Gazetteer and business directory of Erie County, Pa., for 1873-4, Part 8

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- comp. cn
Publication date: 1873
Publisher: Syracuse, Printed at the Journal office
Number of Pages: 672


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"Alongside the hall entrance is the store of Smith & Kennedy. lessees of the Park Opera House, where reserved seat tickets for the entertainments will be sold.


"Taken as a whole, it is one of the finest Opera Houses in the United States; a theatre upon the level of the street, magnificently fitted up, and with the amplest stage room and most complete details in all that is requisite for a first-class Opera House."


The value of the building and ground is estimated at $130,000.


The Reed House, three times burned, has been rebuilt on a magnificent plan, and when fully completed will be an orna- ment to the city. The building has a frontage of 165 feet on the Park, and the same on French and Fifth Streets. Six stores occupy the first or ground floor, fronting on the Park. On the French Street side are the main entrance to the First National Bank, the private and ladies' entrance, reading room, sample room &c. The house is fitted with several large parlors, and 250 rooms for the use of guests, with accommodations for 500 to 1,000 persons. The floors are all reached by the grand stair- way and by an elevator. The entire cost of the building will be about $150,000. It was designed by Messrs. Porter & Watkins, of this city.


The new Central Presbyterian Church, on Tenth and Sassafras Streets, now being built of Ogdensburg blue stone, with light Amherst trimmings, will, when completed, cost, including the parsonage, 880,000. The interior arrangements are so con- structed that the. various apartments can on occasion be thrown into one large room. The building will be an ornament to that part of the city.


The new Reed Block, corner State and Seventh Streets, is one of the Mansard style of building and cost $30,000. Additions to this block, in a corresponding style of architecture, are contemplated.


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P. A. Becker's new block, fronting on the Park, at the cor- ner of French and Sixth Streets, commands a good deal of admiration. It is substantially built, 52 by 90 feet on the ground, and three stories high, with a fine basement and a Mansard roof. It was built at an expense of $40,000.


Mrs. Boyer has erected a fine building, of brick, with cut stone trimmings. It is three stories high and is situated on East State Street, near the Depot.


F. P. Liebel has built a brick building on State Street, above Eleventh. It is 41 feet front by 100 deep, and three stories high. The cost was about $20,000.


The Erie Piano Forte Co., a new corporation with a capital stock of $20,000, has erected a two story building on Twenty- sixth Street, near the boot and shoe factory, 125 by 50 feet in size, in which operations have been commenced. The officers are W. W. Thomas, President ; John Strahl, Secretary and Treasurer ; Lorenzo Mott, John W. Ryan, John Fehrenbach. Adam Eichenlaub and George Sliter, Directors. The present facilities of the Company are for the manufacture of five pianos a week; but if its prosperity should equal that of other manufactories, it will have to be largely increased.


F. F. Adams is now erecting a fine brick building, with a frontage of 135 feet on Cherry Street and the same on Fourteenth Street, for the manufacture of the " Little Washer," a business in which he has been engaged nearly two years, but which has grown to such magnitude as to demand more room.


The Court House has been improved in a way that will be pleasing to the Court officers as well as to all who have business there. The pillars and all the ornamental work in the court room have been torn out, and the space in the rear of the Judge's bench has been made round like an arch, so that sound will resound back into the room better than it has heretofore. It is frescoed. The arch over the Judge's bench is made to represent the arch of the Union, with the keystone iu I.e center, of course, directly below which is the coat of arms of the State, on one side of which is the State seal, and on the other the seal of the County. The design is very appropriate and will give general satisfaction, without doubt. A. J. Sterrett, Esq., Commissioners' Clerk, was the originator of it. .


The twenty iron working establishments of the city are the Bay State Iron Works, established in 1864, have a capital of 31.what, employ 100 men and manufacture annually $200,000 worth of steam engines, boilers, shafting &c.


Contes' Machine Shop has a working capital of $10,000, and employs 3 men in the manufacture of engines and in general repairing.


The Cornice Works of Maver & Son employ 8 men in the manufacture of fire-proof cornice, window trimmings &c.


