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CITIES, AMERICAN. (NEWARK. NEW GLASGOW, NEWTON.) 



bridges. It is 168 miles west of Chicago, and is 

 traversed by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa- 

 cific, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and 

 the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroads. 

 The population in 1870 was 4,166; in 1880 it 

 was 7,805 ; in 1885 it was 10,408 ; in 1890 it was 

 11,987, over 60 per cent, being native born, 26 

 per cent. Swedish, and 7 per cent. German. 

 Stewart ville, a suburb of Moline, has a popula- 

 tion of about 1,000. This city has the only wa- 

 ter power on the Mississippi below St. Anthony's 

 Falls. This water power, equal to 4,000 horse 

 power, has been utilized in its present form in 

 connection with the Government works on the 

 island, these immense workshops, as well as sev- 

 eral of the largest factories in Moline, being run 

 by water power. There are extensive coal mines 

 near the city and excellent coal is abundant and 

 cheap. In 1889 30 factories, employing 4,385 

 men, and having a capital of $6,100,000, made 

 a product of $7,700,000, using 8,655,000 feet 

 of lumber, 78,600 tons of raw materials, while 

 $2,131,920 were paid for labor. There are fac- 

 tories for making plows and agricultural imple- 

 ments, wagons, carriages, buggies, paper, milling 

 machinery, lumber, malleable iron, pumps, scales, 

 pipe organs, reed organs, and hardware. The 

 city was incorporated in 1872, has a fine system 

 of water works, a free public library, a Young 

 Men's Christian Association building, and is 

 lighted with gas and electricity ; it has three 

 electric street-car lines and fire and police de- 



rrtments. There are 4 banks and 10 churches, 

 public - school buildings, 38 schools, and 45 

 teachers, including the high school. A course 

 in manual training has been in successful opera- 

 tion for several years. Specimens of the hand- 

 icraft work of the pupils were sent to the Paris 

 exhibition in 1889 and were awarded a gold 

 medal. There are 2 daily and 2 weekly news- 

 papers. The location of the city is healthful, 

 the scenery beautiful, and a drive on the island, 

 a view from the bluffs overlooking the river, the 

 island, and the three cities, and a visit to its 

 manufactories are among the attractions. 



Newark, a city and the county seat of Lick- 

 ing County, Ohio, 33 miles from* Columbus, on 

 Licking river, at the intersection of the Balti- 

 more and Ohio and Pan Handle trunk lines of 

 railway. Railroads radiate from the city in six 

 directions, and 175 trains arrive and depart 

 daily. Newark is also on the line of the Ohio 

 canal. It is a center of trade in coal, grain, and 

 1 i ve stock. Coal for steam and heating is brought 

 from the Shawnee valley, and natural gas is 

 supplied from wells within or near the corporate 

 limits. The manufactures include the shops of 

 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, employing 

 from 600 to 1.000 men, large glass works 2 stove 

 foundries, 3 portable-engine works, iron-bridge 

 works, 1 paper mill. 1 wire-cloth factory, 3 car- 

 ri.-ig.- factories, 1 iron works, 1 steam cracker 

 and 1 soap factory. 4 flouring mills, 3 planing 

 mills, and 3 electric plants. There are several 

 miles of street railroad. Water is supplied from 

 ;i reservoir 2| miles distant, 280 feet above the 

 business portion of the city, and under pressure 

 of 120 pounds to the square inch. There is a 

 well-organized fire department. The drainage is 

 excellent. There are 4 banks, and 2 daily, 3 

 weekly, and 1 semi-weekly newspapers are pub- 



lished. There are 7 public-school buildings and 

 1 high school. The average daily attendance of 

 public schools is 1,707, and 46 teachers are em- 

 ployed. At Greenville, 6 miles distant, to which 

 an electric railway is under construction, are a 

 university and 2 female colleges. The city has 

 an altitude of 800 feet. The population in 1880 

 was 9,600 ; in 1890 it was 14,369, an increase of 

 4,769 (49-68 per cent). 



New Glasgow, a manufacturing town of 

 Pictou County, Nova Scotia. 105 miles by rail 

 northeast of Halifax, and distant from P'ictou 

 16 miles by rail and 6 miles by water. It is 

 near the junction of the Eastern Extension, the 

 Pictou Branch, and the Oxford and New Glas- 

 gow Short Line Railways. It is at the head of 

 navigation on the East river, over which an iron- 

 clad steamboat makes several trips daily to Pic- 

 tou. The population in 1881 was 2,995 for the 

 town and 943 for the suburbs ; in 1890 it is esti- 

 mated at 8,000, including the suburbs, of which 

 Trenton, where the steel works and the glass 

 works are located, has sprung into existence 

 since 1881 and is still outside the municipality. 

 The assessed valuation of the incorporated town 'is 

 $800,000, while the church property is valued at 

 $78,000 and the school property at '$9,000. The 

 town has a new system of water works costing 

 $71,000. It is lighted with electricity and has 

 telephone communication with the principal 

 towns of the province. There are 4 schools, 8 

 churches, 3 weekly newspapers, 4 banks, and 3 

 large hotels. Situated in the immediate vicinity 

 of the coal fields. New Glasgow offers excellent 

 inducements to manufacturers. The Steel Works, 

 the heaviest concern of the kind in the provinces, 

 were established in 1883, and in 1889 this and 

 the Forge Company were united as the Nova 

 Scotia Steel and Forge Company, with a capital 

 stock of $400,000. The works /occupy 10 acres 

 and employ more than 300 men. The output 

 for 1888 was valued at $400,000 : that for 1889 

 at $600,000. The Nova Scotia Glass Company 

 began business in 1881 with a capital stock of 

 $50,000: it employs 110 men. The yearly out- 

 put amounts to $80,000. The Acadia Foundry, 

 established in 1867, employs 60 men and pro- 

 duces engines, boilers, and gold-mining machin- 

 ery. McGregor's tannery employs 25 men, and 

 the annual output is about $60,000. There are 

 also manufactories of harrows, hardware, soap, 

 sashes, blinds, and doors, etc. A local company 

 with a capital of $4,000,000 has been formed to 

 develop the iron deposits, and a company com- 

 posed of Americans, known as the Nova Scotia 

 Midland Railway and Iron Company, with a capi- 

 tal of $10,000,000, is building a road from New 

 Glasgow to Sunny Brae, 18 miles, the seat of 

 iron-mining operations. New Glasgow was first 

 settled in 1784. Its religious complexion is 

 chiefly Presbyterian, but the other denomina- 

 tions are well represented. 



Newton, a city of Middlesex County, Mass.. on 

 the south side of Charles river. 7 miles from ?><>*- 

 ton. It was incorporatep as a city in 1873. The 

 population, numbering about 25,000, is composed 

 largely of merchants and others who do business 

 in Bostgn. Its manufacturing interests are com- 

 paratively small, consisting mostly in paper, mill 

 machinery cordage, and worsted goods. The cit y 

 is almost encircled by railroads the Boston and 



