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  mills 
  and 
  yards, 
  producing 
  10,000,000 
  feet 
  of 
  sawed 
  lumber 
  

   annually. 
  The 
  sulphite 
  mills 
  of 
  the 
  Union 
  Bag 
  and 
  Paper 
  Com- 
  

   pany 
  are 
  also 
  located 
  here. 
  

  

  At 
  Fort 
  Edward 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  papermill 
  larger 
  than 
  that 
  at 
  Glens 
  

   Falls, 
  with 
  pulpmill, 
  sulphite 
  mill 
  and 
  chemical 
  works. 
  

  

  At 
  Fort 
  Miller 
  there 
  are 
  pulp 
  and 
  papermills, 
  and 
  at 
  Schuyler- 
  

   ville 
  there 
  are 
  wallpaper, 
  pulp 
  and 
  papermills, 
  and 
  also 
  cotton- 
  

   mills. 
  

  

  At 
  Mechanicville 
  the 
  great 
  papermill 
  of 
  the 
  Duncan 
  Company 
  

   is 
  located. 
  The 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Power 
  Transmission 
  Company 
  is 
  

   also 
  located 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  miles 
  below 
  this 
  place. 
  

  

  At 
  Waterford 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  knitting 
  industry, 
  and 
  at 
  Cohoes 
  

   there 
  are 
  six 
  large 
  cotton 
  mills 
  and 
  about 
  forty 
  knitting 
  mills, 
  

   one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  its 
  kind 
  anywhere. 
  

   There 
  are 
  also 
  large 
  rolling 
  mills, 
  tube 
  works, 
  axe 
  factories, 
  

   foundries, 
  machine 
  shops 
  and 
  various 
  other 
  establishments. 
  

  

  Fifteen 
  miles 
  west, 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk, 
  is 
  the 
  

   city 
  of 
  Schenectady, 
  with 
  a 
  population 
  of 
  about 
  40,000. 
  Its 
  

   manufacturing 
  establishments 
  include 
  shawls, 
  knit 
  goods, 
  loco- 
  

   motives 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  articles. 
  The 
  works 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  

   Electric 
  Company 
  are 
  located 
  here, 
  covering 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  90 
  

   acres. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  factory 
  for 
  electric 
  works 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  

   These 
  works 
  manufacture 
  electric 
  motors 
  and 
  machinery 
  of 
  every 
  

   variety. 
  There 
  are 
  about 
  ten 
  thousand 
  people 
  employed, 
  with 
  

   a 
  weekly 
  payroll 
  of 
  $175,000. 
  

  

  North 
  of 
  Schenectady 
  there 
  is 
  Ballston 
  Springs, 
  where 
  are 
  

   located 
  a 
  large 
  tannery, 
  bag, 
  pulp 
  and 
  paper 
  works, 
  axe 
  and 
  scythe 
  

   factories, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Five 
  miles 
  further 
  north 
  is 
  Saratoga 
  Springs, 
  which, 
  although 
  

   nominally 
  a 
  watering 
  place, 
  still 
  has 
  considerable 
  manufacturing. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  papermills 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Paper 
  Com- 
  

   pany 
  is 
  located 
  at 
  Palmers 
  Falls, 
  while 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  George 
  West 
  

   papermills 
  is 
  at 
  Hadley, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  above. 
  

  

  At 
  Warrensburg 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  papermill, 
  woolen 
  factory 
  and 
  many 
  

   other 
  industries. 
  

  

  Troy, 
  Watervliet, 
  Lansingburg, 
  Waterford, 
  Cohoes 
  and 
  Schenec- 
  

   tady 
  constitute 
  perhaps 
  the 
  largest 
  manufacturing 
  center 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  