A large portion of this road will be built by municipal subscriptions under the "Boesel law."
Several large subscriptions of this character were voted last summer. One of these was voted by
Ross county, sufficient to construct the road-bed and bridges through that county. Portsmouth
and Scioto county, by a vote of four to one, decided in favor of raising $300,000 by tax for
building the road through that county. Waverly, the county seat of Pike county, by a vote of five
or six to one, declared in favor of subscribing the requisite amount to build the road through that
county. Thus the road was secured to the south line of Pickaway county, leaving its construction
through that county and Hamilton township, in Franklin county, to be provided for.
By the building of the Scioto Valley road, and also of the Columbus, McArthur and Gallipolis
road, Columbus will gain direct connection with that great trunk-line, the Chesapeake and Ohio
road, and access to the mineral and agricultural wealth it will tap, as well as to the Atlantic
seaboard by a shorter route than any other now in operation. Referring to the Chesapeake road,
the Chicago Railway Review says in a recent number:
"As the new great trunk-line approaches completion to the
510 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
PAUL & THRALL,
Mercantile Job Printers,
PEARL STREET
Opposite New City Hall, C O L U M R U S , O H I 0.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE FINER GRADES OF
Commercial Job Printing.
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Designed for business requiring light power, at Moderate Expense.
SIMPLE, SAFE, AND DURABLE.
SEND FOR PRICE LISTS AND TESTIMONIALS.
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Ohio, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and the leading towns in the Southwest, including a
population of ten millions of producing people, are competing to form running arrangements
with it. In Europe capitalists are investigating, through agents in this country, the unexampled
resources in the iron, coal, timber, salt, and agricultural products of Virginia and West Virginia.
Virginia has been long and favorably known to the leading capitalists of Europe. A large
proportion of the old State debt is held in Europe. The advance in the market prices of the coal,
iron, and agricultural lands of West Virginia since the road began work has been sufficient to pay
for the cost of building the road twice over. New industries are springing into Life and activity
along the line; and at its western terminus on the Ohio river, the new city of Huntingdon, named
after the intelligent and enterprising president of the road, is progressing rapidly."
Two certificates have been filed incorporating companies for the construction of the Columbus
and Toledo railroad:
1. The Columbus and Toledo Railroad Company, incorporated in May, 1872. The corporators are
all residents of Columbus. They are M. H. Greene, P. W. Huntington, B. E. Smith, W. G.
Deshler, James A. Wilcox, and John L. Gill. The charter of this company permits it to build its
road by either the eastern or western route; and the road, it is generally understood, will be an
extension of the Columbus and Hocking Valley road.
2. The Toledo and Columbus Railroad Company, incorporated since the Columbus and Toledo,
with a capital of $500,000. The corporators are Harvey P. Platt, Valentine H. Hitcham, J. C. Lee,
Hervey Brown, J. S. Peterson, S. Carlin, Aaron Blackford, S. L. Broughton, Edwin Reed, Hugh
Cargo, William Q. Davis, John Ruthrauff, and K. T. Backus. This company is organized for
constructing a road on what is known as the western route.
THE COLUMBUS AND TOLEDO RAILROAD.
Three routes have been proposed for this contemplated railroad:
1. The eastern route, from Columbus, through Delaware, Marion, Upper Sandusky, Carey,
Fostoria, and Bowling Green, to Toledo.
2. The middle route, from Columbus, through Delaware, thence directly north, through Forest,
Findlay, and Bowling Green, to Toledo.
3. The western route, from Columbus, through the counties of Franklin, Union, Hardin, Hancock,
Wood, and Lucas, to To-
512 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
C. H, MITCHAMORE & CO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Cigars, Tobaccos, Pipes, and Smokers' Articles,
No. 8 SOUTH HIGH ST. COLUMBUS.
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TEMPERANCE HOUSE.
S. V. HALL, PROPRIETOR.
No. 176 NORTH HIGH ST. . . (NEAR DEPOT,) . . COLUMBUS, OHIO.
This House has been recently Renovated, Improved, and Refurnished.
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B. E. ALLEN, DEALER IN ICE,
No. 61 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio.
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GEO. R. ELLIOTT
PHOTOGRAPHERS
PARSONS' BUILDING, Cor. High & Town Sts., COLUMBUS, 0.
GEO. R. ELLIOTT. S. P. KILLIAN.
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WM. STEINBARGER. W. P. ALDRICH, A. EASTMAN.
STEINBARGER, ALDRICH & Co.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BOOTS .AND SHOES,
98 NORTH HIGH ST. (SESSIONS' BLOCK.)
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JOHN STAIB,
MANUFACTURER OF BRICK.
YARD, EAST OF THE EAST CRAVE-YARD, COLUMBUS, O.
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TOWN STREET HOUSE
COB. FOURTH & TOWN STS. - - - - D. VAN EVERY, PROPRIETOR.
☛ This House has been entirely refurnished and refitted. Special attention paid to
the traveling public. Good Stabling attached to the house.
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THEODORE LEONARD,
MANUFACTU RER OF BRICK,
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
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ledo, touching the towns of Marysville, Kenton, Findlay, and Bowling Green.
Under the auspices of the Columbus and Toledo and the Hocking Valley Railroad Companies,
the eastern and western routes from Columbus to Toledo were surveyed last summer by a corps
of civil engineers under Phil. D. Fisher and Jesse R. Straughan. The report of these preliminary
surveys has not, at this writing, been published; but they are understood to indicate that on both
routes, as surveyed, there is a good grade throughout, and no serious obstacles will be offered to
engineering.
The difference between the two routes as to distance is but slight, and if any, not more than five
or six miles, claimed by parties interested to be in favor of their preferred route. The survey of
the western route, of which we have the most information, shows that the grade is nowhere over
twenty-six feet, and that only for a short distance. The deepest cut is at Kenton, which is on the
dividing ridge or "backbone of Ohio."
Of the middle route we have no account of a survey, though it was announced, some months
since, that fir. Townsend, president of the Bee Line, had stated that he would have an engineer
put on the route, and that if the road was built on that line, his company would lease their track
between Columbus and Delaware to the new company on favorable terms, with perfect freedom
in making contracts for through freight and traffic with other roads.
These three several routes have their advantages and disadvantages, and each has, of course, its
strenuous friends and advocates. What is wanted for Columbus and this section of the State is a
direct and easy route to Toledo. The towns along the several proposed lines have held meetings
in favor of building the road, and have made liberal subscriptions, both private and public, to aid
the enterprise.
The importance of this railroad to Columbus, either as an extension of the Hocking Valley road
or otherwise, can hardly be overestimated. Our city has direct railroad communication with
almost every point of consequence in the State except Toledo and Northwestern Ohio. Columbus
is, and is to be, a coal and iron center. It has already two principal roads—the Bee Line and the
Mt. Vernon road, now nearly completed—for bearing off its coal and other mineral products.
The Toledo road will make the third great thoroughfare for the distribution of our coal, and so
increase that traffic that the necessity of building another road to the coal region in Perry county
will become imperative. Both roads will doubtless be soon in operation. Of the new coal-road to
Perry county we
514 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE LONG ESTABLISHED HOUSE OF
F. A. & L. Lesquereux,
Are Daily Receiving
NEW GOODS
Consisting of a Largo and Varied Assortment of
LADIES' AND GENTS. GOULD AMERICAN AND SWISS
Coral and Amethyst Sets; Diamond, Topaz, Garnet, and Onyx
RINGS, SLEEVE BATTONS, AND STUDES,
In great variety; Solid Silver Ware, Silver Plated Ware and
Table Ware; Opera Glasses; Gold, Silver, and Ivory-Headed
Canes; Gold and Silver Spectacles and Eye Glasses.
