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schools and colleges, 1 board of trade, and the 

 usual facilities of telegraph, telephone, express, 

 etc. The lowest winter temperature is 10 above 

 zero, and the highest summer temperature 98. 

 The mean temperature of the whole year is 58. 

 Seven miles distant, on the Hot Springs Rail- 

 road, are the Potash Sulphur Springs, the waters 

 of which are said to be a specific for many dis- 

 eases, and are shipped to various parts of the 

 United States. Fine oilstone (novaculite) is 

 found in the vicinity of Hot Springs, as well as 

 deposits of lead and silver, and there are smelt- 

 ers and sawmills and planing mills. 



Huntington, the second city of West Vir- 

 ginia, county seat of Cabell County, on Ohio 

 river, just below the mouth of the Guyandotte, 

 20 miles above Ironton, Ohio, and 52 miles west 

 of Charleston ; population in 1890, 10,108 an 

 increase of 6,984 over 1880. It is on the Chesa- 

 peake and Ohio, the Newport News and Missis- 

 sippi Valley, the Ohio River (to Wheeling), the 

 Norfolk and Western, and the Huntington and 

 Big Sandy Railroads. Its altitude is 566 feet 

 above sea level. The streets are paved with 

 brick and lighted with electricity, and there is 

 an electric street-car system. In 1891 the as- 

 sessed valuation of property was $3,500,000, and 

 the city debt $29,000. The enrollment in 4 pub- 

 lic schools is 1,700, with 85 teachers. Marshall 

 College is a State normal school, and has 140 

 pupils. The churches are 2 Methodist, 1 Pres- 

 byterian, 1 Baptist, 1 Roman Catholic, 1 Con- 

 gregational, and 1 Episcopal. Two national 

 banks have a joint capital of $300,000, and there 

 are also 1 private bank, 1 savings and loan socie- 

 ty, and 2 building and loan associations. The 

 Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad shops cover 18 

 acres, and represent an outlay of $1,100,000. 

 They employ (525 men, with a monthly pay roll 

 of $24,000. There is also a car company, with a 

 plant valued at $1,000,000, employing between 

 700 and 800 men, with a monthly pay roll of 

 $40.000 to $45,000, 3' glass factories, 1 with a 

 capital of $110.000, and covering 4 acres, 1 

 brewery, 1 large ice plant, 3 large wood-working 

 plants,' 1 excelsior and mattress factory, 1 large 

 flouring mill, with capacity of 100 barrels daily, 

 2 extensive brick and tile works, 1 cooperage, 

 large handle works, 90 per cent, of the product 

 of which is shipped to foreign countries, 1 

 foundry, machine shops, saw and planing mills, 

 one with a capital of $135,000, and molding and 

 plaster companies. 



Kenosha, a city of Wisconsin, the county seat 

 of Kenosha County, the most southeastern coun- 

 ty in the State. It is on Lake Michigan, 10 

 miles south of Racine, 34 miles south of Mil- 

 waukee, and 51 miles from Chicago. It has a 

 good harbor, and a breakwater that cost $40,000. 

 It is on the Milwaukee division of the Chicago 

 and Northwestern Railroad, and is the eastern 

 terminus of the Kenosha and Rockford. The 

 first settlement of Kenosha was made in 1835, 

 when it was called Pike Creek. From 1837 to 

 1850 it was known as the village of Southport, 

 but in the last year it was incorporated as a city 

 under its present name. The harbor was located 

 here by the United States Government in 1844. 

 In 1880 it had a population of 5,039 ; in 1890, of 

 6,532 ; and in 1894 it claimed 9.000. The streets 

 are shaded, and many of the residences are sur- 



rounded with beautiful lawns, so that it is called 

 the park city. The principal street is paved 

 with brick. There are 3 miles of electric street 

 railway. The water supply is drawn from arte- 

 sian wells, and there is a good fire department. 

 An iron swinging bridge, which cost $17,600, 

 crosses the river. There are 2 banks, 1 national 

 and 1 private ; 10 churches, belonging to the 

 Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Irish and German 

 Catholic, German Methodist, German Lutheran, 

 Unitarian, Danish, Congregational, and Protes- 

 tant .Episcopal denominations. In addition to 

 excellent public schools, there are a high school 

 and 2 private institutions University School 

 and Kemper Hall the latter belonging to the 

 Catholics. In 1845 the first free school in the 

 State was established here. A fine sanitarium 

 has replaced the old water cure that was located 

 here years ago. In 1890 the estimate of capital 

 employed in manufactures was $3,500,000, with 

 an output of $4,000,000 yearly; 1,500 men were 

 employed, with yearly wages of $600,000. 

 Among the factories are wagon works which 

 cover 5 acres, established in 1852, with a cap- 

 ital at present of $750,000, an engine and 

 skein company; a wire-mattress factory, with a 

 capacity of 1,500 mattresses a day ; large brass 

 works,a tannery on an extensive scale, a milling 

 and a malting company. The city has an altitude 

 of 611 feet. A lightho'use stands on Washington 

 Island in the harbor. 



La Salle, a city of Illinois, in La Salle County, 

 on the north bank of Illinois river, at the head 

 of navigation, 100 miles west of Chicago, 60 

 miles north of Bloomington, and 15 from Ot- 

 tawa, the county seat. In 1880 it had a popula- 

 tion of 7,847, which increased to 9,855 in 1890. 

 It now claims 12,000. La Salle is the western 

 terminus of the Illinois Canal. The Illinois 

 Central, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, 

 and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail- 

 roads pass through the place, while the Chicago 

 and Northwestern intersects all three within 8 

 miles. La Salle is surrounded by a rich agri- 

 cultural country,. and within the city limits and 

 in its immediate vicinity are 8 shafts from which 

 bituminous coal is obtained, giving employment 

 to about 1,500 men. Artesian water is found 

 1,300 feet below the surface, and the city owns 

 an excellent water system with 12 miles of 

 mains. It has also 6 miles of macadamized 

 streets, 4 miles of stone sidewalk, 3 miles of 

 sewers, gas and electric lighting, 12 miles of elec- 

 tric street railway, a well-equipped fire depart- 

 ment, with electric alarm, 7 churches, 5 public- 

 school buildings, and a handsome high school, 

 a public library, a hospital, and the ordinary 

 telephone and telegraph facilities. One nation- 

 al bank has a capital of $100,000. One daily 

 and 2 weekly newspapers are published. The 

 industries include large zinc smelting and roll- 

 ing mills, in connection with which is an exten- 

 sive sulphuric-acid factory; the finest pressed 

 brick for face and ornamental work are made 

 from clay mined almost beside the kilns, while 

 common brick are also turned out by the million. 

 Large quantities of bottles are manufactured 

 from sand found in the vicinity, hydraulic ce- 

 ment and sewer pipe are made adjacent to the 

 city on the east, and there are large clockworks 

 and a brewery. Two noted pleasure resorts 



