Allen County, Indiana - Sketch of Gen. John Tipton, 1880 (part 6 of 6)

Summary of the Department, for 1879 - Steamer Charley Zollinger, Amoskeag manufacture, on duty ; steamer Anthony Wayne, Silsby manufacture, purchased 1872, on duty, original cost, $4,800, rebuilt 1879, by Silsby Works, dost sSOp ; steamer Frank Randall, Silsby manufacture, on reserve, origimd cost, $4,800, rebuilt 1878, by Kerr Murray, cost, $1,450 ; steamer Vigilant, Amoskeag manu¬ facture, purchased 1864, on reserve, original cost, $3,000, repaired by Kerr Murray, cost, 8500 ; hand engine Rescue, Button manufacture, on reserve, orig inal cost, $1,500 ; hook and ladder truck Alert, George Hannis manufacture, purchased 1872, on duty, original cost, $2,300 ; hose carriage, Babcock manu¬ facture, purchased 1875, on duty, original cost, $700, capacity of hose, 1,000 feet; hose carriage, Babcock manufacture, purchased 1875, on duty, capacity of hose, 1,000 feet; hose cart, Silsby manufacture, on duty, capacity of hose, 900 feet ; hose cart protection, on reserve; tire alarm telegraph, National manufacture, purchased August 15, 1875, fifteeu boxes, original cost, 85,000. In 1876 three boxes were added, cost, $450 ; fire alarm telegraph, National manufacture, purchased 1876, five boxes were added, cost, 8750, oue box cost $150. Full paid firemen, 8 ; minute paid fireman, 17 ; Total number of heads of horses, 11 ; total number of feet of reliable hose, all rubber, 6,000 ; total number of fire alarm boxes, 35 ; total number of tire cisterns, 34 ; total number of steam engines, 4, one on reserve, one disabled ; total number of hose reels, 4. one disabled . total number of hook and ladder trucks, 1.

Sale of Apparatuses. - In 1872, Thumas Mannix, Chief Engineer, sold to Delphi, Ind., the old Torrent Engiue for $1,050; also to Antwerp, Ohio, one small hand engine,. purchased in 1868, for $375 ; also, donated to the Concordia College one small hand engine, purchased in 1868, cost, $300. In June, 1874. sold old Alert hook and ladder truck to Columbia City, Ind., for, $600.

A hook and ladder company was proposed in June, 1842, and a meeting was held at the office of S. S, Morss to perfect an organization. A paper was drawn up agreeable to an act of the Legislature relative to fire companies, approved February 12, 1838, which required a membership of forty to perfect an organization. The forty names were obtained, a committee was appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws, which were reported and adopted in presence of His Honor, the Mayor, and Aldermen. Officers were elected, resolutions passed requiring the Foreman and Secretary to wait upon the Common Council and request them to furnish them necessary implements. The Council was in favor of furnishing each member with some fixing , but, discovering that the company had forty members, and that they had authority to organize a company, passed a resolution making twenty-five members to constitute a company. The city, how¬ ever, feeling too poor to purchase the fixings, and also to lose twenty-five poll tax payers, at $3.75 a head, the company was forced to disband. Officers - Foreman, Henry Lotz; Assistant Foreman, John Rhinehart; Secretary, S. S. Morss. Committee - S. S. Morss, T. K. Brackenridge, S. C. Freeman.

Alert Engine Company , No. 1. - This company was organized August 10, 1856, in the Mayor's office of the city of Fort Wayne, on Clinton street. The following were the charter members: John Buchaonan, L. T. Bourie, William Story, E. L. Chittenden, Hyram Work, Samuel L. Pratt, Samuel Lewis, George Nelson, Marcellus Comparet, E. P. Bostick, James Humbert, A. H. Carrier, Isaac Dean, Charles W. Lewis, George Mcssersmith, I. W. Campbell, Chester Scarlett, E. P. Edsall, Ambrose Kiser, Frank McMaken, F. J. Drake, John McGrady, W. J. Vanschuyver, Adam Clark, John Fairfield, Silas Tamm, Will¬ iam Hull. First officers - Foreman, L. T. Bourie; First Assistant, Samuel Pratt; Second Assistant, George Messersmith ; Treasurer, C. W. Lewis; Secre¬ tary, E. L. Chittenden.

Officers and Mrmbf.rs ok Ai.ert Engine Company, No. 1, Fort Wayne, Ind. - Gen¬ tlemen Having lately heard of your organization, and feeling that a high compliment has been paid us in the selection of a name, and in the elevation to its command of one of our most esteemed ex-officers, Mr. L. T. Bourie, the undersigned, on behalf of Alert Hook and Ladder Company. No. 2. of this city, beg your acceptance of a Fire Depart¬ ment edition of a " Bird's-Eye View of Sacramento " as a slight testimonial of their regard for their brethren of Alert Engine Company, No. 1, of Fort Wayne, Ind. Wish¬ ing you God speed in the good cause for which we were organized, and trusting you will be found " Ever on the Alert," allow us to subscribe ourselves,

The city of Fort Wayne having failed to furnish this organization with suita¬ ble apparatus, they re-organized into a chartered company, May 6, 1868, under the following title : Independent Alert Hook & Ladder Company of Fort Wayne, Ind., and brought to this city, on Tuesday, August 12, 1858, the first hook and ladder truck, the funds for the payment of which was collected by assessment from among the members. A stock organization having been effected, the following were the first officers elected of Alert Hook and Ladder Coompany, No. 1 : L. F. Bourie, Foreman ; E. L. L. Chittenden, Secretary. In 1862 or 1863, they sold their truck to the city of Fort Wayne, for the sum of SI, 000, but did not, how¬ ever, cease as an independent organization, which continues up to the present time with the following officers and members: Richard Hanson, Foreman; John Phillips, First Assistant ; William Ford, Second Assistant ; August Lordier, Treas¬ urer; A. H. Carier, Secretary. Frank C. Erne, Thomas Hedekin, M. A. Noll, Trustees. Members: W. T. Abott, J. H. Bass, A. H. Carier, A. Holsworth, Charles Goodman, L. Lauferty, Joseph Mommer, J. G. Noll, F. Reinking, N. P. Stockbridge, Henry Trentman, C. A. Zollinger, Marsh Combs, Richard Rossington. L. T. Bourie, John Bostick, C. F. Erne, G. Humbrecht, Anthony Kelker, A. Lordier, J. P. Manuel. A. Parnin, John Rabb, William D. Schiefer, F. B. Vogel, John Phillips, Thomas B. Hedekin, Richard Hanson Ferd Boltz, C. S. Brackenridge, W. 0. Ford, H. Gerardin, James M. Kane, William Leichenstein, M. A. Noll, W. Rossington, Gus. Strodel, I. Trauerman. Frank Voril, George Swain, Charles McCulloch, II. H. Hamilton.

Their first hall was over B. Phillips' store, east side of Calhoun, south of Main street ; from there they moved over P. Kiser's store, second building south of former location ; from there to Fisher's Hall, south side of Main street, east of Clinton, and from there to Taylor's block, west side of Barr, north of Main street, and from there to their present location, Foster's block, east side of Court street.

August 4, 1858, Alert Engine Company was disbanded, and re-organized as Independent Alert Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1. Officers elected: J. W. Campbell, Foreman ; Elias Bastick, First Assistant ; John Ohls, Second Assis¬ tant ; Jared Bond, Secretary ; Fred. J. Clarke, Treasurer. This Company sold their hook and ladder truck to the city in 1865, for $600 ; its original cost was $550.

Torrent Engine Hose Company, No. 3. - This Company was organized July 16, 1860. with the following members: R. D. Silver, James Southern, W. II. Hunting, E. N. Edmonds, Charles Degitz, C. Muller, William H. McMullen, F Holzer, J. B. Neizer, Peter Kiser, Jr., Louis Amann, Louis Nease, Frank Fisher, Lewis Mohr, H. W. Fry, Anton Cartoll, H.Baxgus, James E. Hoagland, Charles H. Coombs, R. W. Beecher, Charles Carpenter, Henry Klussmann, John Schle, George Houser. First officers: H. W. Fry, Foreman ; James Hoagland, First Assistant Foreman , James Mahan, Second Assistant Foreman ; R. J. Fisher, Secretary; Andy Kalabacher, Treasurer. Peter Kiser, Jr., and H. W. Fry were appointed a committee and purchased an engine at Indianapolis for S700. Soon after the organization, a committee was appointed and went to Indianapolis, Ind., and purchased a second-hand double-decker hand fire engine, which was subse¬ quently shipped and delivered here. On July 3, 1867, H. W. Fry, Foreman, was appointed a committee to purchase a steam fire engine, the company having, previous to this time, sold their hand engine to the city of Fort Wayne. In July, 1867, Mr. Fry and John H. Cody visited the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. and contracted for a steam fire engine, and, in September following, it arrived here, and, November 12, was accepted by the company at a cost of $4,500. In the spring of the year following, no moneys having been paid to the Amoskeag Company, and dissatisfaction having arisen between members and committee, the engine was returned to the works, and the company subsequently merged into the Mechanics' Engine and Hose Company,

Engle Engine and Hose Company. - This Company was organized in 1862, on the west side of Broadway, Lot No. 718, Hanna's Addition. They subse¬ quently moved to the then West End Market House, where they ever after con¬ tinued to meet. Their first apparatus consisted of a small engine, known as the " Garden Sprinkler." This, however, was soou superseded by a double-decker, previously purchased by the city from the Independent Torrent Engine and Hose Company. They continued as an active company in the department until the burning of the Fruit House in 1870. The following were the first members and officers: J. M. Reidmiller, Andraus Thiem, Nicholas Yahn, George Keller, William Maier, George Fisher, M. Vangiesson, John Siebold, Toby Reitze, Henry Hemkalmp, Frederick Gross, Henry Gimple, John Brunner, Jacob Stagmeir. M. Vangiesson, Foreman; George Fisher, First Assistant Foreman; Andraus Thiem, Second Assistant Foreman ; Henry Gimple, Secretary.

