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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



features of wliieli were registered in the two sides of the main thor- 

 oiiolifare along; the river front. A nearly continuous row of one- 

 story, or at the utmost two-story, frame shacks or booths, many of 



them still in cniivas form, and most of tiiem supported over the river's 

 bank by ])ile proppings, l)uilt up the river side of this First Avenue. 

 All manner of articles, both serviceable and unserviceable, for the 



