CITIES, AMERICAN. (JEKSEY CITY, KANSAS CITY, LANCASTER.) 



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The whole amount of capital invested in 

 manufacturing was $8,913,903, the number of 

 hands 9,011, and the value of products $13,- 

 667,327. 



Jersey City, a city, the capital of Hudson 

 County, N. J., on the west bank of Hudson 

 river at its entrance into New York Bay, oppo- 

 site the city of New York; latitude 40 43' 

 north, longitude 74 1' west. The population 

 in 1870 was 82,546; in 1880, 120,722 ; in 1885, 

 155,300. Thirteen railroads enter the city, and 

 it is the terminus for the Inman, Red Star, 

 Monarch, and Netherlands lines of steamships. 

 There are three national and many savings 

 banks. As the city forms a part of the New 

 York customs district, its commerce is not 

 separately returned. The statistics of the 

 most important manufacturing industries in 

 1880 were as follow : 





The entire amount invested in manufacturing 

 in that year was $11,899,915, the number of 

 employes 11,138, the total value of products 

 $60,473,905. 



Kansas City, a city of Jackson County, Mo., 

 the second in the State in population and im- 

 portance, on the right bank of the Missouri 

 river, near the mouth of the Kansas, and close 

 to the Kansas border. It is 283 miles by rail 

 west by north of St. Louis, and 135 miles west- 

 northwest of Jefferson City. The population 

 in 1870 was 32,260; in 1880 it was 55,787; 

 and in 1885 was estimated at 105,042. This 

 does not include the population of the suburbs 

 across the river, which have this year been 

 organized under the name of Kansas City, 

 Kansas, and virtually form a part of the city. 

 The total population is 128,477". The assessed 

 valuation of property has risen from $13,378,- 

 950 in 1880 to $46,386,790 in 1886 ; the rate 

 of taxation has fallen from 25 mills to 15 ; 

 and the city indebtedness from $1,430,219 in 

 1872 to $965,000 in 1885. The number ot 

 building permits has increased from 741 in 

 1880 at a valuation of $1,813,841 to 2,914 in 

 1885 at a valuation of $5,758,629. The real- 

 estate transfers amounted to $5,461,250 in 

 1880, and to $17,745,750 in 1885. The fol- 

 lowing table will serve to show further the ad- 

 vance from 1880 to 1835 : 



The clearing-house was organized in 1875, 

 and clearances show a gradual growth of 

 trade from $20,407,967 of that year to $223,- 

 582,933 of 1885. There are 18 public schools 

 and four more in process of erection. There 

 are about 60 churches, three medical colleges, 

 three hospitals, a Roman Catholic college for 

 girls, and four libraries and reading-rooms. 

 The six daily newspapers have increased to 

 eight, and 31 other periodicals are published. 

 There are water-works and four horse-car 

 lines. One cable line is in operation and oth- 

 ers are projected. An elevated road is in 

 process of construction, running between the 

 city and Wyandotte, a suburb. A new build- 

 ing for the Board of Trade, to cost $300,000, 

 is partly built, and a new hotel valued at 

 $700,000. There are 13 banks and two in 

 process of organizing, with capital of $1,000,000 

 and $500,000, respectively. A large smelting 

 establishment is located at Argentium. Thirty 

 firms deal in farm implements, 30 in lumber, 

 and 50 in grain. Fourteen lines of railroads 

 enter the city, using a common depot, and three 

 other roads are in process of construction. 



Lancaster, a city, capital of Lancaster Coun- 

 ty, Pa., on the right bank of Conestoga creek, 

 12 miles from its junction with Susquehanna 

 river, 68 miles by rail west of Philadelphia; 

 latitude 40 3' north, longitude 76 21' west. 

 The population in 1870 was 20,233 ; in 1880, 

 25,769; in 1886 it was estimated at 30,000. 

 Lancaster is reached by the Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road and the Quarrysville Branch of the Co- 

 lumbia and Reading. It is the site of a crema- 

 torium, the second completed in the United 

 States. It is surrounded by one of the largest 

 and most productive limestone regions of the 

 State. The largest industry is the making of 

 cotton goods. Following are statistics of the 

 largest establishments for 1880 : 



The entire amount invested in manufactur- 

 ing was $3,792,740, number of employes 4,252, 

 and total value of products $5,404,937. 



