Fact! 
 
 Issued by the 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 
Albany was organized as a city in 1686. | 
 
 Albany was made capital of the State in 1 
 
 1797. ! 
 
 Albany has assessed valuation, real estate j 
 
 owned by thecity, $6,472,430.00 ■ 
 
 Albany has assessed valuation, real estate 1 
 
 $64,814,205.00. j 
 
 Albany has assessed valuation, corpora- 1 
 
 tions, $1,156,800.00. I 
 
 Albany has assessed valuation, personal, | 
 
 $4,822,550.00 j 
 
 Albany has assessed valuation, franchises, | 
 
 $3,258,35000- 
 Albany has property exempt from taxa- 
 tion, $44,254,235.00. ! 
 
 Albany has a tax rate (1907) of $1.94. 
 
 Albany has one of the largest filtration ■ 
 
 plants in the country, furnish- 1 
 
 ing a supply of water that for ■ 
 
 quality is unexcelled by any ■ 
 
 city in the United States. i 
 
 Albany has 98,374 inhabitants. i 
 
 Albany has located within an area of 200 
 
 miles one third of the popula- { 
 
 tion of the United States. 1 
 
 Albany is the natural trading centre of ; 
 over 500,000 people. 
 
 Albany has 87. 1 13 miles of paved streets. I 
 
 Albany has six dififerent improved roads, j 
 
 comprising over 50 miles in ,' 
 
 length, leading into it, and | 
 
 several other roads are being ' 
 
 improved. ■ 
 
 Albany has 99.344 miles of sewers. 
 
 Albany has 17 parks. | 
 
 Albany's parks comprise 306.6 acres. 
 
Albany's boulevards (under park care) 
 
 comprise 95.4 acres. 
 Albany's Bureau of Police has 
 
 1 Chief S Station houses 
 
 6 Captains 1 PoHce Stableman 
 21 Sergeants 2 Police Patrol Drivers 
 5 Detectives 
 126 Patrolmen 
 1 Surgeon 
 1 Matron 
 
 Albany's Bureau of Fire is equipped with 
 11 Steam Fire Engines 
 9 Combination Chemical Engines and 
 
 Hose Wagons 
 2 Aerial Fire Trucks 
 2 City Fire Trucks 
 
 163 Fire Alarm Stations and a Central 
 Office System 
 
 Albany's Bureau of Fire has 
 
 138 Permanent Firemen 
 47 Call Firemen 
 
 Albany has 23 public schools. 
 
 Albany has 26 colleges and private schools 
 
 Albany has 335 principals and teachers in 
 
 the public schools. 
 Albany has 371 principals and teachers in 
 
 the colleges and private schools. 
 Albany has 13,161 pupils in the public 
 
 schools. 
 
 Albany has 5,955 students in the colleges 
 
 and private schools. 
 Albany has 12 libraries (including 
 
 branches). 
 Albany has 535, 263 books in the libraries. 
 Albany has 483,681 pamphlets in the 
 
 libraries. 
 
 Albany has 265,011 manuscripts in the 
 libraries. 
 
Albany has 73 churches. 
 
 Albany has 42 clubs. 
 
 Albany has 414 secret societies and other 
 
 similar organizations. 
 Albany has 6 Banks of discount. 
 Albany has 2 Trust companies. 
 
 The banks and trust companies of 
 
 Albany have 
 Capital, $3,250,000.00. 
 
 Surplus and Undivided Profits, 
 
 $4,649,858.95 
 Individual Deposits, $49,225,000.56 
 Loans and Discounts, $33,069,404.30 
 
 Albany has 7 Savings Banks. 
 
 The Savings Banks of Albany have 
 Number of open accounts, 95,967 
 Amount of deposits, $67,100,418.78 
 Surplus, market value, $3,574,805.10 
 
 Albany has 5 hospitals. 
 
 Albany has 6 railroads entering the city. 
 
 Albany is the third largest mail transfer 
 station in the United States, 
 being exceeded only by St 
 Louis and Chicago. 
 
 Albany is the terminus of the Erie Canal. 
 
 Albany is the terminus of the Champlain 
 Canal. 
 
 Albany has 33 passenger steamers daily. 
 The largest and finest steamers 
 (on inland waters) in the world 
 run between Albany and New 
 York. 
 
 Albany has 159 passenger trains daily. 
 
 Albany has over 250 freight trains daily. 
 
 Albany has 34.5 miles of street railways. 
 
Albany is the center of a most convenient 
 trolley system, extending 
 South— 37 miles to Hudson. 
 North— 72 miles to Warrensburgh. 
 West— 50 miles to Gloversville. 
 
