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Fort  Wayne— Retroscope  and  Protoscope 

Fort  Wayne — namesake  of  the  hero  of  the  Battle  of  Fallen  Timbers — - 
is  the  metropolis  of  Northwestern  Indiana  and  provides  the  municipal  wants 
of  a  well-settled  territory  more  than  100  miles  in  diameter.  The  span  of 
Its  civic  life  is  more  than  a  century — linking  the  present  generation  with 
that  of  General  Mad  Anthony  Wayne — the  great  warrior  of  a  white  race 
contending  not  only  for  the  supremacy  of  the  white  man's  civilization  over 
the  profligate,  unproductive  tenancy  of  the  age-old  red  race,  but  also  for 
the  liberty  of  a  Republic.  For  the  message  of  the  Battle  of  Fallen  Timbers 
was  one  that  proclaimed  the  region  of  the  Maumee's  source  and  Michigan's 
peninsula  American  territory,  instead  of  a  British  dependency.  The  founder 
of  the  City  of  Fort  Wayne  gave  to  the  people  the  title  of  Citizen  and 
not  Subject.  The  decisive  battle  was  fought  in  17  94  and  soon  thereafter  the 
stockade  was  built  at  the  juncture  of  the  St.  Mary's  river  and  the  St. 
Joseph,  running  in  opposite  directions  and  uniting  to  form  the  Maumee, 
a  stream  that  empties  at  Toledo  into  Lake  Erie. 

Fort  Wayne  is  the  capital  of  Allen  County — named  for  one  of  Wayne's 
brave  Kentuckians,  commander  of  a  regiment.  The  county  is  the  largest 
in  the  State,  and,  while  Fort  Wayne  is  the  third  city  in  point  of  population 
by  the  census  of  1910,  it  is  second  in  postoflSce  receipts  and  wage  averages. 
That  is  to  say,  a  very  large  part  of  Fort  Wayne's  population  is  highly  paid 
wage  workers — the  best  bunch  of  spenders  on  earth.  This  means,  of  course, 
large  and  jirosperous  retail  stores,  important  jobbing  interests  and  several 
hundred  factories.  It  further  means  a  host  of  active,  busy,  salaried  men, 
middlemen,  professional  men  etc.,  all  uniting  to  make  a  city  of  no  mean  size 
or    influence. 

Fort  Wayne's  products  are  sold  in  every  State  of  the  Union  and 
several  thousand  carloads  annually  find  their  way  to  foreign  countries. 
Fort  Wayne  is  the  seat  of  great  electric  works,  knitting  mills,  washing 
and  road  building  machinery,  gas  making  machinery,  oil  tanks,  rolling 
mills,  flouring  interests,  foundries,  wearing  apparel  factories,  soap  factories, 
woodworking  enterprises,  etc.  The  total  number  of  manufacturing  i)lants 
is  nearly  300,  with  an  annual  payroll  of  approximately  ten  million  dollars. 
Commercially,  therefore,  Fort  Wayne  is  in  the  front  rank  of  the  growing 
cities  of  the  Middle  West.  In  all  that  makes  for  strenuous  and  prosperous 
business  conditions,  this  city  is  well  equipped. 

Fort  Wayne  is  on  the  main  line  of  the  Pennsylvania,  Wabash,  Nickel 
Plate  and  Grand  Rapids  railroads  and  three  other  steam  lines  find  terminals 
here.  Four  interurban  roads  daily  deliver  several  thousand  shoppers  into 
the  heart  of  the  city.  There  are  two  other  interurbans  soon  to  be  built. 
Fort  Wayne  is  therefore  a  railroad  center  for  immense  passenger  and  freight 
traffic.  The  prospective  factory  can  nowhere  find  a  better  location  for 
shipping  facilities.  In  the  not  distant  future  there  will  be  a  great  barge 
canal  floating  unbroken  cargoes,  loaded  at  New  York,  destined  for  Chicago 
or  St.  Louis,  or,  at  Chicago  or  St.  Louis,  destined  for  New  York.  The 
capacity  of  the  trunk  lines  of  railroads  is  reaching  the  limit.  The  heavy 
freight  of  the  west  must  find  its  way  to  the  seaboard  by  a  water  route 
connecting  Lake  Erie  and  Lake  Michigan  through  Fort  Wayne.  Nature 
hps  provided  the  water  in  Northern  Indiana's  five  rivers  and  hundreds 
of  lakes,  and  the  glacial  streams  of  a  million  years  ago  carved  a  valley 
and  left  a  triturated  soil  easy  of  excavation  for  this  great  work  of  modern 
times.  The  vision  is  not  a  dream — it  is  one  of  the  unborn  realities  shaping 
in  the  Bosom  of  Time  under  the  Paternity  of  a  Great  Country's  Necessity. 

Fort  Wayne's  religious  organizations  took  a  religious  census  a  few 
years  ago  and  those  who  did  the  field  work  reported  that  not  a  man  or 
woman  in  all  the  scores  of  thousands  interviewed  confessed  himself  or 
herself  an  Atheist.  Fort  Wayne  is  a  city  of  churches  with  a  large  number 
of  Lutheran,  Catholic,  Methodist,  Presbyterian,  Episcopal,  Jewish  and  other 
parishes  and  congregations.  It  is  the  seat  of  the  Catholic  diocese,  the 
home  of  the  Bishop,  and  it  is  one  of  the  largest  constituencies  of  the 
Missouri  Synod  (Lutheran).  The  churches  raise  many  thousands  of  dollars 
annually  for  benevolent  and  missionary  purposes.  The  Lutheran  Church 
maintains  a  school  for  boys,  Concordia  College,  with  several  hundred  stu- 
dents, for  whom  the  United  States  Government  provides  a  military 
instructor. 

