Cuyahoga Falls City (part 2 of 6)

In the month of January-, 1 879. upon the invitation of the Ohio Christian Missionary SocietN', District No. 15, and the church at Stow, Elder T. D. Grarvin, of Columbus, Ohio, visited Cuyahoga Falls to hold a series of meetings. James' Hall (now called Apollo Hall), was obtained for this purpose. The weather during these meetings - which continued nearly four weeks - was excellent, and the members of the church at Stow attended nearly all the meetings. James' Hall was filled night after night to the close. Rev. T. D. Garvin's labors on this occasion were rewarded by quite a number of additions to the church. The expenses of the meeting were borne jointly b}' the missionary society and the Stow church.

In the spring of 1879, the members of the Stow church, who were living at the Falls, organized a mission, rented the hall over J. L'Hommedieu's store, and held regular meetings, for social worship, preaching and communion.

These meetings were continued during the year with rather indifferent success. A. S. Wlieelei", Elder of the Stow church, had charge of the mission, and the mone^' necessary to sustain it was contributed b}' the missionary societv and the members of the church resident at the Falls.

In December, 1879, Elder T. D. Garvin held a second series of meetings in Apollo Hall, which continued till Januar}' 12, 1880. Like the meetings of the previous winter, these were largely attended, and resulted in some thirty additions to the church at Stow. The expense of the meetings, which was about $8 per daj', was paid in equal parts by the missionary society and by the brethren and friends of the mission.

In February, perhaps, of 1880, the mission rented the hall over Giles L'Hommedieu's store, where it has since held its meetings. In April of the same year, William Southmayd, an Elder of the Stow church, moved to the Falls and took an active part in the work of the mission. A Sunda}' school was organized in connection with the mission on May 1, 1880, and William Southmayd was chosen Superintendent. A good corps of teachers was secured, and with an enrollment of about twenty-five (which at this writing. May 28, 1880, has grown to nearly fifty), the Sunday-school work of the mission was begun.

About April 15, of the same year, Leonard Southmayd was emplo3'ed to preach regularly for the mission. He pi'eached regularly from the time of his employment up to the date of the organization of the church, ever}-- Lord's Day morning, with one exception. The expense incident to this period of the mission's life was borne bj^ the members of the mission, the missionary societv and the church at Stow.

In December, 1880, Elder C. C. Smith, of Akron, held a protracted meeting in G. L'Hommedieu's hall, which resulted in a few accessions to the church. The church at Akron gave Elder Smith's time. Elder Southmayd supplying the Akron pulpit during Elder Smith's labors here. A pleasant feature of the close of this meeting was the presentation to the Mission Sunday School by Elder Smith, in behalf of the Akron Sunda}- School, of the beautifully -framed mottoes which now adorn the walls of the Sunday-school room.

On February 7, 1881, at the request of members of the mission, the State Evangelist, Elder R. Moffat, called a conference to take into consideration the propriety and practicability of organizing a church. At this conference which met at William Southma3xVs. there were present from Stow, Ulysses Marvin, Eli Gaylord, L. Hartle, C. B. AVetmore, Josiah Wetmore, J. 0. Williamson, Joseph Whittlesc}', L. Southma}^! and A. B. Griffith ; from the Falls, A. S. Wheeler, William Southmayd, John Jones, 0. M. Hart, Zeno Culver, J. T. Ream. In addition to these there were present R. MolTat, State Evangelist of the Ohio Christian Missionar}' Society, Linus Rogers, C. C. Smith and A. E. Myers, State Evangelist of West Virginia.

The unanimous conclusion of the conference was that a church be organized at the Falls, provided such act met the approval of the brethren of the mission.

The Elders of the Stow Church gave their consent to the transfer of some fifty-seven names from their church record to the record of the church at the Falls whenever organized.

Subsequently the members of the mission concluded to effect an organization. With that end in view, the State Evangelist, Elder R. Moffatt was invited to hold a series of meetings at the hall of the mission, which he did beginning on Saturday evening, iMarch 18, 1881, and closing on Sunday evening, March 27, 1881. On March 27, 1881, by appropriate exercises, the church was formally organized, though not legally incorporated as the Church of Christ, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and the following officers were chosen : A. S. Wheeler and William Southraayd, Elders ; 0. M. Hart, John Jones and T. J. Ream, Deacons ; W. M. Griswold, Treasurer, and Charles Fillius, Clerk.

There are in Cuyahoga Falls but few secret societies. Howard Lodge, No. 62, I. 0. 0. F., was instituted March 12, 1846, by 0. P. Stidger, D. D. G. M., of Canton, Ohio. The charter membex'S were Philemon Bliss, Richard Creighton, George Rouse, Augustus Einger and Daniel M. Curtiss. Their charter was surrendered August 27, 1862. The lodge, however, was re-instituted August 1, 1872, by H. Y. Beebe, P. G. M., of Ravenna, Ohio. The new charter members were John Grimm, D. H. Jones. William Daugherty, Andrew Schmidt, W. H. Dailey, A. M. Musson, John Little, E. L. Babcock and C. Kittleberger. The present officers of the lodge are : I. N. Reid, N. G.; George Williams, V. G.; George W. Rice, Secretary ; W. H. Dailey, Recording Secretary ; W. M. Griswold, Treasurer. The Trustees are George J. Parks, George W. Rice, A. C. Goble, Humphrey Parkin, W. I. Clarkson. The names of the Past Grands now connected with the lodge are D. H. Jones, John Grimm, William Daugherty, Andrew Schmidt, E. L. Babcock, W. H. Dailey, George W. Rice, Nelson Holcomb, E. A. Inskeep, A. C. Goble, Thomas Garret}', C. Kittleberger, George J. Parks, W. S. Hough, George F. Patterson, W. I. Clarkson, John D. Thomas, David Forbes and Joseph Jones. The present number of members is seventy-three. Their night of meeting is Tuesday' ; their place, Loomis Block, northeast corner of Front and Portage streets.

Letters of dispensation were granted to Star Lodge, F. & A. M., by the Grand Lodge of the State of Ohio January 9, 1850. The first officers of the lodge were : Richard Creighton, W. M.; H. N. Gillett, S. W.; H. Dowd, J. W.; G. L'Hommedieu, Treasurer ; John Davis,

Secretary ; A. M. Manchester, S. D.; I. Lewis, J. D.; William Wright, Tiler. The lodge received their charter from the Grand Lodge of the State of Ohio the 17th day of October, 1850.

The following were charter members of the Lodge : Richard Creighton, Harrison M. Gillett, Henr}- Dowd, Charles W. Whetmore, Giles L'Hommedieu, John Davis, Alonzo N. Manchester, Isaac Lewis, William Wright, Timothy Brainard, George Allen and Robert Peebles.

The following members were Past Masters of the lodge : R. Creighton, J. Chamberlain, A. M. Manchester, C. W. Whetmore, P. V. Curch, S. Comstock, John Hinde. R. Peebles, I. James, M. Crawford and E. L. Babcock.

The present officers of the lodge are ; William Sid well, \V. M.; William Blong, S. W.; J. M. Craflts, J. W.; C. Kittleberger, Treasurer ; C. A. Hall, Secretar}' ; D. Forbes, S. D.; C. Clarke, J. D.; H. M. Stanley, Tiler; J. H. Insande and J. I. Reid, Stewards.

Royal Arcanum, Enterprise Council, No. 234, was organized January 3, 1879. The charter members were E. L. Babcock, W. S. Hough, John I. Jones, P. H. Standish, T. F. Heath, J. J. Moore, George Paul, Thomas Garrety, George F. Patterson, E. A. Inskeep, W. A. Taylor, W. A. Harrington, A. J. Vaughn, T. J. Francisco, E. A. Chamberlin, W. 0. Beebe, W. M. Griswold, J. C. Reid, H. E. Howard, George J. Parks. The first officers were E. L. Babcock, Past Regent ; T. F. Heath, Regent ; A. J. Vaughn, Vice Regent ; W. 0. Beebe, Collector ; W. M. Griswold, Secretary ; John I. Jones, Treasurer. The Lodge meets twice a month in G. A. R. Hall, in the James Block. The present officers are : W. S. Hough, Past Regent ; Thomas Garrety, Regent ; W. S. Hough, Collector ; W. M. Griswold, Secretary ; E. A. Chamberlin, Treasurer.

The Council is one of man}' similar councils of secret organization, extending nearly all over the United States, organized for the purpose of mutual insurance on the assessment plan, each member paying, according to age. Upon the death of a member in good standing, the heirs are paid from the fund raised by the assessment the sum of $3,000.

motion its stated council meetings are held. Besides its assessments, each council collects its quarterl}' dues for defraying its running expenses and creating a fund from which each member is entitled to not less than $1 per week in case of sickness.

On the 8th day of June, 1867, the following citizens of Cuyahoga Falls - L. W. Loomis, I. N. Reid, G. M. Patterson, Amos Wills, W. H. Shaffer, D. Shumway, M. V. Burt, R. M. Hinman,W. H. Carloss and B. B. Tremblin - former soldiers of the late war, met for the purpose of organizing a Post of the Grand Army, and signed an application for a charter which was forwarded to the headquarters of the then Eighteenth District, at Cleveland. On the evening of Jul}' 5, 1867, they met and were regularly mustered in by Col. George L. Childs, District Commander. The names of Josiah Brown, A. S. Emerson, J. H. Shewey were added to the charter list.

The officers elected at this meeting for one year were A. S. Emerson, Post Commander ; R. H. Hinman, Senior Vice Commander ; D. Shumway, Junior Vice Commander ; B. B. Tremblin, Post Adjt. ; L. W. Loomis, Post Quartermaster ; W. H. Shaffer, Surgeon ; G. M. Patterson, Chaplain.

