Fort Wayne, the county-seat of Allen County, in northeastern Indiana, is 148 miles southeast of Chicago. It is situated at the head of Maumee River, covers nearly 15 square miles, and is the third city of Indiana in population. It is an important steam and interurban railway-center, has a large number of manufactures, including knitting-mills, car-wheel and machine-shops, agricultural implements and electrical apparatus, shirt waist and glove-manufactories, steam-engine works etc. The public buildings are exceptionally fine. It has many school-buildings and churches, and is the seat of a Catholic bishopric. Concordia College, a nourishing institution of the German Lutheran church, is located in Fort Wayne. Its population in 1900 was 45,115, and it has a present population of 63,933.
