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CHAPTER XII.

ST, ELIZABETH HOSPITAL-WOODLAND CEMETERY-CALVARY CEMETERY-- DESCRIPTIVE REVIEW OF THE CITY OF DAYTON.

ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL.

FOR a number of years prior to the founding of this charitable institution, the Rev. Father J. F. Hahne, pastor of Emanuel's Church, had been desirous of seeing a hospital of the Sisters in Dayton, and had repeatedly invited the attention of the Mother Superior of the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis to the lack of hospital accommodations in the city, and solicited her aid and kindly offices toward the establishment of such an institution here under the care of her order.

In 1878, his prayer was answered, and soon thereafter there appeared in our midst two strange faces, whose appearance on our streets, clothed in a garb of brown, with an embroidered red cross in front, and black veil and cloak, attracted the attention of our people. These were the forerunners, and theirs the mission of founding St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Prior to this time no systematic accommodations for the receiving and caring of the indigent sick, and unfortunate victims of accidents, existed in this city, other than the "pest-house," a habitation which, in name and associations, and its restricted accommodations, were alike objectionable and insufficient to properly and satisfactorily care for the varied class and character of applicants for hospital treatment. This condition of things had, at different times for many years past, suggested various propositions on the part of public-spirited citizens, and the introduction of resolutions into the City Council for the creation of an establishment equal to the wants and dignity of the city.

No decisive steps, however, were ever taken by the City Council, other than a mere discussion and a reference to future action. As the undertaking seemed, moreover, too large and expensive for individual enterprise, the subject had never as yet taken any definite shape.

The task, then, of filling so great a void and establishing such an institution in our midst, has devolved upon a small number of women, belonging to the Order of the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis, whose mission is the alleviation and care of the sick and helpless, and whose motto is that of voluntary and absolute poverty.

The Sisters referred to were Emilie and Columba, who, on the 2d of July of that year, rented a moderately sized two-story brick building on Franklin street, near Ludlow, and commenced to prepare the premises for hospital purposes. July 25, a railroader, with a crushed arm, the result of an accident, was brought to their doors for treatment. He was received, although, in the language of our informant. " they were compelled to go to housekeeping before they were quite ready."

Then commenced an active solicitation on their part for assistance and encouragement, Sufficient aid to furnish the house and devote it to its purposes was soon obtained.

A staff of physicians, who devote their time and services gratuitously,

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was selected. , Applicants of admission came pouring in, and the hospital became a fixed fact.

At once an additional two-story frame house was erected on the premises, the two houses accommodating forty-one patients. Sister Emilie was the Superior in charge for about one and a half years, and was succeeded by Sister Columba, who is still the Sister Superior, assisted by fourteen resident Sisters.

The necessities of the institution demand more room, and, in fact, a more expansive base for a full display of its great usefulness, The Sisters have selected six acres of land, known as the Patterson Brown property, in Browntown, and began the erection of a building that will presumably accommodate all requirements for many years to come.

The cornerstone of the building was laid September 17, 1881, by the venerable Father, John F. Hahne, it having been his last official act. The building is constructed of brick, with stone trimmings. The main building is 50x46 feet, five stories and an attic. Wings on either side of main building, 40x35 feet,

Two rear wings 25x26 feet, four stories and an attic.

In rear of hospital is a building, 43x45, for kitchen, laundry and boiler-house purposes,

The interior arrangements and the various floors will be used as follows: First story will be devoted to work room, linen room, apothecary, waiting room, physician's room, parlor, five bedrooms, offices.

Second floor will have one large ward and one small ward, both for men. Four private rooms for men, accident ward, operating room and two surgeons' wards,

Third floor, consists of two wards for men and two wards for women, and three private rooms for women.

Fourth floor, two wards for women, two wards for men, also, three private rooms for men.

Fifth floor will be devoted to bedrooms for the Sisters. There will be an elevator from the basement to the attic.

Entering the main entrance, the visitor passes through a hall nine by nine-teen feet into the main staircase hall, which is 22x23 feet, and which continues to the top of the building. Branching off from each side of this hall is a corridor eight feet wide, running through to each end of the building, with stairways at each end.

Each floor will have two pantries, with dumb waiter in each from basement, through which all meals will be served.

There will be two bath-rooms in each story, also water-closets and wash stands.

