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The first planning mill began operations
in 1888. The manufacture of gas be-
gan in 1853 The first sawmill was
built in 1881. The first public hail was
called Union, and was opened by Thos,
Dunlap in 1850. 1t stood on the south
side of Summit street near Oak A
County Agricultural Society was organ
lied in 1857, and the first fair was held
in 1858. The first sewer was construct
cd in Monroe street in 1S48. The be-
ginning of the water ser.ice dates from
1853, when the Council ordered four
public wells dug, and two years later
$4,000 bonds were voted for water
works. The first street cars were oper-
atcd along Summit street in 1862. The
first telegraph office was opened IN 1913.
The Wabash &c Erie Canal was opened
in 1913, and the Miami &, Erie in 1915.
The first election in Toledo was held in
the Spring of 1897, when the Lower
Town (late Vistula) won the Mayor as
against Upper Town Gate Port Law
repcc). The first regular political meet
ing was held by the Wings July %.
1897. to select delegates to State Con-
vention. The Democrats held their first
County Convention Sept. Is, 1897. Dr..
Horatio Conant was Toledo's first ply
stefan.
Toledo is the County-seat of Lucas
County. Ohio 1t was established DUR
ing the war with Michigan over the
boundary. and was named for the then
Gov Lucas, who afterwards served as
Governor of Iowa. The first official
act was the following order, by court
which convened in the only school
house in the town:
. Toledo. Sept. 7, 1895.
state of Ohio, Lucas County. S.:
"At a Court of Common Pleas. begun
and held at the Court House in Toledo.
in said County, on Monday, the 18th day
of September, A. d. 1885, present: the
Hon. Jonathan II. Jerome, ST., Associate
Judge of said County: their Honors
Baxter Bowman and William Wilson,
Associate Judges. The court being
opened in due form by the Sheriff of
said County. Horatio Conant being APP
pointed Clerk of said court, exhibited
his bond with sureties accepted by the
court, agrceably to the statute in such
case made and provided. The court APP
pointed John Baldwin, Robert Cover
and Cyrus Holloway Commissioners for
said County: No further business be-
ing before the court, the court ad-
journed without delay. ass
81. II. Jerome, Associate Judge"
This brief primitive record marks the
time when Lucas County became an
organized body under the laws of Ohio.
1t was formed from portions of Wood
and Sandusky Counties. with Toledo as
the temporary seat of justice. Its east
ern boundary is Lake Erie. 1t is Joined
on the south by Ottawa and Wood
Counties with the Maumee River form
ing large extent Of its southern bound
AIRY. Fulton County bounds it on the
west and Michigan on the north. Its
area is 420 square miles. It's extreme
length from east to west is 36 miles
Its breadth along the western boundary
is 81 miles. The principal streams OF
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transported thru the unbroken wilder
ness to the point of construction. After
incredible labors he succeeded in build
ing and equipping a small fiotilla OF
two 20-gun brigs and eight smaller YES
sells, manned by about 400 officers and
men. He was ready for action by the
close of July, 1913, and. sailing out, took
up his position in the little archipelago.
about % miles from Toledo. From this
point he could watch the British yes-
sells, which were at Maiden. the mouth
of the Detroit River, some 10 or 20
miles distant. The British were wait
fng~the construction of another vessel
which would make them superior to the
American fiotilla. Perry made Putin
Bay, an. excellent harbor, his station,
and deployed his vessels in front of il
to watch the British From this he
watched the enemy, hoping that they
would come out and offer him battle,
but they did not, and he at last deter
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court for disposal. l again enter my
protest against the infamy of sending
people to prison for inability to pay
fines. 1t is Imprisonment for debt and
an outrage on the poor. How shall We
answer to God for taking the earnings
of a prostitute and putting it into the
treasury to pay the salaries of officials az
In this, same message he made a
comparison of methods:
,. at has been well said that the people
of Toledo are the stockholders in a great
corporation. and the officers they elect
are charged with the care aad man
agement of a vast property. This sug-
gests the query: Suppose that the stock
holders of the Lake Shore Railroad or
the Standard Oil Company or any large
business corporation were to organize
themselves into hostile bands in order
that at each recurring election they
might make war on each other, with
the end to be sought, the capture of the
offices and property of the company in
order to run it for the benefit of the
party in power Where is the man
so simple as not to know that the re-
suit would be the devastation of the
property and the Bankruptcy and ruin
ofthe company? Yet this is the system
that we pursue. in our politics, munici-
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the machine that nominated him and
thus made his election possible. for only
the machine can aid him to secure the
further honor of a higher office-such
are the ethics of partyism.'
