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CITIES, AMERICAN. (PASSAIC, ROME) 



graveled streets with brick sidewalks, 3 parks, 

 an opera house, 6 hotels, 3 express companies, ;3.) 

 railas of telephone wire, 2 hospitals, a city hall 

 that, cost $20,000, and a Federal building and 

 post office valued at $150,000. Two daily news- 

 papers are published. The total value of public- 

 school property is $96,600 ; there are 7 buildings, 

 that for the colored children being nearly as 

 large as the high school. The enrollment in 

 1890-'91 was 2,182, an increase of 253 over the 

 preceding year, and the total expenditure for 

 schools was $20,795.60. There are also a business 

 college and a Catholic academy. In addition to 

 a Jewish synagogue, 1 Episcopal, 1 Christian, 1 

 Baptist, 2 Presbyterian, 1 Cumberland Presby- 

 terian, 1 German Lutheran, 1 German Evangeli- 

 cal, 1 Roman Catholic, and 2 Methodist Episco- 

 pal churches ; there are 7 belonging to the 

 colored people. Two national banks have a 

 joint capital of $430,000, there is a private bank 

 capitalized at $100,000, a savings bank in opera- 

 tion since 1888, and a building and loan associa- 

 tion. The building contracts for the year 1891 

 aggregated $460,876. Paducah lies in the center 

 of vast coal and iron-ore deposits, and has a 

 large hard-wood territory tributary. The prod- 

 uct of manufacturing in 1891 reached $2,927,- 

 556 ; lumber, rough and dressed, constituted the 

 largest item ($627,473), including sash, doors, and 

 blinds ; tobacco packing, including plug manu- 

 facture, realized $299,438 ; saddles and harness, 

 collars and leather, $280,835 ; hickory wood- 

 work and hubs, $109,360. There are furniture, 

 boot and shoe, broom, ice, and cigar factories, 

 brickworks, foundries and machine shops, flour- 

 ing mills, vinegar works, marble yards, cooper 

 shops, and bottling works, as well as minor in- 

 dustries. The city is the second largest dark- 

 tobacco market in the world. It has 5 whole- 

 sale tobacco warehouses. 



Passaic, a city of New Jersey, in Passaic 

 County, at the head of tide water and navigation 

 on Passaic river, 11 miles northwest of New York 

 city, and 4 miles southeast of Paterson. In 1880 

 it had a population of 6,532, and in 1890 of 13,- 

 028. During the Revolution it was known as 

 Acquackanonk, and at the beginning of the 

 present century was the headquarters of a large 

 trade with the West India islands. In 1867 it 

 was a small hamlet. The greater portion is built 

 upon table-land, from 50 to 150 feet above tide 

 water, and there are fine views from the upper 

 portions of the Palisades of the Hudson, and 

 other beautiful scenery. It contains the homes 

 of many business men of New York, which city 

 can be reached in 30 minutes by rail. There are 

 60 trains daily by the Erie Railroad, 15 by the 

 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, and 12 by 

 the New York, Susquehanna and Western. In 

 summer a steamer plies regularly between the 

 city and Newark. The natural drainage is ex- 

 cellent. The streets, from 60 to 80 feet wide, 

 are at right angles, and are curbed, guttered, 

 crossvvalked, and side walked with bluestone flag- 

 ging, the use of no other material being per- 

 mitted. In 1889 there were 50 miles of this flag- 

 ging. Many of the streets are macadamized, 

 and the majority of them are well shaded. Gas 

 and electric lighting are in use. Handsome resi- 

 dences are numerous, and there are many beauti- 

 ful drives in the neighborhood of the city. A 



few miles above are the Great Falls, where the 

 river has a descent of nearly 90 feet. Dundee 

 lake, 2 miles distant, from which the water 

 supply of the city is drawn, is caused by a dam 

 across the river, which affords power for manu- 

 facturing purposes also. The fire department 

 consists df 3 engines, 2 hook and ladder, and 3 

 hose companies. Two daily and 2 weekly news- 

 papers are published. There is telephone com- 

 munication with New York, and with all the 

 surrounding cities and villages. Ten mails ar- 

 rive and depart daily. The assessed valuation 

 of property in 1889 was $3,875,690, and the 

 bonded debt $173,000. There are 4 ward public 

 schools and a central building, several private 

 and parochial institutions, a free public library, 

 and 14 churches. One national bank, 1 bank 

 and trust company, and 1 trust and safe-deposit 

 company have a joint capital of $225,000. The 

 manufacturing establishments include 2 dye and 

 print works, 2 factories of woolen goods, worsted 

 mills, 2 bleacheries, a whip factory, rubber works, 

 2 planing mills, a sash, door, and blind factory, 

 1 of air brakes, another of fishing tackle, 2 brick- 

 yards, chemical works, a wine company, and a 

 new mill, built in 1888, for satinets. 



Rome, a city of New York, county seat of 

 Oneida County, near the geographical center of 

 the State, on the Mohawk river and the Erie 

 Canal, at the entrance of the Black River Canal, 

 110 miles from Albany, 189 from Buffalo, and 

 255 from New York. The population in 1890 

 was 14,991. The elevation above sea level is 

 445 feet. It has 28 passenger trains daily arriv- 

 ing or leaving on the New York Central and 

 Hudson River, the Rome, Watertown and Og- 

 densburg, and the New York, Ontario and West- 

 ern Railroads, in addition to the transportation 

 by canal. Two other railroads to Carthage and 

 Oneida lake are projected. The water works 

 owned by the city draw their supply from the 

 river two miles above ; the streets are lighted 

 with electricity, and both gas and electric lighting 

 are employed in residences and business blocks. 

 There arc 8 graded public schools, with an en- 

 rollment of 1,983, and an average daily attend- 

 ance of 1,339. The high school has an enroll- 

 ment of 160. Forty-three teachers are employed, 

 and the total expenditure for 1888-'89 for school 

 purposes was $26,832. The amount of school 

 property was placed at $74,000. In addition, 

 there is an academy for young ladies and a 

 parochial school for boys. Fourteen churches 

 are supplemented by a Young Men's Christian 

 Association, owning a building valued at $15,000. 

 The street railway reaches all parts of the city 

 and extends to the county fair grounds. There 

 are competing lines of telegraph and telephone, 

 and a free mail-delivery system. A hospital has 

 been completed recently at a cost of $20,000, 

 and the Central New York Institution for Deaf 

 Mutes, valued at $150,000, is here. The public 

 buildings include a courthouse and jail, a sur- 

 rogate's office, and a county house with a farm 

 of 350 acres. One daily. 1 weekly, and 2 semi- 

 weekly newspapers are issued. There are 4 

 national banks and 2 savings banks; 2 opera 

 houses, one just completed ; a paid fire depart- 

 ment ; and a board of trade. The city is practi- 

 cally out of debt. Among the industries may 

 be noted the New York Locomotive Works, em- 