The building will be heated by steam, and ventilated in the best manner, both by natural and artificial means. There will be covered piazzas on each story of the two rear wings for the accommodation of convalescent patients.

Store and other rooms will be located in the basement.

The building will cost $65,000.

The hospital is under the management of the Sisters.

The following-named physicians have constituted the medical staff of the institution since its establishment:

President of Staff, J. C. Reeve, M. D.; Consulting Physicians and Surgeons, E, Pilate, M. D., T. L. Neal, M. D., John Davis, M. D.; Visiting Physicians and Surgeons, W. J. Conklin, M. D., J. D. Daugherty, M, D., H. S. Jewett, M. D.

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The number of Patients received and treated during the year ending August 31, 1881, is given as follows:

Male, Female, Total,

In Hospital September 1, 1880.............. 14 10 24

September ............................................ 28 6 34

October ................................................ 14 2 16

November ............................................ 12 1 13

December.............................................. 13 4 17

January ................................................. 11 7 18

February................................................ 14 14

March .................................................... 10 2 12

April....................................................... 19 5 24

May.......................................................... 17 9 26

June ........................................................ 23 5 28

July........................................................... 24 4 28

August ...................................................... 33 9 42

Grand Total 232 64 296

Civil condition--Married and widowed, 100; Unmarried, 172. Total, 272.

Religion--Catholic, 146; Protestants, 126, Total, 272,

Nationalities United States, 133; Germany, 78; Ireland, 42; England, 6; Switzerland, 4; France, 3; Wales, 2; Denmark, 1; Holland, 1; Canada, 1:

Bavaria, 1, Total, 272,

Ages--Under twenty years, 32; between twenty and thirty years. 74; between thirty and forty years, 57; between forty and fifty years, 40: between fifty and sixty years, 30; between sixty and seventy years, 22; between seventy and eighty years, 9; between eighty and ninety years, 4; unknown. 4, Total, 272.

Male, Female Total

Recovered...................................... 165 31 196

Improved ........................................ 28 7 35

Unimproved .................................... 8 5 13

Died ................................................. 19 6 25

Remaining in Hospital August 31, 1881 17 10 27

Since the opening of the hospital, 824 patients have been admitted for treatment.

WOODLAND CEMETERY,

This hallowed spot is conveniently and beautifully located on an elevated tract of ground a little southeast of the city. Though within the corporate limits, it is so situated as likely never to be disturbed by the onward growth and progress of the city, It comprises nearly one hundred acres of ground, whose surface is composed almost entirely of hills and valleys. which are covered with numerous forest trees, with here and there numbers of the choicest evergreens and deciduous trees, The ground rises continually, though gradually; yet in some places the ascent is steep, from the entrance to the summit of the main hill, about two-thirds of the distance of the cemetery from north to south. There are a number of neat and spacious avenues traversing the entire grounds, rendering, by their numerous intersections, each lot easy of access. These avenues are sixteen in number, and are appropriately and prettily named, a number receiving their appellations from the kind of trees skirting their borders, and are as follows: Red Oak, Walnut, Van Cleve, Ridge, Maple, North, West, Cherry, Sycamore, Ash, Locust, Cottonwood, South, Sassa-

