Syracuse, New York, USA
1906

Syracuse, a city and port of delivery, capital of Onondaga co., N.Y., is situated on the New York Central and Hudson River, the West Shore and the Lackawanna Rs., 148 miles W. by N. of Albany. It is at the southern end of Onondaga Lake, which is circled by a broad boulevard, and presents a pleasing aspect in its well-shaded streets. The Erie Canal traverses the centre of the city. Among the more noteworthy buildings and institutions of a public character are the Federal building, town-hall, court house, St. Paul's and St. John's cathedrals, Museum of Fine Arts (opened in 1897), state hospital for feeble-minded children, county orphan asylum, Holden Observatory, and the various halls and college buildings of the Syracuse University (Crouse Memorial Hall, Hall of Languages, library, etc). The university, with faculties or colleges of liberal arts, fine arts, medicine, law, and applied science, has an attendance of about 2200 students. As an industrial centre Syracuse holds the fourth place among the cities of the state. One of its leading industries is the manufacture of salt from deposits which were discovered as early as 1654 on the shores of Onondaga Lake by Jesuit missionaries from France, and which have been chiefly worked until the present time by the state, to which they yield a considerable revenue. An allied industry, the manufacture of soda-ash and kindred products, gives employment to about 3000 hands. Other leading manufactures carried on here are those of type-writers, iron and steel, tubing, foundry- and machine-shop products, automobiles, wagons, electrical apparatus and hardware specialties, mowers and reapers, ploughs, steam-heating apparatus, novelties of many kinds, knitted goods, malted liquors, etc. The city's water-supply is obtained from Lake Skaneatelea. In 1789 Asa Danforth established salt-works here, and a settlement grew up, which was originally called Bogardus Corners and which changed its name several times. In 1825 the village was incorporated under the name of Syracuse. In 1847 the adjoining village of Salina was merged in Syracuse and the city was incorporated. Further annexations (Geddes, Onondaga) have been made since. Pop. in 1860, 28,119; in 1870, 43,051; in 1880, 51,792; in 1890, 88,143; in 1900, 108,374.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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