Vigilant Engine and Hose Company. - This Company was organized in Sep¬ tember, 1867, with the following officers : T. J. Rodabangh, Foreman ; G. M. Fordney, First Assistant Foreman ; Robert Cran, Second Assistant Foreman ; John B. Morgan, Secretary ; Hyram Poyser, Treasurer. This company was one of the most active companies in the Fire Department, but owing to their books being inaccessible, we are unable to give any of its original members. They con¬ tinued as a single organization until in May, 1874, when they were merged into the United Vigilants and Torrents.

Mechanics' Engine and Hose Company No 1. - On the 7th day of August, 1856, this Company was duly organized. This was effected in the carpentershop of Cyrus W. Allen, on the west side of Fulton, south of Wayne street. They subsequently held their meetings in Nierman's Hall, on the north side of Main, east of Harrison street. The following are the officers and members:

In 1862, they moved to the new Fireman's Hall, on the corner of Berry and Court streets. On February 1, 1870, they effected a re-organization with thirtythree active members, and the following officers: J. H. Pranger, Foreman; John Slocum, First Assistant ; Chas. Degitz, Second Assistant; Chas. Morell. Secretary; Geo. Link, Treasurer; B. Martin, E. Leibman, B. Kiser, Wm. Quinn, pipemen.

On July 24, 1873, they changed their place of meeting from Fireman's Hall, on corner of Berry and Court streets, to Kiser's Hall, on the alley between Columbia and Main, east side of Calhoun street, third floor ; and on May 13, 1875, disbanded.

Protection Engine and Hose Company No. 5. - This Company was organized July 20, 1859, and was an outgrowth of a previous organization called the Wide- Awake Engine and Hose Company, which had previously been active in the Fire Department of the city of Fort Wayne and a short time before this organization had disbanded. The following is a list of the original members of this Company, Protection : Joseph Merz, Jacob Hountin, P. Luxeraberger, Mathias Lynch, Christopher Brunse, J. Wegerly, Frederick Grund, Isaac Treece, George Nebb, William Gaffney, John Zink, Michael Krehs, Samuel C. Fletter, Henry Gronuman, Thomas Burk. The first officers were : Samuel C. Fletter, Foreman ; Henry Gronuman, Secretary ; Thomas Burk, Treasurer. The first apparatus con¬ sisted of a small hand engine, that was afterward thrown up, and, in 1860, they took charge of the Button engine, knowu then as the Wide-Awake, and previously as the Hermau engine. Their place of meeting was at the Sixth Ward Engine House, located on Prince, north of Bass street, on January 15, 1876. This house was consumed by fire. In March, 1876, the Company resigned from the department, and on November 12, 1876, they disbanded. The following were the last officers elected : H. Friday, Foreman ; Gott Wurtele, First Assistant ; John Scblagle, Second Assistant; A. Friday, Secretary; Joseph Merz, Treasurer.

Foundry, Machine And Boiler Works

In 1839, Jacob C. Bowser and James Story built a foundry and machine shop, on the southeast corner of Main and Clinton streets, Lot 86, original plat; the building was frame, 40x60 feet ; was operated by horse power. Alexander Oribson was admitted to the firm, but soon withdrew. In 1840, this building was destroyed by fire. In 1841-42, Messrs. Bowser & Story rebuilt on the south side of Water street, Lot 17, original plat. They subsequently extended their buildings over Lot 18, original plat, also over Lot 565, Hanna's Addition. This firm continued until 1865, when Mr. Story retired, J. R. Prentiss and Daniel Falls being admitted, the business continuing under the name of J. C. Bowser & Co. This firm enlarged and improved the old shops, added additional machin¬ ery and built a boiler-shop, on Lots 566 and 567, Hanna's Addition. In 1876, J. C. Bowser retired, and Neil McLachlan and C. L. Olds were admitted, the business continuing as McLachlan & Olds. In 1878, Mr. McLachlan withdrew from the firm, and William McLachlan was admitted, the business continuing up to the present time as C. L. Olds & Co.

Western Bridge Works

In 1877, Olds & Wheelock established the Western Bridge Works for the purpose of manufacturing exclusively, iron bridges, This firm builds a bridge under their own letters patent, aud in connection with the shops of C. L. Olds & Co., the style of the bridge is an improved truss. Number of gangs employed are four; number of men employed are 100. Extent of works and size of buildings: Frontage on Water street, in feet, 300 ; frontage on Harrison street, in feet, 150; frontage on canal, in feet, 300; molding and blacksmith shop, in feet, 50x90; machine shop, in feet, 40x100; boiler-shop, in feet, 40x100; office and wood shop, in feet, 40x100; store-room for patterns, in feet, 30x40 ; storage-room, in feet, 40x100 ; steam engine horse-power, 60; number of hands employed average 70 ; number of cupolas employed average 1 ; number of tons of castings per day average 3 ; number of laths per day average 12; number of planers per day average 3 ; number of shears (pairs) per day average 2; number of punchers per day average 2; steam hammer, 1; blower, 1; rattlers, 2.

Foundry And Machine Shops

In 1862, Kerr Murray and Hugh Bennigan erected a foundry and machine shop, on the northeast corner of Calhoun and Murray streets, and continued the business as Murray & Bennigan until 1867. Mr. Bennigan retiring, Henry Baker was admitted, the firm continuing under the name of Murray & Baker, who made extensive improvements in buildings and machinery, and added the manufacture of gas holders. In 1873, Mr. Murray came into entire control, and continues the business up to the present time under the name of Kerr Mur¬ ray. The specialties arc engines, boilers and gas works. Mr. Murray has built gas works for nearly every State and Territory in the land, and for points in the Canadas.

The machinery consists of one large swing lathe, two extra-length lathes, six medium lathes, three planers, one hydraulic compound punching machine, three swinging perpendicular drill presses, one stationary perpendicular drill press, one thread and burr cutter, one emery wheel, one extra size grindstune. The black¬ smith-shop has three fires. The tank-shop has one fire, one pair rollers, one pair shears, two punching machines, one bending machine.

City Mills

In 1842-43, Allen Hamilton and Jesse L. Williams laid the foundation and reared the present structure called the City Mills, located on the west side of Clinton street, immediately north of the canal, on Lot 25, original plat. In 1843, this mill commenced running. Messrs, Hamilton & Williams continued for a time, when Mr. Hamilton retired. Pliny Hoigland effecting a partnership with Mr. Williams, the businesS continued uuder the name of Hoagland & Will¬ iams. Subsequently Mr. Comstock was admitted, and the business continued under the name of Hoagland, Comstock & Co. Thus the business stood until 1860, when Chris. Tresselt was admitted, as a silent partner, Mr. Comstock retiring. The business continued under the name of Hoagland & Co. until 1870, when the firm again changed to Hoagland, Tresselt & Co., and continued until 1872, at which time it came into the present management - Hoagland & Tresselt - Mr. Williams having retired. The power is water, from the canal, over an overshot wheel.

Steam Flouring-Mill

George Little and Hugh McCulloch built elevators in 1853, on the north side of Pearl street, east of Maiden Lane, on Lot 559* Hanna's Addition. They subsequently fitted this building up for a grist-mill, and was the first steam flouring-mill built here.

In 1855, the firm of William T. Pratt & Co. purchased and ran it until 1859, at which time they soid it John Brown, the stone cutter. In 1867, the management was changed to Hill, Orbison & Whiting, Mr. Whiting withdrawing soon after. Messrs. Hill & Orbison continued up to 1869, at which time they were burned.

In 1827, James Barnett and Samuel Hanna built a grist-mill on the west band of the St. Mary's River, on the east side of the south half of fractional Section 15, Town 30, Range 12 east. Messrs. 'Bar nett & Hanna continued the business fox awhile, and fiually sold to Louis H. Davis. Mr. Davis ran the mill for a period, and then transferred it to Asa Fairfield and Samuel C. Freeman, who continued the business as Fairfield & Freeman up to their dissolution and sale to A. C. Beavers. Mr. Beavers ran the mill for several years, and finally, a few years since, transferred it to George Esmond, who ran it up to the time of its destruction by fire, on the 27th of February, 1878.

