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THE COURIER BOOK AND JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.
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President__
Vice President...
Corresponding Secretary….
Recording Secretary....
Treasurer___
DR. W. F. BREAKEY,
ANN ARBOR
A. W. HAMILTON,
T. J. KEECH,
OFFICERS.
DIRECTORS.
NELSON J. KYER,
KENDALL KITTREDGE.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION.
W. F. BREAKEY,
HENRY S. DEAN
THOS. J. KEECH
CHAS. E. HISCOCK
G. F. ALMENDINGER
CHRISTIAN MACK,
G. F. ALMENDINGER,
CHRISTIAN MACK
JUNIUS E. BEAL,
EDWARD DUFFY,
J. J. ROBISON.
ANN ARBOR,
ITS RESOURCES AND ADVANTAGES.
Oral tradition is said to be full of uncertainties but there is
authority for the story that Ann Arbor derives its name from
an incident which occurred when the country about Ann Arbor
was first settled. The story runs, that two families when they
came to Michigan located in Washtenaw County on the east
and west side of what is now the City of Ann Arbor. As the
distance was too great for frequent visits, the wives of the two
families used to meet in a beautiful grove half way distant from
each home. Their husbands called this meeting place Ann's
Arbor as each wife had the name of Ann. In time the meeting
place became a village known as Ann Arbor.
To-day the city has fairly earned the name of Arbor City.
Long lines of beautiful hard maple and graceful elm trees
adorn its streets, giving a delightful shade in summer and
adding much to the general appearance of the city.
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The City of Ann Arbor is situated on the East and West
side of the Huron river near the center of Washtenaw County,
State of Michigan thirty-eight miles from Detroit and forty-four
miles from Toledo, Ohio. It is the County seat and is the
chief city of the County. It is eight hundred and twenty-four
feet above the sea, over three hundred feet above the Detroit
river and its mean elevation above the Huron river is about
eighty feet. The soil is a drift consisting of a sand and gravel
bed from thirty to seventy feet in thickness. This, with the
bed of the river, which is from fifty to seventy-five feet below
the city, makes a perfect system of drainage. In no portion of
the city are there low lands or stagnant water. The whole
place is entirely free from malaria.
The average annual temperature is about forty-seven
degrees F. Owing to its proximity to the great Lakes, the
weather is not so cold in winter or so warm in summer as in
many other places on the same parallel of latitude. The
natural surface configuration about Ann Arbor prevents the
occurence of tornadoes or destructive wind storms. The
average annual rain-fall is something over thirty-one inches,
and it is so evenly distributed that something more than one.
half falls between the months of May and October, so that
there is seldom a protracted drouth or an excessive and sudden
rain-fall. The Huron river never overflows its banks and no
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portion of the city has ever been flooded from high water.
Ann Arbor is a healthy city, its death rate being very low, much
lower than that of most other cities. Its Board of Health is well
organized, and no negligence on the part of its citizens in keeping
their yards or grounds is ever allowed. The streets are wide
and well kept. The plan of the city is a very good one, the
dwellings are not crowded, nearly every house has its lawn and
the people take pride in keeping their lawns well cut and in
excellent condition. The streets are so hard and level that a
stranger in driving over them would think them regularly built
macadam roads. The drives about the city are excellent and
the views from the hills are grand and very beautiful.
The city is governed by a Mayor, Recorder, and a Board of
twelve Aldermen. The Mayor, Recorder, and one Alderman
from each ward (for two years) are elected annually. The city
is divided into six wards, each ward being represented in the
Board of Aldermen by two persons elected from the ward
they represent. The police force, City Treasurer and Marshal
are appointed by the Mayor, Recorder, and Board of Aldermen.
Two Justices of the Peace hold court in the city.
Taxation is very low. The total of the state, city, county
and school taxes is about one per cent. The city has no debt,
but has a surplus in the treasury of $15,000. The assessed
valuation for this year is over $5,000,000.
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THE BUSINESS AND MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF ANN ARBOR.
For years the tendency of manufacturing enterprises has
been to drift to the great business centers where many of them
have been maintained by the discrimination in freights made
in their favor. The inter state commerce law changes all of
this and the geographical centers are now of more importance.
