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HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY 453
was tAvo stories high and 60 feet front by 40 deep, and had a school room
on each story. There AVIIS a board sideAvalk from the elm to the rear
stairAA'ay of the high school.
Tn the Avinter of .1909 the greenhouses of the city on Monroe Street
Avere finished, Avhich Avere begun in September, 1908.
On February 14, 1909, occurred the greatest storm in the history of
the city. It broke (IOAVII trees and telephone poles and telegraph poles
by the Aveight of ice and put business out of commission for a. Aveek and
obstructed streets Avith Avreckage.
On November 18, 1909; the Mahala Block Avas. burned.
On September 8, 1913, the Perry celebration began, and on September
9, 1913, Admiral Dewey, Ex-President Taft and General Keifer made
speeches at the foot of Jackson Street.
On September 15, 1912, the Oliver revival meetings opened and Avere
preceded on the 7th of September by the first, dry Sunday under the
license law.
On December 17, 1914, the Bender Wooihvard Company had a loss
by fire of about $100,000.