Evening journal., 1904-02-08
SHORT HISTORY
OF BURNED CITY
Contained Many Large
Wholesale Houses-Seat
of Great Learning
THE IMPORTANT BUILDINGS.

Baltimore is one Of the six cities Of the
United states having "a population IN exc
cess Of half a million. The census of 1900
gave its population as soss5s. The city
occupies hny tract Of about ihirty-two
square miles. at the head OF navigation
OF the Patapsco river Its harbor consists
of an inner baain and'a larger hay. having
a minimum depth OF twsntx-four feet. a.
is a port Of entry and since the middle
OF the eightoentht century has been the
chief city Of Maryland.
Originally named after Lord Baltimore.
ii has long been popularly known as The
I Monumental City" because OF The num-
Der ana interest OF u.s. monuments. The
Washington Monument in Mount Vernon
place, was finished 90 iSco u Is lSo feet
high and supports a colossal figure OF
Washington Among the other monn-
lments in the city are the statute of George
Peabody. the work Of W. w story; a
statue of Chief Justice Taney. the Wndcy
and Iddgely monuments. in honor OF dis
ltfnguished members of the Order Of odd
Fellows: the Battle Monument. in mem-
ory Of citizens who fen IN defense af the
city againsi the British IN 1919. and The
Wells and McComas monument. ia mem-
iory Of two heroes Of the War Of 1872.
Baltimore originally was laid out in
half-acre lots. and It's streets are mostly
on the rectangular plan Jones' Falls. a
small stream. traverses the city. in The
residence section the houses. standing In
solid rows. seldom exceed three stories
in height and are mostly OF red brick
In The last twenty years there have been
many changes in the character Of houses
IN the more prominent streets.
Baltimore. Charles ana Lexington streets
are the mos. Important thoroughfares IN
the city and contain most of the shops.
Charles street being also residence
street Baltimore street Is .he leading
business thoroughfarc That section of the
lefty bounded 10y Biddie.. calvert ana
Franklin streets. and Park avenue. con-
tains the finest residences. Tho city has
nearly 5000 manufactures employing
nearly Si00Oo0.o0o OF capital and nearly
10000 hands paying wages amounting to
over S35.o000O0 annually. and turning out
products of the value of over $i5o.0o0 600
ANNUALLY. The annual values OF the chief
lproducts of the city are clothing about
Sl6.0l0oo0: tobacco. S6.eo0ooo; foundries and
machine shops output Sj.oo0.0oo. canned
meats. 100000; brewcrics' output. 81
Oo0. 600. fertilizers 100000. whisky 81
900 400. patent medicines. S2.o000o0; canned
fruits and vegetables. SS.ooo,Ool, and brass
castings $2eo.0O0.
Untn 1881 the water supply Of the city
came from Jones Falls the reservoir be-
ing seven miles outside the city. bus n
further supply was obtained from rhc
'Gunpowdcr river through a large aque-
duct. which cost 100000 Tho daily sup
ply OF water FOR the city is about 100000 -
90 gallons. This is distributed through
mains IN an the streets and there are
600 fre hydrants IN the city The fire
department has had a good record for ef-
lheleney. and has eeen supplied with the
best apparatus obtainab'o. The city has a
IRE alarm service working with a police
signal service. The fire department ten
Years ago had twonty-,hrce steam FIRE
engines and nine hook ana ladder trucks.
First among the public buildings OF Bal
timore is the city Hall built of white
marble. occupying an entire public square,
and costing s3.oooOoo. Prominent among
the other public buildings are the Mary
land Institute. The Custom House, the Ro-
man Catholic Cathedral. the Court House.
odd Fellows Hall The Masonic Temple.
the Maryland Institution for the Blind,
the Peabody lnstluts~fhe Sheppard-Prati
lInstuuie for the Insane. the county jail.
1.-THE Johns Hopkins hospital, the Enoch
/, lPrat Free Library. and the Spring Grove
Asylum State institution. The Contiu-
ental Trust Eonitsble and Fidelity build.
lings are large Office structures which are
r noticeable. while The Maryland Clut
iHousc Romsncsqus edihce % white
maroic and tho Moun r;ess' St4iion O
lth, Baltimore a1d Oa'o .a iec note
, woitay bu'ld'ngs
Baltimore Is wsll-kroNn as an. eauca
;ional centre II isthe Seat oNJohns' Hop
slns University. noted FOR is graduate