JANESVILLE, Wis., city and county-seat of Rock County, on the Rock River and on the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul and the Chicago and Northwestern railroads, about 91 miles northwest of Chicago and 71 miles southwest of Milwaukee. The first permanent settlement as a village was in 1837, and it was chartered in 1853. Janesville is located in an agricultural region, noted for the amount and quality of tobacco raised. The chief manufac tures are agricultural implements, foundry products, wagons and carriages, furniture, cot ton and woolen goods, flour, fountain pens, porch shades, hammocks, beet sugar, wire fenc ing, nails, cigars, cigar boxes, cigar box labels and fireless cookers. It has large lumber and brick yards and many large tobacco storage houses. There are two national and two State banks. Its principal trade is in its own manu factured goods, farm and dairy products. Some of its principal buildings are the State School for the Blind, the Saint Joseph's Con vent, the Y. M. C. A. buildings, two hospitals,
the churches, high school, public library, court house, city hall, government building and audi torium. Its attractive retail stores draw a great deal of trade from all points in southern Wisconsin. The city owns its own waterworks and has the commission form of government. The mayor and two councilmen are elected for six-year terms. The mayor appoints subject to confirmation by the councilmen the city attor ney, city clerk, treasurer, sealer of weights and measures and assessor, also the board of edu cation and directors of the Public Library and fire and police commissioners. The members of the fire and police departments are selected from the eligible civil service list. The city has always had a slow hut steady growth and a gradual expansion in industrial and commercial fines. Pop. 13,894.