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KEARNY
, a See also:town of See also:Hudson See also:county, New See also:Jersey, U.S.A., between the See also:Passaic and See also:Hackensack See also:rivers, adjoining See also:Harrison, and connected with See also:Newark by See also:bridges over the Passaic
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Pop
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(1900), 10,896, of whom 3597 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census), 18,659
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The New Yo.k & See also:Greenwood See also:Lake See also:division of the See also:Erie railroad has a station at See also:Arlington, the See also:principal See also:village (in the N.W. See also:part), which contains attractive residences of Newark, Jersey See also:City and New See also:York City business men
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The town covers an See also:area of about 7 sq. m., including a large See also:tract of See also:marsh-See also:land
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In Kearny are railway repair shops of the See also:Pennsylvania See also:system, and a large. See also:abattoir; and there are numerous manufactures
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The value of the town's factory products increased from $1,607,002 in 1900 to $4,427,904 in 1905, or 175.5%
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Among its institutions are the See also:State Soldiers' See also:Home, removed here from Newark in 1880, a See also:Carnegie library, two See also:Italian homes for orphans, and a See also:Catholic See also:Industrial School for boys
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The See also:neck of land between the Passaic and the Hackensack rivers, for 7 M
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N. from where they unite, was See also:purchased from the proprietors of See also:East Jersey and from the See also:Indians by See also:Captain See also: |
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