During the following months, in this year, Mr. Esmond constructed, on the site of the old mill, a three-story brick building, and fitted with all necessary machinery for a grist-mill. This mill is now known as Esmond's Mill. The fol¬ lowing is an exhibit of its size and capacity : Building, brick, three stories, 44x64 ; three turbine wheels, one sixty inches, two fifty-six inches ; five run of stone, one four feet, four three and one-half feet ; power of wheels, maximum, eighty horse, minimum, sixty horse; storage capacity in bushels, 10,000; number of barrels of flour manufactured per day, eighty ; number of hands employed, five.

Mr. Coles built a saw-mill on the south bank of the Maumee River, and the now north side of the canal, about ten rods east of where the Hanover street bridge crosses said canal. He continued this mill in use up to the year 1838, when he sold it to Marshall Wines, who erected immediately east and adjoining it a grist¬ mill, and continued this business for a time, when he sold itto Samuel Hanna and Oehmig Bird, who continued the business as Hanna & Bird.

In September, 1858, Eli Bostick and Reuben Frongfield purchased the mill from Messrs. Hanna & Bird, and continued the business as Bostick & Frongfield. In September, 1859, Mr. Bostick withdrew, and Henry Voland was admitted, and the firm continued as Frongfield & Voland until September, 1860, when Mr. Frongfield retired and Barney Trentman was admitted, the firm continuing as Trentman & Voland one year, when Mr. Trentman sold it to Christian Orff, and the busiuess continued as Orff A Voland for a period of about two years, when they sold to David Comparet and Washington Haskell, who continued the busi¬ ness as Comparet A Haskell until it was finally transferred to Esther A. Orff, who continues in the title of the realty up to the present time, the mill having burned some time ago. The following was the size and capacity of the mill : Three and one-half stories high ; number of run of stone, three ; size of stone, one five, two four; number wheels, re-acting, three ; number of men employed, four ; capacity per day, in barrels, fifty; storage capacity in bushels, 20,000 ; capital invested, $6,000.

Empire Mills

William Rockhill having purchased a tract of land in Sec. 3, donated to the Wabash and Erie Canal Company a right of way, and having effected a lease with the canal company for water privilege, built, in 1842-43, in conjunction with Samuel Edsall, two saw-mills, and operated them. In July, 1843 ( Mr. Rockhill having retired), Mr. Edsall taking advantage of an act of the Indiana Legislature relative to mill sites, laid the foundation and reared the present structure known as the " Stone Mill." In 1845, this mill was put into operation. Soon after, Millford Smith was admitted and a firm was inaugurated under the style of Smith & Edsall, which continued until 1856, at which time a sale was effected, the management and property passing into the hands of Orff, Armstrong A Lacy, under the style of Orff, Armstrong & Company. Mr. Lacy dying soon after, Messrs. Orff aud Armstrong purchased this interest, and continued the business as Orff & Armstrong. In 1858, Mr. Armstrong retired, and business continued as John Orff. The lease on the water privilege expires in about eight years. Until recently the power has been derived from an overshot wheel. In 1862-63, Mr. Orff' built a grain warehouse immediately east and adjoining the mill, with six bins, with a capacity of 5,000 bushels to the bin. In 1872, Mr. Orff added a steam-engine, and such additional machinery as the change required. He did not, however, dispense with the water-wheel. He now uses steam or water as the cir¬ cumstances may require. In 1876, he built a very commodious office adjoining the grain warehouse. Under the old process, this mill turned out 200 barrels per twenty-four hours; under the new, the minimum capacity is 175 per twenty-fuur hours. The following is an exhibit of the size, capacity and business of this mill : Mill (stone) four and one-half stories, 50x60 feet; grain warehouse, first story stone, two stories plank, 40x45 feet ; grain warehouse, storage capacity, 30,000 bushels ; number of run of stone, five ; size of stone, one three feet, four, four and one-half; number of hands employed, twelve ; amount of flour manufactured in twenty-four hours, 175 barrels; horse-power of engine, 100; horse-power of wheels, 110; capital invested, $40,000.

Storage, Forwarding, Commission And Grist Mills

In 1846, Joseph J. and David F. Comparet built a warehouse on the canal at the head of Columbia, and the east side of La Fayette streets, Lots 23 and 24, county addition, and engaged in the business of forwarding and commission mer¬ chants. In 1850, M. W. Hubbell was admitted and the business continued as Comparet, Hubbell & Co. In 1857, this. firm built a steam grist-mill ; this mill, built of brick three stories high, was burned on the 10th day of May, 1861. In 1860, Joseph J. Comparet and M. W. Hubbell retired, and tht business was con¬ tinued by D. F. Comparet. In 1862, Mr. D. F. C. built on the same site of the mill, a new grist-mill, with the following size and capacity: Size of mill - brick, four stories, 40x60 feet ; horse-power of engine, 72 feet ; number of run of stone, 4 ; size of stone, 3* feet; number of men employed, including warehouse, 15 ; capital investod, $35,000. In 1871, Mr. Comparet retired, and the business went into the hands of A. Powers, who continued in possession until his death, late in 1872. In April, 1873, Daniel Ammon, L. P. Stapleford and Henry Volland purchased the realty and continued the business as L. P. Stapleford A Co. In December, 1876, the mill, together with the warehouses, was burned, and the partnership dissolved by mutual consent.

Spice-Mills

These mills were established in 1872 ; are located on the south side of Pearl alley, on the west side of Clinton street, Lot 71, old plat; they are fitted with coffee-roasters and spice-mills; employ eight men, have also steam power in con¬ nection. The firm name is Hamilton A Co., and the mills are operated in conjunc¬ tion with the wholesale house of Huestis & Hamilton, on Columbia street.

Flouring And Spice Mills

In 1872, Trentman, Monning & Son built a spice-mill on the northeast corner of Columbia and Barr streets, Lot No. 33, original plat. This firm was com¬ posed of the following gentlemen: A. C. Trentman, Henry and John B. Monning. In the summer of 1874, a thorough change took place, new machinery, engine etc., were added, combining a flouring-mill. In September, 1874, Mr. Henry Monning retired, and the business now continues as Trentman & Mon-

Flouring-Mills

In 1830. Henry Rudisill and Henry Johns built a mill on the west bank of the St. Joseph River, at the junction of what is now Spy Run and Burgess ave¬ nues ; the dam about 300 feet above, was thrown across the river the same year, under the supervision of Jacob Bush. These mills were familiarly known as

Johns' Mill, :md bore the name up to the time of Mr. Johns' death, after this | occurrence, they passed into the entire control of Mr. Rudisill, and arc at this time knowu as the "Rudisill Mills, the brand of the flour, however, is St. Jo Mills. On February 6, 1858, Mr. Rudisill died, and management passed into tie 1 bands of his son, H* J. Rudisill, Jr.; he continued until 1866, when the present proprietors came in, John E. Hill, Jr., & Co. This mill was first operated by an overshot wheel, many changes have from time to time been made in the machinery and building, it is now operated by the Leffel and Little Giant wheels. They at this time employ about seven men, and produce about sixty-five barrels of flour per day.

In 1865, Blystone & Co. erected a steam flouring-mill on the south side of Feeder canal, on the east side of Wells, north of Sixth street, Lot No. 189, North Side Addition. In February, 1866, this began operations, and continued until 1876, at which time they were succeeded by Thumm & Shust, who continued the business; subsequently, J. Pfeiffer and F. Wehrs were admitted, and the business continued under the firm name of J. C. Pfeiffer & Co. until January, 18i7, when C. J. F. was succeeded by C. F. P. In August, 1878, A. P. McQuiston was admitted, the firm name changed to C. F. Pfeiffer & Co., which continues at the present time.

Woolen-Mills

Henry Rudisill, Sr., and Louis Wolke engaged iu partnership in 1 84-3, and built what is now the middle portion of the Summit City Woolen Mills. This structure. 45x44 feet, built of stone and brick, four stories high, was used as an oil-mill to manufacture flaxseed oil. In 1S44, a carding machine was added, and soon after a set of cards and looms, together with other necessary machinery, the oil machinery having been removed. Iu 1854, Mr. Wolke received the business, continuing under the name of H. Rudisill & Son. In 1856, they built addition, south, to the canal, of brick and stone, three stories high. In 1858, Mr. Rudisill died. Iu 1859, his son, Henry Rudisill, Jr., having continued, formed a partnership with R. Morgan French, N. 13. and M. D. Freeman, under the name of H. Rudisill & Sons, continuing until 1S61, at which time Messrs. Rudisill & Freeman retired, R. Morgan French continuing. In 1S63, Samuel and Willis Hanna were admitted, the firm continuing under the name of French, Hanna & Co. This firm improved the mills by adding a four-story brick build¬ ing, with additional new machinery, closing the space north, to Water street, and in 1854 put in a steam engine. The power previous to this time was water from the canal, over an overshot wheel, which however, was not discontinued. In 1864, 0. W. Jeffords was admitted cs a partner, the business continuing up to the present date, as French, Hanna & Co. This mill is located on Lot No. 9, County Addition, on the south side of Water, between Barr and La Fayette streets, and has the following capacity: Water wheel, 60 horse-power; steam engine, 60 horse-power; number of spindles, 720; maximum capacity, clean wool. 600 pounds in 24 hours; maximum number of hands employed, 60, night and day; storage, building on the north side of Water street, immediately oppo¬ site, 25x40 feet, and two stories high, furnishing ample room for storage. This mill is one of the few in the West that never has used any "short stock."

