. The Street railway journal . mpanys prop-erty, is famous as the center of the knit goods trade. Traditionsays that this was the northern point reached by Henry Hud-son, when, in 1610, the Half Moon crept up the Hudson. Ashort distance south of Mechanicsville is the power stationof the Hudson River Power Transmission Company, which who was murdered there by Burgoynes Indians. Near SandyHill are the car houses, shops and largest steam power stationsof the Hudson Valley Company. Here, also are several largefactories driven by water-power. Glens Falls, a live city of 20,000 inhabitants, and the
. The Street railway journal . mpanys prop-erty, is famous as the center of the knit goods trade. Traditionsays that this was the northern point reached by Henry Hud-son, when, in 1610, the Half Moon crept up the Hudson. Ashort distance south of Mechanicsville is the power stationof the Hudson River Power Transmission Company, which who was murdered there by Burgoynes Indians. Near SandyHill are the car houses, shops and largest steam power stationsof the Hudson Valley Company. Here, also are several largefactories driven by water-power. Glens Falls, a live city of 20,000 inhabitants, and the head-quarters of the system, is famous for its beautiful waterfallsand the paper manufacturing industry which this water-powerhas made possible. A few miles north of Glens Falls the roadalmost loses itself in the forests at the base of French Mountain,historic in French and Indian warfare. Near Caldwell are theruins of Fort William Henry, and not far distant are those ofFort George. At Warrensburg, the northern terminus of the. INTERIOR OF CONVENTION HALL, SARATOGA, WHERE THE STATE POLITICAL CONVENTIONS ARE HELD supplies power to a number of electric roads and plants in thisdistrict. Here also are grouped a number of important man-ufacturing industries, which derive their power from the , a few miles north on the main line, was settled in1690, and has several manufacturing plants. The town was thebase for the American army during its campaign against Bur-goyne. Several battles were fought in that section, and all overa wide district are battlefield tablets marking the graves ofEnglish or American soldiers. Schuylerville is rich in its historic interests. It was settledin 1690 by the illustrious Schuyler family, and a short distancefrom the village is to be seen the old Schuyler mansion, erectedby soldiers of the American army shortly after the surrenderof Burgoyne. To the west of the village is the famous Saratogabattle monument, marking the scene of the great A
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