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The Erie Blast Furnace was established in 1869, by Rawle, Noble & Co., the proprietors. The capital employed is $150,000 and the number of hands, 50. Value of annual products, $330.000.


The Erie Brass Foundry of Jarecki, Hayes & Co., employs 860,000 capital and 30 hands in the manufacture of all kinds of brass, goods, plumbing, gas and steam fitting. Value of annual products, 890,000.


The Erte Car Works were established in 1868 by a joint stock company with a capital of $100,000, and employ 400 hands in the manufacture of 8 box cars per day. The annual consumption of raw material is 2,000 tons of wrought iron, 6,000 tons cast iron, and 6,000,000 feet of lumber; and the value of products is 81,300,000.


The Erie Car Wheel Foundry was established in 1866 by Davenport, Fairbairn & Co. The capital is $150,000. 100 hands are employed in the manufacture of goods valued at $1,000,000 annually. 380 car wheels and the castings for 8 cars are produced daily.


The Erie City Foundry employs a capital of $50,000 and 50 hands in the manufacture of machine castings, gas and water mains. 1,800 tons of pig iron are used annually. J. H. Bliss, George Selden, W. L. Cleveland and F. F. Cleveland are the partners.


The Erie City Iron Works, organized in 1865, employ a capital of $200 .- 000. George Selden, is President; John H. Bliss, Secretary ; and George D. Selden, Treasurer. They employ 225 men in the manufacture of 300 to 350 stationary steam engines and 200 to 225 boilers per annum.


The Erie and Pittsburg Railroad Shops, corner Twelfth and Sassafras Streets, employ 240 men in the general repairs of the Company.


The Erie Rolling Mill Company, organized in July 1872, with Henry Rawle, President; Lloyd G. Reed, Treasurer; and Joseph Peeples, Superintendent; own 30 acres of land west of the city, adjoining the L. S. & M. S. R. R. and E. & P. R. R. Dock Branch. The capacity of the works is 30 tons of finished iron per day. 120 hands are employed aud the capital is $200.000.


The Erie Torsion Spring Company (R. Dudley, Edward Gear, R. F. Gaggin, ) manufacture railroad car springs, wagon springs &c., on improved principles, patents for which the Company own. The test of these springs by Government officers has been so satisfactory that their adoption for Government wagons on the plains has been ordered.


The Humbolt Iron Works, Andrew Voelk, John Engler, Fred A. Roth, Mrs. Barbara Bover and Joseph Fuess, proprietors, manufacture machin- ery of all descriptions to order, including machine repairs. Andrew Voelk is the superintendent. The company was organized in 1865, employs a capital of $11,000 and 11 men, and the annual products amount to 825,000.


The Iron Fence Factory of John Gorr, Wm. Baas and Henry Althof, Jr., employ a capital of $10,000 and 6 men in the manufacture of cast and wrought iron fences. 12 to 13 tons of cast, and 40 to 50 tons of wrought iron are consumed annually. M. Farren cast iron fences and John Gorr's wrought iron fences are specialties, the firm owning the right to manu- facture them in this part of the State.


The Jarecki Manufacturing Company (late H. Jarecki & Co.) was incorporated in 1873 with a capital of $250,000 and employs 150 hands in annual productions valued at 8350,000. The annual consumption of material amounts to 600 tons of iron and 200 tons of copper. Malleable iron, gas, steam and water fittings is their specialty, but they also make nearly all kinds of malleable iron castings, brass work for engine builders. plumbers' and steam fitters' supplies.


ยท Johnson, Black & Co. employ 100 hands and a capital of $150.000 in the manufacture of stoves. Their works are situated at the corner of State and Eleventh Streets, and were established by Hinckley. Sennett & Co., in 1-32. They are the principal manufacturers for the western mar- ket of the celebrated "Morning Glory," base burning stoves. The "Radiant Home," and other stoves and furnaces, are also manufactured by this firm.


Liley's Machine Shop, with a capital of $10,000, employs 5 men in the manufacture of engines and machinery for mills and factories. S. Liley & Son are the proprietors.


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The Novelty Iron Works, Joseph McCarter, prest .; Jno. W. Shannon, treas. and general manager, employs 40 men in the manufacture of $100,000 worth of hooks, hasps, staples &c., annually.


