. Industries of New 1820. JERSEY 1883, A REVIEW OF HER HISTORY FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF PAULUS HOOK TO THE PRESENT THE COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ADVANTAGES, TOGETHER WITH A DETAILED RESUME OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES. A prominent citizen of New York, in conversation with the writer of this article a few years since,expressed himself in the most glowing terms of the very superior advantages possessed by Jersey City. Incomparison with New York or Brooklyn he claimed that the fa!cilities enjoyed by Jersey City from the har-bor and railroad communication were vastly superior, and with


. Industries of New 1820. JERSEY 1883, A REVIEW OF HER HISTORY FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF PAULUS HOOK TO THE PRESENT THE COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ADVANTAGES, TOGETHER WITH A DETAILED RESUME OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES. A prominent citizen of New York, in conversation with the writer of this article a few years since,expressed himself in the most glowing terms of the very superior advantages possessed by Jersey City. Incomparison with New York or Brooklyn he claimed that the fa!cilities enjoyed by Jersey City from the har-bor and railroad communication were vastly superior, and with proper encouragement from those inter-ested the growth and prosperity of the latter city would be rapidly enhanced. To the careful observer ofthe situation of New York Bay and the numerous railroads that centre around New York the truth of theassertion will be plainly understood. Jersey City is practically situated in the very choicest position forgrowth and business enterprise, and within the past decade her citizens have apparently awakened t


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