. The Street railway journal . s system traversesa rich farming district,while the southern por-tion passes through oneof the most extensiveand productive bitumi-nous coal districts ofOhio. The cities touchedare noted manufacturingcenters. Akron is one ofthe leading centers ofthe world in the produc-tion of rubber goods,cereals and pottery, andit has numerous largemanufacturing e s t a b-lishments in the ironand steel line. Canton,seat of Stark County, isone of the most beauti-f u 1 and progressivecities of Ohio, and isnoted as the home of thelate President McKin-ley. It has many fac-tories, i
. The Street railway journal . s system traversesa rich farming district,while the southern por-tion passes through oneof the most extensiveand productive bitumi-nous coal districts ofOhio. The cities touchedare noted manufacturingcenters. Akron is one ofthe leading centers ofthe world in the produc-tion of rubber goods,cereals and pottery, andit has numerous largemanufacturing e s t a b-lishments in the ironand steel line. Canton,seat of Stark County, isone of the most beauti-f u 1 and progressivecities of Ohio, and isnoted as the home of thelate President McKin-ley. It has many fac-tories, including theDueber-Hampden watchworks, the largest in thecountry, employing over3000 hands; the CantonSteel Works, CarnahanIron & Steel Company,Canton Bridge Company, Berger Manufacturing Company,and Diebold Safe & Lock Company. The company oper-ates about 16 miles of city track in Canton, including fivecity lines. Massillon is the home of the Massillon BridgeCompany, the Massillon Steel & Iron Company, the Russell. MAP OF SYSTEM CANTONRAILWAY May 28, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1 799 Engine Company, and a large bottling works. South of thecity is the Ohio State Insane Asylum, an enormous institu-tion, having many hundreds of patients. Two city lines areoperated in Massillon, one of them going direct to the Dover and New Philadelphia are busy manufacturingcities and noted coal shipping points. The latter is seat ofTuscarawas County. The towns are 4 miles apart, and localservice separate from the interurban line is given betweenthem. Uhrichsville is a railroad and coal center. The population of the cities and towns touched by the systemaccording to the latest census is shown in the accompanyingtable: CANTON-AKRON KAILWAY Akron 42,728 Canton Massillon n,944 CANTON & NEW PHILADELPHIA RAILWAY Navarre 936 Beach City 364 Strasburg 461 Canal Dover New Philadelphia 6,213 TUSCARAWAS TRACTION COMPANY Midvale 491 Tuscarawas 412 Uhrichsville 104,247 Tribu
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