ANDERSON  , a

city and the county-seat of Madison county, Indiana, U.S.A., situated on the west fork of the White river, about 35 M . N.E. of Indianapolis . Pop . (188o) 4126; (1Sgo) 10,741; (1900) 20,178, of whom 1o8r were foreign-born; (r610, census) 22,476 . It is served by the Central Indiana, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis, and the Pittsburg, Chicago & St Louis railways, and also by the Indiana Union Traction System (electric), the general offices and central power plant of which are situated there . Its importance as a manufacturing centre is due to its location in the natural gas region . In 1905 Anderson ranked first among the cities of the state in the manufacture of carriage and wagon material, and iron and steel . Among its many other manufactures are glass and glass-ware, paper, strawboards, crockery and tiles . In 1905 the total factory product was valued at $8,314,760 . There is a good public library; much attention has been devoted to public improvements; and the water works and the electric lighting plants are owned and operated by the city . In connexion with the water works there is a good filtration plant . First settled about 1822, Anderson was incorporated in 1865 .