Cleveland, past and present; its representative men: . -^r^?><i-^. X \ ^ -v ITS REPRESENTATIFE MEN-. ai5 his Ion.:; service lie has been an indefatigalile worker, having; theinterests of the line always at heart, and his arduous ajul faithfulservices have contributed their full share to the prosperity uf thecomitaiiy. Whilst always watchful for the interests of the road with whicji howas connected, Mr. Ely found time to engage in other enterprisestending to advance the material interests of the city. In connectionwith Messrs. R. II. Barman, A. M. Ilarman, and L. M. Coe, he pro-jected and
Cleveland, past and present; its representative men: . -^r^?><i-^. X \ ^ -v ITS REPRESENTATIFE MEN-. ai5 his Ion.:; service lie has been an indefatigalile worker, having; theinterests of the line always at heart, and his arduous ajul faithfulservices have contributed their full share to the prosperity uf thecomitaiiy. Whilst always watchful for the interests of the road with whicji howas connected, Mr. Ely found time to engage in other enterprisestending to advance the material interests of the city. In connectionwith Messrs. R. II. Barman, A. M. Ilarman, and L. M. Coe, he pro-jected and built the Cleveland City Forge, and put it into successfuloperation in the year 1864. This forge has now four large hammersat work, and preparations are making for two others, and it givesemployment to about eighty skilled workmen. He was one of theprojectors of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, of Cleveland, anorganization having live thousand acres of coal lands in Mercercounty, Pennsylvania, and now that the Jamestown and FranklinRailroad is completed, the prospects
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