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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862

Abstracts 233 - 240

BRIDGES (Cont'd)

233 L Sept. 1; adv: 2/7 Proposals will be received from bridge builders at the office of the city civil engineer until Sept. 9 for building the superstructure of a turn-table drawbridge to span the Cuyahoga river at the Centre st. crossing. The bridge is to be 193 feet long and 33-1/2 feet wide; carriage way, 18-1/2 feet. Proposals will be received for an iron bridge and for a wooden bridge.

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234 L Sept. 10:3/2 - The city council met last night and adopted a resolution to have the Centre st. bridge tender provide boats and ferry passengers over the river free from 6 a. m. to 9 p. m. until the bridge is repaired, without charge to the city for his services.

235 L Sept. 24:3/3 The city council met last night and passed a resolution authorizing the board of city improvements to contract with Thatcher, Burt and Company for rebuilding the Centre st. bridge.

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236 - L Oct. 8:3/3 The city council met last night and received a communication suggesting improvements which include a plan for the construction of the Eagle st. bridge and a request that repairs be made on the Washington st. corner.

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237 L Oct. 18:3/1 The city council met last night and adopted a
resolution authorizing the board of city improvements to advertise for
20 days for proposals on the buiding of a bridge across the Ohio canal
at Eagle st., provided that the cost of said bridge shall not exceed
$500.

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238 L Nov. 19:3/2 At the city council meeting last night a resolution was adopted providing for the construction of a bridge over the Ohio canal at the foot of Eagle st.

239 L Dec. 23:3/1 The question of allowing the Cleveland and Toledo railroad to build a bridge across the river at the foot of Bath st. is to come up before the council this evening. Some think the bridge would be a great obstruction to navigation; others are of the opinion that the obstruction would be but moderate.

There will probably be abundant opportunity to discuss the proposition. The bridge will be constructed, if at all, on the same principle as the Light House st. bridge.

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

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240 - L Nov. 22:4/1 There is a vague report that the low uneven buildings near the foot of St. Clair st. hill are to be torn down and brick structures erected. This would improve the appearance of that locality. (2)

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862

Abstracts 241 - 246

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Cont'd)

241 L Nov. 29; ed: 3/1 - The new freight depot of the C. C. and C. railroad is rapidly being completed.

The buildings on the flats for the Cleveland Iron and Nail co. are also nearly completed. Thatcher, Burt and Company's new elevator, which is being built, will be an immense affair.

"Those three new enterprises on the flats give a lively character to that portion of the city, and afford employment for a great many men. All departments of labor command good prices now."

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BUILDINGS

Six good stone masons are wanted to go to Portage
Wages will be from $2 to $2.50 per day. Fares

243 L June 12:3/1 In a letter to the editor, "Unknown" says:
Allow me to call your attention to the fine brick building lately
erected at the foot of Superior st., on the ground belonging to the
Merchants bank. So simple and yet so elegant. Many have failed by a
double outlay to obtain so neat and at the same time such a solid
appearance as this building possesses, a sure proof that it is not al-
ways by a profusion of costly materials that a building is both pleasing
to the eye and substantial.

When the brick by exposure has become black and faded, it gives an opportunity, if painted, to make a splendid finish, and to avoid that dark and heavy appearance which most of our brick houses possess, which have been renovated in a similar manner.

244 L Dec. 9:3/1

Stephens and Son, whose coffee and spice manufactory on Merwin st. was destroyed by fire on Nov. 30, have obtained a building on Centre st., opposite the lead works.

Mr. Atwater, owner of the block that was damaged by fire, will rebuild immediately. Stephens and Sons have just effected a lease of the store, together with the lot in the rear of it, upon which they will build a three-story brick building.

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Modernizing & Renovating

245 L Feb. 5; ed: 3/3 - "We are informed that Sanford's Hall, on the West Side, is to be considerably enlarged. The West Side has long needed a decent hall in which to hold public gatherings, and we are glad to learn that an effort to secure one is being made."

246 L Oct. 24:3/1 I. P. Sherwood is preparing to enlarge his dry goods establishment on Superior st. by removing partitions on the first floor of his four-story building. He will have a sales room 120 feet deep and 40 feet wide.

See also Building Construction

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862

Abstracts 247 - 252

BUILDINGS, PUBLIC

247 L Jan. 8:3/4 The city council last night adopted a resolution.
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instructing the committee on public buildings to procure duplicate plans
for a city prison and police court rooms for the lost original plans,
the expense not to exceed $75.

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248 L Nov. 1:4/1 - Work is progressing rapidly on the new building on Champlain st. It is three stories high, with a basement. The upper floor constitutes the hall for the meetings of the city council. The first and second floors and the basement are to contain the prison offices, jailor's rooms, city offices, etc. The entire number of cells will be 54. (4)

BURGLARIES

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249 L Jan. 3:3/4 Early yesterday morning a family residing on Kinsman st. was aroused by a stranger armed with a club, posing as one suffering from cold and wishing shelter for the night. The man of the house went to the window and ordered him away. It was quite evident that the fellow's purpose was to commit a robbery if he could get admission to the house, and he had come prepared to meet resistance. (3)

250 L Feb. 14:3/2 The gun store of Richard Sennings, 218 Ontario st., was entered by burglars at 11 p. m. Feb. 12. Two revolvers, several pistols, several flasks, a can of powder, and a box of wads were taken. The burglars gained admission by means of a skeleton key.

251 L Mar. 1:3/2

- A bold burglary took place at the boarding house of Mrs. King, 76 Ontario st., on Feb. 27.

