Pennsylvania Railroad System —— A Description of Its Main Lines and Branches With Notes of the Historical Events Which Have Taken Place in the Territory Contiguous

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ISBN: 9781332176809 出版年：2016 页码：79 Forgotten Books

As a commercial center New York is supreme. Every big industrial institution in the country has an office in the city; vessels leave its hundreds of docks for practically every port in the world, and it is extensively engaged in manufacturing. The principal industries are sugar refineries, tobacco factories, and plants for the making of clothing, chemicals, medi cines, clocks, watches, musical instruments, rope, cordage, iron and steel products, boats, ammunition, glassware, silverware, paper, oils, paints, soap, starch and matches. In engraving, printing and lithographing the city is very prominent.