186 CITIES, AMERICAN". (SAVANNAH, SCRANTON, SOMEBVILLE, SYRACUSE.) 



ress has also been made in the manufacture 

 of shirts, boots and shoes, jewelry, artificial 

 stone, cigars, and clothing. The city has had 

 a monopoly of the manufacture of heavy min- 

 ing machinery. During 1885-'86 an effort was 

 made to supplant the Chinese cigar-makers 

 with white help from Eastern cities, but it 

 failed. The latest addition to the industries is 

 the glass-works, having the most complete ma- 

 chinery west of Pittsburg, and a capacity of 

 eight tons of glassware daily. Several large 

 canneries have been established within ten 

 years, as well as packing establishments for 

 raisins and wineries. The Water- Works Com- 

 pany has begun work on a new dam to be 160 

 feet high, which will require three years to 

 finish, and will make a reservoir with a capaci- 

 ty of 40 thousand million gallons. 



Savannah, a city, capital of Chatham County, 

 Ga., on the right bank of Savannah river, 18 

 miles from its mouth, and 104 miles by rail 

 southwest of Charleston; latitude 32 5' north, 

 longitude 81 8' west. The population in 1875 

 was estimated at 28,235 ; in 1880 it was 30,709 ; 

 in 1885, according to local census, 45,000. The 

 depth of the river is being gradually increased 

 by engineering operations at the expense of 

 the General Government, facilitating the as- 

 cent of vessels of heavy burden to the city 

 wharves. The chief business is the receipt and 

 shipment of cotton, though the trade in lum- 

 ber, rice, and naval stores is large. The com- 

 merce is growing rapidly, the railroads bringing 

 freight from the interior to connecting lines of 

 steamships. A permanent home for the Georgia 

 Historical Society has been secured, and an 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences established. 



Seranton, a city of Lacka wanna County, Pa , 

 167 miles by rail north by west of Philadel- 

 phia, and 145 miles from New York ; latitude 

 41 24' north, longitude 75 43' west. The 

 population in 1870 was 35,092 ; in 1880, 45,850 ; 

 in 1885, estimated at 70,350. Soranton has 

 grown up since 1840. A fine court-house has 

 just been finished at a cost of about $250,000 

 for the building. A jail to cost about $200,000 

 is nearly completed. There are two Bessemer 

 steel-rail mills, two silk-mills, and several car- 

 and machine-shops. An electric street-railway 

 is in process of construction. Four railroads 

 enter the city, and two more are soon to be 

 brought within the limits. Following are sta- 

 tistics of the principal manufactures for 1880 : 



The whole amount of capital invested in 

 manufacturing was $4,470,631; the number 

 employed, 3,549 ; the total value of products 

 $8,561,850. 



Somerville, a city of Middlesex County, Mass., 

 on Mystic river, two miles northwest of Bos- 



ton; latitude 42 32' north, longitude 71 5' 

 west. The population in 1870 was 14,685 in 

 1880, 24,933; in 1885, estimated at 29,992. It 

 was made a city in 1872. About 20 acres of 

 flats and marsh, in part the bed of Miller's 

 river, were filled up in 1878-'80. Four lines 

 of railroad touch the city. There are 4 lines 

 of street-railroads, 28 churches, 23 school- 

 buildings, 2 banks, and a newspaper. Follow- 

 ing are statistics of the principal industries for 

 1880: 



The whole amount of capital invested in 

 manufacturing was $1,682,795; the number 

 employed, 1,296 ; and the entire value of prod- 

 ucts, $5,852,535. The total valuation of prop- 

 erty was $18,590,100. 



Syracuse, a city, capital of Onondaga County, 

 N. Y., at the head of Onondaga Lake and on 

 Onondaga creek, 147 miles west by north of 

 Albany, and 151 miles east of Buffalo; lati- 

 tude 43 2' north, longitude 76 14' west. The 

 population in 1870 was 43,051 ; in 1880, 51,792 ; 

 in 1886, 78,323. The increase during the latter 

 period is partly due to the annexation of the 

 suburbs, Geddes and Danforth. The new park 

 given to the city, containing 100 acres of roll- 

 ing land, will be laid out at once. The Syra- 

 cuse Savings-Bank has a fine building, the cost 

 of which was $300,000, and the Onondaga 

 County Savings-Bank a still finer one. The 

 Government is erecting a post-office and court- 

 house building of stone to cost $350,000. The 

 new St. Mary's Church will cost about $200,000. 

 St. Paul's Cathedral has just been built, at an 

 expense of nearly $100,000. Four daily news- 

 papers have a circulation of 28,000. The Young 

 Men's Christian Association, of 600 members, 

 has just completed a five-story building at a 

 cost of $60,000, containing reading and recep- 

 tion-rooms, a gymnasium, and a concert-hall. 

 Syracuse is an important railroad center, 53 

 passenger and a larger number of freight-trains 

 depart daily from the depot, while the freight- 

 trains of the New York Central pass around 

 the city. The freight shipped by rail in 1885 

 was about 800,000 tons, and the amount re- 

 ceived about 850,000 tons. The Erie and Os- 

 wego Canals contribute greatly to the trade of 

 the city. During the year 1885 there were 

 cleared from the port 3,648,193 feet of lumber, 

 420,886 pounds of bacon, 432,699 barrels of 

 flour, 350,131 bushels of grain and malt, 7,488,- 

 102 pounds of bran and ship stuff, 16,403 bar- 

 rels of apples, 42,598 barrels of potatoes, 279,- 

 281,434 pounds of salt, and considerable other 

 raw and manufactured products, including to- 

 bacco, gypsum, hops, and dairy produce, the 

 total tonnage being estimated at 1,200,000 tons. 

 In manufacturing industries that of salt has 

 always been prominent in Syracuse. In 1874, 