Fort  Wayne  has  for  many  years  been  adding  annually  several  miles 
of  paved  streets  and  cement  sidewalks.  It  is  engaged  in  a  movement  that 
will  eventually  give  every  street  a  brick  or  asphalt  surface  and  every  side- 
walk will  be  cement.  It  has  many  miles  of  fine  shade  trees  lining  the  streets. 
It  has  more  than  one  hundred  acres  of  parks  and  nine  miles  of  river  front. 
The  city  has  established  a  tax  for  river  front  improvement  purposes,  and 
during  1911  will  have  a  fund  of  $15,000  to  spend  for  boulevarding  and 
parking  the  river  frontage.  It  has  laid  out  jilans  for  civic  improvement 
that  will  greatly  beautify  the  city  in  the  next  decade. 

Of  the  public  buildings  in  Fort  Wayne  the  Court  House  is  easily  first. 
It  is  built  of  Bedford  stone,  marble  lined,  with  stairways  of  striking  archi- 
tectural beauty.  The  dome  is  a  masterpiece  of  graceful  silhouette.  The 
Court  House  would  be  creditable  as  the  Capitol  of  any  State.  The  school 
houses    of    Fort   Wayne   are    being    rebuilt   along   lines    of    social    settlement 


thought — nmkinii  them  the  social  centers  of  their  community.  The  hotels- 
are  now  firoproof.  tl'eaters  are  in  keepins  with  a  metroiiolis,  and  the  stores 
and  wholesale  houses  are  in  step  with  the  city's  growth.  The  local  traction 
company  has  a  million-dollar  turbine  engine  jiower  house.  The  Country 
Club,  the  Elks'  Hall,  the  Turn-  Verein,  the  Commercial  Club  and  other 
social  organizations  jirovide  beautiful  and  attractive  resorts.  The  Scottish 
Rite  Cathedral  is  a  marvel  of  architertural  art,  being  the  finest  building 
in  the  country  devoted  exclusively  to  Scottish  Rite  Masonry.  There  are 
1,400  members  in  its  jurisdiction. 

Fort  Wayne  owns  its  water  works,  pumping  pure  water  from  rock 
wells,  and  owns  also  an  electric  li.ght  plant  costing  $300,000.  It  is  gov- 
erned by  the  municipal  code  of  Indiana,  which  seeks  to  center  responsibility 
in  the  Mayor.  The  city  is  progressive,  enterprising  and  jirosperous,  with 
a  high  rating  for  peace  and  good  order.  Its  labor  conditions  are  always 
satisfactory  because  of  the  sympathy  and  responsiveness  of  employer  and 
employed.  Labor  is  well  organized,  but  is  wisely  led.  The  capitalists  of 
Fort  Wayne  are  first  of  all  men — American  men — believing  in  the  measures: 
that  promote  the  common  welfare. 

Fort  Wayne  is  the  ideal  of  those  who  dwell  in  cities.  Come  cast  your 
lot   with   us. 

Fort  Wayne's  population  1910,  65,000. 

Fort  Wayne's  postal  receipts  1900,  $93,912.00;    1910,  $298,183.22. 


FORT  WAYNE'S   COMPARATIVE   BANKING  FIGURES. 


Deposits. 

1900    $5,289,332    84 

1910     17,893,459    04 

Increase    $12,604,126    20 

238  Per  Cent. 


Capital. 

$1,150,000 

2,110,000 

960,000 
83  Per  Cent. 


Surplus  and 
Undi.  Profits. 
$     985,954    03- 

1,123,851    85 

437,897    82 
6  3  Per  Cent. 


FORT  WAYNE'S  SUPERIOR  ADVANTAGES  IN  FREIGHT  RATES. 


From  the  standpoint  of  railroad  rates  and  transportation  Fort  Wayne- 
is  one  of  the  most  favored  cities  of  the  country.  Fort  Wayne  is  able  to- 
reach  all  of  the  New  England  States,  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland, 
Virginia  and  Ohio  at  lower  rates  than  either  Chcago,  111.,  or  Grand  Rapids,. 
Mich.  The  two  cities  named  are  selected  for  purposes  of  comparison  for 
the  reason,  first,  that  Chicago,  in  addition  to  being  one  of  the  greatest 
manufacturing  centers  of  the  country,  is  the  rate-basing  point  of  the  entire 
I'nited  States;  second,  that  Grand  Rapids,  a  city  of  approximately  twice 
the  size  of  Fort  Wayne,  is  in  large  part  maintained  by  her  manufactories. 
The  appended  tables  will  show  that  Fort  Wayne  possesses  in  all  cases  equal 
and  in  some  cases  superior  advantages  to  either  city  in  the  matter  of  rates: 
Rates  to  New  York 

Class  and   Rate 

City.  First.   Second.   Third.     Fourth.     Fifth.        Sixth. 

From    Fort    Wayne 67|  58i  45  Zli  27  22J 

From    Grand    Rapids 72  62^  48  33J  29  24 

From    Chicago 75  65  50  35  30  25 

Rates  to  New  England  points  are  10  per  cent,  higher  in  each  class 
from  all  of  these  points  than  to  New  York,  and  to  Philadelphia  they  are  2 
cents  and  Baltimore  3  cents  less  in  each  class. 

