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mills and yard®, 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 paperinills, 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 beloAY 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 



