“ Fort Wayne has street railroads, electric lights, sewerage system, improved waterworks, several National banks, and numerous daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Among the industries are extensive railroad, machine and repair shops which occupy many acres, flour mills, knitting mills, oil-tank works, and packing houses. ”

“ Joseph rivers, and on the Wabash, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Lake Erie and Western, the Grand Rapids and Indiana, the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville, and other railroads; 43 miles S. W. of Defiance, O. It is built on a high plateau, covers an area of about 10 square miles, and is popularly known as Summit City. ”