JERSEY CITY

a city of New Jersey; in Hudson co., of which it is the county seat. It is on the Pennsylvania, the Erie, the Lehigh Valley, the New Jersey Cen< tral, the Baltimore and Ohio, West Shore; the New Jersey and New York, and the Lack a wanna railroads, and on the Hude son River and the Morris Canal. It is opposite New York City, with which it is connected by ferries and tunnels. The busine part of the city lies on the level area along the river bank. W. of t hi a sharp bluff on which is the residential part of the city. Jersey City is the second city in population of the state. It has many important public buildings and its institutions include a _ public library, St. Peter’s Roman Catholic College, several hospitals, and public high schools. Its busine interests are closely connected with those of New York City. It is the terminus of several large railroad and steamship lines, and its commerce is very extensive, It has large stock yards, slaughter houses, grain elevators, and meat packing establishments. Its industries include fron and _ steel products, machinery, locomotives, fire works, furnaces, jewelry, paints and chemicals, zine goods, soap, etc. It has three national banks, and several private banks and trust companies. Tho city was first known as Paulus Hook, and was first settled in 1840. It was incorporated in 1838, and was enlarged by the annexation of Hudson and Bergen, in 1870, and by Greenville, in 1872. it received a new charter in 1899. Pop., 1920, 297,864.