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

e Washington street at night angles,
is also an Important. thorOushfare.-
Upon it are located 4 large number Of
! business houses, the Post Office, Trib-
une Office, Market House, COE2mer-
cial Eotel, and numerous manuisc-
turing Establishments. The busi-
/ Ines center is compact, easy OF access,
and could not be improved upon.
All OF the streets, the churches, and
other public buildings, most Of the
stores, and many of the private hou-
ses are lighted by gas, and at night
especially, the city has a metTopoIi-
ton appearance. COmmOdious side
walks, kept i'm good repair, abound,
and stroll about town by day OF
night is a pleasure. There are scores
of elegant and tasty residences and
private.grounds, and the tout assemble
OF the entire city is agreeable in the
ertreme, the universal verdict of
visitors being that no place in the
State excels it in natural or acquired
beauty.
Aside from beauty Of location, are
other considerations, however. The
city is increasing in population rapid
~, and it offers not only the attrac-
tiOns attaching to 4 beautiful place,
but those which are always found in
an enterprising and growing CITY,
Heretofore, Tiffin has labored under
Indifferent railroad and shipping IA
cilities. a new day is dawning, how
ever, and the current year will find
this one Of the most important rail-
way eenters Of.the State. Contracts
have already been let upon that part
of the Continental Railway between
Tifin and Chicago, the rails have al
ready been purchased and most of the
grading is completed. The Company
is operating with capital of SO, ,000,-
900, and are pushing the affair with
/ the utmost exertiOn. a telegraph
line along the route is TO be built at
once, in order to expediate the con-
structiOn of the road. BY the first of
November, it is confidently expected,
the road will be completed from Tiff
I fin to Chicago, and work will be un-
der way between this city and New
York the eastern terminus of the line.
There is no doubt that Tiffin can Sc
cure immense machineshOps, if prop
er exertiOn is used, and the COntinen-
tai will accomplish great good for the
city in many ways.
The Mansfield, Coldwater d Lake
Michigan Railway, commencing at
Mansfield and having It's western ter
minus at Muskegon is to be anothe-
[ er agent in developing Tifiin, as this
will be one of the principal points on
the line. With the exception of about
twenty miles, ali the grading is COM
pIeted in this State; the depot grounds
have been secured, and the line will
be in operation this summer.
The Toledo, Tifiin & Eastern road
also approaches completion. The
grading is almost wholly finished
and the ties are on the ground, and
there can be no doubt that trains will
be running before fall. From Toledo
ria Tifin will be a short route to
/ the east, and the road will doubtless
prove a great success.
The Baltimere & OHIO Railroad
Company are interested in having n
route to Chicago. From Havana, a
point on the Lake Erie Division of
the B. & o. road, permanent surveys
are now being made. The line is 10
Gated through Tiffin and depot grounds
secured, and now the right of way
is being secured west of FOstOria.
The Company asks no aid along the
route except right of way and dOna-
tion of depot grounds, and they have
determined to have the road ready
for tieing this year, and complete and
equip the road early next year. These
RAILROAD projects are not in embryo
they are being completed az rapidly
as possible, and the close of 1873 will
find Tifin one of the most prominent
railway and manufacturing cities in
the State of Ohio.
With these railway facilities addit-
iOnal manufactures will spring into
existence. Even now one of magnifi-
cent proportions is assuming shape
and comeliness, which will attract at
tention from the entire country. We
allude to the Tiffin Car Works. About
the first of March a movement was
inaugurated looking toward the estab-
/ lishment of an immense manufacture
ing interest. On the 5th of March a
certificate of Incorporation was, filed
and since then nearly 100000 stock
has been subscribed. The capital of
the company is TO be one million of
dollars. a meeting for more perfect
organization, and the election of OFF,
GERS will be held May 18th, at which
time the entire stock will doubtless be
taken. Within thirty days thereaf-
ter work will be begun upon the shops,
and by the 1st day of November they
will probably be ready for occupancy.
1t is expected the Car Works will
give employment to 800 or 1000 men.
This immense enterprise will attract
others, it will add thousands to the
population of the city, and is a pro-
iect worthy of the man who Originat-
ed il. Ofthe manufacturing interests
of the city we speak elsewhere.
The educational interests of Tiffin
are not neglected, on the contrary,
they are superior to those Ct most
towns in the State. We have a Col
| Iege, a system of Public Schools, 4
Business College and Private Schools.
We will refer TO them in their order.
Heidelberg College was established
in 1850 under the auspices Of the Re-
form Church. Suitable grounds were
secured upon the hill, east of town,
and within few minutes walk Of the
central portion of the city, the cam
| pus embracing eight acres. Here the
/ College building was erected at cost
of S3O, 900. It Is a substantial brick
structure, without any claims to spec.
cially beautiful architecture, but an
swers its purpose well, affOrding
abundance of recitation and Other
rooms. The College has an endOw'
ment fund of SSO,OOO. 1t has. five
professors and two tutors, and an at
tendance of IA, exclusive of the The
logical Department, which numbers
- on its rolls. Although under The
auspices of the Reform Church, it j:
by no means a sectarian school, but
/ preserves liberal collegiate character
Its establishment here was a wise Sc
lection of location. It's growth ha'
been slow, and at times attended with
toHbts as to its ultimate success, buI