The Municipality.
The city is divided into 10 wards.
with a member of the Council from
each, besides three Councilmen-at-
Large. OF the 16 members of the pres
ent Council six are classed as Repub-
lican and 10 Independent. The Mayor,
Brand Whitlock. is an Independent, as
also Ambrose A. Moody, President of
the Council. whose title is that of Vice
Mayor The Council is scheduled to
meet every Monday evening. The other
executive officers are J. NJ. Babcock.
Clerk; c. S. Northup. Solicitor; Amos
Kendall, Auditor: J. II. Spielbusch,
Treasurer; ]. w. Lee, Building Inspec-
tor; VIM. Tighe. Smoke Inspector. and
G. w. Pore, Sealer of Weights and
Measures.
A Board of Public Service, consist
ing cf three members. George W. Tou-
son, Joseph Jackson and Oscar Sabin,
has important functions. 1t is divided
into nine departments, with heads as
follows: Frank /. Consaul, Chief Civil
Engineer; Peter I. McNerny, Superin-
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makes Africa the dark continent? WHIST
is it that makes Europe and America
the foci of light? Africa lacks Chris.
tianity. Europe and America are its
hope.
The great river of Christianity has
been divided into irrigating streams the
better to accomplish the work of water.
ing the world.
French Catholic missionaries are said
to have been in the Valley of the Maui
NEE 200 years ago. These heroic priests
plunged into the tracklcss forests ard
lifted up the cross before the red mems
eyes, calming their wild passions with
the wondrous story of a Redeemer's
love. The first Protestant missionar.
work was in 1902, when Rev. David Ba-
con entered the mouth of the Maumee
| River after a canoe voyage of five days
from Detroit. He held his first meet
] ing with the Indians on what Is now
| the site of Toledo. 1t would be too
lengthy and impracticable to attempt
anything like consecutive mention OF
the great number of church enterprises
which constitute the religious work in
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of the country. Col. Dudley, command
ing a regiment of Kentucky militia. adj
yanced as far as Fort Defiance. where
he received orders TO come on down the
river, land on the left bank, drive the
British out of some batteries which an
moved Fort Meigs, spike the guns and
Immediately return to his boats. cross
the river and come into Fort Meigs. His
militiamen were so excited over their
victory in capturing the British bat
teries that they could not be restrained,
and pursued the British out into the
country which TecumSeh saw, and inn
mediate1y threw his Indians between
them and the river. cutting them off
from retreat or help. Nearly the whole
regiment was slaughtered. In the old
days the people of Kentucky and Ohio
had vivid and mournful memories of
what they called "maSsacres," accent
ing the last syllable. They had all lost
friends and relatives in these bloody
slaughters. At Fremont, % miles cast
of Toledo Fort Stephenson guarded the
entrance TO the Sandusky River as Fort
Meigs guarded approach by the Maui
NEE Defeated in the siege of Fort
Meigs. Proctor attacked Fort Stephen
son, which was gallantly defended by
Lieut. Crogflan, and the attack was re-
pulsed.
Perry's Victory.
The British at that time had control
of all the lakes by means of a small
fotiIla of war vessels commanded by a
veteran British sailor, Capt. Barclay.
Before the British could be expelled
from that region and peace given to the
people of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan
this fiotilla had to be suppressed, and
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry went
to Erie, Pa, to build a fiotilla for the
purpose. He accomplished this work
after the most arduous exertions, since
mechanics tools, cannon shot and the
heavy equipments necessary had to be
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VI
-.-szs Gerry HOUSE. i
bring about a system of corporation
among his factory employees, had an
abundance of theoretical ideas regard
ing the duties of life and government.
He was opposed to parties. and claimed
that patriotism and partyism cannot
abide together" Some quotations from
his last message to the City Council
may prove of interest to readers. 1t
was introduced by "forewOrd" from
Joseph Mazzini on the Duties of
Man."
