Class _^^/l^ Copyiiglit}^^. COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. // The Baltimore Book A RESUME OF THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES, MUNICI- PAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE , . ^ "Published by /0y 9r'^ THE MUNICIPALITY ^^' Issued at the Instance of HON. JAMES H. PRESTON. Mayor by WILBUR F. COYLE, City Librarian PRESS OF MEYER & THALHEIMER BALTIMORE, MD. m '5 1914 ©CI.A373084 / iOO COPYRIGHT, 1914 BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE p ■ mi ' \ isast( iii«T I'ti", iffii"" bio k, ol bu Id ns n lebu. ne. cene ( B 1 m I sj $ 5 II JkM I'T-r^ . . '^-•^cTim ll •howa the marvelous rehabilitation of the burned district and bears testimony to the pluck and energy of Baltin laly declined outside aid after the great dig ^ HON. JAMES H. PRESTON Mayor of Baltimore EXPLANATORY jgpg^gg®^ H IS book is written in response to the demand i^ for accurate information concerning Baltimore, its resources, its general development, and its munici- (^^^^^:^ pal activities. The Baltimore Book is published by the Municipality. It has no private purpose to serve. It deals primarily with the Baltimore of TODAY. Baltimore reveres her traditions, is proud of her history, glories in her honored past, but Baltimore, rich in all these priceless blessings, has been very practical and has given much thought, much aggressive energy, to the solution of the material problems that confront her as an important member of the Great Family of American Municipalities. What Baltimore is and what Baltimore is doing are herein presented as eloquent and convincing facts. The case is rested without argument. The development of Baltimore along industrial, commercial, governmental, financial and all civic lines, during recent years, has been extraordinary. Imagination plays no part in that statement. Baltimore, as far as the memory of man runneth, has always been big. It started with all the natural prerequisites of a great city. But Baltimore is not only big. It is bigger than ever; not only bigger, but better. This is not a vain boast. A few cities are bigger than Baltimore; find a better one. Baltimore has been bountifully endowed by nature, and nature is being assisted by those most skilled in civic development. The fol- lowing pages will tell how, That is the STORY. i te^' '' '*/* 1 1 |9 wi <^^p |[^^^H K ^V^^HIAb. ''S^9^£''*^S^^^B^^^^^^^HB^^^H L w mbU l^^H I ■■ii^lH^KS't^^^^^^^l^^V^H^Hj^liB^vS ^sjsi^^ CITY GOVERNMENT OF BALTIMORE WHAT IT IS DOING A resume of great projects under way: The $23,000,000 Sewerage System; Repaying the City; Civic Centre; Colossal Municipal Docks; Factory Site Commission; Splendid Parks; Sanitary Regu- lations; Health, Fire and Police Departments; Public Schools; Free Baths, etc. jgg|^g®^HE Municipal Government of Baltimore is alert, ' creative and constructive. It is not sufficient to I say that the administration is m sympathy with (^^^^^^ the great forward movement in this City. It is an inspiring part of the movement. Loyally supported and encouraged by citizens in all walks of life, it is engaged in a systematic scheme of modernization and beautification, and is pursuing a masterful constructive policy. It is a policy that does not balk at obstacles. An obstacle is something to be overcome; that's all. Since 1 904, when the heart of Baltimore was burned out, when smoldering ashes and hideous debris stretched over 1 40 acres, Baltimore has been building, and building big. The great disaster was turned into opportunity. The loss, approxi- mately $125,000,000, was a staggering blow. No effort is made to minimize this fact, but it was a blow that awoke the fighting spirit. It was not a knockout. At this crisis, what did the City Government do? TMCr BALTIMORlG^ BOOK It refused all outside aid; declined it courteously and with grateful thanks, for stricken Baltimore was very grateful. It wasn't false pride that impelled Robert M. McLane, then Mayor, to take this stand. He voiced the sentiment of the community when he notified the world that Baltimore would take care of its own, and would rebuild through its own effort. Before he could get this on the wires $60,000 had actually been received, and "draw on us" telegrams brought the amount up to $200,000. Every cent went back, but the generous sentiment which prompted the givers will always be treasured. The whole world seemed eager to hasten to the aid of Balti- more, Hundreds of sympathetic messages were received. The City had just sold its interest in the Western Maryland Railroad for $8,751,000. Upward of $4,500,000 of this fund was immediately used for public improvements and the rehabilitation of the burned area. A Burnt District Commission was created. It widened streets; it reduced grades. Baltimoreans built; they built wisely and built well. Old picturesque Baltimore had been partly wiped out by the fire, but before the flames were extinguished at one end of the destroyed district a new Baltimore was spring- ing up at the other. Those who saw the City in the throes of devastation wonder at the metamorphosis presented today. It is simply marvelous. Following the work of the Burnt District Commission other millions were spent according to a definite plan of City development. So much for the past. What is the City Government doing today? It is building the finest sanitary Sewerage system in the world, and will expend about $23,000,000 for this purpose. The system is almost completed. It has spent $6, 1 61 ,000 on its magnificent Municipal docks, and has available $5,000,000 more for the enlargement of the systenL, which includes a recreation pier. TM& BALTlMORe^ BOOK It is constructing a broad street (Key Highway) paralleling the south side of the harbor for several miles. It is grappling the paving problem, and a Commission is now engaged in a general repaving plan for the entire City. The Commission has a working capital of $5,000,000. This will be increased by means of the paving tax to $10,000,000. To date 54 miles have been repaved and 1 miles are under contract. The highways are being improved under a general plan, and it is the aim of the administration to make Balti- more second to none in this particular branch of civic develop- ment. The latest standard specifications are followed and four standard pavements, namely. Granite Block, Vitrified Block, Sheet Asphalt and Wood Block, are being used. Aside from the above-mentioned $10,000,000, an addi- tional $4,500,000 are being spent on street improvement in the "Annex" (northern and western extremities). Forty-seven miles (based upon a width of 30 feet between curbs) have been paved in this particular section since 1 906. These streets, with those within the older parts of the City re- paved in accordance with the general plan of 1910 referred to, total 1 1 miles paved or repaved within recent years. And the work is still being pushed forward with great energy. There is pending a loan of $1,000,000 for the construction and improvement of Police Department buildings. For the enlargement of Baltimore's water supply, $5,000,000 is available. A high-pressure water pipe line through the business section was completed in 1912 at a cost of $1,000,000. This is a very important addition to Baltimore's fire-fighting equipment, and materially reduces the cost of fire insurance. 11 M Baltimore \ ^"^Jl' Porll: U. P. I ,> l>.n.>..c. C.n.\. Honoluli Panama CrooVrd I.lrnid I'.u.ge. id, Washingloi >l .nd S.i> Frttic ,d. Oregon. U. S. A.... Vii I'lnmnii C«nal and San Fraoci Punta Arenas, Chile ... ". . . . San Diego, California. U. S. A Via Panama Canal. San Francisco^ California, U. S. A. . . . Via Panama Canal. San Jose, Guatemala 2 830 Via Panama Canal. Shanghai, China ] | qla Via Panama Canal. Honolulu and YoVotiama. ' Sitka, Alaska 6 49 1 1 Via Panama Canal and San Franclico, Cal Valparaiso, Chile. 4^5(^0 Wellington, New Ze.Aland ^ Via Panama Canal and Takili. 1 Yokohama. Japan \ Canal and Honolulu. 8.778 10.023 BALTIMORE .^ND THE PANAMA CANAL The Panama Canal will have a tremendous influence upon Baltimore. Why? Almost every page of this book contributes to the answer. Baltimore, to begin with, is on an almost direct line with the west coast of South America, and is nearer the Canal than any other of the large cities of the Atlantic Coast. These important facts are very comprehensively shown on the accompanying map. With that rugged barrier, the Isthmus of Panama, no longer barring the way. the great west coast opens up untold and incalculable opportunities for commerce. But why Baltimore? Because trade, like almost everything, follows the course of least resistance. It traverses natural lanes if it can, and the thing that makes a lane natural or unnatural is largely geographical position. Baltimore's position is splendid. Because of this, one can not evade the conclusion that the Canal will have a tremendous influence upon this City, and that the beneficial effect will be communicated to the new field opened up — that vast territory which is just now put in direct touch with Baltimore. In other words there will be reciprocity. South American trade will come to Baltimore and be carried through Baltimore, because it will benefit those who take ad- vantage ol the opportunity the City offers. Baltimore docs not e-xpect people to bring their business here for its enrichment. I he point is, they benefit and enrich themselves by so doing. Look at the situation. The Baltimore Book is laden with facts that bear out the assumption that Baltimore is a natural trade route from Panama and is destined to became a great distributing depot for transcanal trade. Lower freight rates than enjoyed by any other city of the Atlantic Coast (as shown on pages 76, 77, 78. 79 and 80 of this book) will draw merchandise here from an e.\tensive area of the United States, and just here an im- portant combination is elfected. Low freight rates, a shorter land and sea distance. Hence the natural lane; the course of least resistance. No obstacles in the guise of excessive rates to, or from, the western and northwestern sections of the United States, and a short voyage to the Canal. Isn't that an advantageous combination? But there are many other considerations, favor of Baltunore. Its splendid harbor. Covered wharves, from which ships lying in deep water alongside may be loaded; devices for the rapid handling of bulk cargoes, including coal. Three great trunk line railway systems connect Baltimore with the rich mining and agricultural regions of the West. Baltimore lies nearer these regions, let it be repeated, than any other large city of the Atlantic Coast. Then there will be always return cargoes for ships— a most important consideration. The vessel that comes here with the forest products of the North Pacific Coast, fruits or vegetables from California, bulk commodities from Central or South America, will go forth again freighted with coal, manufactured products of iron and steel, machinery, paints and mwed merchandise, for Baltimore IS very near the producing regions of these commodities. Central and South American countries require railroad equipment. Their agricultural and industrial development de- pends upon such. These countries want machinery of all sorts, clothing, hats, etc., and Baltimore stands ready to supply such needs, for It is in the manufacture of these articles that it now occupies a commanding position. Truly, there is no need for apprehension concerning return Mrgoes. With great railroad piers, open and covered: with storage warehouses; with a great Municipal pier system, which is being "tended; with shorter rail haul to Northern and Western cities and manufacturing districts than is enjoyed by other Atlantic ports; with the activities of