Having for years been the Leading Jobbing House in
our line in Central Ohio, and buying all our
goods from the manufacturers direct,
it enables us to offer them at a
LOWER PRICE than any other house in the city can afford,
F. A. & L. LESQUEREUX,
69 South High St., Columbus, Ohio.
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speak in another article. There are men at the head of the Toledo enterprise who will push it
through. The only obstacle to be removed is to settle the claims of competing routes. This will be
done in the manner most satisfactory to the parties interested, compatible with the general public
interest.
THE PITTSBURG, CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY—PAN-HANDLE
ROUTE.
The Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company includes in its operations the
following railroads: The Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway, proper; the Columbus,
Chicago and Indiana Central Railway, and the road proper of the Little Miami Railroad Company
and its leased lines.
I. The Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway Company involves three original
corporations: The Steubenville and Indiana Railroad Company, of Ohio; the Pittsburg and
Steubenville Railroad Company (more recently the Pan-handle Railway Company), of
Pennsylvania, and the Holiday's Cove Railroad Company, of Virginia and West Virginia.
THE STEUBENVILLE AND INDIANA RAILROAD.—This company was chartered by the
State of Ohio, February 24, 1848, and constructed its road from Steubenville to Newark, 117
miles, and the Cadiz branch, in Harrison county, 7 ½ miles. On a foreclosure of mortgages for
the sale of the road, it was placed, September 2, 1859, in the hands of a receiver, who operated it
under the orders of the court. The receiver, October 1, 1864, on behalf of the company, purchased
the undivided half of the road of the Central Ohio Railroad Company, lying between Newark and
Columbus, 33 miles, thus making a total length of 157 ½ miles.
THE PITTSBURG AND STEUBENVILLE RAILROAD.—This company was chartered by the
State of Pennsylvania, March 24, 1849. The road, in an unfinished state, was leased, September
30, 1857, to the Western Transportation Company of Pennsylvania, who constructed the road
from Pittsburg to the boundary line between Virginia (now West Virginia) and Pennsylvania, in
the direction of Steubenville—thirty-six miles. The road was sold March 6, 1867, and the
purchasers organized a new company, for its operation, under the name of the Pan-handle
Railroad Company.
THE HOLIDAY'S COVE RAILROAD.—This company, chartered by the State of Virginia,
March 30, 1860, constructed a road across the narrow neck or section of (now West) Virginia,
known as the "Pan Handle," connecting with the road of the Pan-handle Company on the east,
and, in connection with the
516 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
John T. Jones,
UPHOLSTERER,
And Dealer in New and Second Hand
FURNITURE,
WITH PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
Goods Delivered free of Charge to all parts of the City.
No. 178 North High Street,
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
COLUMBUS RAILROADS - 517
Steubenville bridge across the Ohio, with the Steubenville and Indiana railroad on the west,
being seven miles in length.
CONSOLIDATION.—The Steubenville and Indiana, the Panhandle, and the Holiday's Cove
Railroad Companies were consolidated May 11, 18B8, under the name of the, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company, the roads forming a continuous line from Columbus
to Pittsburg, 193 miles, 1571 of which lies in Ohio, with the Cadiz branch, 7- miles in length. Of
the main line, 33 miles, between Columbus and Newark, is owned in common with the Central
Ohio Railroad Company.
II. The Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway Company involves numerous original
corporations in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and results from several consolidations. Its history
begins with-
THE COLUMBUS, PIQUA AND INDIANA RAILROAD.—The company with this title was
chartered by the Ohio legislature, February 23, 1849, and constructed its road from Columbus to
Union City, on the western state line. The company becoming embarrassed, it was re-organized
under the name of the Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad Company. The road having been sold
August 6, 1863, to trustees, under an order of court, was subsequently transferred by deed to the
reorganized company.
THE RICHMOND AND COVINGTON RAILROAD.—This company was incorporated March
12, 1862, under the laws of Ohio, and constructed its road from Covington, Ohio, connecting
with the Columbus and Indianapolis railroad, to a point on the western line of the State, toward
Richmond, Indiana. It was sold, September 5, 1864, to the Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad
Company.
CONSOLIDATIONS.—The Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad Company, of Ohio, and the
Indiana Central Railway Company, of Indiana, were consolidated October 17, 1864, under the
name of the Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway Company. The latter company,
September 10, 1867, was consolidated with the Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railway
Company, and the Union and Logansport Railroad Company, both of Indiana, under the name of
the Columbus and Indiana Central Railway Company, and this new organization was, on the 12th
of February, 1868, consolidated with the (fourth) Chicago and Great Eastern Railroad Company,
taking the name of the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway, extending from
Columbus, Ohio, to Chicago; from Bradford Junction, Ohio, to Indianapolis; from Richmond,
Indiana, to Logansport; and from Logansport to the western line of Indiana, in all 582 miles. Of
this 136 9-10 miles lies in Ohio, extending from Columbus to Union City, on the State line
between Ohio and Indiana, 116 3-10 miles, and
518 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. T. HOLMES,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
57 1/2 South High St., Columbus, O.
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TULLER PARKER & CO.,
DRY GOODS,
196 North High St., Columbus, O.
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JAMES OHLEN
MANUFACTURER OF
SAWS
OFFICE AND WORKS, SOUTHEAST CORNER SPRING AND WATER,
COLUMBUS, O.
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from Bradford Junction to a point on the State line toward Richmond, 20 6-10 miles.
LEASE--The Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway Company, February 1, 1869,
leased its entire railway and appurtenances for the term of ninety-nine years, renewable forever,
to the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company.
III. The Little Miami Railroad, and leased lines, includes lines of road built under four different
charters.
THE LITTLE MIAMI AND THE COLUMBUS AND XENIA RAILROADS.
—The Little Miami Company obtained a charter March 11, 1836, and the Columbus and Xenia
Company, March 12, 1844. The two companies entered, November 30, 1853, into a contract of
union or partnership, by which the roads of both were operated as one line. The two companies
leased, January 1, 1865, the Dayton and Western railroad (from Dayton to the State line), and the
interest of that company in the Richmond and Miami railway from the State line to Richmond,
Indiana, and purchased February 4, 1865, the Dayton, Xenia and Belpre railroad, from Xenia to
Dayton. The union or partnership was dissolved November 30, 1868, and a contract of lease
entered into, by which the Little Miami Company leased for ninety-nine years the Columbus and
Xenia road, and the rights and interests of that company in the Dayton and Western; Dayton,
Xenia and Belpre; and the Richmond and Miami railroads; making the Little Miami railroad and
its leased lines include the following: The Little Miami road from Cincinnati to Springfield, 84
miles, with a branch from Xenia to Dayton, 15 miles; the Columbus and Xenia road, from
Columbus to Xenia, 55 miles; the Dayton and Western road, from Dayton to a point on the
western State line toward Richmond, Indiana, 371 miles; and the Richmond and Miami road,
from that point on the State line to Richmond, Indiana, 3z miles; in all 196 miles, of which all
but 3L is in Ohio.
THE LEASE OF THE LITTLE MIAMI.—The Little Miami Railroad Company, December 1,
1869, leased its railroad and its rights and interests in all the foregoing roads to the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company, for ninety-nine years, renewable forever.