Listen to me in love, as I shall
speak to you in love-. My words are
words of conviction, matured by long
years of. study, of experience and of
sorrow. The duties which l point out
to YOU 1 have striven, and shall strive
while I live, to fulfill as far as 1 have
the power. I may err but my error is
not of the heart. I may deceive my
self, but 1 will not deceive you. Listen
to me, then. fraternally; judge freely
among yourselves whether / speak truth
or error. If it seem to you that / speak
error, leave me, but follow me and act
according to my teachings if you be-
lieve me an apostle of the truth. To
err is a misfortune and deserving of
commiseration; but to know the truth
and fail to regulate our actions accord
ing to its teachings is crime con-
demned alike by heaven and earth.
My voice may sound too
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THE SOUL OF THE CITY.
High Religious and Moral Influences at
Work i'm Toledo

Churches are the various streams
flowing from the fountan-head of true
civilization. On these streams float to
us the comn5erce of the ideal, the in
teilectual and the spiritual world. The
waters of their influence irrigate the
orchards of the arts and sciences. The
rush of their currents turns the pom
derous machinery of government and
social life. In the garden of the goth
century the eye of even unprecedented
unbelief sees in every church the tree
of life.
We talk of civilization. but both
"7fality and civilization are blooms
hose roots are in the church Philo-
Sophical statesmen no longer doubt but
that Christianity is to be the religion
Of humanity. The great argument and
immeasurable answer to all infidelity is
Christianity itself. Sunshine needs mol
stump speech to win for it the right of
way into the world. Christian truth no
angel advocate to plead its cause. Num-
berless hospitals and orphan asylums
flashing like jewels around the neck of
civilization, dissipate and shattcr the
gloom of skepticism. What is it that
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itute of high repute.

institute of high repute.
The schools, public. private and de-
nominational. of Toledo, rank high.
Free text books are provided in the
public schools, and the course of in
struction, from the kindergarten to the
high school, comprises everything es-
sential to the prospective man and wo-
man who depends upon the public
school for life's mental training. There
are many special and higher schools,
commercial and business; colleges, and
students in law and medicine have nc
need of leaving home to secure neces-
sary instruction.
The choice of school is a problem
constantly confronting parents, Shall
it be a public or private school? Our
public schools are good but there are
great advantages to be secured from
training in private schools. Specialized
training is the need of the times. The
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ledo has been filling in until now. in
1905, the city as a whole is one of the
most attractive and prosperous munich
palities in the country. with surround
ing resorts second to none in natural
and artificial beauty of landscape.
The first sidewalk built in the city
was in 1871. on Cherry street from
Summit to Erie and on Erie street to
the canal bridge. In 1876 Summit street
was partly planked. The first bridge
across the Maumee was built in 1865,
but Swan Creek had been bridged many
years before. A steam ferry on the
Maumee began operations in 1852. but
as carly as 1886 a ferry had been es-
tablished, when the rate per person for
crossing was 1919 cents. The fire de-
partment, volunteer, dates from 1887.
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mined to sail directly upon Maiden
when the wind favored, and attack them
at their anchorage.
On the bright. beautiful morning o.,
Sept. 10, 1913, he was delighted to sec
the British emerge from Maiden in bat
tie array, and he Immediately put his
squadron in motion to meet them. His
instructions were to each commander
to engage his antagonist at close quar-
tiers and fight to sharp finish. Every
vessel was assigned its opponent in the
British line Perry made the brig Law
renee his flagship. and hoisted on it a
square battle flag with the last words
of Capt Lawrence, Don't give up the
ship
A light wind was blowing from the
but hardly strong enough to
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people of God from the time of Abra-
ham have been an important factor in
history. The world owes much to
Greece for its culture; to Rome for its
system OF law; TO the other great civili-
cations that have arisen and persisted;
but to the Jews can be traced Chris
tianity and T.luch that has been best for
humanity The providential place of
the Jew in the divine economy has been
the highest. This remarkable people
run thru the ocean OF time like the gulf
stream thru the Acknowledgements from
and unmixed with the world. The Jew
goes everywhere. OF course, he came
TO Toledo. and his record here has been
part of his splendid record every
where. They are to-day among the
pillars of our commercial fabric.
