Dayton, Ohio, USA
1895 - Dayton

Dayton, a flourishing city, capital of Montgomery co, O., is situated on the left or E. bank of the Great Miami, at the mouth of the Mad River, and on the line of the Miami Canal, 60 miles N.N.E. of Cincinnati, and 71 miles W. by S. of Columbus. Lat. 39° 44' N.; lon, 84°11' W. This is the fifth city of Ohio in respect to population and wealth, and is celebrated for the variety and extent of its manufactures, which are rapidly increasing. It is an important station on 8 railroads, viz., the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis (or "Big Four"), the New York, Lake Erie & Western, the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, the Dayton & Union, the Dayton & Xenia, the Dayton & Michigan, the Cincinnati, Dayton & Ironton, and the Cincinnati, Dayton & Chicago. A continuous line of railroad is now completed from the Ohio River, at Wheeling, to St. Louis, on which Dayton is one of the principal points. Thirty six macadamized or hard-gravelled roads radiate in all directions from Dayton, with an aggregate length of more than 600 miles. The city is laid out with streets 100 feet wide, crossing one another at right angles. The public buildings are remarkably fine, and excellent taste is displayed in the construction of the private residences and in the embellishment of the adjoining grounds. The county court-house, an elegant edifice, 100 by 200 feet, is built of white stone quarried in the vicinity. The style of architecture is modern. It cost about $300,000. Dayton has also a stone jail erected at a cost of about $400,000, 47 churches, a public library, 5 national banks, 3 other banks, 2 market-houses, a high school, 17 public schools, 4 Catholic schools, and several high-grade preparatory schools for boys. Six daily and 10 weekly newspapers are published here. The streets, stores, and public buildings are lighted with gas and electricity. Quarries of excellent limestone are worked in the vicinity, and furnish material for the finest buildings of Cincinnati. The abundant water-power which Dayton possesses through its hydraulic canal, by which the water of Mad River is brought through the city, is one of the elements of its prosperity. It is the seat of extensive industrial establishments, embracing manufactories of agricultural implements with an aggregate capital of $1,868,414 and producing goods to the value of $1,352,150; carriages and wagons, capital $459,447, product $482,369; coffee and spices, capital $217,117, product $921,500; flour and feed, capital $272,050, product $1,185. 250; foundry-products and machinery, capital $1,563,758, product $1,756,278; architectural iron-work, capital $256 905, product $322,650; liquors (malt), capital $909,375, product $619,148; lumber, capital $403,928, product $392, 91; paper, capital $897,008, product $1,017,257; and tobacco, capital $370,183, product $1,017,545. It also contains several cotton-factories, woollen-factories, oil-mills, &c., its annual manufactures being estimated at $20,000,000. Dayton was first settled in 1796, and was incorporated in 1805. Assessed value of property in 1864, $10,315,810; in 1878 the valuation was $20,000,000; in 1892 it was $35,000,000. In 1829 the Miami Canal was opened from Cincinnati to this point, from which event the prosperity of Dayton may be dated. Pop. in 1830, 2954; in 1840, 6067; in 1850, 10,976; in 1860, 20,081; in 1870,30,473; in 1880, 38,678; in 1890, 61,220; in 1892, 65,000.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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