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Hamilton (City and county-seat of Butler)

a city and county-seat of Butler co., O.; on both sides of the Great Miami river and on the Miami and Erie canal, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton and the Ohio Electric railroads; 25 miles N. of Cincinnati. The river affords extensive water power for the manufacture of railroad supplies, machinery, wagons and carriages, boots and shoes, flour, iron, bank-vaults, ropes, saws, etc., c., besides paper, woolen, cotton, and sawmills. The city has 2 National banks, and its institutions include Notre Dame Academy, the Hamilton Children's Home, the Mercy Hospital, a court house, public schools, electric lights, and street railways, daily and weekly newspapers, and public high school. Pop. (1910) 35,279; (1920) 39,675. a HAMILTON, city of Ontario, Canada, the capital of Wentworth co.

It is on the Burlington Bay, and on the Grand Trunk, the Canadian Pacific, and the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo railroads. It has an excellent harbor and has steam communication with lake ports, and an important trade with the Maritime Provinces. It is the center of an important fruit growing region of west Ontario. Abundant water power is furnished from the Decew Falls, 35 miles southeast of the city. It is also supplied with natural gas from the Wel- ١٠ HAMILTON HAMILTON land field. It has over 500 manufactur- peer of Scotland, and hereditary keeper ing establishments, 33 banks and branches, over 80 churches, and many public and private institutions. Pop. (1918) about 110,000.