Advanced Geography . Library Building,Indiana University, Model Schoolhouse, Terre Haute. There remains to be noticed a group of the most inter-esting cities and towns in the state — those of the gas discovery and use of natural gas has caused them toincrease in population from two to fourfold in ten years,and has changed their character from commercial tomanufacturing towns. This has been accompanied byrapid increase in wealth and notable changes in socialand political conditions. Of these Muncie (27,738) is ----- -~ n probabh the chiefmanufacturesare gla
Advanced Geography . Library Building,Indiana University, Model Schoolhouse, Terre Haute. There remains to be noticed a group of the most inter-esting cities and towns in the state — those of the gas discovery and use of natural gas has caused them toincrease in population from two to fourfold in ten years,and has changed their character from commercial tomanufacturing towns. This has been accompanied byrapid increase in wealth and notable changes in socialand political conditions. Of these Muncie (27,738) is ----- -~ n probabh the chiefmanufacturesare glass, ironand steelgoods, car-riages, paperand (25,000 )man-ufacturesglass, iron andsteel, tin plate and paper. It is connected with Alexandria and Marionby an electric railway. Marion (22,000) has manymanufacturing establishments, chiefly for iron, glass,paper, furniture and zinc. Kokomo (12,000) producesglass, paper and pottery. Elwood (10,000) is the seatof the first and largest tin plate factory in America. Ithas also large glass factories. Hartford
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