The following statements as to the characteristics and operations of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
St. Louis Railway, are taken from the Ohio railroad commissioner's report for the year ending
June 30, 1871:
CAPITAL STOCK.—Amount paid: common, $2,500,000; preferred, $2,924,350; total amount
of stock, $5,424, 350, equal to the amount of capital stock authorized.
LENGTH OF ENTIRE LINE.-Main line: P. C. & St. L., 193
520 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
R. G. WARNER,
Successor to Dr. Fowler,
D E N T I S T
116 ½ South High Street, Columbus, O.
Office Hours: 8 A. W. to 6 P. M.
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SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
Established In 1866.
HALL WICK'S CURVED YOKE SHIRT;
Also, the Diamond, Star, Shoulder Seam, Sack, Etc.
Orders will receive prompt attention, and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Patterns cut by Rule,
with printed instructions.
O. M. ANDREWS, Prop'r. 18 Opera House, up Stairs, Columbus.
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Kilbourne, Jones & Co,
125 South High Street,
HARDWARE
PAINTS, OILS, AND VARNISHES.
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R. J. Hitchins
PRACTICAL
Lithographer, Engraver, and Printer,
BANK BUILDING,
Corner High and State Sts., Columbus, Ohio.
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miles; Little Miami, 119 ½ ; C. C. & I. C., 582; making a main line of 894 ½ miles. Branches: P.
C. & St. L., 7½ miles; Little Miami, 76 ½ ; total branches, 84 miles. Total length of main line
and branches, 978 ½ miles, of which 453 9-10 miles are in Ohio. The total number of persons
employed in operating the road in Ohio is 3,056.
SPEED OF TRAINS.—The average rate of speed of express passenger trains is 30 miles per
hour, including stops; of mail and accommodation trains, 24, and of freight trains, 10 miles per
hour.
EARNINGS.—The total earnings for the year ending June 30, 1871, were $8,914,907.01; the
total operating expenses, being 701 per cent. of earnings, were $6,328,274.11, leaving for net
earnings, $2,616,632.90.
The names and residences of the officers of the company are as follows: Thomas A. Scott,
president, Philadelphia; Wm. Thaw, vice-president, Pittsburg; J. N. McCullough, general
manager, Pittsburg; Thomas D. Messler, comptroller, Pittsburg; John E. Davidson, auditor,
Pittsburg; M. C. Spencer, treasurer, Pittsburg; W. H. Barnes, secretary, Steubenville; J. D.
Laying, assistant general manager, Pittsburg; W. G. Brownson, Dennison, Ohio ; J. D. Ellison,
Cincinnati, and D. W. Caldwell, Columbus, superintendents; M. J. Becker, engineer,
Steubenville; F. R. Myers, general ticket agent, Pittsburg; Wm. Stewart, general freight agent,
Pittsburg.
The following statistics of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company are copied
from the last report of the state railroad commissioner:
"Amount of capital stock authorized, $8,924,350; amount of same paid in, $2,508,100; amount
of preferred stock, $2,925,450; total length of the entire length of line, 978 ½ miles; number of
locomotives, 307; passenger cars, 128; freight cars, 4,089; total number of persons employed in
Ohio, 3,421; average rate of speed for express trains, 30 miles per hour; of mail and
accommodation trains, 29 miles; of freight trains, 10 miles; total earnings of the road during the
year, $9,802,815.20; total operating expenses, $7,701,501.80; net earnings for the year,
$2,101,313.32."
THE CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, CINCINNATI AND INDIANAPOLIS RAIL-
WAY, AND SPRINGFIELD BRANCH—" BEE LINE."
The company of the same name with this line of road embraces four original corporations and
lines as follows:
THE CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS AND CINCINNATI RAILROAD.—Tho company for
building this road was first chartered March 14, 1836; but the charter having become dormant by
non-user, the
522 - ADVERTISEMENTS
L. WILLIAMS & CO.
Importers of
SCOTCH GRANITE
and manufacturers of
NATIVE GRANITE
Brown Stone, Marble Monuments, Tablets, Slabs, Etc.
65 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio
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GLENN & HEIDE
PRACTICAL
BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS
And Publishers of
THE COLUMBUS GAZETTE
A Weekly local and Family Paper, at $1.50 a year
All varieties of Printing executed promptly and reasonably, and
in the Finest Style of the Art,
Rear of Odd Fellows’ Building Columbus, Ohio
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act was revived and amended March 12, 18I5. The road Was located and constructed from
Columbus to Cleveland, 138 miles. The company purchased. as hereafter stated, part of the
Springfield, Mt. Vernon and Pittsburg road, now known as the Springfield Branch.
THE SPRINGFIELD AND MANSFIELD RAILROAD—Company chartered March 21, 1850,
with authority to build a road from Sprinpfield to Mansfield. Permission was afterward granted
by an amendatory act to change the eastern terminus of the road. The name of the company was
changed, August, 1852, by decree of court, to the Springfield, Mt. Vernon and Pittsburg Railroad
Company. When the road had been nearly completed from Springfield to Delaware, 50 miles, the
company became insolvent, and the road was sold at judicial sale. January 1,1861, to individuals,
who, a year afterward, conveyed it to the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Company.
THE BELLEFONTAINE AND INDIANA RAILROAD.—Company chartered by act of the Ohio
legislature, February 25, 1848. Under this charter and its amendments. the road was built from
Galion to Union City, on the Ohio and Indiana boundary line, 119 miles.
THE INDIANAPOLIS AND BELLEFONTAINE RAILROAD—Company chartered under an
Indiana law, February 17, 1848. Road constructed from Union City, on the State line, where it
connects with the Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad of Ohio, to Indianapolis. The name of the
company was changed, December 19, 1854, to the Indianapolis, Pittsburg- and Cleveland
Railroad Company.
CONSOLIDATIONS.—The Bellefontaine and Indiana, and the Indianapolis, Pittsburg and
Cleveland roads, after having been by agreement operated jointly for about eight years, were,
December 20, 1864, completed and consolidated, the two companies taking the name of the
Bellefontaine Railway Company. This company, May 16, 1868, became consolidated with the
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad Company, under the name of the Cleveland,
Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company, having the following line of road:
From Cleveland to Columbus, 138 miles; from Galion to Indianapolis, 203; and from Springfield
to Delaware (Springfield Branch), 50 miles; giving a total length of 391 miles, of which 307 are
in Ohio.
This line is popularly known as the “Bee Line."
The company's officers, who all reside in Cleveland, are the following : Oscar Townsend,
president; H. B. Hurlburt, vice-president Geo. H. Russell, secretary and treasurer; Alfred Ely,
auditor; E. S. Flint, general superintendent; Prank Ford, en-
524 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
ROBERT A. GAWLER,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Human Hair Goods
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
CASH PAID FOR HUMAN HAIR.
77 East Town St. Columbus, Ohio
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COLUMBUS.
Capital, - $300,000.
P. AMBOS, President. THEO P. GORDON, Cashier
No. 106 S. High Street, Columbus
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PHILIP J. KROMER,
Dealer in all kinds of
S T O V E S,
THE COPPER, & SHEET-IRON WARE, SPOUTING & ROOFING
CORNER FOUR AND MOUND STREETS,
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SILAS N. FIELD
COMMISSION
LUMBER MERCHANT
Dealer in all kinds of
WORKED FLOORING, LUMBER, LATH AND SHINGLES.