 Albany has three fire insurance companies, 
 one of them established in i8ii 
 is the oldest surviving insurance 
 company in continuous business 
 in the State. 
 
 Albany has the oldest agricultural journal 
 in the world. 
 
 Albany has the oldest and largest baling 
 press factory in the world, its 
 product being shipped to every 
 civilized country. 
 
 Albany has the largest factory in the world 
 devoted exclusively to the man- 
 ufacturing of car heating appa- 
 ratus — electric, steam and hot 
 water. 
 
 Albany has the largest factory in the 
 world for the manufacture of 
 embossed dominoes, checkers 
 and alphabet blocks. 
 
 Albany has the largest factory in the 
 world for the manufacture of 
 composition billiard balls. This 
 was the first factory of its kind 
 in the country. 
 
 Albany has the only factory in the United 
 States for the manufacture of 
 patent stove specialties. 
 
 Albany has the largest factory in the 
 world for the manufacture of 
 adhesive pastes. 
 
Albany has the largest, best equipped and 
 and most modern ribbed imder- 
 wear plant in the United States. 
 
 Albany has the largest axle grease manu- 
 factory in the world. 
 
 Albany was the first city in the world to 
 produce a return steam trap. 
 
 Albany has the largest manufactory of 
 college caps and gowns in the 
 world. 
 
 Albany has the original as well as the 
 largest perforated wrapping 
 and toilet paper manufactory 
 in the world. 
 
 Albany has the largest factory in the 
 country for the manufacture of 
 paper makers felts. 
 
 Albany has the largest court plaster 
 manufactory in the United 
 States. 
 
 Albany has the largest manufactory of 
 weather strips in the United 
 States. 
 
 Albany has shops for the repairing of 
 locomotives and cars equal to 
 any railroad repair shops in the 
 country. 
 
 Albany has one of the largest factories in 
 the world for the manufacture 
 of gas ranges and appliances. 
 
 Albany has the oldest American manu- 
 factory of coal and wood stoves 
 and heaters and one of the 
 largest factories in the world for 
 the manufacture of stoves and 
 ranges — the product being 
 shipped all over the world. 
 
Albany has the largest factory in the State 
 and one of the largest in the 
 country for the manufacture of 
 Spring Beds. 
 
 Albany has one of the largest factories 
 for the manufacture of Aniline 
 dyes in the United States. 
 
 Albany has the only rosin oil distillery in 
 the North, with the exception 
 of New York and Philadelphia. 
 
 Albany has the oldest plant in the country 
 for the manufacture of chilled 
 car wheels, and one of the 
 largest in the State. 
 
 Albany has one of the largest factories in 
 the country for the packing 
 of lye. The product going all 
 over the world. The factory 
 also packs caustic soda, potash, 
 caustic potash, and chloride of 
 lime. 
 
 Albany has one of the largest and best 
 known factories in the United 
 States for the manufacture of 
 medicinal, photographic and 
 technical chemicals. 
 
 Albany has one of the best equipped fac- 
 tories in the country for the 
 manufacture of tin boxes. 
 
 Albany has one of the largest and the best 
 known factories in the United 
 States for the manufacture of 
 Gas Meters. 
 
 Albany ranks third in the State as a 
 wholesale lumber market. 
 
 Albany is not surpassed by any city of its 
 size in the country in the man- 
 ufacture of packing cases. 
 
Albany has one of the largest and best 
 equipped factories for the man- 
 ufacture of fire brick in the 
 country. 
 
 Albany's manufacturers of architectural 
 iron produce work which in 
 quality is second to none in the 
 world. 
 
 Albany manufactures one of the best med- 
 ium grade lines of Women's, 
 Misses' and Children's shoes in 
 this country. 
 
 Albany has as large and finely equipped 
 printing plants as any city of 
 its size in the United States. 
 
 Albany has the best equipped breweries 
 in the State, brewing a very 
 high grade of beer, 
 
 Albany's factories turn out an exceedingly 
 large and fine line of Shirts, 
 Collars and Cuffs. 
 
 Albany has a large factory for the manu- 
 facture of glazed paper and 
 cardboard — one of the oldest 
 in the United States. 
 
 Albany has one of the largest factories in 
 the United States for the manu- 
 facture of Photographic 
 mounts. 
 
 Albany's factories turn out a superior line 
 of Brushes, Candy, Carriages, 
 Caps, Cigars, Corks, Files, Fil- 
 ters, Lasts, Pianos, Potato 
 Chips, Saws, Stained Glass, 
 Steam Traps, Tile, Tobacco, 
 etc. 
 
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