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  Van Sweringen brothers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1909 the Van Sweringen brothers began exercising options on 1,399 acres of land formerly owned by the North Union Community of the Society of Believers, better known as the Shakers.
The Van Sweringens realized that, if their plans for a Public Square station were to succeed, they would have to include all the electric railways -- streetcars, rapid transit and interurban lines -- as well as local freight and warehousing facilities.
Orris was quoted as saying "I don’t know what to do, or how to do it, or where to go from here." O.P. Van Sweringen died on November 22, 1935.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orris_Paxton_Van_Sweringen   (1541 words)

  
 Orris Paxton Van Sweringen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Orris Paxton Van Sweringen was born on 24 April 1879 near Wooster, Ohio.
Orris died of a heart attack in 1936.
Orris had a younger brother Mantis who was his business partner through out their lives.
www.phatnav.com /wiki/index.php?title=Orris_Paxton_Van_Sweringen&printable=yes   (72 words)

  
 Hathaway Brown School - Orris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Orris Paxton Van Sweringen was born near Wooster, Ohio on April 24, 1879 and his brother, Mantis James, was born on July 8, 1881.
His brother, Orris, died of a heart attack less than a year later.
The Van Sweringen brothers will always be remembered for their contribution to the city of Cleveland as well as the development of Shaker Heights, one of Cleveland’s most beautiful suburbs.
www.hb.edu /school/primary/resources/Early_Cleveland/vansweringen.htm   (332 words)

  
 New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Orris Paxton Van Sweringen and his younger brother Mantis James Van Sweringen were real estate developers who constructed a rapid transit from their development at Shaker Heights, Ohio to downtown Cleveland.
As early as 1909 the Van Sweringen brothers proposed a stub-end terminal on Public Square in downtown Cleveland.
It transversed Cleveland from east to west, had a high level crossing of the Cuyahoga River Valley, and it was adjacent to the proposed terminal.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/New-York,-Chicago-&-St.-Louis-Railroad.htm   (1893 words)

  
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John J. Bernet was asked by the Van Sweringens in 1916 to leave the New York Central and take over the helm of the Nickel Plate Road a position he gladly accepted.
The principal item in the Van Sweringens' empire was the Nickel Plate Road and they drafted proposals to merge C&O, NKP, Erie, Hocking Valley and Pere Marquette to form a fourth eastern system of the magnitude of New York Central, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore & Ohio.
By 1929 the Van Sweringens also hoped to include the Wheeling & Lake Erie, the DL&W, and Chicago & Eastern Illinois, the last to furnish a connection with the Missouri Pacific, in which they held a sizeable interest.
www.trainweb.org /wnyrhs/rohinducteesFrame1Source1.htm   (7263 words)

  
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The overall concept for the restaurant was designed by the nationally-known architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White, architects for the entire Tower City Complex.
The Tower City Complex was built by the secretive Van Sweringen brothers, O.P. (Orris Paxton) and M.J. (Mantis James).
These brothers, who also developed the garden suburb of Shaker Heights, had assembled a real estate and railroad empire--and a fortune worth $3 billion--by the mid 1920's.
www.clevelandunionterminal.org /englishoakroom.html   (633 words)

  
 Mantis James Van Sweringen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Mantis James Van Sweringen was born on 8 July 1881 near Wooster, Ohio.
Mantis had an older brother Orris who was his business partner through out their lives.
For additional information about Mantis see : Van Sweringen brothers.
www.phatnav.com /wiki/index.php?title=Mantis_James_Van_Sweringen   (122 words)

  
 Swearingen Family Genealogy Forum (All Messages)
Re: Jane Van Swearingen 1802 Pa., paternal gr grandmother of Ray Hixon - carolyn croswell 12/15/04
Re: "Maryland" Van Swearingen - Linda McManus 9/26/04
Re: "Maryland" Van Swearingen - Linda McManus 9/27/04
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 Chinese Treasure: Sun Belt Conference,Oris Paxton Van Sweringen,John Hynes,Okolnichy,Sandbox (band),   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 Cuyahoga County- OUR CENTURY by the Plain Dealer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Theodore DEBS, Catherine DEBS, Samuel PERALMAN, Joseph IVANYI, Police Chief Frank SMITH, Mayor Harry L DAVIS, Attorney General A MItchell PALMER, Warren G HARDING, John REED, Billy HAYWOOD, Orris P VAN SWERINGEN, Mantis J VAN SWERINGEN, Eddie GARDNER, Glenn L MARTIN Co., Lee FOHL, Tris SPEAKER, Jim DUNN, Babe RUTH.
1930 O P VAN SWERIGEN, M J VAN SWERIGEN, Robert D STEVENS, Janet BLOOD, R J BLAIR, F J TROTTER, Ward Van ORMAN, George A RICHARDS
Barbara BURTON, Frank CULLITAN, Shimmy PATTON, Honest John SULZMAN, Alvin KARPIS, Orris Paxton & Mantis James VAN SWERINGEN, Walter JOHNSON, Glenn MYATT, Williw KAMM, Alva BRADLEY, Steve O'NEILL, Mel HARDER, Joe VOSMIK, Willis HUDLIN, Earl AVERILL, Gene CARROLL & Glenn ROWELL, Walter EMERY, James Cleveland Jesse OWENS, Leland HAYWARD, Harold NEUMANN
www.rootsweb.com /~ohcuyaho/century.htm   (2625 words)

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