the City Administration earnestly employed in the development of these facilities; with these and tfie multiplicity of other advantages set forth in The Balti- more Book, who can successfully dispute that the Canal will fiave a tremendous influence upon the future of this City? all arguments in I I TMtr BA^LTIMORLi:^ t300K The sum of $340,000 was expended in 1911 for additional apparatus and buildings for the Fire Department, exclusive of the sum appropriated annually for its maintenance. By means of an electric conduit system, overhead telephone, telegraph and electric wnes have been placed underground ; $3,000,000 have been spent for this purpose and $2,000,000 more are available for a continuation of the work. There are hundreds of other things which the City Govern- ment is doing. In matters of municipal routine it is kept right to the notch. Departments are "keyed up" as are those of great private enterprises, and the whole organization is working in systematic harmony. Baltimore is not only enjoying a busi- ness administration, but a progressive business administration. The following pages will describe concisely some of the projects in which it is engaged. Boat Lake — T>ruid Hill Park 13 TMCr BALTlMORLg BOOK A GREAT SEWERAGE SYSTEM Baltimore will spend $23,000,000 on its Sewerage System. The work was begun in 1 905 and will be completed by 1914. Sections in various parts of the City are already in operation, and when it is entirely finished the City will have the most modern plant in the world. The system represents the most advanced ideas in the solution of this great Municipal problem. It is impossible to realize the magnitude of the work or the diversified engineering problems that are being solved every day unless one takes the time to visit in person some of the construc- tion work being carried on in various parts of the City. The work is most interesting because of its complications. The requirement of the Legislative Act, that all sewage must be purified before being discharged, made it necessary to keep the storm-water separate from the sanitary sewage, allowing the former to discharge through its own system of drains into the nearest natural outlet. The sanitary sewage is carried to the disposal plant and purified. The sewage, by bacterial treat- ment, becomes 95 per cent. pure. Two-thirds of the sanitary sewage of the City will flow by gravity to the disposal plant on Back River, about six miles from Baltimore. The other third will be pumped through huge iron force-mains to the outfall sewer, an elevation of 72 feet, from which point it also will flow by gravity to the disposal plant. The pumping station building is now completed and equipped with three engines, each having a pumping capacity of 27,500,000 gallons a day. The station will house five of these enormous pumps, the additional two to be installed later. The difficulties of the work are doubled because of the necessity of constructing two systems of sewers — sanitary and storm-water — which cross and recross each other in thousands of places. In some cases two large sewers of the different systems come together on the same level, which requires the 15 THCr BALTIMOF^e BOOFx siphoning of one beneath the other. In one instance this re- sulted in the construction of one of the largest siphons in the world. The purified sewage, dischar^ged from the disposal plant, in flowing to its outlet operates turbines. These run dynamos, which produce current for lighting the plant at practically no cost. Baltimore's Water Supply — Mt. Royal Pumping Station 17 TH& B/\LTIlMORLe^ BOOK BALTIMORE'S WATER SUPPLY The City of Baltimore has about $15,000,000 invested in its water works system, and an additional $5,000,000 was recently voted for an impoundmg and storage reservoir and filtration works, with the necessary connecting conduits and tunnels. Many of these are now in course of construction, and it is hoped that the entire work will be completed during the year 1915. Upon the completion of the new plant, the entire supply of the City will be taken from the Gunpowder River, which has an average daily flow of 270,000,000 gallons. The Jones Falls watershed which is used at the present time to supply part of the City's water, will be abandoned, although it will be possible to use the water from this source in case of an emergency. When the improvements, which are now well under way, are completed, Baltimore will have one of the finest water supplies of any city in the United States. A new impounding reservoir will not only give an ample supply, but a filtration plant will purify this water so that in quality it will equal that of any city in the world. The impounding reservoir, now being built at Loch Raven, on the Gunpowder River, will have a capacity of abou" 2,000,000,000 gallons. The impounding reservoir on the Jones Falls Supply, known as Lake Roland, has a capacity of 400,000,000 gallons. There are seven storage reservoirs, most of them within the City limits, with a total storage capacity of 1,488,875,000 gallons. There are also two standpipes, each with a capacity of 300,000 gallons. The Water Department's income is de- rived from water rents. 19 CIVIC CENTER — JONES FALLS AND KEY HIGHWAYS I^S^g^^HOSE charged with the administration of the ^^^City Government have given much thought to the future. What is done is done on a large scale. Every succeedmg day finds the City a bigger, better, busier Baltimore, and improvements are made with a comprehensive idea of the demands of the future. They are, as nearly as human calculation can make them, for all time. The development now going on is in accordance with a pre- conceived plan of city building. Certain details are in charge of a Commission on City Plan. One of the most important features in the City betterment plan was the recent covering of the stream (Jones Falls) which formerly flowed in an open channel through the center of the City. The flow is now through three concrete tubes, consisting in part, of the largest drainage tunnel in the world. The top of these conduits and tunnel is now a highway of a minimum width of 1^ feet. This drive will provide a direct highway on an easy grade running diagonally across the City from the docks to the railroad termmals. This great improve- ment is a part of an elaborate and connected scheme of future development, the main feature of which is a Civic Center to the east of the City Hall. To the west, forming a part of the general plan, are the Postoffice and Baltimore's three-million- dollar Courthouse. Another project of importance in which the City is now engaged is the construction of Key Highway, a wide thorough- fare extending from Light street, along or very near the water- front, to Fort McHenry — a distance of several miles. 7\ TH& BALTINIOR^E I^OOK This highway, named for Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star-Spangled Banner," will open up a splendid avenue of approach to the southern side of Baltimore's extensive harbor. A system of railroad tracks and switches, which are to be in- stalled, will place all plants, piers, etc., in direct touch with railroad systems. The Vista -T) rut d Hill Park 23 TH& E3ALTIMORLE BOOK BALTIMORE'S MUNICIPAL DOCKS The Municipal clocks of Baltimore are not mere ornaments. They are not solely colossal specimens of engmeering skill. They are for use. When the City put acres of land under water and spent its millions, its object was, and is, to provide the best maritime terminals that could be built. These docks may be leased by any responsible parties for 36 cents a square foot per year. Those who have not seen the great marine stations have little idea of their magnitude, and it is important to remember that they are not a private monopoly, and are not controlled by private parties to selfish ends. The City of Balti- more OWNS them and throws them open to the commerce of the world. Those who would enter the shipping business here have the first and most vexatious problem, namely, terminal facilities, solved in advance. Magnificent docks are available. Prior to the fire of 1904 the City owned little wharf property of importance. The fire made it possible to acquire all of the burned district fronting on the harbor (about 4,000 lineal feet). The City purchased the property, removed all buildings, streets, etc., and laid out a system of public wharves and docks along Pratt street. These are situated in the upper harbor and are intended for the coastwise and bay trade. The transatlantic steamers, at present, find ample accommodations at the railroad piers in the lower harbor. Pier 4, at the foot of Market Place, is 150 feet wide. Along Market Place the City has erected three handsome, commodious buildings, a retail market, a fish market, a whole- sale market, all within a stone's throw of Pier 4, which is set apart for the use of the market boats. A two-story recreation pier at the foot of Broadway will be completed early in 1914. The lower floor of this structure is to be used for commercial purposes; the upper section for a recreation center. 25 TH& B/VLTlNlORLEr BOOK MUNICIPAL FACTORY SITE COMMISSION [fi^i^pS^^HE City Government has a specially organized ^^^ department that handles all industrial problems. ^^ It is a public agency created for the purpose of (^^^^:^ promoting any movement that has for its end the development or enlargement of Baltimore's industrial activities. It is a department of the City Government; supported by the City Government. There are no charges, costs nor fees connected with its work. Any service performed by the department or any informa- tion given by the department is absolutely free of any financial burden to the person who seeks its aid or takes advantage of its co-operation. If you want to know anythmg about the business possibili- ties of Baltimore; if you want to get in touch with the City's financial interests ; if you want to know what factory sites are in the market; in fact, if you want to know anything at all about any phase of the industrial affairs of the City or any of the problems incident thereto — communicate with the Municipal Factory Site Commission, City Hall. You will find it ready to give help in any particular or In any direction whatsoever. The Commission is organized on a basis that puts it in touch with all the different business interests in Baltimore. It is composed of a member of the Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association; a member of the Travelers and Merchants' Association; a member of the Old Town Merchants and Manufacturers' Association; a member of the Federation of Labor; a member of the Builders' Exchange; a member of the Real Estate Exchange; a representative of the Pennsylvania Railroad; a 27 TMfT BA^LTIIMORLEr BOOI\ representative of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; a repre- sentative of the Western Maryland Railroad. The Commission has a finely-developed system under which a wide range of factory sites is listed. Real estate dealers, as well as prospective manufacturers, are constantly referring to the Commission's list whenever they have inquiries for industrial property. The City itself controls about one hundred and seventy acres of waterfront territory with direct railroad connections. The Commission is in touch with a combination of magnifi- cent buildings which have been converted into "beehive in- dustrial colonies." All of the most modern appliances, power and other manufacturing advantages are readily available on attractive terms. These buildings are situated near the junction of two railroads. The Factory Site Commission will put anyone in touch with any of the above propositions. MUNICIPAL JOURNAL The City is issuing a semi-monthly publication known as the Municipal Journal. It is devoted to the exploitation of facts about the operations of the City Government, and through this agency the public, both at home and abroad, is kept in intimate touch with all the plans and achievements of the Municipal Government. It is also provided with frequent reports of all moneys collected and how the same is being spent. It is conducted in a manner intended to familiarize Baltimoreans with all the most important data about their City. Its columns are filled with exceedingly instructive matter which never finds its way into the columns of any other publication. It lays be- fore its readers things that are planned to be done, as well as things that have actually been done, and has established itself as an institution of practical value to the community, and the community is giving it cordial support. 