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fras, Monument and Valley, the latter being the principal one, and passes through the groat valley from the northeast to southwest, The grounds are supplied with running water, water-works having been built in 1877, at a cost of $4,300, On the summit of the hill, in the northern part of the cemetery, is the reservoir. holding about four hundred barrels, into which the water is raised a distance of 184 feet. by means of a steam force pump of twelve-horsepower, The supply is furnished from a well below. Twenty-two self-closing hydrants are distributed throughout the grounds, and a beautiful little lake, with a low pipe fountain in its center, is gently nestled in a low and valley-like spot by the surrounding hills, The numerous hills, forming on either side of the many avenues, terraces of great natural beauty, affording excellent spots for bank tombs or vaults, of which the cemetery has many. The " public vault" is of this kind. and is situated in the southwestern part of the cemetery, near the entrance, Many artistically designed and costly monuments dot the grounds. On the brow of a hill near the lake is situated " De Graff Chapel," It is a very imposing structure of one apartment, probably 22x12 feet, built entirely of stone and marble. with copper door, and contains the remains of two of that family, deposited in massive marble. It is of Gothic architecture, and its peculiarity calls forth this mentioning. Within the grounds is what was formerly the Superintendent's residence, situated at the entrance, not far from which has just been erected a fine brick dwelling, more commodious for the purpose, at a cost of over $4,000, The initiative steps toward the establishment of a rural cemetery where every possible safeguard should be thrown around the resting-place of the dead, were taken in 1840 by Mr, John W, Van Cleve, to whom more than to any other person are the people of Dayton indebted for their beautiful cemetery, and for the prosperity which has attended the enterprise from the beginning. At his death, in 1858, the Trustees expressed their sense of obligation to him in a suitable memorial which is recorded in the minutes and appears in this sketch, The first graveyard of Dayton, located at the northeast corner of Main and Third streets, was, after a few years' occupation, abandoned, and the shocking spectacle was often witnessed of human remains exposed to view, in excavating cellars for the business houses which now cover the whole ground, In 1805, Daniel C, Cooper donated a tract of land for the use of the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, and the town of Dayton. for burial purposes. It was situated on West Fifth street, and was thought to be so remote from the town that it would never, be encroached npon, In less than thirty years, it was found to be unsuitable for the purpose, and in the course of time interments were forbidden in it by city ordinance, It was with this view that the question of a rural cemetery arose, Articles of association were drawn up by Mr. Van Cleve in January, 1841, and fifty signatures were obtained, the subscribers forming themselves into an association under the name and style of "The Woodland Cemetery Association," and purchased of Augustus George, for the establishment of a rural cemetery in the vicinity of the town, forty acres of ground, to be taken in a square, at the price of $60 per acre, A meeting of the subscribers was called at the office of the Firemen's Insurance Company, on Thursday evening, February 18, 1841, James Steele was appointed Chairman, and David C, Baker, Secretary, at which meeting was organized the Woodland Cemetery Association by the election of the following officers: Trustees, Job Haines, James Perrine, Edward W. Davies, J, D, Phillips and John W. Van Cleve; Secretary, Robert C, Schenck; Treasurer, David Z. Peirce. At a subsequent meeting of the Trustees, John W. Van Cleve was elected President of the Association, Thus, in order of time. began the third rural cemetery of any magnitude established in the United States, preceding Spring Grove, at Cincinnati, three

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years, On the 29th of April, 1841, a deed was received from Augustus George for the forty acres of ground above referred to. This tract of land was covered with a dense growth of forest trees, many of them of the largest size. The ground was at once inclosed, and suitable carriage ways laid out, and the whole subdivided into burial lots, seventeen by twenty-two feet each. This method of division has not been followed by the Trustees in platting new ground. The act to incorporate the cemetery was passed February 28, 1842, and adopted by the association April 16 of the same year. On the 7th day of June, 1843, the cemetery was opened, and the lots offered at public sale, and on the 21st of the same month the grounds were dedicated with the following order of exercises: Prayer by Rev. James C, Barnes; hymn--Old Hundred; address by Rev. John W, Hall; hymn--Pleyel's German hymn; dedication and prayer, by Rev, Ethan Allen; hymn--Dundee; benediction, The first interment was made July 11, 1843, when were interred the remains of Allen Cullum, Esq,, near the center of the cemetery, It has been the aim of the Trustees to increase the size of the grounds by the purchase of adjacent land when opportunity offered, Contiguity to the city, while an advantage in some respects, has rendered large additions of ground impossible; however, the cemetery now comprises more than twice the amount of the original purchase, and it is estimated that over thirty acres of available ground remain unsold. The prevalence of fine forest trees very appropriately gave the name of Woodland to the cemetery. The sylva of the grounds, in 1843. as recorded by Mr. Van Clove. exhibited forty-one different kinds of trees, Before the opening of the grounds, such trees as were thought unsuitable were removed, and, up to 1870, nothing further had been done, and owing to the growth and decay of trees, it was thought best to remove a large number, which work was superintended by Mr, James Kidd, who proved himself thoroughly competent. The same year the Trustees planted in suitable places large numbers of the choicest evergreens and deciduous trees, heretofore spoken of.