The name chosen for the Post was Eadie (Post No. 232), in honor of the Eadie boys - John, James and Henry - who lost their lives as soldiers during the rebellion. The number was afterward changed to No. 37.

The first meetings were held in the old Temperance Hall, but in a few weeks the Post made arrangements to occupy the hall in the Loomis Block with the I. 0. G. T.

The organization grew rapidly during the years up to 1870. In that year the Post had increased from fourteen members to over one hundred and twenty -five. But in the year 1869, it pleased the National Headquarters to introduce a new system known as the " Three Grades " - (1st) recruit ; (2d) soldier ; (3d) veteran. For soldiers, this sj'stem did not work well. In consequence, recruiting about stopped, members became delinquent, and, finally, in December, 1873, the old Post ceased to exist. While it flourished, no member that belonged to it need be ashamed of its work. They collected, outside of the regular fees and dues, from the years 1867 to 1873, about $1,200, and used the same for charitable pui'poses. They took care of their own sick and poor ; they buried their own dead, and helped to establish the Soldiers' Orphan Home. Slany a strange soldier was sent on his way rejoicing through the kindness of the comrades of Eadie Post. The last work they did was one of practical benefit to Cuyahoga Falls, the donating of the last $100 in the treasury to establish the free reading room, which is an honor to Cuyahoga Falls.

In March, 1880, there met in the office of George Paul, a number of the old members of the G. A. R. and old soldiers, and signed an application for a new charter. The meeting for organization was held March 17, 1880, in the old Temperance Hall, and the Post was duly organized by Judge L. C. Williamson and comrades from Buckley, of Akron. Twentysix members were regularly mustered in.

Since April 1, 1880, the Post has occupied a lodge-room in Apollo Hall block. The Post has steadily increased in the last 3'ear, having now about fifty members, good and efficient officers, and well- attended meetings. In fact its future never was brighter than at present. There is but one grade ; the object is fraternit}', charity and loyalty. Since the re-organization, the Post has lost by death one of our most valued members, Adjt. W. J. Patterson, a brave soldier, and the most efficient Adjutant that has occupied that office since the Post was established in Cuyahoga Falls. The death roll as near as is known since 1877, of tlie Post is John Williams, Christopher Post, Frederick Bethel, Frank Brainard, William Cooper, A. H. Goble and William J. Patterson.

In 1812, Kelsey & Wilcox built a dam across the Cuj-ahoga River at the place in Cu^'ahoga Falls where the railroad bridge crosses it. At this point they erected a grist-mill and a sawmill. These were the first in the village. After the war with Great Britain of 1812-15, the property- was purchased by Stow & Wetmore, and an oil-mill l)uilt.

It is well known that, at an early day, there was a portage or carrying- place between the waters of the Cuyahoga and those of the Tuscarawas used by the Indians and traders to transport their canoes and peltries within the present Summit County. This portage was an important path, even after the country was occupied by the whites. At a point on this carrying-place was erected by the United States Government a military post, and what was called a " navy yard," and supplies were gathered here for their maintenance. These were drawn from as far south as Chillicothe, being brought up to the head-waters of the Muskingum and conveyed overland to the Cuyahoga. William Wetmore was appointed Commissary of this post, and all the lumber necessary to supply the wants of the Government at the station was supplied b}^ the saw-mill at the "old village," near, as we have seen, where the railroad bridge crosses the river.

In the course of time it was discovered that a "power" existed farther down the river much to be preferred to the one which had thus been improved ; so the last named gentlemen commenced in April, 1825, to make improvements at the latter place. William Wetmore, Jr., acting for Stow & Wetmore, gathered thirty men from the surrounding country, who were set to work to construct a dam where the upper one now stands. This was finished in June following. Here was erected a grist-mill, also a saw-mill and an oil-mill. As the erection of this dam flooded the one above, the mills first built were taken down.

In 1830, Stow & Wetmores (the father of the latter was then dead) built a paper-mill upon the east side of the river. The first sheet of paper was run off on the 8th of December of that year. Previous to this, the tannery, now occupied by C. Kittleberger, was erected.

"On the 1st day of April, 1825," writes Henry Wetmore, " Brother William and I came to what is now the village of Cuyahoga Falls from the banks of Silver Lake, in the township of Stow. We cut away the alders on the bank of the river, where Israel James' flouring-mill was afterward erected, to take a look at the river, and the wild scenery on each side. The next day Father came to line out the 210 acres which were subsequently the Stow Township part of the village, and to take a level of the fall of the river, to ascertain the height of the dam he was to build. All around was an unbroken forest. On the 30th of April we had a house up, and a goodly numl)er of men employed in cutting and hewing timber for our dam and saw-mill, flour and linseed oil mill, all of which were built in the year 1825-26.

" In December we completed our paper-mill, it being the first mill in the State to make paper by the method of gathering the pulp on a cylinder. There were three or four small hand mills in Ohio which made paper with selves by dipping up the pulp and shaking it. Joshua Stow, of Middletown, Conn., was our partner, under the firm name of Stow & Wetmores. In March, 1837, I sold out m}' interest in the firm to Mr. Stow. Since then the destroying hand of time and decay wore out the paper-mill frame and timbers, and it was pulled down. Some fiend burned the flouring-mill, and the oil-mill was discontinued for want of seed to stock it.

"In 1836, a gentleman came to Cuyahoga Falls to locate in business. He liked the place much, but he had heard of a place called Chicago, and he would go and see it before locating. On his return, he said Cuyahoga Falls was doing the most business, and would always continue to do so ; so he located here !"

While Stow & Wetmores, in 1825, were constructing their dam and building their mills as before mentioned, Henry Newberry was engaged in making improvements in the lower part of the present village. What is now Turner, Parks & Co.'s dam was built by him during that year. The next year he erected on the west side of the river a saw-mill, and on the east side an oil-mill. The latter was carried away by a flood in 1832, but a new mill was immediately put up, and was used by E. N. Sill and Ogden Wetmore. It was afterward sold to John Rumrill, who disposed of it to Prentiss Dow, the latter converting it into a paper-mill. Dow ran it in company with Rumrill, under the firm name of Dow, Rumrill & Co. This partnership was closed after a time, and then run by P. & G. Dow. The building was finally removed.

The first woolen factory in Cuyahoga Falls was erected near where are now the shops of Turner, Vaughn & Taylor. This factory was burned - the incendiary was spontaneous combustion. There was an oil-mill which was run by Penfield & Starr, adjoining the woolen fac-

Uivy at the time of its destruction, which was saved ; but this has '- gone where the woodbine twineth." In 1834, a foundry and trip-hammer shop was built by Mr. Vaughn, on the south side of what is now the stone bridge, where the saw-mill stands ; but this was burned and never rebuilt. Just south of this was a carriage-shop carried on b}^ Isaac Lewis. The building was afterward changed to a papermill, and run by George E. Clarke in company with his nephew, Sej'mour ; but like others of its class, it, too, has passed away. In 1834. Ogden Wetmore and B. R. Manchester built a foundry and machine-shop near where the brick paper-mill now stands. They ran the foundry for about two years, when Manchester's place was taken by L. W. Butler. In 1835, the machine-shop was leased by the Messrs. Bill, who afterward purchased the property' and used it until 1843, when it was destroyed by fire.

In 1845, the Messrs. Bill put up a brick building for a foundry and machine-shop, but, for the purpose of renting it to J. M. Smith & Co. for a paper-mill, the}- erected a small shop on the other side of the street for their own use. The lease of this company was for ten years, but, before its expiration, they were succeeded by Harrison & Hanford, who purchased the propert}- and added to it till it became what was known as the Empire Mill. This came into the hands of Hanford Brothers, who ran it until 1872, when it burned down. The Messrs. Bill took into copartnership James Chamberlain, and their shops were run for several j'ears under the firm name of Bill & Chamberlain. To accommodate their increasing business the}' removed the shops first built, and put up large buildings opposite the Empire Mill. There were some changes in the proprietorship from time to time, but the shops were kept running until the fire of 1872, when they disappeared with all their contents. A paper-mill, built by T. L. Miller, once stood on the east side of the canal. This was run by steam. It was subsequentl}- occupied by Caleb Howard, but fell into decay and was taken down. Among the " ancient institutions " of Cuyahoga Falls was a distillery. A portion of the buildings connected with it afterward were appropriated by the Taylor Wire Cloth Company. The " deadly worm " has long since disappeared.

Cuyahoga Falls in 1842, by George A. Stanley and Henry Holbrook, in the first building north of what is now the covered bridge on the west side ; but the enterprise was soon abandoned. Among other earl}' industries undertaken, but which was of short continuance, was a starch factory, by Birdsey Booth, at the spring on the bank of the river, near the present mill of Mr. Hinde. Another one was b\' G. & I. L'Hommedieu, near the depot, a sandpaper and glue fiictory, under the management of Mr. Smith. Still another was a pump factory, on the east side, carried on by R. S. Williams. In 1852, there were in the village three paper-mills, two oil-mills, two forges, one webbing factory, one fork, hoe and tool factory, three machine-shops one saw-mill, one fork and hoe factory, two grist-mills, one flax factory and one shovel factor}'.

