LOGANSPORT

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LOGANSPORT , a city and the county-seat of Cass county, Indiana, U.S.A., on the

Wabash

WABASH

river, at the mouth of the Eel river, about 67 m. N. by W. of Indianapolis and 117 M. S. by E. of Chicago. Pop. (1900) 16,204, of whom 1432 were foreign-'born, (1910

census

CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

) 19,050. It is served by six divisions of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis, two divisions of the Vandalia (

Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA
PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Lines), and the

Wabash

WABASH

railways, and by electric interurban lines. The city is the seat of the Northern Indiana

Hospital

for the Insane (1888), and has a public library, and a

hospital

(conducted by the Sisters of St Joseph). Among the

principal

PRINCIPAL

buildings are the court

house

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

, a Masonic temple, an Odd Fellows' temple, and buildings of the Order of Elks, of the Knights of Pythias, and of the fraternal order of Eagles. Situated in the centre of a

rich

agricultural region, Logansport is one of the most important

grain

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

and produce markets in the state. The Wabash and the Eel rivers provide good water power, and the city has various manufactures, besides the railway repair shops of the Vandalia and of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis railways. The value of the city's factory product increased from $2,100,394 in 1900 to $2,955,921 in 1905, or 40'7%. Limestone, for use in the manufacture of iron, is quarried in the vicinity. The city owns and operates the water works and the electric-lighting plant. Logansport was platted in 1828, was probably named in honour of a Shawnee

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

, Captain Logan (d. 1812), became the county-seat of Cass county in 1829, and was chartered as a city in 1838.

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