Indianapolis illustrated : the capital city of Indiana : its growth, resources, commerce, manufacturing interests, financial institutions, and prospects, also sketches of the leading business concerns which contribute to the city's progress and prosperity : a complete history of the city from foundation to the present time (1893)
Ranking among the most prosperous and enterprising commercial centers of our rapidly expanding country, stands the city of Indianapolis, capital of the State of Indiana, and the most populous city within the bounds of her broad domain. Singularly fortunate in her geographical advantages, being situated in the very heart of the State, surrounded by a territory, rich in agricultural, mineral and other natural resources, having unsurpassed transportation facilities, she stands to-day as the great center from which radiate many of the great manufacturing, educational and financial interests, which have so rapidly developed this great and noble State. Few cities in the country have such ample transportation facilities as has Indianapolis, and her communication with all parts of the country by rail is direct and rapid. The history of Indianapolis is one of continuous struggle against great obstacles and strong competition, but her growth in spirits of adverse circumstances during the last decade has been rapid and permanent, and she is to-day financially in a strong and healthy condition, the educational center of the State, and socially as well as in all other respects offers valuable inducements, both for business and residence that are fully demonstrated by her wonderful development and prosperity. Indianapolis was first settled in 1819 or 1820, and during the latter year was selected as the State Capital, and during the same year the present city site as platted by Alexander Ralston. It was also in December of this year that Marion County was organized, and in 1832 the town was duly incorporated, although it was not till 1836 that the action of citizens was duly legalized by special act of the legislature. An act re-0incorporating the town was adopted February 17, 1838, and this act provided among other things the including within its corporate limits the four sections or "donations" of land made by Congress upon the admission of the State in 1816.
From this time on the city grew rapidly by reason of the fact that enterprising merchants and manufacturers quickly realized the many advantages offered by this infant city, and every branch of commercial enterprise began springing up. Manufactories were established, weekly papers issued, school houses erected, and backed by ample capital, and the untiring energy of its citizens, the city has kept pace with the rapid strides of modern development, and it can truthfully be said that Indianapolis has before it a brilliant future.
The city is well laid out, its streets broad, the larger portion of them paved, and lighted by electricity. Its business and manufacturing structures are substantially built, and many of them are triumphs of modern architecture, while few cities have a better equipped street railway system.
The public buildings, of which the State Capitol Building is the most conspicuous feature, are among the most attractive points of interest to the visitor, and include the State House, Court House, Union Depot, Masonic Hall, Commercial Club, Public Library, County Jail and other State institutions.
The great wholesale and jobbing interests of the city, together with its vast manufacturing industries will be treated at length in the following pages of this review in order that the reader may have a clearer conception of the prominent position which Indianapolis holds to-day in the commercial and financial circles of the country.
The State of Indiana ranks among the prominent agricultural sections of the country, and this owing to the fact of its having a rich soil, a temperate and equal climate, and unsurpassed facilities for natural and artificial drainage, offers substantial inducements for investment in farm lands and the pursuit of agriculture.
Indiana
is bounded on the north by Michigan, east by Ohio, south by the Ohio
river, and on the west by Illinois. She has a total area of 36,119
square miles, or 23,116,160 acres. To the east and northeast of the
city of Indianapolis, there is an inexhaustible supply of volitic
limestone, the most important mineral deposit in the State. In
Washington County alone there are 200 square miles of this formation,
much of which has an average thickness of forty feet, and many other
counties have equally as good deposits. This stone, which is unexcelled
for building purposes, and of which there is an unlimited supply,
exists chiefly in Putnam, Monroe, Owen, Lawrence and Washington
counties. A large coal producing area, covering a tract of 7,000 miles,
extends through Fountain, Vermillion, Vigo, Clay, Park, Owen, Knox,
Green, Martin, Daviess, Posey, Pike, Dubois, Warrick, Vanderburg,
Spencer and Perry counties, and coal mines have been successfully worked
in all this territory since 1888. The entire State, especially the
southern portion, has always been rich in the growth of hardwood lumber,
with considerable amounts of oak, ash, sugar, beech, hickory, linn,
sycamore, etc., in other sections, and large forests of oak and hickory
in the eastern part of the State.