Band Saw-Mill

In 1868, J. R.. A. E. and W. H. Hoffman (J. It. Hoffman retired in 1873, A. E. and W. H. continuing) established a band saw-mill, on Lot No. 19, Rockhill's Addi'ion; and have from time to time improved, enlarged and extended, until the present time their works cover the square from Van Buren to Jackson streets, off Main, besides occupying many additional lots over which their mater¬ ial has covered. In 1873, J. R. Hoffman retired and A. E. & W. H. continued. The style of the firm nuw is Hoffman Bros., and the location on either side of Van Buren, and north side of West Main street.

Empire Saw-Mills

In the fall of 1874, J. C. Peters built on the south side of the canal basin, near the crossing of the Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati Railroad, a saw-mill, with the following size and capacity : Size of mill, two stories frame, 45x80 feet ; engine-room, 30x24 feet; office, located on Osage street, 14x10 feet; horse¬ power of engine, 70 ; capacity per day, 6,000 feet; maximum capacity, per day, 15,000 feet; number of hands employed, 18; horses employed, 14. The man¬ agement of this mill still continues in the name of J. C. Peter?.

Saw-Mill

In 1862, John Krudop, Louis Schrader, Fred. Brandt and Julius Kenoder, under the firm name of Krudop & Co., built a saw mill on the north side of the canal, Lot 568, Hanna's Addition, and continued the business for a time, when the following successions occurred : Messrs. Krudop, Brandt and Kenoder sold to Mr. Schrader, who admitted Charles Emerick, continuing the business as Schrader A Emerick. Subsequently Mr .Emerick sold to Conrad Kaiser, and the business continued as Schrader & Kaiser. Mr. Schrader withdrew soon after, aud William Busse was admitted, the business continuing as Busse & Kaiser. These parties ran the mill for a time, when they sold to William Aurnan and Christian Yountz, who continued for a time under the style of Aurnan & Yountz. In December, 1876. Deitrick Teghtmeier purchased the interests of Messrs. Aurnan & Yountz, and continues up to the present time. The exhibit of size and capacity is as follows : Size of mill, two stories, 28x60 feet ; circular saw, 60 inches ; horse-power of engine, 24 ; number of men employed, 9 ; horses employed, 4 ; average amount of lumber sawed per day, 4,000 feet ; 1 canal-boat ; capital invested, $6,000.

Steam Saw-Mill

George Baker came here in 1838, from Pittsburgh, Penn., and engaged in the wagon and plow manufacturing business, in a partnership with two of his sons, John and Jacob, on Lot No. 113, Hanna's Addition. They continued in this business until 1848, at which time a brother (Henry) joined them in the copartnership. The firm bought a fifty-horse-power engine from Pittsburgh, Penn., and started the first steam saw-mill, on Lot No. 7, County Addition, corner of Water and La Fayette streets. Iu 1850-51, the mill changed hands, Jacob, Killian and Henry continuing until 1867, at which time Henry retired, Jacob and Killian continuing until 1878, when Jacob retired and Killian continues up to the present time. This mill has two " muley " saws, employs ten men, and has a capacity of about 5,000 feet per day ; runs also a canal-boat in connection with the mill.

Flooring-Mill

This mill is located on the south side of Taylor street, east of Broadway, on Lot No. 8, Fairfield's Out-lots, and is run by Scheiman & Ilelmkamp, the partners being Ernest Scheiman and Henry Helmkamp. The following is the capacity of the mill : One flooring machine, one planer, three saws ; forty-horse-power engine; employ five hands; capacity, 5,000 feet per day; amount of capital invested, 84,000.

Oil-Mills

In 1866, James Story fitted up an oil-mill in what was formerly Edsall's warehouse, located on the canal, immediately west of Calhoun street, Lot No. 46, Original Plat. He here continued this business until 1868, when he retired and Orrin Clark took possession. Iu the same year, John Stoner was admitted and the business was then prosecuted under the name of Clark & Stoner for awhile, when William Case was admitted, the business going forward under the name of Clark, Stoner & Case. Subsequently Mr. Stoner withdrew and Mr. Humphreys was admitted, the style of the firm being changed to Clark, Case & Humphreys, who prosecuted the business for a time, when Mr. Clark withdrew, Mr. Humphreys and Mr. Case continuing the business up to the present time as Humphreys & Case. This firm made extensive improvements, enlarging and systematizing the works.

In 1879, Henry Olds built, a saw-mill on East Coombs street, south of Coch¬ ran street and north of the canal, with a steam engine of twenty-horse power and a circular saw of 56 inches diameter. It is a frame building.

Grist-Mill

In 1868, John Sedgwick built a two-story brick on the west side of Calhoun, at the head of Holman street, and fitted it for a grist-mill, and continues it up to the present time. Siza of building, 40x106 feet ; twenty-five-horse power engine ; size of stone, three and a half feet ; number of hands employed, four ; capacity of mill, minimum, 120 bushels per ten hours.

The Bass Foundry, Machine And Car Wheel Works

In the autumn of 1852, John Cooper, Charles Cooper and Samuel Gribben purchased two and one-half acres of ground of Allen Hamilton and reared thereon four brick buildings - a blacksmith-shop, 50x50, machine-shop, 50x60, two stories, car shop, 50x100, foundry, 50x80, for the purpose of a foundry and machine and car-shops ; its location was on the south side of Holman and immediately east of Barr street. These parlies jointly formed a firm under the style of Cooper & Co. In April, 1853, no machinery or other equipments having been provided, John Hough, William H. Jones and Sion S. Bass united with Cooper & Co., to form the firm of Cooper, Bass & Co. In this, began -the career of Sion S. Bass, yet but twenty and five years of age, taking, however, a place at the helm - business manager of the concern ; here he exercised a judgment that would have done credit to one of more mature years in business ; faint as the hope may have been that this business would eventually move out from among the thousands into the millions of dollars, he put forth his accustomed effort, and by his sterling business integrity, his untiring energy, indomitable will and sagacious judgment, he brought order out of chaos, arid to him much of the present success of the con¬ cern owes its origin ; and had it not have been for unfortunate contracts with railroads in 1857, contracts consummated aside, aud contrary to his judgment, no breach in the business would ha\e perhaps occurred. Let us pause, dear reader, and pay due respects to this young man, if even it is done at the expense of being tedious. After having severed his connection with these works, he joined the gallant 30th Indiana Volunteers, and while leading it as its Colonel, at Shiloh, he was mortally wounded, and having been taken to Paducah, Ky., he died in April, 1862, in the Government Hospital, at that point. As a soldier, Mr. Bass was the same as when at the head of business, using at all times that discretion and boldness which was characteristic of him. His remains rest here in Liudenwood Ceme¬ tery, and is marked with an imposing shaft of marble, erected by his faithful comrades that survived him. Thus perished Col. Sion S. Bass, in the thirtyfourth year of his age.

In this firm, and at this time, 1853, Mr. John H. Bass, the new head of the extensive works, of which this business is the nuclues, began his business career as book-keeper, and gleaned from his brother, Sion S., many of the practical bus¬ iness points which have guided him with such unerring judgment from that time, down through the various changes to the present.

In 1854. John Hough and William H. Jones purchased the interests of the Messrs. Coopers, and with Samuel Gribben and S. S. Bass, formed the firm of Jones, Bass & Co. This firm continued the business until in September, 1857 Mr. Gribben, however, having retired in the mean time - when they sold the shop, together with the machinery and equipments, to the P., F. W. & C. R R. Co. and dissolved the partnership.