In 1854, Cuyahoga Falls had three papermills in operation, and another in process of erection. The}- consumed 675 tons of the raw material, making 525 tons of paper annuall}'. In them were employed eight}' persons. They consumed $9,000 worth of chemicals and colors annually. There were two oil-mills, consuming 16,000 bushels of seed annually, making 30,000 gallons of oil. There was one forge for manufacturing car-axles, consuming from six to seven hundred tons of pig-metal, and making about five hundred and fifty tons of axles annually. The establishment employed from twenty to twenty-five men. There were three foundries and machine-shops. One of them consumed from 300 to 400 tons of stock, manufacturing about $75,000 worth of machinery annually, and affording constant employment to about thirty men. There was also a steel-fork manufiictory, which turned out, on an average, 100,- 000 forks annually, consuming twenty tons of cast-steel, and employing from fifteen to twenty hands ; one shovel-factory, which made six dozen shovels daily ; one grist-mill, one toolfactory, two tanneries, one ashery, two flaxmills, and one distillei-y, as previously mentioned. This last-mentioned -- institution " consumed 75,000 bushels of grain annually, making 30,000 gallons of high-wines. Tt furnished food for 3,000 hogs, '-and drinl: for ten times that number.'

clay-mill, a wire-factory, wire-weaving works, a large foundry and machine-shop, a small machine-shop and town-clock factory, two paper-mills, another partly erected, an extensive sewer-pipe factory, two potteries, a planingmill, a tannery, a tow-bagging mill and a tilefactory.

Having thus briefly outlined the rise and progress of the manufacturing industries of Cuyahoga Falls, man}^ of which " were, but are not," the attention of the reader is asked while we recount the story of such as are now in existence.

The buildings of the Variety Iron Works of Turner, Vaughn & Taylor consist of the main building, 36x74 feet ; an L-shaped attachment, 32x76 feet ; and a wing, 36x72 feet - each containing two stories and a basement. The first shop upon the place where these buildings stand was used by a man by the name of Kelley as a chair- factor}'. Mr. Lawson used it for the same purpose for some time afterward. This was replaced by one built by Vaughn, Hunt & Co., which was removed to give place to the Variety Iron Works, founded in 1856, b\ the firm of Turner, Parks & Co. Mr. Parks and Mr. Wetmore afterward retired. The remaining members were succeeded by Turner, Parks & Taylor, and the latter, in 1879, by Turner, Vaughn & Taylor, the present proprietors. The buildings of this firm are equipped with the most perfect machinery known in all the departments of iron and wood working, operated by water, aggregating seventy-five-horse power. The specialties of this house are improved steam engines, grain-cleaning machinery, mill-gearing, wire-working machinery and clay-grinding machines, which latter article is patented by this firm. They constructed all the wire-drawing machinery of the extensive Cleveland RoUing-Mills, and have made machinery for every wire-mill in the United States, with but a single exception, and are now superintending the erection of similar machinery in England. In addition to the leading products enumerated above, they also manufacture steam, hydraulic and screw presses for sewer-pipe, paper-mill, flour-mill and clay-mill machinery-, iron and brass castings in great variet}' to order ; Russia, sheet and galvanized iron and zinc screens, light cast-iron pipe for heating by steam, flange-pipe, etc. They have also facilities for sawing every description of lumber to

The Falls Wire Manufacturing Company are located in Cuyahoga Falls, on the bank of the Cuyahoga River. The main building is of brick, 40x85 feet, three stories and a basement, with a wing 30x55 feet, well supplied with improved modern machinery and appurtenances for the production of every gi'ade of iron and steel wire. The production of this article, in all its forms and sizes, furnishes an interesting sight to the curiosity-seeker. Regarded as a prominent article of commerce, entering largely as it does into a variety of industrial pursuits, its manufacture forms no insignificant item in the manufactures of the village. The works were first known as the Falls Wire Mill, operated by the Falls Wire Company, a stock company organized in 1873, for the manufacture of iron wire. This company was succeeded b}' the Falls Wire Manufacturing Company, organized in 1879, with an authorized capital stock of $100,000. The waters of the Cuyahoga River furnish the power (65-horse-power), to turn the machinery. There is here produced annually over one thousand tons of the various sizes of finished wire. The trade of this company is principally in the West. They make a specialty of wire for fine purposes, such as spring-wire for woven-wire mattresses, the extra grades of tinned wire, and broom and binder wire. On the evening of March 31, 1881, since the foregoing was written, these works were largel}' desti'oyed by fire. They will, however, be immediately rebuilt, with but a few weeks' interruption of the business of the compan3^

The peculiar adaptability of the clay deposits of Summit County for the manufacture of potter}' has been spoken of in another chapter. Ohio stoneware has acquired an extensive reputation. The Cuyahoga Falls Stoneware Factory was founded about eighteen years ago b}' the firm of Tiiomas & Harris. Thomas Brothers are the present proprietors. The building occupied l)y tills company is a two-story structure, 36x120 feet in size, and is furnished with a complete and thorough outfit of machiner}' especially adapted to the manufacture of the line of articles turned out, consisting of churns, butters, pans, Dutch pots, jugs, preserve jars, fruit jars with label tops, covers, stove tubes, etc. The capacity of the factor}' is upward of 300,000 gallons per annum, valued at not less than $15,000, the demand for which is principally in the States of Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. Their manufactor}' is on the corner of Main and Broad sti'cets.

At the corner of Front and Portage streets is the business house of L. W. Loomis. It was founded in 186i, under the firm name of Loomis & Co., with L. W. Loomis, H. E. Loomis, and Smith & Harington, of New York, as partners. Since 1868, it has been under the sole control and management of L. W. Loomis. A specialty of this house is the manufacture of tinware, for which purpose a large force is employed. A number of wagons are kept on the road disposing of the manufactured stock.

The clay banks of Summit County ai'e universally acknowledged to be superior to any in the United States for the manufacture of sewer pipe and similar articles, and the class of goods manufactured here have a national reputation. The value of these immense deposits of cla}' is estimated at nearly $2,000,000 a year, and, as the variety and extent of these important articles of commerce is continually on the increase, without any perceptible diminution of the raw material, there can scarcely be a limit to this great and important source of wealth and prosperity. At Cuyahoga Falls, the manufacture of sewer pipe is extensivel}' carried on b}' G-eorge C. Germain. The works now conducted by him were founded in 1865, by Lewis, Fosdick & Camp, and, after passing through a number of changes in proprietorship, came into the possession of James H. Cooke in 1877. Mr. Cooke has since died. The trade has considerably increased, and now extends all over the United States from INIaine to Minnesota. Mr. Germain occupies a spacious and commodious building four stories in height, covering an area of 40x180 feet, with convenient yards adjacent. The works are located on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, where they have waterpower equivalent to eighty horses, using one sixty horse-power and one twenty horse-power wheel. The works are supplied with the most appi'oved and latest styles of machinery, and appliances especially adapted to this branch of industry, and tor capacity, extent and general excellence of appointments, as well as for superiorit}' of productions, will compare favorabl}' with any similar establishment in the State. He turns out ever}' variety of straight, bent, elbow, slant and branch pipe, with elbows, angles, ring joints and sockets of a superior quality. The pipe is vitrified by the chemical action of salt while in the process of burning, which renders it impervious to the action of steam, gas and acids, and is particularly noticeable for fine finish, durability and uniformity. On the site of these works there once stood an oil-mill, built by Cyrus Pi-entiss. It was afterward used by Henr}- Wetmore to make linseed oil, till 1863, when it gave place to the works before mentioned.

The Cu^'ahoga Paper Company was organized in 1875. Their first building occupied was the one built for a grist-mill by Yockey, Vantine & Co. This mill was run for the manufacture of flour for some years ; but was finally purchased by J. M. Smith & Co., and changed to a paper mill. Soon after, it was burned down. Another mill was immediatel}^ erected in its place, which was run bj- Harrison & Hanford, until that one was also burned to the ground. Again it was built, and used by the gentlemen last mentioned, until bought by the Cuyahoga Paper Company. This company went into possession in 1875. The last-named firm was organized by Robert R. Peebles, George Dow and George Sacket, for the purpose of manufacturing wrapping and colored papers, the latter article being used for posters, handbills and tobacco labels principally. In 1879, Mr. Dow and Mr. Sacket retired, and J. M. Loeser, A. S. Deutsch and S. Levi entered the firm. They occupy a number of buildings on the banks of the river, which are supplied with improved machinery, especially adapted to this branch of business. The capacity of the mills are 8,000 pounds a day. The motive power of the works is supplied by steam, and the water of the river.

One of the largest and most complete manufacturing establishments of its kind in the United States, is that of P. H. Standish, devoted to the production of chains and chain machinery, and wrought saddlery hardware of every description. These works were established at this place in 1878, and comprise at the lower works one main building 30x50 feet, three stories in height ; one blacksmith-shop 30x75 feet, and one" 20x100 feet; a building 16x35 feetj used as a japanning and trimming department, and a coke shed 28x30 feet. The upper works consist of one main building 50x200 feet, with two additions, one 5(1x30 feet, the other 20x50 feet. All of the buildings are thoroughly equipped with most perfect and complete machiner3-, mueli of wliich is of Mr. Standish's own invention, and protected by letters patent from the United States Government. Water-power, equivalent to 100 horses, supplies the motive power required. The leading productions of these works are ever}' description of harness coil, agricultural and wagon chains and chain ma<rhinery, patent wrought swivels, rings, hooks, hvp rings, lap links, S-hooks, dees, tees, staples, snaps, clips, finch buckles, japanned harness rings, buckles, etc. The demand for these articles is principally in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore. Fort Wayne, Evansville, and in fact all over the United States. Mr. Standish came to Cuyahoga Falls from St. Louis.

The attention of farmers throughout the country' has of late years been called to the importance and the advantages of a thorough sj'stem of underdrainage by means of drain tile, and it has been demonstrated that for sloughs and swampy places this system is no longer an experiment, but an absolute necessity for profitable and practical agricultural and horticultural purposes. Undei'drainage, when good tile are used, is a. permanent and valuable imment, and the old adage that "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well," is as applicable to this case as to any other. The Cuyahoga Falls Drain Tile are made from a very su2)erior qualit}' of potters" clay, the same which has obtained a national reputation in the manufacture of the celebreted Akron Sewer Pipe, and it is admitted to be the best clay in the United States for this and similar purposes. Tlie tile are smooth, strong, well made and well burned. The firm of Camp & Babb first engaged in the manufacture of these tile, but the works are now owned by H. B. Camp. They occupy two spacious buildings, one 12x70, and one 24x60, supplied with all the requisite ma- j chinery, operated b}' a 120-horse-power engine. [ They manufacture, in addition to a superior j qualit}' of drain tile, roofing tile, building [ blocks and a variet}' of other products of a ' similar description. The building blocks area recent innovation and invention, and a specialty manufactured by no other house. They are ; s(iuare blocks made hollow, and possess many advantages for building purposes over the ordinary brick. They are made from the same material as the drain tile. The demand for roofing tile is principally in the East, and for drain tile at the present time principally in Northern Ohio, although as its merits and advantages become known, the demand is extending through other States. The yearly products of these works are about $10,000 in value.

