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CITIES, AMERICAN". (RACINE, SAINT JOHN, SAN DIEGO.) 



000 ; 3 chewing - tobacco factories, capital 

 $250,000; and 6 breweries, capital $800,000. 

 Besides these there is a large paper- board mill, 

 with a capital of $250,000, and the Gardner 

 Steam Governor Works, capital $200,000. 

 There are also manufactories of furniture, 

 plows, plug tobacco, organs, soap, files, and 

 matches, and planing and saw mills, giving em- 

 ployment to over 4,000 persons. Quincy has 9 

 public schools, 13 parochial schools, 2 literary, 

 and 1 medical college. There is a free library 

 and reading-room association which has over 

 6,000 volumes, and is erecting a building to cost 

 $40,000. There are 32 churches, 2 hospitals, 

 and 2 orphan asylums. There are published 

 5 daily newspapers, 8 weeklies, 1 bi-monthly, 

 and 2 monthlies. Quincy was laid out in 1825, 

 was organized as a city in 1839, and was the 

 home of the first Governor of Illinois, Gov. 

 "Wood, to whose memory a bronze statue was 

 erected in Washington Park in 1884. 



Raeine, a city on the west shore of Lake 

 Michigan, in Racine County, Wis., at the mouth 

 of Root river, which, with the government 

 piers, makes a fine harbor. The city is 23 

 miles south of Milwaukee, and C2 miles north 

 of Chicago. Two railroads and the lake afford 

 excellent shipping facilities. It is on a plateau 

 40 feet above the lake-level, and 690 feet above 

 sea-level. Racine was settled in 1836. The 

 population in 1860 was 7,751 ; in 1870, 9,880; 

 iu 1880, 16,031 ; in 1885, 19,636; in 1887 esti- 

 mated at 20,500. The valuation of real and 

 personal property in 1887 was $8,552,090. 

 The indebtedness of the city was less than 

 $200,000. Manufacturing is the leading indus- 

 try, employing 3,800 men and a capital of 

 $5,000,000, the annual products being valued 

 at $9,000,000. The principal articles made 

 are thrashers, wagons, plows, harrows, fanning- 

 mills, portable engines and boilers, and feed- 

 cutters. The lumber and coal trade is large. 

 The University of the Northwest is located 

 here. The court - house and city hall are 

 handsome structures, the latter completed in 

 1886 at a cost of $62,000. A street-railway 

 line connects the depot and traverses the 

 principal streets. There are three national 

 banks. A system of water-works is just com- 

 pleted, with a stand-pipe capacity of 330.480 

 gallons. Water is obtained from a distance of 

 one and a quarter mile at the lake. 



Saint John, a city and port of entry of New 

 Brunswick, Canada, on the Bay of Fundy, at 

 the mouth of St. John river, occupying both 

 banks. Portland adjoins it to the north, and 

 the two cities have a common harbor, and 

 supply of gas and water. The population of 

 St. John in 1871 was 28,805; in 1881, 26,127; 

 the decrease being due to the great fire of 

 1877, by which half the city, including almost 

 the entire business portion, was destroyed. 

 By this Portland gained in population from 

 12,520 in 1871 to 15,226 in 1881. Since the 

 fire, St. John has been rebuilt in a substantial 

 manner. Three railways touch the city, and 



street-cars have just been added. The port 

 has a large trade, mainly with England and 

 the United States. St. John owns more ships 

 than any other port in Canada, the registry at 

 the close of 1886 showing 635 sailing-ships and 

 steamers of 216,959 tons. In 1866, apart from 

 the coasting-trade, 1,899 vessels, of 501,527 

 tons, were cleared. The exports, chiefly lum- 

 ber, for the year ended June 30, 1886, were 

 $3,901,495, and the imports $4,075,062, the 

 customs duties collected being $861,002. The 

 chief industries are lumber-mills, two cotton- 

 mills, engine and car factories, nail-works, 

 foundries, red-granite works, and a cordage- 

 factory. The manufacture of lime is exten- 

 sively carried on near the city, the product 

 being largely shipped to the United States. 

 St. John harbor, in which spring-tides have a 

 rise of twenty-eight feet, lias valuable fisheries 

 of herring, shad, gaspereaux, and salmon. In 

 1886 was completed the fine steel cantilever 

 railway-bridge across St. John river, a short 

 distance above the city. St. John was incor- 

 porated by royal charter in 1785. 



San Diego, a city and seaport of Southern 

 California, the county-seat of San Diego County, 

 480 miles southeast of San Francisco. It is 

 the Pacific terminus of the Atchison, Topeka, 

 and Santa F6 Railway system. The present 

 population (Jan. 1, 1888) is 30,000. In 1885 

 it was 4, 000; in 1880, 2,637; in 1870, 2,300. 

 Through railway connection with the Eastern 

 States was established in 1885. Local lines 

 connect the city with the interior of the county 

 and with Los Angeles, San Bernardino, River- 

 side, and the principal Southern California 

 towns. The Southern Pacific Railroad, con- 

 necting with the East as well as with San 

 Francisco and Northern California and Oregon, 

 is extending a branch from its main line to 

 the city, and direct connection with Southern 

 Nevada and Utah by another line will be made 

 in the near future. The street-railroads, oper- 

 ated by electric, cable, and horse power, have 

 an aggregate length of twenty-six miles, and 

 the steam-motor railroads to suburban points 

 have about thirty miles more. The city is 

 lighted by electricity and gas. A complete 

 sewer-system, embracing forty-seven and a 

 half miles of pipe, is now being constructed. 

 The ocean and coastwise traffic is considerable 

 and is growing rapidly. It is the largest lum- 

 ber importing port, next to San Francisco, on 

 the Pacific coast. The salubrious climate of 

 San Diego, which possesses the most equable 

 temperature of the coast, makes it a popular 

 health-resort. The city has numerous fine 

 hotels and several daily newspapers. There 

 are four national banks and two State banks. 

 Coronado Beach, on the opposite side of the 

 bay, is a city in itself, with a hotel costing 

 $1,200,000, street-railways, electric lights, etc. 

 Ferry service, with five-minute trips, connects 

 the beach with the city proper. The water- 

 supply of the city and Coronado Beach is ob- 

 tained from the San Diego river, being pumped 