120 North High Street, Columbus, O.
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gineer; S. F. Pierson, general ticket agent; Lucien Hills, general freight agent.
The following statistics of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway
Company are gathered from the last report of the state railroad commissioner
"Amount of capital stock authorized, 815,000,000; amount of same paid in, $13,833,534.06; total
length of line, 391 miles; number of locomotives, 126 ; number of' passenger cars, 63; express
and freight cars, 3,252 sleeping cars, 7; total number of persons employed, 2.325 ; average rate of
express trains, 30 miles per hour; of nail cars, 22 miles; of freight cars, 10 miles; general average
rate for transportation of passengers, 3 cents per mile; for transportation of freight, 1 55-100
cents per ton per mile; total earnings for the year, 84,353.695.67 ; total operating expenses for the
year, $3,170,307.25; net earnings of the year, $1,183,388.42."
THE COLUMBUS, SPRINGFIELD AND CINCINNATI RAILROAD.
The history of the company owning this road begins with the charter of the Columbus and
Springfield Railroad Company, February 16, 1849, under which a road was built from
Springfield to London, 20 miles. This road was leased, June 1, 1854, to the Mad River and Lake
Erie, now the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Lake Erie Railroad Company, for fifteen years. The road
and property were sold, May 8, 1868, under a decree of the United States District Court, to Jacob
W. Pierce, of Boston, for $100,000. The Columbus, Springfield and Cincinnati Railroad
Company was incorporated May 1, 1869, with a capital stock of' $1,500,000, and on the 4th of
September following, Hr. Pierce transferred his purchase, by deed, to the now company. By an
arrangement with the purchaser, the road was continued under the management of the Cincinnati,
Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad Company, to which it was permanently leased July 1, 1870. It
has been since completed, and is now in operation from Springfield to Columbus, 45 miles.
CINCINNATI, SANDUSKY AND CLEVELAND RAILROAD.
This company was incorporated by special charter as the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad
Company, for building a road from Dayton, through Tiffin, via Bellevue, to Sandusky. After the
road was built, the company became dissatisfied with the line from Tiffin to Sandusky Zia
Bellevue, and abandoned it. Meeting with obstacles to the change of line, the parties interested,
under the act incorporating the Sandusky City and Indiana Railroad Company, built the new line
from Tiffin, via
526 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
Established 1830.
J. E. RUDISILL & CO.
DEALERS IN
HATS, CAPS, FURS
79 South High Street, Columbus, O.
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Established 1862.
T. W. TALLADGE’S
MILITARY CLAIM AGENCY
Office: 69 High Street,
First Stairway North of American Hotel, Columbus, Ohio
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FRANKLIN HOUSE
210 South High Street,
CHRISTIAN SCHAAB, Proprietor.COLUMBUS, OHIO.
This House has been recently Renovated and Improved. Good Stabling
attached to the Premises.
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M. FASSIG
Manufacturer and Dealer in
BOOTS ABD SHOES
60 NORTH HIGH STREET, Opposite Senter House.
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W. C. M. BAKER & CO.
DEALERS IN
FINE FAMILY GROCERIES
178 Sou h Fourt:, Street, cor. Rich, Columbus, 0.
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Clyde, to Sandusky, and leased it to the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad Company virtually in
perpetuity.
The company has passed through many financial embarrassments; the road has been once sold,
and the company reorganized, its name changed, etc. The company leased, March 25, 1871, that
portion of its line, 25 miles in length, between Dayton and Springfield, to the Cincinnati and
Springfield Short Line Railroad Company, which took possession April 1, 1872. The Cincinnati,
Sandusky and Cleveland company has now a main line from Sandusky to Springfield, 130 2-10
miles; a branch road from Carey to Findlay, 15 5-10 miles; and the Columbus, Springfield and
Cincinnati road, from Columbus to Springfield, 45 miles, making an aggregate line of 190 7-10
miles.
THE CLEVELAND, MT. VERNON AND COLUMBUS RAILROAD.
A portion of the line of the company owning this road, formerly belonged to the Cleveland,
Zanesville and Cincinnati Railroad Company, which had its origin under an act passed February
19, 1851, authorizing the construction of a railroad from Hudson, through Cuyahoga Falls and
Akron, to Wooster, or some other point on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, between
Massillon and Wooster, to connect with the same and any other railroad running in the direction
of Columbus, and provided that such road should be known as the Akron Branch. of the
Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Company. A company was organized under this act by the
name of the Akron Branch of the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Company, and constructed
the road from Hudson to Millersburg.
The name was changed by order of court, March 17, 1853, to the Cleveland, Zanesville and
Cincinnati Railroad Company. The company becoming financially embarrassed, the road,
property, and franchises were, by order of court, sold, November 2, 1864, to George W. Cass and
John J. Marvin, who, on the 1st of July, 1865, sold their purchase to the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railway Company, by whom the road was owned and operated, -until leased, with
that oompany's main road, July 1, 1869, to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The Pittsburg, Mt. Vernon, Columbus and London Railroad Company was organized May 11,
1869, and on the 1st of November following, purchased so much of the old unfinished road, right
of way, etc., of the Springfield, 111t. Vernon and Pittsburg railroad, as lies east of Delaware, and
extending through Mt. Vernon, in the direction of Millersburg, 43 miles in length. The same
company purchased, November 4, 1868, the entire Cleveland, Zanesville, and Cincinnati road,
before known as the "Akron Branch," extending from Hudson to the coal-mince
528 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
OPERA HOUSE MUSIC STORE.
G. A. HAVERFIELD & Co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
PIANOS, ORGANS,
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE,
SHEET MUSIC, MUSIC BOOKS, Etc.
GENERAL AGENTS FOR TILE
Best Pianos and Organs made in this country.
A Choice Stock of the Rest Makes of Pianos and Organs
Constantly on hand.
Send for our Price Lists and Circulars, with important informa-
tion about Pianos and Organs, which may save pur-
chasers from disappointment in purchase of
inferior or worthless instruments, or
paying of high prices.
INOS TUNED AND REPAIRED.
G. A. Haverfield & Co.
COLUMBUS. OHIO.
COLUMBUS RAILROADS - 529
southwest of Millersburg, 45 miles, and obtained an assignment of a lease of the Massillon and
Cleveland road, from Massillon to Clinton, 13 miles, giving to the company 78 miles of railroad
built and equipped,
The name of the company was changed by decree of court, December 20, 1869, to the Cleveland,
Mt. Vernon and Delaware Railroad Company.
THE COLUMBUS AND MAYSVILLE RAILROAD.
This is one of the recently projected railroads centering in Columbus, whose importance has not
been yet duly appreciated. It is, however, steadily gaining public recognition and favor. Its value
to our city should not be overlooked. At Maysville, connection can be made with the Maysville
and Lexington road, and at or near Lexington, with the Cincinnati Southern through line, giving
Columbus a direct trade with Knoxville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and the entire Southern and
Southeastern seaboard.
It would thus open to our manufacturers the almost inexhaustible iron mines in the Chattanooga
country, and place us considerably nearer to these than to the great mineral deposits of Missouri,
now one of the main sources of supply. Besides, the road and connecting lines would afford a
fine market for our agricultural products, and make the road advantageous to the farming
interests in the countries through which it would pass. It could be made the great through route to
the Gulf, and one of the best paying enterprises now contemplated.
