One of the thirteen original States; named in honor of the Duke of York to
whom the patent was granted; first settled by Dutch, on Manhattan Island,
1614.
Area, 49,170 square miles; extreme length, east and west, 412 miles;
extreme breadth, 311 miles; two-thirds of boundaries formed by navigable
rivers; total water frontage, 880 miles. Number counties, 60. Temperature
at Albany: winter, 22deg to 36deg; summer, 67deg to 73deg. Rainfall at
Buffalo, 34 inches, and at Penn Yan, 28 inches.
New York City, chief commercial point of United States, ranking 1st in
exports and imports; pop., 1,206,299,--greater by nearly three-fifths than
that of the Territories. Brooklyn is 2d in size; pop. 566,663. Buffalo,
"Queen City of the Lakes," is, next to Chicago, most important shipping
point for grain on the lakes; pop., 155,134. Rochester, noted for
manufactures and extensive nurseries; pop., 89,366. Syracuse has extensive
salt works; pop., 51,792. Albany, the capital; pop., 90,758; customs
districts, 10.
First railroad, from Albany to Schenectady, 1831; present railroad mileage,
7,349; artificial waterways, 907 miles.
Number farms, 241,058; average value per acre, cleared land, $58.48;
woodland, $40.88
Salaries of State Officers.
Gov'r $10,000 and house
Lieut. Gov. 5,000
Sec'y of State 5,000
Treasurer 5,000
Comptroller 6,000
Attorney Gen. 5,000
Chief Justice 7,500
Senators & } 1,500
Representatives } m'l'ge 10 cts.
3 Dist. Judges 4,000
Pension Agt. 4,000
Pos. Stamp Agt. 2,500
D. Supt. R'y Ser. 2,500
12 Colls. Int. Revenue 2,750 to 4,500
Col. Customs New York 12,000
Supt. Assay O. 4,500
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Presidential P. O.
Albany $3,500
Auburn 2,900
Binghamton 3,000
Brooklyn 3,800
Buffalo 3,800
Elmira 3,000
Lockport 2,700
Newburgh 2,700
New York 8,000
Oswego 2,700
Poughkeepsie 2,900
Rochester 3,600
Saratoga Spr. 2,700
Syracuse 3,400
Troy 3,300
Utica 3,200
Watertown 2,700
204 Post Offices 2,600 to 1,000
Corn crop, 1884, 22,674,300 bu.; wheat, 12,729,000 bu. Latest reported
dairy products: milk, 231,965,533 gallons; butter, 116,119,847 lbs.;
cheese, 117,085,442 lbs. Ranks first in value of manufactures, soap,
printing and publishing, hops, hay, potatoes, buckwheat and milch cows;
second in salt, silk goods, malt and distilled liquors, miles railway and
barley; third in agricultural implements, iron ore, iron and steel, oats
and rye.
Population, 5,082,871: male, 2,505,322; female, 2,577,549; native,
3,871,492; foreign, 1,211,379; white, 5,016,022; colored, 65,104; Chinese,
909; Indians, 819. Governor and State officers elected quadrennially, and
legislature every two years; State, congressional and presidential
elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 32;
Representatives, 128; sessions of legislature annual, meeting first Tuesday
in January; limit of session, none; term of Senators, 2 years; of
Representatives, 1 year.
Number electoral votes, 36; number voters, 1,408,751; native white,
852,094; foreign white, 536,598. Election betters or bribers, and convicts,
excluded from voting.
Number of colleges, 28; school pop., 1,681,101; school age, 5-21.