[n September, 1857, Sion S. Bass and William H. Jones joined the firm of Jones At Bass, and built a one-story brick building, 65x80 feet, immediately south, and at the crossing,, of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago and the Wabash Railroads, and having fitted it with the necessary machinery, etc., for a foundry and machine-shop, continued the business for a few months. In February, 1858, Mr. John H. Bass, in conjunction with Edward Force, joined a partnership under the style, of Bass & Force. This firm leased the foundry and machineshop, and continued the business for a period of about one year. In the summer of 1851), the firm of Messrs. Bass & Force having been dissolved, a company was organized with a capital stock of §12,500, known as the Fort Wayne Machine Works. This organization elected Samuel Hanna, President; William II. Jones, Secretery ; Hugh Bennigan, Treasurer, and Neil McLachlan, Superintendent of v\ orks. In 1860, John II. Bass purchased the interest of Mr. McLachlan, as well as much floating stock, thus securing nearly a controlling interest. In August, 1862, he, in conjunction with Mr. Hanna, retired Mr. Bennigan from the firm by a purchase of his stock, thus securing the entire control, and, in 1860, Mr. Hanna purchased the interest of Mr. Jones. These gentlemen continued the business as the Fort Wayne Machine Works, until in March, 1873, when they joined the firm of Bass & Hanna, by the retiring of Mr. Hanna in favor of his son Horace. This firm continued the business without change until the decease of Mr. Horace Hanna, in December, 1869, at which time, and by this death, the firm was dissolved, the business continuing in the name and title of John H. Bass. In August, 1873, a joint-stock company was formed, Mr. Bass interesting Mr Robert J. Fisher, Mr. John I. White, and three others, distributing stock *to the amount of §50,000, equally among all, at a pro rata of §10,000 each. The total amount of capital stock of this organization was made to represent a half-million dollars, the company to be known as the Bass Foundry and Machine Works. This organization has continued without change up to the present time. The officers elected in 1873 have also continued, and are as follows : J. H. Bass, President ; R. J. Fisher, Treasurer ; J. I. White, Secretary. To trace the history of Mr. J. H. Bass is marvelous. We cannot refrain, in closing this article, from making mention that since his connection in the business as a partner, or a stock¬ holder, it has teemed with a series of successes beyond the expectation of the most sanguine, and to-day there is no business of a similar kind in the world that is equal to it. The Bass car wheel rolls over nearly every railroad in the United States, and the improved facilities with which these works are operated, and the numerous additions in ground, buildings and special machinery which he has himself built and improved, place it among the first manufacturing institutions of the country. In 1862, Mr. Bass made the first addition to the business. This consisted of an enlargement to the south end of the original shop. At this time he began his first effort to manufacture car wheels. From time to time, more ground has been purchased, until at this date it embraces an area of ab jut ten acres. Since 1857, the manufacture of car wheels has been a decided specialty of the works, and it still remains the leading feature. A reputation has been acquired that is national in its extent, and railways in every section of the country have testified to the merits of the wheels by ordering and using them. Other lines of manufacture are by no means ignored. Saw and grist mills are built, engines and boilers, indeed, a general line of heavy work, including boiler-makin". The successful prosecution of this business has resulted in establishing two other similar enterprises under the same general management as this - one at Chicago and another at St. Louis - and the combined capacity of the three works is not less than 350 car wheels per day. The leading spirit of these enterprises, and the one who has conducted them to their past and present high degree of prosperity is the gentleman from whom the works take their name - J. H. Bass. Such, in brief, has been the history of the Bass Foundry and Machine Works. They have developed, under careful and energetic management, even in a greater ratio than the country sustaining them ; from almost nothing they have become the leading interest of the kind in the West, employing an army of workmen, and accomplish¬ ing each year an incalculable degree of good in a thousand ways. In these works, although not much light work is contracted, yet anything can be made from a small set screw to a 300-horse-power engine. The works in this place employ about five hundred hands at present, but often run largely over that number. All the castings for the Noble School Furniture Company, of Goshen, are made in the Bass foundry, also for a similar company in Pittsburgh, while all the car wheels for the Pittsburgh, and many other first-class roads, are made at their works. The force is officered as follows : T. R. Pickard, Superintendent of Works and foreman of foundry ; J. Sion Smith, Assistant Superintendent; George H. Terry, assistant foreman of foundry; George Warrington, mechanical engineer; T. W. Saffron, foreman of machine shops; S. J. Luly, foreman pattern-shop ; Joseph Whan, chief millwright; William Schwier, foreman of boiler-shop.

The Fort Wayne, Mnncie & Cincinnati Railroad was finished to Fort Wayne in the autumn of 1869. Distance 109 miles south to Connorsville, where it connects with the C. & I. Junction Railroad, running thence to Cin¬ cinnati.

The Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad was completed from this city 100 miles north to Jackson, Mich., in 1870, there connecting with the

The Cincinnati , Richmond <!- Fort Wayne Railroad was completed from this city to Richmond, Ind., 91 miles south, in December, 18 - , there connecting with the line to Cincinnati.

Ohio & Indiana Railroad. - In January, 1850, the contract for building the entire road from Crestline, Ohio, to Fort Wayne, Ind., 136 miles, was let to Samuel Hanna, Pliny Hoagland and William Mitchell for §740,000, this to include all necessary buildings and fixtures, but no iron or cars. In January 1852, they Sublet the entire route. The firm name was William Mitchell & Co! In 1852, Allen Hamilton donated six acres for depot grouuds on the present site of the south depot. In the same year, Samuel Hanna donated five acres for shop ground on the present site of the shops. This railroad Wiis completed to this point, in the autumn of 1855, about one year after the expiration of the con¬ tracted time. The track was laid down on La Fayette street from a point on the main line west of Clay street. The depot and freight grounds embraced all lands between the canal and the north side of Columbia street, west of La Fayette and cast of Barr streets. The first locomotive brought here was towed up the canal from Toledo, Ohio, on a flatboat, under charge of R. W. Wohlfort, engineer, who landed it at the head of Columbia on LaFayette street, and there set it up and took charge of it, running it over the road for some time after This pioneer engineer still survives. His faithful old servant has gone into the "scrap heap, alas! old "Ohio." In 1857, this road was consolidated with the Fort Wayne & Chicago and the Ohio & Pennsylvania to make the Pittsburgh, lort Wayne & Chicago Bailroad, 469 miles long. The depot, freight- house, etc., were moved to their present locations and the track was taken up on LaFayette street. The first engine-house, on the canal east of Barr street, was an old frame building formerly used as n store. The gable end was torn out and the building fitted for this purpose. The new buildings on the present site of the south depot were frame, and consisted of a depot and freight- house. The depot was subse¬ quently demolished to make room for the present building. The freight-house was burned some time later, and the present building was reared immedi¬ ately after. In September of this year (1857), Jones, Bass & Co. sold their shops on the south side of Holman street immediately east of Barr, to this Com¬ pany, and they added additional buildings, blacksmith-shop, etc., and be"an the work for the railroad company. Thus was inaugurated the present extensive Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad shops, of which we give the follow¬ ing sizes, capacity and extent :

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne And Chicago Railroad Shops

These shops, under the general superintendence of Master Mechanic James M. Boone, cover some squares in the heart of the city, and give employment to men as follows: Car-shops, Israel Lee, foreman, 250 - this includes 50 men em¬ ployed in the lumber-yard; blacksmith-shop, Harry Campbell, foreman, 119; boiler and copper shops, John Doty and S. C. Henderson, foremen, 45 ; machineshop, S. B. Bradley, foreman, 75 ; tank-shop, T. J. Hedges, foreman, 10 ; round¬ house, D. B. Strope, foreman, 75 ; employed in offices and miscellaneous, 40 ; total, 614.

The amount invested in this property, and the annual value of the products of the shops, could not be ascertained definitely, as the data are not available. A careful estimate, however, places the sum annually expended for the labor alone employed in these shops, at from §350,000 to §400,000, which vast amount is in turn distributed by the recipients among our retail business men, supporting a great many branches of trade, and affording a livelihood to large numbers of people.

The shops are now running in full blast. The products include locomotive engines, palace day and sleeping coaches and cars of all descriptions, box cars, stock cars, flat cars, refrigerator cars, express and baggage cars, ordinary passenger cars, etc. All of the locomotives used on the Western Division of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chioago Railway are built here, as well as a large proportion of the cars of all descriptions used by the Pennsylvania lines. In addition to this, locomotives and cars are built for many other roads.

Round-House. - Size of building (circle with open space of 150 feet diame¬ ter), 300; capacity (number of locomotives), 38; number of men employed, 75. A new house is in contemplation east of the city, with complete circle; open space ; will have a capacity of fifty locomotives. D. B. Strope is foreman.

Blacksmith- Shop. - Size of building, 100x300 feet; size of engine-room, 40x50 feet ; horse-power of engine, eighty, stroke and bore, 16x30 feet ; one perpen¬ dicular steam-hammer, stroke 2,500 pounds ; one furnace and locomotive boiler in connection; one hoizontal steam-hammer, stroke, 1,000 pounds; one furnace and locomotive boiler in connection. These hammers combined use twelve tons of scrap-iron per day ; total amount of iron consumed in this shop per day, fifty tons; total number of fires, sixty; total number of men employed, 120; one pair of steam shears; one hydraulic up-setting machine; one steam-bolt machine ; one steam up-setting machine; three additional hammers; two additional fur¬ naces ; a steam fire engine, perpendicular, direct action, capable of throwing a stream of solid water to a perpendicular height of 120 feet - this is for the gen¬ eral protection of the shops ; one Sturdevent blower ; one drill press ; three derricks. The first blacksmith-shops, located east of La Fayette street and immediately north of the track, were burned on May 27, 1865, and the present shops on the south side of Holman, between La Fayette and Barr streets, were erected imme¬ diately after.

Setting- Fp Shop. - Size of building, 75x125 feet; capacity for cars at one time, seven ; capacity for car-trucks at one time, seven. In this shop a freight car is constructed in all its details, and turned out at the maximum rate of ten cars per day, ready for the paint-shop.

Iron Working Department. - Four axle lathes; two boring-mills for car wheels; one single; one cross head feed; one hydraulic wheel press gauged to 150 tons to the square inch ; seven drill presses, perpendicular ; five bolt cutters ; one small lathe ; two small horizontal cap drills; three tapping machines for cutting taps, etc.; one extra grindstone ; one emery shaft.

Second Fluor. - One band saw ; one emery wheel ; one surface shaper ; two tenoning machines, one jig saw; two table saws, circular; one perpendicular mortising machine ; three turning lathes ; one sticking machine ; two cast-iron forms for grain-door construction ; one cork crushing machine ; one glue range.

Upholstering Room. - This room is on the second floor, at the cast end, and has in connection one tow and hair-cutting machine, and one large size Howe sewing machine, together with storerooms, etc.