To  Buflfalo  and  Pittsburg. 

Class  and  Rate 

Citv.  First.   Second.   Third.    Fourth.     Fifth.        Sixth. 

From    Fort    Wayne 41  35  26  18  15  12 

From    Grand    Rapids 44J  38J  29  20i  17J  14J 

From    Chicago 45  39  30  21  18  15 

To  Cincinnati. 

Class  and   Rate • 

City.  First.   Second.   Third.     Fourth.     Fifth.        Sixth. 

From    Fort    Wayne 33  2Sh  22  15  12  9i 

From    Grand    Rapids 43  36J  27J  19  16  13 

From    Chicago 40  34  25  17  15  12 

To  New  Orleans  and  the  Southern  and  Southeastern  territory  Fort 
Wayne  enjoys  equal  rates  with  Chicago  and  lower  rates  than  Grand  Rapids. 
To  the  entire  Pacific  coast  Fort  Wayne  has  the  same  rates  that  both  Chicago- 
and  Grand  Rapids  have. 

These  same  distinct  rate  advantages  are  had  by  Fort  Wayne  from  all' 
this  vast  territory,  a  factor  of  first  importance,  affording,  as  it  does,  a 
lower  rate  in  the  securing  of  raw  material  as  well  as  a  lower  rate  in  the- 
distribution    of    finished    products. 

These  rate  advantages  compel  attention  to  Fort  Wayne  as  a  manu- 
facturing and  distributing  center,  while  Fort  Wayne's  superior  transporta- 
tion facilities  add  greatly  to  the  attractiveness.  No  city  in  the  State  of  In- 
diana can  present  such  advantages  in  freight  rates. 

If  further  information  is  desired  it  will  be  furnished  by  the  Secretary 
of  the  Commercial  Club  of  Fort  Wayne. 


PATRONS  OP  THIS  PUBLICATION. 


BANKS. 

Bank  of  Wayne,   127  E.  Berry. 

The  Citizens'.  Trust  Co.,  cor.  Berry 
and.   Clinton. 

Commercial  Bank,  817  Calhoun. 

First  National  Bank,  cor.  Berry 
and  Calhoun. 

German-American  National  Bank, 
721   Court. 

Hamilton  National  Bank,  cor. 
Main  and   Calhoun. 

Nuttman  &  Co.  Bank,  132  E.  Main. 

The  Old  National  Bank,  cor.  Berry 
and  Calhoun. 

The  People's  Trust  &  Savings  Co., 
913-15  Calhoun. 

Tri-State  Loan  &  Trust  Co.,  813- 
1.5    Calhoun. 

MAM'FAfrrHIXG,       WHOLESALE 
AND   JOBBING   INTERESTS. 

American  Steel  Dredge  Co.,  Mfg. 
of  Modern  Dredges  and  Steam 
Shovels. 

S.  Bash  &  Co.,  Seeds,  Hides  and 
Wool,   12  2-2  6  W.   Columbia. 

Bass  Foundry  &  Machine  Co.,  Mfg. 
of  Car  Wheels,  Castings,  Boilers, 
Corless  Engines  and  Hammered  Iron 
and  Steel  Forgings. 

Berghoff    Brev/ing    Association. 
The  Boss  Mfg.  Co.,  Mfg.  of  Cotton 
Gloves    and    Mittens,    Superior    and 
Calhoun  and  Hanna  and  Wallace.    L. 
I.   Scott  Mgr. 

S.  F.  Bowser  &  Co.,  Inc.,  Mfg.  of 
Oil  Tanks  and   Pumps. 

C.  L.  Centlivre  Brewing  Co. 
Clark  Fruit  Co.,  Wholesale  Fruits 
and   Vegetables,    2  01-3    E.    Columbia. 
Craig    Biscuit    Co.,    115-21    Mont- 
gomery  St. 

Deister  Concentrator  Co.,  Mfg. 
Deister  Concentrating  and  Slime 
Tables. 

The  Geo.  DeWald  Co.,  Wholesale 
Dry  Goods  and  Furnishings,  101-3 
B.   Columbia. 

Myron  Downing  Bakery,  Bread 
Bakery,   119-21  E.  Jefferson. 

Fred  Eckert  Packing  Co.,  Pork 
and  Beef  Packers,  1823  W.  Main. 

The  Engineering  Co.,  Structural 
and   Ornamental   Iron  Works. 

Farnas  Ice  Cream  Co.,  610-15  La- 
fayette  St. 

Fort  Wayne  Artificial  Ice  Co., 
1000   Wells. 

Fort  Wayne  Auto  Motor  Co.,  G.  W. 
Bowersox,  Mgr. 

Fort  Wayne  Boc  Co.,  Mfg.  all 
kinds  Paper  Boxes,  cor.  Superior  and 
Calhoun. 

Fort  Wayne  Cement  Stone  Co. 
Fort  Wayne  Corrugated  Paper  Co. 
Fort  Wayne  Dairy  Co.,  cor.   Baker 
and  Fairfield  Ave. 

Fort  Wayne  Drug  Co.,  Wholesale, 
cor.  Wayne  and   Harrison. 

Fort  Wayne  Electric  Works,  Mfg. 
of  Complete  Equipment  for  Power 
and  Lighting  Plants. 

Fort  Wayne  Eng.  &  Mfg.  Co. 


Fort  Wayne  Foundry  &  Machine 
Co.,  Structural  Iron  Works.  A.  W. 
Pickard,  Mgr. 