29 y THgr BALTlMORLe^ BOOI\ GOVERNMENT OF BALTIMORE The government of Baltimore is vested in the Mayor and City Council, the corporate entity. The Mayor, the Comptroller and City Council are elected by the people for a term of four years; so is also the President of the Second Branch City Council, who acts in the Mayor's stead when the latter is absent and who succeeds to the Mayoralty in event of a vacancy during an unexpired term. The Mayor appoints all heads of departments, boards, commissions, etc., subject to confirmation by the Second Branch. Baltimore is divided into 24 wards and four councilmanic districts. Each district is composed of six wards. Each ward has a representative in the First Branch and each district has two in the Second Branch. Including the President, there are nine members of the latter body. The Board of Estimates, composed of the Mayor, President of the Second Branch City Council, Comptroller, City Solicitor and City Engineer, is a co-ordinate body and passes on many measures in conjunction with the City Council, particularly those that relate to finances, granting of franchises and such. All contracts are let by the Board of Awards, the personnel of which is the same as the Board of Estimates, with the ex- ception that the City Register takes the place of the City Engineer. Harbor. North Side 31 SCENES IN DRUID HILL PARK Madison Ave. Entrance Columbus Monument and Lake Drive Boat Lake TH& BALTIMORE £300K PARKS OF BALTIMORE ^ii|S£i^j^jALTIMORE has a splendid system of parks. I^"^ ^y4;'i: These are one of the features of the City. The /^p^B jl reservations are, or will be, all connected; that — i=i:^ ::II34/ is, they may be reached one from the other by especially constructed boulevards, the w^hole system bemg gener- ally referred to as "Baltimore's chain of parks." The City for years has been blessed with an abundance of park area, but very recently large sections of the suburbs, north and west, were acquired, which added many acres of beautiful and picturesque territory. In making these purchases Balti- more looked far into the future. The topography of the country In some instances is almost mountainous, with beautiful streams winding in and out, the scene retaining much of its natural environment. Druid Hill is Baltimore's largest park. It Is famous, for among the parks of the country it is unequaled in natural beauty. It was purchased in 1 860, and has an area of nearly 700 acres. The rugged scenery of Gwynn's Falls Park, through which flows the stream Gwynn's Falls, at times rushing like a torrent, arises to challenge Druid Hill's claim to pre-eminent beauty. Here nature's handiwork is sublime. As has been stated, the scheme of park development em- braces, as one of its important features, broad boulevards, which represent the most advanced ideas and skill in highway construction. The parks play an important part in City life, and in their administration and management are kept "abreast of the times." Many have swimming pools, which are enjoyed by thousands, and from which graduate each year scores of youthful expert swimmers. There are playgrounds for the tots, and these 33 SCENES IN BALTIMORE'S MAGNIFICENT PARKS The Old Johns Hopkins Mansion, Clifton Park Swimming Pool in Patterson Park View in Riverside Park View in Carroll Park J TM& B.A LT I ^^I O RLE BOOK especial reservations are under the direction of the Playground Association, which has professional instructors or teachers in attendance. All the parks are supplied with baseball grounds, tennis courts and other facilities for healthy sport. The parks are not supported by direct taxation, but from the receipts of the street railways, 9 per cent, of the gross receipts being devoted to this purpose. The fund thus raised, which is increasing yearly at the rate of 6 per cent., can not be diverted from the parks. This amounts to approximately $500,000 annually, which, with other sources of revenue, brings the total available for park purposes to $510,000 as a yearly Income, exclusive of any loan for park Improvement and enlargement. The parks and squares of Baltimore are as follows: Acquired. Acreage. Mt. Vernon Squares (2) 1815 1.4 Washington Place Squares (2) 1815 .9 Eastern City Spring Square 1818 1.3 Patterson Park 1827 128.44 Franklin Square 1839 2.3 Jackson Square 1 844 .6 Union Square 1 847 2.0 Broadway Squares (19) 1851 5.7 Ashland Square 1851 .01 Madison Square 1853 3.4 Eutaw Place Squares (9) 1853 5.6 Lafayette Square 1859 2.9 Druid Hill Park I860 674.16 Park Place Squares (5) I860 1.7 Riverside Park 1862 17.2 Fulton Avenue Squares (17) 1 866 4.0 Harlem Park 1869 9.05 Wilkens Avenue Squares (7) 1870 1.6 Perkins Spring Square 1873 1.5 Mt. Royal Squares (7) 1874 2.0 Johnston Square 1877 2.5 Federal Hill Park ." 1879 8.2 Collington Square 1880 5.0 Liberty Triangle 1 880 .02 Taney Place Squares (2) 1881 .8 Mt. Royal Terraces (3) 1884 2.0 Carroll Park , , , , 1890 176.74 35 THiir B.AL.T1IV10RE BOOK PARKS — Continued. Acquired. Acreage. Bolton Park (Mt. Royal Station) 1891 2.52 Frick Triangle 1892 .05 Brewer Square 1 892 .39 Bo-Lln Square 1893 .23 Maple Place 1893 .07 Clifton Park 1895 267.26 Linden Avenue Triangle 1895 .01 Green Spring Avenue 1896 25.5 Callow Triangle 1898 .03 Gwynn's Falls Park 1902 389.9 Latrobe Park 1902 13.80 Swann Park 1902 11.31 Wyman Park 1903 198.39 Fifth Regiment Armory 1904 .25 City College Lot 1904 .14 Riggs Triangle 1905 .02 Venable Park 1907 60.81 Ashburton Park (including Reservoir) 1907 92.65 Herring Run Park 1908 164.61 Charles Street Boulevard 1908 2.28 Philadelphia Road Triangle 1910 1.0 Easterwood Park 1911 7.52 Mondawmin Squares 1911 .26 Total Park Acreage 2,3C0.02 Baltimore's Water Supply — Loch Raven Reservoir 37 THCr B/\LTlMOR^E BOOK BALTIMORE A HEALTHY CITY l^'^ipS^j^j ALTIMORE is naturally an unusually healthy 5^ lll^^^^-: City, but nature has an ally in the form of a I//^mC^M)i Department of Health, which for effective work l^^^^l^^^;;:^;; and successful results is second to none. The Health Department of Baltimore is regarded as a model. It wages its warfare with thoroughly modern and scientific methods. *'Nip in the bud" is its slogan. With the combination — nature, vigilance and science — enlisted on the side of health, pestilence and epidemic are unknown. This is all the more gratifying when it is recalled that Baltimore is an immigrant port. To fight against the importation of disease there are very strict regulations. The Quarantine Station, connected with the Health Department, is some distance from the City, and all incoming vessels are boarded and must be given a clean bill of health by a medical officer representing the Municipality before they are allowed to proceed. Exceptional measures to combat tuberculosis are applied, and a corps of vigilant nurses is constantly working throughout the City with this object in view. These efforts have been crowned with the most gratifying results. In fact, the State, City and private organizations are rendering splendid service in the prevention of tuberculosis. There is in operation a Municipal hospital (Sydenham) for the treatment of infectious diseases. Exceptionally effective laws are enforced in the in- terest of sanitation. Inspectors pass upon edibles offered for sale to determine whether they are fit for consumption. If not, they are destroyed summarily. There is also a regulation which prescribes the quality of milk that may be sold, and inspectors with facilities for making tests are constantly at work. A department for the treatment of rabies or hydrophobia is connected with one of the hospitals. Nearly all cases of this dread malady brought to this hospital are successfully treated. 39 THfT t3.AI.TIivlORE BOOK BALTIMORE HOSPITALS The hospitals of Baltimore are by no means the least of its features. The City, to the contrary, has delevoped into a mecca to which persons requirmg the most scientific treat- ment come in search of cure, and thousands from afar are entered as patients yearly. Some of the most distinguished men and women of the country have come to Baltimore in search of health, and have gone away singing praises of Balti- more hospitals. The City is very proud of its development and equipment in this respect, for to be a leader in the world's work for humanity is a very enviable reputation to enjoy. The great Johns Hopkins Hospital is a Baltimore institu- tion. It is known all over civilization and has an unexcelled record of accomplishment. This establishment has many de- partments, one of the most recent of which is The Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic; for the erection and endowment of the building Mr. Henry Phipps donated nearly one million dollars. The purpose of this clinic is primarily for the study of nervous and mental diseases and affords exceptional oppor- tunities for scientific treatment of these cases. Its laboratories are equipped with every modern appliance known to medical science. As stated elsewhere, Baltimore makes especial effort to com- bat tuberculosis, and several large State and City sanatoriums are devoted to this purpose; while Sydenham Hospital, sup- ported by the City and under the direction of the Commissioner of Health, treats infectious diseases exclusively. Some of the other leading hospitals are: Presbyterian Eye and Ear Infirmary, Hebrew Hospital, Maryland General Hospital, University of Maryland Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital, Union Protestant Infirmary, Franklin Square Hospital, United States Marine Hospital, Church Home and Infirmary, Quarantine Hospital, Mercy Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital. 41 A, \ ■ . •' ' /' « t^* r Jl.'