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Hprings and \\vlls and collected in 2 reser- 

 voirs 2 miles west of the city, from which it is 

 [lumped to a storgage reservoir, 175 feet above, 

 with storu-e capaeiiy of 8,000,000 gallons. Con- 

 stant pressure of from 00 to !)."> pounds is main- 

 tained. Tin -IT arc 26 miles of mains. The value 

 of property of tho paid fire department, which 

 has -I I alarms, is $25,000. The loss by fire in 

 the year ending April 1, 1891, was $1,844.74. 

 Two lines of electric railway cover 4 miles, the 

 total properly being valued at $100.000. The 

 Thompson-Houston system of electric lighting is 

 in use in addition to gas, 80 lamps of 2,000 can- 

 dle power each being suspended at intervals in 

 the center of the streets; 85 arc and 885 incan- 

 descent lights are used. The Michigan Central 

 Railroad reached Ann Arbor in 18:5!). Seven trains 

 are run daily by it each way : the depot, built 

 of bowlder stones, cost $35,000. The Toledo, Ann 

 Arbor and North Michigan Railroad passes also 

 through the city, doing an annual business here of 

 $100,000. Free delivery is being extended over 

 the entire city, and the post-office receipts for the 

 year ending June 30. 1891, were $25,641.38, an 

 increase of $1,704.47 over the preceding year. 

 The post office is a three-story structure, and 

 there is an opera house, with seating capacity of 

 1,200. The hotels number 3, and there are 1 

 daily and 7 weekly newspapers (2 in the Ger- 

 man language), exclusive of college papers. 

 The usual telegraph and express facilities are 

 afforded, and there is a telephone system. There 

 are 3 banks (1 national and 1 savings) with a capi- 

 tal of $335,000. The deposits reach $1,250.000 

 yearly. The court house, covering an entire 

 square, was finished in 1878, and cost, exclusive 

 of furniture, $70,000. The county jail cost $20,- 

 000. Ann Arbor is frequently termed the Athens 

 of the West, owing to the location here of the 

 State University, having the largest number of 

 students (1,885) and the largest total income 

 ($274,272) of any institution of its kind in the 

 United States. The sum of $500,000 was real- 

 ized from sales of lands granted by the General 

 Government at an early date, and the present 

 value of the grounds and buildings is placed at 

 $740.000 : that of the scientific apparatus is 

 $450,000 ; $156,272 were received from State 

 appropriation in 1889-'90. Six departments are 

 comprised, of which the medical at one time was 

 the largest in the country. In 1890 its enroll- 

 ment was 375 regulars and 71 homcepathic. Two 

 large hospital structures have been lately com- 

 pleted at a cost of $80,000. The building con- 

 taining the law department is so crowded that 

 it has been decided to build an addition to cost 

 $30,000. Of the 581 students enrolled in 1890, 

 only 165 were from the State proper. The law 

 library contains 10,208 volumes. Exclusive of 

 professional works, the general library contains 

 Til), ?:!;") volumes, and an important part is made 

 up of presentations the Parsons library, the 

 McMillan Shakespeare, the Hagerman collection 

 of history and political science, the German- 

 American Goethe, and the Dorsch libraries. 

 The course of study at the university covers 

 four years, admission being gained by the presen- 

 tation of diplomas from the high schools or ex- 

 amination. Women and men are admitted under 

 the same conditions and pursue the same studies. 

 Instruction is almost free. In the museum is to 



be seen the Chinese exhibit, brought over to the 

 New Orleans Exposition and presented to the 

 university, valued at $250,000. For a gymnasi- 

 um $20,000 have been given, and a like amount 

 raised by subscription. Educational advantages 

 are afforded, in addition, by six primary and 

 grammar schools, in fine buildings, and one high 

 school, the total value of school property being 

 $205,000. The total enrollment in 1890 was 

 2,086, and 51 teachers were employed. The en- 

 rollment in the high school was 698. The school 

 expenditure for 1890 was $37.746.38. There are 

 8 parochial schools also 1 Catholic, 1 German 

 Evangelical, and 1 Lutheran. The Ladies' 

 Library Association has a building costing $3,- 

 000. Church property, divided among 13 de- 

 nominations, is valued at $365.500. A capital 

 of $526,000 is invested in manufacturing inter- 

 ests, employing 590 men. These include agri- 

 cultural works with capital of $75,000, employ- 

 ing 100 men ; furniture factories employing 125 ; 

 3 flouring mills, with an annual output of $800,- 

 000 ; 4 factories of carriages and road-carts ; 

 3 planing mills; a factory turning out pianos 

 and organs to the amount of $75,000 yearly ; 1 

 foundry and boiler factory, a dried-fruit and 

 vinegar factory with evaporating capacity of 

 525,000 bushels of fruit yearly, and several smaller 

 establishments. 



Appleton, a city of Wisconsin, the county 

 sat of Outagamie County, 185 miles north of 

 Chicago and 100 miles northwest of Milwaukee, 

 on the Grand Chute of Lower Fox river. It is a 

 thriving place, the population in 1880 having 

 been 8,005, and in 1890, 11,869. The Chicago 

 and Northwestern, the Chicago, Milwaukee and 

 St. Paul, and the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and 

 Western railways all connect -with the city, giv- 

 ing outlets for its large manufactured output. 

 Situated on a large plateau overlooking the river, 

 it possesses many natural beauties and is noted 

 for picturesque scenery. Its altitude is 723 feet 

 above sea-level. Lake Winnebago, with its 350 

 square miles of area, fed by Wolf and Upper 

 Fox rivers and numerous smaller streams, fur- 

 nishes the Lower Fox with an inexhaustible sup- 

 ply of water at all seasons, and this river, in its 

 flow of 150 miles from the lake to Green Bay, 

 has a fall of 150 feet. 50 of which lie within ttie 

 city limits. This body of water is said to furnish 

 over 16,000 horse power, and it has been utilized 

 by the construction of a system of dams and 

 canals embracing all the rapids on the river. 

 The canal is under the control of the United 

 States Government, and large steamers and 

 barges can pass from the lake to Green Bay. 

 An electric street railway is in operation, and 

 the city is lighted with electric lamps in addi- 

 tion to gas. The paid fire department has an 

 electric fire-alarm svstem. The streets are broad 

 and well paved, and there are several miles of 

 sewers. Water works of the Holly system are 

 in use. Two daily and six weekly newspapers 

 are published, four of the latter in German. 

 Two national banks have aggregate capital of 

 $450,000 and surplus of $50,000. The assessed 

 valuation of property in 1888-'89 was $3,145.000, 

 (actual value, $7,862J500). The total expenditure 

 for school purposes in the same year was $38,- 

 106. The total value of public property used for 

 school purposes was $176,500, and the enrollment 



