Westward to Chicago
the General Electric Company, that manufactures the greatest amount of electrical appliances in the world. The second largest locomotive works on the globe are also located here. Still further west is Utica, then Syracuse, a manufacturing and important railroad center. Passing the manufacturing city of Rochester, brings me to Niagara Falls, the crowning glory of the State of New York, and the greatest cataract on the American continent.
Buffalo, the second city in the State of New York, has extensive lake commerce in grain, live-stock, coal and lumber trade.
Erie, Pennsylvania, is a port of entry on Lake Erie, having extensive iron manufactures and a large trade.
Cleveland, Ohio, has important steamboat and railroad traffic, with
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