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THE GREAT
TRI-STATE CITY.
(Continued from page one.)

at the foot of the rapids. seven miles
above Toledo. Then all the energies of
the Americans were devoted to driving
them back, and Gen. William Henry
Harrison, raising an army of Regulars
and kentucky and Ohio militia. took
ND his position across the river from
Fort Miami, building what was for the
time a highly important position called
Fort Meigs, in honor of the Governor of
Ohio. Gen. Proctor commanded the
British forces in Fort Miami. and
Tecumseh the Indians gathered around
it. For some weeks there was con-
slant fighting between the forces,
and there occurred the fourth of those
terrible massacres which made such a
doleful impress upon the early history
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pal. State and National foolishly In
dulging the hope that the next election
a new party or new law or new
set of officers pledged and mortgaged
to work for the party in power. is to
afford relief We forget that the first
business of partisan officials is To so
manage the affairs of government as
to perpetuate themselves and the party
in power and only incidentally does it
become possible for the partisan official
to serve the people; however much the
patriotic impulse NAV be struggling
within him, his first duty is always to
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reason why private schools exist is SIM
ply because they deserve to exist They
produce better results than the public
schools. 1t is the matter of GEE ing
specialized training in the private
schools which is the one great feature
differentiating them from the excellent
public schools. These thoughts came
to National Tribune Representatives.
while visiting the metropolitan Business
College and Shorthand School, 31S-320
Summit street. where the principals
Profs. Ries and Brown, took interest in
showing him around. Fifty typewriters
were found in one room for the use of
the students. The training in every de-
partment is thoroly practical. and the
school can be commended as one where
boys and girls can get useful knowi-
edge. and visitors are pleasantly re-
ceived.
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then the records show several hundred
offensive stacks cleared. besides many
furnaces equipped for smoke abatement
and automatic stokers installed. There
is still more work for this department,
judging from volumes of smoke which
poured from chimneys during the stay
of The National Tribune representa-
tives in the city.
1t is to the honor of Toledo to lead
the country in the enactment of legis-
lation several years ago providing for
a safe and sane observance of the
Fourth of July. and rob it of its grim
tragedies. Since then no reports of
mangled hands and blind eyes, of lock-
jaw and death, have been telegraphed
to add to the long list of injured, COM
mon in other cities and towns. VIII c
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tendent of Streets; Milton r. Moore,
Superintendent of Parks; James NJ. Wis
Ter, Superintendent of Water Works;
John A. Page, Superintendent of Har-
bors and Bridges; William f. A. REM,
Superintendent of Cemeteries; Charles
F. Stevens, superintendent of Work.
house; Frederick II. Bargy, Superin-
tendent of Markets; Henry Hume, In
spector of Sidewalks.
The city owns it's water works. a
stand-pipe system. the pipe having a
hight of PA feet and a capacity of 3d.
900 gallons. The investment is shown in
the following statement:
Water works real estates 254,996.79
Water works machinery. 69,634.13
Material, meters, tools, etc. 42,45014
Mains, hydrants, valves, etc. 1,571, 652.64
Iotal 2,l3S, 80. 10
The water earnings in 1907 were
$213,3S5, or about $4,000 more than in
1906. The balance in hand Jan. /, 1908,
was s52,053. The following statistics
relating to this service may be of in
terest:
Pumping capacity. daily,
SalionS 4o,OoO,OUU
Average pumped. daily,
gallons .........::.. 11.994,54e
Connections, all kinds -. 1S,772
Number of fire MIGRANTS. 1,642
Miles of mains, all kinds. 217
The Board of Public Safety has
charge of the police and fire depart
ments. The Board of Health has re-
Sponsible duties. 1t looks after all
complaints regarding impure foods and
drinks. abates nuisances. and keeps a
record of all births and deaths The
record of 1907 shows 2.767 births and
2,169 deaths, or a death rate of a frac-
ton over II per 1000 in an estimated
population of 1881. This is a low
average. and speaks well for the sani-
tary condition of the city.
Two years ago the Council enacted
an ordinance to abate smoke, and since
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PLANT OF VIM BoLLEs'S FoUN-
TAIN PEN. ~
Toledo. 1t Is claimed that the first re-
Iigious service within the present limits
of Toledo was in 1892, by Rev. Z. c.