Patterson & Co. employ 12 men in the manufacture of galvanized iron cornices and all kinds of sheet metals. The firm also deal in house furnishing goods.


The Philadelphia and. Frie Railroad Shops, corner Wayne and Eighteenth Streets, employ 275 men, exclusive of engineers and firemen; W. T. Smith is the master mechanic, and David Cowley the master car builder. The works are employed in making general repairs for the road and its rolling stock.


The Presque Isle Iron Works were established in 1856. Stearns, Hill & Co. are the proprietors. A capital of 8300,000 and 300 hands are employed in the manufacture of circular saw mills, siding mills, rossing machinery, head and foot blocks, and saw mill machinery generally. The value of annual products is about $500,000. The annual consumption of material is 1,200 tons of pig iron, and 300 tons of bar iron.


The Selden & Griswold Manufacturing Company was established in 1868 and employs 20 hands in the manufacture of shelf hardware and small castings generally.


The South Erie Iron Works were established in 1858. Wm. Henry is president, and C. W. Kalvelage, treasurer. $40,000 and 36 hands are employed in the manufacture of stoves, plows and general casting, the annual products of which amount to $150.000.


Tibbals, Shirk & Whitehead's Store Manufactory employs a capital of $200.000 and 90 men, in the manufacture of hard and soft coal cooking and base-burning stoves. The value of their annual manufactures is $300,000.


The Wire Works of Albert G. Dow, Jr., manufacture wire fence, flower stands, wire cloth and all kinds of wire goods.


Arbuckle & Himrod's Boot and Shoe Factory commenced business April 1, 1869, and employs a capital of $15,000.


The Erie Boot and Shoe Factory, established in 1871, is operated by a joint stock company who own fifty acres of land which has been laid out into streets and lots, and comfortable buildings have been erected for occupancy by their employes. The factory is built of brick and is 32 by 120 feet, and 4 stories high. The machinery and buildings are fueled and lighted by a natural gas well. Capital employed $100,000 and manu- facture 8250,000 worth of goods annually.


Gunnison's Tannery, established in 1859, employs 14 men and uses 5,000 hides and 600 cords of bark in the manufacture of 60 tons of sole leather and 4,000 sides of upper leather annually.


Hays & Co's Tannery employs 12 men and uses 3,000 heavy hides, besides calf skins, sheep skins &c., and 450 cords of hemlock bark, in the manufacture of sole and harness leather. calf skins, kip skins &c.


Richtscheit's Tannery was established in 1860 and gives employment to 2 men.


Streuber & Son's Tannery employs 10 men and a capital of $23,000. 2,600 heavy hides, 4,000 calf skins and 400 cords of bark is used in the manufacture of $10,000 worth of sole leather, calf skins and other varieties of leather.


The Erie Carbon OU. Works, Tra G. Hatch, proprietor, were established in 1-69 and employ $25,000 capital and six employes in the annual product of 20,000 barrels of refined petroleum oil.


The Morning Star Oil Refinery, W. J. Watkins, proprietor, was estab- lished in 1802, employs 3 men in the manufacture of 3,000 barrels of refined petroleum aunually.


The Security Oil Works, owned by B. C. Vaughn, of Troy. N. Y., employs A men in the average annual production of 6,000 to 7,000 barrels of refined petroleum oil, besides gasoline, benzine &c.


The Star Oil Refinery, established in Ists, employs & men in the annual production of 25,000 to 30,000 barrels of refined petroleum oil.


The Standard Oil Refinery employs 3 or 4 men, and the capacity of the works is about 120 barrels a week.


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The Union Oil Works, O. C. Taylor & Co., proprietors, were established in 1860 and employ a capital of $30,000 and 5 men, and consume 26,000 barrels of crude petroleum annually.


The Burdett Organ Company, burned out by the great Chicago fire, was established here in 1871. R. Burdett is president; C. C. Converse, vice- president and secretary ; P. Metcalf, treasurer; B. O. Church, mechanical superintendent. They employ a capital of 8150,000 and 150 workmen in Double Set Treble Celesta, Organ King, Burdett Imperial, Philharmonic Grand and Grand Combination Organs. The capacity of the works is 75 organs weekly, at prices ranging from $160 to $1,800. The cost of the building and machinery was over $65,000.