^U* ^ i > i B^-rfeM C ^ BALTIMORE'S PUBLIC BATHS A Typical Bathhouse The larger artificial Swimming Pool in the United States Patterson Park THf^ BALTIMORLe BOOK BALTIMORE PUBLIC BATHS The Public Baths of Baltimore represent one of the chief agencies in the City for the promotion of health and cleanli- ness. The system provides for cleansing baths, which are open all the year round in congested City districts, and recreative swimming pools, open during the summer. There are six indoor cleansing baths, which contain 225 cabins and accommodate 650,000 patrons annually, erected at a cost of $200,000. There are also five recreative swimming baths in parks and on the riverfront, which have 250,000 patrons annually. Four portable baths (which scheme originated in Baltimore) are small houses carried from one street corner to another in crowded sections. They afford hot and cold water shower baths to over 75,000 persons yearly. Two recreative centers in public parks are also equipped with shower and swimming baths. The one at Patterson Park has the largest artificial swimming pool in the United States. The annual cost to the City for maintenance of the entire Public Bath System is about $40,000. Historic Fort McHenry 43 BALTIMORE CITY COLLEGE EASTERN FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL TH& BALTIMORLB t300K PUBLIC SCHOOLS In providing educational facilities for children, most liberal provision is made, and a compulsory educational law is strictly enforced. The schools are of exceptionally high standard. There are kindergartens for the very young. Night schools for those who have advanced in years, but not correspondingly in scholastic attainment. A summer vacation school and a vocational school are a part of the system. The course of public school training terminates with graduation from the City College, Polytechnic Institute or the Girls' High Schools. Teachers entering the educational service are not only re- quired to be proficient along general lines, but they must take a two-year course of training in the Teachers' Training School. There were 84,000 pupils and 2,064 teachers during the last scholastic year. There are 1 44 schools of all kinds. Lake Moniehello— Water Supply 45 CO TH& BALTIIMORLer BOOK FIRE DEPARTMENT Baltimore's Fire Department has been officially declared by experts to be one of the most thorough in the United States. It has all known mechanical devices for fighting fires. The high-pressure pipe line, which has been extended over an area of 1 70 acres in the business district (completed 1912), is the latest device and the most modern auxiliary of the fire- fighting establishment of the City. The pipe line system consists of three powerful pumps, which force water through large pipes at tremendous pressure. These pipes are, of course, all underground, but are tapped at inter- vals of 1 70 feet and connected with hydrants that bring the water to the surface. The hydrants, which are depressed be- low the sidewalk and protected by covers that can be easily removed, are systematically placed through the "down-town" district. There are at present 226 hydrants, and the number will be increased as the system is extended. Water, under great pressure, may be thrown m or against a building by means of various nozzle devices connected directly to the hydrants or with hose especially adapted to pipe line service. Baltimore has spent $1,000,000 on its pipe line. Insurance rates in the area protected by the service have been greatly reduced. The personnel of the Fire Department is of the highest type. Recruits must pass an examination, mental and physical, before entering, and the training which they subsequently receive makes them exceptionally fit for their exacting duties. The department consists of 40 engine companies, 1 8 hook and ladders, two fire boats, two water towers, two automobile hose companies, automobiles for the chief, deputy and district chiefs. The force numbers 860 men. Automobile tractors are replacing horses at the rate of ten tractors a year. An exclusive feature in connection with the signal system is a portable telephone which may be connected to the fire alarm boxes in the high pressure zone to establish communication with headquarters. Each company carries one of these portable telephones. 47 TM& BALTIMORLEr 300K POLICE DEPARTMENT The Police Department of Baltimore consists of 1 , 1 29 per- sons, all told, from Commissioners down. The department, though supported by the City of Baltimore, is under the direc- tion of a board appointed by the Governor of the State. The department is splendidly disciplined, and its adminis- tration is along thoroughly modern lines. There are "traffic officers" stationed at all points where traffic is congested. Their duty is to "keep things movmg." These officers have large powers. They may summarily arrest any who show a dispo- sition not to obey to the letter the very exacting traffic laws. The officer keeps vehicles and cars "on the move" or stops them by whistle signals. In this way the problem is solved to the best advantage. The immovable "jam" that formerly occurred on down-town streets is now absent. Cars, great motor vans, automobiles and the collection of miscellaneous vehicles that crowd the thoroughfares pass along without con- fusion and unnecessary delay. Aside from the traffic squad and main body of the force, there are mounted police, motorcycle men and automobile patrol wagons; a harbor patrol, which uses a steamer and a gasoline launch. Police headquarters are at the Courthouse. Here the Police Board, the Marshal and the detectives are located. Fort McHenry 49 1 TM& BALTIMORE BOOK BALTIMORE'S WIRES UNDERGROUND In maintaining its own electrical conduit system, Baltimore stands unique as being the first American City of importance to provide underground accommodation for wires and cables transmitting all classes of electrical energy. The entire central portion of the City is served by the Municipal system, and the work of laymg extensions to the more remote sections is progressing rapidly. Three million dol- lars have already been invested in the plan, and during the fall of 1912 the people of the City approved an additional loan of $2,000,000 to be expended in a continuation of the work. By virtue of certain Legislative enactment, it is made manda- tory on the part of wire-operating corporations and individuals to remove, upon notice of the completion of the system in various given districts, their poles and overhead wires and, in substitution therefor, to install cables in the conduits. The electric light and power, telephone and telegraph companies, realizing the advantages to be derived in the way of greater protection and more facile access to their equipment, heartily co-operate with the City authorities in the prosecution of the work. Furthermore, the Municipal ownership of the system insures a uniform and reasonable rate of rental for the under- ground space thus provided. 'Patapsco Rioer— Quarantine 51 SECTION OF BALTIMORE'S $11,000,000 DOCK SYSTEM Chesapeake Bay Market Boats Lumber Pier Steamships unloading fruits TH& B/VLTlMOF^e^ BOOK (Industrial Section) INDUSTRIAL ADVANTAGES OF BALTIMORE i'^^.'S MANUFACTURER must have facilities for assembling raw material at his plant. He must have facilities for gettmg a finished product on the market, and he must have a MARKET. Baltimore furnishes these accessories. First — The City has splendid railroad service in all direc- tions. It offers transportation facilities by water that are un- excelled. It is a great seaport, foreign and coastwise. It also utilizes the great Chesapeake Bay and its numerous tributaries, thus connecting with scores of towns and landings, penetrating far into Maryland and Virginia. Second — Baltimore is the natural feeder of its immediate vicinity in all directions. It has at home about 700,000 persons for whom it must provide ; but it has another natural market — that tremendous area to the South and Southwest and West. This is Baltimore's undisputed sphere of industrial and com- mercial influence. Third — No Chinese Wall, in the form of excessive freight rates, separates the manufacturer from his market. Baltimore enjoys lower rates than other cities, as the table of comparative rates, given elsewhere in this book, will show. Fourth — The manufacturer in Baltimore is not harrassed by labor troubles. Fifth — Manufacturing implements — machinery, apparatus, mechanical tools actually employed in the manufacture of articles of commerce — are not taxed in Baltimore for City purposes. Sixth — Insurance rates on manufacturing and mercantile es- tablishments in Baltimore are lower relatively than in other cities. Seventh — Power, fuel and light are cheap. Wheels turn more economically in Baltimore than anywhere else. 53 Ui O TH& BALT1MORL& BOOK BALTIMORE'S TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS The business associations of Baltimore, particularly the large central bodies, are important elements in the City's commercial and industrial life. There are a number of such organizations and they exert a tremendous influence. Though they have their respective spheres, they are bound by ties of business and social relationship. By cohesive action and unity of purpose they have time and again made their influence felt to the mutual benefit of the City and the thousands who maintain business relations with it. Through them the business interests of Balti- more operate upon an organized and systematized basis. The good effect is not merely local, for Baltimore is the great com- mercial and industrial headquarters of thousands of miles of territory. Organization and combined force have not only helped those who trade in Baltimore, but are largely responsible for placing the City in the front rank of the great commercial centers of the country. The usefulness of these associations is not confined to the avenues of trade. They have been aggressively active in the many successful projects for the proper civic development of Baltimore, and are vital forces in the City's welfare, Fire Boat "Deluge" 55 SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIES Drydock Dewey Magnetic Cranes General View, Md. Steel Co.'s Plant A Baltimore Built Ship BALTIMORE'S GREAT INDUSTRIES MANY ENTERPRISES FLOURISH IN THIS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT Baltimore leads in Canning and Preserving; Millions worth of Fertilizer shipped; the great Straw Hat Industry; foremost Clothing Manu- facturing Centre; Copper Refining; large Cotton Duck Plants; Steel Rails; Shipbuilding Interests, etc.; cheap Light and Fuel; no Labor Troubles. [QC^^^^Wd HERE are within the City limits of Baltimore cQ^ (31/^ square miles) 2502 manufacturing estab- r^<3 lishments, comprising 123 specific industries, em- (^%:=^:^ ploying 81 ,843 wag-e-earners, who are paid annu- ally $41,747,000. The annual value of their output is $188,o90,000. The capital represented by these enterprises amounts to $165,293,000, not including the value of rented buildings. The Baltimore Industrial District ( 1 5 miles square, contiguous to and including the City) produces annually manu- factured products to the value of $265,000,000. This makes Baltimore one of the foremost industrial centers of the United States. 