Fort  Wayne  Iron  Store  Co.,  Heavy 
Hardware,    21. '.-19   E.    Columbia. 

The  Fort  Wayne  Oil  &  Supply  Co., 
.Jobbers  in  Plumbing  and  Heating 
Supplies,    225-7    E.    Columbia. 

Fort  Wayne  Provision  Co.,  Whole- 
sale  Meats,   219   E.   Columbia. 

Fort  Wayne  Rolling  Mill  Co.,  Mfg. 
of  Merchant  Bars,  Bands,  Twisted 
Concrete  Bars,  Small  Angles,  Chan- 
nels, T's,  Crescents,  etc.,  in  Iron  and 
Steel.  Capacity  50,000  tons  per  an- 
num. 

Samuel  M.  Foster  Co.,  Makers  of 
Ladies'  Waists. 

F.  G.  Gauntt  Mfg.  Co.,  Mfg.  of 
Concrete  Mixers,  Mixers  and  Blend- 
ers for  all  purposes. 

Wm.  Gleake,  Contractor  in  Cut 
and  Ornamental  Stone  Work,  400- 
422   Pearl   St. 

General  Electric  Co.,  Lamp  Works. 
The    Geyser    Oil    Tank    Co.,    Mfg. 
Liquid   Handling  Equipments.     E.  B. 
Siler,  Mgr. 

The  W.  M.  Griffin  Co.,  Importers 
and  Mfg.  Chemists. 

Haffner  Star  Bakery,  333-35  E. 
Lewis. 

Hanna-Brackenridge  Co.,  Mfg.  Wood 
Working  Machinery. 

Hiet-Miller-Lau  Co.,  Candy  Man- 
ufacturers,  113-17   E.   Jefferson. 

Horton  Mfg.  Co.,  Mfg.  of  High 
Grade   Washing   Machines. 

Ideal  Auto  Co.,   1413-17  Clay. 
The  Independent  Rubber  Co.,   121 
B.    Columbia. 

Indiana  Electric  Co.,  Wholesale 
and  Retail  Dealers  of  Electric  Sup- 
plies,  610   Clinton. 

Indiana  Lighting  Co.,  1027  Cal- 
houn. 

Indiana     Paint     &     Varnish     Co., 
Wholesale  and    Retail,   201   E.   Main. 
Indiana    Road    Machine    Co.,    Mfg. 
of   Road   Making  Machinery. 

International  Harvester  Company 
of  America,  J.  W.  Wisehart,  Gen. 
Agt.,  327-37  E.  Columbia  St. 

Imperial  Hoop  Co.,  J.  J.  Hewit 
Sec,   Dwenger  Ave. 

M.  L.  Jones,  Kodaks  &  Photo  Sup- 
plies, Wholesale,   112  W.  Wayne. 

Keller  &  Braun,  Cut  Stone  Con- 
tractor,  436   Pearl. 

Kerr  Murray  Mfg.  Co.,  Mfg.  Gas 
Works  Apparatus  and  Gas  Holders, 
Steel  Tanks  and  Cast  Iron  Work. 

E.  B.  Kunkle  &  Co.,  Mfg.  Safety 
Valves,    817    Barr. 

Laurents  &  Hartshorn,  Wholesale 
Meats,  Dwenger  Ave. 

IMayflower  Mills,  Mfg.  of  Flour 
and  Feed,   118-20  W.   Columbia. 

Menefee  Art  Stone  Co.,  East  End 
Plant,  Thomas  St.;  West  End  Plant, 
Phoenix  St. 

Modrack-Woods      Co.,      Wholesale 
Mfg.    Jewelers    and    Optical    Jobbers, 
606-7-8  People's  Trust  Bldg. 
Wm.   Moellering,   Brick  Mfg. 


PATRONS  OF  THIS  PUBLICATION. 


MooUerinfi;  Bros.  &  Millard, 
Wholesale  Grocers,  llO-li;  W.  Co- 
lumbia. 

Peter  A.  Moran  Ice  Co.,  SOI  Mon- 
roe. 

Mossman-Yarnelle  &  Co.,  Whole- 
sale Heavy  Hardware,  cor.  Pearl  and 
Maiden  Lane. 

National  Handle  Co. 

The  National  Mills  Supply  Co., 
Jobbers  in  Mill  and  Factory  Sup- 
plies.   209-11    E.    Columbia. 

Old  Fort  Knitting  Mills,  Mfg. 
Hosiery. 

The  P.  H.  Supply  Co. 

The  Packard  Piano  Co.,  Mfg.  of 
The  Packard  Piano. 

Paragon  Mfg.  Co.,  Mfg.  Shirt 
Waists. 

The  Paul  Mfg.  Co.,  Pulley  Mfg. 

H.  Pfeiffer  &  Son,  Wholesale  and 
Retail  Hardware,  10  7-9  E.  Colum- 
bia. 

Phoenix  Screen  &  Awning  Co., 
1227  California  Ave. 

A.  H.  Perfect  &  Co.,  Wholesale 
Grocers,   440-46   E.   Columbia. 

Perfection    Biscuit   Co. 
Peerless  Washing  ^Machine  Co. 

B.  C.  Pickett  &  Sons,  Mfg.  of 
Wagon  and  Automobile  Stock,  Lawn 
Mower  Handles,  etc. 

C.  T.  Pidgeon  Millinery  Co., 
Wholesale,  cor.  Wayne  and  Harri- 
son. 

Princess  Mfg.  Co.,  Working  Shirts. 