Car- Construction Shops. Wood- Working Department. - Size of building, two stories, 90x240 feet ; one perpendicular boring machine, special build extra size, four sets of bits; on.* perpendicular boring machine, special build, extra size, five sets of bits ; one perpendicular boring machine, special build, extra size, one set of bits ; two horizontal tenouing machine, special build, extra size ; one double shaping machine, special build ; one treble shaping machine, special build ; one double jig-saw machine, special build ; one double fqrming machine, special build : one horizontal mortising machine, special build ; two setts of double swinging saws, special build ; three table saws, circular ; two revolving saws, cir¬ cular.

Locomotive, Construction And Machine Shops

Planers of various sizes, total number, 1 1 ; lathes of various sizes, total number, 20 ; lathes of extra sizes, total number, 3 ; perpendicular drilling machines, total number, 7.

Special Machinery. - Two truck-wheel boring-mill; one hydraulic wheel press. Industrial, No. 120; one thread-cutting machine, Sellers', No. 141; one thread cutting machine, Wood & Light ; one double emery-wheel, one milling machine, one test-gauge apparatus, three derricks, one extra size grindstone.

Horse-power of engine, 80 ; bore and stroke, 16x30. Size of building, construction and machine shop proper, 150x300 feet; size of engine and boilerroom, 50x60 feet. Master Mechanic's office and supply depot, in connection with the main building, two stories, 50x150 feet; total number of men employed, 75 ; S. B. Bradley, foreman.

Locomotive Tank Construction Shops. - Size of building, immediately west and adjoining blacksmith-shops, 80x100 feet. Machinery: One pair steam shears; two perpendicular drill presses; one planer; one traveling crane. Num¬ ber of men employed, 10. T. J. Hedges, foreman.

Water-Works

These works are located on the south side of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad track, on the east bank of the St. Mary's River. The buildiugs arc of brick, as is also the well .and stand-pipe. The following is an exhibit of the size and capacity : Steam cylinders, two, each 48x22 feet ; water cylin¬ ders, two, each 12x48 feet; boilers, two, each locomotive build; boilers' average pressure in pounds, 40 ; fuel, coal, in pounds, per day, 22,000. Pipe : Size discharge, 12 inches to roundhouse; from roundhouse to stock yards, 8 inches; suction, 14 inches; pressure, to roundhouse, one and one-half miles, square inch, 32 pounds; pressure, average to stock yards, two miles, square inch, 42 pounds. Stand pipe, 93 feet high, 22 inches diameter; boiler, iron, brick exterior.

Pumps , Special Cameron Build. - Maximum capacity in twenty-four hours, 500,000 gallons ; minimum capacity in twenty-four hours, 200,000 gallons. Tanks, located at roundhouse: Capacity, each, 6,250 gallons, four in number; total capacity, 25,000 gallons.

The Lake Erie. Wabash & St. Louis Railway

THE LAKE ERIE. WABASH & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY was organized at Logansport, Ind., July 23, 1852, with a capital stock of $4,000,- 000, consisting of 80,000 shares of $50 each. The Eastern terminus was the Ohio State l;ne ; the Western terminus, Illinois State line. Fifty thousand dollars' worth of stock suspended on the day of meeting, on the spot. William Rockhill, Chairman.

Wabash Railroad Shops

In 1859, the then T. W. & W. R. R. Co. signified their preference to Fort Wayne as a point to locate their car and machine shop, and, in consequence, and as an inducement to bring about such an end, a subscription was started to raise an amount required by the Company, representing $15,000, nearly all of which sum had been subscribed, when they postponed for the time any action. In 1860, however. Fort Wayne was settled upon as the point, and during that year and the one following 1 1861 ), the present works were built and put into operation. Pre¬ vious to those years, however, and shortly after the completion of the road to this point, the round-top engine-house was built, also the shops of frame, immediately to the east of the old roundhouse. In the latter, were carried on a general repairshop, using the necessary machinery, engine, etc., to construct and repair cars and machinery. This shop became to be known over the road as " the hospital."

The car construction shops were subsequently moved to Toledo, Ohio. We give below the machinery, etc., of the shops, and the various heads over them as well as the number of men employed in the several departments.

Machine and Setting-up Shop, built in 1861. - One large planer, two medium planers two " donkey " planers, ooe large swing lathe, two axle lathes, twelve intermediate lathes, six perpendicular drill presses, one hydraulic punching machine ne hydraulic car-wheel setter, one car-wheel boring mill, one box boring machine^ one compound box and c}'linder boring machine, one compound puncher and shears, two thread-cutting machines, two burr-cutting machines, one horizontal cylinder boring machine. Horse-power of engine - 16x30 - eighty. Two loco¬ motive boilers.

Blac/csmith-shop, built in 1861. - Eighteen fires, one pair of power shears, one horizontal steam hammer, one perpendicular steam hammer, one pair of boiler shears, one smelting oven, one crane.

Roundhouse, built in 1856-57, capacity for twenty engines. Roundhouse immediately west of Fairfield avenue, has a capacity for sixteen engines. The old roundhouse and the shops are located south of the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R. and east of Fairfield avenue, the buildings are one story, and of brick. The wood¬ working shop is frame, and at this time is run without any steam power.

The following is a list of the men employed in the several departments: Machine-shops (J. B. Barnes, foreman), 85 men: boiler-shops (C. F. Lape, fore¬ man), 40 ; blacksmith-shops (Dan Campbell, foreman), 38; coppersmith shop (L. Newroth, foreman), 5; brass moulders' foundry (James Kuukuck, foreman), 3; carpenter-shops (H. Poyser, foreman), 30; roundhouses (J. C. Mills, fore¬ man), 47 ; master mechanic's office (W. Wilson, M. M.), 3 ; total (exclusive of engineers and firemen), 251.

These shops consist of five very large buildings. The principal work is the building of locomotives, and the repair of engines and cal's. The bulk of the repairs for the Wabash road, between Danville and Toledo, is done in these shops.

Water-Works Of The Wabash Railroad

These works are located on the east bank of the St. Mary's River, on the north side of the Wabash Railroad. The buildings are frame. The pumps, two in number, are known as the Worthington Duplex. The following is an exhibit of their capacity, etc.: Two steam boilers, locomotive build, used alternately ; discharge pipe, four inches; suction pipe, six inches; water pressure, 120 pounds to the square inch ; one tank, with a capacity of 1,200 barrels, located near the water-works; one tank, with a capacity of 2,800 barrels, located near the round¬ house. Ten tons of soft coal are used per week ; about 200,000 gallons arc pumped per day ; the pumps are used in turn about every three days.

The Muncie Shops

The Muncie shops were established in this city about five years ago. They are located in the Ninth Ward, near the Feeder Canal, and gives employment to sixty-eight men. William McPhail is the Master Mechanic, William Knight, Master Car-Builder, and Joseph Gair, Foreman of the blacksmith-shop. In this shop is done the repair work of the Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati and Whitewater Valley Railroads. In consideration of the location of the shops at Fort Wayne, and the completion of the Fort Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati Rail¬ road, the city, by a vote of the people, appropriated $100,000, besides subse¬ quently donating a portion of lands known as the City Park. On these lands they, in 1874, built the present shops, located in the Ninth Ward, on the east side of North Calhoun street, south of the Feeder Canal. No machinery, how¬ ever, is operated as yet. The engine-house, located a short distance southeast, is a frame, and has a capacity for five engines. The Fort Wayne, Jackson & Sagi¬ naw Railroad engine-house is located hard by and has a capacity for three engines. Both use the same turn-table. The depot and freight offices of these roads jointly are located iu the Ninth Ward, near the junction of North Harrison and First streets. Both are frame. The tracks of each of these roads may be said to be a continuity of each, joining, seemingly, to make one road.

Fort Wayne is possessed of six railway lines : The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago; Toledo, Wabash & Western ; Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw ; Fort Wayne & Muncie ; Grand Rapids & Indiana, and the Cincinnati, Richmond & Fort Wayne.

Colerick's Hall. - This hall was built in the summer of 1853, by E. F. Colerick. It is located on the north side of Columbia street, cast of Clinton, Lot 37, original plat. This, the first public hall, was opened to the public on the 26th of December, 1853, and was for many years the popular resort. In 1864, it was refitted, improved and named Colerick's Opera House, as it has since been called. It is now fast falling into disuse, having passed out of the hands of Mr. C. some time since ; the present owner is J. B. White.

Olympic Theatre. - This building is on the southeast corner of Columbia and Clinton streets, Lot No. 58, -original plat; was built by the executors of the estate of Washington Ewing, in the year 1868, and was opened to the public in winter of this year. This is a commodious aud very convenient hall, haviug the patent chair, raised floor, and other conveniences suited for its use.

Rink. - In 1868, an organization was formed called the Rink Association ; this company let a contract to Heroy Bros., who built, during the autumn of this year, on the north side of Berry street, east of Clinton, Lot 95, original plat, one of their patent skating rinks, and opened it to the public at the beginning of the skating season. It was finally sold, aud, in 1878, it was refitted for a public hall, a raised floor and stage, besides the other necessary improvements were made ; at this time its name was changed to the Academy of Music, by which name it is at this time known.