57 BALTIMORE'S PICTURESQUE HARBOR Chesapeake Bay Pungies Unloading tropical fruits Immigrants disembarking THCr BALTINIOF^B BOOK LEADS IN CANNING AND PRESERVING Baltimore ranks first among the cities of the United States in the canning and preserving industry, which employs thousands of workers. Its annual product is valued at millions of dollars. MANUFACTURE OF CLOTHING In the manufacture of clothing Baltimore occupies a leading position, the value of this product amounting to $41,000,000 annually. This industry employs 24,000 persons. Most of this clothing is of the higher grades. There are 325 establish- ments, some of them the largest in the world. SHIPS MOST FERTILIZER More fertilizer is shipped from Baltimore than from the combined manufacturing plants of any other State. THE GREAT STRAW HAT INDUSTRY The straw hat industry is represented by establishments em<. ploying thousands of hands, producing millions of dollars' worth of goods yearly. COPPER The copper smelting and refining works and copper- smithing in Baltimore represent for plants an investment of $20,000,000. Baltimore has the largest copper refining plant in America. Copper exported from Baltimore during the year ending October 31, 1913, amounted to 134,000 tons. Baltimore's industrial activity extends to so many branches that it is impossible to discourse specifically upon all, but the following are some of the chief enterprises, in many of which 59 TH& B/\LTIMORlB book the City leads, and in all occupies a foremost position as a producer : IRON AND STEEL FERTILIZER STRAW HATS CLOTHING CANDY COPPER CANS FLAVORING EXTRACTS SOAP BOTTLE STOPPERS SHOES OYSTER INDUSTRY COTTON DUCK MEDICINES GAS ENGINES UMBRELLAS STEEL RAILS DRUGS, SPICES, TEAS, COFFEE ROASTING CANVAS AND LEATHER BELTING SLAUGHTERING AND MEAT PACKING SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS, LUMBER PRINTING AND PUBLISHING FLOUR AND GRIST MILLS BREAD AND BAKERIES FURNITURE CAR BUILDING GAS RANGES, WATER HEATERS AND GAS METERS GLASSWARE, BOTTLES AND WINDOW GLASS STOVES, RANGES AND PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES CANNING AND PRESERVING VEGETABLES MACHINERY AND MACHINISTS' SUPPLIES TOBACCO (cigars AND CIGARETTES) SHIRTS, OVERALLS, ETC. 61 CQ cc a UJ > V Di < ^ z 2 .2 < to 1 I T3 UJ C -J a C/) n CO en n 2 o c to s a < c U o > a cc d CC UJ Uu CO J X J j_, < (0 u -v TH& BALTIMORLEr BOOK ELECTRIC POWER FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA l^i^S^^ HERE has been developed for Baltimore a 3^ tremendous source of electric energy. Across icjpi the Susquehanna River, at McCall Ferry, is the iC^ ^==^ ^^^ third longest dam in the vv^orld, exceeded only by the dams at Keokuk, Iowa, on the Mississippi River, and at Assouan, on the Nile. Behind this barrier, w^hich is half a mile long, 55 feet high and 65 feet thick, the Susquehanna River forms a lake eight miles in length. Their foundations resting on the bed rock of the river, the power-house and dam contain 300,000 cubic yards of con- crete. The power-house provides space for ten units, with a total maximum capacity of 1 35,000 horse-power. From McCall Ferry, in a straight line, the steel towers and the aluminum cables of the transmission line stretch to Balti- more, 40 miles away, where the harnessed river drives the wheels of the City's industries and lights the homes and streets. Independent steam generating stations, storage batteries and an unexcelled distribution system assure adequate, efficient, never-failing service. Baltimore offers the manufacturer cheap electric power in abundance. The rates for electric power in Baltimore are the lowest on the Atlantic Seaboard. The harnessed river furnishes the power necessary to propel the street cars of the extensive transit system of Baltimore and its suburbs. Power from the Susquehanna moves the trains in the Belt Line Tunnel of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, beneath the City of Baltimore, one of the earliest electrically- operated tunnels in the world. The entire power requirements of the Maryland Electric Railways Company, which operates the converted steam road connecting Baltimore with Annapolis, come from the same source. Abundant power at low rates, with an efficient and compre- hensive service, gives Baltimore a tremendous advantage, which no manufacturer can afford to overlook. 63 PLAY- GROUND SCENES Recreation centers have a telling influence on city life THEr BALTIMORE BOOK NO LABOR TROUBLES Baltimore has practically no labor troubles. After the great fire, the City was rebuilt without one strike. Owing to conditions that obtain in no other large community, the capitalist and laborer maintain a status which enables them to operate to their mutual interest, and to the benefit of the whole industrial situation. Baltimore seems totally unaffected by those periodic gusts of labor agitation that sweep over one section of the country or another, unsettling conditions, causing industrial distress and financial loss. The City is exceptionally fortunate in this respect, primarily because of natural conditions. The working class is enabled to live well. The abundance of seasonable foodstuffs at reason- able prices, cheap rents, the opportunity to buy homes on the easiest terms are elements which contribute to the contented condition of the laboring man. In Baltimore he gets the most out of life for himself and his family. The average laborer owns his home. Tenements are practically unknown. Then there is plenty of work and plenty of workmen. Industrial tranquillity lasts the year round. Jl Bee Hive of Industry 65 TH& BALTIMORLe BOOK BALTIMORE'S FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Few cities enjoy the enviable reputation of Baltimore for sound financial methods, or have a larger number of success- fully conducted banks and trust companies. Baltimore is noted for its excellent banking facilities. There has not been a bank failure in Baltimore for many years, and the conflagration of 1 904, which caused a loss esti- mated at $125,000,000, resulted in no embarrassment to the City's financial organizations, except that arising from the destruction of buildings. There is ample capital in Baltimore for legitimate enter- prises. It is not a City given to the encouragement of "wildcat" schemes, but sound projects can find substantial backing. BONDING The first bonding or surety company was organized in Bal- timore. This City occupies a commanding position in this branch of finance. Millions of dollars are invested here in bonding enterprises. The assets of numerous companies total millions. They have branches practically all over the world; in fact, Baltimore is the bonding headquarters of the world. INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS Baltimore has a series of modern "Industrial" or "Beehive" buildings, whe^e heat, light, power and space in proportion to the large or small needs of any and all kinds of industries can be had on terms and conditions attractive even to infant enter- prises. This enables enterprises to be started without the usual capital outlay required for investment in land and building. It offers to local industries and to those outside the City, desiring to establish operations here, every essential factory requiremen: that can be obtained by the most successful manufacturers. 67 I) TH& B/\LTIlMORLe^ BOOK (.Commercial Section) COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION A Splendid Harbor; Grain rapidly handled; low Freight Rales; Magnificent Piers; Steamship Lines; Great Railroads, with termi- nals at deep water, centre in Baltimore; Colossal Municipal Piers; Great Jobbing Trade; Plants and Machinery Exempt from Taxa- tion, etc. ^•^Tlip™^^^.- ^ reason of its geographical location, the City, ^ LMji^B^^^' trom the very first days of the "iron horse," be- //^^Pq) J )) came a railroad center. It has, also, always been [ iL--^^^ ^^^^;^->£;: one of the important seaports of the country. That Baltimore lived and thrived may be attributed to its natural maritime advantages. It early became a distributing point for merchandise that came over all seas and from all lands. It sent, and still sends, back ships burdened with products of every section of this country. Long before steam became the propelling force of commerce, Baltimore's supremacy was assured. The Baltimore clipper was famous ; it was sailing every sea and was seen in every port. The City has a largely-developed trade in every respect, particularly through the South. Being of the South, this seems natural, but Baltimore is not dependent upon sentiment alone. As the metropolis of the South, Baltimore is the natural source of supply of this section, and its trade throughout the vast country is large and ever-increasing. Nor is Baltimore's sphere of commercial influence confined to the great region south of the Mason and Dixon Line. Its merchants are invad- ing the North. They have captured a good percentage of trade of Pennsylvania and New York State, and are success- fully operating in the Ohio Valley. As a jobbing center, Baltimore ranks third among the cities of the United States. Its trade represents approximately $400,000,000 annually. 69 THCr B/\LTIMORlE B00I\ THE HARBOR OF BALTIMORE Baltimore has a splendid harbor. The channel leading from Baltimore is 35 feet deep and 600 feet wide, and there is a project under way to deepen it to 40 feet and to make it 1 000 feet wide. Baltimore is on the Patapsco River, a tributary of Chesa- peake Bay, and is about 150 nautical miles from the Atlantic Ocean as vessels travel. The harbor may be said to begin where the Patapsco and the bay meet, about 1 4 miles from the center of the City. There are 1 8 miles of dockage and waterfront within the contracted City limits, and many times that area in the im- mediate environs. Baltimore harbor, even within the City limits proper, can accommodate the largest vessels. Such, for instance, as liners of 20,000 tons displacement or more enter and leave Balti- more harbor. Baltimore has a busy waterfront. It is very picturesque and is a shelter for all manner of craft, from the ponderous Atlantic liner to the Chesapeake Bay oyster pungy. Typical Chesapeake Bay Steamer 71 TH& Br^LTlMOR^Er BOOK GRAIN RAPIDLY HANDLED Baltimore has long been justly famous for handling quanti- ties of export grain and has largely contributed to the nation's wealth through these facilities. Railroads had the foresight to build the present terminal elevators, which have a capacity of 5,000,000 bushels, and to properly equip them with dryers to give "out of condition" grain deserved attention. They also established great terminal yards with facilities for rapid and safe unloading of cars. The elevators can place 2,000,000 bushels of grain aboard vessels in a day, and this capacity will soon be increased. Vessels are loaded while in deep water alongside the elevators, avoiding the use of lighters and floatmg elevators. The railroads have m every other way supported the efforts of grain merchants, who, for years, have labored to make this a favored market for domestic and export grain. Baltimore Chamber of Commerce weighing and inspection departments are models of their kind, giving confidence and security at home and abroad. Much Canadian grain comes to Baltimore for export and is handled so satisfactorily that tonnage is constantly increasing. On grain for export from the Great Lakes there is a differ- ence of three-tenths of a cent per bushel in Baltimore's favor, compared with New York and Boston. Nine-tenths is the present difference in Baltimore's favor on grain from the West, arriving all rail. One of Baltimore's Great Grain Elevators 73 son TH D/IKOTA jB/sma.ric • Grand PorAt ^ i 1 1 I yib*rdeen.O ' 1 SOUTH 9 Pie f re DAKOTA QCra-wforeL JiE BR/lSK/1 I JVirt^ VJafteo Om.*te.a./eo L L. ^ J :j- ToJ^AOte KAfiSJlS ojiec/c/e Cify / / / <'^ VO'^.orO^ This should be consulted ir^y comparative figures how^ much CJahimore r^OMPARA TIVE freight rate tables and mile- ^^ age schedule, which shows conclusively the great advantage enjoyed by Baltimore, because of its geographical location. 