PASSAIC  , a

city of Passaic county, New Jersey, U.S.A., at the head of navigation on the Passaic river, 5 M . SS.E. of Paterson . (Pop . (189o), 13,028; (1900), 27,777, of whom 12,900 were foreign-born; (1910 census), 54,773 . Passaic is served by the Erie and the Delaware, Lackawana & Western railways . The east part of the city is a plain occupied chiefly by factories, for which water-power is furnished by the river and a canal; the west part, which is almost wholly residential, extends over hills which command excellent views . Among the principal buildings are the city hall, and the Jane Watson Reid Memorial Library . The city's factory products increased in value from $12,804,805 in 190o to $22,782,725 in 1905, or 77.9% . About one-half of the value in 1905 was in worsteds, cottons and woollens; other important manufactures are rubber goods and electrical supplies . There are large vineyards near the city . A settlement was established here by the Dutch in 1679, and was called Acquackanonk or Paterson Landing until the middle of the loth century . Passaic was incorporated as a village in 1869, and in 1873 was chartered as a city .

See W . J . Pape and W . W .

Scott, The News History of Passaic (Passaic, 1899) .