The following officers were elected for the years indicated, President, John W. Van Cleve, elected February 18, 1841, deceased September 6. 1555, Secretary, Robert C, Schenck, elected February 18, 1841; term expired February 18, 1853, Robert W. Steele, elected Secretary, February 18, 1853: elected President September 14, 1858. Edwin Smith, elected September 14, 1858: term expired September 11, 1865. Ziba Crawford, elected September 11,1865, Treasurer--D, Z. Peirce, elected February 18, 1841; deceased August 15, 1853, V. Winters, elected March 4, 1861. Superintendent of Grounds George Lane, appointed ----; deceased September 5, 1860. William W. Lane, appointed September 5, 1860; resigned June 14, 1869. J. C. Cline, appointed June 14, 1869, Trustees, 1841 to 1882--John W, Van Cleve, elected February 18, 1841; deceased September 6, 1858. Job Haines, elected February 18, 1841; deceased July 16, 1860. James Perrine, elected February 18, 1811: deceased January 22, 1864. J. D. Phillips, elected February 18, 1841; deceased February 13, 1871. Edward W. Davies, elected February 18, 1841; deceased December 11, 1873. Robert W, Steele, elected September 14, 1858, Thomas Brown, elected March 4, 1861; term expired September 11, 1865, J. G. Lowe, elected April 16, 1864, Andrew Gump, elected September 11, 1865: term expired February 18, 1875. John H, Winters, elected March 13, 1871, Thomas Brown, re-elected January 12, 1874. S, W. Davies elected February 18, 1875. Present officers and Trustees as follows: Robert W. Steele, President; Ziba Crawford, Secretary; Valentine Winters, Treasurer; John C. Cline, Superintendent; Robert W. Steele, John G, Lowe, John H. Winters, Thomas Brown and Samuel W. Davies, Trustees.

The ground now comprising the cemetery cost about $30,000, and has

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been purchased in quantities (excepting the first forty acres), from a fraction of a lot to ten acres, from the ftelowing named persons: Johnson V. Perrine James Stover, Mary George, Nathaniel Hast, Prosser & Snider, P, Hamilton, J. Bradford, S. Boltin, Master Commissioner, W, Eichelberger, M, M, Dodds, W. H. Gill, Dr. J. Coblentz, estate J. V, Perrine, M. Bodem's heirs, Daniel Berger, Sarah D. Beckel and S, N. Brown, and in about ten different years. There were removed from the old graveyards about fifteen hundred remains, and up to May 1, 1882, there have been interred (including all removals from other cemeteries), 11,092 bodies. The statement below, gives the number of interments from 1843 to February 1, 1882: 1843, 10; 1844, 58; 1845, 101; 1846, 88; 1847, 93; 1848, 119; 1849, 188; 1850, 187; 1851, 141; 1852, 180; 1853, 219; 1854, 412; 1855, 328; 1856, 292; 1857, 193; 1858, 257; 1859, 230; 1860, 317; 1861, 318; 1862, 318; 1863, 300; 1864, 381; 1865, 300; 1866, 325; 1867, 264; 1868, 324; 1869, 404; 1870, 396; 1871, 339; 1872. 436; 1873. 383: 1874, 353; 1875, 391; 1876, 379; 1877, 405; 1878, 356; 1879. 400; 1880, 421; 1881 (to February 1, 1882), 465.

CALVARY CEMETERY.

On the 9th of July, 1872, Calvary Cemetery Association was organized, and the following first Board of Trustees elected: Revs. J. F. Hahne, William M. Carey, F. J. Goetz and H, Stuckenborg, for the term of three years; William Helfrich, N. Ohmer, John Stephans and Henry Hilgefort, for two years. and Robert Chambers, Severin Wiegert, Theodore Barlow and Henry Schlaman, for one year; Jacob Stephans, elected Clerk. Soon thereafter were purchased ninety acres of ground two and a half miles south of the city, and the name of Calvary Cemetery given it, It is beautifully situated on the bluffs of the Great Miami. It has been regularly laid out into lots, and is dotted with shrubbery, The cost of the ground was $25,000. The following table shows the number of interments thus far made in the cemetery: July 1, 1875, to July 1, 1876, 91; July 1, 1876, to July 1, 1877, 151; July 1, 1877, to July 1, 1878, 175; July 1, 1878. to July 1, 1879, 181; July 1, 1879, to July 1, 1880, 214; July 1, 1880, to July 1, 1881, 265; July 1, 1881, to May 23, 1882, 270; total, 1,347. Of this number, 315 were removed from St. Henry's Cemetery, and elsewhere, The cemetery is exclusively a Catholic burying-ground.

