TOLEDO

a city of Ohio, in Lucas of which it is the county seat. It is terminus of many important railroads, including the Pennsylvania, the Hocking Valley, the Clover Leaf, the Pere quette, and the Grand Trunk. The is the third railroad center of America. It occupied both sides of the Maumee River. Toledo is the most important shipping point for cargo coal on Great es. From its situation at west end of Lake Erie and at the of the upper chain of the Great it is also the natural receiving*point the iron ore traffic from. the Lake jor region and for grain and lumber the Northwest. The city has a area of 31.51 sq. m. and is attractively laid out. Its industries are diversified and include the manufacture of automobiles, automobile parts acce ories, plate gla , cut gla , chinery, oil, sugar, elevators, clothing, etc. There is an excellent park comprising over 1500 acres. The system is unusually effective and open air schools and other modern velopments in educational lines. 45,000 pupils are enrolled. In addition there are many parochial and schools and over 140 churches, the important public buildings are Je up W. Scott High School, Morrison R. Waite High School, Patrick’s Cathedral, a court-house, office, the Toledo Club and the Museum of Art, which is one of the finest in United States. There is a large torium in which many conventions annual meetings are held. The Farmers’ Exposition, held ann brings 150,000 visitors. Toledo was from two townships, Port Lawrence, settled in 1817, and Vistula, settled 1832. It was a famous battleground during the Indian wars. It was provporated as a city in 1836 and with the opening of the Wabash and Erie canal on and other canals ft grew rapidly. Pop. has 1920, 243,109.