Many established factories in the East are now seeking locations
which are more favorably situated as distributing points.
Enterprises to be established have the same requirement and
wish to be placed where labor troubles are at a minimum.
It is in part to present Ann Arbor's claims in these directions
that this pamphlet has been prepared.
Ann Arbor lies at the intersection of the Michigan Central
main line and the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail
Roads. By the former the entire Michigan Central system is
opened up to our shippers. The Toledo Rail Road will soon
have a net work of roads in northern Michigan by which that
whole section will be brought to our doors. On the south
this road is on the most friendly terms with the Lake Shore,
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio and the Wabash systems.
Comment on this statement is unnecessary as it will be
appreciated by shippers at a glance.
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Buildings can be built cheaper in Michigan than in any
other state of the Union. Pine lumber can be had in Ann'
Arbor at the lowest rates. Hard lumber is still produced in
the city at the mill of the Hallock estate. Brick are made at
several places in and near the city. Lime is brought from
Dundee, twenty miles distant, where an abundant supply of
limestone is found. Sand suitable for all kinds of masonry
exists within the city limits. These facts are mentioned tol
emphasize the fact that building can be cheaply done here.
The water of the water works is soft and well adapted for
boiler use. Soft nut coal used for steam purposes has cost on
an average for four years past, $2.50 per ton on track at Ann
Arbor.
It may be of interest to those seeking a location to know
something of the business and manufacturing interests already
existing. First of all, the city is situated in the center of one
of the richest agricultural sections to be found in the country.
The soil of the county is for the most part a rich clay loam.
A few statistics are given below indicating the diversity of
products.
The census of 1884 shows the existence within the county
of 15,000 horses and 27,000 head of cattle. The number of
sheep given is upwards of 185,000, producing annually more
than 1,100,000 pounds of wool.
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Nearly 12,000 acres are planted with apple orchards.
100,000 peach trees are noted, mainly in the neighborhood of
Ann Arbor. Hay, Indian corn, potatoes, oats, rye, barley and
buckwheat are extensively produced.
The yearly production of wheat is from one and a half to
two millions of bushels. The marketing of these products is
largely done at Ann Arbor, forming an important item of the
city's business.
The existence of the agricultural industries requires a
large amount of machinery, which we find manufactured at
the Ann Arbor Agricultural Works. These works make a
variety of farming implements, and, when running to full
capacity, employ 100 men.
The wheat marketed at Ann Arbor is all ground in the
city, there being three mills with a total grinding capacity of
3,000 bushels per day. The product of the mills finds its way
into every State east of Michigan and into all of the States
south of the Ohio river. The largest, is the mill of Swift &
Co., having a daily capacity of 300 barrels. Its market is.
mainly in the south. Swathel, Kyer & Peterson's mill has an
output of 225 barrels daily. Its products go largely to Vir-
ginia, though it has also an extensive eastern trade. The
Central Mills has a capacity of 150 barrels a day, its largest
market being in the State of Maine. The three mills give
employment to 75 men.
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The supply of hard wood timber still being abundant,
manufacturies of furniture are naturally in operation. The
largest of these is the Michigan Furniture Co's, employing
about 60 men. J. Rouschenberger and Gruner and Kuebler
have also established smaller factories within the past two
years. C. St. Clair & Sons manufacture an approved pattern
of school furniture; also the Triumph Wind Mill, which is
receiving an extensive sale. The planing mills of Luick Bros.,
Herman Krapf and John Armstrong, do an extensive business
in making sash, doors, and blinds. At the last named mill are
made the Knowlton bath-tubs.
The organ works of D. F. Allmendinger were established
in 1872. The demand for the organ has steadily increased,
and the product of the works will now be supplemented by
the manufacture of pianos.
The City Foundry and Machine Shop, now operated by
Oliver Gretton, has been in existence 45 years. The patterns
made in this time have all been preserved and a large item
of the business done is with the older manufacturies of the
State.
The carriage factories of Walker Bros., Wurster & Kirn,
Wagner Bros., and A. R. Schmidt, all do a large business, the
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and running from the heavy farmer's wagon to the most
expensive carriages.