The planing-mill and factory of Snyder & Blood occupies two spacious and convenientlyarranged buildings - one 36x70, and one 80x36, furnished with planing machines, door, sash and blind machinery' of the most approved st3des and designs, and all the tools, appliances and machinery pertaining to this branch of industry. The power used at their factories is one thirty-five-horse-power engine and boiler ; and their yearly business, which amounts to not less tlian $30,000, is principally derived from Summit and adjoining counties. The house was founded in 1876, by the present proprietors.

The manufacture of rivets is becoming quite an important industr}' in this country, and has grown very rapidly within the last few years, especially in the West, where manufacturing of every description is constantly assuming greater proportions, thus bringing into active and augmenting demand the thousand and one items in the shape of material entering into the construction of mechanical appliances and apparatus. One of these items of importance - as necessar}' to manufacturers generally as nails to the house-builder - is the article of rivets. There are in the United States several large establishments engaged in this branch of industry, but in no one of them are goods turned out superior to those produced by the Falls Rivet Company.

This concern went into operation in the year 1873. The works, first used as a flouring-mill and sash, door and blind factory, are fully pi'ovided with ingeniously devised laboi'-saving machinery of the most approved mechanism, and thus they are enabled to produce first-class goods with the utmost economy practicable. They use the best Norway iron exclusively in their manufactures, and employ thoroughly' experienced workmen. Their marked success in this enterprise is measurabl}' attributable to the high standard of excellence attained by their product, and they are determined to allow none to surpass them in the style, finish and quality of their work. Among their manifest advantages is that of favox'able location, as regards supplj'ing the Western trade, inasmuch as thej can reach the Western markets six days in advance of Boston. Their rivets are regarded as '- standard " throughout the West, and are shipped as far East as Syracuse, N. Y. There are several large users of these goods in Akron, such as the Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Company, and Aultman, Miller & Company.

The Falls Rivet Company was recently incorporated under the State law, with a capital of $100,000. They are working a full force of men, in the manufactui-e of all kinds and styles of iron rivets, both block and tinned, including carriage, block, machine, tire, hame, belt, coopers' and wagon box, riveting burrs, wagon and hinge nails. They guarantee every pound of their goods to be of the best quality. Specialsized or shaped goods in their line of manufacture are made to order on short notice, and at the lowest prices.

The factory of this company is a commodious two-story building, situated on the east side of the river, and is supplied with abundant water and steam power, together with every requisite convenience and appliance for the rapid production of the goods made here.

C. Kittleberger's tannery was established a number of years ago by the present proprietor, whose business since that time has steadily increased. The tannery building proper, is 60x50 feet in size, containing two floors ; and the currying building, which is also two stories, covers an area of 24x48. Both buildings are thoroughly equipped with all the necessary machinery and appliances, and one sixteenhorse-power engine supplies the motive power required. Mr. Kittleberger manufactures and carries in stock every variety of calf, kip, upper and harness leather, making a specialty of the latter article, in which line he has established a wide-spread reputation. He is at all times prepared to pay cash for hides and pelts at the very highest market rates. His trade, which amounts to nearly $20,000 per annum, extends both East and West, and the products of this tannery meet with a ready sale in all parts of the United States.

The flouring-mill of Turner, Vaughn & Taylor, was first built for a planing-mill by Henry Newberry, and was run b}' him in company with Henry A. Sill. It was soon after leased by Penfleld & Starr, who changed it into a paper-mill. It afterward passed into the hands of Henry Wetmore, who, in company with a man named Wright, ran it for a time. But it passed again into Mr. Newberry's hands, who removed the paper machiner}^ and changed it to a grist-mill, for which purpose it is still occupied. It does custom work.

Buildings were first erected upon the dam of what is known as the Chuckery Company, in the south part of the village, for making shovels, forks, etc. These buildings were slight and soon went to decay. They came, finally, into the hands of John Hinde, who rebuilt them and employed them in making rope and twine. He afterward changed them into a mill for making coarse bagging. The manufactory is now closed.

The Improved Barber and Dental Chair Company, of Cuyahoga Falls, manufactures L. W. Boys' improved quadruple motion revolving barber and dental chairs. The President of the company is H. M. Stanley ; the Secretary and Treasurer, C. H. Reeve ; the Superintendent, L. W. Boys. The last named, after several years of close application to the matter of inventing a barber and dental chair, at length produced the one now being manufactured by this company.

The Blakeslee Manufacturing Company has works on the west side of the river. The company manufactures machine-forged nuts, bridge and tank rivets, forged nut machines, heading machines for heading rivets, track bolts, plow bolts and square or hexagon head bolts.

The grist-mill known as James' Mill, was built for and run as an oil-mill. It is now owned by B. F. Thompson, and stands on the west side of the river. Mr. James, many years ago, purchased the mill and repaired it. He ran it until July, 1880, when it passed into the hands of the present proprietor. The mill does custom work and has two run of stone.

The Taylor Wire Cloth Company which manufactured, for several years, all kinds of wire cloth, riddles, selves and wire goods generally, was incorporated under the Ohio laws, in February, 1874. It is not now operating as a manufacturing company. The pottery of Holloway & Hoots, formerly a glue factory, is no longer engaged in the manufacture of stoneware.

In concluding this sketch of the manufactures of Cu\-ahoga Falls, it maj- be said that although its romantic and beautiful surroundings have given to this localit}- a wide-spread reputation as a pleasure resort, its various industrial and manufacturing establishments, have contributed in a more practical manner to its fame.

There are many industries in the village besides its manufactories, deserving mention, at least, in a sketch of the '- Cuj-ahoga Falls of to-da3^" The following ma}- be noted :

Source changes here: from History of Summit County, Ohio, by William Henry Perrin, published 1881; 63,730 words in this source stream.

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The undivided half of 210 acres in the southwest corner of Stow's township - which now embraces the northeast part of the village - was purchased by William Wetmore, and together they began the improvement of the tract in 1825. In 1814, Henry Newberry, the son of Roger Newberry, came on to see his lands which had been given him by his father, which have been just described as 1,000 acres lying in the northwest part of Tallmadge Township. Henry was so well pleased with his gift that he resolved to make there his future home. He did not remove to Ohio, however. until 1824.

Silver Lake) two years, meanwhile making improvements at the Falls ; so that those of Stow und Wetmore on the north, and those of Newberry on the south were begun at about the same period. The year 1825 may, therefore, be considered as the one from which to date the existence of Cuyahoga Falls.

berry was born in Windsor, Conn., in January, 1783. In 1814, soon after the death of his father, he came to Ohio, as before stated, to look at his possessions in the Western wilds. He first lived at Silver Lake two years, having moved there, as previously mentioned, in 1824, and then took up his residence at the Falls. He died in 1854, in the stone house, afterward the residence of James H. Cooke. brief, are the biographies of the founders of Cuyahoga Falls.*

In 1822, Elkanah Richardson came from Stow and built the house long known as the " Red House," which stands a little north of the * Big Spring," on the west side of Main street.

leaving the first to be used for a dwelling only. | It was not long before it became a place of en- | tertainment for strangers, and finally a regular | hotel. It was first kept by Benjamin F. Hopkins. He was succeeded by KE. B. Morgan, and he by Ira Loomis. It was known as the Amer- It has passed through several built the house next south of the " Big Spring,' and, soon after, the tannery now owned by C. Kettleberger. In 1829, Mr. Richardson built a log house in the southeast corner of what is now George Sackett's yard, and afterward the third house south of Falls street, on Front street, in which he spent the rest of his life. He died in 1836.

John Wells came to Cuyahoga Falls not long after Jabez Hamlin, and built the house now owned by the widow of the late John Tift. In 1829, John Rumrill came as the foreman in Stow & Wetmore's paper-mill. He built the house near the depot, known as the Jones House. Rowland Clapp came from Vermont and took up his residence in the village in 1828.

*Although Joshua Stow came to the township named after him in 1804, he returned to Connecticut the next year; go that be can only be identified as one of the founders of the Falls from the circumatances of his having an interest therein. Qn that account no sketch of his life is given in this connection.

and the year following, built the center part of his house, the wings having been added ata later date. The builder was Mr. Lodge, who is still a resident of the Falls. Grant B. Turner. with his father, came in 1828; soon went to in the town since then. C. W. Wetmore and S. D. Wetmore came to the place in 1832, and built their houses soon after. John Hadie and George Dailey came in 1830. O. B. Beebe arrived in 1831, and Israel James in 1832. Before this date came also the following: Prescott Sawyer, Noah E. Lemoine. Henry James, William Lauson, J. T. Holloway, J. Blair. 8. D. Clark, Alexander Gillispie. Noah Rice..Jobn Willard. Birdsey Booth. Alexander English.

iner, Mr. Lamb. Mr. Teal. Thoma: Gill. John Alexander. Simon Brown, William Perkins. Charles Hamlin, Henry Barger. J. Jenkins, A. Yockey. Joseph Beebe. Dr. C. W. Rice. John Brainard, Nathan Rose. "Judge" Burgess. William 'Alley. James Alley, H. N. Pool. David Wadsworth, A. Wadsworth. Many of these were heads of families.