The recent status of the Columbus and Maysville railroad was this: Bonds appropriated by Brown
county, 8173,000; bonds appropriated by Darby township, Pickaway county, $32,000; stock
subscribed by Pleasant township, Madison county, $32,000; total appropriations, $237,000; to
which are to be added $150,000 from the townships in Fayette county, through which the road is
to pass. The enterprise, say its friends, is delayed, but will yet be accomplished.
COLUMBUS, MCARTHUR AND GALLIPOLIS RAILROAD.
This projected railroad is to be constructed from Gallipolis on a direct route to McArthur, Vinton
county, and thence to Logan, Hocking county, where a connection is to be made with the
Hocking Valley road to Columbus. Nearly the whole length of the line passes through a field of
inexhaustibly rich coal and iron deposits, and a quality of stone almost equal to conglomerate
marble.
Some months ago, a great portion of the road between Gallipolis and McArthur had been put
under contract, and work
530 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE
COLUMBUS AND HOCKING VALLEY R. R. CO.
Office: 196 ½ North High Street.
B. E. SMITH, President.
M. M. GREENE, Vice-President.
J. W. DOHERTY, Superintendent.
J. J. JANNEY, Secretary and Treasurer.
T. J. JANNEY, Auditor and Paymaster.
E. A. BUELL, Gen'l Freight and Ticket Agent.
W. H. JENNINGS, Engineer.
H. S. WALLACE, Master Mechanic.
TICKET OFFICE, UNION DEPOT.
FREIGHT DEPOT
SOUTH SIDE MOUND STREET, WEST OF THE CANAL.
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upon it was steadily progressing. The township in which Gallipolis is situated, had voted an
appropriation of $80,000 to build that end of the road. Elk township, in which McArthur is
located, had also voted an appropriation of $25,000 for building the road through that township.
It was stated that the only remaining need to assure the construction of the road, was the means to
build it between McArthur and Logan, and the prospect was that the president and directors
would be able to supply this want speedily.
It is of great importance to the business and interests of Columbus, that this road should be built
and equipped as soon as possible. The paramount object in its construction is to penetrate the
great coal and iron veins in Vinton and Jackson counties, and at the same time form a connection
with the Chesapeake and Ohio road, at or near Gallipolis, on the Ohio river. This latter object is
of no small moment to the future progress of Columbus, as it will open up a direct
communication, by a shorter route than any other yet devised, through the rich agricultural,
lumber, and mineral regions of West Virginia and Virginia to the Atlantic seaboard.
THE COLUMBUS AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
On the 20th of June, 1872, there was filed in the office of the secretary of state a certificate of
incorporation for the Columbus and Northwestern Railway Company, organized to construct a
road from Columbus to a point on the line between Ohio and Michigan, in Williams county,
passing through Franklin, Union, Logan, Hardin, Auglaize, Allen, Putnam, Defiance, and
Williams counties. The capital stock is four million dollars, in shares of fifty dollars. Corporators
: Charles M. Hughes, Norman Tucker, J. J. R. Hughes, S. A. Baxter, Jr., Calvin S. Brice, J. B.
Roberts, Theo. Mayo, and D. Sandford.
CHAPTER XIX.
COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
COLUMBUS BOARD OF TRADE.—On the 6th of November, 1872, the following
communication appeared in the Journal and Sentinel of this city:
"Many of our citizens have signed a all for a public meeting at the Board of Trade room in the
City Hall building, for the purpose of organizing an association such as was contemplated in the
construction of that apartment. Such associations have been found in other cities of great
advantage in the advancement of their general interest, as well as of private enterprise.
532 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
SINGER SEWING MACHINES
It is noticeable that while the Singer is one of the oldest, its sales lead the list of all the others
for the past year, in the aggregate returns, as also in the recent report of the Special Relief
Committee of Chicago, where every applicant designated the kind of Machine desired, and
where of 2,944 which the Committee had provided, 2,427 were Singer Machines.—New York
National Standard.
D. S. COIT, Agent, 154 South High Street
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SOUDER & BRIGHT
Successors to A. E. Davis, dealers in
Mllinery Goods, Ribbons, Silks, Laces, Feathers,
FLOWERS, VELVETS, STRAW GOODS, ETC.
51 SOUTH HIGH ST., SOUTH OF POST OFFICE
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F. HALLEY & SON,
P L U M B E R S A N D B E L L H A N G E R S,
N. W. COR. TOWN AND THIRD STS., COLUMBUS, OHIO.
Have on hand, and will furnish
Lead Pipe and Sheet Lead, Water-Closets, Baths, Wash Bowls; Force and Lift Pumps, Cis-
tern Pumps of every Variety, Hydrants, Street Washers, Rubber Hose, Couplings.
Also, Ale and Beer Pumps, Brass and Silver-Plated Cocks in every Variety,
and of the most substantial patterns.
Repairing Dune on Reasonable Terms. All work Warranted. Orders Promptly attended to.
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R I C K L E Y 'S
SAVINGS BANK
Allows Interest on Savings Deposits, negotiates Loans, buys Exchange, sells Drafts, payable
in Currency or Gold, on all the principal cities of this country, England, Ireland,
Germany, etc.; makes Collections, and does a general Banking Business.
S. S. RICKLY
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“Columbus is so situated as to be the natural outlet by railroad of one of the greatest coal-fields
of the world—one that abounds also in iron and other minerals. Our city has railroad connections
with all parts of the country equal to any, and superior to many other inland towns. It has men of
capital and enterprise who compare favorably with those of their class in the more thriving
business centers of the country.
“Our facilities for manufacturing are not surpassed anywhere. Right at our door, as it were, and
coming to us on its way for consumption and distribution, is that article of prime
necessity—COAL. Vacant lands in the immediate vicinity of the city, well adapted to
manufacturing purposes, can now be bought at one-third or one-fourth the prices they will bring
four or five years hence, even if we advance no faster in the next than during our last decade.
"The things thus briefly alluded to are but it few of our great manufacturing and commercial
advantages. By availing ourselves el these in due time, while on a progressive career, our city
will speedily become great, rich, and prosperous. Neglecting these, she will soon begin to
retrograde, and be outstripped in the race by her more enterprising rivals. An organization is
needed to do by united action, in a few years, what the isolated efforts of individuals, however
enterprising, can never accomplish.
" The almost superhuman efforts for our advancement made within a few years past, and now
making by some of our citizens should he encouraged and aided by all the power and energy at
the command of the entire community. This can only be done by a proper organization—a board
of trade—of which our manufacturers, merchants, bankers, business men, professional men, and
other citizens should become members and assist in the general advancement of all our interests,
public and private.
"It is to he hoped that the call made will be promptly responded to, and that there will be a large
meeting in the Board of Trade room, at half-past seven o'clock to-morrow evening. It will be an
important meeting, as the initiatory steps will be taken, on which the success of the proposed
organization will depend.
“The best and ablest men we have should be selected for officers and members of committees.
There is no lack of such then in Columbus. We have plenty of them; their names might be
mentioned, but it would be only a few among the many, from whom selections could be made for
officers and for members of the committees on manufactures, railways, transportation, law,
taxation, membership, weights and measures, insurance, public improvements, finance, etc.
"As the primary object of a board of trade is to collect, record, and diffuse special, as well as
general statistical and reliable information respecting manufacturing, commercial, and financial
interests, and especially to guard, foster, and develop manufacturing and other industrial
resources, let there be a full attendance at the meeting on to-morrow evening of all such as desire
to see an efficient board of trade in Columbus, and are disposed to assist in its formation.
