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676 CLEVELAND Cleveland contains 6 national banks, with an aggregate capital of $4,300,000, 2 savings banks, and 9 insurance companies (2 life), with a capital of $1,950,000. There are 31 hotels and 3 markets. The city is divided into 17 wards, and is governed by a mayor and com- mon council of two members from each ward. There are also a clerk, who is likewise clerk of the common council, an auditor, a treasurer, a solicitor, a street commissioner, a civil engineer, and a superintendent of markets. The board of improvements consists of the mayor, street commissioner, engineer, a clerk, and two other members ; the board of health is composed of the mayor, health officer, and six others. The United States circuit and district courts for the northern district of Ohio are held here ; also the state district court, the court of common pleas, a probate and a police court. The board of metropolitan police consists of the mayor, a secretary, and a superintendent. The city is ARTICLES. No. of efUh- lUhmenU. Capital. Valu of Products. 8 $'259,000 $145,500 Boats 9 141,800 257,860 9 67200 202,292 ttfl 79,700 288,114 V5 449500 511,050 Brick fH 42,800 118,700 Bridge-building 1 175000 536,000 11 40450 202565 Clothing 77 211,105

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Coal oil, rectified I'i 520000 4,2&3 065 Coffee and spices, ground 8 160700 207,500 Cooperage 68 288700 1 051 785 Edge tools and axes Q SSJMNI 1)6.000 Flour mills 18 744,500 1 :MI:( i.Vi Furniture ?9 291 400 505 975 Gas 1 525000 282 792 Gunpowder 1 150000 16501)0 Iron, forged and rolled ft 1.190000 2 290 784 " bolts, nuts, Ac 8 176000 222 000 " nails and spikes, cut, Ac " pipe, wrought 8 2 66,150 47500 127.480 169000 u pigs 2 120000 398 (KM) ' castings (not specified) " " stoves, heaters, &c. Leather, tanned 12 4 10 808,0(10 355,000 68,400 1.097,000 270,000 17a844 " curried 9 48,200 115814 Lightning rods. . . 1 150,000 150000 Lime 8 86,700 86400 Lumber, planed 7 69,000 188800 " sawed 89 80900 170512 " staves, shook s. <fec <f, 8500 181,400 Machinery (not specified) 14 150100 178445 " railroad repairing " engines and boilers Malt 8 11 5 1.225,000 159,800

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997,070 106,800 282 ,V)0 Matches 1 250000 1 IIMHIO Paints 4 185000 -'44^400 Paper 8 890000 531 175 Pianos 8 81 000 1 13 580 Pork, packed 4 195 800 1 195.570 Printing, newspaper... ... 9 91 500 151 740 " job .') 54500 118,550 Saddlery and harness 88 41.880 115,406 Sashes, doom, and blinds fl 814500 344 500 Sowing machines ? 46,000 290 (MX) Steel springs 1 70,000 100.000 Sulphuric acid 11 82000 68800 Tin, copper, and sheet-Iron ware. . Tobacco and snuff 60 <t 168,460 60000 884,406 387000 " cigars '- 118,250 450>'.)6 Tombstones 5 1.V.MOO Hft00 Wagons IT 162,200 264.296 Wooden ware 8 8MOOO 897 500 Woollen goods 5 251,000 211,100 divided into 5 precincts, and the force, besides the privates, is composed of a captain, 6 ser- geants, 3 acting sergeants, 3 detectives, and 3 special detectives. The fire department is under the control of a chief engineer and 2 assistants. There are 7 steam engines, 2 hook and ladder companies, and a fire alarm tele- graph, under the charge of a superintendent. The assessed value of property in 1870 was $51,841,746. There are several well conducted reformatory and charitable institutions. The house of correction is under the charge of a board of directors. The city infirmary, to which the sick and homeless poor are taken, has attached to it a good farm, which is worked by the inmates of the institution. Connected with the infirmary is a house of refuge for children, where they are instructed and taken care of until of an age to main- tain themselves. St. Vincent's male orphan asylum contains 150 orphans under the charge of the sisters of charity, and St. Mary's fe- male orphan asylum, under the charge of the ladies of the Sacred Heart of Mary, has 160 inmates. The "little sisters of the poor" pro- vide for 70 aged men and women. The Cleve- land orphan asylum is supported by voluntary contributions, and by an endowment fund of about $54,000. The Episcopalians have a home for sick and friendless widows, and the Jews support an orphan asylum. A United States marine hospital has been established here, and is situated on the border of the lake. The charity hospital, established partly by the city and partly by subscriptions, is attended by the sisters of charity. There are also a homoeopathic hospital and a city hospital. In the industrial school poor and homeless chil- dren are provided with food and shelter, and are taught the common branches of education, sewing, domestic labor, and brush making. The public schools are under the control of a superintendent and a board of education of one member from each ward, and consist of 2 high schools and 16 grammar and primary schools. The average attendance of pupils in 1871 was 8,175, of whom 4,133 were males and 4,042 females, the number of teachers was 187, of whom 9 were males; the receipts were $145,049 67 from taxation, and $48,457 69 from the state fund ; expenditures, $143,700 95, of which $118,655 were for teachers' wages and $27,880 69 for sites and buildings. The Cleveland female seminary had 13 in- structors, 100 pupils, and a library of 1,000 volumes; the Union business college had 6 teachers and 448 pupils. There are two Ger- man and English schools, 7 other seminaries and schools belonging to Protestant societies, 11 Roman Catholic academies and schools, and 6 private and select schools. The Ohio State and Union law college in 1871 had 2 professors, 28 students, and a library of 2,500 volumes. The Cleveland medical college (medical depart- ment of the Western Reserve college at Hud- son) and the medical department of the uni-