, at several subsequent meetings, and finally adopted on the 1st Dec., 1844, and John C. Wright, Jacob Burnet, and Timothy Walker, appointed a committee to present it to the Legislature. The Act of Incorporation was immediately procured, the prominent features of which, are as follows :
Every lot-holder is a member, and entitled to a vote.
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The corporation is authorized to hold land exempt from execu- tion, and any appropriation to public use, for the sole purpose of a cemetery, not exceeding 300 acres, 167 of which, such as shall be designated by the directors, shall be exempt from taxation.
All receipts, whether from the sale of lots, or otherwise, shall be applied exclusively to laying out, preserving, protecting, and em- bellishing the cemetery, and the avenues leading thereto.
The original conveyance of lots from the corporation to indivi- duals, shall be evidenced by a certificate under the seal of the cor- poration, which shall vest in the proprietor, his heirs and assigns, a right in fee simple to such lot, exempt from execution, attachment, taxation, or any other claim or lien, or process whatever, for the sole purpose of interment, under the regulations of the corporation, and said certificate shall have the same force and effect as a deed, duly executed in other cases.
The first meeting of the lot-holders, for the election of directors, in accordance with the provisions of the charter, was held on the 8th February, 1845, when the following persons were elected :
R. Buchanan, William Neff, A. H. Ernst, R. G. Mitchell, D. Lor- ing, N. Wright, J. C. Culbertson, Charles Stetson, Griffin Taylor.
The directors met and organized on the 11th February, 1845, by electing R. Buchanan, President; S. C. Parkhurst, Secretary, and Griffin Taylor, Treasurer.
The board immediately made arrangements for obtaining a sur- vey and plot of the grounds; but as full possession of them could not then be obtained, only the leading avenues were marked out and graded.
On the 5th June, 1845, the lot-holders met and determined their right of choice in the selection of lots.
On the 28th August, the grounds were dedicated with appropriate religious ceremonies, and an address was delivered by the Hon. John McLean.
In the spring of 1847, an opportunity occurred of buying 40 acres north of the cemetery grounds, the diversified character of which, made it a very desirable addition to the cemetery ; and as the pos- session of it would allow of a much better disposition of the avenues than could otherwise be made for the proper development of the original grounds, the funds necessary to buy the tract were readily supplied by the liberality of our citizens; and on the 10th April, 1847, the purchase was fully completed ; and the cemetery now com-
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prises an area of 206 acres, all of which is inclosed; and within the inclosure, the whole grounds are surrounded by a hedge of the osage orange.
No labor or expense has been spared by the directors in having the survey carefully and properly made; and when finished, they believe it will be found more accurate and complete than that of the grounds of any other cemetery in the world. Thus, they fondly hope, has been commenced an enterprise, which will be an honor to our city and our age-one which, while it secures a place of repose sacred to the dead, shall purify and refine the living who may resort to it, to linger over the objects of their love, where none of the dreary and revolting associations, connected with a city grave-yard, can ever exist.
Officers .- R. Buchanan, President ; E. J. Handy, Secretary ; D. H. Horne, Treasurer.
Directors .- R. Buchanan, William Neff, A. H. Ernst, S. C. Park- hurst, Griffin Taylor, James Pullan, Daniel H. Horne, Charles Stetson, William Resor.
Office, Arts-Union building, corner of Sycamore and Fourth Streets.
COMPARATIVE MORTALITY TABLE.
THE proportion of deaths to population, in the cities and large towns of the old and new world, is as follows :
EUROPEAN CITIES.
Glasgow and Manchester. 1 to 44
Geneva 1 43
London 1 " 38 New Haven 1 " 48
St. Petersburg 1 " 37
Birmingham 1 " 36
Leghorn 1 " 35
Berlin
1 " 34
Lyons, Leeds, Paris, and
Sheffield . 1 32
Bristol. 1 31
Nice and Palermo 1 " 31
Manchester and Madrid 1 "
29
Pittsburgh 1
" 39
New York 1
" 38
Naples 1
" 28
Brussels 1 " 26
Rome 1 " 25
AMERICAN CITIES AND TOWNS.
Newark, N. J. 1 to 53
Natchez 1 " 48
Charlestown, Mass. 1 " 48
Cambridge 1 " 47
Philadelphia 1 " 45
Baltimore 1
" 45
Boston 1 " 44
Charleston 1 " 40
Cincinnati.
1 " 40
Dayton 1
" 40
Liverpool 1 " 28
Providence, R. I. 1 " 36
St. Louis. " 35
New Orleans 1 " 20
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COMMERCIAL HOSPITAL AND LUNATIC ASYLUM OF OHIO.
The cities which are lowest on these lists, are rendered so to a great extent, by the influx of foreigners, who-especially emigrants from Ireland-reach this country in circumstances of great des.itu- tion, and in many cases, suffering under ship and typhus fever ; the effects of unwholesome food, protracted confinement and defective ventilation on board passenger vessels.
XII. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, ETC.
COMMERCIAL HOSPITAL AND LUNATIC ASYLUM OF OHIO, Incorporated January 21, 1821,
Is located on a four acre lot, in the north-western part of Cin- cinnati, with a view to retirement, and to derive advantages from a pure atmosphere, and free ventilation. Itis a brick structure, three stories high, exclusive of the basement, and is large enough to ac- commodate, at one time, nearly four hundred and fifty persons. Three thousand and sixty were admitted during the past year.
A portion of the building is appropriated as a poorhouse-there are separate apartments for the insane, at this date, numbering ninety individuals-on the second and third stories are the medical and surgical male wards, the female and lying-in wards, and the operating and clinical lecture-room.
The patients of this institution consist of several classes of persons, whose expenses are defrayed from different sources.
Those boatmen who have regularly paid their hospital clearance, according to the commercial regulations of the United States, are maintained at the expense of government.
Others, who have no certificates, testifying as above, are supported out of a portion of the auction duties, collected in Cincinnati.
The poor of Cincinnati township, and transient paupers, also re- ceive support from the treasury of said township. Beside these, patients from other portions of Ohio are received, and charged two dollars per week, for board and medical attendance.
The hospital is intrusted to the trustees of Cincinnati township for its management, except the medical department. Everything appertaining to this, is by law under the direction of the faculty of the Ohio Medical College. As a compensation for the services of
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