GENEVA, N. Y., city in Ontario County, on the north shore of Seneca Lake and the main line of the Lehigh Valley, the Auburn Branch and the Pennsylvania Division of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. There are two interurban trolley lines connect ing with adjacent towns. Rochester is 52 miles west and Syracuse 52 miles east. Geneva is situated in a rich agricultural country and has one of the largest manufactories of cereals and corn products in the United States, using 10,000 bushels of corn daily. The city has extensive manufactories including stoves, steam boilers, optical goods, motors and motor boats, cutlery, glass, etc. The excellent transportation facili ties, cheap fuel supply, gas and electric power offering unusual advantages. The United States census of manufactures for 1914 showed within the city limits 52 industrial establishments of factory grade, employing 1,953 persons; 1,692 being wage earners receiving annually a total of $1,%4,000 in wages. The capital invested aggre
gated $4,773,000, and the year's output was val ued at $5,241,000: of this, $1,956,000 was the value added by manufacture. The Geneva cut lery works runs out more razors daily than any other factory in the world. Geneva is the seat of Hobart College for men and Smith College for women. The New York Experiment Sta tion and the Smith Observatory are here. Geneva's public, parochial and private schools rank among the best in the State. In the 18th century the Indian village of Kanadesoga was located near the present site of Geneva. Gen. James Clinton attacked and destroyed the village in 1779. Geneva was chartered as a city in 1898 aad is governed by a mayor (elected every two years) and a municipal council. The city owns and operates the waterworks. The assessed valuation is $8,000,000. Pop. 15,000, with a tributary trading population of 50,000.