L.  Rastetter  &  Sons,  Mfg.  Buggy 
Bows. 

C.  C.  Schlatter  &  Co.,  Wholesale 
and  Retail  Hardware,  202-6  E.  Co- 
lumbia. 

Summit  City  Soap  Works. 

Van  Arnam  Mfg.  Co.,  Plumbers' 
Supplies. 

B.  S.  Vail  &  Co.,  Furnaces  and 
Sheet  Metal  Works,  714-16   Barr. 

Washburn-Crosby  Co.,  Gold  Medal 
Flour,  J.  R.  Mitchell  Mgr.,  .5  2  0-21 
Shoaff  Bldg. 

Wayne  Paper  Goods  Co.,  N.  E. 
cor.  Calhoun  and  Jefferson. 

Wayne  Knitting  Mills,  Mfg.  Hos- 
iery. 

Wayne  Spoke  and  Bending  Co. 

Western  Gas  Construction  Co., 
Gas  Engineers.  Builders  of  all  ap- 
paratus required  by  coal,  w-ater  and 
oil  gas  plants. 

Paul  E.  Wolf  Bedding  Co.,  619-21 
Clinton. 

Wm.  Wunderlin  &  Co.,  Hides, 
Wool,  Furs  and  Junk,  cor.  Lafayette 
and  Columbia. 

AUCHITECTS. 

Frank  F.  Allen,  209  Elektron 
Bldg. 

R.  A.  Bradley,  308  Bank  Block. 

Griffith  &  Fair,  5th  floor  Bass 
Block. 

John  F.   King,  Kappel  Bldg. 

Henry  W.  Meyer,  918  Calhoun. 

J.  M.  E.   Riedel,  Schmitz  Block. 


Ralph  M.  Snyder,  Engineer  and 
Architect,   920   Shoaff   Bldg. 

B.  S.  Tolan,  Old   Natl.   Bank  Bldg. 

C.  R.  Weatherhogg,  Hamilton 
Natl.    Bank   Bldg. 

AITOMOIULES    AND    (JARAGE. 

Brosius-Sesline  Automobile  Co., 
117  E.  Columbia. 

Electric  Garage,  207  E.  Main. 

Randall  Motor  Car  Co.,  116  W. 
Wayne. 

Fort  Wayne  Auburn  Auto  Co.,  205- 
E.    Columbia. 

AUCTIONEER. 

H.  W.  Sigrist,  Real  Estate  Auc- 
tioneer, 611-12  Shoaff  Bldg. 

BICYCLES. 

Brosius  &  Brosius,  Wholesale  and' 
Retail   Bicycles,   12  6   E.    Columbia. 

CIGARS  AND  TOBACCO. 

Albert  C.  Alters,  Wholesale  and 
Retail,  702  Calhoun  St. 

Louis  F.  Aumann,  Mfg.,  920  Cal- 
houn. 

Blitz-Becker  Cigar  Co.,  Wholesale 
and  Retail,   822   Calhoun. 

Cooney  Bayer  Cigar  Co.,  Mfg.,  cor. 
Barr  and  Wayne. 

Al  Riegel,  Retail,  N.  E.  cor.  Cal- 
houn and  Main. 

Schirmeyer  Bros.,  Retail,  cor. 
Calhoun  and  Wayne  and  cor.  Cal- 
houn   and    Jefferson. 

Wayne  Tobacco  Co.,  Wholesale, 
119    E.   Washington   Blvd. 

CLOTHING  AND  SHOES. 

Bessette-Rose-Strasburg,  Clothiers, 
714   Calhoun. 

Dukes  Clothing  Co.,  626-8  Cal- 
houn St. 

E.  J.  Golden,  The  Hatter  and  De- 
signer of  Fine  Clothing,  734  Cal- 
houn. 

Lehman's  Clothing  House,  808- 
Calhoun. 

Patterson-Fletcher  Co.,  Clothiers, 
724   Calhoun  St. 

Pixley  &  Co.,  Clothiers  and  Fur- 
nishers, W.  C.  Stellhorn  Mgr.,  118 
E.    Berry. 

Saul's  Ready-to-Wear  for  Men 
and  Women,  A.  L.  Crinns  Mgr.,  12  0- 
22   E.  Wayne. 

Scroggy  Co.,  Pingree  Shoes,  814 
Calhoun. 

The  Shields  Clothing  Co.,  722  Cal- 
houn. 

COAL  AND  WOOD. 

Aubrey  Coal  Co.,  Winter  St.  and 
Wabash   R.   R. 

Fort  Wayne  Coal  Co.,  cor.  Pearl 
and  Fulton. 

Moderwell  Coal  Co.,  Fulton  St., 
N.  Y.,  C.  &  St.  L.  R.  R. 

Pioneer  Coal   Co.,   217-41   Murray. 


PATRONS    OF   THIS   PUBLICATIOX. 


CONFECTIONERY. 

A.  C.  Aurentz,   826  Calhoun. 
Columbia   Candy  Kitchen,   Geo.   T. 
Pantazin  Prop.,   1002   Calhoun. 

COUNTY    COREVIISSIONERS. 

John    B.   Wyss. 

F.  William   Franke. 
James   D.    Butt. 

DANCING   ACADEMIES. 

Mulqueen  Dancing  Academy,  Min- 
uet  Bldg. 

Tanner's  Dancing  Academy,  21.5 
E.   Berry. 

DENTISTS. 