The Derrick & Felgemaker Pipe Organ Company was established in Buffalo in 1866 and removed to this city in 1872. Their new factory is 140 by 40 feet, and 4 stories high, with a wing 108 by 40 feet. The works when in full running order will employ 110 men. The capital used is $50,000. They manufacture church organs and portable pipe organs for small churches, schools and parlors.


The Erie Paper Mills, Noble & Locke, proprietors, employ 30 hands in the manufacture of 2 tons of manilla paper per day.


Bauschard & Son's Planing Mill, Sash and Door Factory employs 12 men, who annually use 500,000 feet of pine and hard lumber in the manu- facture of flooring, siding, doors, sash &c.


Clemens, White & Co's Mills employ 25 men and consume 10,000.000 feet of lumber annually, 4,000,000 of which is manufactured into flooring, siding, moulding &c. 1,000,000 shingles and the same quantity of lath are also produced.


Constable & Ramsey's Sash and Blind Factory employs 10 to 12 men and annually uses 50,000 to 75,000 feet of lumber in the manufacture of doors, sash, blinds, mouldings &c. The proprietors are general contractors and builders.


Deming Bros. Lumber Yard and Planing Mill employ a capital of $30,000 and 20 men. They commenced business in December 1870 and have handled annually 900,000 feet of pine lumber, 800,000 feet of hemlock, 150 feet of whitewood, cucumber and ash, 75,000 feet of black walnut aud chestnut, and 1,000,000 shingles.


Geo. Carroll & Bros. Planing and Moulding Mill, and Dock, employ a capital of $125,000 and 35 men, and annually consume 7,000,000 feet of pine lumber. 4,000,000 of which is made into flooring, moulding, siding &c. The annual products are valued at $120,000. They also sell 500,000 feet of hemlock lumber, 2,000,000 shingles and 3,000,000 laths annually.


Neuberger's Sash, Blind, Door and Moulding Factory was established in 1864 and employs 10 hands in the various manufactures usually made in such works. 100,000 feet of pine and hardwood are annually consumed.


Schloeski's Planing Mill, Sush and Door Factory employ a capital of $7,000 and 7 men.


Schutte & Bro's Planing Mills, Sash, Door and Moulding Works com- menced business in 1869. They employ 4 men and annually consume 150,000 feet of lamber.


The Union Planing Mill, sash and blind works, of Jacob Bootz, was established in 1865. $40,000 of capital is used and 23 hands are employed. Marsh & Low's Pump Works began business in 1865 and employ S men in the manufacture of 5,000 to 6.000 pumps ammally, valued at $20,000 to $24,000. About 300,000 feet of cucumber wood lumber is consumed.


L. W. Olds' Pump Works were established in 1845; employ a capital of $20,000 and 10 men, and annually consume 250,000 feet of cucumber lumber in the production of :20,000 worth of pumps.


G. Olds & Co. employ 3 men and $5,000 capital, in the manufacture of 1,000 pumps. Capacity of the works is 5,000 pumps. Cucumber wood and oak is the material used.


The Erie Coffee and Spice Mills of Foster & Smith employ 5 hands and can roast and grind one ton of coffee, grind a ton of spices and put up 1,000 pounds of cream tartar and baking powder per day.


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The Presque Isle Spice Mills of C. Swalley employ 5 men and can roast and grind one ton of coffee and 200 pounds of spices and put up 500 pounds of baking powder per day.


The Bryant Wheel Company employ a capital of $20.000 and 6 men in the manufacture of carriage and buggy wheels.


The Eric Chair Factory, J. Berst, president; J. F. Downing, secretary and treasurer; employs 5 men. They are the exclusive manufacturers of Henrich's Patent Nursery Chair, a useful contrivance, which will find its way into the homes of many.


The Erie Wooden Ware Company manufacture pails, tubs, "mops, clothes pins, fancy toy hoops and wooden ware generally. R. T. McClure, J. F. Caldwell, H. J. Howe and J. C. Selden, are the proprietors.


