CINCINNATI

during the period rgro—25 the area of cincinnati was extended from 44 to 72 sq. miles. the popula- tion in 1920 was 401,247, an increase since 1g10 of 10:4%. the official estimate july 1 1925 was 409,331. in 1925 the city pos- sessed parks covering 2,725 ac., including the mt. airy forestry project which embraces 1,132 ac.; the kessler plan was being carried out with further extension by utilising the boulevards and bluffs. the parkway boulevard covering the old miami canal road-bed through the centre of the city and extending a distance of 4-6 m. was building at a cost of $3,330,000. the much discussed statue of lincoln by george grey barnard presented to the city by mr. and mrs. charles p. taft was unveiled in lytle park in 1916. the rapid transit loop, at an initial cost of $6,100,000, encircling the city in connection with subway, surface and ele- vated railways giving access to inter-urban traffic, was nearing completion in 1925. manufactures —in 1925 there were more than 2,350 manu- facturing establishments in cincinnati proper covering go in- dustries, with capital of $600,c00,000 and products valued at $750,000,000, employing 185,000 persons. the most important industries in the cincinnati district were soap and soap products, $100,000,000; foundry and machine-shop products, $60,000,000; slaughtering and meat-packing, $40,000,000; clothing, $50,000,- 000; shoe and leather, $40,000,000; printing and publishing, $35,000,000. in 1924 the chief freight cargoes were coal, stone, sand, lumber, grain, metals and live stock. government.—a new charter was adopted in 1917 providing that the city “shall have all the powers of local self-government ”’; which, amended in 1924, effective in 1926, provides for a city manager form of government with a small council of nine includ- ing a mayor elected by proportional representation ballot. a city- planning commission prepared in 1925 a city plan controlling the future development and construction of streets, subways, bridges, playgrounds and parks, which has been enacted into law, the first of such comprehensive character in the country. an ordinance enacted in rg1g forbids the erection or maintenance of bill-boards within the residential blocks without written consent 637 of property holders. the tax valuation for 1926 was $1,018,408,- 100. the municipally owned waterworks and the southern rail- way, also municipally owned, were more than self-supporting. as a result the net debt on dec. 31 1925 was $42,480,600. _ education and charities—in the period 1910-25 extensive addi- tions were made to the jewish, goo] samaritan, bethesda and christ hospitals, and to the tuberculosis sanatorium. the general hospital with its group of 24 buildings occupying 27 ac. and considered the best example of the pavilion type on the continent was finished in 1915 at a cost of $3,500,000, with a capacity of 850 beds. it is under the administration of the university of cincinnati, whose new med- ical school adjoins it. other new buildings and departments of the university (7,008 students) included the law school, the college of engineering and commerce, the college for teachers, nursery and health training school, school of household arts, household adminis- tration, applied arts, department of hygiene and physical education, new gymnasium and athletic field. the co-operative system, orig- inated in cincinnati, of supplementing college instruction by prac- tical training in various shops and manufacturing establishments, was greatly expanded between 1910 and 1925. oa several new high-school buildings were erected, with improved facilities which enabled the student to pass at public expense from the kindergarten through the gradua‘e schools of the municipal university. the roman catholic college of st. xavier in 1919 moved its college department to a 26-ac. tract in the suburbs adjoin- ing the newly-developed boulevard system of the city and constructed administration, science, library, dormitory and recitation buildings. the colleges of music increased in buildings and faculties, and ia 1915 the cincinnati symphony orchestra received an endowment of €1,000,000 as a bequest from cora m. dow. of special importance was the establishment of the american ilouse for the training of aliens for citizenship, and for social service work. the model town, mariemont, with public buildings, banks. parks, schools, churches, athletic ficlds, hospitals, etc., constructed as an entirety, was nearing completion in 1925. between 1910 and 1925 among the new buildings were the union central life of 34 storeys, 495 ft. high, the tallest building west of new york; the court-house in modern ionic style, completed in 1919 at a cost of $5,000,000; the dixie terminal for the kentucky traction lines; a $2,500,000 storage warchouse; and several large clubs and hotels. (c.-t.'g:) cinematograph: see motion pictures.