In spite of the depression which has affected the tanning
interest in small towns, the Ann Arbor Tanning Co., organized
with a capital of $40,000, keeps steadily at work. The Wood
Pulp Mill, of the Cornwell Bros., was established in 1885. Its
product is wholly consumed in the extensive paper mills of the
Cornwell Manufacturing Co., located just above the city and in
the Superior Paper Mills at the water power below.
There are several other manufacturing interests among
which may be mentioned the Egan Imperial Truss Co., and
the manufacture of Pharmaceutical preparations by Eberbach
& Co.
From the above outline it will be seen that the manufac-
turing establishments of Ann Arbor cover an extended field.
They have been so managed that they have been and now are,
for the most part, run on full time. Land being cheap, as well
as building material, the workmen employed speedily secure
homes of their own. These conditions are productive of con-
tentment and conducive to harmony and friendly feeling
between employers and the employed to such an extent
that strikes and labor troubles are unknown in Ann Arbor.
It is to this locality, with these advantages that we invite
strangers to come, to share in the goodly heritage given to us.
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Inquiries directed to the Corresponding Secretary of this
Association, C. E. Hiscock, Ann Arbor, Michigan, will receive.
a cheerful response.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,
The rare educational advantages offered in Ann Arbor
have attracted many of our most intelligent citizens hither,
and have led them to make this place their permanent home.
At the head of the institutions of learning, both of the city
and the State, stands the University. Under various forms the
University has been in existence since 1817. It is just cele-
brating the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the organization
under which it has existed in Ann Arbor. It was opened here.
for the reception of students in 1841. It has steadily and
rapidly grown until now it stands among the very foremost
universities of the land, whether judged by the extent and
variety of its work, by the renown of its teachers, or by the
number of its students.
Owing to the generosity of the United States Government
and that of the State of Michigan, it is enabled to offer its
ample and varied instruction at a very trifling cost to the
student. Acting in accordance with the spirit of the great
Ordinance of 1787, Congress made grants of land to Michigan
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for the endowment of a University, from which something
more than half a million dollars was realized. The State holds
that fund in trust and turns over the interest to the University.
In addition to that, Michigan gives to the University the pro-
ceeds of a one-twentieth mill tax on the property of the State,
and for many years has made large special appropriations for
the erection of University buildings and for other purposes in
aid of the Institution.
Consequently the University has been able to expand its
work and multiply its facilities for instruction with great
rapidity, and at the same time to offer its advantages at such a
moderate rate, an almost nominal rate, in fact, that students
have been drawn hither from every state and territory of
this country and from every continent of the globe. So
cosmopolitan a body of students can be found at no other
institution in the land. A considerable proportion of the
population of the city consists of families who have removed
here to enjoy the unusual opportunities for education afforded
by this great institution.
The University buildings, twelve in number, are situated
in a campus, containing forty acres, adorned with trees. Three
new buildings are at once to be erected. The Scientific Museum
contains 2,500 Mineralogical specimens, 41,000 Geological
specimens, about 255,000 specimens in Natural History, and
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70,000 botanical specimens, and a very large and choice collection
of articles, designed to illustrate the cotton, silk and porcelain
manufactures of China. This Chinese collection formed the
exhibit of China at the New Orleans Exposition, and was
presented to the University by the Chinese Government. It is
unique and interesting. The Art Gallery contains a valuable
collection of statues, busts, pictures and medals. RANDOLPH
ROGERS, the distinguished sculptor, has presented to it the
casts of all his works, more than a hundred in number, and
about one-half of them have been received. The late HENRY
C. LEWIS of Coldwater bequeathed to the University his great
collection of works of art, comprising about six hundred and
fifty paintings and some forty pieces of statuary. These are at
present at Coldwater, but are ultimately to be transferred to
the Gallery.
The Libraries contain over 60,000 volumes and over
12,000 pamphlets. The General Library is kept in a fire-proof
building, which has a reading room for 210 readers, seminary
rooms, and all the conveniences of a modern library building
of the most approved plan. Several special collections are
included in the Library. We may name the Parsons Library,
composed mainly of books on Political Economy, Statistics,
etc., the McMillan Shakespeare Library, containing 2,600
volumes, the Library of the School of Political Science, selected
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with special reference to the wants of students of History and
Politics, and the German-American Goethe Library.
