The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-14
BALTIMORE THAT WAS.
Facts of Interest About the Manumen'
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Baltimore FEB baltimore. which
/ was named after the second Lord Bald-
more. the real founder of the colony OF
Maryland. was laid out in half-acre lots
/ in 1872. and, 20 years later. il contained p
houses and population OF 29e- The popu-
| lation now is $4,000. and the city covers
| an area of IS square miles
( II is laid out. for the most part, at right
angles. the streets having generally a
width Of - feet and the dwellings are
/ mostly Of red brick. many OF them with
white marble bases
! Them ornamental city takes its sobriquet
/ from the Washington monanaent at Mt.
/ Vernon place and North Charles street.
and Battle Monument. in Monument
/ Square. North Calvert street, both impos
1 ing shafts Of white marble. There are
! other beautiful monuments in the city.
! Baltimore is an important railroad cen
| ter and has a spacious and safe harbor
/ al the head OF tide water, miles from
| Chesapeage Bay, where the largest ocean
! steamships are accommodated. Shipbuild-
! ing has always been one Of the leading
/ industries of the city, and the repair 10
ships is facilitated by an excellent dry
| dock. capable OF receiving the largest
/ ships that enter the harbor.
There are more than $500 manufactor
/ employing nearly s120. 600 OF capital and
about Sc. 900 persons The principal indus
/ tries are clothing. tobacco. foundries and
/ machine shops. meat packing, breweries,
/ fertilizers. distilleries. patent medicines.
/ brass castings and finishing and canning
and preserving.
/ The annual value of the products of
Baltimore's industries was. according to
the census OF 1s0.. $16l,24s,240.
There are more than 40 establishments
for. packing oysters and fruit This very
important industry gives employment TO
nearly 10000 persons and consumes from
100000 to $4,000 oysters gathered from
Chesapeake Bay. During the oyster sea
son from 40 to 60 carloads a day are
shipped out of Baltimore.
There are lines of steamships TO Liver
pool Bremen Boston. Providence. VIII
mington. y. C. Charleston. Savannah,
Havana and New Orleans. and steamboat
lines TO Norfolk. Richmond. Fredericks-
burg Washington and all points on the
Chesa peake Bay. A ship canal across the
state gives the city direct outlet FOR trade
with Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania and B. & Q. railroads
have extensive tunnels under the streets
with large freight and passenger stations.
Besides floating elevators for the transfer
OF grain reaching the market by water.
the railroads have several big stationary
elevators with a capacity of 100000 bush
els.
The city has 16O churches and III school
buildings, employing 1863 teachers and
with 5000 pupils enrolled. Among the
most noticeable church edifces are the
Cathedral, ST. Alphonsus' and st. Martin,
Grace. St Peters. the Mt. vernon, Christ
Episcopal. Westminster, Brown Memorial
and the First Presbyterian and the Uni
tartan There are six Hebrew syna-
gogues.
There are many public squares and
parks
81 Patterson park, on the northeast, con
tainS 81 acres. Druid Hill park. in the
NORTHWEST section contains 704 acres Of
ground, with fine forests, lakes and lawns
and about 20 miles Of good carriage drives
The city bah is built Of white marble
and cost 10000 Other notable public
buildings are: The Maryland Institute.
built Of brick, 335 feet long; the custom
house. go feet long. with a dome 1l5 feet
high the court house. Odd Fellows hail.
the white marble Masonic temple and
the postofice. recently completed
The Peabody Institute was the recipient
of more than s1.00o,O0o rom George Pea
body. and il has in its fine white marble
building by the side OF the Washington
monument free library OF 5000 books,
an art gallery. music conservatory, con-
cert and lecture rooms.
The Hopkins Hospital has no superior
in its appointments in this country. The
building and grounds cover IS acres.
LoyoIa College. a Catholic institution,
under the general supervision OF the Je-
suits and the Seminary Of St Sul7ice
known as St Mary's college, a theoIogl-
cal institution occupy fine buildings
These institutions. with bedical ard Law
departments. have sent out many famous
graduates.
The EuoCh Plat Free library has cen
tral building n Mulberry street and five
branches which handle more than 11oc 90
volumes
Baltimore has A Democratic muuiciral
administration. with Mayor Robert N Nc
Lane AZ the head Its public debt is s3a.-
S50IS5 and its assessed property valua-
tion SoSi 80 OF this valuation s2si
l6o. so Is in real estate. The tax rate for
this year Is IS6
The reservoirs upon the two systems
have "a storage capacity q 80 ~. The
average daily fow of the streams that
adequeducts leading from the storage res
e-voi-s have capacity for delivering in
the city -. 90 go gallons a day