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_ gines. He engaged A. B. and E, Latta to make a machine for an ex- 
periment, not to cost more than $400. If successful the city was to 
purchase the engine. Ata public trial, Mr. Miles Greenwood, Mr. 
Geo. Graham, and Mr. Jos. Ross, officiated as masters of ceremonies. 
The experiment was a complete success, and the “ Bull of the Woods,”’ 
as it was called, raised steam in five minutes, and threw water a dis- 
2 tance of fifty feet from an inch nozzle, . At the very next meeting of the 
council, $5,000 were voted for the purchase of steam fire engines. 
From the “ Bull of the Woods” as a foundation, sprang the present 
efficient and invaluable system for extinguishing fires. 
Mr. Graham was one of the incorporators of the Cincinnati Horti- 
cultural society in 1845. Previous to that, he had, in 1844, contri- 
» buted a paper on “ Fire Blight,” which appeared in the Proceedings 
_, of the Society. He held various offices at different times; was Presi- . 
dent in 1847, and was re-elected in 1870. He always took an active 
interest in its proceedings. He was for several years trustee of 
Woodward and Hughes High Schools, and one of the early trustees of 
the Cincinnati College, holding that position for forty years. 
In 1863, when the Great Western Sanitary Fair was held in this 
city, Mr. Graham was very active. He was the Chairman of several 
Committees, and was the chief author and compiler of the 578 page 
report of the Fair. He personally ‘attended to the unpacking, arrang- 
ing and labeling of some 1,200 articles exhibited in one of the depart- 
ments; and much credit is due him for his untiring energy. 
In 1867, he visited Europe, spending sometime there, and meeting 
with various adventures. In 1869, he was one of a congratulatory 
party which went from Cincinnati to San Francisco when the Pacific 
railroad was completed. He visited various parts of California, and 
~- spent some time in Yosemite valley. A paper written by him, de- 
scribing the trip, shows Mr. Graham to have been a man of large in- 
formation, as well as an acute observer. 
U. P. JAMES, 
A. J.. HOWE, Committee. 
O. D. NORTON, M.D., 
3 The funeral of Mr. Graham took place from the Church of the New 
_ Jerusalem, on the corner of Fourth and John streets, on the 4th of 
March. The casket was borne to the hearse by John D. Caldwell, L. 