The town of Cuyahoga Falls was first laid It was subsequently re-surveyed. platted and recorded by Birdsey Booth. It was located in the townships of Stow and Tallmadge, and included all of the present platted village except so much

Newberry, Joshua Stow and William Wetmore. The proprietor of the addition was Joseph Hale. No allotment has been made to the original plat except the one of 1837. That part lying in the township of Stow was owned 'by Stow and Wetmore ; that part included in Tallmadge was the property of Newberry.

its limits. The stream has cut a channel into the sandstone from eighty to one hundred feet in depth. This deep-cut channel extends over two miles. In it are the falls. The name first given to the village was Manchester ; but, as there were many towns of that name in the Union, and the falls of the river were seen to provided that "so much of the townships of Tallmadge and Stow as is comprised within the following limits, to wit : northwest corner of the township of Tallmadge and running south on the west line of said township, two hundred and forty rods ; thence east two hundred and forty rods : thence north to the north line of Lots Nos. 1 and 2 in said [township] of Stow ; thence west two hundred and forty rods: thence south to the place of beginning ; and any addition thereto that may be hereatter platted and recorded. be hereby constituted a town corporate, by the name of Cuyahoga Falls." The act also provided for the election of a Mayor. Recorder and five Trustees - constituting the Town Council. = This body was given power, among other things. tu ~ provide for the election or appointment of a Treasurer, a Town Marshal. and such other subordinate officers as ther may find necessary. Unfortunately. the provisions of this act were not known to the electors of Cuyahoga Falls ~ until after the day on which, by said provisions, the election of the Town Council should have been holden ; and doubts haying » arisen whether the privileges granted by suid act' had not ceased by the neglect of such election. therefore a bill was passed to revive and amend the before-mentioned act. giving it vitality and removing all doubts as to its legality ; also providing for an election of officers to be holden 'on the first or any Tuesday in April next." took ettect.

April, 1837, the qualified electors of the town of Cuyahoga Falls met at the schoolhouse for the purpose of electing officers under the acts Henry Newwas chosen Mayor; Grant B. Turner, O. B. Beebe, Asa G. Bill. E. B. Dennison, E. N. Sill and Henry Wetmore, Trustees. On the 7th of the same month, these officers were qualified and the Council organized. Ogden Wetmore was elected Treasurer the same day, and, on the day following, Sherman Peck was chosen Marshal.

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conceded by the denizens of the town of Cuyahoga Falls, that it would be to the benefit of all that the corporation should be given up and cease to exist - that it should be, in fact, merged into the newly created township of the same name. So. on April 30. 1853, "on motion." said the Town Council, "we do commit all interests of the town of Cuyahoga Falls to the Trustees of Cuyahoga Falls Township, and that we do now adjourn without day.' So the town of Cuyahoga Falls ceased its corporate ' existence.

In March. 1868, there was presented to the Commissioners of Summit County, at their regular session. a petition of 215 residents and ' qualified voters of the township of Cuyahoga Falls. asking ~ that the territory known as the - township of Cuyahoga Falls" be made an incorporated village. under and by the name of the incorporated village of Cuyahoga Falls. Thereupon. on June 3 of that vear, the County Commissioners entered upon their records the following order :

The matter of the incorporation of the township of Cuyahoga Falls under and by the name of the "Incorporated Village of Cuyahoga Falls."' came up for hearing to-day, as adjourned from the March session: and. on consideration thereof, we. the ~ Commissioners of said county. do find and determine that due notice of the filing and pendency of said petition was given according to law; and we / are of the opinion that the prayer of the petitioners should be granted. And we do order that said town- | ship of Cuyahoga Falls may be organized under and by the name of °° The Incorporated Village of Cuyahoga Falls."' and order the same to be recorded.

The ~ village' was organized by the election. September 1, 1868. of William A. Hanford. Mayor; vorter G. Somers, Recorder ; Henry (. Lockwood. Treasurer: T. F. Heath, Charles Hunt, L. W. Loomis. W. M. (+riswold and John Hinde, Trustees. and by these gentlemen, on the 9th of that month, taking the oath of the . ottice to which they were severally elected. and assuming the duties thereof. The following

At the March session of 1851 of the Board of Commissioners of Summit County, " Hosea | Paul and others came and presented a numerously signed petition, from the village of Cuyahoga Falls and vicinity, asking the Board of County Commissioners to construct a new township from the northwest corner of Tallmadge Township, the southwest corner of Stow Township, the southeast corner of Northampton Township, and the northeast corner of Portage Township." On Wednesday, March 5, 1851, «The Board all present. Then came Hosea Paul and others presenting a petition, and urging personally that a new township be formed out of the northwest corner of Tallmadge, northeast corner of Portage, southeast corner of Northampton, and the southwest corner ot Stow Township, furnishing a map of the proposed new township; and the board being satistied that all necessary legal preliminary | steps had been taken, and there is an incorpor- . ated village (Cuyahoga Falls) within the bounds | of the proposed new township. ordered that lots - one, two. eleven and twelve (1, 2, 11, and 12), in the township of Stow ; lots eight, nine and ten (8, ) and 10), in the Township of North- north part of tract five, in the Township of Tall- | madge, and so much of the northeast corner of Portage Township as is embraced within the | following boundary, to wit: Beginning at the » northeast corner ot said Portage Township, and | running thence west on the north line of said Portage Township rods to the west line of (reorge Sackett's farm of 160,%j)5 acres, thence ; due south to the Cuyahoga River ; thence easterly on the north bank of said river to the east » line of said Portage Township ; thence on said , east line to the place of beginning - be constituted a township, and that the legal steps be | taken to organize the same under and by the | name of Cuyahoga Falls Township, Hosea Paul | pledging himselt that he would give notices | required by law, and that the new township of | Cuyahoga Falls would defray all the expenses | incurred by the creation of said township." The township thus set apart from the cor-

Falls. As the boundaries defined by the Commissioners were afterward adopted as the | boundaries of the incorporated village, it fol- : lows, of course, as already mentioned. that one is co-extensive with the other ; and the limits just given as those of the " township of Cuya- | hoga Falls" are the limits also of the * incorporated village of Cuyahoga Falls."

' Cuyahoga Falls. on the 7th of April. 1851. the following persons were chosen officers for the year following: Trustees. Horace A. Miller, | Henry Newberry. Jr.. and Porter G. Somers : Township Clerk. Grant B. Turner; Township | Treasurer, Lucius Bradley ; Assessor, William H. Taylor; Constables, William W. Lucas and William J. Wilson ; Supervisor. Seymour Dem- | ing. Upon the qualification of these officers. ' and their assuming the duties of their respect- | ive offices, the township of Cuyahoga Falls . was legally organized. ' The people of Cuyahoga Falls had before been dependent upon four townships for the administration of their affairs ; for, of course. | each township exercised jurisdiction over that _ part lying within its limits. This was a great inconvenience, as the citizens of the village felt that they had a unity of interests. As it was.

with each other was impossible. The organi- _ zation of the new township was therefore a relief in many ways, and gave a new start to the prospects of the town; but its history is so merged into that of the village. that the two are inseparable.

"The water-power at the southwest and northwest corners of the Township concentrated population at these points till their numbers were so great that Middlebury and Cuyahoga | Falls were made separate election districts,

" Of the aboriginal inhabitants, few, probably, had ever inhabited this part of the country | even prior to the surrender of their title to the | whites. There are, indeed. evidences that, at ; some remote period, this country was occupied by a people more numerous and of a higher type of civilization ; but this is true of Indians. who occupied the country at the time of its settlement by the whites. This had been the border ground of different tribes. and was otherwise an unfavorable location for a large people, depending mainly upon hunting for a subsistence. Wild game, though seemingly abundant to the whites, was yet too limited for the wants of a larger population.

" Living partly by a rude cultivation of the soil and by fishing, as well as by hunting, the Indians preferred the open and fertile bottom land of rivers and lakes. There were, indeed. some small and scattered villages or encampments of Indians in this vicinity. [The writer here speaks of Tallmadge Township. but the remark is equally true of Cuyahoga Falls.} = A small number of Senecas lived near the junction of the main and Little Cuyahoga. at ornear the place somewhat widely known in modern times as the Chuckery.

* An anecdote of Stigwanish. the chief of these Indians. has been related to me. which seems to furnish evidence of somewhat higher moral perceptions than has always been ascribed tu untaught Indians. Stigwanish was friendly to the whites. and often visited the settlement at Hudson. It was at just about the time of the first settlement of Tallmadge that this chief was at the house of a Mr. Pease in Hudson. and. tu persuade a son of Mr. Pease. a child of some four or five years of age. to come and sit upon his lap, he offered to give him his pipe-hatchet. The offer proved sufficient to overcome the repugnance of the child to the swarthy face of Indian. As the chief was about to leave, the return of the hatchet was proffered. but resolutely refused. Stigwanish saying. -Musn't lie to children - no good. This native chief had scarcely learned this precept from the whites. however frequently. in his intercourse with them. he might have had illustrations of its truth. and he who obeyed it could seareely have been a savage. &. Pease. of Cuyahoga, was the recipient of the chiet's hatchet."

* A branch of an Indian trail." writes Gen. Bierce, in 1854, in speaking of Cuyahoga Falls Township. 'from Fort McIntosh. on the Ohio (Beaver, Penn.,]. to Sandusky, passes through this township. On arriving near Fish Creek. in Franklin. Portage County, it branches - one branch of the trail passing north, through the Indian towns in Northampton and Bath ; the other turning south to the Great Falls, called by the Indians 'Coppacaw.' This was a celebrated trail for the Indians in their war ex cursions, as well as with the ' Rangers' in their pursuit of them. It was on these two trails that Brady's men were divided, at the time of his defeat near the towns on the Cuyahoga, and on which a part made their retreat. Several years ago, a rifle barrel was found in the Big Spring, in this village, a remnant, probably, of that hasty flight.

