CITIES, AMERICAN. (SOUTH NORWALK, STILLWATER, TAMPA.) 



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Philadelphia and Reading Railroads. In 1869 

 the population did not exceed 5,000 ; in 1880 it 

 was 10,147, and in 1890 15,944. In 1894 it 

 claimed 18,000. The chief industry is coal min- 

 ing, and millions of capital are invested. The 

 estimate of men and boys employed in the bor- 

 ough proper is 5,000. There are 3 hat and cap 

 manufactories, a shoe factory, a brewery, and 

 oil refineries. The borough is connected by rail 

 with Mahanoy City and Girardville, both places 

 being reached in twenty minutes. Natural drain- 

 age is toward the south, east, and west. New 

 water works owned by the borough are nearing 

 completion in 1894, the supply being brought 

 over the hill a distance of 4 miles. The dams of 

 the older company are on the hillside of the 

 borough. The Thomson-Houston system of 

 electric lighting is in use, and there is also an 

 incandescent electric-light plant, in addition to 

 gas. One daily and 5 weekly newspapers are 

 published, one of the latter being Lithuanian. 

 Two national banks have a capital of $100,000 

 each. Shenandoah has an altitude of 1,270 feet 

 above sea level. 



South Norwalk, a city of Connecticut, of 

 7.000 inhabitants, in Fail-field County, on Long 

 Island Sound, and on the New York, New Haven 

 and Hartford Railroad and the Danbury and 

 Norwalk Railroad, 42 miles northeast of New 

 York, 32 west of New Haven, 16 from Bridge- 

 port, and 22 south of Danbury. Twenty passen- 

 ger trains arrive from and depart for New York 

 daily, and 5 to and from Danbury. A line of 

 freight propellers runs regularly to New York, 

 and a large passenger steamer makes daily trips 

 all the year round. Vessels drawing 12 feet of 

 water discharge their cargoes at the wharves. 

 Two trolley lines connect with the city of Nor- 

 walk 2 miles distant, with East Norwalk. Win- 

 nipank, The Knob, Bell Island, Roton Point, 

 and Rowayton. The city has excellent water 

 works, ample fire protection, graded public 

 schools, 3 hotels, 5 churches Congregational, 

 Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, and Catholic; 2 

 national banks and 1 savings institution, an 

 opera house with a seating capacity of more 

 than 1,000, and a new theater. One daily news- 

 paper is published. The Norwalk river is here 

 crossed by a railroad bridge. Oyster cultivation 

 is carried on, and hundreds of barrels are shipped 

 daily. The industries include a lock company, 

 iron works, 12 hat factories, 1 of straw hats, 

 a hat-forming company, a factory of hat blocks, 

 another of hatters' tools, 2 fur-cutting establish- 

 ments, 2 planing mills and lumber yards, a ship- 

 yard and marine railway, a company of boat 

 builders, 1 factory of iron toys, another of 

 corsets, 1 of shoes, 1 of paper boxes, and 2 

 of cigars. On the elevations rising from the 

 business center there are many beautiful resi- 

 dences and summer villas, commanding exten- 

 sive views of the sound. 



Stillwater, the fifth city of Minnesota, the 

 county seat of Washington County, in the east- 

 ern part of the State, picturesquely located on 

 the west bank of St. Croix river, which here ex- 

 pands into a narrow lake, 19^ miles from St. 

 Paul, and 7 miles north of Hudson. In 1880 it 

 had a population of 9,055, which increased to 

 11,260 in 1890. The business streets are well 

 paved, and are lined with stone and brick build- ' 



ings. Gas and electricity are employed in illu- 

 mination, and there are 5 miles of electric 

 street railway. The water supply is abundant, 

 and the fire department well equipped. Trans- 

 portation facilities are afforded by the Northern 

 Pacific, Wisconsin Central, St. Paul and Duluth, 

 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and Chicago 

 and Northwestern Railroads, in addition to 

 river navigation. The city lies in the eastern 

 part of the great wheat belt of the Northwest, is 

 connected by rail with the iron mines of north- 

 ern Minnesota and Wisconsin, and has immense 

 lumber interests, 400,000,000 feet of timber being 

 driven down the St. Croix and its tributaries to 

 the city yearly, through its immense booms. 

 The annual business of the city in timber alone 

 is $5,000,000. It has 9 sawmills, with an aggre- 

 gate daily capacity of 1,200,000 feet. During 

 the summer months 200,000,000 feet are manu- 

 factured. Other industries are the manufacture 

 of steam engines, thrashing machines, horse 

 powers, flour, sash, doors, and blinds, while 

 many men are employe I in the handling of 

 wheat in its elevators and wholesale houses. 

 Two national banks are capitalized at $250,000 

 each, and there are also 2 savings institutions. 

 One daily and 6 weekly newspapers are pub- 

 lished, one of the latter edited and published by 

 the inmates of the State Penitentiary, which is 

 located here. There is also a German monthly. 

 On a high eminence to the south stands the 

 county courthouse, with beautiful grounds, and 

 there are 3 large public-school buildings, as 

 well as 7 others. Seventeen churches represent 

 the various religious denominations. The city 

 has an altitude varying from 680 to 694 feet. 



Tampa, a city of Florida, the county seat of 

 Hillsborough County, at the mouth of Hills- 

 borough river and at the head of Hillsborough 

 Bay, one of the branches of Tampa Bay, 30 

 miles from the. Gulf of Mexico and about 100 

 miles south by east of Cedar Keys. The waters 

 are navigable for seagoing vessels, and 5 lines 

 of steamships ply regularly between the port and 

 New Orleans, Mobile, Havana, Key West, and 

 local ports. The depth of water at the wharves 

 is 25 feet, mean tide, and at the outer bar 23 

 feet. The South Florida and the Florida Cen- 

 tral and Peninsular Railroads afford transporta- 

 tion by land. In 1880 the population of Tampa 

 was 720 ; in 1890 it had increased to 5,532, and in 

 1894 it claimed 15,688. During the season of 

 1893-'94 the number of tourists was estimated 

 at 20,000. The valuation of hotel property is 

 $3,000,000. The internal-revenue collections. of 

 the year ending June 30, 1894, were approxi- 

 mately $250,000. and of customhouse collec- 

 tions $550,000. The city has 70 miles of streets, 



3 electric car lines, aggregating 22 miles of 

 track. 3 electric - light plants, and 8 fire 

 companies with electric fire-alarm system and 



4 electric bell towers. Pure spring water is 

 abundantly supplied, the capacity being 3,000,000 

 gallons daily, through 18 miles of mains. There 

 are 11 churches and 7 private and 6 public 

 schools, with 1,200 pupils; and 2 daily and^5 

 weekly newspapers are published. About 75 

 cigar factories employ nearly 4,000 persons, with 

 an approximate product of $6,500,000. This is 

 the principal industry. The country surround- 

 ing the city is high' table-land, studded with 