The scientific instruction is given largely by laboratory
methods. Eleven laboratories are required for the various
kinds of work. The Chemical Laboratory, one of the largest
in the country, has tables to accomodate 262 students at a time.
A new edifice about to be erected will contain ampler
accommodation than we now have for three of our Laboratories
and for a Hygienic Laboratory, which we are now to establish
to study questions of hygiene, public sanitation, etc.
The University consists of six Departments, the Department
of Literature, Science, and the Arts (the collegiate Department),
the Department of Medicine and Surgery, the Department of
Law, the School of Pharmacy, the Homeopathic Medical
College and the Dental College.
In the Literary Department there are four general courses,
the Classical, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, the
Latin-Scientific, in which Greek is not included, leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, the Scientific, leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Science, and the English, leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Letters. In the Scientific Course are
included Courses in Civil, Mining and Mechanical Engineering.
In connection with the study of engineering, shop-work is
provided to familiarize students with various mechanical
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processes. Students may be permitted to pursue special
courses of selected studies, if they do not seek a degree. In
nearly all the work a pretty large liberty of choice of studies
is left to the pupils. Four years are ordinarily required to
complete a course for graduation.
In the Department of Medicine and Surgery and in the
Homœopathic Medical College the course covers three terms of
nine months each; in the Law School, the School of Pharmacy
and the Dental College two terms of nine months each are
given to the regular courses. In the Dental College three
terms are recommended.
All Departments are open to women on the same conditions
as to men.
The fees for Michigan students are lower than the fees for
students from elsewhere. The charges are as follows:
For Michigan students, matriculation fee, paid but once
and entitling the student to the privileges of a permanent
membership in the University, ten dollars. For other students,
twenty-five dollars.
For Michigan students, the annual fee in the Department
of Literature, Science and the Arts, twenty dollars. For other
students, thirty dollars.
For Michigan students, in any of the Professional Schools,
twenty-five dollars. For other students, thirty-five dollars.
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The graduation fee for all students is ten dollars.
Those who pursue Laboratory Courses pay for the materials
and apparatus consumed by them. The cost is different in
different kinds of work, but is nowhere heavy.
Room rent varies from seventy-five cents to two dollars a
week for each student. Table board is obtained in private
families for from two to four dollars a week, and in clubs
for from one dollar and a half to two dollars and a half a week.
Houses or apartments can be rented in all parts of the city.
The number of Professors, Instructors and Assistants is
over eighty. The attendance of students in the year 1886–7 is
as follows:
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Department of Medicine and Surgery--
Department of Law
School of Pharmacy.
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The number who graduate from all Departments annually
varies from about 330 to about 400. Just about one half of all
the students reside in Michigan. There are present this year
students from the following foreign provinces and states:
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba,
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Costa Rica, Gautemala, Columbia, England, Italy, Turkey,
Russia, the Hawaiian Islands, and Japan.
It will readily be seen that the existence of the University
in Ann Arbor renders the city an attractive place of residence
to intelligent families, not only by reason of the advantages
presented to the young men and young women to obtain a
liberal education, but also by reason of the opportunities for
intellectual enjoyment and culture presented to all residents of
the place. The University Libraries, Art Gallery and Museums
of Science are open to all, and visitors are always welcomed to
the lecture halls of the University, so far as is compatible with
the proper accomodation of the students. During the year
there is always given in the University a considerable number
of addresses and lectures by distinguished men and also not a few
concerts and other entertainments of a high order. Life in the
University city is therefore congenial to persons of refined and
cultivated taste. These facts are worthy of the consideration
of those who desire to choose a home in a city where they may
secure for their children either collegiate or professional
education, or where they may themselves find cultivated
society and the opportunities for culture.
Those who desire more detailed information concerning
the work of the University can receive gratuitously the
University Calendar by applying to JAMES H. WADE, Secretary.
