The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-04-27
TIE MONUMENTAL CITY"
Baltimore so Called for its
Many Monuments.
POPULATION OVER 100000
The F'ame-swept City Is One of the
Six Largest Municipalities of the
United States.-oriqlnally Laid
Out In Half Acre Lots.-Named
After Lord Baltimore.

Baltimore Is one of the six cities
~ the United States having a popula.
ton In excess of half a million. The
aensus Of 1900 gave its population as
6es,857. The city occupies a hilly
tSact OF about thirty-two square miles.
ut the head Of navigation of fhe Pat
apsco River. Its harbor consists Of
IN inner basin and larger bay, hav-
inG a minimum depth of twenty-four
fsst. IT is a port Of entry, and since
the middle OF the eighteenth century
has been the chief city OF Maryland.
Originally named after Lord Balti-
more 1t has long been popularly
known as The Monumental City,"
because OF the number and interest
Il its monuments. The Washington
Monument, in Mount Vernon place,
Vas finished in $780, 1t is 1S0 feet
high, and supports colossal figure
sf Washington. Among the other
monuments in the city are the statue
Il George Peabody, the work Of w. w.
0tory, a statue of Chief Justice Taney:
h honor Of distinguished members
Il the Order Of Odd Fellows; the Bat
Tie Monument, in memory Of citizens
Who fell in defense Of the city against
IN British, in 1914, and the Wells
and McComas monument, in mcm0ry
e two heroes Of the War of 1912.
Baltimore was originally laid cut IN
half acre lots. and its streets are
mostly on the rectangular rlar.
Jones Falls, small stream. trayerses
he city. In the residence section .he
hsases, standing in solid row. eel
dam exceed three stories in height.
aAa are mostly Of red brick. II the
hast twenty years there have hcea
many changes in the character of
houses in the more prominent strn@is.
Baltimore, Charles and Lcx!ng;on
Sereets ere the most important tl0r-
seghfares in the city, and cor;2ia
nest Of the shops. Charles street
being also a residence street. p 'lti.
more street is the leading business
0oroughfare. That section of the city
bounded by Biddle, Calvert ard
Franklin streets and Park avenue.
esntains the finest residences. The
city has nearly 5000 manufactures.
employing nearly 100000, 600 of crpi-
hi. and nearly 100000 hands. paying
wages amounting to over s35, 5,00c o0e
annually. and turning out products CT
the value Of over s150,0oe,ooO arnu-
a1y. The annual values of the chief
products Of the city are clothing,
about SIC, 100000; tobacco, COCO. .O00;
foundries and machine shop3' output,
@6,000,000; canned meats, $4,000 600;
hreweries' output, s4,000,0O0 fertil-
issrs. $4,O00,00o; whisky, $4,000 600;
patent medicines, s2,000,00O; canned
fruits and vegetables, sS,000,00o, ana
brass castings, s2,000,0oO.
Until 1881 the water supply Of the
city came from Jones's Falls, the re5-
ervoir being seven miles outside the
city, but further supply was obtained
from the Gunpowder River through a
large aqueduct, which cost $4,000 COO
The daily supply of water for the city
is about 200,000,000 gallons. This is
distributed through mains in all the
streets, and there are 1000 fire
hydrants in the city. The fire depart.
ment has had good record for eff
cheney, and has been supplied with
the best apparatus Obtainable. The
city has fire alarm service, working
with a police signal service. The fire
department ten years ago had twenty.
three steam fire engines and nine
hook and ladder trucks
First among the public buildings Of
Baltimore is the City Hall, built of
white marble, occupying public square
and costing 100000. Prominent
among the other public buildings are
the Maryland Institute, the Custom
House, the Roman Catholic Cathedral,
the Court House, Odd Fellows Hall
the Masonic Temple, the Maryland
Institution for the blind, the Peabody
Institute, the Sheppard-Pratt Institute
for the Insane, the County Jail the
Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Enoch
Pratt Free Library and the Spring
Grove Asylum state institution. The
Continental Trust Equitable and Fidel.
ity buildings are large office structures
which are noticeable, while the Mary.
land Club House, Romanesque edi.
fee Of white marble, and the Mount
Royal Station of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad are noteworthy build.
ings.
The principal railroads pass through
the city by system Of tunnels or
suhways, and through the Baltimore
and Ohio tunnel the trains are oper.
ated by electric motors. In the ex
tent of its public markets, Baltimore
is hardly equaled by any city of the
United States. The largest-Lexing.
ton Market-has long been one OF
the interesting sights of the city. The
bridges spanning Joness Falls in the
city are interesting features.
Baltimore has 1850 acres Of public
parks, including several fine public
squares In the city. The public parks
in order of their size are: Druid Hill,
Ell acrac. Cliftcp parL OEE oaro..