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The railroads, Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania and West- ern Maryland, have carfloats, large docks with warehouses, cranes and facilities for receiving, storing and shipping all kinds of raw material and manufactured articles. Lighterage com- panies have a multiplicity of tugs, scows and lighters, expediting commerce of the port. The Baltimore and Ohio system has domestic and export elevators, hay sheds, terminals and storage warehouses, coal piers, and maintains general offices in Baltimore. The Balti- more and Ohio freight yards are extensive and reach all por- tions of the City. About 10,000 employees are located in Baltimore. The Pennsylvania Railroad system has division offices in Baltimore and extensive terminals. The company's export and domestic elevators, hay sheds and many terminal and storage warehouses are of the usual high type, and a new passenger station facilitates travel. The Western Maryland Railway, like the other railroads above named, has freight terminals in the business district and storage warehouses at convenient locations. In addition, docks and warehouses on the waterfront give it opportunities for prompt handling of export, import and domestic shipments. The co-operation between the Western Maryland and New \ork Central lines through the extension from Cumberland to Connellsville, and connection with the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, greatly benefits Baltimore, since new tonnage is 81 NEW UNION STATION. PENNA. R. R. MT. ROYAL STATION. B. & O. R. R. TH& BALTlMORLEr BOOK handled between Baltimore and the West under attractive conditions. The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, operating be- tween Baltimore and York, Pa. {11 miles), has a large dairy and slate, as well as suburban passenger, business. The Canton Railroad is a terminal railroad of Baltimore offering connecting line switching service on advantageous terms to industries located on the extensive waterfront property of the Canton Company. PLANTS AND MACHINERY THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION Under a City Ordinance, authorized by an Act of Assembly, mechanical tools, implements, machinery and manufacturing apparatus, actually employed in the manufacture of articles of commerce in Baltimore, are exempted from City taxes, pro- vided application be made annually before a specified time. Following is a table of exemptions from 1896 to 1913: 1896 $3,405,055 1897 4,695,518 1898 4,829,912 1899 4,178,945 1900 5.593,270 1 901 4,67 1 .730 1902 4.875,396 1903 5,734,446 1904 6,203,784 1905 6,177,262 1906 7,527,328 1907 8,067.442 1908 8 842,573 1909 8,878,644 1910 9,434,978 191 1 9,829,312 1912 10.406,817 1913 11.415,660 83 THCr B/ALTIMORE BOOI\ COAL AND COKE The position Baltimore occupies in its ability to move, by rail and water, bitummous coal from the enormous deposits in Maryland and West Virginia gives the City a commanding position in the soft coal trade. There are 5,000,000 tons of coal annually exported from Baltimore. Baltimore consumes 1 ,000,000 tons a year. The United States Collier Neptune recently took on at one of the coal piers 15,000 tons in one day. The short haul on coke from the ovens to Baltimore and nearness of limestone deposits make this City an ideal place for the smelting of ore from Cuba and Spain. Steel can be manu- factured into railroad supplies under advantageous conditions and sent by water at low cost to home and foreign ports. Great Piers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 85 THt^ B.ALTIMOI^E BOOK STEAMSHIP LINES Baltimore, being one of the great ports of the Atlantic Coast, is in constant commercial intercourse with all parts of the world. There is a score or more hnes of steamships en- gaged regularly in foreign trade, and they are represented by a multiplicity of vessels. Foreign steamship lines having regular sailings from Balti- more are: Johnston Line, Baltimore to Liverpool. North German Lloyd, Baltimore to Bremen. Holland-America Line, Baltimore to Rotterdam. Lord Line, Baltimore to Belfast, Cardiff and Dublin. Atlantic Transport Line, Baltimore to Havre and London. Hamburg-American Line, Baltimore to Hamburg. United Fruit Co. Line, Baltimore to Port Antonio, Jamaica. Red Star Line, Baltimore to Antwerp. Furness Line, Baltimore to Leith. Creole Line, Baltimore to Italy. English-American Line, Baltimore to Huelva, Spain. Scandinavian-America Line, Baltimore to Copenhagen. United Fruit Company, Baltimore to Santo Domingo. Atlantic Fruit Company, Baltimore to Jamaica. Atlantic Fruit Company, Baltimore to Cuban ports. Munson Line, Baltimore to Havana and Colon. Earn Line, Baltimore to the West Indies. Lanasa & Goffe Importing and Steamship Company, Balti- more to Port Antonio, Jamaica, and Cuban ports. Aside from the above, there are hundreds of steamships of the "tramp" or transient class, which are constantly arriving or leaving port; also that rapidly vanishing class of vessels, the "square riggers." 87 TH& BA^LTIMOR^e BOOF\ Steamships which regularly ply between Baltimore and Atlantic Coast ports are fitted for first-class passenger service as well as freight. Commodious steamers leave daily, going north and south, carrying hundreds of passengers and tons of freight. It is estimated that 1 3,000 craft of all character sail be- tween Baltimore and pomts on Chesapeake Bay and its tribu- taries. These vessels traverse all navigable waters of Mary- land and Virginia, touching at the larger cities and numerous obscure landings. Bay steamers, as a rule, are large and modern, having excellent passenger accommodations. The oyster pungy, other small sailing craft and a multitude of power boats carry much of Baltimore's Chesapeake Bay com- merce. Great Grain Elevators of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 89 A GLIMPSE OF THE SUBURBS The country is very picturesque and offers limitless opportunities for splendid development THEr BALTIMOR^E BOOK {Domestic Section) LIVING CONDITIONS Baltimore a City of Owned Homes; Reasonable Food Prices; Cheap Rents and Fine Markets; Excellent Street Car Service; Excep- tionally Good Climate; Oysters, Crabs and all Edibles in Abund- ance; Baltimore offers a Great Opportunity to "Live Well." S&?^£^^?PT has been stated that Baltimore is a City of • y ^ homes. It is more than this. Bahimore is a City ^''^^^ of OWNED homes. Houses of any class maybe ^^:2#J purchased upon terms that place OWNERSHIP within reach of the most humble wage-earner. The report of the British Board of Trade, which made an exhaustive inquiry into the cost of living in American cities, lends force to this statement. It says: "House ownership among the working classes of Baltimore has made great progress, and among American cities Baltimore claims to take a leading place in this respect. *Tn 1900, 20.5 per cent, of all private dwellings in the City were owned unencumbered by their occupants; 7.4 per cent, were owned, but encumbered, while 72.1 per cent, were hired. The number of building loan societies is very large, some 200 having meeting places in the City. "The future owner (purchaser) must, as a rule, provide about one-third of the proposed cost of the dwelling, and the society advances the balance and issues shares to the same amounts, upon which interest of 6 per cent, is charged until they are paid up; but in the meantime the borrower is entitled to dividends upon these shares. "The single family dwellings enjoy an absolute predomi- nance in Baltimore," says the report. 91 SUBURBS OF BALTIMORE Well paved streets and boulevards, flanked by stately mansions ) TH& B.ALTlMOREr BOOI\ *'In 1900 the percentage of families in dwelling-houses occu- pied by one family was 72.6, while the percentage in dwelling- houses occupied by two families was 20, and the percentage in dwelling-houses occupied by three of more families was 7.4." This same report goes on and describes Baltimore as a "City of practically no tenements,'* as the tenement evil is understood in connection with other cities, and is authority for the state- ment, which is a well-known and established fact, that a house in Baltimore can be rented for about one-half a similar house in a like neighborhood can be rented for in New York. Baltimoreans, at least, know how to live. Of the 1 1 5,243 private dwellings in the City, about 50 per cent, are two stories in height, modern in every detail, and are usually very attrac- tive. Many of the latest styles are "detached," have orna- mental bay windows, and each, by law, must be provided with a bathtub and the best sanitary appliances. A real home in Baltimore is within reach of all. And this home is on a good street, in a respectable neighborhood. Balti- moreans are not stowed away in the uppermost stories of un- healthy, insanitary tenement houses, with dubious and doubtful associates under the same roof, and in an atmosphere of social, physical and moral impurity. Baltimore has many stately mansions amid the environment of wealth and dignity, which are very impressive, but the thou- sands of small dwellings, sheltering thousands of contented families, each dweller in his or her own "castle," offer a splendid object-lesson. The excellent system of street car lines enables a person to reach any part of Baltimore for a 5-cent fare, which also in- cludes one free transfer. This is a great boon to the wage- earner who desires to live in the open, away from the office, factory and workshop. 93 BALTIMORE MARKETS Three views of Lexington Market, possibly the most famous in the country i) TH& BALTIMORE BOOI\ BALTIMORE MARKETS The habit of "going to market" is so fixed a custom, and so generally practiced as a part of the domestic routine by the Baltimore housekeeper, that markets are supported and flourish as they do nowhere else. Moreover, the markets, on market days, are one of the sights of the City. Few strangers come to Baltimore who do not join the picturesque throng at one of these centers. To see these markets in "full blast" is indeed in- teresting. Not only the markets themselves, but all approaches for squares take on the market environment. Along the streets are hundreds of wagons, converted into stalls, and scores of improvised shops line the curb; the flower girl, the ubiquitous faker, the country folk, the thrifty housewife, making her dis- criminating purchases, is a spectacle well worth witnessing. Lexington Market is the most noted and is, possibly, without a serious rival in the country. It is very central, being con- tiguous to, in fact within, the retail shopping district. It is three squares long, but the market's "sphere of influence'* ex- tends for squares in all directions. All markets are owned and under the control of the Mu- nicipality. Centre Market, built after the fire of February, 1 904, on the site of Marsh Market, which was destroyed, is a splendid mod- ern structure. It cost $500,650 and extends from Baltimore to Pratt street, three blocks. There are two great halls over the northern (Baltimore street) end, which are used by the night classes of the Maryland Institute. Twelve hundred pupils may be comfortably accommodated here. There is also another large hall above the produce section, which will seat 2500 persons. The wholesale and retail fish market, connected with the Centre, has been pronounced the most complete in the world. The Baltimore markets are: Belair, Canton, Centre, Cross Street, Fells Point, Hanover, Hollins, Lafayette, Lexington, Northeast, Richmond. 95 BALTIMORE'S FOOD SUPPLY Produce and Fish Markets TH& BALTIIMORLer BOOK A NOTED FOOD SUPPLY CENTER ■::^'"i|piii^j|S^^ markets are a success because i)iw™"^^^' ^^ ^^^ great variety and character of the food- /A^^q)B jl stuff s on sale. The investigators for the British l^^—n^^^ ^^i:;^:! Board of Trade, who recently made a study of living conditions in American cities, were struck by this ad- vantage, and in their report said: "Baltimore is a noted food supply center — -fruits, vegetables, dairy products, poultry and meat are produced in the fertile districts of the State of Maryland, and the shores of the Chesa- peake are especially favorable for those branches of agriculture. The City is remarkable among the large cities of the United States for the abundance and varied character of its retail markets. In the principal districts of the City are covered markets, where all kinds of meat, vegetables, fruit, butter and eggs are on sale." The report also refers to the extensive patronage enjoyed by the markets, and the great number of butcher stalls receive particular mention. Baltimore is singularly fortunate as lo food supply, as the British report says. Things regarded as luxuries elsewhere are here matters of every-day commonplace diet. The City being situated within two hours' ride of the mountains, and at the very door of a great trucking region (the adjacent counties of Mary- land), has a wonderful advantage. The great Chesapeake Bay and the Patapsco River yield up an enormous supply of crabs, oysters and fish. Several lines of steamers bring tropical fruits in abundance. Maryland is the home of the terrapm and the canvas-back, and Baltimore is the gastronomic center, where these delicacies are prepared and where they are consumed in large quantities. Baltimore offers the best of foodstuffs in abundance; its markets bulge with the products of the season; reasonable prices make it possible for those of limited income to enjoy the benefits of these exceptional advantages, facts that contribute to Balti- more's reputation as an exceptionally desirable place of residence. 