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PROPOSED BUILDING OF THE STUDENTS' CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
Twenty-nine years ago (the winter of 1857-8) the first
college Christian Association in this country was organized in
the University of Michigan. It has increased in membership
from 15 or 20 to 329 at the present time (1887), making it the
largest college Christian Association in the world.
One of its meetings, that held Sunday morning, is
sometimes attended by over 400 students. The canvassing
committee of the Association is organized in every class of
every department for the purpose of reaching all the students
that can be reached, and of exerting a moral and religious
influence upon them. The socials of the Association are
attended by hundreds of the students. Its Bible classes
meet every Sunday afternoon for the careful and systematic
study of the scriptures. The Association library numbers
about a thousand volumes of religious literature, including
many of the standard works in every department of theolog-
ical study. In connection with the Association there are
organized two bands, one of those who intend to enter the
mission field, home or foreign, and the other of those who
expect to take up the work of the ministry. The former has
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14 and the latter 15 members. The Association publishes a
monthly bulletin throughout the collegiate year, which is the
recognized religious periodical of the University.
The demand for a new building for the Association has
now become imperative. About $18,000 has been secured with
which a stone building (a cut of which is shown above) will be
erected at once. When it is considered that the University of
Michigan with its 1572 students stands second to but one other
University in the country in point of numbers, leading Yale by
429, and falling only 125 below Harvard, while in its literary
department alone it has about 180 more students than Princeton,
445 more than Brown, 398 more than Williams, 357 more than
Amherst, and 329 more than Bowdoin, it will be seen that here
is a weighty center of influence, and the facts given above show
that the members of the Students' Christian Association are
keenly alive to the importance of their trust. The sympathy of
the various religious denominations of the State is indicated by
the fact that the work of the Association has been endorsed
by the Baptist State Conventions of '84 and '86, the Congre-
gational State General Association of '84, the Detroit and
Michigan Methodist Conferences of '84 and '86, and the
Presbyterian Synods of '84 and '86.
The University, it will be seen, is a center of religious as
well as of intellectual life, and should enlist the active interest
and support of the Christian people, not only of the State of
Michigan, but also of the great group of States from which its
students are drawn.
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THE ANN ARBOR SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
Among the many educational advantages of the city, the
Ann Arbor School of Music must be considered one of its most
important. Established by prominent citizens in 1880 with a
small teaching force and small attendance, it has steadily
grown till its board of instructors number nine and the
students about 125.
It is the aim of those who have the school in charge to
do educational work, and thus bring it to a level with the
work done in the other educational institutions. That it has
been successful in this all testify, but most warmly those who
have been students in the school. It is also evidenced by the
quality of practical results as shown in the performances of
its students, and their success as teachers. It has broad and
comprehensive courses of study, and in connection with the
High School gives a course of literary and musical study for
which a diploma is awarded by the High School. Instruction
is given in piano, organ, violin, voice culture and singing,
harmony and composition, choral music and methods of
teaching. Efforts are being made, and will no doubt soon be
realized, for the erection and furnishing of a suitable building.
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FURTHER INFORMATION.
The present population of Ann Arbor is about nine
thousand, excluding two thousand students in the University
and High School who, though they are in the city for nine
months of the year, are not enrolled as residents. The mild
climate of Ann Arbor and vicinity has made it the center
of a great fruit growing industry. The fruit farms about the
city are the wonder and admiration of strangers who see them.
The large peach orchards afford the finest of peaches and
Washtenaw has done much to make the reputation of Michigan
apples second to none in the markets of the world. In fact,
Ann Arbor was for years the home of the Apple King, D.
Henning. The soil is specially adapted to the raising of
small fruits and the markets of Detroit and Toledo are well
supplied with berries and other small fruits in their season
besides affording a constant supply for home use.
Vegetables of all kinds are profitably and successfully
grown, and on the low lands three miles south of the city
excellent crops of celery and onions are raised. Good judges
pronounce the celery superior to that grown at Kalamazoo.
The city is compact and exceedingly well built, most of
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the buildings being of brick and stone. The native boulders
which abound in the hills around the city are extensively used
for foundations. Scarcely a house is built without them
for the foundation. Several of the handsome dwellings.
are built entirely from these boulders. The new Michigan
Central depot at Ann Arbor is built of these stones and it is
said to be the most beautiful building on the whole line of road.
