AUBURN, N. Y. city and county-seat of Cayuga County, on Owasco River, the outlet of Owasco Lake, and on the New York Cen tral, Lehigh Valley, and Central New York Southern steam railroads, 25 miles southwest of Syracuse. Interurban trolley lines connect with Rochester and Syracuse, and local trolley lines with the beautiful Owasco Lake and picturesque neighborhood. Auburn was first settled in 1793 by Col. John Hardenbergh, and was called Hardenbergh's Corners ; in 1805 the name was changed to Auburn, and it was selected as the county-seat; in 1815 it was incorporated as a village and in 1848 became a city. Auburn was the home of the late William H. Seward, and the Seward mansion is one of the city's at tractions. The city is situated in the heart of the Empire State lake country. One can leave Auburn every morning during a vacation period and visit a different lake each day, and return to the city before nightfall. Owasco Lake, the nearest and most accessible of the lakes, is a picturesque expanse of water, two miles from the city, 12 miles long. In the vicinity are excellent State roads with ample and up-to-date garage and hotel accommodations. It is a beautiful summering place, where fishing, boat ing, yachting, bathing, canoeing and sports at the lake are the favorite amusements. There is the Burtis Auditorium seating about 3,000 people for indoor entertainment, and a number of other theatres. There are two country clubs, one city club and numerous fraternal organ izations that own their own buildings. Auburn is a shopping centre with modern stores and is an industrial centre with 174 factories, employ ing 8,110 people. The largest industry is a manufactory of agricultural implements which exports its goods to every part of the world; other industries of almost equal importance are carpet, rug and shoe factories, woolen mills, cordage, twine and rope works; the Diesel oil and steam engines, and auto appliances are made here. The United States census of manu
factures for 1914 recorded 123 establishments of factory grade, employing 6,627 persons of whom 5,769 were wage earners, receiving $3,578,000 annually in wages. The capital in vested was $23,129,000, and the value of the year's output was $16,686,000; of this $6,896,000 was the value added by manufacture. The city has a progressive Chamber of Commerce, two savings banks, two private banks, two national banks and one trust company. 'The city con tains a number of unusually fine private homes with attractive grounds, including Italian and English gardens; fine public and private build ings; churches of practically all denominations; a municipal and general hospital; courthouse; United States government building; State ar mory, which is the headquarters of Company M of the National Guard; State prison; two libraries, and a fine Woman's Educational and Industrial Union building, one of the largest U and best equipped in the United States; there are 12 up-to-date public schools and one high school; there are four Roman Catholic parish schools. Auburn is also the seat of the Auburn Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), which, with its fine buildings, the Welch Memorial, and Dodge Morgan Hall and Willard Chapel, and the Silliman Club House, forms another interesting feature of the city. The seminary maintains a summer school for lay men as well as the regular student's theological course during the remainder of the year. The city maintains a first-class paid fire department, and the municipality owns and operates its own waterworks. Pop. (1910) 34,668; (1914) 36,500.