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Xlrcnton^ tbc City of Iron and Clay 
 
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 Text by WILLIAM WIRT MILLS 
 
 NATURE stored such quantities of plastic ( 
 about the site of Trenton that it has become I 
 pottery manufacturing centre in America. 
 Then came the railroads, finding Trenton 30 miles 
 from Philadelphia and 60 from New York, 
 and the capital of New Jersey developed widely 
 diversified manufacturing interests, with 
 and its -products figuring first in value 
 the output of this, well situated city. 
 
 Trenton was settled by the Friends in 
 and was named The Falls^ from the rapid 
 in lI, ' Delaware that marked the northeri 
 limit of free navigation^ In 1719 th 
 village became known as Trent's town 
 being the home ot a rich planter, Willian 
 Trent, who was Chief Justice of the colnn 
 of New Jersey. 
 
 Incorporated as a borough in 1746, 
 Trenton became the State capital in 1790 
 and was chartered as a city in 1792. 
 The Continental Congress met here in 
 1783-84, and decidrd to lay out the 
 Nation's capital, on either side of the 
 river, but the next year the opposition of 
 the South reversed the action and pre- 
 vented Trenton from becoming the capita! 
 of the United States. 
 
 In 1729, Trenton, being on the srage 
 coach route between Philadelphia and 
 New York, had one mail a week, three a 
 week in 1764, and in 1791 Trenton was 
 one ot the six post offices in New Jersey. 
 
 By 1830 the city had 5,000 inhabitants^ 29,910 
 
 73,307 in 1900; 84,180 in 1905, and about 95,000 
 
 Cot>ynglit. lOm. 
 
 Photographs by C. J. GREENLEAF 
 
 vith an area ot 4,481 acres. In 1905 there were 16,546 families 
 nd 14,940 dwellings, practically a house for each family. 
 
 The city has 72 miles of electric street railways, and is the 
 centre of suburban systems with 350 miles of tracks, 
 
 The capital invested in manufactures in Trenton 
 
 ;ed from $26,175,000 in 1900 to ]Ss4i,623,232 
 
 in 1905, and exceeded $55,000,000 in 1909, with some 
 
 400 industrial establishments turning out manufactured 
 
 th S6o,ooo,ooo, em.ploying 1,300 
 
 salaried men and some 15,500 wage earners, 
 
 with pay rolls footing up to nearly 5^2, 000,- 
 
 000 a year. 
 
 Some 48 potteries employ nearly 7,000 
 hands and turn out over $8,000,000 
 worth of china, porcelain, white granite, 
 brown ware, decorative tiles, terra cotta 
 and drain pipes. 
 
 The great wire and cable works of 
 the John A. Roebling's Sons Company, 
 covering 30 acres, employing about 5,000 
 men, have an output of 315,000,000. 
 (Jther large concerns are the plants of the 
 an Bridge Company and the Jordan 
 
 Mo 
 
 Works 
 
 The diversified character of the city's 
 industries, with some 75 different lines 
 of manufactures, assures Trenton's indus- 
 trial stability and a steady and rapid growth 
 in wealth and population. 
 
 Trenton has three daily newspapers, 
 
 II two cent papers: one evening, The 
 
 rimes; two morning. The State Gazette 
 
 (founded 1792) and The True American; one Sunday, The 
 
 Advertiser, and a half dozen weekly class publications. 
 
 KIXG. Publtshcr. Sc7V York 
 
 MONUMENT y^q JOHN A. ROEBLING 
 gner and Bui'ltler nf the Greai Brooklyn Bridgi 
 
 1880; 
 1909, 
 MOSES 
 
CITY HALL, designed by Stephen Roberts; offices of Mayor, Common Council and administrative boards; taxable realty, ;?i 70,000,0005 
 personalty, Sio»o0OiOO0; municipal realty, including §350,000 in parks, worth £3,000,000; water works, established 1802, bought by city 
 in 1859, worth $2,200,000, earn $50,000 a year above cost of operation; funded debt, $3,000,000, including S690.000 on water plant. 
 
BUSINESS SECTION OF TRENTON .„ 
 buildings, Public Library (white mjrble), nju S 
 Rjilroad runs south alonn th- cast bank of th 
 
 npactly built, 
 L- Armory (with immensi- .out), big ... 
 ' and the Bclvidere-Dclawirc Railroad 
 
 turing pla 
 
 at the right, Delaware River ,n the background 
 at the left and across Assunpink Creek in South T| 
 ideation, with steamhoji 
 
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 c.t,MHind, St M,ir\ R III 111 I. itholii. Cathedral, old First Presbyterian Church (with cupola), stores and office 
 3d passes through the manutacturin district, crossing the Delaware to Pennsylvania, while the old Camden & Ambov 
 ware and Raritan Canal, which bisects the city. Trolley lines connect Trenton with Philadelphia and New York. 
 
BR().\DSrREtT\AT10\-\I BANK BUILDING, strung fin- COMMONWEAL IH BllLDlNC, l,.in>i,omc m.,d.rn business 
 inualin.titutiun, upitaLind buii.lus, ,^5 50,000; deposits, $2,000,000. block, with stores and uflices, at lleart ut Trenton's business activity; 
 Trenton's seven banks and trust companies have JSi 7,000,000 deposits, centre of the lively real estate business that is developing the suburbs. 
 
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 1,300 inmates; 
 
 S J FRANX'IS HOSPITAL, mainuined by Human Catholic sisters. 
 npened 1848; 15,000 patients cared fur in 60 years; now 
 ary at' io,ooo volumes. City also has McKinley Hospital. 
 
CLINTON AVENUE BAP- QUAKER MEETING, the Friends tmtc dominated Trenton. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 
 TIST CHURCH; picturesque BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, tine group uf build- CHURCH, founded 1726; 
 rine-covered house of worship, ings; Presbyterians strongest Protestant body in Trenton, 6,000 mbrs. splendidly preserved old building. 
 
SOLDIERS' AM' ^.Ul,wli,^ STATE ARMORV, splendiH 5^50,000 itructurc erected 1904. BATTLE M O N LM ENT, 
 MONUMENT, C'ldwjlader BARRACKS, built 1758; picturesque survival of the occu- 150-tt. granite shaft; 13-tt. 
 Park; memorial of Civil War. pation of Trenton by thi British mercenaries in 1776. statue of George Washington. 
 
■W'ASHIXGTON MONUMENT, Cadwabder Park; commemorat- CADWALADER PARK., I oo acres of beautiful pleasure ground, 
 ing his exploit in crossingthe Delaware Dec. 25, 1776, capturing 1,000 Riverside Park extends for two miles along the Delaware. 
 Hessians, 6 field pieces 12,000 stands of arms, withoutloss of one man. COUNTRY' CLUB, home of fashionable social organization. 
 
BRIDGE over the LVIauarr ulifir W.ul.inft.m U" r.;, hui.t ] Si o 
 rebuilt 1875; first through stage route from New York to PhiU 
 OLD HOL'SE in which Waihington stopped after Battle ut" Trenton 
 
 MARKER erected by the Cincinnati to show where \V j,t,u,.t. n 
 crossed the Delaware to capture Trenton, which made possible his bril- 
 liant New Jerse> campaig'i in 1777, turning the tide otthe Revolution, 
 
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