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capital of $100,000. Three pumps have an ag- 

 gn-gatt- capacity of 7,000,000 gallons a day, and 

 I lie regular pressure is !." pounds, but in case of 

 lire tins can lie increased to 140 pounds. Tin-n- 

 an- nearly ','0 miles of mains and pipes, and 118 

 lire hydrants. The firo department is ample and 

 well equipped. There are also several artesian 

 wells. Three daily newspapers are published, 

 and ") weeklies, one of the last being issued from 

 the State institution for the deaf and dumb. 

 There are 11 churches. Of the 8 public-school 

 buildings, one the high school cost $100,000. 

 There are also a normal college and a Catholic 

 parochial school. In the public schools 86 

 teachers are employed, and there is an average 

 attendance of 1,710 out of a school population of 

 2,771. The public library, which owns 8,000 

 books, occupies a building of its own, and there 

 is a music hall with a seating capacity of 1,200. 

 Iron bridges cross Flint river and Swartz Creek, 

 which flow through the city. The buildings of 

 the Genesee County Pair Association are also 

 here. Of the 4 banks, 1 is national, with a 

 capital of $200,000, and 3 are savings. Their 

 aggregate capital is $450,000. A private hos- 

 pital for nervous and mental diseases consists of 



4 brick structures, on a tract of 60 acres. The 

 State Deaf and Dumb Asylum comprises ^build- 

 ings, surrounded by 40 acres tastefully laid out. 

 The industries include woolen mills, the plant of 

 which covers 3 acres, turning out 1,200 yards 

 daily, several large lumber and planing mills, 

 cooper shops, 2 large carriage factories, wagon 

 works, 2 road-cart factories, boiler and engine 

 works, breweries, numerous cigar factories, 

 creamery and churn factories, 4 large flouring 

 mills, a factory of tables, and 1 of hat cases. 

 Flint has an altitude of 712 feet above sea level. 



Fort Madison, a city of Iowa, the county 

 seat of Lee County, in the southeastern part of 

 the State, on Mississippi river, 19 miles south- 

 west of Burlington and 24 miles above Keokuk. 

 The location, on a plateau several feet above 

 high water, is peculiarly favorable, and on the 

 north it is backed by a line of high bluffs. It 

 has an altitude of 522 feet above sea level. In 

 1880 the population was 4,679, which was in- 

 creased to 7,901 in 1890. In 1887 the Atchison, 

 Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad extension, from 

 Kansas City to Chicago, reached Fort Madison, 

 which is the chief division point between those 

 cities. This road built a large railroad and wagon 

 .bridge across the Mississippi, arid also located 

 here extensive shops, employing 1,000 hands, 

 and a large and complete hospital. Further 

 transportation facilities are afforded by the St. 

 Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern, the Chicago, 

 Burlington and Kansas City, and the Chicago, 

 Fort Madison and Des Moines Railroads. The 

 city is lighted by gas and electricity, and has an 

 extensive system of water works. There are also 



5 artesian wells. A street railway 3 miles long 

 extends from the eastern to the western bound- 

 ary. The principal business streets are paved 

 with brick. There are churches of nearly all 

 denominations, an excellent public-school sys- 

 tem, 3 public parks, 2 with artesian wells and 

 fountains, and 4 banks. Three daily newspapers 

 are published, as well as 4 weeklies and 2 month- 

 lies. The industries of the city include a car- 

 wheel foundry, 2 large lumber mills, a beef and 



pork packing house, extensive stock yards, a 

 paper mill, farming tool, chair, boot and shoe, 

 plow and cultivator, and sash, door, and blind 

 factories ; flouring and planing mills, foundries 

 and machine shops, creameries, a brewery, brick- 

 yards, stone quarries, etc. The State Prison is 

 located here. 



(>!r<>eley, a city of Colorado, the county seat 

 of Weld County, on Cache La Poudre river, 

 4 miles from its junction with the South 

 Platte, and nearly midway between Denver and 

 Cheyenne, Wyo., 52 miles from the former and 

 54 from the latter city. It has an altitude of 

 4,779 feet above sea level. The valley in which 

 it lies is exceedingly fertile. It is on the Chey- 

 enne division of the Union Pacific Railroad, and 

 on the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific. The city 

 was settled in the spring of 1870 by families 

 constituting the famous Union Colony (of which 

 Horace Greeley was treasurer), under the lead of 

 N. C. Meeker, who lost his life in the White 

 River Massacre, in September, 1879. In 1871 

 the assessed valuation of real and personal prop- 

 erty in Greeley was $400,000. In 1886 it was 

 $1,000,000. In 1880 the population was 1,297, 

 and in 1890 it was 2,395. In 1893 it was over 

 3,000. The lands near Greeley are irrigated by 

 means of a canal 40 miles long, taken from the 

 Cache La Poudre river, 17 miles west of the 

 city, the head of the canal being 160 feet higher 

 than its site. This canal is owned and operated 

 by the farmers. Large quantities of farm prod- 

 uce are raised, from 3.800 to 4,500 car loads of 

 potatoes being shipped yearly from Greeley. 

 Electric lighting was introduced in 1886, and 

 the water works were erected in 1888-'89. These 

 have a tower or standpipe 30 feet in diameter 

 and 30 feet high, with a capacity of 160,000 gal- 

 lons. The supply is drawn from a well of 12 

 feet diameter, 28 feet deep, with 18 feet of water. 

 The pumping capacity is 1,000,000 gallons in 

 twenty-four hours. The entire plant cost $65,- 

 000. In 1890 there were 50 hydrants for fire 

 protection, and an efficient and well-furnished 

 fire department. In the same year there were 4 

 public-school buildings, and a handsome high 

 school, also a business college ; 8 churches, Pres- 

 byterian, United Presbyterian, Methodist, Bap- 

 tist, Congregational, Episcopal, Unitarian, and 

 Catholic; a public library, owned by the city 

 and supported by taxation ; 3 weekly newspapers, 

 and 3 banks with a joint capital of over $300,- 

 000. The county courthouse, erected in 1883, 

 cost $40,559, and is of brick with stone trim- 

 mings. Two opera houses have an aggregate 

 seating capacity of 1,200. There are several 

 handsome blocks. The Union Pacific Railroad 

 depot is of stone. The streets are 100 feet wide, 

 and lined with trees. The industries of the city 

 include a large irrigating-pump manufactory, 

 with complete foundry and machine shops, sev- 

 eral brick factories, and 1 brick and tile works, 

 a flouring mill with a capacity of 400 sacks 

 daily, a planing mill, a creamery with a capacity 

 of 1,000 pounds daily, a cigar factory, and pick'- 

 ling works. An elevator has capacity of 100,000 

 bushels of grain and 16,000 bushels of potatoes. 

 The city has a board of trade. The climate is 

 beneficial to consumptives. 



Hagerstown, a city of Maryland, the county 

 seat of Washington County, on the west bank of 





