The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-05-02

Au-l4N o. aeHl-llAi- .lit ANatr-se I'D every
way they can. It's accomplishing q
good work, and ii- sphere Of useful
ness is coI>tauJly -ularging. A. one
Of the attraction n. the city It mGs.
not be ligatly estimated.
The Public Schools are worthy O.
( detailed mention. At the head Of the
system stands the High School, under
the immediate charge Of Miss Flor
ence Cronise, Principal, and Miss
Mary ". Ebbert. Assistant The
! !hnilding itseIfis "a massive one aud
attractive also. Il uas erected in 1854
at a cost ofSi0,OO0. II is well arrang-
ell ami commodious, having Il rccita-
. ton rooms, besides laboratory and
a Superintendent room. The 81
Ward school IS q respectable Jricl,
building, having five recitation rooms,
I and was erected at . cost of SG,U0O.-
There is also an Unclassifed School
in the 2nd Ward. During the coming
season the School Board viii build
two addittiona! school houses, at a
cost OF So, 600 each-3ne to be located
in the lst Ward, near the College, the
other in the extreme north end of the
2nd Ward. The schools are under the
superintendency OF II. p. Furness.
The Board of Education, of which G..
w. Bachman is President. is display
ing deep interest in educational mat
ters, and the Public Schools OF TifIin
will rank side by side with the best-in
in the State.
There is also an Irish Catholic School
in the 2nd Ward, and a German
Catholic, lSt. Joseph'sl in the 4th ward,
having a joint attendance ofabout 500.
Both of these schools are i'm flourish
ing condition.
We also have the "Tihin Classical
Institute, " a private school, presided
over by J. Nc. Martin, with an at
tendance Of 40 or 80 pupils.
The Tinin Business College is, as its
name intimates, for the purpose of
giving thorough and practical instruc-
ton in everyday business. It aims
to fit young men for the counting
house or the bankers desk, to make
then prOficientin the established forms
I OF business Of all kinds. 1t was estab-
lished three years ago, and is now
presided over by MessFs I. y. Hum
phrey and s. D. Gossert. They have
conducted the College two years, max
ing it a splendid success, and now
having an attendance Of forty or fifty
/ pupils. Both gentlemen are young
men, but they lave engaged in an
enterprise that com ntDds itself to the
good sense of every thinking man in
the community. Three sessions per
day are held, from 9 to u Z. m:
/ > 10 p m; aud from to 9p m.
The night session especially ought to
be well attended by scores Of young
men who now idle their evenings
away on the streets or i'm questionable
/ places of resort. Everything IS con-
Quoted i'm q thorough manner. The
actual business department in a minia-
! ture business world-the transactions
are those of ordinary business life. The
Tifin Business College ought TO at
ract many more young men here,
/ for various reasons. The tuition il
cheaper than in large cities, the cost
of living is less, and there are fewer
temptations to attract the Students
attention. As one Of the educational
interests of Tinin, the Business Col
Iege is well worthy Of note.
In the scramble for wealth, or in
exertions looking toward the accom-
plishment of great deeds, the people
of Tiffin have not lost sight of church
matters, and lofty spires or towers
attest the liberaIity OF the community.
Some of our churhes are noteworthy
especially the. German CathOlic-the
Presbyterian and-but we will not
perticularize. The MeihOdists contem-
plate building a magnificent church
soon, which will be an ornament to
the city. The following societies have
houses Of worship: Methodist Episco-
pal, 1st Reform, Episcopal, lst Meth
odist, Lutheran, Dutch Reform
Church of God, Evangelical AssOcia-
tion, German Lutheran, Irish and
German Catholic, Presbyterian and
Baptist.
Three building Associations are in
active operation, accomplishing much
good. Masonic, ODD Fellows and
other secret societies exist-indeed
'twere easier to tell what is not rather
than what is.
And now we invite the attention OF
the reader to the following sketches
/ of, some of our prominent manufaet-
uring and business interests. We have
aimed in their compilation 20 simply
state facts if mistakes have occurred
please remember that newspaper re-
porters are fallibIe!
THE TIFFIN wOOLEN MILL
| is one of the features Of town, and no
one has really seen the city who has
not visited it. Until 1868 the factories
of Tiffin were few in number, and
employing small capital. Jno. G..
Gross in that year established a Wool
ell Mill, the first and only one here.
He had no experimental knowledge OF
the business, but he had confidence in
himself, he believed that businesslike
energy would make 2 success if most
operations. The mill was q small
affair, the building 40X6O feet, three
stories, and had one sett of machinery.
In May, 1866, joint stock company
was formed with Mr.. Gross, President,
and w. c. Hedges, Sec, with u capital
stock of $50, goo every dollar of which
has been paid in; since then Mr..
/ Gross has remained Pres, but +. G..
Bowe, last April, succeeded to the
I Secretaryship. In 1868 additional
machinery was put in, making ii five
sett mill, the works having been en-
largedl and in 1871 a twO-stOry brick
40xS0 feet was built for fancy dye.
room. This spring another sett Of
machinery has been added. The
main building is now 195X40 feet, three
floors, beside Office 40x22, and numer-
Gus odt-buildings. the entire works
are operated and heated by steam
Upon every floor Is abundance Ofhost
p to be used in case OF fire, and the en,
tire arrangement Of the mill is first.
class in every respect. 4 force OF s.
persons IS employed, and the mil
consumes about 100000 los Of WOO
per annum, most of which is made in.
: 10 tweeds, fiannels and yarns. The
market is almost wholly with the large
jobbers OF the principal cities in the
country. The machinery Is of the besi
possible construction, and we hazard
: nothing when we claim for the TilIin
: Wooden Mills, that it is the largest and
best appointed one west OF the Ale
ghenv Mountains. The gross business
. of the mill is about SD, coo per year
The company comprises Iaany of Oul
: solid men, the members representing
not less than two millions Of dollars
The business is constantly on the in
I crease the mill is almost always be