Baltimore

Chief city of Maryland, on Patapsco R., at the head of tide and navigation, 14 m. from Chesapeake Bay. It has ample communication by means of 5 railroads, and an extensive commerce by sea. It is irregularly laid out, has 290 miles of paved streets, and an excellent and ample water supply from Gunpowder R., by gravity. The principal public park is Druid Hill, on the outskirts of the city, containing 693 The sewer system is in an embryonic condition. It is acres. the seat of Johns Hopkins University, opened 1876. Its manufactures are extensive and varied, but without distinguishing features. Pop., 1890, 434,439. B. was laid out 1729. chartered as a city 1796, and made independent of county organization 1855. The British attacked it Sept. 12, 1814. April 19, 1861, a Ma . regiment on the way to Washington was a ailed in the streets by a mob, and several killed.