97 WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND VICINITY This is the first monument erected to George Washington TH& B/\LTIM0R:E book MISCELLANEOUS SECTION Population; Baltimore a Leading Educational Center; Aquatic Sports; Theatres; Hotels; Churches; Monuments; Climate; Points of Interest; Chronological History from 1608 to 1913. ^^^^^^js^*^^^ VERY unique situation is presented in connection with the enumeration of the population of Balti- more. According to the United States Census Report for 1910, its population within the City limits is 558,485; while its population, including those persons who reside just beyond the City limits, is 647,884. This condition was of sufficient import to call from Director Durand of the Census a special report (August, 191 1). In this he refers to the distinction to be made in favor of Balti- more when comparing the population of cities. The numerical peculiarity concerning Baltimore's population arises from the fact that its corporate limits have not been extended corre- spondingly as the City's inhabitants have multiplied. The census reports show that Baltimore has actually grown apace, and is the most densely populated City in the country, but that thousands of Baltimoreans who live "just over the line" are not listed as residents. At the same time they are not divided from the corporate limits by squares of unimproved lots, but live on well-paved streets, in "built-up" sections which, in some instances, extend a mile beyond the present limits. According to the census, 90,000 persons thus outside the technical bounds are so essentially a part of Baltimore in their business and social relations that they should be included when a comparison of cities is made. Baltimore has 31-3 square miles within its contracted limits, and its population within these bounds is, according to the census, 558,485. St. Louis, with 61 ^j square miles, twice the area of Baltimore, has a population of 687,029. St. Louis ranks fourth, but Baltimore would no doubt arise to dispute that claim if its area were doubled. 99 GOUCHER (Woman's College) COLLEGE ■I it !»«*,:** M> MARYLAND INSTITUTE -School of Art and Design i THEr BALTIMORlE B00I\ BALTIMORE AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER Baltimore, as a center of learning, is proud of one of the leading institutions of the world — the Johns Hopkins Univer- sity. This is the foremost mstitution in the United States de- voted to research work. The great Johns Hopkins Hospital, with its Medical School and other educational features, is unequaled by any similar organization. It, too, is world famous. The Goucher College of Baltimore, formerly the Woman's College, has a fixed place among the advanced educational institutions of the country. The City also boasts of the Peabody Institute, the Mary- land Institute of Art and Design, the Walters Art Gallery, which is far-famed; the Enoch Pratt Free Library, with its multiplicity of branches; the Maryland University, with its various departments of learning, and a score of other institu- tions devoted to culture and intellectual pursuits. Aside from these, there are the Baltimore public schools, with their several colleges. These are referred to at length elsewhere. There are many medical colleges in Baltimore, as well as others devoted to law. The City, in fact, may be aptly de- scribed as a "College Town." Thousands of students, repre- senting not only this but almost every country of the civilized world, have received and are receiving their education in Balti- more, which occupies a commanding position in the arts, sciences and culture generally. For the study of painting, music and sculpture, Baltimore offers unexcelled opportunities, and large numbers of pupils from various sections are taking advantage of these. The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery is the oldest college of this kind in the world. 101 TH& BALTIlMORLEr BOOK BALTIMORE'S EXCELLENT CLIMATE Baltimore has an excellent climate. The City is so situated that it does not experience the extremes of weather. It is free from the rigors of the North and yet it is not inflicted with the continued enervating heat of the South. The changing seasons are one of the delights of the locality. There is no monotony; no prolonged hot, dry spell to face in summer, and no long, dreary, severe winter, with its accompanying hardships. The winters are short, being relieved by beautiful spring and fall conditions. The rainfall is well distributed throughout the year and destructive storms are practically unknown. Baltimore is, likewise, free from all other elemental disturb- ances, which, in some sections, are a source of constant unrest, if not actual peril. AMPLE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Baltimore has splendid hotels. In this respect it is abreast of any city of the country of its size, and far ahead of the majority. Just at present it is better equipped than ever, owing to the recent establishment of several large hotels. These are great institutions, designed on a large scale, built on a large scale, and operated in accordance with advanced ideas and methods. There are scores of hotels, so the visitor will have no diffi- culty finding accommodations at reasonable rates. Baltimore as a "Convention City" has entertained thousands of visitors without inconvenience to guests, and it is now better prepared than ever to assume this agreeable responsibility. 103 THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND PEABODY INSTITUTE THEr BALTIMORlB BOOK AMUSEMENTS-AQUATIC SPORTS-THEATRES Miles of waterfront afford Baltimoreans unlimited oppor- tunities for aquatic sports. Yachting, boating, crabbing, fishing are pastimes within reach of the most humble. Any man may have his little power or sail boat, which at once extends his suzerainty, not only over the Patapsco River, but the great Chesapeake Bay. Here he may disport himself at will. Baltimore offers a great opportunity to the man with a boat. A race on the Patapsco, between the trained crews of rival clubs, is a sight never to be forgotten. The pleasure seeker, who disdains the lure of salt water and the thrills of the nibble, has a splendid collection of theatres, including grand opera, for Baltimore boasts of first-class, whole- some amusement features, where the cream of the passing show may be seen. The City's theatres are all modern and com- modious, and public taste demands and receives the best that the stage has to offer. M^^ liPiT'^p^'iPfr S^ *^ The Shepherd and his Flock — Druid Hill 'Park 105 THPr B ALTIMOR^B^ BOOK POINTS OF INTEREST IN BALTIMORE Note: — The places listed are .^.«*' THl— BALTIMORE BOOK INDEX •^ PAGE Amusements 1 05 Annex, Street Improvements m 11 Aquatic Sports 1 05 Area of Baltimore City 57 Armory, Fifth Regiment 20, 22, 143 Art Gallery, Wallers 101 Articles Manufactured in Baltimore 57, 59, 61 Ashburton Park 37 Ashland Square 35 Awards, Board of 31 B Baltimore College of Dental Surgery 101 Baltimore, Government of 31 Baltimore Harbor 2a, 28, 31, 58, 60, 71, 115, 155, 157 Baltimore in 1 752 2a Baltimore, Map of 157 Baltimore Monument, Lord 1 34 Baltimore (or Battle) Monument 108, 132 Baltimore Street 48, 106, 144 Baltimore Trade and Industrial Organizations 55 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 29, 63, 68, 81, 82, 85, 86, 89 Baltimore and Panama Frontispiece II Baltimore and Vicinity (Map) 3 Banner Centennial, National Star-Spangled Frontispiece I Baths, Public 42, 43 Battle (or Baltimore) Monument 108, 113, 132 Battleship New Hampshire 88 Bee Hive Buildings 67 Bee Hive of Industry 65 Belair Market 95 Belt Line Tunnel 63 Board of Awards 31 Board of Estimates 31 Board of Trade Report, British 91, 93, 97 Boat Lake, Druid Hill Park 13 Bo-Lin Square 37 Bolton Park (Mt. Royal Station) 37 Bonding 67 Brewer Square 37 British Board of Trade Report 91, 93, 97 Broadway 25, 38 Broadway Squares 35, 38, 1 50 Builders' Exchange 27 155 TH& B/\LTIIMORLe^ BOOK [ INDEX— Continued B — Conlinued PAGE Buildings, Bee Hive 67 Buildings, Industrial 67 Buildings, Public (See Points of Interest) . .6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 22, 30, 143 Burnt District 2a, 1 55 Burnt District Commission 9 Business Section, Night View of 145 C Callow Triangle 37 Calvert Monument, Caecilius (Lord Baltimore) 134 Calvert Street 108 Canton Market 95 Carroll, Fort 152 Carroll Park 34, 35 Centennial, National Star-Spangled Banner Frontispiece I Centre, Industrial 57 Centre, Jobbing 69 Centre Market 95, 96 Chamber of Commerce 27, 73, 75 Charles Street 37, 1 18, 146, 147 Chronologically Arranged History of Baltimore 1 19-139 Chesapeake Bay 71 , 89, 97 Churches 126, 128 City College 44, 45 City College Lot 37 City Council 31 City Engineer 31 City Government 7-51, 31 City Hall 6, 30 City Plan, Commission on 21 City Register 31 City Solicitor 31 Civic Centre 21 Clifton Park 34, 35 Climate 103 Clinic, The Henry Phipps Psychiatric 41 Coal Piers 74 Coal and Coke 85 College, City 44, 45 College Lot, City 37 College Fraternity Dance 140 Colleges (See Schools). CoUington Square 35 Commerce and Transportation 6^ Commercial Influence, Baltimore's Sphere of 74a Commercial Section 69-89 Commissioner of Health 41 15b THCr E3/VL>TIMOR:& BOOK INDEX— Continued C. . C — Continued PAGE ommissions: Burnt District 9 City Plan 21 Municipal Factory Site 27 Paving 11 Comptroller 31 Conduit System, Electrical Underground 51 Confederate Home. . . . : 1 53 Confederate Soldiers and Sailors' Monument 122 Conservatory, Druid Hill Park 36 Convention, National Democratic 143 Court House 8 Cross Street Market 95 Custom House, United States 12 D Dam on Gunpowder River at Loch Raven 18 Dam on Susquehanna River at McCall Ferry 62, 63 Deluge, Fireboat 55 Democratic National Convention 143 Dental Surgery, Baltimore College of 101 Dining-Rooms, Hotel 141, 142 Disposal Plant, Sewerage System 15, 16 Distances from Eastern to Southern and Western Cities, Table of . . 80 Docks 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 84, 85, 86, 151 Docks, Municipal 9, 24, 25, 26, 28, 52, 58 Domestic Section 91-139 Druid Hill Park 13, 23, 32, 35, 36, 105 Druid Hill Park Boat Lake 13 Drydock Dewey 56 Dwellings 91, 93 Eastern City Springs Square 35 Eastern Female High School 44, 45 Easterwooji Park 37 Educational Center 101 Electrical Conduit System, Underground 51 Elevators, Grain 54, 72, 73, 89, 151 Enoch Pratt Free Library 101, 102 Establishments, Manufacturing 57 Estimates, Board of 31 Eutaw Place Squares 35, 120 157 t3>\LTlMORLe BOOK INDEX — Continued F PAGE Facilities, Teminal 72. 74, 81, 83, 84, 85 Factory Site Commission, Municipal 27, 29 Federal Hill Park 35 Federation of Labor 27 Fell's Point Market 95 Female High Schools 44, 45 Fifth Regiment Armory 20, 22, 143 Fifth Regiment Armory Parking 37 Filtration Plant 19 Financial Centre 66 Financial Institutions 67 Fireboat Deluge 55 Fire Department 4/ Apparatus 13, 46, 47 Buildings 13 High Pressure Pipe Line 11, 47 Fire of 1904 2a, 7, 9,25, 95, 155 Fish Market % Food Supply Center 9/ Fort Carroll 1 52 Fort McHenry Frontispiece I, 43, 49 Fort McHenry 43, 49 Franklin Square ^^ 35 Fre Fre Fre Fre Fre Fre ght Rates from Western Points _• 79 ght Rates to Southern Points 76, 77 ght Rates to Western Points 73 ght Sheds and Grain Elevators 54 ght Warehouses 54 ....ght Yards 50, 68, 84 Frick Triangle 3/ Fulton Avenue Squares 35 G Girls' High Schools 45 Goucher College 100, 101 Government of Baltimore 31 Grain Elevators 54, 72, 73, 89, 151 Grain-Handling Facilities 73 Grain Rates ^^ Green Spring Avenue 3/ Gunpowder River j^ Gunpowder River Dam at Loch Raven 18 Gwynn's Falls Park •^' H Hanover Market 95 Harbor of Baltimore 28, 31, 58. 