There are many mineral springs scattered throughout the State the waters of which are sought after far and wide by invalids for their medicinal properties; among the most noted of which are the Sulphur Springs at French Lake and Weisbaden in Orange County. But one feature which has made the State of Indiana noted throughout the country is its natural gas, which is found in seemingly inexhaustible quantities throughout a wide portion of its territory, and which has given to Indianapolis an unlimited supply of fuel, the cheapest and most easily handled to be found in the world, and due reference of which will be made in future pages of this work.
From the brief description of the many and varid [sic] sources of wealth of this great State of Indiana previously given, it will readily be seen that the city of Indianapolis, lying within the very center of this rich and fertile country, has advantages and opportunities for growth and development seldom accorded to any city, and how well she has availed herself of these advantages will be briefly depicted in the following pages of this review.
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EARLY DATES AND DATA GEOGRAPHICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS POPULATION MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS PUBLIC BUILDINGS THE STATE HOUSE MARION COUNTY COURT HOUSE MASONIC TEMPLE ODD FELLOWS' HALL TOMLINSON'S HALL THE ARSENAL EXPOSITION BUILDING YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION PARKS AND STREETS EDUCATIONAL NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS YOUNG LADIES' INSTITUTE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS CHURCHES RAILROADS BELT LINE AND UNION DEPOT BANKS AND BANKING BOARD OF TRADE THE COMMERCIAL CLUB REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE TAXATION AND VALUATION NATURAL GAS TRADE AND COMMERCE MANUFACTURING INTERESTS THE FUTURE WORLD'S FAIR RAILWAY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYES ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION KIMBERLIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY SIMEON COY GLOBE ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. PETE SINDLINGER G. A. BOECKLING L. A. FULMER, GENERAL CONTRACTOR GEO. MERRITT & CO. CHAS. MAYER & CO. KINGAN & CO., PORK PACKERS MARCEAU & POWER, PHOTOGRAPHERS CHANDLER & TAYLOR CO., BOILER AND ENGINE MANUFACTURERS LAYMAN & CAREY COMPANY, WHOLESALE AND JOBBERS OF HARDWARE, ETC. INDIANAPOLIS COFFIN COMPANY JAS. E. JAY, THE STAG THE KEYLESS LOCK COMPANY COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC COMPANY S. F. GALLOWAY THE LION CLOTHING MANUFACTURING CO. C. T. BEDFORD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST, AND PHYSICIANS' SUPPLY HOUSE THE KNICKERBOCKER REGULATOR COMPANY J. A. RINK UDELL WOODENWARE WORKS NORDYKE & MARMON COMPANY MINER & ELBREG THE UNION STOCK YARDS COMPANY THE INDIANAPOLIS BREWING COMPANY C. & A. POTTS & CO. ART EMBOSSING MACHINE COMPANY THE KINGSTON G. R. WYSONG & CO. F. W. FRANK H. C. FISK & SON THE ANDROVETTE ART GLASS COMPANY HOME LUMBER COMPANY NATIONAL BUILDING, LOAN AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION M. RUMELY COMPANY JENNEY ELECTRIC MOTOR COMPANY BARON BROTHERS S. N. GOLD & CO. PIONEER BRASS WORKS A. H. STURTEVANT & CO. L. A. CATT J. S. THURMAN & CO. BOICOURT, TYNER & CO. WM. LANGSENKAMP FAHNLEY & McCREA THE F. E. FULLER CLOAK AND SUIT COMPANY FAMOUS STOVE COMPANY BALKE & KRAUSS WACHS & GERLACHMRS. J. M. HUNTER JOHN GUEDELHOEFER HEEB & OSBORN MADISON BREWING COMPANY JULIUS MIESSEN W. D. ALLISON COMPANY HENDRICKS & COOPER MERIDIAN NATIONAL BANK GEO. W. SLOAN HENRY NICOLAI FORT, JOHNSTON & CO. FOSTER & BENNETT LUMBER COMPANY JACOB METZGER & CO. DYER & RASSMANN LAMBUR PHARMACY KIPP BROTHERS COMPANY THE INDIANAPOLIS NATIONAL BANK A. W. STEVENS & SON M. SELLS & CO. STOCKTON, GILLESPIE & CO. PORT HURON ENGINE AND THRESHER COMPANY THE POINDEXTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY HOWLAND & JOHNSON W. M. WILLIAMS ANHEUSER BUSCH BREWING ASSOCIATION F. C. HUNTIGTON & CO. THE C. H. BLACK MANUFACTURING COMPANY BOOTH'S STABLES GEO. K. SHARE & CO. FRED. W. BRANDT WILLIAM SCHAFER THOS. E. POTTER JACOB BOS. THE INDIANA VETERINARY INFIRMARY H. P. WASSON & CO. LEE HOLTZMAN ROCKWOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY COMRADE H. W. TUTEWILER JOHN SHEA & BROTHER THOMAS H. GAGE MODE & KARLE HENRY D. RIDGELY V. P. EVANS STANDARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY DUNLAP & VOLKENING C. W. COULTER SAMULE LAING I. CIENER JOHN C. DUNN WILLIAM T. MARCY TUCKER'S GLOVE STORE BROWNING & SON CONNOR HARDWARE COMPANY F. L. WILMOT & CO. CHARLES W. GORSUCH WM. KOTTEMAN T. J. SMITHER INDIANAPOLIS STEEL ROOFING AND CORRUGATING COMPANY JOHN RAUCH J. A. MURPHY & CO. H. W. SCIBIRD J. M. RYDER HENLEY, EATON & CO. COMPTON & RICE HENDRICKSON, LEFLER & CO. GRAND HOTEL INDIANA NATIONAL BANK D. KREGELO, SON & IRVIN A. BABER & CO. CHIEF MANUFACTURING COMPANY ROBERT KELLER S. MUHL EVANS LINSEED OIL WORKS L. C. THOMPSON L. S. STOCKMAN AMERICAN LOUNGE COMPANY THE STATE BANK OF INDIANA INDIANA SUSPENDER COMPANY JOHN D. GAULD ORIGINAL MISFIT CLOTHING PARLORS W. E. McMILLIN GEO. MANNFELD O. R. OLSEN F. H. RUPERT O. A. KEELY F. E. WOLCOTT FIDELITY BUILDINGS AND SAVINGS UNION GEORGE W. KILLINGER THE FASHION C. J. TRUEMPER H. . RAFFENSPERGER EMPIRE THEATER GEO. J. MAROTT ELI LILLY & CO. THE INDIANA FARMERS' SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION BRINK & HOHL THE HUBER MANUFACTURING COMPANY CHARLES E. DUVALL LOUIS G. DESCHLER THE AMERICAN INSTALLMENT COMPANY WM. ARCHDEACON L. S. AYRES & CO. M. K. FATOUT & SONS | INDIANA DENTAL COLLEGE T. K. IGOE & CO. THE GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY EFROYMSON& WOLF CHAS. J. KUHN GEM STEAL LAUNDRY EMRICH, PAULINI & CO. MANN BROTHERS H. R. A. BAUGHMAN COX & GOSSOM WM. C. REHLING JOHN BLUMBERG GROENWOLDT & BEHRINGER CAPITAL MACHINE WORKS CHANCE-MATTHEWS PRINTING COMPANY JOHN ROSENBERG BRADLEY, HOLTON & CO., INCORPORATED EVERBROAD & PRUNK WILLIAM T. LONG H. KINZLY R. S. CAMPLIN THE HOME LIQUOR STORE JEFFERY, POWELL & CO. INDIANAPOLIS POLISHING WHEEL WORKS THE HERANCOURT BREWING COMPANY C. ZIMMERMAN & SON J. S. FARRELL & CO. THE AETNA SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION THE SULLIVAN CLOAK AND SUIT COMPANY CLEMENS VONNEGUT JULIUS A. SCHULLER JOHN F. SPIER R. H. REES DAY'S AURORA TEA STORE HOWARD'S CARPET CLEANING WORKS PEARSON'S MUSIC HOUSE ROUSE BROTHERS & CO. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY THE MULLEN-BLACKLEDGE COMPANY WARD BROTHERS THE INDIANAPOLIS WAREHOUSE COMPANY HUSSEY & RUSSELL M. R. STYER R. G. HARSEIM SEVERN, OSTERMEYER & CO. B. H. VANIER SMOCK ^& BRADEN BANNON & CO. KLEE & COLEMAN J. FREIBERG & CO. L. W. OTT MANUFACTURING COMPANY BAKER & THORNTON KRUSE & DEWENTER NUTZ & GROSSKOPF L. G. HOUGH MOORE PACKING COMPANY FRANK E. BROWN NOEL BROS., FLOUR AND FEED COMPANY YOUNG, DILDINE & McMURRAY L. A. WESSLING JAS. N. MAYHEW CHARLES E. BARMM WM. H. STOCKER, M. D. FRANK H. SMITH AMERICAN BOILER WORKS E. E. REESE, D. D. S. S. D. CRANE HENRY SYERUP & SONS W. P. MAINE HENRY RUSSE FAMOUS EAGLE A. BORINSTEIN RAHKE & BECH C. E. GEISENDORFF & CO. HIRAM PLUMMER P.P. ELECTRIC REPAIR COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS ART STAINED GLASS WORKS THE MODEL FENCE COMPANY CHARLES MAGUIRE JOHN STEVENSON & CO. WM. HAERLE R.R. SHIEL & CO. J. W. STAUB C. E. DOWNEY CONFECTIONERY COMPANY PAUL SHERMAN & CO. C. F. ADAMS COMPANY H. TOMLINSON INDIANAPOLIS GRILLE AND NOVELTY CO. JOSEPH F. KUNZ S. ANDERSON MRS. B. GILL THE WOOD ORNAMENT COMPANY WM. BUSCHMANN & CO. H. A. WRIGHT ENTERPRISE FOUNDRY AND FENCE CO. OTTO SCHMIDT F. M. ROTTLER S. BINZER R. SAMUELS WEST SIDE PLANING MILL COMPANY BAMBERGER'S NEW YORK HAT COMPANY CHAS. THE GRANGER DRUG STORE C. WATSON W. H. BARR FLANNER & BUCHANAN GORDON & HARMON WADDY & SON A. A. HELPER & SON. SCHWARTZ'S PHARMACY INDIANAPOLIS BRUSH WORKS JAS. L. KEACH H. TECHENTIN & CO. VOLZ BROTHERS CHRISTIAN OFF & CO. INDIANAPOLIS BOX FACTORY HENRY RUSSE O. C. WILGUS W. H. BALLARD MATTIL BROTHERS R. I. EADS R. F. CATTERSON & SON MINNEAPOLIS ESTERLY HARVESTER COMPANY SMITH, DAY & CO., LIMITED SHAW & LANG MAJOR TAYLOR SCOFIELD, SHURMER& TEAGLE AUGUST DIENER JOHN F. JOHNSTON INDIANAPOLIS BOX FACTORY W. H. MESSENGER F. PRANGE WM. S. CANFIELD D. A. LEMON W. H. KERN SAMUEL EHRISMAN EDWARD C. REICK J. T. POWER L. E. CLARY ARTHUR L. WALKER WM. C. SMOCK CAPITAL MACHINE WORKS J. P. McKONKLE RALSTON & BAUGHMAN E. H. WILSON JAMES BOGERT W. McWORKMAN J. A. PAPADOPEURIS THOMAS A. THORNBURGH CHARLES SNAVELY HENRY C. SCHERGENS E. W. TOMPKINS J. M. SCOTT WILLIAM H. RATHERT THE PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA H. S. FOX FRANKLIN HUNTER JNO. A. KUTSCH M. F. CUMMINGS GEORGE C. MORRISON J. E. WHELDEN AD. HERETH WELCH & McCLOSKEY CLAY WHITELEY & CO. NEW YORK UNDERWRITERS AGENCY I. N. HEIMS CENTRAL CHAIR COMPANY WM. F. RUPP BULLOCK & BOLTON TANNER & SULLIVAN J. C. PERRY & CO. DEWALD & GALLIN H. F. SOLLIDAY & CO. F. M. SIMMONS LANDERS & DONNELLY RALSTON & ROBERTSON INDIANAPOLIS PAINT AND COLOR COMPANY L. F. ADAMS & CO. ORIGINAL EAGLE CLOTHING COMPANY MUMMENHOFF & CO. AMERICAN INVESTMENT COMPANY VINCH, SANZERI & CO. F. MASCARI BROS. & CO. FERD. A. MUELLER N. A. MOORE & CO. FOLEY BROS. & CO. TURPIN & MATHEWS LOUIS MEIER & CO. PATTERSON & BUSBY C. A. McCLEARY INDIANA REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE JAS. 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