The New Student's Reference Work/Anderson

An'derson, a city and county seat of Madison County,, on , 36 miles from. It lies in the center of an agricultural region, and besides has extensive manufacturing interests. It manufactures, wire fence, steel springs, shovels, files, , carriages, nails, shovel handles, carriage and buggy materials, tools and tool-workers supplies, encaustic tiles, tin plates, etc. The city has an admirable system of public schools, substantial buildings, a fine and churches. It has the service of four railroads, and is the center of the traction lines for northern and central Indiana, and located here is the largest power-house in the state. Anderson has all the adjuncts of a modern city, and while the flow is somewhat diminished since its discovery in 1887, the supply is sufficient for heating and some manufacturing. Anderson town was settled in 1822, became a county seat in 1828, and the city incorporated in 1865. Population, 22,476.