Riblet & Bostwick's Furniture Works employ a capital of 880,000 and 30 hands. Their annual products amount to $75,000.


Peckham, Hoag & Co's Saw Mill employs 15 men and has a capacity for cutting 20,000 feet of lumber per day.


John Uhr's Saw Mill employs 4 men and a capital of $5.000.


Hartleb, Metz & Co's Steam Bending Works employ 12 hands and $30,000 capital.


The Union Carriage Works of E. Fisher, T. H. Joyce, Fred. A. Loomis and F. Dowler, employ 7 men. They do a general manufacturing and repairing business.


Yale & Phelps employ 12 hands in the manufacture of carriages.


The Erie Steam Bakery of W. J. Sands & Co. employs a capital of $20,000 and 12 hands. The annual productions are valued at about 870,000.


The Pedlers' Supply Factory of John R. Cochran and Henry Young employs $30,000 capital and 18 hands in the manufacture of $50.000 worth of tinware, japanned ware &c. The business was established in 1867.


J. W. Swalley's Soap and Candle Works were established in 1852. 6 hands and a capital of $15,000 are employed. 1,000,000 pounds of tallow. soda, lye and chemicals are annually consumed in the production of 200,000 to 300,000 pounds of candles, and 400,000 to 500,000 pounds of bar soap.


The Canal Mills of Oliver & Bacon were established in 1863. They employ 15 hands and consume 250,000 bushels of grain annually in the daily production of 75 barrels of flour and ten tons of feed and meal, the value of which is $250,000 to $300,000 annually.


Crouch Brothers' Merchant Mills and Elerator, constructed in 1873, have a frontage of 100 feet on the railroad and 80 feet on Holland Street, and are divided into two compartments, one being the mill and the other the elevator. The mill has 10 runs of burr stones, and the elevator has a capacity for storing 40,000 bushels of grain. The works are driven by a 200 horse power engine.


The Fairmount Mills of J. B. Crouch & Co. employ 14 men, and the capacity for grinding is 175 bushels per day.


The Hopedale Mills of Feidler & Haverstick began business June 1st, 1859, give employment to 3 men, and three runs of stones grind 25.000 bushels of wheat, 20,000 of corn and 20,000 bushels oats and other grains annually. The annual product is 5,000 barrels of flour and 5,000 tons of meal and feed. The capital employed is $10,000.


Hoskinson & Co's Brick and Tile Yard was put in operation in ING. Fifty men and 20 horses are employed in making 5,000,000 bricks und 250,000 pieces of drain tile annually.


Kennedy's Brick Yard gives employment to 8 men in the annual production of $00,000 bricks. The business was commenced in 1>52.


Loomis' Brick Yard commenced business in 1863 and employs 25 men and a capital of $12,000. The capacity of the yard is 40,000 per day, and 3.000,000 per annum is the production.


Young's Brick Yard employs 6 to 8 men in the annual production of 600,000 to 700.000 bricks.


The Eric City Stoneware Factory employs 9 men in the manufacture of stone and earthen ware. Thayer & Price are the proprietors.


The Eric Lime and Cement Co. employ a capital of $50,000. Their kilns have a capacity for burning 600 bushels of lime per day.


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Baker's Ale Brewery employs 2 men.


Downer & Howard's Ale Brewery employs 3 men and annually produces from 1,000 to 1,500 barrels of ale.


The Eagle Brewery, Henry Kalvelage, proprietor, was established in 1855 and employs 4 men and $30,000 capital. The annual production is 2,000 barrels of lager beer, valued at $16,000.


Goeble & Mauer's Brewery employs 5 men and produces 2,800 barrels of lager beer annually. The business has been continued since 1868.


Kochler's Brewery employs a capital of 850.000 and 6 men. The business was commenced in 1868. 5,000 bushels of barley and 3,000 pounds of hops are consumed in the manufacture of 5,000 to 6,000 barrels of lager beer annually.


The National Brewery, Mrs. Catherine Fuess, proprietor, employs a capital of $20.000 and 8 men. The business was established in 1852. 4,000 to 5,000 barrels of lager beer are made annually.


Schutt's Brewery employs a capital of $25,000 and 3 men, and annually produces 2,000 barrels of lager beer, valued at $16,000.