J. H. S."
The initials appended to the foregoing article are those of the publisher of this work. The subject
was agitated in the city papers and in business circles, and the demand soon became urgent for a
public meeting to take the preliminary steps for organizing a board of trade.
The call for a meeting at the Board of Trade rooms, in the City Hall building, on Saturday
evening, November 9, 1872, for the purpose of taking the preliminary steps for the organization
534 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
F. WOHLLEBEIN
MERCHANT TAILOR
70 North High Street,
Between Gay and Long Streets COLUMBUS, O.
Special attention paid to all kinds of Custom Work,
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CHAS. F SCHWAB,
Locksmith and Bell-Hanger,
Speaking Tubes Put Up and Sewing Machines Repaired,
117 SOUTH HIGH STREET,
Between State and Town Streets, COLUMBUS, O,
Orders from a distance solicited and promptly attended to.
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BRAINARD H. HOWE,
IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF
Chromos and Engravings,
MANUFACTURER AND FURNISHER OF
Graphoscopes, Stereoscopes, and Photograhers', Requisite of every
description. Publisher of Photographic Portraits and
Stereoscopic Views.
6 East Broadway, Columbus, Ohio.
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W. C. M. BAKER,
BLANK BOOK PUBLISHER,
21 South High Street, Columbus, O.
Sole Proprietor and Publisher of Baker's Labor-Saving System of Account, requiring but
one-third the labor of Double Entry Sets of Books, but furnishing more safeguards,
with more satisfactory results, and givin a daily balance of the standing
of the firm each day. Also, Sole Proprietor of
BAKER'S INSTRUCTION BOOK, which will be ready for delivery June 1, 1873.
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of a board of trade, was numerously signed by the leading firms and business men of the city.
Asa matter of record in the history of Columbus, we give the names of the signers to the call:
B. E. Smith, J. G. Mitchell, T. Ewing -Miller, A. D. Rodgers, John C. English, W. B. Brooks, F.
C. Sessions, L. Donaldson, P. W. Huntington, W. G. Deshler, W. B. Hayden, Charles Ambos,
Osborn, Kershaw & Co., Reinhard & Co., Freemen, Staley & Co., Wm. J. McComb, N. Merion,
Jos. Gundersheimer, John Joyce, Isaac Eberly & Co., J. J. Ferson, Vandegriff & Webster, James
G. Polling, Steinbarger, Aldrich & Co., H. C. Filler, John L. Gill, John T. Blain, Nevins &
Myers, Columbus Paper Company, L. Williams, John U. Rickenbacher, Ernst J. W. Schueller, R.
C. Homan, Hubbard & Jones, D. F. Suydam, Wm. Monypeny, E. B. Armstrong & Co., Smith &
Co., J. R. Stone, 0. G. Peters & Co., J. H. Davidson, Homer C. Lewis, W. R. Kent, Al. C. Lilley
& Co., Charles C. Walcott, Wrn. Fairchild, T. W. Tallmadge, W. A. McCoy, C. J. Hardy, J. H.
Outhwaite, Theodore Jasper, H. S. Lynn, Tress & Harrington, Hoster & Sons, J. F. Harris & Co.,
N. Schlee, Born & Co., J. X. Hale & Co., F. Fieser, Randall, Aston & Co., Wm. Dennison, J.
Reinhard, S. S. Rickly, Otto Drexel, J. H. Flowers, W. W. Bliss, W. S. Wilson, G. W. Gleason,
A. G. Parker, Siebert & Lilley, Charles Hueston, Paul & Thrall, Brown & Dunn, L. A. Bowers,
Kilbourne, Jones & Co., Henry C. Noble, Walstein Failing, Gilchrist, Gray & Co., Hayden &
Baker, George Gere, T. Lough, Ohio Furniture Company, R. Main, Walter C. Brown, Wm.
Taylor, B. F. Stage, Jonas Pletsch, Zettler & Ryan, L. E. Wilson, Charles Kemmerle, C. C.
Smith, Brooks, Walker & Co., P. Ambos, John T. Harris, A. C. Hanes, E. D. House, H. J. Jewett,
George M. Peters, Clinton D. Firestone, J. Cable, S. E. Samuel, Braun & Bruck, James A. Robey,
J. & G. Butler, Wm, H. Gaver, A. C. Greenleaf, C. Siebert, W. K. Deshler, J. M. Stuart, James
M. Westwater, W. G. Perks, F. D. Clark, C. P. L. Butler, W. B. Hawkes, A. W. Francisco, Comly
& Smith, A. S. Butterfield, Theo. H. Butler, R. C. Hull, F. Gale, J. A. Jeffrey, Sentinel Printing
Company, O. A. B. Senter, C. T. Pfaff, J. M. Tibbetts, St. Clair & Scott, Dispatch Printing
Company, E. J. Blount, George W. Sinks, Y. Anderson, Jacobs Brothers, Symmes E. Brown, E.
K. Stewart, W. A. Mahony & Co., J. F. Linton, E. A. Fitch, John Jacobs, R. G. Graham, James
Fulton, Leonard L. Smith, Wm. B. Thrall, Reed, Jones & Co., Gill & Gager, J. G. Maier & Son,
H. Mithoff & Co., Columbus Cabinet Company, Wm. Garretson & Co., Patterson, Burt & Co.,
George J. Rodenfels, John M. Pugh, G. S. Innis, Carpenter Brothers, Lorenzo English, John G.
Reinhard, D. McAllister, F. Michel, J. W. Chapin, J. J. Rickly, J. Pettrey, M. Daugherty, Mart
Krumm, P. Bliele, Al. Halm, Jacob H. Studer.
Pursuant to the call a very large meeting was held in the room in the City Hall building, set apart
by the city council, on the motion of Luther Donaldson, for the use of a board of trade. At the
time designated in the call, the meeting was called to order by Jacob H. Studer, on whose motion
John L. Gill, the oldest and the largest manufacturer in Columbus, was made temporary
chairman; Jacob H. Studer acted as temporary secretary.
The following prominent business men were appointed to draft a certificate of incorporation, a
constitution, and by-laws:
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Messrs. David W. Brooks, S. S. Richly, T. Ewing Miller, C. P. L. Butler, and R. C. Hoffman.
By request, ex-Governor Dennison delivered a masterly ex tempore speech on the great
advantages Columbus would derive from a well-organized and efficient board of trade in
developing her vast resources and assisting in her onward progress toward greatness, wealth, and
prosperity. The address was listened to with marked attention and deep interest.
At the conclusion of Governor Dennison's remarks, the committee having that subject in charge
produced a certificate of incorporation which embodied the following:
The objects of said association are to promote integrity and good faith, just and equitable.
principles of business; to discover and arrest abuses; to establish and maintain uniformity in
commercial usages; to acquire, preserve, and disseminate valuable business statistics and
information ; to prevent or adjust controversies and misunderstandings which may arise between
persons engaged in trade, and generally to foster, protect, and advance the commercial,
mercantile, and manufacturing interests of the city, in conformity with an act of the general
assembly of the State of Olin, entitled, "An act to authorize the incorporation of boards of trade
and chambers of commerce," passed April 3, A. D. 1866.
On motion of C. P. L. Butler, it was decided that the initiation fee of each individual member
should be ten dollars, and of each corporation or firm represented in the association should be
fifteen dollars.
The committee on constitution and by-laws were, on motion of Governor Dennison, instructed to
insert in the by-laws a provision prohibiting the organization from contracting one dollar of debt
for any purpose whatever.