Indian And Other Traders

J. B. Richardville, afterward chief, was licensed to trade with the Indians at Fort Wayne in 1815. He had, also, a trading house on his reserve, below the County Infirmary, near the forks of the Bluffton -and Winchester roads.

Antonie Bondie was an Indian trader and interpreter; was here as early as 1812-13 ; was at one time i he only white man that lived here outside of the fort. He was located at the landing, i. e , about immediately north of the gas factory, near the St. Mary's River bridge, in a log house.

Samuel Hanna and James Barnett were Indian traders in 1819. Hanna built a log house on the Dortheast corner of Columbia and Barr streets ; and, in 1820, he and Barnett opened a trading-house. Their goods were purchased in Boston, Mass., and cam 3 by water to New York, thence by way of Albany to Buffalo, then by lake to Detroit, and from there via Swan Creek (Toledo) to Maumee Rapids ; being hauled around the Rapids, they were conveyed up the Maumee River, by pirogues, to Fort Wayne.

Francis Comparet came here, in 1820, from Toledo, Ohio. He engaged in the Indian trade at once; was located on Columbia street, south side, between Clinton and Calhoun, on original plat, in 1823. He engaged in same business with Henry Colerick in 1832-33, and subsequently with Peter Kiser, under the firm name of Comparet & Kiser. This firm were agents for the North American Fur Company; they also built the only distillery ever built here; it was located on the south bank of the canal, immediately east of Comparers residence. r

J. B. Bourie was an Indian trader, and was among the first. He was located on the northwest corner of Columbia and Calhoun streets, on Lot No. 46, origi¬ nal plat, the present site of Drier Bros' drug store.

John B. Bourie and John Peltier, Indian traders, were located on the north¬ west corner of Columbia and Calhoun streets, in a two-story brick (the first build¬ ing in town when built), on Lot No. 46, original plat.

George W. and William G. Ewing were licensed to trade at Fort Wayne in 1822 ; they were located on the southwest corner of Columbia and Calhoun streets, until the building was destroyed by fire in 1828, when they removed to the south¬ east corner of Columbia and Clinton streets, where they continued in business for several years.

The American Fur Company was located here in 1822. Francis Comparet, Alexis Coquillard and Benjamin Kercheval were agents. They were located here before, about the year 1820.

Peter Kiser came here in 1823, from Ohio, and located as a butcher. He issued rations to the Indians at their several payments here, at the " forks of the Wabash" and on Eh 1 River. He subsequently, in 1846, engaged in the mercan¬ tile business, on Lot No. 76, original plat, where he has continued until this day.

Allen Hamilton came here in 1823; was appointed Deputy Register under S. C. Vance. About a year afterward he engaged in the mercantile business. Soon after this he formed a partnership with Cyrus Taber, under the firm name of Hamilton & Taber. He was the confidential adviser of Chief Richardville, receiving and disbursing large sums of money, etc. Previous to his connection with Taber he was associated with Barnett & Hanna, about the years 1826 to 1832, on the northeast corner of Columbia and Clinton streets, on Lot No. 39. Thomas Hamilton was engaged in the store as clerk.

Frank Lassalle was engaged here as a merchant, on the south side of Columbii street, between Barr and Clinton, on Lot No. 61, original plat. He after¬ ward sold his establishment to the Miami Indians, and the establishment was conducted by Shapeenee Richard Chute, who was a trader and connected with the Ewings.

James Arelirie was engaged as a trader with the Ewings, on the southwest corner of Columbia and Calhoun streets, on Lot No. 51, original plat. Was in business about 1828 to 1835.

James Godfroi, a Frenchman, was a trader, located on what was called " Little River Reserve," about eleven miles from Fort Wayne, in La Fayette Township, from 1830 to 1835.

Heuderson, the father of Zene Henderson, built a frame building on the northeast corner of Columbia and Calhoun streets, on Lot No. 45, original plat, the present site of George De Wald's store. In 1833-34, Mr. Henderson occupied this as a trading-house, and continued until 1835-36, when he formed a partnership under the firm name of Henderson, Britton & Stapleford, who built a brick addi¬ tion. This copartnership was unsatisfactory and a dissolution followed soon after. The house was then sold and converted into a tavern.

Scott & Sten. - Joseph Scott and John Sten - were the successors of Henry Colerick, in the dry-goods trade. They were located on the south side of Columbia street, between Clinton and Calhoun streets, on Lot No. - original plat.

Zene Henderson was an Indian trader, and was located on Lot No. 45, orig¬ inal plat, the present site of George De Wald's store. He was engaged in the trade from 1828 to about 1835, succeeding his father.

Indian Camp Ground

In 1830, and prior thereto, the Indians assembled in great numbers on the west side of Calhoun street, from about the Methodist Church to the canal. The space between the described boundary, and even farther to the west, was covered with a small growth of oak, to which the Indians were accustomed to hitch their ponies. During the imprisonment of Big Leg, the chief, for murder, large numbers of them were encamped on these grounds.

are buried about fifty feet east, and about fifteen feet south of the southwest corner of the cathedral at Fort Wa^ne. His monument, however, was taken away when the excavation for the building was made, and set up in tfie old Cath¬ olic graveyard on the east bank of the St. Mary's River.

Miscellany

In a carefully prepared speech, delivered before the late lamented Chamber of Commerce in 1876, Mr. Henry G. Olds estimated the amount of capital invested in our manufactories at from §10,000,000 to §12,000,000 ; the number of men employed at 3,000 ; the annual value of the products at §20 000 000 - the cash disbursements for labor at from §3,000,000 to §4 000 000 'annually - and for material, from §700,000 to §1,000,000 monthly. It' is certain that the figures are larger now than then, for our manufacturing interests are in a much more flourishing condition in 1879 than they were in 1876.

The information herewith presented is not so full or complete as could be desired. But the article is by no means intended to be exhaustive, and the subject will be recurred to again by the Sentinel.

W. Davis, of Terre Haute, Ind., in August, 1839, asked our Postmaster for a description of I'ort Wayne for a gazette of Indiana, and received the followin'* reply : " It contains 7 preachers of the Gospel, 9 lawyers, 8 physicians, 10 master carpenters and joiners, 6 stone and brick masons, 5 blacksmiths, 3 wagon and coach makers, 3 cabinet-makers, 6 tailors, 3 painters and glaziers, 3 bakeries, 4 shoemakers, 3 saddlers and harness-makers, 2 breweries, 1 tinner, 1 hatter, 1 tanner and currier, 2 butchers, l jeweler, 1 pottersware, 1 boat-yard, 1 mill manufactory, 1 printing office. It contains 17 dry-goods stores, 3 hotels, 10 grocery and pro¬ vision stores, and 4 drug stores. It contains 1 bank, 4 houses for public worship, a market-house, court house, county jail, and 1 fire-engine. It contains 6 religious societies, to wit: 1 Presbyterian, 1 Methodist, 1 Baptist, 1 Episcopalian, °1 German Lutheran, 1 Catholic. It contains an academy and several public schools, their number varying with circumstances. There are 55 to 60 dwelling-houses and stores being built the present season. The amount of taxable real estate in town is §544,583, and in the county, §987,346, but a sm ill portion of the lands of the levy yet subject to taxation. The Wabash & Erie Canal passes through the town ; it is completed to Logansport, about eighty miles west, and packets and freight-boats ply daily between the two places. It is expected to be completed to La Fayette, in that direction, and east to Ohio State line, during the approach¬ ing autumn. The Michigan & Erie Canal, now in course of construction, unites with the Wabash & Erie one mile west of town, and, when completed, will form, in conjunction with the latter, an inland water connection between the heads of Lakes Michigan and Erie." - Wayne Sentinel, August 1839.]

In the autumn of 1859, the first iron bridge was built here. It was over St. Mary's River at the foot of Wells street, Bloomingdale ; cost. §3,200. In 1860, the bridge fell with a drove of cattle on it; it was built by Mosley & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Mechanics' engine purchased in the summer of 1858, arrived in September, 1858. New engine-house and city prison built in the summer of 1860. Stage line established in 1858, to Wolf Lake and Wawaka, carrying United States mail two trips a week, Mathial Glenn, proprietor. Corner-stone of the Court House laid May 1, 1861. St. Joe Tannery, formerly II. G. Gray & Co., November, 1858, changed to E. Weiser & Co. West End Market House built in the summer of 1860, opened in the autumn. This market was on the west side of Broadway, north of Wayne street; was a one-story building, with the usual meat stalls, etc.; the building was demolished about three years ago. July 4, 1835, the first canal-boat passed from the city of Fort Wayne on the W. & E. Canal, to the forks of the Wabash.

About 1844, a subscription was started in this city (Fort Wayne) to obtain the necessary funds for cutting the heavy timber and clearing up the underbrush, and laying down rails in the worst places, for a wagon road through the county of Allen, toward Bluffton, the county seat of Wells County. Mr. Samuel Stophlct was appointed agent to superintend the expenditure of the money. The amount raised was but a few hundred dollars, but it was carefully and pru¬ dently laid out. Wells County undertook to meet us at the county line, with a similar improvement from Bluffton, which was only partly executed.

