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 cX-
cess Of half a million. The census OF 1900
gave its population as 5oS,957 The city
occupies hliy tract Of about thrty-two
square miles. at the head Of navigation
of the Patapsco river. It's h3rbor consists
Of an inner basin and larger bay having
a minimum depth OF ,twenty-four feet. lt
| is port OF entry. and since the middle
Of the eighteenth century has been the
chief city of Maryland.
Originally named after Lord Baltimore.
II has long been popularity known a ''The
Monumental city" because OF the NUM-
Der and interest Of rs monuments. Tho
Washington Monument, IN Mount Vernon
place. was finished in 1880. II Is $50 feet
high and supports a colossal figure OF
Washington. Among the other monu-
ments in the city are the statute Of George
Peabody, the work Of w. w. Story;
statue Of Chief Justice Tancy; the Wildcy
and Ridgely monuments IN honor Of dis
lt,nguished members OF the Order Of odd
Fellows; the Battle Monument in mcm-
ory Of citizens who fell in defense Of the
city against the British in 1914. and the
Wells and McComas monument. in mcm-
ory 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 Fails,
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 and Lexington streets
are The most important thoroughfares In
the city. and contain most Of the shops
Charles street being also a residence
street. Baltimore street is the leading
business thoroughfare. That section Of tho
city bounded by Biddle. Calvert and
Franklin streets. and Park avenue con-
tains the finest residences. The city has
nearly 5000 manufactures, employing
nearly NoO,oOo00o OF capital, and nearly
100000 hands. paying wages amounting TO
over S3500O.Oo0 annually. and turning out
products of the value OF over $l50.Oo0 900
ANNUALLY. The annual values Of the chief
products OF the city are clothing. about
$1,000. 0o0i tobacco, S6.O00,0oo; foundries and
machine shops output, S,0o0.0oo; canned
meats. HO00.O00; broweries' output, 81
loO.o00; fertilizers soooooo; whisky. 81
900 600; patent medicines, S2oo00sO: canned
fruits and vegetables, ss.o0000), and brass
castings. s2.Oo0.oOo.
Untn 1881 the water supply OF the city
came from Jones' Falls. the reservoir be-
ing seven miles outside the city. but a
further supply was obtained from ne
lGunpowder rver through a large aQue-
duct which cost Sf000,oo0. The daily sup
lply OF water for tho city Is about 2o0oo0,-
loco gallons. This IS distributed through
lmains IN an the streets. and there arc
Ii 900 fire hydrants I'm thc city. The fire
department has had a good record for ef.
lnciency. and has eoen supplied with thf
hest apparatus obtainabie. The city has q
TIRE alarm service. working with police
signal service. The fire department. ter
years ago had. twenty-ihrco steam fire
engines and nine hook ana ladder trucks
First among the public buildugs Of Bal
timore IS the City Hall. built Of white
marble. occupying an entire pubic square
2 and costing S3O0.Ooo. Prominent among
the other Public buildings are the Mary.
, land institute. the Custom House the R0
I man Catholic Cathedral. the Court House
r iOdd Fellows Hail. The Masonic Temple
- the Maryland Institution for tho Blind
= the Peabody Institute. the sheppard-Prat
Z lmstitutc for the Insane the county jail
: the Johns Hopkins Hospital. the Enoel
D Pratt Free Library. ana the Spring CroV
Asylum a State institution. The contin
! lental Trust Equitable and Fidelity buill
T. lngs qre large office structures which ar
l. noticeable. while tEc Maryland Gu
$ House. Romanesque cd.iice OF whit
n marble and the Mount Royal station d
r the Baltimore and OHIO railroad are note
5 worthy buildlngs
T. Baltimore is weil-knoWn as an oducs
n lioral centre. II Is The scat OF Johns Hol
lSlns University, noted for It's gradual