170 CITIES, AMERICAN. (HARRISBURG, HARTFORD, HOBOZEN, HOLYOKE.) 



now five, besides six private banks and bank- 

 ing-houses ; capital, $2,100,000; dealings in 

 exchange in 1885, $56,900,000. A new cus- 

 tom-house is in process of erection. There are 

 five cotton-presses with 13 storage-yards built 

 of brick, with a capacity of 140,000 bales; 

 power of compress, 6,000 bales per day ; aggre- 

 gate capital, $1,100,000. There are 47 firms in 

 the wholesale trade, with an aggregate capital 

 of $12,000,000, whose sales for 1885 amounted 

 to more than $29,000,000. The Galveston Oil- 

 Mills have a capital of $300,000, and the Texas 

 Star Flouring-Mill $100,000. Another flouring- 

 mill is in process of erection, with a capital of 

 $1,000,000. The value of exports to foreign 

 ports in 1874-'75 was $15,876,632; in 1885, 

 $16,531,766. The chief business is the ship- 

 ment of cotton. 



Harrisbnrg, a city, capital of Pennsylvania and 

 of Dauphin County, on the east bank of the 

 Susquelianna river, 105 miles by rail west by 

 north of Philadelphia; latitude 40 16' north, 

 longitude 76 53' west. The population in 1870 

 was 23,104; in 1880 it was 30,762; in 1886, 

 estimated at 40,000. The South Pennsylvania 

 Railway Company is now building a new rail- 

 road-bridge over the river. Two great railway 

 systems intersect at Harrisburg, the Pennsyl- 

 vania, Philadelphia, and Reading, and the Cum- 

 berland Valley, while the Northern Central 

 connects it with Baltimore and with the North. 

 The manufacture of iron and steel is extensive. 

 In 1880 the capital employed in that industry 

 was $2,021,692, with a product worth $2,839,- 

 500. Steelton, an adjoining suburb, is the seat 

 of the Pennsylvania Steel-Works. The capital 

 invested in the manufacture of planed lumber 

 the same year was $205,000, the product 

 $110,019 ; in printing and publishing $172,550, 

 product $465,920; in foundry and machine- 

 shops $145,000, product $174,000. The total 

 capital of all establishments was $4.026,457; 

 the number of hands, 3,660 ; the total product, 

 $7,663,416. 



Hartford, a city, capital of Connecticut and of 

 Hartford County, on the west bank of the Con- 

 necticut river, at the head of sloop navigation, 

 50 miles by the river from Long Island Sound, 

 110 miles by rail northeast of New York, and 

 114 miles west-southwest of Boston; latitude 

 41 46' north, longitude 72 41' west. The 

 population in 1870 was 37,180 ; in 1880, 42,015 ; 

 it is now estimated at 45,000. A new high- 

 school building was erected in 1884. The 

 Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch, standing 

 at the entrance to the Capitol-grounds, was 

 dedicated in 1886. The library of the Con- 

 necticut Historical Society has increased in ten 

 years from 16,000 volumes to 23,000, and the 

 Watkinson from 27,000 volumes to 36,600. 

 There are in all 23 libraries in the city, con- 

 taining 277,765 volumes. The number of 

 pupils enrolled in the public schools has risen 

 from 7,000 to 10,000. The capital invested in 

 fire-insurance companies has increased from 

 $6,400,000 to $10,000,000, and that in life and 



accident insurance companies from $100,000,- 

 000 to $150,000,000. The following table 

 shows the value of the most important indus- 

 tries in 1880 : 



The entire amount of capital invested in man- 

 ufacturing was $9,679,126, the number of hands 

 employed was 6,300, and the total value of 

 products $11,437,200. 



Uoboken, a city of Hudson County, N. J., on 

 the Hudson river, opposite New York, joining 

 Jersey City on the northeast ; latitude 40 44' 

 north, longitude 74 1' west. The population 

 was 20,297 in 1870 ; in 1880 it was 30,999 ; it is 

 now estimated at 39,000. Hoboken is the termi- 

 nus of the Delaware and Lackawanna Railway 

 and of four lines of European steamships. An 

 elevated traction-cable road from the ferries to 

 Jersey City Heights began operating in 1886, 

 and a new ferry to Fourteenth Street, New 

 York, was completed the same year. A large 

 city hall was built in 1881, and a new opera- 

 house in 1886. There are now 8 public schools, 

 including a high, a normal, and an evening 

 school, with an enrollment of 5.415, and 2 

 newspapers. The capital employed in found- 

 ries and machine-shops in 1880 was $123,000, 

 and the value of products $141,056; in the 

 manufacture of silk and silk goods a capital of 

 $74,300 was employed, and the value of the 

 product was $101,000. The entire amount of 

 capital invested in manufactures was $486,320, 

 the number of hands employed 723, and the 

 value of products $1,051,136. 



Holyoke, a city of Hampden County, Mass., 

 on the west bank of the Connecticut river, 8 

 miles by rail north of Springfield, 11 miles by 

 rail northeast of Westfield; latitude 42 12' 

 north, longitude 72 36' west. The popula- 

 tion in 1870 was 10,733; in 1880,21,915; in 

 1885, 27,895. Nearly one half of the popula- 

 tion is foreign-born. Its water-power, derived 

 from a fall of 60 feet in the Connecticut river, 

 is equal to 30,000 horse- power. The Connect- 

 icut River Railroad passes through, and a 

 branch connects it with the New Haven and 

 Northampton. The City Hall, built of granite, 

 cost $400,000. There are 4 national banks, 3 

 savings-banks, 10 churches, an opera-house, 1 

 daily, 4 weekly, and 4 monthly newspapers, 

 and 12 public schools. The largest manu- 

 facturing industry is that of paper, more fine 

 writing and envelope papers being made here 

 than in any other city in the country. The 

 largest blank-book works in the country also are 

 located here. The average daily product _of 

 paper is 200 tons. Following are the statistics 

 of the principal industries in 1880 : 



