. Essex county, , illustrated . isgiving tm(| satisfaction. Newark is situated on the main l)elween New York and Philadelphia, and on the Passaic River, and hallows thespot where our forefathers first delved, and then built betterllian they knew. Its transportation facilities by railroad andwater are unequalled. It is less than thirty minutes from thecity of New York by rail. ;ind about an hour by water. Sixrailroads, and trains innumerable each day, transport its pas-sengers and its goods to and from the great metropolis, and toand from all the great countries and cities o
. Essex county, , illustrated . isgiving tm(| satisfaction. Newark is situated on the main l)elween New York and Philadelphia, and on the Passaic River, and hallows thespot where our forefathers first delved, and then built betterllian they knew. Its transportation facilities by railroad andwater are unequalled. It is less than thirty minutes from thecity of New York by rail. ;ind about an hour by water. Sixrailroads, and trains innumerable each day, transport its pas-sengers and its goods to and from the great metropolis, and toand from all the great countries and cities of the world. The territorial jurisdiction of the city embraces an area of iSs(|uare miles. Its improved streets aggregate a length of over200 miles, nearly 75 miles of which are paved with granite,asphaltum. etc., and its sewers a length of more than 100 has a combined area of nearly 150 acres in parks. And itnow has a supply of water which for purity, wholesomeness,sweetness and abundance, is unequalled. As the birds-evc. \\r\:\\: views of the city reproducedin this work show, the largeterritory end)raced withinihe citys limits is well buillupon, but not overcrowdedrile salt marshes or meadowsin the part ofI lie city, are as yet sparse!)occupied by either dwellingsor factories, but even her<liusiness .ind is draining and re-I I h e marsii, andiHiildings and dwellings are•illiplying. 1 he innumerable factoriesin the city ;ire. almost with-out an exception, well .indstrongly built, finely venti-lated and lighted, and ;\cellenl examples of factoi\and mill .irchitecture. Tin-dwelling houses evince the
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