CINCINNATI

a city of Ohio, the county seat of Hamilton co. It ranks second in the state in population and according to the census of 1920 was the sixteenth in the United States. It lies on the north shore of the Ohio river and is directly opposite Coving ton, Ky., with which it is connected by five bridges. The city covers an area of 3544 square miles. Cincinnati is an important railroad center and is served by 19 different, roads. The Louisville and Nashville has its northern terminus there, and it is an important junction point for the Baltimore and Ohio, the Chesapeake and — Ohio, and other railroads, linking up the South with New York, Philadelphia and other eastern and ‘southeastern. It is also a terminus for the railroads carrying the greater part of the trade from the North Central States to the South. Cincinnati has been called the most northern southern city and the most southern northern city in the United States. It was formed by the union of large number of independent communities or villages each of which had — an independent existence. These com muni gies preserve in a degree their ind i duality and local pride. Cincinnati has a larger proportion of native born inhabitants than any other large city of the United States. About 80 per cent. of the population is m, and there are many rivate and public buildings. These clude St. Peter’s Cathedral, Rock dale Temple (Jewish), a courthouse, and the Union Central Station. Other imposing structures are a city hall and the overnment building and custom house. here are nearly 300 church organizations and the city is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop and a Protestant Episcopal bishop. The public school system is of unusual excellence and higher education is applied by the University of Cincinnati, and the Ohio Mechanics Institute. In addition there are many academies and profe ional schools. In the city are 17 public libraries and in the free public library are over 500,000 volumes. The industries of the city are of great importance. There are nearly 3,000 manufacturing establishments. Among the chief industries are the manufacture of machine tools, soap, men and women’s clothing, boots and shoes, meat products, furniture, foundry products, wood-working each electrical machinery, musical truments and chemicals. The city is also an important financial center. There are eight National banks, 33 state banks, and over 220 building and loan a ociations. The government of the city fs based on a charter adopted November, 1917. It provides for a city council and for a mayor who is more or le independent of the council. The city was named in honor of the Society of Cincinnati and was first settled by white men in 1780. It was incorporated as a city in 1819. The first steamboat which descended from Pittsburgh visited the town in 1811, and the first railroad was opened in 1845. Pop. 1920, 401,158.