"The trail passes nearly in front of Mr. Newberry's house, and, near where the canal bridge now is, was a plateau of about twenty-five feet square raised about a foot, where probably In his garden. as well as on the rise of ground north of the Big Spring, are remains of Indian wigwams. poor ' Logan, the friend of the white man,' with his braves, who so often traversed these grounds, : has gone to the spirit-land. where it is to behoped his fidelity will receive a better reward than it did on earth - if not, justice is unknown and other trees, presenting very picturesque As will hereafter be shown. the effect of these natural embellishments in beautifying the landscape has been to cause it to become a length of the village. The town is underlaid by sand rock, in which is an abundant supply of pure water. The slope of the land is such as to render drainage an easy matter. This east and west, it contains an extent of waterpower (so rarely to be found in abundance in the State) which is known to be equaled by any west of the mountains, and so distributed as to accommodate an abundant population and a great extent of country. This waterpower is the result of the fall of the main Cuyahoga and the Little Cuyahoga Rivers from the high level of the country, about two -hundred and fifty to three hundred feet to their junction, and the fall of their united streams thence to the north boundary of the county, ing 200 bushels of wheat a day: or, to 3,460 horse-power, each one being equivalent to raising 25.000 pounds one foot a minute.' The writer divides the "runs" as follows: "At Franklin. 18; at Monroe Falls, 5; at Cuyahoga

(within two miles of the center of the village). 114; Middlebury, 5: Akron (including accession by canal, etc.), 19; at the same place (on - Little Cuyahoga, within three miles north), 9; ° on the main Cuyahoga River, at Niles, Boston. and other places. 94 ; total.346 run." There are now (1881) five dams across the Cuyahoga within the limits of the village. and all within a distance of about a quarter of a mile. The river is crossed by four bridges - the mines, and the speculation proved a bad one. "Tt was in the summer of 1828," says H. V. Bronson, the pioneer of canal coal-carriers of this region, "that I carried the first load ot coal over the Ohio Canal from the Tuscarawas Valley. It came from the mine of Henry Newberry, near Cuyahoga Falls - I can't tell the exact location. It was brought from the mine by wagon to Lock 20, where it was loaded on the boat. There was about one hundred tons of it. We took it to Cleveland, and it required Newberry three years to get rid of it, and he never sold one-third of that even. People would come along and ask what it was, and when told that it was cannel coal would take a chunk away as a curiosity, but they couldnt be induced to burn it; they didn't understand it. and preferred wood."

"When the Ohio Canal was opened to Akron, in 1827," says Col. Whittlesey, "it was thought coal might be taken in wagons from the mines, about three miles, to the canal at Lock 16. north of Akron. Mr. Newberry tried the experiment, I think, in 1828, but the Canal Collector's returns do not show receipts of coal till 1829."

* Deacon E. Wright," continues the writer. "and his son, Francis H. Wright, about this time made an entry on the east side of the coal hill, about one-fourth of a mile south of In 1830 or 1831, Cyrus Mendenhall, formerly of Cleveland, now of Jefferson County. made explorations and borings on Coal Hill. He found and opened coal at the south end of this hill, but it was too thin to work profitably. Another opening was made at the end of the ridge by Mr. Woodruff soon after, and this was worked until 1838. From 1829 to 1837, Mr. Newberry, F. H. Wright and Messrs. Whittlesey & Newton mined coal for Cleveland, which was hauled to the canal at Lock 16."

It was customary in early times in Cuyahoga Falls, as well as in other places, to make free use of whisky on most all occasions. For laborers it was thought to be almost as necessary as bread. Stow & Wetmore furnished banish its use and sale from their establishment. In May, 1828, they put their resolution into practice by refusing to furnish it to their workmen. Upon this, the workmen withdrew in a body to consult upon the course they should pursue. They soon returned and demanded their accustomed supply. Upon the rest held out, and it was two months before their places were filled by new men, and they could go on with their work. The firm adhered to their purpose, and never returned to the use or sale of it again. A temperance society was organized at the time. which is believed to have been the first in Ohio. It numbered at first but nine men; afterward sixty-five persons in Stow Township became members. There were at this time four distilleries in the township. but in less than two years they bad all closed.

* On the north bank of the Cuyahoga. below the village of Cuyahoga Falls." writes Gen. L. V. Bierce. in his * Historical Reminiscences of Summit County," ~is a remarkable cavern. I discovered it in 1826. when the country around there was a wilderness. It is on the very brink of the chasm cut by the river: and the small opening but just large enough to admit a person's body was on a level with the ground. A few leaves. or a rotten log. will easily conceal it. In company with Charles B. 'Thompson. Orville B. Skinner and Jabez Gilbert. formerly mail contractor from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. I entered it. and found it about ten feet high. It was divided into two rooms. with a small passage between. barely sufficient for a person to pass. There was no opening, except at the place where I entered. from which I was let down by my companions. It being totally dark in the cavern. I could make but few examinations ; and, fearing some chasm in the bottom, I did not let my curiosity tempt me far in my explorations."

The Portage County Mutual Fire Insurance Company was incorporated in 1831.¢ It was organized at Ravenna in 1832, by the appointment of William Coolman, Jr., Cyrus Prentiss. Frederick Wadsworth. Edwin Wetmore. Elias Smith, Charles Clapp and George T. Wallace. as Directors. and Samuel D. Harris as Secretary.

this organization. In Angust, 1833, a new organization was effected, with Henry Newberry, Henry Wetmore, William Coolman, Jr., Edwin Wetmore, George T. Wallace, as Directors ; Henry Newberry as President; E. N. Sill. Secretary, and the company's office located at Cuyahoga Falls. Its business commenced immediately, and continued during the twenty-five years of its chartered existence, under the same Management, excepting only that, upon the resignation of Henry Newberry in 1839, Justin Gale was appointed President ; and, upon his death in 1842, Frederick Wadsworth was ap-

No effort was made to extend the period of its charter. it being the opinion of its long-time manager that a different plan of fire insurance was better adapted to the changed financial condition of the country.

Another old ~ institution " of the village was the ~ Cuyaboga Falls Band." This was organized in 1834, and was the first of the kind in Northern Ohio. perance principles, no one joining it who did not pledge himself to refrain from the use of intoxicating liquors. Its leader was Henry W. Bill. It was composed of about a dozen members. In 1835. they went to Cleveland to celebrate the Fourth of July. The Cleveland committee sent a packet boat to Old Portage to convey them to the city. They also played at the celebration of the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal. They made an excursion to Massillon. where they gave a concert to the edification of that infant town. besides participating in other patriotic and festive scenes. The members were E. N. Sill. C. W. Wetmore. T. R. Butler, C. Bronson. C. Wilcox, L. Wilcox. J. H. Brainard, Mr. Sperry, R. Upson. H. Y. Beebe. C. Thornburgh. Israel James.

Cuyahoga Falls is situated in the geographical and business center of an interesting section of country. It has an unrivaled water-power. This water-power is all available. The descent of about two hundred and forty feet in the Cuyahoga River is by a long slope, the commencement and termination of which is but about two miles apart, and which admits of the easy use of the whole fall, and in such portions as may be desirable. The sides and bottom of the river are rock, and the banks furnish an abundance of the finest stone for all con- | structions which may be desired. } |

Coal is found in the hill forming the slope on | the eastern bank of the river and is supposed to be within a short distance of the (Ohio & Pennsylva- |

Within the village three dams are now erected, | giving a fall at each of fifteen, ten and twenty feet, | and another of twenty feet is about to be erected. | One is above Portage street; one below Broad street; | and one at the foot of Reed street. One of twenty feet fall has been commenced near the foot of Tayerected at the foot of Prospect street. The population of the village is now (1837) about

Adults - scarlet fever, one: chronic inflammation. two; old age, one: epilepsy, one; consumption, one; drowned. one; total, seven. Children over two years - tever, one; killed by a fall, one: drowned, one: measles one: total. four. Under two years of all diseases, eight, Making a grand total of only nincteen deaths in six years!

In each of the last two years (1836 and 1837), there have been erected about one hundred houses. The last season there would have been nearly double that number built, had it not been for the derangement in the currency of the country. The gross receipts of the post office will probably exceed 31.000 for the year (1837). This will indicate in some measure the amount of business done here. i

The town (of Cuyahoga Falls) is built on both sides-of the (Cuyahoga) river. The land ascends eradually from each bank about a half a mile. affording fine situations for residences, combined with facility of access to the water-power and canal. around which the business. of course, centers. Water of the purest quality is easily found anywhere in the sandstone rock which underlies the town at various depths. The soil is well adapted for building upon, for roads and for gardens. There are no stagnant waters in the vicinity. the rapid descent of the river causing a gentle draught of air from the high grounds during the stillest nights. which prevents the accumulation of those damp exhala- | tions which are usually found in the vicinity of | streams: and the inhabitants enjoy a degree of | health rarely to be found in any country. The character of the inhabitants may be in some meas- | ure estimated by the fact that it is not known that church building: a Con and preparations are made for a Methodist meeting ; house. There are common schools, a lyceum (en- ' dowed with at least $3,000), a female seminary, and ' preparations are making for a high school. The scenery in and around the village is uncommonly fine: 'as youapproach it, youacknowledge the justness of the designation which has been given it as the 'Village of White Houses.'' The view of the falls is said hardly to be surpassed in beauty by any in the country.