60. 71. 155, 157 158 THn H.AI.'I I^lOh^K P5C:)OI\ INDEX— Continued H — Continued PAGE Harlem Park 35 Health, Commissioner of 41 Heahh Department 39 Health cf Baltimore 39 Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic 41 Herring Run Park 37 High Pressure Pipe Line (Fire Department) 11, 47 Highways: Jones Falls 7, 21 Key 11, 21. 23 History of Baltimore I 1 7- 1 39 Hollins Market 95 Homes, Owned and Rented 91 Hopkins Hospital, Johns 40, 41, 101 Hopkins Mansion, Johns 34 Hopkins University, The Johns 101 Hospitals 39, 40, 41, 51, 101, 150 Hotel Accommodations 103 Hotel Dining-Rooms 141, 1 42 Howard Monument, John Eager 130 I Immigrants 58 Immigration Pier ^ 86 Industrial Advantages 53 Industrial Buildings 67 Industrial Centre 57 Industrial District, Baltimore 57 Industrial Section 53-67 Industrial and Trade Organizations 55 Industry, Bee Hive of 65 Influence, Baltimore s Sphere of Commercial 74a Institutes (See Schools). Institutions, Financial 67 Interest, Points of 1 07- II 5 J Jackson Square 35 Jobbing Centre 69 Johns Hopkins Hospital 40, 41, 101 Johns Hopkins Mansion, Old 34 Johns Hopkins University, The 101 Johnston Square 35 159 TH^i^ H Al.riMOF^e h30C)K INDEX— Continued J — Continued PAGE Jones Falls 21 Jones Falls (Lake Roland Reservoir) 19 Jones Falls Highway 21 Journal, Municipal 29 K Key Highway 11, 21, 23 Key Monument 132 L Labor, Federation of 27 Labor Troubles, No 65 Lafayette Market 95 Lafayette Square 35 Lake Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad 81 Lake Montebello 45 Lake Roland 19 Latrobe Park 37 Lazaretto Lighthouse 115 Lee, Robert E 152 Lexington Market 94, 95 Lexington Street 110 Liberty Triangle 35 Library, Enoch Pratt Free 101, 102 Lighting System 144, 145, 146, 147 Light Street Wharf 60, 70 Linden Avenue Triangle 37 Lines, Steamship 87, 89 Living Conditions 91 Loch Raven Dam on Gunpowder River 18 Loch Raven Reservoir 19, 37 Locust Point 50, 63 Lord Baltimore Monument 134 M McCall Ferry, Dam on the Susquehanna River 62. 63 McHenry, Fort Frontispiece I, 43, 49 McLane, Robert M 9 Machinery and Plants Exempt from Taxation 33 Madison Square 35 160 TH& 13AL>THV10R/& BOOK INDEX— Continued M — Continued PAGE Manufacturing Establishments 57 Map of Baltimore I 57 Map of Baltimore and Panama Frontispiece II Map of Baltimore and Vicinity 3 Maple Place 37 Market Place 25 Markets 94, 95. 96 Maryland Electric Railroad 63 Maryland Institute 95. 100. 101 Maryland Steel Company's Plant 56 Maryland University 101. 1 04 Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad 83 Mayor 4, 31 Mayor James H. Preston 4 Merchants and Manufacturers Association 27 Merchants and Manufacturers Association, Old Town 27 Merchants and Travelers Association 27 Miscellaneous Section 99- 1 54 Mondawmin Squares 37 Monuments (See Points of Interest) 98, 108, 122, 124. 130. 132, 134, 139, 150, 165 Mt. Royal Avenue 122 Mt. Royal Pumping Station 17 Mt. Royal Station 82 Mt. Royal Squares 35, 122 Mt. Royal Terraces 35, 148 Mt. Vernon Squares 35, 98, 124. 130 Municipal Docks 9, 24. 25, 26. 28. 52 Municipal Factory Site Commission 27 Municipal Hospital 39 Municipal Journal 29 N National Convention. Democratic 143 National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Frontispiece I Neptune. United States Collier 85 New Hampshire. United Stales Battleship 88 Night Views of: Baltimore Street |44 Business Section 145 Charles Street 1 46, j 47 Normal School, State 1 02 Northeast Market 95 Northern Central Railroad 72, 84, 151 161 TMiir HAI/riMORR ROOK INDEX— Continued p ' PAGE Panama and Baltimore Frontispiece II Park Place Squares 35 Parks and Squares 13, 23, 32. 33, 34, 35, 37. 38, 42, 98. 120. 124. 150 Patapsco River 51, 71, 97, 151 Pavmg Commission II Peabody. George 1 65 Peabody Institute 101. 104 Pennsylvania Railroad 27. 81. 82. 84, 151 Perkins Spring Square 35 Philadelphia Road Triangle 37 Phipps Psychiatric Clinic 41 Piers: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 85, 86 Coal 74 Immigration 86 Light Street 70 Municipal 9. 24, 25, 26, 28, 52, 58 Northern Central Railroad 72, 84, 151 No. 4 25 Recreation 9 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad 81 Plants and Machinery Exempt from Taxation 83 Playgrounds 64 Playground Association 33, 35 Poe. Edgar Allan 150 Poe Monument 1 34 Points of Interest 107-1 15 Police Buildings 11 Police Department 49 Polytechnic Institute 45, 138 Population of Baltimore City 99 Population of Baltimore City and Suburbs 99 Postoffice 10 Pratt Free Library, Enoch 101, 102 Pratt Street 25, 1 16 Preston, James H. (Mayor of Baltimore) 4 Produce Market, Wholesale 96 Public Balhs 42. 43 Public Buildings 6. 8, 10. 12. 20, 22, 30, 49, 143 Pumping Station (Sanitary Sewerage System) 1 5 Pumping Station, Mt. Royal ("Water Department) 17 Quarantine Station 39, 41, 51 162 THf^ RAI/riMORf^ ROOK INDEX— Continued Kauroads: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 29. 81 . 82. 85, 86. 89 Maryland Electric Railroad 63 Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad 83 Northern Central Railroad 72. 84. 151 Pennsylvania Railroad 27, 81. 82, 84, 151 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad 81 Western Maryland Railroad 9, 29, 74, 81 Railroad Terminal Facilities 81 , 83 Real Estate Exchange 27 Recreation Pier 9, 25 Reservoirs '9, 37 Revolutionary War Monument 132 Richmond Market 95 Riggs Triangle 37 Rivers: Patapsco 51. 71, 97 Susquehanna 62. 63 Riverside Park 34, 35 S Sewerage System, Sanitary 9, 14, 15, 16, 17 Sew^erage Disposal Plant 15. 16, 17 Sewerage Pumping Station 15 Schools 44, 45, 95, 100, 101, 120. 150 Sharp Street 114 Sheds, Freight 54 Shepherd at Druid Hill Park 105 Shipbuilding Industries 56 Soldiers and Sailors Monument 1 39 South Street 66 Sports. Aquatic '05 Squares and Parks (See Points of Interest) .... 1 3. 23, 32. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 42, 98, 120. 124. 130. 150 Star-Spangled Banner Centennial, National Frontispiece I Star-Spangled Banner (or Key) Monument '32 Stations: Mt. Royal (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) 82 Union (Pennsylvania Railroad) 82 Steamship Lines 87. 89 Street Car Service 93 Street Paving ' ' Streets 38. 48, 66, 106. 108, no. 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150 Suburbs of Baltimore 90. 92, 99 Swann Park 37 Swimming Pool (Patterson Park) 34, 42 Sydenham Hospital , 39, 41 163 THi^ E3.AI>TlMOR& BOOK INDEX — Continued T PAGE Taney Place 35 Taxation, Machinery and Plants Exempt from 83 Teachers' Training School 45 Terminal Facilities 72, 74, 81 , 83, 85 Theatres 1 05 Trade and Industrial Organizations 55 Transportation and Commerce 69 Travelers and Merchants Association 27 Troubles, No Labor 65 Tunnel, Belt Line 63 u Union Square 35 Union Station 82 Universities (See Schools). University of Maryland 101, 104 University Parkway 149 V Venable Park '. 37 Vocational Schools 45 w Wage-Earners and Wages 57 Wallace Monument 134 Walters Art Gallery 101 Warehouses, Freight 54 Washington Monument 98, 124, 130 Washington Place Squares 35 Waterfront 7i, 136 Water Pipe Line, High Pressure 11 Water Supply 11, 17, 18, 19, 37, 45 Watson Monument (Mexican War) 130 Western Maryland Railroad 9, 29, 74 Wharf, Light Street 60, 70 Wharves (See Piers). White Way, The Great 144 Wilkens Avenue Squares 35 164 INDEX— Concluded W — Continued PAGE Wildey Monument (Odd Fellows) 1 50 Woman's College 100, 101 Wyman Park 37 Y Yards. Freight 50, 68. 84 Young Men s Christian Association I 54 George Peabody, Founder Peabody Institute 165 BALTIMORE'S CELEBRATION OF THE NATIONAL STAR-SPANGLED BANNER CENTENNIAL, SEPTEMBER, 1914. Baltimore has held many large and successful celebrations, but the most elaborate and brilliant in its history will be the observance of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the successful defense of Baltimore at North Point and Fort McHenry, the birth of the national anthem, the achievement of national independence and a century of peace and progress. The program will extend from September 6th to 13th. On Sunday, September 6th, there will be patriotic sermons and addresses in all the churches of the City. In the afternoon there will be a grand musical festival in Druid Hill Park by mass orchestra and the United Singing Societies of Baltimore, and in the evening there will be a brilliant illumi- nation of the City. Monday will be devoted to the welcoming of dis- tinguished visitors, to the unveiling of tablets and monuments by patriotic societies and to the arrival and reception of the famous frigate Constel- lation, and the battleships and cruisers which the Navy will send for the week of the celebration. In the evening there will be a general illumi- nation of the City, with band concerts located in different sections, so that the spirit of the whole anniversary may be enlivened. On Tuesday there will be an Industrial Parade, which is expected to display most of Baltimore's four thousand different industries. It is expected to have features that have never before been seen in a procession of this kind and it will consume practically all of the day. In the evening there will be another illumination of the City, with band concerts in different sections. In fact, these band concerts and the general illumination will be arranged so as to last throughout the week. On Wednesday the fraternal orders will hold the largest parade in the whole history of fraternalism in the United States. These orders have been prime movers in the Centennial work and they will have expensive floats, which will add greatly to their display. This work has called forth a mass of detail, which is an in- dication of the deep interest taken in the event by the different societies. Thursday will be Municipal and Athletic Day, with contests in the morn- ing, with unveiling of tablets and monuments by historic societies in the afternoon and with the historical floats depicting different events in history in the evening. On Friday will be the great Army and Navy Day, with a military parade of many thousand troops, including the Army and Navy and the National Guard, along with detached companies. In the evening will be a banquet to the President of the United States and his Cabinet, the Governors of the different States, the visiting officers of the Army and Navy and specially invited guests. The climax will come on Saturday, which will be The Star-Spangled Banner Day. The flag will be escorted through the highways of the City to Fort McHenry, whose successful defense gave Francis Scott Key the inspiration for his song. The escort will consist of the President of the United States, of the Governors of the different States and of distinguished and specially in- vited guests, and of troops from the eighteen Slates which formed the Union when "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written. On the arrival of this procession at Fort McHenry, President Wilson will deliver an address and "The Star-Spangled Banner" will be sung by a human flag composed of thousands of school children of Baltimore. On the evening of Saturday there will be a display of fireworks, reproducing many features of the battle. Sunday, September 13th, will be Peace Day and the exercises will take place in the churches of the City. ;* LRB S % \v V LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 368 440 4