C.  L.   Baird,   413   Shoaff  Bldg. 
J.   S.   McCurdy,    82  9   Harrison. 

A.  H.  Heim,  202-3  People's  Trust 
Bldg. 

R.   S.  Viberg,  519   Shoaff  Bldg. 

DRUGGISTS. 

D.  &   N.    Pharmacy,    62  4    Calhoun. 
The  People's  Drug  Co.,  cor.   Berry 

and  Clinton. 

DRY    GOODS    AND    DEPARTMENT 
STORES. 

The  Frank  Dry  Goods  Co.,  Dry 
Goods  and  Carpets,  730  Calhoun. 

The  Meyers  Dry  Goods  Co.,  904 
Calhoun  St. 

The  Rurode  Dry  Goods  Co.,  De- 
partment Store,  708-12  Calhoun, 
111-15  W.  Main. 

Wolf  &  Dessauer,  Department 
Store,   119-2  9  W.  Berry. 

GROCERIES,     MEATS     AND     FISH. 

H.  P.  W.  Brinkroeger,  Groceries 
and  Provisions,   722  Harrison. 

G.  H.  Buck,  Fish  and  Sealshipt 
Oysters,   72  0   Harrison. 

H.  L.  Cline,  Groceries,  Dry  Goods, 
etc.,  1402  Creighton  Ave. 

Coverdale  &  Archer  Co.,  Gro- 
ceries and  Meats,  63  0-32  Harrison. 
Branch   2  02  8    Calhoun. 

HAIR    DRESSING    PARLORS. 

Inez  Kiefer,  Marinello  Parlors, 
210   W.    Berry. 

Miss  E.  C.  Rodenbeck,  Hair 
Goods,  Manicuring,  Chiropody,  etc., 
1004  Calhoun. 

HOTELS  AND  CAFES. 

Alt  Heidelberg,  Stag  Hotel  and 
Cafe,  Dan  Clemens  Prop.,  905-11 
Calhoun. 

The  Anthony  Hotel,  cor.  Berry 
and  Harrison. 

Baltes  Hotel,  cor.  Berry  and  Har- 
rison. 

Centlivre   Hotel. 

Hof  Brau,  H.  A.  Wiebke  Prop., 
cor.  Calhoun  and  Calumbia. 

The  Randall  Hotel,  Harrison  and 
W.  Columbia. 


Hotel  Rich,  Thos.  J.  O'Doud  Prop. 
Wayne    Hotel,    117-2  3    W.    Colum- 
bia. 

Weinand's  Lunch,   711   Court. 

.JEWELERS. 

August  Bruder  Co.,  82  9-31  Cal- 
houn   St. 

D.  B.  Stall,  1006  Calhoun. 
Trenkley  &  Koerber,  816  Calhoun. 

LAUNDRIES. 

Banner  Laundering  Co.,  425-31  E. 
Columbia  St. 

Crystal  Laundry,  126  W.  Superior. 
Troy  Laundry,  3  0  8-14   Pearl. 

LAWYERS. 

Ballou,  Hoffman  &  Romberg, 
8  0  4-S  Shoaff  Bldg. 

Barrett  &  Morris,  136  E.  Main. 

Wilber  G.  Carpenter,  4  2  2-2  4 
Shoaff  Bldg. 

Colerick  &  Hogan,  N.  E.  cor.  Berry 
and   Court. 

A.  G.  W.  Curdes,  219  Shoaff  Bldg. 

Frank  R.  Dulin,  9  0  7-8  Shoaff 
Bldg. 

T.  E.  Ellison,   814-16  Shoaff  Bldg. 

W.  A.  Ferris,  Physicians'  Defense 
Bldg. 

Harper  &  Eggeman,  614-17  Shoaff 
Bldg. 

A.  E.  Houk,  Pixlev-Long  Bldg. 

H.  Waveland  Kerr,  311  Shoaff 
Bldg. 

M.  H.  Lueke,  N.  E.  cor.  Court  and 
Berry. 

C.  M.  Niezer,  905-6  Shoaff  Bldg. 

Arthur  W.  Parrv,  618  Shoaff 
Bldg. 

P.  A.  Randall,  221-25  Shoaff  Bldg. 

Fred  B.  Shoaff,  819  Shoaff  Bldg. 

Somers  &  Kennerk,  301-2-3  Elek- 
tron  Bldg. 

Taylor  &  Hulse  (Patents),  Elek- 
tron   Bldg. 

Vesey  &  Vesey,  2  02-9   Bass  Block. 

LIVERY,    TRANSFER    AND    STOR- 
AGE. 

Brown  Trucking  Co.,  Moving  and 
General  Trucking,  Office  125  W.  Co- 
lumbia  St. 

Fort  Wayne  Transfer  Line,  116  E. 
Wayne. 

C.  W.  Fulton,  Hacks  and  Livery, 
215   E.   Main. 

Gus.  L.  Horstmann,  Hacks  and 
Livery,  210-16  W.  Main  St. 

INIotor  Transfer  Co.,  Office  An- 
thony Hotel. 

Myers  Livery,  119  W.  Washington 
Blvd. 

Pettits  Storage  Warehouse  Co., 
414   E.   Columbia. 

C.  J.  Ulmer,  Livery,  316-18  E. 
Main. 

Ll'MP.ER     AND     BUILDERS'     SUP- 
PLIES. 

Ed  M.  Baltes  &  Co.,  Builders'  Sup- 
plies. 312   Harrison. 


PATRONS   OF    THIS    PUBLICATION. 


Win.  Busliing  Supply  Co.,  Build- 
ers' Supi'lios.  401-15  Clinton  St. 

