Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County. William Alexander Taylor
Asa, grocer, res. E. S. High, bet. 2nd & 3rd alleys.
Watson, Wm., distiller, res. E. S. High, bet. 2nd & 3rd alleys.
Wiley, Wm.. distiller, res. E. S. High, bet. 2nd & 3rd alleys.
Whiteman, George, res. W. S. High, bet. 2nd & 3rd alleys.
Wretz, John, cabinetmaker, res. E. S. High, near College.
Winkler, John, laborer, res. south end New.
Whisker, John, laborer, res. S. E. cor. New and 5th alley.
Wible, Godfrey, laborer, res. W. S. New, bet, 3rd & 4th alley.
Will, John, tailor, res. S. E. cor. 3rd & 3rd alley.
Waggoner, Adam, stonecutter, res. W. S. Third, bet. South & Mound,
Wingle, John, res. south end New.
Winn, Charles, tobacconist, res. W. S. Third, bet. 4th & 5th.
Walton, Gideon, carpenter, res. S. S. Mound, bet. 3rd & High.
Wagley, J. B., pumpmaker, res. S. S. Rich near High
Wagley, Mrs., Milliner, res. S. S. Rich near High.
Wood, Thos., res. N. S. Rich, bet. Third & High.
Whitcomb, Rev. David, res. N. S. Town, bet, 3rd & High.
Wilson, Mrs. Margaret, res. S. S. State, bet. 3rd & High.
Wells, Misses, school teachers, res. near N. E. cor. Gay & High.
Work, John C., merchant, res. E. S. High, bet. Gay & Long.
Whip, George P., carpenter, res. E. S. High, bet. North & N. P. Lane.
Wallis, Wm., laborer, res. S. S. North, bet. 3rd & High.
Wallis, George, laborer, res. N. S. Long, bet. 3rd & High.
Williams, James, laborer, N. W. cor. Gay & Third.
Winn, Isaac, laborer, res. E. S. 4th, bet. North & Spring.
White, Rolin, farmer, res. E. S. 4th, bet, North & Spring.
Wait, Wm. res. E. S. Third, near Gay.
Wait. James, res. E. S. Third near Gay.
Wilcox, Mrs. Amanda, res. E. S. Third near Gay.
Wilcox, P. B. (W. & Pierrepont) atty-at-law, res. E. S. 3rd, bet. State & Broad.
Wise, Wm., hatter, res. W. S. 4th, bet. Broad & State.
Whitehill, Joseph, state treas., res. N. W. cor. 4th& State.
Ward, Mrs., res. N. W. cor. 4th & Town.
Weyman, George, laborer, res. N. S. Mound near 4th.
Young, Wm. H., carpenter, res. E. S. 3rd near Long.
Zinn, Adam, teamster, res. E. S. Water, bet. Spring & North.
Zolinger, Jacob, tavern keeper, res. S. S. Broad, bet. Scioto & Front.
Zimmer, John, drayman, res. W. S. Front near Mound.
Zahrenger, Christian, skindresser, res. S. W. cor. High & 1st alley.
Zarkman, John, stonemason, res. E. S. High near College.
Zuberd, Jacob, farmer, res. W. S. New near College.
Zuberd, John, farmer, res. W. S. New near College.
Zinn, Daniel, hackman, res. S. S. Long, bet 3rd & High.
Zinn, Elijah P., shoemaker, res. N. W. cor. State & Fourth.
Zigler, Casper, laborer, res. W. S. 4th, bet. State & Town.
Zigler, Jonas, papermaker, res N. S. Rich bet. 5th & 6th.
Zeller, Christian, cigarmaker, res. S. S. Friend, bet. 6th & 7th.
Zettler, Jacob, tanner, res. N. E. cor. Friend & 4th.
The Points of Comparison.
Here are two striking points of comparison, as showing by one line of data, the growth of a city during a period of fifty-five years.
First Point: The city directory for 1843-44 contained twelve hundred and thirty-four names. Its pages numbered two hundred and one. Size, duodecimo. Type, long primer leaded.
Second Point: The city directory for 1908 contained seventy-eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty-five names. Its pages numbered one thousand three hundred and thirty-two. Size, royal octavo. Type, brevier solid.
The population of the city in 1843 was seven thousand one hundred and eighty-four, or practically six and one-half times as great as the number of names in the directory. The number of names in the directory for 1908-9 is seventy-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. At the former ratio, the population would approximate half a million, but the ascertained ratio between the names in the directory and the current population, is and has for twenty years been two and three-fourths, which gives the city a present population of two hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. This does not include the recent suburban additions to the city, which practically brings the population up to two hundred and twenty-five thousand. The average annual growth of the population for the past sixty-five years has been three thousand three-hundred, but the most of the gain has been during the past twenty years.
The progress of the city in the political, governmental and personal (in the sense of augmenting population) advancement, has been upon the principle of an arithmetical progression, as shown upon the basis of comparison herein, and, as the other appropriate chapters disclose, the same principle is applicable to the industrial economic, educational, religious, and other co-related lines, and with probably fewer gaps and shocks than are incident to the average growing community.
In the matter of political government, the charter of 1834, with amendments and expansions of the original idea and various subsidiary enactments of like inclination and tendency, answered the public (and the politicians) demand until the beginning of the tenth decade. Almost to the last the original charter government preserved its severe simplicity and furnished a government that was not burdensome, and one that history declares was not detrimental to the growth of the city and furnished but few public scandals.
Two decades of structural changes began, and they have not yet assumed permanent form, thus forbidding the rendering of final judgment as to their good or evil tendencies. What was known as a federal plan of city government was provided by legislative enactment, in which the mayor appointed the heads of the various departments with a director in control of each, including public improvements, public safety, public accounts, and other departments. Then followed the "Code" with the board plan, with boards partly elective by the people, and partly appointive by the mayor and partly elective by the council, covering the same and similar governmental subjects.
Under the Act of 1908, the provisions of the code relating to this feature of government was repealed and the former federal government idea was restored, so, that after January 1, 1910, the mayor will appoint the heads of the departments, and theoretically, at least, become directly responsible to the voters for the entire public administration since he will be clothed with the power of removal, under reasonable and proper restrictions, of his appointees for dereliction in the discharge of their duties.
The question of the permanency or a progressive evolution, or a retrogression to the simpler forms of municipal government, is only to be determined by the lapse of time. Criticism, under existing circumstances would hardly be justified; speculation as to future forms and eventuations is hardly called for.
CHAPTER V. RISE AND GROWTH OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
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