Gavitt, Methodist Episcopal. in what
is now the parish of the Monroe Street
NJ. Z. Church. The PrrSbvteriars '-'~~e
the first to organize a society, and build
a church, which stood on tnc coIny. VI
Cherry and Superior streets IT was
dedicated in 1888. and Pew. Isaac Flag
Ter was pastor The building was after
wards sold at Sheriff's sale, and passed
into the hands of the Catholic Church.
This first church organization in the
city afterwards became Congregations
al society. The Protestant Episcopal
began services in 1897, the Catholics in
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COHEN. FRIEDLANDER & MARTIN
CO,
Manufacturers of the Popular Redeem
Cloaks, Skirts, etc.

Toledo is the seat of many societies
engaged in helpful and uplift work IN
der the direction of regular church or
carnations. OF these the Catholics
and Lutherans are notable. Every form
of helpful work is undertaken by their
different societies.
Real religion is for this world Its
has little or nothing to do with any
other. 1t is only a farce and sham
if it does not make this world better.
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newspaper attacks for political pur-
poses. Opinions differ as to the execu-
tive qualities of these two officials. but
that they meant We'll and were and are
personally men OF, high character there
is no doubt. The present Mayor is wide
ly known as a writer on social and po-
Iitical subjects. while Mayor Jones, who
made a fortune ip1the manufacture of
oil-well machinery, and who sought to
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1871. the Lutherans in 1916 and the
Baptists in 1853.
There are now more than $50
churches. missions and religious organ
izations in Toledo. Those having regu-
lar places of worship are as follows:
Baptist, Is; Christian Science. 2.
Church of Christ, l. Congregational, z:
Disciples, 4 Evangelical. Z; Lutheran.
81; Methodist Episcopal, 81; Free Meth
odist, l; Presbyterian, ); Protestant
Episcopal, 8; Roman Catholic, 10; Re-
formed. 1; Seven Day Advantist. 1;
SpirituaIist, 1; Swedenborgian, 1; Uni
tartan, 1 United Brethren. 5, and Unit
ed Presbyterian, q The Jewish people
have six places of worship. The chosen
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THE HEAD OF THE CITY.
The Municipal Government and the
Men Who Administer 1t.

The city is governed under a legisla-
tive charter, several times amended
Twenty-seven men have occupied the
office of Mayor since 1897, when John
Berdan became the first choice of the
citizens of the new city. Samuel NJ
Jones. Golden Rule" Jones. who was
Mayor from 1897 to 1904, and Brand
Whitlock. who has filed the executive
Office since 1906. have perhaps attract
ed more outside attention to Toledo
than any other, largely due to local
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Silas Wright. of New York. She Taught
a school in a frame building on Erie
street. the same building afterwards
serving as the first Court House. In
1899 the City Council elected John Ber-
dan, s. Il. Scott and Oliver Stevens as
School Directors. and soon after they
advertised for "a gentleman qualified
to take charge of limited number of
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THE BRAIN OF THE ClTY.
The Youth of Toledo Have Fine Edu
catiOnal Facilities

The first public record found pertain
ing to the public schools of Toledo was
made Oct. IS, 1896, when the Trustees
% Port Lawrence laid off the Township
into is districts. On Sept. %, 1897, the
City Council divided Toledo into three
districts. AS far as can be ascertained
the first school teacher in Toledo was
Miss Harriet Wright, niece of Gov.
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Eh-MA 1Oh SAMUEL M. JONES.
the County are the Maumee River, the
Ottawa River and Swan Creek. 1t con-
tains 10 Townships, as Toledo is divid-
ed into 10 wards. The area of the city
is 2S.57 square miles. or 1920 acres
1t takes 116 mail carriers to serve the
public. Geographically Toledo lies in
north latitude Al degrees and Al min
utes and longitude 80 degrees and SO
minutes west of Greenwich.
The population of the city in 1880
was $1,000. In 1890 IT was S2,652. From
that census year. Is years ago, to 1908
the percentage of increase in popula-
ton of a city of its class was second to
none other in the Union. 1t is esti-
mated in round numbers that the popu-
lation is now 10000.