The  Fort  Wayne  Builders'  Supply 
Co..  John  Suelzer,  Jr.,  Manager,  S12- 
2  2   Hayden  St. 

K.  Gilniartin  &  Sons,  Lumber  Yard 
and  Planing  Mill,  Barr  and  Holman. 

Hilker  Bros..  Lumber  and  Planing 
Mill. 

Hoffman  Bros.  Co.,  Wholesale 
Lumber. 

Keith  &-  Miller,  Wholesale,  (Mfg. 
Agents^  913  Shoaff  Bldg. 

Rhinesmith  &•  Sinionson,  Lumber 
and  Special  Planing  Mill  Work,  cor. 
Lafayette  and  Murray. 

Jacob  Klett  &  Sons,  Planing  Mill, 
Lumber.  Shingles,  etc.,  cor.  Pearl 
and  Ewing. 

Wni.  Moellering's  Sons,  Dealers  in 
Building   Materials. 

Perrine-Armstrong  Co.,  Hardwood 
Lumber,  Mfg.  and  Wholesale  Deal- 
ers. 

NEWSPAPERS,      PKIXTERS      AND 
ENGRAVERS. 

The  Daily  News,  cor.  Main  and 
Clinton. 

Fort  Wayne  Engraving  Co.,  cor. 
Superior    and    Calhoun. 

The    Fort   Wayne   Sentinel. 

Fort  A\'ayne  Journal-Gazette,  TH- 
IS  Clinton. 

Globe  Printing  and  Binding  Co., 
301  E.  Columbia. 

Times-Herald  Press,  Publishing 
and   Printing,    Saengerbund    Bldg. 

PHOTOGRAPHERS. 

Miner's  Studio,   121   W.  Wayne. 
Parrott's    Art    Store    and    Studio, 
225-27  E.   Berry. 

E.  F.  Perry,  734-36  Calhoun. 
A.  Roggen,  1122  Calhoun. 

F.  Schanz,   922   Calhoun. 

PHYSICIANS. 

Albert  E.  Bulson,  Jr.,  Eye,  Ear, 
Nose  and  Throat,  219  W.  Wayne. 

E.  A.  Crull,  407  People's  Trust 
Bldg. 

H.  A.  Duemling,  301  W.  Creigh- 
ton. 

L.  L.  Gardner,  Ear,  Nose  and 
Throat,   306-8   Shoaff   Bldg. 

E.  E.  Morgan,  342  E.  Washington. 

H.  H.  Rogers,  Eyesight  Specialist 
and  Mfg.  Optician,  Anthony  Hotel 
Bldg. 

K.  L.  Seaman,  Osteopath,  312-13 
Shoaff  Bldg. 

REAL        ESTATE,        LOANS,        AB- 
STRACTERS AND  INSURANCE. 

Allen  County  Abstract  Office,  J.  C. 
Heller  Prop.,  725  Court. 

George  L.  Ashley  &  Sons,  Real 
Estate,  Insurance,  Loans  and  Invest- 
ments,   4  2  0-421   Shoaff  Bldg. 

M.  J.  Blitz,  Gen.  Insurance,  822 
Calhoun. 

City  and  Suburban  Realty  Co.,  320 
Shoaff  Bldg. 


Louis  F.  Curdes,  Real  Estate  and 
Investments,    219-2  0-21    Shoaff   Bldg. 

Geo.  D.  Crane,  Abstracts,  311 
People's  Trust   Bldg. 

W.  E.  Doud,  Real  Estate,  320 
Shoaff    Bldg. 

W.  V.  Douglass,  Real  Estate,  alsO' 
agent  for  Schmitz  Block,  926  Cal- 
houn. 

Dreibelbiss  Abstract  Co.,  John. 
Dreibelbiss    Brest.,    729    Court. 

The  Ellison  Realty  Co.,  A.  W.  S. 
Ellison,  Mgr.,  814  Shoaff  Bldg. 

Federspiel  &  Shorey,  Insurance. 
Agency  est.  1885,  628  Calhoun,  2d 
floor. 

D.  C.  Fisher,  Insurance,  Real 
Estate  and  Loans,  128  W.  Wayne. 

Monroe  W.  Fitch  &  Sons,  Farms,. 
City  Property  and  Insurance,  cor. 
Berry  and  Clinton  Sts. 

Fort  Wayne  Mercantile  Accident 
Ass'n,  L.  H.  Ransom,  Sec.  and  Treas., 
400-1   People's  Trust  Bldg. 

O.  Gandy  &  Co.,  Real  Estate,  217 
East  Berry. 

James  E.  Graham,  General  Insur- 
ance, 26  Bank  Block. 

C.  E.  Hadsell,  Real  Estate,  302-3-4 
Elektron  Bldg. 

B.  M.  Hutchins,  Insurance  and 
Real   Estate,   513    Shoaff   Bldg. 

Kuhne  &  Co.,  Abstracts,  723 
Court. 

Lincoln  National  Life  Insurance 
Co.,  7th  floor  Shoaff  Bldg. 

S.  C.  Lumbard  &  Co.,  Insurance 
and    Real   Estate,    202-3    Bass   Block. 

Neireiter  &  Gumpper  ,Gen.  Insu- 
rance, 6-7  Schmitz  Block. 

New  England  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co., 
F.  D.  Bond,  Dist.  Agt.,  422-24 
Shoaff  Bldg. 

Jerry  O'Connor,  Loans  and  Real 
Estate,  Room  1,  Schmitz  Block. 

