The Ohio Mechanics' Institute is a strong fac tor in the education of the masses. It has many pupils, who attend the day and night schools, where they are instructed in literature, science, and oeathernatics. The \huseum and _\rt School in Eden Park, founded by the ladies of Cin cinnati, lens two large huildings, line deled after flee South Kensington Jtnsenm of England. The Museum contains a fine collection of 1eunt ings, .tatucs, mccl works of art: and the school is attended by hundreds of students. There' are many libraries, including the Vonng ) ten 'a \icr cantile; the Law: the Historical; the Meehan ic and thee Public Library. The last is situ ated in a commodious building on Vine Strcct, is well equipped, containing user 3110.000 works, with numerous reading :tud circulating branches in outlying districts. Tbc Cuvicr Club and the \iuscune of the Historical and l'h;los ephicaI So e jet y, poorly housed on East Broadway, have fine collections which arc open to the public. The latter is rich in relics of aboriginal ueuund dwellee-s, di ,covered in the vicinity, and e'spccial lv at )laelisonville.
Besides tlee public charities al reach- mentioned, there are mutinous benevolent institutions, cm bracing almost every cmrceivable need, and sup ported by private tuunilicence.
llorers. THEATRES, aso PLEASURE RESORTS. 't'lre chief hotels are the Grand. Saint Nicholas, Burnet House. Gibson House, Emory ( with a dime commercial arcade), Palace. IIoning, and the Dennison. There are several good clubs; the _lvondale Club House, with its well haid -out grounds, is an elaborate suhurhau estahIisienuene of world-wide fame. Among the buildings de voted to annrseueent, the splendid Music 11a11, funneled and mainly endowed by Reuben Springer, is justly celebrated. It is used also as an ex position building. It is 300 by 500 feet, will .eat 5400 persons, and has one of tire largest oe,vana in the United States, Pike's Opera House. the Grand Opera House, Walnut Street 'Theatre. Columbia Theatre, College Hall, I:reen wood Hail. the Lyceum, _\rbeiter Hail, Turner Hall, Ilouck's Opera House, and Robinson's Opera House are also noteworthy structures. Owing to the large number of German residents, the city has become noted for its musical so cieties, while it is also taking rank as a literary nail art centre. The annual musical festivals are distinctive features of its art-life. Over tire Rhine' is the designation of that part of the' city which lies between the canal :unl the hills, is inhabited almost exclusively by Germans. and is famous for its concert and beer gareleus. Theeclah oratelv installed surumer pleasure resorts include Coney Island, 10 miles up the river, reached hey hourly excursion steamers; the Lagoon, om thee Kentucky side: and Chester Park, near Spring Grove Cemetery.
1\ni'STRIES .cxn TRc csroRT.\TION. The com manding position of Cincinnati permits of adniir ahle conune'rcial relations with the Mississippi and Ohio valley,. \Till Creek and the Miami and Erie Canal, connecting with Lake Erie, are ex eeldent waterways for the steamboats and barges that bring the coal and iron and lumber from the _\lleghanies and the produce of the South to the shores of the '(,uc•en City.' The commerce by
water lies diminished since the advent of rail roads: but, owing to its cheap charges, it is still considerahle. local emnpanie s control uuwle eef the trade of the 1000 miles of the Ohio River and 200 miles of the tributary streams: and there is periodical c enmmunieation with Louis ville and with New Orleans. Cincinnati is an roll) rtant railroad centre. The imposing Cen tral Union Depot, on Central Avenue and Third Street is a converging station for the Cleveland, ('inci mum ii, Chicago and Saint Lon is: the TSalt Inure and Ohio: the Chesapeake and Ohio: tlee (;aeon and Crescent: the Louisville and Nash ville: and oilier lines. The Cincinnati, llamillon and 1)avtore. flee Pennsylvania, and sonic minor local railways have separate stations.
The r•ity has nearly SOOn industrial estahiish ments. Among the leading manufactures are those of men's factory clothing. distilled liquors, malt liquors, foundry and machine-shop products, carriages and wagons, boots and shoes, furniture, tobacco and cigars, soaps and candles. Slaughter ing and pork-packing are carried on extensively, the last-named }racing been formerly the chiet industry. Other products comprise all kinds of tanned and curried leather goods, wirework, scales and balances, brick and tile, bridges, oil lc ry. hosiery and cotton goods, cheese and butter, compressed yeast, biscuits, brooms. brushes, arti cles representing wool-turning and Nvood carving industries, etc. The llookwood Pottery, on the crest of :Mount Adams, a protninent struc ture in an Elizabethan style of architecture, pro duces purely American wares of high artistic merit. which arc widely known, Govm:NNtENT. The city government is con ducted upon the federal plan. The City Council Consists of a Board of Legislation, composed of 31 members—one from each municipal ward. The .Mayor, elected triennially. appoints a non partisan Board of Elections and a Ihvird of Supervisors—each of four members. The City Clerk and his assistant are selected by the Board of Legislation. The City Auditor, Treasurer, Corporation Counsel, Police Court Judge. Police Court Clerk. the Board of Legislation—already mentioned—the Board of Education, and the Board of Public Service, are elected by the peo ple. The last board, consisting of four members, controls the street-cleaning, health, water, and engineering departments, the parks, markets. infirmary, charities, and the city's administra tive affairs in general. The School Board com prises 31 members—one from each •ard—elected for three years. This board also controls the Public Library. The Police Department is gov erned by a nonpartisan Board of four Police Commissioners appointed by the Governor, and the Fire Department by a Board of four Fire Trustees, appointed by the :Mayor. The water works, built and owned by the city since 1839, cost $12.775.000, and have 394 miles of mains. Water is pumped from the Ohio into reservoirs in Eden Park.