Several of the city churches are also built from them and they
are classed among our best public buildings.
The growth of Ann Arbor is healthy and constant. One
hundred new buildings were erected last year and this
year's building promises still better. Real estate is steadily
appreciating in value and those who have bought it have found
it an excellent investment.
There are two lines of railroad crossing each other at Ann
Arbor. The Michigan Central with its main line and the
Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railroad extending from
Toledo, Ohio, to Mount Pleasant, Michigan. This road is now
building still further north and will soon form a trunk line
of railway extending across Michigan. The advantage of
having two such lines of railroad has made for Ann Arbor the
best possible shipping facilities, these roads giving the same
freight rates as Detroit, enabling shippers to take advantage of
all markets. As an evidence of the increase in the business,
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the records of the Michigan Central kept at Ann Arbor show
that the volume of business has more than doubled in the last
six years though at that time it was the only railroad then
reaching the place. More passenger tickets are sold at this
station than at any other point on the line between Detroit and
Chicago. The business of the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North
Michigan Rail Road is also very large and is rapidly increasing.
Ann Arbor has been called the city of churches and
schools, and no place has done more to earn this title. All
denominations are well represented. The church buildings are
large and well built. The congregations are also large, the
average attendance being very good indeed. The societies are
out of debt and can afford to pay good salaries, which enables
them to engage excellent men for the several pulpits. A
special effort is made to secure a large attendance of students
and a good proportion of students attend the regular Sabbath
services. Hobart Guild Hall has just been completed by St.
Andrew's Society, which has for its special purpose the instruc-
tion of students in church literature and to bring them together
under good influences. A regular course of lectures each year
will be given by the ablest men in the Episcopal Church.
Several of the churches intend to organize a similar movement.
The Presbyterians have already formed the Tappan Hall
Association and have a good building site secured, while the
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Methodists have an organization known as the Cocker League.
These and other associations show that the several churches are
fully alive to their opportunities.
The people of Ann Arbor are justly proud of its school
system. Students from its High School can be found in nearly
every state and territory. It has a reputation which brings to
it students from all quarters, who prepare to enter the
University. Its students are distinguished in college for their
accurate scholarship and advanced standing, resulting from the
thorough preparatory work done while at the High School.
The six ward schools have an excellent corps of teachers
under whom the work of preparing for the High School is
done. Superintendent. W. S. Perry, who has had the general
supervision of the city schools for the last seventeen years, is
well known as a ripe scholar and is in the front rank as an
educator. About one-half the attendance at the High School
is made up from non-resident students, who come to secure the
special training for University work which it affords. These
pay annually over five thousand dollars for tuition and it has a
larger attendance of non-resident pupils than any other High
School in the United States. The St. Thomas Catholic society
completed a very handsome school building last year and they
now have a large and well equipped school. Each of the
Lutheran churches also have separate parochial schools which
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are in good condition and have a large attendance.
educational advantages afforded by Ann Arbor are unsurpassed
and they are the pride of its people.
The
Next to its schools and churches Ann Arbor ranks its
system of water supply. It is without doubt one of the best
built systems of water works ever constructed. The works
were completed in the fall of 1885 under the direction of Prof.
Chas. E. Greene, of the University. Over twenty miles of street
mains are already laid. The water is taken from a series of
springs situated two miles above the city. These springs
flow out from the foot of a range of hills which form a
magnificent water-shed and afford a constant supply of pure
spring water sufficient to supply a city of thirty thousand
inhabitants. The water from these springs flows into a
reservoir and is pumped from this to a storage reservoir situate.