An insinuating young man called Harry Harrison, representing himself as a resident of Cincinnati took board at Mrs. King's on Feb. 26, conveying the idea that he would remain in the city three or four months. On Feb. 27 he remained in his rooms during the whole day, and at evening requested Mrs. King to leave the door unfastened until he returned, as he was going to the theater, and the request was complied with. On Feb. 28 his room was found vacated and suspicion was aroused. On the family and boarders inventory of their effects, many of them were minus clothing and trinkets of value. The articles that are missing are valued at about $80. Harrison is described as about five feet eight in height, with dark hair and mustache and blue eyes, and without a full set of front teeth.

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252 L Mar. 5:3/2 Harry Harrison, who disappeared from Mrs. King's boarding house on Feb. 27, was this morning brought back in charge of Constable Garfield of Newburgh. Harrison disposed of a pin in Newburgh and from there took the Pittsburgh train, thus confirming a previous suspicion that that place was his destination. Officer Garfield pursued Harrison as far as Wheeling, Va., and recovered with him most of the missing property. He was taken before Esquier Foljambe and his trial continued to Mar. 8.

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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862

Abstracts 253 - 258

BURGLARIES (Cont'd)

253 L Mar. 10:3/3 Harry Harrison was on Mar. 8 bound over by Esquire Foljambe to the court of common pleas and his bail on the burglary indictment fixed at $1,000 and on the larceny indictment at $250. Of course, he could furnish no bail and has gone back to jail. He will be tried at the May term.

254 L Mar. 11:3/1 Burglaries have been particularly numerous lately, and there can be no doubt that organized bands for the perpetration of this crime exist among us. Most of the members whom we apprehend come from other cities.

The residence of Mrs. E. C. Hoyt, 343 Perry st., was ransacked last evening, the burglars getting away with a gold watch, a chain, and a large sum of money.

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The residence of John A. Foote, 421 Kinsman st., was also entered and ransacked. A pair of silver butter knives and two dozen silver spoons were taken. A house on Erie st. was also reported to have been entered the same night and a watch taken.

The marshal was informed of the depredations and instructed the police to be on the look-out. Notorious "Long Shore Bill" was arrested, and is being held on suspicion.

255 L Mar. 24:3/2 - A German who calls himself Charles Johnson was
arrested by the police on Mar. 22 on the charge of burglariously entering
the stable of the St. Clair hotel on Mar. 21 and stealing therefrom a
set of harness. At the time of his arrest, he was on his way to the
Columbus cars, having sold the harness.

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256 L Apr. 14:3/2 On Apr. 11 some scoundrel entered the boarding house of Mr. Knapp, 70 Ontario st. and stole from one of the boarders an overcoat and a cap which were in the hall, and numerous articles of wearing apparel from a trunk.

257 L May 6:3/1,2

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While the family was at church on May 4 the home of H. W. West, 203 Ohio st., was thoroughly ransacked by burglars. The office of John M. Hughes, fronting on West st., was also entered by a burglar and several drawers of the bookkeeper's desk were ransacked. Seventy-five pennies were taken.

Sometime during the same evening, the office of Moore and Dixon, coal dealers, on Merwin st. near West, was entered, but the scamps only found ten cents.

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258 L May 13:3/1 On May 6 we noticed the occurrence of three burglaries on May 4 in broad daylight. Another was perpetrated on May 11, at an hour not far from noon, the residence of a German family on Garden st. near Hudson having been entered by a back door and $75 in gold, silver and U. S. treasury bills abstracted from a bureau drawer, which was pried open with a chisel. The door was doubtless opened with a false key, as the house was left as securely fastened as can be effected with common locks.

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1862

Abstracts 259 - 268

BURGLARIES (Cont'd)

259 L May 26:3/3 - The only business done on May 24 in the common pleas court was sentencing Harry Harrison, who plead guilty to burglary and larceny, to one year in the penitentiary.

260 L May 29:3/3 Sheriff Craw will take Harry Harrison to the penitentiary this morning, where he is to remain for one year.

261 L June 18:3/1 Yesterday the house of Mr. Cassels, who resides on Hudson st., was entered and ransacked. The thief got away with ten dollars.

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262 L Aug. 12:3/1 Mary Garden was arrested on a charge of robbing her employer's house yesterday. She pleaded guilty in court. The case was

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263 L Aug. 30:3/2 - Cornelius Higginbottom, colored, alias Frank Hamilton, was arrested recently. He was charged with breaking into the trunk of a man named Wiggs and stealing $15 in silver .

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264 L Sept. 26:3/1

- A miserable tenth-rate burglar broke into the

Plymouth Sunday school, broke the locks of some of the doors, and took three dollars from the class contribution boxes.

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265 L Nov. 18:4/1 A. M. Perry's flour store, Superior st., was entered Nov. 11, and $12 or $15 in postage stamps were stolen.

The store of Harvey and Company, millers, Merwin st., was entered Nov. 13 and about $27 in postage stamps was taken.

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266 L Nov. 18:4/2 J. E. Blisch was arrested by Marshal Michael Gallagher on Nov. 15 and charged with breaking into the barn of the California House on the west side Nov. 14. A pail of butter from a countryman's wagon and several other articles were stolen.

Blisch was examined in the police court today and bound over to the court of common pleas.

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267 L Dec. 25: 3/1 On Dec. 23 a burglar broke into Mike's place on Bank st., by smashing a window in the front door, and stole $11.50 in shinplasters. There is no clue to the burglar. General Mike says it will be no hindrance to bis spreading an attractive Christmas lunch at ten this morning.

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268 L Dec. 25:4/1 Hugh Clark and William Jones are charged with a burglary on Middle st. They were bound over to the court of common pleas this morning. Failing to get bail of $500 each, they were committed to jail. Frisbee Washington was discharged.

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