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 INDIANAPOLIS 241 blind was erected in 1847 at a cost of $300,000 ; the grounds contain eight acres. The main building has a front of 150 ft. and is five sto- ries high, consisting of a centre and two wings, each surmounted by a Corinthian cupola, the centre also having an Ionic portico. The state lunatic asylum, 1 m. W. of the city limits, was erected in 1848, and has since been twice enlarged, at an aggregate cost of $350,000. The principal building has accommodations for 525 patients; the grounds embrace 160 acres, a portion of which is handsomely laid out and adorned. The state institute for the deaf and dumb, just E. of the city limits, was also erected in 1848, and cost $220,000. The grounds comprise 105 acres, and immediately around the buildings are handsomely laid out, and adorned with trees and shrubbery. The United States arsenal, 1 m. E. of the city, is a handsome building, and is surrounded by grounds containing 75 acres. The union pas- senger depot, at which all the railroads con- verge, is 420 ft. long, and is one of the most spacious and convenient structures of the kind in the country. Other prominent public build- ings are the post office, governor's residence (occupied by public offices), court house, coun- ty jail, city hall, city prison, academy of mu- sic, odd fellows' hall, masonic hall, and several of the churches. A new court house, costing about $800,000, is nearly completed, and the erection of a new state house, to cost about $4,000,000, has been authorized by the legisla- ture. The city has railroad connection with all parts of the state and with the principal cit- ies of the west. The lines centring here are 10 in number, viz. : the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Indianapolis; Cleveland, Columbus, Cincin- nati, and Indianapolis; Indianapolis, Bloom- ington, and Western ; Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Lafayette; Indianapolis, Peru, and Chica- go; Indianapolis and St. Louis; Indianapolis and Vincennes ; Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis; St. Louis, Vandalia, Terre Haute, and Indianapolis ; and Jeffersonville, Madison, and Indianapolis. The Indiana and Illinois Central railroad is rapidly approaching completion, and a belt line, encircling the city and connecting all the other lines, is in progress. The number of passenger trains daily leaving and arriving is 78. The number of freight cars forwarded in 1873 was 296,314; received, 286,820. The first impulse to the growth of Indianapolis was the completion of the Madison railroad in 1847. The civil war concentrated a vast temporary business here, the effects of which wore large- ly permanent. The trade is extensive, the ag- gregate sales of merchandise in 1873 amount- ing to $50,830,000. The sales in 1870 were $36,969,102; in 1871, $41,851,657; in 1872, $49,774,789. There is a large grain elevator on the W. side of the river, erected in 1873 ; several smaller ones have been in operation for some years. The sales of real estate in 1871 amounted to $7,995,513 ; in 1872, to $16,326,- 450 ; and in 1873, to $32,579,253. More than MANUFACTURES. Capita!. Hindi. Product*. $400000 185 $055 000 44500 90 802700 125,000 45 817000 285000 810 897000 Cars 250 000 10 125000 Clothing 190000 801 787000 108000 78 317000 100,000 S3 800000 85 000 96 1 926 000 482,000 424 !:>(> (mo Glass 186000 45 250000 2000 000 500 7 614,000 Iron founderies & machine shops. 878,000 115000 688 70 1,421,000 1175000 900,000 475 1,680,660 Oils, Unseed, lard, and lubricating. 156,000 482000 86 82T 654,000 879000 000 000 900 1 2.VI OWI 125 000 128 292000 Baws 100,000 78 150,000 Starch 26000 67 100 0(10 160,000 200 400,000 in ooo 285 527 000 185,000 166 888,000 78000 22 260000 Wheels 250 000 800 600 000 "Woollens 295,000 118 650,COO half of the purchases have been for occupancy. The total cost of buildings erected in 1873 was about $5,000,000. The manufactures are va- ried and important. The amount of capital invested in 1873 was $11,006,000; number of hands employed, 8,175; value of products, $28,012,740. The statistics of the principal branches are contained in the following table : The number of hogs slaughtered was 555,766. The value of manufactures in 1872 was $19,- 671,832. There are six national banks, with an aggregate capital of $3,000,000 ; two state banks, with $800,000 capital; two savings banks, and three insurance companies. The city is divided into 13 wards, and is governed by a mayor and a council of 26 members. There is a well organized fire department and an efficient police force, and the city is well supplied with water. The taxable value of property in 1860 was $10,000,000; in 1865, $20,144,447; in 1870, $27,000,000; in 1871, $27,999,170; in 1872, $34,760,871; in 1873, $65,000,000, the large increase being partly due to a change in the system of valuation. The city debt is about $1,000,000, and the rate of taxation $1 10 on $100. The principal charitable institutions are an asylum for white orphans, supported partly by a city appropria- tion, and partly by donations ; an asylum for colored orphans and a "home for friendless women," supported in the same way ; a German orphan asylum, with capacity for 300 inmates ; a Catholic female reformatory and asylum, a Catholic infirmary for gratuitous relief of the suffering poor, two societies for the general care of the poor, a large, well conducted city hospital, and a pest house. The reformatory for women and girls and prison for female of- fenders occupies a commodious structure just E. of the city. The Northwestern Christian university, chartered in 1850, occupies a hand- some Gothic building in the N. E. portion of