on a hill one hundred and seventy-five feet above Main street,
thus affording to the city the best possible fire protection,
giving a pressure of from sixty to one hundred pounds to the
square inch in the different parts of the city. That the
residents appreciate the advantage of having good water the
record of the first year's applications fully shows. Over seven
hundred and fifty water connections were made, a thing never
before accomplished by any city of twice the size of Ann
Arbor. The pressure is sufficient to run water motors to
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advantage and manufacturers in need of light power find them
a convenient and useful motive power. Small manufacturing
enterprises especially find these water motors useful and
convenient. The city has three lighting companies. The Ann
Arbor Gas Company, the Thomson-Houston Electric Light and
Power Company, and the Edison Incandescent Electric Light
Co. All of these companies are well managed and give to the
residents a choice from three good lights. The Thomson-Houston
Co. have the contract for lighting the city with sixty-seven of
their are lights, which are placed at the intersection of the
streets and they afford to the streets a very strong and steady
light, sufficient to penetrate the dense foliage of the shade trees,
giving to the streets on the darkest nights the appearance of
moonlight. The business interests of Ann Arbor are well
managed and are controlled by an active energetic class of
business men. Both a wholesale and retail trade is done and
large stocks of goods are carried to accomodate the constantly
increasing business of the growing city.
Years ago Ann Arbor showed its faith in a liberal supply
of printer's ink. It now publishes more newspapers than any
other city of twice its size in the state. It has two mammoth
publishing houses employing a large number of hands and
several smaller establishments, all of which do good work and
a good deal of it. Among the newspapers we find the Courier,
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and Register, both Republican in politics, the Argus and Dem-
ocrat, which are Democratic, the Washtenaw Post and
Journal, each published in German and independent in politics.
All these are weekly papers. There are several medical journ-
als published, among these are the Medical Advance, a homoeo
pathic monthly, and the Physician and Surgeon, a monthly
journal devoted to medicine and surgery, edited and published
in the interests of the regular school.
The health of the people is cared for by skillful and ex-
perienced physicians who have become eminent in their pro-
fession, and have a well earned State and National reputation.
This can be said of both our city doctors and those connected
with the University, who also practice their profession. The
bar is also well represented, at the head of which is Hon. T.
M. Cooley, the President of the Inter State Commerce Commis-
sion. The Probate and Circuit Courts are held at Ann
Arbor in the new Court House, built by both the city and
county. The Common Council have their assembly room in
this building. The banking interests are well sustained by the
First National, the Savings, and the Farmers' and Mechanics'
Banks, which have a combined deposit account of about one
million dollars. Each of the banks have a good surplus fund,
and each are doing a large and growing business. Their officers
are among our best business men, and the large deposit account
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shows that they have the entire confidence of the people. A
new building and loan association has just been organized, and
bids fair to be quite successful. The different orders and socie-
ties are well represented and are under successful management,
many of these have their own halls, which are beautifully furn-
ished; especially is this true of the Knights' Templar Comman-
deries and Masonic Lodges.
The city has several hotels, among which are Cooks, the
Arlington, which is a new hotel; the Franklin, the Germania,
which was built last year, and the Union. All these hotels are
doing a good business. The Cook House is the largest and it is
well provided with the modern improvements. Excellent
tables are set by both the Arlington and Franklin. No traveler
now need pass Ann Arbor by for fear he will not be well cared
for if he stops over at either of the hotels. The Opera House,
which has recently been improved and refurnished has a seating
capacity of twelve hundred. The manager is active and ener-
getic and has been able to secure a fine list of entertainments
each year. Our people are able to see and hear the best actors
and finest musicians without going out of the city.
The Huron river affords excellent opportunities for boating,
and is well stocked with fish of many kinds; recently it has
been stocked with brook trout, which are beginning to show
themselves, several having been caught this year. There are
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several beautiful lakes a few miles from the city which afford
excellent fishing for the lovers of the rod and line.
To parties who have a moderate income and who wish to
find a pleasant place for a home we say come to Ann Arbor.
