BATTLE CREEK. A city in Calhoun County, Mich., 121 miles west of Detroit; at the eontluence of the Kalamazoo River with Battle Creek. and on the Central, the Chicago and Grand Trunk, and the Cincinnati Northern railroads (Map: Michigan, 11 6). It contains a public-school library (16,500 vols.), which occu pies a fine building, and, among other prominent structures, the central school building. the Sani tarium, V. N. C. A. Building. Post Tavern, Post Building (office), and Post Theatre. There are four parks, one of which is at Cognac Lake, a popular summer resort miles distant. The city is the headquarters of the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination, which maintains a widely known sanitarium, with a hospital and dormitory. homes for children and the aged. Battle Creek College. and a publishing house, the output of which is extensive. The tabernacle of this denomination has an audito rium with a seating capacity of 3500, one of the largest ecclesiastical halls in the State. Bat tle Creek is the centre of a fertile agricultural district, and controls a considerable trade in the products of the region, principally grain, fruit, live stock, and wool. as well as in its most im
portant manufactured products: threshing-ma chines and agricultural implements, pumps, en gines, flour, and hose fixtures. The city enjoys a national reputation for its breakfast and health foods. The repair-shops of the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railroad are located here. _Manufacturing interests are promoted by excel lent water-power. Settled about 1835, Battle Creek was incorporated as a village in 1850, and nine years later received a city charter. The government, under a revised charter of 1900, is vested in a mayor, annually elected; a city coun cil; and administrative officials, of whom the police commission, city attorney, city engineer, and health officer are appointed by the mayor, the last three with the consent of the council. The others are chosen by popular vote. The water-works are owned and operated by the mu nieipality. Population, in 1890, 13,197; in 1900, 18,563.