C.  W.  Orr,  Insurance,  132  E. 
Berry. 

Peddicord  &  Sigrist,  Real  Estate, 
Investments  and  Rentals,  611-12 
Shoaff    Bldg. 

C.  F.  W.  Priesmeyer,  Real  Estate, 
511-12  Shoaff  Bldg. 

Sun  Real  Estate  Co.,  710  Harri- 
son. 

J.  L.  Turnbull,  Real  Estate  and 
Insurance,  Suite  20,  Pixley-Long 
Bldg. 

SCHOOLS    AND    COLLEGES. 

Concordia  College. 

Fort  Wayne  Correspondence 
School,  907-8  Shoaff  Bldg. 

International  Business  College, 
Elektron  Bldg. 

TAILORS. 

W.  W.  Burges,  Lyric  Theater  Bldg. 

Heider  Tailoring  Co.,  113  B. 
Wayne. 

O.  A.  Hoover,  721  Clinton. 

H.  C.  Meyer,  718  Harrison. 

A.  J.  Monahan,  Anthony  Hotel 
Bldg. 

John  Rabus,   116  W.   Berry. 


G.   Schmidt,  Elektron   Bldg. 
Will  F.  Scliocli,  209   W.  Main. 
Jacob  Siitz,   1S24  Calhoun. 
Thieme     Tailoring     Co.,     118     W. 
Berry. 

TELEPHOXE    COMPANIES. 

Central  Union  Telephone  Co.,  E. 
L.  Taylor  Mgr.,  cor.  Berry  and 
Court. 

Home  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co., 
136   B.   Main. 

THEATERS. 

Lyric  Theater,  Fort  Wayne  Lyric 
Theater  Co.,  Props. 

Majestic  Theater,  M.  E.  Rice,  Mgr. 

Masonic  Temple  Theater,  F.  E. 
Stouder,  Mgr. 

TRUNKS  AND  LEATHER  GOODS. 

Fort  Wayne  Trunk  &  Leather 
Store,  116  E.  Berry. 

The  Romadka  Trunk  Co.,  S2  7 
Calhoun. 

TYPEWRITERS    AND    ADDING 
]MACHINES. 

Burroughs  Adding  Machine  Co., 
A.  H.  Sawyer,  Sales  Mgr.,  300-1  Peo- 
ple's Trust  Bldg. 

Remington  Typewriter  Co.,  J.  R. 
-Hunt,  Mgr.,  211  E.  Berry. 

Underwood  Typewriter  Co.,  H.  H. 
Craig,  Mgr.,  724  Harrison. 

UNDERTAKERS    AND    EM B ALGI- 
ERS. 

N.  W.  Bloom,  Elektron  Bldg. 

Getz  &  Cahill,  1031  Calhoun. 

Klaehn  &  Melching,  205  W.  Main. 

J.  C.  Peltier  &  Son,  117  W. 
Wayne. 

Scheumann  &  Ulmer,  33'.)  E. 
Lewis. 

Schone  &  Ankenbruck,  X.  W.  cor. 
Rerry  and  Barr. 


PATRONS    OF    THIS    PUBLICATION. 

anSCELLANEOUS. 


P.  B.  Arnold  Co.,  Plumbing  Heat- 
ing and  Electric  Wiring,  211  E. 
Main. 

A.  Regis  French  Dry  Cleaning  Co., 
1205   Calhoun. 

C.  R.  Bookwalter,  Teas,  Coffees, 
Spices  and  China,  117  E.  Wayne. 

H.  E.  Branning,  Trustee  Wayne 
Township. 

Chain  Reference  Bible  Co.,  62  6-7 
Shoaff  Bldg. 

Commercial   Club    of   Fort   Wayne. 

Electric  Supply  &  Fixture  Co.,  123 
E.  Washington. 

Fischer's  Turkish  Bath  House,  213 
E.   Wayne. 

Fort  Wayne  Machine  Co.,  Phono- 
graphs and  Records,  Motorcycles  and 
Auto  Supplies,   1035   Calhoun. 

Fort  Wayne  &  Wabash  Valley 
Traction    Co. 

L.  O.  Hull,  Wall  Paper,  Wholesale 
and  Retail,  830  Calhoun. 

R.    B.    Hanna,   Postmaster. 

Independent  Five  &  Ten  Cent 
Store,   704  Calhoun  St. 

M.  F.  Kaag  &  Sons,  China,  Glass 
and  Queensware,  105  E.  Columbia. 

Kappel  Bros.,  Owners  Kappel 
Block. 

R.  E.  Kelly,  County  Recorder, 
Court   House. 

Geo.  W.  Lindemuth,  County  Au- 
ditor, Court  House. 

Moellering  Construction  Co.,  Gen- 
eral Contractors. 

Physicians'   Defense  Co. 

Geo.  W.  Pixley,  Owner  Pixley 
Block. 

Minnie  C.  Reitze,  Millinery,  202 
W.   Berry. 

W.  H.  Scheiman,  County  Treas- 
urer. 

Trade  Mark  Title  Co.,  Physicians' 
Defense    Bldg. 

W.  .7.  &  M.  S.  Vesey,  Florists,  S2  6 
Calhoun. 

Henry  M.  WMlliams,  914  Shoaff 
Bldg. 

W.  I.  Work,  County  Truant  Officer, 
Court    House. 

S.  D.  Zeis,  Agt.  "Fleischmann's 
Yeast,"   712    Clinton. 


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