Industries of New Jersey. . as, however, been in the last halfcentury—in 1S30, its population was 10,950 ; in 1850,3^,953; in 1870, 105,131, and in 1880, 136, increase m substantial wealth has been even morewonderful, chiefly as the fruit of liberal enterprise inthe extension of its manufactures, for, though it has afine harbor, easy access to the ocean, and all thefacilities for a large foreign commerce, its toNew York city must necessarily prevent, as it hasprevented, its becoming a great commercial centre,while the same nearness of the great metropolis hasfavored the devel
Industries of New Jersey. . as, however, been in the last halfcentury—in 1S30, its population was 10,950 ; in 1850,3^,953; in 1870, 105,131, and in 1880, 136, increase m substantial wealth has been even morewonderful, chiefly as the fruit of liberal enterprise inthe extension of its manufactures, for, though it has afine harbor, easy access to the ocean, and all thefacilities for a large foreign commerce, its toNew York city must necessarily prevent, as it hasprevented, its becoming a great commercial centre,while the same nearness of the great metropolis hasfavored the development of Newark into one of theleading manufacturing centres of the continent. Thedomestic commerce of Newark is very extensive andvaluable, and its foreign commerce is also large andprofitable, although a large proportion, especially ofthe imports, which belongs properly to tins city, isdiverted to and credited to the New York customsdistrict. The manufactures comprise a great variety of : illl ^ 111 ;r:,!l ijjiv i lAi^. STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 109 branches, among the leading ones being jewelry, cot-ton thread, machinery and iron and steel products ofmany kinds, leather, harness, boots and shoes, cloth-ing, etc., etc.; a single establishment, making cottonthread, has an immense mass of buildings which costnearly a million dollars for its erection ; the census of1870 stated the value of the products for a single yearat nearly $40,000,000, which has since mcreased to anannual value of not much less than $75,000, quarries of brown-stone are also in operationin the outskirts. Newark is completely connected byrail with all parts of the continent, is intersected bythe Morris Canal, has horse railways to Belleville,Orange, South Orange, etc., and steamboats to NewYork, and it has railroad communication with NewYork at intervals of about 15 minutes during thegreater part of the day. The city is regularly laidout, the main streets being wide and straight ; thesupply of wate
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