Utica, New York, USA
1854 - Utica

Utica, a handsome city of Oneida county, New York, on the Mohawk river, Erie canal, and Central railroad, Do miles W. N. W. from Albany, 5b' E. of Syracuse, and 383 from Washington. Lat. 43° IV 49" N., Ion. 75° 13' W. It is pleasantly situated on the S. bank of the Mohawk, and is regularly laid out. The site is nearly level, with a gentle declivity towards the N. The greater part of the public buildings and mercantile houses are situated on Genesee street. The streets are wide, and the houses mostly well built, of brick or atone. Among the principal hotels are Bagg's hotel, the National, the Franklin, the Central, the Eagle, and the Broad-street House. A new city hall, of Milwaukee brick, is in course of erection on Genesee street. The city contains about 20 churches, of the various denominations, several nourishing academies and seminaries. 1 or 2 public libraries, and a mechanics' association. Four daily and five weekly newspapers are published here, besides several monthly periodicals ; in addition to the above, 4 weekly papers are issued from the offices of the dailies. There are 5 banks, with an aggregate capital of $1,010,000, and several insurance offices. The state lunatic asylum, situated 1 mile W. from the centre of the city, consists of several large and expensive buildings of stone. The number of patients on the 1st January, 1851, was 449, of whom 226 were mules, and 223, females. The streets, stores, &c. are lighted with gas. The Erie canal, here 70 feet wide, and the Central railroad, pass through the centre of the city, connecting it with Albany and Buffalo. The Chenango canal. 07 miles long, ex tends from Utica to Binghamton ; the Utica and Black River railroad, commenced in 1853, is in course of construction to Clayton, on the St. Lawrence river, and another railroad is extending from Utica to Binghamton. Plank- roads and turnpike-roads radiate towards all parts of the surrounding country. Handsome bridges cross the canal at several points in the city. Utica is surrounded by a highly productive and populous country, and is a place of extensive trade. The manufactures of the city are also important and flourishing. There are 2 cotton factories, several woollen factories, 1 rolling mill, 1 large manufactory of locks, employing about 200 hands, several iron foundries and tanneries, and a manufactory of railway cars. In 1794 there were only 3 or 4 houses in the place. It was incorporated as a village in 1817, and as a city in 1830. Pop. in 1820, 2072; in 1830,8323; in 1840, 12.782; in 1850, 17,505, and in 1853, about 20,000.

A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

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