The amount of manufactures and sales of goods within the last year (1836). have been carefully estimated, and amount to $407,000; and the sales of real estate have been to the amount of probably $200,- 000. The machinery propelled by water-power is as follows: Two large paper-mills. one fouring-mill, two saw-mills, one oil-mill, one pump-making establishment, one tilt-hammer. ax and scythe factory. one woolen-mill. one stone saw-mill. one chair factory, one planing-mill. one furnace and foundry, one engine and machine shop, and other smaller works, There are two drug and medicine shops. one printing

After the revulsion in money matters in 1837, there was great embarrassment for want of a currency. which led to the adoption of a plan for issuing notes in the similitude of bank notes, upon the basis of real estate for security. But it was soon abandoned as a failure, causing loss to some, but without very serious injury to many persons. Some of these notes are preserved by a few persons as curiosities and mementoes of the past. They are signed by Moses Thompson, President; Ogden Wetmore, Cashier. Upon their face are printed these words: "Real estate pledged by deed of trust to double the excess of issue beyond the capital paid in and stockholders liable." The " institution' was known as the Cuyahoga Falls Association. The nearest banks at this time to Cuyahoga Falls, were at Cleveland, Painesville, | Warren, Canton, Massillon and Wooster.

The Summit County Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, was organized at Cuyahoga Falls in 1845, by Joseph Hale, Horace H. Miller, William Rattle, H. B. Tuttle, and others, with a capital of 3100.000, and Joseph Hale, as President, and H. B. Tuttle, Cashier.

Charles Cantess and others - with E. N. Sill, President, and E. 8. Comstock. .Cashier - with . which organization, with an occasional partial © change in the Board of Directors. it operated till January, 1862, when J. H. Stanley was appointed Cashier, and without other change till the expiration of its charter in 1866. at which time the First National Bank of Cuyahoga Falls was organized with a capital of 35).- 000. by E. N. Sill, T. W. Connell. Henry Newberry. C. S. Sill and others. with E. N. Sill, President. and J. N. Stanley. Cashier. The First National continued business till April. 1869. when it sold its franchises to the First National Bank of Akron. Its stockholders then formed a banking partnership. under the firm name of the International Bank of Cuyahoga Falls, with the same ofticers - which last organization is still continued. These three banks had no legal connection. but were priuctically successors. their business never having been publicly interrupted during the thirty-six years now past.

After the completion of the Ohio & Erie Canal. it was thought indispensable to the prusperity of this section of country that there should be a water communication between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. through the Western Reserve and Pennsylvania. After much exertion the Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal. extending from Akron. Ohio. to Beaver. Penn.. was completed. It passed through Cuyahoga Falls and entered the Cuyahoga River at Franklin Mills. A writer in 1837,says: ~The Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal. now in the course of rapid completion. forms a junction with the western section of the Pennsylvania Canal at New Castle. and unites with the Ohio Canal at Akron. It strikes the bank of the Cuyahoga River just below the village of Cuyahoga Falls. and passing through that village on the bank of the river adjoining, a water-power of about 150 feet fall in that stream, it passes through the villages of Monroe Falls and Franklin, . affording to this part of the State a ready com- , mun*~xtion with the Ohio, with the interior of | the State, Lake Erie, the Atlantic seaports, and furnishing the means of a ready exchange of | the manufactures, the coal, and the various | other productions of the one ; for the iron, the wool, the merchandise, and the agricultural productions of the other." But necessity for the canal had been greatly over-estimated. and , its tolls were never sufficient to pay expenses and keep it in repair. It was found, also, that as the country was already up, the volume of water in the Cuyahoga River was greatly reduced, so that in the summer it was necessary to suspend some of the works at Cuyahoga | Falls for want of power, on account of its be- -ing diverted from the river by the canal at Franklin. Ata later period, the railroads laid through this region being more direct and expeditious. rendered the canal unnecessary, and measures were taken to return the stream to its ancient bed. After much contention with before the close of the year, and, in two years, was completed as far as Millersburg. This gave to Cuyahoga Falls 1 new means of transit, and has done much to increase the prosperity and comfort of the people. The track runs near the bank of the river through the entire village. from north tosouth : and. from its conspicuous position, gives passengers an excellent view of the scenery. and of the natural advantages of the place as a business center. ; The road is convenient to all the shops, giv- , |

The growth and prosperity of Cuyahoga Falls have suffered for many years from a plan which was undertaken in early times to divert the water-power and use it elsewhere. Persons came to the village and bouglit separate portions of it. under profession of desiring to utilize it on the spot. but when they had possessed the town. they organized a company called the Portage Canal and Manufacturing Company. popularly known as the "Chuckery Company. upper end of their purchase with a race beginning opposite what is now Hindes Mill: this race they carried at great expense to what is known as ~Chuckery Plains." where they planned for a city of magnificent proportions. which they called - Summit City." ceeded in getting this through. but they got into quarrels among themselves and the work was stopped. Law-suits followed. and after years of litigation the company broke up and the scheme was abandoned. Their dam and race went to decay. and the ruins of the latter and the gloomy remembrancés of surviving members of the « Chuckery Company, are all that remain of the magnificent scheme. * Summit City." which was to have been one of the largest manufacturing places in the United States. has dissolved "into thin air."

In 1852. the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad was completed, thereupon steps were taken to build a raiJroad which should leave the first-mentioned road at Hudson and go south through Cuyahoga Falls. It resulted in what is now the Cleveland, Mount Vernon & for side tracks, and offers superior inducements to manufacturers to invest their money where they have so many advantages at so little expense for cartage or individual outlay, to ac-

In 1853. the school district library was commenced. and for several years was kept in the In 1873. the library. containing 800 volumes. was removed to the business

L''Hommedieu against the defendants abovefree to all. Under Mr. Brainard's charge. the reading-room has been supplied with the Cleveland and Akron papers. and with scientific. agricultural and literary periodicals. and the library has been increased by the addition of svientific statistical works.

Plaintiff complains of the said defendants for that the said plaintiff was on the 6th day of March. A. - D. 1858. the owner and then in possession of a certain barrel or cask of brandy. then being and situate in the Township of Cuyahoga Falls, County of Summit and State of Ohio.

Plaintiff further complains of the defendants for that on said 6th day of March. A. D. 1858. the said defendants did with force and arms. at the said township of Cuyahoga Falls. break open said barrel of brandy, whereby the contents of said barrel. to lost and destroyed. to the damage of the plaintiff. in the sum of $100. Whereupon the said plaintiff asks judyment against the said defendants for the sum of SLM).

6, 1858, when divers barrels of whisky, brandy, beer and other * beverages" were taken rie ct armis and emptied into the gutters of the village; hence, the bringing of the above-mentioned suit.

Cuyahoga Falls, during the war of the rebellion, was not behind her sister towns in her readiness to assist the country in her sorest A large number of men were enlisted in several regiments and batteries. Of these, the following fill soldiers' graves : Capt. D. N. Lowry. Thomas Evans. J. D. Cooke, J. I. Patterson. William Lyons. George L. Holden. David Mc- Arthur, First Lieut. John Eadie, Jr.. Second Lieut. J. C. Ely, J. W. Eddy. Robert Gaylord, I. J. Wood. C. Neeley. A. K. Goodrich. F. B. Purine. Robert Green, Edward Green. John Patterson, J. B. Lyon. Seneca Blood. John Congden, Jobn Shellhorn. Charles E. Moon, G. G. Crane, J. Murphy, John C. Schneible, H. F. Eddy. H. J. Ingalls. J. Hogle. These names should be cherished as a precious treasure. to be handed down to posterity, that they may give them the honor they so justly deserve. To them and their many associates is due the preservation of the country in its integrity.

_ The consequence was, that there was a friendship which continues, though in a modified form, to the present day. Later years and the coming in of new residents have changed the not, however, to

| are always pleasant. as they go back over those _ early days, and the regret which they often express because of the change shows how superior | was the enjoyment then to what is now the | were largely dependent on each other ; their cares were confined to narrow bounds, and they were driven to find amusement in each other's company for the want of other resources. It was before the days of railroads or daily papers, concerts or lyceum lectures.

and Broad streets. north of the present covered bridge. The first birth in the village was Edward, son of William Wetmore, Jr. This was in 1827. The first death was a son in the same family in 1826. The first adult who died in in the place, was the first wife of E. N. Sill. a daughter of Henry Newberry. The first marriage is believed to have been the daughter of the pressure of his other business. The first bank in the county was the Summit County Bank. organized under the State banking law in Cuyahoga Falls.

Cuyahoga Falls has been visited by several destructive fires. In 1853. a warehouse helonging to Stow & Wetmore. filled with paper stock was burned. In 1851. a tlouring-mill. the property of these gentlemen. was likewise destroyed by fire. In 1866. a stone building.

stood upon the site of James' Block. and occupied by H. C. Lockwood. with several adjoining structures, were consumed. At this fire, John Marsh Hinde lost his life. The woolenmill on the west side cf the river. as previously mentioned. was burned ; also the paper-mill on the same side. twice. Messrs. Bills machine shop and foundry, and the Empire Paper Mill. belonging to Hanford Brothers were burned in 1872. Several residences have gone down in of great value. From the earliest times. the village has been exceedingly fortunate as to its dwellings, in regard to fires. Since the toregoing was written. the works of the Falls Wire Manufacturing Company were largely burned. This occurred on the evening of March 31. 1881. They will be immediately rebuilt.

Cuy ahoga Falls has become noted as 2 summer resort. High Bridge, Glens and Caves. Big Falls, Silver Lake and tiny steamboats upon the river, are the chief attractions. The Lake and Big Falls are outside of, but near to. the corporate limits. The High Bridge is elsewhere described. At this structure, the entrance to the Glens and Caves. a rude stair- a plateau, where has been erected a building with spacious dining-room and kitchen attached, where dinner and other parties are served refreshments. and under the same roof is a restaurant. where everything in the line of refreshments can be had. On this level is also a fine croquet ground and numerous rustic seats. shadowed by overhanging. high perpendicular rocks.

