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 i AUG !9 1905 
 
SYRACUSE was first known to the Indians, in 17S6, as Webster's Camp. 
 
 From 1786 to 1809 it was called l^ogardus' Corners, and in 1812 the name 
 
 was clianged to Salina. In 1 8 14 the town came to be known as Cossits' Corners, and 
 
 three years later as Corinth. It was not until 1824 that it received its present name of 
 
 S)n-acuse. 
 
 Syracuse of to-day is a thriving industrial city of over 100,000 inhabitants, situated on the south 
 
 end of Onondaga Lake, which is 6 miles long and 1 12 mile wide, with an elevation of 360 feet above 
 
 the sea level. The city owes a great part of its wealth to the salt springs in the marshes bordering 
 
 the kike, which have been exploited since 1650, and now j'ield about 3,000,000 bushels annually. A 
 
 visit to the evaporating houses, brine conduits, and pumping houses is very interestin<T. The Erie 
 
 Canal runs through the middle of the town, a little to the north of the railway, and affords scenes of 
 
 almost Venetian eff..-ct by moonlight. Among the most noteworthy buildings are the City Hall, in 
 
 Washington Street, in the Richardsonian style; the Post-office, in Fayette .Street, a pleasing relief to 
 
 the stereotyped Mansard-roofed Government Buildings; the Syracuse Savings Bank, on the Canal; 
 
 St. Paul's Cathedral ; .St. John's Cathedral; the State Hospital for Feeble-minded Children; and the 
 
 Court-house. The Museum of Fine Arts was opened in 1897. In the southeast part of the city are 
 
 the handsome buildings of Syracuse University, including die Crouse Memorial Hall for Women, 
 
 the Hall of Languages, the Holden Observatory, and the Library, which contains over 55,000 volumes, 
 
 including the rare historical collection of Leopold von Ranke. The hill on which the University stands 
 
 commands a most magnificent view of the city, lake, and surrounding hills. 
 
 The beautiful Oakwood Cemetery lies adjacent. The handsomest resident street is James Street, 
 leading to the northeast from the center of the city. A Bj^Lvard, loo feet wide, has been constructed 
 around Onondaga Lake. 
 
 J. MURRAY JORDAN, PUBLISHER, 
 1438 SOUTH PENN .SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA. 
 
N]':\V YORK CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION. 
 
THE NEW COURT-HOUSE. 
 
THE OLD COURT-HOUSE. 
 
GENERA (> VIEW OF SYRACUSE. 
 

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CARNEGIE LIBRARY 
 
THl': HIGH SCHOOL. 
 
THE STATE ARMORY. 
 

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^.CUSB UNIVBRSITY. 
 
JOHN GROUSE COLLEGE OF FL\E ARTS, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, 
 
UNITED STATES COVERNMENT HUILDINX;. 
 
SALINA STREET. 
 
FAYETTE STREET. 
 
FA VET IE SCjUARE. 
 
WASHINGTON STREE 1', LOOKING EAST ACROSS SALINA STREET. 
 
ON THE ERIE CANAL. 
 
FOREMAN PARK. 
 
JAMES STREET. 
 
CIRCLE AT WKsr ONONDAGA STREET. 
 
SALT INDUSTRY, THE PUMP HOUSES. 
 
SALT INDUSTRY, SOLAR EVAPORATION. 
 
YATES CASTLE. 
 
THE OUTLET OF ONONDAGA LAKE. 
 
BOATING IN WINTER ON 0N0NDA(;A LAKE.