Living is as cheap here as any where else. The markets are
well supplied with the best fruits and vegetables in their sea-
son, and now that we have direct railway connection the South-
ern markets are used quite extensively, and the winter months
show many of the Southern fruits and vegetables in our markets.
at very reasonable prices. To others who are compelled to earn
their own living, we say that most of the residents own their
own homes, and many persons have purchased them with the
money they have saved from their own labor. Wages have
always been good, and Ann Arbor never has suffered from
business depression as have many of the smaller cities. Money
is never as close in this place as elsewhere, and good loans can
always be secured at a reasonable rate of interest. To persons
desiring to engage in manufacturing the city presents many ad-
vantages, there is always capital here seeking investment; the
fact that there are two competing lines of railway; that the
railroads now make the same rates here they make at Detroit
and Toledo; the cheap fuel we have from a union with the coal
roads; the cheapness of all building material; the abundance
of hard wood timber which abounds in the county of Washte-
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naw, so plenty is it that it is largely used for fuel; the many
good sites for manufactories in different parts of the city not yet
utilized, all combine to make this a good point for persons to
locate who are intending to engage in this business. Although
we already have quite a large number of these industries, yet
there is room for more, and there is a general desire on the part
of our citizens to do whatever is necessary to secure more of
them. Persons coming with the intention of building or adding
to these interests will be well received and given substantial
encouragement. Several new enterprises have come in this
year, among which we mention the Ferguson Road Cart Com-
pany, which starts out under the most favorable auspices being
now far behind in their orders, and working a full force of men;
this company came to Ann Arbor in preference, though it re-
ceived much larger offers from other cities. A new fruit and
vegetable evaporator and dryer has just been secured and it
will soon commence business. To parties desiring real estate
investments Ann Arbor presents some excellent opportunities.
Lands are steadily appreciating in value, while there is no spec-
ulator's boom in progress, yet it is apparent that Ann Arbor is
having a healthy and vigorous growth. No doubt the city's ex-
cellent financial condition is helping in this advance. Few
western towns can say that their city has no debt, but has a sur-
plus in its treasury.
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The business done at the Ann Arbor postoffice has for
years been steadily growing until it has become so large that
the city is entitled to free delivery. Application to the Post-
office Department at Washington has been made asking that
Ann Arbor be allowed a free delivery. The Department has
granted this request after sending an Inspector here to ascer-
tain if the city was entitled to free delivery. The first of July
will bring with it this improvement for Ann Arbor.
A new
corporation, the Ann Arbor Fuel Gas Company, with a capital
stock of three hundred thousand dollars has just been organized.
This company have determined to bore some test wells for oil
and gas. If this company succeed in finding a good flow of gas
or oil it will give to our city's growth an impetus which will
make it an important manufacturing centre, and add one more
to its long list of advantages.
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A firm have just completed arrangements for bringing oil
to Ann Arbor in tank cars, and have also made arrangements
for building large storage reservoirs and will make this their
distributing point for their large and rapidly growing wholesale
trade.
There are two competing lines of telegraph, the Western
Union and the Michigan Postal, or United Lines. Also a tele-
phone exchange, with 140 subscribers, giving direct communi-
cation with all the principal cities and villages in the State.
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Ann Arbor is not behind in her devotion to art. The Ann Ar-
bor Art Club is a regularly organized association of artists
who meet regularly in the parlors of Randall's art store. The
club has just closed a very successful Art Loan Exhibit, held in
the Ladies' Library building. The Ladies' Library Association
is well established, owning a handsome building of their own,
and an exceedingly well selected library of books and periodi-
cals. By the payment of an annual fee of one dollar, any citi-
zen can have the use of this library and draw books therefrom.
Connected with this organization is the Tuesday Club, main-
tained by the ladies of the Ladies' Library Association, who
meet every week to listen to literary papers and discuss current
topics.
No description of Ann Arbor would be complete without
mention of Forest Hill Cemetery. It is situated upon a range
of hills east of the city. These hills are covered with a fine
growth of oak, hickory, elm and maple trees. The grounds are
well laid out affording excellent drives, and from the north side.
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river, which the hills about the city furnish. Artists have pro-
nounced this one of the finest landscapes to be seen any where.
In fact when a stranger first visits Ann Arbor and sees its varied
scenery, its beautiful hills, its many miles of level streets, its
charming and delightful shaded walks, its handsome and well
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built public buildings, its grand and magnificent University, its
well managed schools, its pure spring water flowing from the
distant hills, its brilliant electric lights, these all combine to
make him desire to seek a home for himself in such a highly
favored city, while to the home resident all these blessings only
make him feel that Ann Arbor is the place of all others the
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