Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-04-07
IN BALTIMORE
Some Notes and Some Impressions
Not to be Obtained Through Ell
cyclOpedias, Regarding an Interest
ing City Hospitals -Parks-Sew-
age Disposal Plant-Shipping-City
Government.

One may find very complete and
authentic historical and descriptive
articles on the city of Baltimore,
Maryland, in any of the leading en-
cyclopedias. but the person visiting
Baltimore who keeps his eyes and
ears open will soon discover that
there are many items of interest and
many things to learn concerning this
city of the Chesapeake, that are not
tabulated in any encyclopedias.
The writer finds that be is a
rather intense Ohioan and in some
way has in mind the home folks and
their interests in the midst of the
new sights and strange customs. con-
sequently this article will not deal
with statistics and prosaic inform
alton so much as with items that will
be OF more or less interest to the
folks.
Baltimore was formerly THE Sixth
City and some of its citizens insist
that some mistake was made in fax
ing the census and that Cleveland is
not rightfully entitled to that dis
JUNCTION. AS matter of fact, if Balti-
more covered as large an area as
does the city of Cleveland, it would
crowd this last named municinaIitv
Tor the sixth place in point of popu-
latlon IN the United States: as II is
there Is at present a bill before the
state legislature of Maryland to ex-
tend the city limits of Baltimore: if
this new territory is annexed the total
population OF Baltimore will undoubt-
edly exceed that of Cleveland.
Baltimore is densely populated onJ
the residences are nearly. ALI in soi;J
blocks of houses with very little dif
Terence in external appearance a1
cept tnat some have three stories
ana 9tners only two and some have
marple front steps while there are
otners with only wooden steps but
nearly all the steps are white and
y seems to pc the ambition of the
housewives OF Baltimore to keep these
steps serupulously clean; not only are
they swept two or three times every
DAY but regularly three times a week
tnese steps are scrubbed; one of the
interesting sights to a stranger is that
OF women. The lady of the house
when there is no maid, down on theil
knees vigorously scrubbing the door
steps. This is not confined to week
days. for last Sunday we noticed sew.
eral ladies engaged in this commend
able process. The streets of Balti
more are noticeable for their cleanli
ness; the original street pavement,
were of coblestones and rough as the
Rocky Road to Dublin" but thes,
are being replaced with fine brick Of
granite block roadways covered will
an asphalt and stone surface. Balti
more is not remarkable for the beau
ty Of its architecture, but the public
buildings while plain, are massive an,
well arranged; it is a busy town>an,
a commercial center. TWENTY-FIVE peI
cent. of the commerce of the city i,
controlled by Jewish Americans anc
ten per cent. Of the population ar,
Jewish. they are good citizens ant
here as elsewhere successful business
people. Baltimore has an ambition
to become the exclusive coal expor
port of America and seems to be il
q likely way to attain this goal; Tn
Pennsylvania Lines. the B. & o. an
the Western Maryland railroads ar
bringing a steady stream of coal to thi
point for loading on ocean goin,
craft. There is much manufacturinl
including steel mills which already ar
very numerous and are turning ou