The meeting then adjourned, to reassemble at 7-1 o'clock on the following Thursday evening.
At the adjourned meeting on Thursday evening, November 14, on motion of the acting temporary
secretary, T. Ewing Miller, representing the largest mercantile firm in the city, was called to the
chair. Mr. Brooks, from the committee on that subject, reported a constitution, which was
amended and adopted. The committee also reported by-laws, which were subsequently amended
and adopted.
A committee, consisting of Messrs. B. S. Brown, W. G. Deshler, R. C. Hoffman, Alexander
Huston, D. W. Brooks, and E. T. Mithoff, was appointed to nominate candidates for officers of
the board. The meeting adjourned to Thursday evening, November 21, when the committee made
the following report: For president, John L. Gill; vice-presidents, T. Ewing Miller, Theodore
Comstock, E. L. Hinman, D. S. Gray, W. B. Brooks, and H. Mithoff; secretary, H. M. Failing;
treasurer, Joseph Falkenbach. The report was accepted and the nominations confirmed.
538 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
JOHN LOYD,
Sign, Banner and Scenic Artist,
LOCATED IN THE NEW ATHENEUM, COLUMBUS, O.
To parties in provincial towns it is perhaps necessary to mention some of the qualifications of the
above well-known Artists, but to those resident in Columbus and vicinity, a notice of this kind
would be superfluous, as the merits of this Artist are well known to surpass all competition in his
line. Professor Loyd is well known as an Artist, not only in Columbus, and other portions of the
State of Ohio, but throughout the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific; his skillful brush has
more than once elicited the loudest praise, not only for skill, but for neatness and dispatch. As an
Artist, Mr. Loyd has but few equals, no superiors. As a versatile artist, twenty-five years'
manipulating with the brush, with what nature has done for him, and what he has gleaned
throughout his diversified experience with other skillful artists, proves him to be an Artist of
more than ordinary ability, and justly entitles him to the above encomiums; and more, a place in
the front ranks. Mr. Loyd, as a Banner Painter, is not to be excelled, and is constantly turning off
beautiful designs in that line, such as for Sunday Schools, Political and Secret Organizations. Mr.
Loyd also justly prides himself that few Artists can excel him in Portraiture, either from life
sittings, or from photographs of deceased parties, taken from life. Mr. Loyd would prefer to paint
from life, but where such is not convenient, either from parties being deceased, infirm, or
indisposed, Mr. Loyd will guarantee a faithful portrait from a Photograph, by giving color of
eyes, hair, etc. Work in Portraiture is particularly solicited, and in all cases perfect satisfaction
guaranteed. Mr. Loyd knows no such word as fail.
Communications sent through the Post-Office will be promptly attended to. Any design given by
sending description in writing of what is wanted.
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The following are the committees of the Board of Trade of Columbus:
On Inspection—Wm. Monypeny, Wm, B. Hayden, Y. Anderson, W. L. Hughes, Frank Hickox.
On Reference—John Greenleaf, Isaac Eberly, P. W. Huntington.
On Appeals—David W. Brooks, Al. A. Daugherty, J. M. West-water, Theodore H. Butler, L.
Hester.
Floor Committee—George W. Sinks, H. Brown, Charles L. Osborn.
Daily meetings of the Board of Trade were appointed to be held between 11:30 A. M. and 1 P.
M.; the rooms of the board to be open from 7 P. M. till 10 P. M.
BANKING INSTITUTIONS.
THE CLINTON BANK OF COLUMBUS.—This bank was chartered by the Ohio legislature at
the session of 1833-34. In October, 1834. the first board of directors was elected, and consisted
of William Neil, Christopher Neiswanger, David W. Deshler, Demas Adams, John Patterson,
Jesse Stone, Noah H. Swayne, Joseph Ridgway, Bela Latham, William S. Sullivant, William
Miner, O. W. Sherwood, and Nathaniel Medbury.
The bank commenced business in November following. Wm. Neil was the first president of the
bank, and John Delafield, Jr., cashier. Mr. Neil continued president until January, 1846, when he
was succeeded by William S. Sullivant, who remained president until the expiration of the
charter, in January, 1854. Mr. Delafield was succeeded as cashier, in January, 1838, by John E.
Jeffords, who, dying in April, 1842, was succeeded by David W. Deshler. The latter continued to
act as cashier until the charter expired. The capital stock of the bank was $300,000. The
circulation averaged about $600,000. As capital was scarce in the West at that early day, a large
part of the stock was taken and held for many years in New York city, and in London, England.
Though located in Columbus, the bank did a very large discount and deposit business for Central
Ohio, the business men therein, keeping bank accounts the same as did Columbus merchants.
There being at that date but few banks, in the fast-growing "West," the demands for discounts
from the States west of Ohio were so great that, for many years, the business of the bank, as to
discounts, was much larger beyond than within the limits of the State of Ohio itself.
The bank was closely connected with the great stage firm of "Neil, Moore & Co.," afterward
known as "The Ohio Stage Company," whose business, in the transportation of passengers
COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS - 541
and the United States mails, extended throughout the country west of the Ohio river, keeping
pace with the constant westward advance of population. The connection was one of great profit,
both to the bank and the stage company. The bank furnished, timely and cheap, the capital
required by the yearly increasing business of the company, and the company afforded a wide field
for the circulation of the bank throughout the great area of country traversed by its lines.
For a long time the bank was the only United States depositary, north and west of the Ohio river.
It disbursed for the government all moneys used in the construction of the National Road
(sometimes called the "Henry Clay Road ") west of Wheeling, and also all funds required for
mail service, for the United States courts, and for many of the distant western military posts. The
receipts of many of the western land-offices were brought to the bank. This being long before the
day of railroads and express companies, the handling of government funds (being silver and
gold—mostly silver) was laborious and hazardous. It may not be out of place to note that the
public money received at the land-office, at the then village of Chicago, was hauled in wagons,
under guard, to the bank.
For many years the bank did a large business in the State of Ohio, collecting and disbursing many
millions of dollars during times of financial disaster, peculation, and defalcation.
The bank aided greatly in establishing the State Bank of Ohio. For a number of years it owned
several of the branches—D. W. Deshler, its president, being at one time president of two
branches. During its existence of twenty years, from 1834 to 1854, many financial storms swept
over the land, wrecking corporations, prostrating business firms, and impairing public credit.
When suspicion and doubt pervaded the whole business atmosphere; when what had value to-day
was worthless tomorrow; when protest was hopeless bankruptcy; when defalcation and fraud
abounded ; when credit was but a bursting bubble; in times so full of disaster, it required both
nerve and judgment on the part of bank managers to weather the many storms. The Clinton Bank
kept on its course; meeting losses—at times deserted by friends—doubts as to its solvency in the
public mind—its stockholders alarmed; yet its officers, equal to the task, brought it through to
the end of its charter. It was one of the very few banks which did not suspend specie payments.
The bank was of great use to the public, and profitable to its stockholders. It was succeeded by
the “Clinton Bank," a private firm.
542 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
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THE STATE BANK OF OHIO.
The State Bank of Ohio, with forty-four branches, and an aggregate capital of $1,500,000, was
organized under a general banking law passed by the legislature, February 24,1845. Soon after
the passage of this law, books were opened in Columbus, and the requisite amount of stock
subscribed for three new banks, the Exchange and the Franklin Bank (both branches of the State
Bank), and the City Bank, based upon State stocks. Before the expiration of the charter of the
State Bank, May 1, 1866, its branches in this city had been merged in national banks.