Present officers are as follows: N. Ohmer, Vice President; John H. Finke, Secretary; A, Froendhoff, Treasurer; William Irvin, Superintendent.

Executive Committee--N. Ohmer, M. Walter, Henry Hilgefort, S. Wiegert.

Trustees or Directors---Emanuel's Church, Michael Walter and A. Froendhoff. St, Joseph's Church. Rev. J. J. O' Donohue, Nicholas Ohmer, James Hartnett, St. Mary's Church, Rev. H. Stuckenborg, Severin Wiegert, Franz Thill. Holy Trinity Church, Rev, T. J. Goetz, Henry Hilgefort, Sebastian Demphle.

ST. HENRY'S CEMETERY.

The first burying-ground of the Catholics bore this name. In September, 1844, one-half of what was known as Outlot No. 27, was purchased by Archbishop Purcell of Thomas Morrison, for $305. March 2, 1853, the south half of the same lot was purchased by the same gentleman of E. W. Davies, for $800. These two pieces of ground with, perhaps, later additions, constitute St. Henry's Cemetery. Interments were made therein soon after the preparation of the ground for a graveyard. It is like the other burying-grounds located south of the city, yet is within the corporate limits. The grounds are inclosed by a high board fence, and contain many beautiful shade trees and evergreens, with shrubbery. Few interments are now made in it,

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as pretty much all of the space has been taken up, and it is considered as abandoned.

HEBREW CEMETERY.

Situated south of Dayton, and nearly opposite Woodland Cemetery, is the burying-ground of the Hebrew Congregation. We failed to find the deed at the court house, or from other sources to learn of whom and when the ground was purchased; however, it is evident that, from interments made there, the ground must have been purchased and used for burial purposes soon after the organization of the congregation in the city, There are several acres of ground in the yard, which is partially surrounded by a high stone fence or wall, Many tasty and beautiful stones dot the grounds, which are kept in perfect order.

DESCRIPTIVE REVIEW OF THE CITY OF DAYTON.

This city, from its favorable location; its advantageous surroundings; its commercial facilities, natural and acquired: its business opportunities; its manufactures; its solidity; its advantages as a shipping and distributing point; its wealth; the intelligence, culture, taste, refinement and moral advancement of its people; its public and private enterprise; its excellent sanitary condition ; its metropolitan advantages---in short, the thousand and one things that tend to make a city a desirable place for residence or for business, are beginning to attract the attention of people from abroad, who have learned of the place, As a result, a tide of capital and business industry and enterprise is gradually settling in this direction, and which will assist very materially in building up at this point a city destined at no distant day to take a prominent place among the important inland cities of America, Dayton now numbers about forty thousand inhabitants, comprised very largely of those belonging to the working or industrial classes, mechanics, tradesmen--the " sons of toil " Dayton is essentially a busy city. There are few drones residing here, That is to say, there are few, indeed, who do not labor in some useful sphere, There are, of course, many men of wealth--capitalists but they generally are actively and busily engaged in business. Perhaps no city in this country, of the same size, can boast of its wealth being so equally distributed among its citizens as is the case in Dayton. Among all its wealthy citizens. there is not a millionaire, and then none in abject poverty, It has many wealthy men, and but few really poor ones,

The importance of Dayton as a business center is, perhaps, not properly appreciated, except by those who have made the city a residence for a greater or less length of time, or by those who have maintained business relations with her merchants, which would afford them fair opportunity of judging, Situated in the midst of the beautiful and fruitful Miami Valley, at the confluence of the Stillwater and Mad River with the Miami, and surrounded on all sides, far and near, by the most populous, wealthiest and best agricultural country to be found in Ohio, Dayton enjoys a local or domestic revenue from beyond her limits unequaled anywhere, The surrounding country is peopled with a class of farmers who have grown wealthy, and are as valuable to merchants of Dayton as they would be if residents of the city, From Dayton radiate roads or pikes graded and graveled, and all of them free of toll, to all parts of this wealthy, agricultural region, or grand garden, we might call it, and along these roads pour into the city continuous streams of farm products, which here find ready sale at good prices, owing to the splendid shipping and distributing facilities afforded by the canal and numerous railroads going out to all paints of the compass, The estimated value of farm products annually brought to Dayton and disposed of for cash is $ 3,000,000. The solidity of the

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city of Dayton in point of healthy growth, socially, morally, as well as architecturally is perhaps not so fully estimated by the general public as it should be. The business of the city has steadily increased. It has been a healthy growth, speaking well for the prudence and foresight of its capitalists, merchants, manufacturers and others engaged in business pursuits. The volume of business has kept steady pace in growth with the increase in population, which, for the past forty years, has been on an average about seventy-five per cent for each decade.

