Jersey City
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JERSEY CITY, the chief city of Hudson county in the State of New Jersey, U.S., is situated on the west bank of the Hudson, opposite New York, to which it stands in a relation similar to that cf Birkenhead to Liverpool. It is. laid out irregularly, owing to its being an aggregation of three formerly distinct municipalities. Many
of the streets are broad and well paved, and the city is provided with efficient gas, water, and sewerage systems. It has few striking buildings, the most prominent structures being the immense grain elevators near the river, three hospitals, an orphan's home, and the public school buildings, 21 in number. The public schools are supported by State and city taxes, and administered by a board of
education. The trade of the city is very considerable ; but, as it is embraced in the New York customs district, separate returns are not made. The fact that it is a terminus for three lines of ocean steamers, five trunk-lines of railways, seven lesser railways, and the Morris canal, greatly facilitates the transport of coal, iron, &c., and materially fosters its industries. Jersey
City has iron-foundries, iron, steel, and zinc works, boiler yards, machine shops, railway plant
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