Birdsall & Parson's Malt House employs 10 men. The capacity of the works is 60,000 bushels of malt anunally.


King's Malt House was put in operation in July 1870. $30,000 capital and 10 men are employed.


The Cold Springs Malt House was established in 1866 and employs 10 men. Its capacity is 60,000 bushels of malt annually.


The Societies of Erie are as follows :-


"Una Boat Club;" organized in 1869.


"Undine Boat Club;" organized in 1865; W. Arbuckle, secretary and treasurer.


"Juniata Boat Club;" organized in 1872; Robert Walker, secretary.


"Presque Isle Boat Club;" organized in 1872; composed of members of Presque Isle Iron Works.


"Erie Driving Park Association;" organized in 1873; capital stock $25,000.


"Medical Society of Erie County ;" organized in 1841; C. W. Stranahan' secretary.


"Board of Pension Surgeons;" J. L. Stewart, secretary.


"Union Musical Association;" organized in 1868; chartered in 1870; Geo. W. Carter, secretary.


"Erie Liedertafel" (German); organized in 1862; P. Diefenbach, secre- tary.


"Philharmonia Society :" organized in 1872; German Schmitt, secretary. "Erie Sangerbund" (German); organized in 1871; F. Brehin, correspond- ing secretary.


"Tyrian Lodge, No. 362, A. Y. M. ; " meets first Friday in each month; F. W. Koehler, secretary.


"Perry Lodge, No. 392, A. Y. M. ; " meets second Tuesday in each month ; W. H. Luce, secretary.


"Keystone Lodge, No. 455, A. Y. M. ; " meets third Monday in each month; A. B. Starr, secretary.


"Temple Chapter, No. 215, R. A. M. ; " meets first Monday in each month ; R. M. Moore, secretary.


"Jerusalem Council, No. 33;" meets fourth Monday in January, April, September and November.


"Mt. Olivet Commandery, No. 30;" meets second Monday in each month. 1


"Lake Shore Masonic Relief Association ;" chartered in 1872. The object of this society is to afford relief to worthy brethren, their wives and orphans. Edward A. Simonds, secretary.


"Heneosis Adel hon Encampment, No. 42. I. O. of O. F. : " organized in 1816, re-organized in 1566. Stated meetings first and third Wednesdays of each month. G. A. Bennett, scribe.


"Presque Isle Lodge, No. 107, I. O. of O. F. : " organized in 1845. Stated meetings on Thursday evening of each week.


"Philalelia Lodge, No. 200, I. O. of O. F .; organized in 184S. Stated meetings Monday evenings of each week.


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"Lake Shore Lodge, No. 718, I. O. of O. F .; " organized in 1870. Stated meetings Tuesday evening of each week.


"Lake Erie Deg. Lodge, No. 19." Stated meetings second Wednesday evening in each month. G. A. Bennett. secretary.


"Odd Fellows Mutual Benefit Association of North-western Pennsyl- vania ;" organized in 1873. Gates A. Bennett, secretary.


"Erie Lodge, No. 327, K. of P .; " organized in 1871; meets Thursday evenings.


"Alvord Lodge. No. 363, K. of P .; " instituted in 1872.


"Improved Order of Red Men, Ganeodyo Tribe, No. 167;" organized in 1872.


"German Order of Red Men, No. -; " organized in 1872; meets every Thursday evening.


"Bismarck Lodge, No. 151. Harugaris:" organized in 1867; meets every Wednesday evening. B. G.atthart, secretary.


"Erie Lodge, No. 200, Harngaris;" organized in 1872; meets every Mon- dar evening. F. Fisher, secretary.


"Mozart Lodge, No. 139, Harugaris;" organized in 1836; meets every Friday evening.


"Erie Mannie Harugaris;" organized in 1869; meets first Sunday of every month ; J. Eberle, secretary.


"Herman's Sohne, Harugaris;" meets first Tuesday of every month; C. Brandt, Secretary.


"German Turnverein;" organized in 1SC8; meets Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings of each week ; J. Zimmerman, secretary.


"Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Erie Division No. 117."


"Knights of St. Crispin ;" organized in 1869.




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