In May, 1856, the Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad, from Pittsburgh to Crest¬ line, the Ohio & Indiana Railroad, from Crestline to Fort Wayne, and the Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, from Fort Wayne to Chicago, 495 miles, were consoli¬ dated into one corporation, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad. The stock of each was secured as follows: Ohio & Pennsylvania, at par, plus 20 percent; Ohio & Indiana, at par; Fort Wayne & Chicago, at par, plus 6 per cent. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago completed to Chicago in November, 1858. Present dapot finished in May, 1861-; July, 1860, the present Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Depot was built, 184 feet long 33 feet wide, center por¬ tion two stories high, and of brick.

Muncie Railroad. - On the 8th of March, 1842, a meeting was held at Muncie, Ind., to take preliminary steps to organize the Fort Wayne & Muncie Railroad, the object of which was to connect Muncie with W. & E. Canal.

Horse Thieves. - Pursuant to notice, the citizens of Fort Wayne and vicinity met at the American House on Wednesday evening, June 16, 1841, for the pur¬ pose of making the necessary arrangements to form a society for the protection of the rights of the people, against the depredations of horse thieves, incendi¬ aries and counterfeiters. On motion, L. S. Bayless was called to the chair, and B. B. Stevens appointed Secretary. On motion, a committee of five was ap¬ pointed, consisting of James Morgan, Hugh McCulloch, G. W. Wood, S. Hanna and James Berkley, whose business it was to draft a constitution and by-laws for the government of the society. On motion, resolved that the proceedings be published in the Fort Wayne Times and Sentinel. On motion, meeting adjourned to meet at the American House, Tuesday evening, June 22, 1841. B. B. Stevens, Secretary, L. S. Bayless, Chairman.

In the autumn of 1857, Calhoun street was planked from Berry to Lewis street; T. P. Anderson, contractor. In 1812, John H. Piatt, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was the first contractor to furnish provisions to the fort : in 1814, John H. Piatt took in as substitute, Andrew Wallace. He subsequently sold this

Hoover and William Stevens taught school in the old Presbyterian Church, on south side of Berry, cast of Barr street. Mr. Stevens and wife taught subse¬ quently.

On May 22, 1851, a severe wind and rain storm visited this place. The Fort Wayne M. B. College was partially unroofed - damaged about 8500 ; canal-boats freely floated on Columbia street, and the water was quite deep on Columbia and Harrison streets. Robinson's tannery injured by flooding the vats, etc. Cellars and low buildings suffered very much ; the principal cause of so much flooding was on account of an attempt to change the flow from what is now Baker street ditch into the St. Mary's River by ditching.

On the 17th of March, 1868, a very heavy storm of rain and wind visited this place, doing immense damage, unroofing buildings and doing much injury from water, etc. Columbia street, west of Calhoun, suffered very severely, as well as other places where the track of the wind seemed to take its course, viz., from the southwest to north and then northeast.

consent of the members of the bar, that all business on the civil docket be contined until the next term of this court, on account of the sickness prevailing throughout the county."

First court met August 0, 1S24 ; the first case tried in the Circuit Court was Richard Swain vs. Joseph Troutner, trespass; case continued. The second case tried was Anna Canada vs. Nathaniel Canada, for divorce; granted at Anna's cost. And the third case was Polly Robertson vs. Thomas Robertson, divorce. Polly relented and the case was dismissed on her petition, and at her cost. The first grand jury was John Tipton, Paul Taber, William Suttonfield, Alexander Ewing, James Hackley, Charles Meeks, John Davis, William Probest, Horace Taylor, James Wyman, James Connon, Cyrus Taber and William N. Hood. W. G. Ewing was the first attorney admitted to practice in Allen Circuit Court, August 9, 1824. At the June term, 1825, Calvin Fletcher was admitted to prac¬ tice, on motion of C. W. Ewing. At the June term, 1825, the prosecuting attorney being absent, the court appointed Calvin Fletcher as proecuting attorney.

On the east bank of the St. Mary's River, and immediately below the Pitts¬ burgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, Gen. Lewis Cass delivered his address in Fort Wayne, on the completion of. the Wabash & Erie Canal, from Toledo to La Fayette, July 4, 1843.

The first steamboat on the Wabash came up from the Ohio, about the 20th of December, 1823. The steamboat Florence, Capt. Donne, ascended the Wabash River, being the first boat that ever passed up that river." - [ Indiana Oracle , December 20 , 1823.]

December 10, 1841, a boat loaded with 3,500 hoop-poles started from this city for New Orleans. The boat and cargo is owned by Messrs. William Stew¬ art, Henry Lotz and Thomas J. Lewis, who have started out on a new, and we hope profitable, expidition. The boat is not to be unloaded until she reaches the place of destination. - [Sentinel, December 11, 1SJ/1.~\

The steamboat lock across the Wabash, at Delphi, is completed. We learn by the Delphi Oracle of the 20th inst. (March, 1842), several flat boats passed through on their way to New Orleans.

In November, 1842, a flat-boat left Fort Wayne for New Orleans, freighted with 45,000 hoop-poles, and 250 barrels of cranberries, taking 200 barrels of cranberries at Logansport ; boat owned by Messrs. Benjamin Smith, T. J. Lewis, and N. D. Stewart. Another, belonging to some Germans, left a few days afterward with 50,000 hoop-poles, via Delphi to Wabash, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

Fire in For t Wayne. - Fifteen buildings burned, loss $30,000. The build¬ ings were located on the present site of Phoenix Block, west side of Calhoun street, north of Main, fr^y 21. 1849.

In June, 1842, the water was let in at the foot of the rapids of the Maumee to Toledo, and during the coming week bints will pass from Toledo to Providence.

M Jail Burned. - Saturday evening, February 3, 1849, the county jail was bifrned. Well enough it was burned - was a disgrace to the county, and ought to be replaced with a respectable building." [ Times, February 8, 18 If) .)

Council House. - The council house was built in 1816, for the use of the Indian Agent, and was located on Lots 32 and 33 of the County Addition to Fort Wayne, fronting north ou the alley running east and west, north of Main, between Lafayette and Clay streets. The well dug then for the use of the agency was situated on Lot No. 32, and is still in use.

Portage Canal. - The distinguished position of Fort Wayne and the feasi¬ bility and practicability of a line of canal in addition to the suggestion to the same effect made by Gen. Washington at an early date, to connect the waters of Lake Erie with those of the Mississippi by a canal across the portage at Fort Wayne, were facts noted by the careful observer, Col. McAfee, during his expe¬ dition to Fort Wayne for the relief of its garrison in 1812.

THe Drainage in Indiana First Inaugurated in Allen County. - The first tile machine started in the State was by Samuel Lillie, who was running an earthenware factory near Fort Wayne in 1853. It was a new enterprise, and Mr. Lillie had some fears of success, but was induced to make the attempt upon Mr. I. D. G. Nelson furnishing the money and agreeing to take it all out in tile, and as much more, which was done, aud the enterprise proved a success. Mr. Nelson had previously done considerable underdraining with plank, timber, etc., as far back as 1815 and 1846. Some of the drains are sail in successful opera¬ tion. The machine referred to was worked by horse-power, but turned out many thousand feet of tile during the year. Now there are several other factories in the county, and many miles of blind ditches are constructed annually, besides an immense amount of open drainage that is done under the State ditching-law, until Allen County has more acres of tillable land than any county in the State, notwithstanding three large rivers run through its length and breadth.

I. D. G. Nelson was appointed Receiver of Public Moneys by President Tyler for the Fort Wayne Land District to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Maj. Samuel Lewis, on the 24th day of February, 1843. He was re-ap¬ pointed by President Polk March 16, 1847, and was succeeded by Smalwood Noel on the accession of President Taylor.

Mr. Nelson was also appointed agent for the General Government to pay the Miami Indians residing in Indiana, by President Polk in 1845. He paid the Indians individually, each their pro rata share in silver, ignoring all claims of the traders upon the tribe. This was a new departure, which was accomplished under some difliculty, and under the protest of the traders, but was enjoyed hugely by the Indians. For this course, Mr. Nelson received a highly compli¬ mentary letter from Col. Medell of the Indian Bureau in the War Department at Washington, dated November 4, 1847, which closed by saying, " Accept, if ypu please, the thanks of this office for the performance of said duty."

A great celebration, upon the completion of the Wabash & Erie Canal, the largest artificial water communication in the world, extending from Lake Erie to the Ohio River, was held at Fort Wayne on the 4th day of July, 1846. There was an immense concourse of people from all sections of this State, and Ohio par¬ ticularly. Both of the Indiana United States Senators, Messrs. White and Hannegan, anti several members of Congress, were present. Gen. Cass delivered the oration. Congratulatory letters were received from Van Buren, Clay, Webster, and all the promineut statesmen of the day. The occasion was one of great rejoicing as a marked period in the history of Indiana.

A company was formed in 1838, with a capital stock of $10,000, for the purpose of establishing a line of packets on the Wabash & Erie Canal. At the first meeting of the stockholders, Stephen Coles was elected President, I. D. G. Nelson, Treasurer, and Jeremiah Sherman, Secretary. It was regarded as one of the great enterprises of the day. The sound of the captain's bugle was soon heard with great delight all along the line. It was a decided luxury to sail in these " floating palaces," besides being considered a very expeditious way of traveling ; and so it was, when compared with the keel- boat and Indiana " pirogue," then in use.