184 CITIES, AMERICAN. (&AINT PAUL, SALEM, SAN ANTO.MO, SAN FRANCISCO.) 



The number of hogs packed in 1873-74 was 

 463,793; in 1884-'85 it was 442,087. The 

 cotton-trade is large. The receipts in 1874 

 were 155,943 bales; the shipments, 122,694 

 bales. The receipts for the year ending 

 Aug. 31, 1886, were 472,640 bales. Accord- 

 ing to the census of 1870 the number of manu- 

 facturing establishments in the county, most 

 of which were within the city, was 4,579 ; the 

 capital invested, $60,357,001 ; and the value of 

 products, $158,761.013. In 1880 the number 

 of establishments in the city proper was 2,924; 

 the capital, $50,832,835; and the value of 

 products, 114,333,375. 



Saint Panl, a city and port of delivery, capi- 

 tal of the State of Minnesota and of Ramsey 

 County, on both banks of Mississippi river, 

 2,200 miles from its mouth, 8 miles in a 

 straight line, and 15 by the river, below the 

 Falls of St. Anthony, and 409 miles northwest 

 of Chicago ; latitude 44 52' 46" north, longi- 

 tude 93 5' west. The population was 12,- 

 976 in 1866; in 1875 it was 33,178; in 1880, 

 41,473; in 1886, estimated at 135,000. Its in- 

 crease in population is due, in part, to annexa- 

 tion. In 1874 West St. Paul, on the opposite 

 bank, was added, ? and in 1884 the suburban 

 villages of Mainline, Merriam Park, Union 

 Park, and Macalester. Thirteen railroads cen- 

 ter here, and 191 passenger-trains arrive and 

 depart daily. Regular lines of boats ply be- 

 tween the city and St. Louis. The river 

 freightage for 1885 amounted to 70,000 tons. 

 Among new buildings are a hotel that cost 

 $800,000; a city hall and court-house, $1,000,- 

 000; a Chamber of Commerce, $230,000; and 

 a Government building of granite. Cable-car 

 lines are in process of construction. Besides 

 the public schools, there are Macalester Col- 

 lege, Hamline University, St. Thomas Semi- 

 nary, four medical colleges, and several pa- 

 rochial schools. St. Paul has a large whole- 

 sale trade; there are 412 houses employing 

 7,165 men, and doing an annual business of 

 $82,000,000. Its banking capital is $7,898,885, 

 and the annual exchange business amounts to 

 $121,000.000. The real-estate business is from 

 $13,000,000 to $15,000.000 annually. The prin- 

 cipal establishments are extensive stock-yards 

 rivaling those of Kansas City ; manufactories 

 of agricultural implements, brass goods, stoves, 

 clothing, lumber, machinery and mill sup- 

 plies, carriages, brick and tile, sash, doors, and 

 blinds, and boots and shoes. The shops of the 

 Northern Pacific Railway are at St. Paul. 

 Salem, a city, port of entry, and one of the 



shire towns of Essex County, Mass., on a pen- 

 insula between two arms of the sea called 

 North and South rivers, and adjacent territory, 

 16 miles by rail northeast of Boston; latitude 

 42 31' north, longitude 70 53' west. The 

 population in 1870 was 24,117; in 1880, 27,- 

 563 ; in 1885, 28,090. An improvement has 

 been made on the North river by the filling 

 up of a large basin thereby making a tract 

 of new land for business purposes and improv- 

 ing sanitation. During the past three years, 

 horse-car tracks have been extended to Mar- 

 blehead, Danvers, North Beverly, and Wen- 

 ham. Many new business blocks have been 

 built. The number of pupils in the public 

 schools has increased in ten years from 4,500 

 to 5,000. The Naumkeag Steam Cotton Com- 

 pany, which ten years ago had 1,438 looms, 

 now has 2,700. Following are statistics of 

 the leading manufactures for 1880 : 



The entire amount of capital invested in 

 manufacturing in that year was $3,978,850; 

 the number of hands employed, 4,181 ; the 

 total value of products, $9,926,564. The num- 

 ber of persons employed in sea-fisheries the 

 san.e year was 320, the amount of capital in- 

 vested $209,784, the catch of fresh fish 5,437,- 

 800 pounds. The total value of imports in the 

 customs district of Salem and Beverly was 

 $9,216 in 1879, and $27,832 in 1880; the value 

 of exports, $7,719 in 1879, and $7,080 in 1880. 

 The number of entrances in the foreign trade 

 in 1880 was 96, tonnage, 8,905; clearances 

 106; tonnage, 10.256; entrances in the coast- 

 wise trade, 41 ; tonnage, 7,107; clearances, 7; 

 tonnage, 1,931. Vessels enrolled in the dis- 

 trict, 68 ; tonnage, 6,650. 



San Antonio, a city, county- seat of Bexar 

 County, Texas, on the San ALtonio and San 

 Pedro rivers, 75 miles southwest of Austin and 

 250 miles north by west of Brownsville ; lati- 

 tude 29 25' north, longitude 98 29' west. 

 The population has risen within the last ten 

 years from 12,256 to 39,991. There are 30 

 churches, 7 public and 17 private schools, 3 

 national banks, and 7 newspapers. The city 

 has water- works, electric lights, and street- 

 railroads. It is the principal city of western 

 Texas, and has a large trade ; it is entered by 

 three railroads. The Pecos and Rio Grande 

 Mining Company was chartered in 1882; capi- 

 tal stock, $150,000; paid-up capital, $100,000. 



San Francisco, the chief city of California and 

 the leading seaport of the Pacific coast of 

 America, on a peninsula between San Fran- 

 cisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean; latitude 37 

 46' north, longitude 122 24' west. The popu- 

 lation in 1870 was 149,473; in 1880, 233,859", 

 in 1886, it was estimated at 301,773, of which 