A few feet below is Lovers' Retreat. a broad ledge of rocks, shadowed by large forest trees. and down still another dight of stairs. close by the river-side, hedged in by rustic work. is a broad. level surface. which forms the entrance to Fern Cave. a subterranean cavity in the solid rock. 35x54 feet in dimensions. This retreat is supplied with numerous rude seats of iron and wood. where those weary from climbing can rest. Leaving the Cave. we pass down the strongly-braced stairway. running diagonally with the face of the wail. and reach Observation Rock. a huge stone of over one hundred tons' weight. From this point. a magnificent view is presented to the eve. Looking back and up the stream, one gets a fine view of the waterfalls above. of from fifteen to twenty feet in height ; also High Bridge. some cighty feet above. Still farther below. and immeiliately under Fern Cave. is Doves Retreat. a huge cayern, with an overhanging roof of rock twenty -five feet above. To the right and down the stream is Suspension Bridge. which crosses the stream above high-water mark. It is made of strong rods of iron. crossing" the chasm. securely fastened to huge bowlders upon either side. with strong hand-rails. and atfords a secure passage over the foaming. surging waters below. Crossing the bridge, we are upon the east side of the river, near Cascade Point, which is a lovely retreat, reached by a path made of rocks and bowlders, under Weeping Cliffs, a solid wall of overhanging rock, one hundred feet in height, and fringed at the top with hemlock and birch trees. Here a beautiful spring of cold mineral water gushes forth from the face of the rock, climbing over and under a high point. A broad avenue is presented, which borders the rugged bed of the stream for a mile. This is called the Grand Promenade, and is hedged in on one side by lofty, overhanging rocks, and on the other by innumerable shade trees and the winding river. Here sunlight has to struggle for an entrance. and it is always a cool -and romantic retreat. Swings and croquet here abound. Ferns and mosses literally cover the grounds and rocks upon every side.

Boys & Clarkson had a steamer built in Aro by William Paine, in 1878, and has run on the river two seasons. It is called the Silver Wave. It cost $1,200. The boat is now owned by J. N. Clarkson. This was the first one on this stream. Another boat was built in Cuyahoga Falls in 1880. She ran one season only. She was built by Dailey & Barker. The boating distances on 'the river run by these boats is from the upper dam to Snakes' Den and Goose Egg Island. The round trip is three miles ; fare 10 cents, during the boating season.

There is but one public hall in Cuyahoga Falls. It is now called Apollo Hall. formerly James Hall. James' Block. and was completed in 1869. It was opened April 12 of that year, with a concert given by Miss Fannie A. 'Sill and her pupils. The seating capacity of the hall is 500, with standing room for 200. It was refitted and newly decorated in 1879. having new and elaborate scenery. The proprietors are George Sackett. O. B. Beebe and W. O. Beebe.

HE subject of education has always held a high place in the estimation of the people of Cuyahoga Falls. as evinced by the interest wanifested by them in their common schools. Previous to the erection of a new township out ton and Portage. the village schools were those However, soon after the organization of the township of Cuyahoga Falls and the creation of a Township Board of Education, the whole terri- hereafter be shown. Previous to this time. the history of the schools is that only of ordinary district schools of the country; but with the new order of things beyan an increased interest in these ~ nation's colleges." lying in the township of Cuyahoga Falls. and the Cuyahoga Falls school District No 1. were united and formed into one district on the 24th of April, 1854. to be kuown as the + Cuyahoga Falls School District." On the 26th of June.

Schools for the township. May. 1855. ~ Mr. Taylor" was ~ appointed Principal of the Central School." and ~ Mrs. Taylor" his assistant. Together they were to be paid the suin of ST0U ~for the year of forty On that day the Board = Resolved. That we attach great importance to the good government of a school and the moral instructions which the children receive. and the thoroughness with which they are drilled in the pri- ans for church purposes. atterward sold to the School Directors for a higii sehool. building was ready for use and that school was transferred to it. since which time the other house has been used for schools of » lower vrade. The two accommodate all the schools ot the village. The simaller structures - the district schoolhouses - have all been sold.

lature of Obio. entitled " An act to provide tor the re-organization, supervision and maintenance of common schools." the following-named persons - L. L. Holden. Clerk of the Directors of Cuyahoga Falls School District No. 1; P. J. Lee, Clerk of Union District No. 8: and Charles Clark, Township Clerk - imet at the ottice of cClure & McKinney and organized a Board of Education for Cuyahoga Falls, by appointing L. L. Holden Chairman. the Township Clerk being by law the Clerk of the Board of Education. This was on the 18th of April, 1853. That portion of School District No. 8 "Contributed by C. W. Butterfield.

On the 25th day of May, the board says: ~ This day sold to John Love the schoolhouse near the Widow (Gaylord's for the sum of 3100." For the school year ending August 31, 1857. the whole number of pupils enrolled was 482; number of teachers employed. 7 - one male and six females. Union District No. 10 in Tallmadge and Cuyahoga Falls Townships was discontinued June 1s. H. K. Taylor. Principal. on the 1st day of July, 1861, * made a summary report from the high school, showing general improvement in scholarship and deportment for the last month." Seventeen days thereafter, Mr. L. H. Delano was "employed to teach the Central school ; whereupon, on the lst day of August following, "a petition numerously signed by citizens of Cuyahoga Falls was presented" to the board, asking them ~ to reconsider their action changing the Principal of the high school or resign ; ' but they cid neither.

The Board of Education resolved July 2, 1863, "that William I. Chamberlain, of Hudson, be employed to teach as Principal in the high school at a salary of $600 per annum."

The total number of youth enrolled in the schools at this date was 452. The number of schoolhouses was five ; the number of schools, five - four common schools and one high school. 3300, having on its shelves 755 volumes.

of the Principal was raised to 8750. July 18, 1866, W. C. Rogers was employed as Principal of the central or high school at a salary of $75 per month. The successor of Mr. Rogers as Principal was B. B. Tremlin. who was employed in December, 1866.

On the 16th of January. 1867, at a meeting of the electors of the township, it was resolved to move all the schools into one building. On the 16th of February, 1867, at a meeting of the qualified voters of Cuyahoga Falls School District. it was moved and carried that a tax not exceeding three-fourths of one per cent be levied annually for a period not exceeding five years. for the purpose of building a central or union schoolhouse in the village. On the 17th of May. 1867, the qualitied electors voted ~ that the School Directors be authorized to purchase of H. A. Miller for a schoolhouse site. the nine lots north of the hotel lots. between Front and Second streets, and south of Stow street.

Virgil P. Kline was, on July 1, 1867, employed as Principal. At ibis time, there were tive common schools in the district and the high school. The number of pupils enrolled was 456, The total value of schoolhouses and grounds was 32.400. It was voted by the board, on the 5th of November of that year, that, " Whereas, it is ascertained that at the the "Cooke Lot." This lot was deeded by James H. Cooke to the district in consideration i of $1. The deed conveyed two acres of land , on the south side of the old township line road and forty-eight rods east of Newberry | street, conditioned that the building should be commenced within five years. On the 8th of ' May, 1868, the salary of Mr. Kline was raised

On the 12th of May, 1869, the board determined that the school building to be erected should be three stories high. At the same time A. Koehler, architect, of Cleveland, was employed to prepare necessary plans and specifications for the house. In July, 1869, . Miss Booth "agreed to remain in the high new Union Schoolhouse, for the sum of 35,200. On the 7th of ward Sill was engaged as Principal of the high school at a salary of 3900. The number total, five. ditional tax was voted by the qualified voters of the district to erect the school building, of three-fourths of one per cent. An agreement done. The Board engaged George Thomas & Son. of Akron, for the residue of the work, including joiner work, painting, plastering, etc., for the sum of $12,400. The original contract

331,931.51. heating the building. 33,000. There was also paid Mr. Allison for extra work $617.37. the building was made on the 21st of June, TBM 31,698 for extra work.

31,200, on the 12th of July. 1871. It was voted at an election held April 8, 1872, by the qualified voters of the district. to sell the Central schoolhouse and the four primary schooli / members.

George L. McMillan was the suc- The number of schoolhouses in the district at this time was one union and one not used; the number of rooms, exclusive of rooms used only for recitation, high school. one; primary. three ; total. four. The value of school prop- The number of teachers

The following resolution was passed unanimously April 24, 1876: " Resolcred. That Dr. Heath be requested to furnish Mr. Bernard. School Superintendent, with a list of such families as should, for the present. be held. back from sending their children to school ; that at least thirty days should elapse after any case shall have terminated before any family shall be allowed to send their children to school, ana

' of many that the population of our village was 1st of August of that year the board passed a | resolution to "advertise for a competent and | experienced teacher as Principal of our Union |

On the 17th of February, 1876, the board ordered that 'any scholars who have been suspended from the public school of this district on account of exposure to the small-pox, shall furnish the Superintendent, before they shall, be re-instated, with proof that they have been vaccinated." Four days after this, an order passed that "hereafter no pupil shall be admitted to the schools of this village until they have furnished the Superintendent with proofs of vaccination." Besides this, the schools were " suspended until further notice.' They were not opened until the second Monday of April following. Previous to this, at an election of the qualitied voters of the district. it was deter- a steam-leating apparatus during the vear 187). at a cost of about 31.500. On the 21st of June. 1880), the board passed a resoiution ~ that Joanna Cutler, Lizzie M. Richardson. Mary A. Clark. Jessie Knox, Grace E. Sykes. Rial Smith. Otto C. Richardson and Albert Kingsbury. the members of the class of the high school of 188).

The branches now taught in the Union School in Cuyahoga Falls are reading, spelling. writing, arithmetic, geography. English grammar. oral lessons, composition, drawing. vocal music, United States history. physical geography, natural philosophy. German. algebra and Latin. The schools are in a high state of efficiency. owing to the interest taken by the parents of the district ; to the intelligent labors of the Board of Education. and the wisdom and zeal of the Superintendent and teachers.