A home geography of New York city . e partsof the city that can seen from each bridge. Locate north, east,south, and west. Look down upon the rivers and along the shores;observe the shipping, the islands, the docks, the piers, and thefactories. CHAPTER IX MANUFACTURES The city of New York is generally thought of as a commercialcity only, but it is also the greatest manufacturing center of theUnited States. New York leads not only in commerce Ijut in themanufacture of usefularticles, and of articlesthat add to the refine-ments and luxuries oflife. The inhabitants ofNew York are notminers, not f
A home geography of New York city . e partsof the city that can seen from each bridge. Locate north, east,south, and west. Look down upon the rivers and along the shores;observe the shipping, the islands, the docks, the piers, and thefactories. CHAPTER IX MANUFACTURES The city of New York is generally thought of as a commercialcity only, but it is also the greatest manufacturing center of theUnited States. New York leads not only in commerce Ijut in themanufacture of usefularticles, and of articlesthat add to the refine-ments and luxuries oflife. The inhabitants ofNew York are notminers, not farmers,not lumbermen, notquarrymen, notfishermen. They aremanufacturers anddistributers. They re-ceive raw material andchange it into useful articles. These articles are then sent backto the farmer, the miner, and others. The leading industry is the manufacture of clothing. Thisindustry alone employs more than one hundred thousand great many inhabitants of the east side of Manhattan areengaged in the clothing industry. G5. NEWSIArKl! Kow G6 HOME GEOGRAPHY OE KEW YOUK CITY The next great industry is the refining of sugar and sugar refineries are principally along the river front in Brooklyn. The farmers of the South sendgreat quantities of raw sugarto these refineries, where it ismanufactured into sugar suchas you see on your table. A great many people areengaged in the making of news-papers, magazines, and must be written, printed,bound, and sold. The publish-ing business gives employmentto printers, bookbinders,writers, and publishers. Other great industries arethe manufacture of machinery,furniture, cigars and tobacco,and malt liquors. We also findcoffee and spice-grinding mills,bakeries, slaughtering and meat-packing establishments, gas plants,and factories producing the needful articles for building. From 42d street to the Battery, Manhattan has become one hugeworkshop and ofiice building. In Brooklyn many of the large factoriesand refiner
Size: 1740px × 1436px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidhomegeographyofn00stra
