Jersey City, the most populous city in New Jersey, is separated from New York, of which it is practically a part, only by the Hudson River; has no pretension to beauty, but is a busy railway centre; has very varied manufactures, including sugar, flour, machinery, and chemicals, extensive shipping interests, and great trade in iron, coal, and agricultural produce.
Population (circa 1900) given as 206,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Jersey * Jerusalem