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Johnsonville at Northumberland, and with the Delaware and 

 Hudson at Saratoga Springs, also extending south to Mechanic- 

 ville, and west into Schenectady County. 



Electric Roads 

 The Hudson Valley electric road passes from. "Warrensburg 

 southwest to Glens Falls. From this place a line extends into 

 Saratoga County through Saratoga Springs and Ballston, and 

 southeast to Mechanicville, where it meets another line extending 

 from Glens Falls down the east side of the Hudson, crossing the 

 river and entering Saratoga County at ^Northumberland, then 

 passing down the west side of the river to Waterford. From 

 Saratoga Springs the Schenectady Railway extends southwest to 

 Schenectady, two lines running thence to Watervliet and Albany. 

 Another electric line from Ballston crosses the town of Milton, 

 terminating at Middlegrove in Greenfield. 



Improved Highways 

 Six improved highways center at Saratoga Springs. Of these, 

 two extend to the Adirondack section, one passing through Glens 

 Falls, and the other crossing the towns of Corinth and Hadley; 

 the third road extends into the town of Wilton ; a fourth runs east 

 and south to Mechanicville, meeting at that place a fifth road 

 from Saratoga Springs, and extending south to Albany; a sixth 

 road leads from Saratoga Springs southwest to Ballston Spa and 

 Schenectady, with another highway leading west from Ballston 

 Spa, the latter road being under construction to the county line. 

 The total extent of these roads is 125 miles, 19 miles additional 

 being under construction. 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



Saratoga Springs is the principal market within the county 

 It is widely known as a summer resort and is celebrated for its 

 mineral springs. Schenectady is an excellent nearby market. It 

 receives a large share of the milk produced in the town of Ball- 

 ston ; also a considerable amount of the truck crops produced in 

 the southern part of the county. Milk and other products are 

 sent also to Troy, Watervliet, Cohoes. and Glens Falls, as well as 

 to Boston and other ISTew England cities. 



