The Coolidge examiner., 1934-05-04

n yeals that New York state
has 60 cities with a normal
population OF more than 10000 each,
OF which seven stand In the 10000
class and six In the 10000 class.
New York city has more than
half the population of the whole
state.
Buffalo. the metropolis OF Erie
county. with It's splendid system OF
parks, connected by drives, boule-
wards and parkways, ranks ninth
among the Industrial centers OF the
United States and is one OF the ten
leading ports OF the world. although
II lies at the foot OF an inland lake.
No one could visit Rochester.
with It's falls, It's beautiful parks.
and It's busy Industries, without
agreeing that here is one Of Amer
ica's most livable cities. Rochester
makes enough movie" film every
year 10 belt the earth eight times.
Kodak park has TO "cook" four tons
OF silver every week. transforming
Il into nitrate OF silver TO make
the emulsion for the films and photo
graphic paper Eastman produces.
Nearly 100000 pounds OF cotton
linters 20 into the making of film.
and there Is a saying that on the
smooth side Glm is first cousin to
lei rl. 10
cousIn-german TO sterling silver
ware.
Cleanliness must be next TO godli-
ness when motlon-picture film is
made A speck on Greta Garbo's
nose or splotch on Mary Pick
fords cheek would ruin a picture.
SO the smokestacks OF Kodak Park
are among the highest In America,
and 100000 gallons OF water
day are pumped out OF Lake On
tarlo. The gelatine on your film is
as chemically pure as that In the
dessert on your dinner table.
II Is an impressive sight TO see
Bausch and Lomb melting tons OF
sand. mixed with chemicals, accord
Ing 10 the most accurate OF formulate,
and then pouring the great pots OF
white hot liquid upon a table and
rolling II into the giant pancakes
from which come most OF the spec
tacles OF America. For forty years
the two founders OF this concern
toiled away before their business
began TO grow. But now Bausch
and Lomb are known the world
around aud have one Of the largest
optical works on earth.
Syracuse is radiant city In a
beautiful land. Salt gave Syracuse
its start. but today the community
takes rank as one Of the most YER
satile In America. Famed for its
typewriters, alr-cooled automobiles,
Office furniture and other nationally
used products. Syracuse is also dis
tinctive as the capital OF the Six
Nations. Here the sachems of the
several tribes meet in THE Long
House." as they met centuries ago,
TO consider the problems that have
changed so vastly since these pow
vows began.
A pltiful remnant OF a once
mighty nation they constitute. Their
reservations are islands In the juris-
| dlction OF the state OF New York.
Yonkers Comes Fifth.
II is doubtful whether one per-
son In ten would guess the fifth
city OF New York. II is Yonkers.
Adrian van der Donck, who once
owned It's site. was young Dutch
nobleman, or Jonkheer, and 1t was
an easy transition to Yonkers from
Jonkheer's land.
The city has some Of the largest
carpet factories, sugar refneries,
and elevator plants in America
Few states have capitals so for
tunately located or capitals with
as rich a history. Four Of New
Yorks six Presidents have been
governors of the state-Van Buren,,
Cleveland and the two Roosevelts
and have lived in Albany. An
other son of New York who won the
presidency by vote of the people,
but lost II at the hands of the cleo
toral commission, was Governor
Can,ual 7 TfIden
Utica, a fair city Of the Mohawk
valley, is a center of the knitgoods
| industry in America.
Schenectady made a bold bid for
position among the cities of the
state in the 100000 or more popula-
/ ton class under the 1890 census,
and came only a few thousand
short. AS the home Of the General
Electric company, where Stelnmetz,
Coolidge, and Longmuir have delyed
so deeply into the mysteries of mat
ter and have made many an appar-
emily unfathomable secret arise to
serve the needs Of everyday life,
| Schenectady has become a house
hold word in America.
Binghamton, which is strikingly
located astride the east branch of the