THE FRANKLIN BANK.—This bank went into operation on the first of July, 1845, as a branch
of the State Bank of Ohio. Its capital was 6175,000. Its first board of directorswere Gustavus
Swan, Samuel Parsons, George M. Parsons, Wray Thomas, and Thomas Wood. Its first president
was Samuel Parsons, and its first cashier, James Espy. In January, 1865, it was merged into the
Franklin National Bank of Columbus.
THE CITY BANK.—The City Bank of Columbus went into operation in 1845, under a provision
of the general banking law passed in February of that year, which authorized independent banks,
with securities in the shape of State stocks, deposited with the treasurer of state. The City Bank
was located in the same building as the Columbus Insurance Company, chartered by the
legislature in 1832-33. To a greater extent, the stockholders in one institution were also
stockholders in the other, and so also with the directors of each. As a natural consequence the
business of the two became intermixed.
The first president of the bank was Joel Buttles, who continued such till his death, in the summer
of 1850. He was succeeded by Robert W. McCoy, so long president of the city council. Mr.
McCoy was president of the bank at the time of his death in January, 1856. Thomas Moodie was
cashier of the bank during its entire existence.
Both the bank and the insurance company at length failed; the latter in 1851, and the bank in
November, 1854, when it suspended and closed its doors. The notes of the bank in circulation at
the time of its failure, being secured by the deposit of State stocks, were ultimately redeemed by
the State.
THE EXCHANGE BANK.—This bank went into operation on the 24th of May, 1845, as a
branch of the State Bank of Ohio. Its capital was $125,000. Its first board of directors were
William B. Hubbard, D. T. Woodbury, Edwards Pierrepont, O. Follett, and Peter Hayden.
William B. Hubbard was its first president, and H. M. Hubbard its first cashier. In December,
1864, it was merged in the First National Exchange Bank of Columbus.
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J O H N S T U D E R,
PROPRIETOR LIVERY, BOARDING, AND SALE STABLES,
West Walnut Alley, rear of Opera House Block, Columbus; O.
Special attention given to boarding Horses.
Barouches, Carriages, and Buggies, for family and other uses, supplied on short notice.
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H. FITCH & SON,
GRAIN
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
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A. CARLISLE
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OIL
LUMBER, DOORS, BLINDS, AND SASH,
Office: 112 East Rich Street, Columbus, O.
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Joseph Gundersheimer,
DEALER IN MERCHANT TAILORINGS,
READY MADE CLOTHING, AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
81 and 83 High Street,
American House Building. COLUMBUS, OHIO.
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THE NATIONAL BANKS.
The war of the rebellion, whatever else it did or failed to do, brought about a revolution in the
paper circulating medium of the country, superseding the notes of banks established by State
authority by the notes of national banks established by authority of Congress. As in other cities
and states, the State banks in this city and state, when the national banking system became fully
established, either went out of existence, or were reorganized and went into operation under that
system.
FIRST NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK OF COLUMBUS.—This was the first national bank
established in this city. It was organized on the 7th of December, 1863. Peter Ambos is its
president, and Theodore Gordon its cashier. The directors are Peter Ambos, Wm. Monypeny, E.
T. Mithoff, W. B. Brooks, and D. A. Randall.
546 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
A. B. SEVENSON, C. F. GOCKE, ANTONE BUHL
STEVENSON, GLOCK & CO.
66 and 67 South High Street,
Opposite the State House,Amboss Building,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
CONFECTIONS, FRUITS, TOYS
OUSTERS, FISH, AND GAMEE.
Connected with our Extensive Rooms, are
FINE LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S RESTAURANTS,
Which are Open Day and Night.Meals
☞Meate and all the delicacies of the season screed at all hours.
Weddings, Private Parties, etc., at hone or abroad, supplied at short notice.
Ambos Hall, one of the finest allss in the City, for Dancing or Social Parties, is connected with our House.
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THE NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK OF
COLUMBUS.—This was the second national bank organized in this city. It was established
tablished in December, 1864. The directors are W nn. Dennison, Wm. A. Platt, Wm. B. Hawker,
and James L. Abbott. Win. G. Deshler is president; C. J. Hardy, cashier; Geo. W. Sinks
teller; Wm. K. Deshler, book-keeper and John G. Deshler, Jr., assistant.
This bank is the only United States depositary in Columbus.
FRANKLIN NATIONAL BANK OF COLUMBUS —This is the third national bank organized
in this city. It was established in January, 1865. John G. Deshler is the president; David Overdier,
cashier and C. B. Stewart, teller. The directors are W. G. Deshler, J. G. Deshler, W Failing, P.
W. Huntington, James L. Bates, and Richard Cowling.
NATIONAL BANKSTATISTICS.—The following is a summary of the statistics of the three
national banks of this city:
Their deposits for 1872 amounted to $12,279,666.60.
The sums discounted during the same period amounted to $10,700,000.
The aggregate capital of the three banks is $650,000, and their united circulation is $585,000.
PRIVATE BANKERS.
There are in Columbus nine private banking-houses, doing a large and extended business, as the
annexed statistics show. In connection with their operations in the line of deposit and discount,
they sell passage tickets to and from foreign countries, buy and sell gold, bonds, and other
"gilt-edged" paper. As a general thing, money can be obtained here at as low a rate on good
paper as in other cities. The following firms represent the private banking interest and business of
this city:
BARTLIT &SMITH.—Thiss house was established in 1850. Its present proprietors are John F.
Bartlet and Benjamin E. Smith. William .Person is cashier, and William C. Faxon, teller.
MILLER & DONALDSON.—This banking-house was established in 1854. John Miller and
Luther Donaldson constitute the
548 - ADVERTISEMENTS.
ROBERT W. LINEN,
FASHIONABLE
MERCHANT TAILOR,
No. I7 SOUTH HIGH STREET,
Opposite State House, and a few doors north of the Neil House,
COLUMBUS, O.
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firm. The teller is James F. Kclley, and the book-keeper, L. Donaldson. Jr.
RICKLY'S BANK.—This house was established in August.. 1857, by J. J. and S. S. Rickly. The
latter because sole proprietor, April 14, 1870. The cashier is Ralph R. Rickly.
THE CENTRAL BANK.—This house was established in January, 1863. The proprietors are Ide,
Bailey & Co. The officers are Dr. W. E. Ide, president; N. Sclee, vice-president, and L. C. Bailey,
cashier.
P. W. HUNTINGTON'S BANK.—This house was established January 1, 1866, by P. W.
Huntington and David W. Deshler. On the death of the latter, August 1, 1869, Mr. P. W.
Huntington became sole proprietor.
P. HAYDEN & Co.-This banking-house was established in 1867. Its proprietors are Peter
Hayden and Wm. D. Hayden. Edward K. Stewart is the cashier, and Robert C. Hull, general
book-keeper.
REINHARD & Co.—This banking-house was established May 6, 1868. The proprietors are
Jacob Reinhard, F. Fieser, and Joseph Falkenbach. The officers are Jacob Reinhard, president; F.
Fieser, vice-president; Joseph Falkenbach, cashier, and John Reinhard, teller.
SESSIONS' BLOCK.—This beautiful aid imposing; building is located on the southeast corner
of High and Long streets. It has a frontage on High street of sixty-two and one-half feet, ex-
