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148 HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY
of a delightful little city- on a slope overlooking one of the finest bays
that indent the shores of Lake Erie."
In recent years the Village of Castalia has become ambitious commercially.
It has noAV two Portland cement companies, and a cement
plant is also located at Bay Bridge. The Castalia Portland Cement
Company has a capacity of 1,500 barrels a day and employs 150 men.
The increase in business caused the organization of the Castalia Banking
Company, Avhich began operations on September 23, 1905. The
growth of the village caused a demand for larger church accommodations
and a Alethodist Church was ei'ected several years ago, and on
October 4, 1910, the cornerstone of the German Evangelical Church
Avas laid.