Socially and morally, Dayton will compare favorably with any city in the world, Its citizens are in the main a church-going people and, as a result, the city is adorned with so many elegant and costly places of worship as to cause it to be spoken of by travelers as "the city of churches." All denominations and creeds are represented, whether Christian or Hebrew. The public schools of Dayton are of a character to cause her citizens to speak of them with pride There are also numerous private schools, academies and seminaries of the highest order, As a result of all this, the people are of high moral and social standard, The arts and sciences are cultivated and fostered, and evidences are to be seen upon every hand of culture and refinement, not only of a private character, coupled with wealth, but of a public character as well. Her libraries and art galleries, her fountains and gardens, all attest the cultivation of the people of this beautiful city, The city embraces about ten square miles of territory, containing nearly two hundred miles of streets regularly laid out and finished, The gravel obtained here in abundance is the best material in the world for street-making. as will be seen by a drive through any of the thoroughfares, Most of the principal streets and avenues are very broad, smooth, level and lined on either side by flagged sidewalks and rows of thrifty shade and ornamental trees, making them inviting for driving or the promenade, arid they are daily, in fair weather, thronged with elegant turnouts. She boasts innumerable, handsome residences, many of them of the truly palatial order, situated, both in the city proper and in the suburbs, to say nothing of the many elegant villas crowning the hills surrounding and overlooking the city, The lawns environing the more elegant mansions make the avenues in those portions of the city devoted principally to residences as inviting and attractive as can be found anywhere. The business portion of the city is compactly and substantially built of brick, stone and iron. Many of the blocks are large and attractive, The celebrated Dayton marble is quarried near the city limits, and as a building material is unequaled for beauty and durability. In addition to the many large blocks now in use, several new ones, large and substantial, are in process of construction, to meet the demands of increasing business.

The public buildings of the city and county are, as well as the private buildings, of the most costly, elegant and attractive character. In the immediate vicinity of the city are the National Soldiers' Home--the " Hotel de Invalides" of America--the Southern Ohio Asylum for the Insane, and many other like institutions of lesser magnitude, The view of the city and valley to be obtained from the surrounding hills is indeed grand. Its equal cannot be obtained from any other point in Ohio. The city is supplied with an abundance of excellent well water, yet it has in addition Holly water-works, which, by means of about thirty-four miles of mains, now down, supplies the city with a good article of water for culinary purposes and for fire protection The paid Fire Department of this city is one of the most admirable and efficient in the country, and no other city in Ohio can boast of a more thoroughly organized and efficient police force. Well-regulated street railroads extend to all parts of the city.

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Nine different railroads center here, This statement will of itself clearly indicate the advantages of Dayton as a point for distribution and shipment. The shipping facilities of Dayton, either by rail or by canal, could not well be improved; nor could the opportunities for rapid and convenient travel, Passenger trains to and from all points of the compass leave and arrive almost hourly during the day and night. To points North and South the canal affords very cheap, though rather slow means of freight transportation. The manufacturing interests of the city, which, for many years were neglected, have recently taken new life, and already are rapidly growing in volume and importance. The car works, employing many hundreds of men, the many manufactories, foundries, planing-mills, screw-works, iron shops, turbine water-wheel works, tool works, in short, the numberless mills and machine shops afford constant employment for thousands of industrious mechanics at fair wages, and the proprietors are all prosperous. The hydraulic water-power of this place is among the best in the State. The mechanics and laboring men of Dayton generally own houses of their own, and, as a consequence, houses can be rented at reasonable rates. Shabby or unsightly tenement houses are unknown in Dayton. With her 40,000 population, the populous surrounding country, and the innumerable small towns within a radius of a few miles, and all of which are tributaries to Dayton, her business, both retail and wholesale, already large, is rapidly increasing, and affords a splendid field for the capitalist seeking an opportunity in that direction. Her manufacturing facilities, with her opportunities and advantages as a shipping-point, afford the capitalist and manufacturer a brilliant prospect, while her educational, moral, social and sanitary advantages render Dayton a most desirable place for residence,