PORT JERVIS, N. Y., city in Orange County, on the Delaware and Neversink rivers, where the States of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania meet, and on the New York, Ontario and Western railroads, 88 miles northwest of New York Gty. It was settled in the last of the 18th century, and laid out as a village in 1826. The first permanent settlers were descendants of the French Huguenots and the Dutch, who settled the town of Deerpark. It is a popular summer resort on account of the many waterfalls nearby and the beauty of the scenery in general. Its water-power and transportation facilities have contributed toward making the village of commercial and industrial importance. The chief manu facturing establishments are railroad shops, glove factories, silk mills, silver plating works, necktie factory, overall factory, saw factory, shirt factory, and other industrial works are a flour and planing mills, sash factory, printing works and a number of smaller establishments which supply local needs. The
principal public buildings are the Carnegie Free Library, cost $30,000; Port Jervis chamber of commerce, two hospitals, the Y. M. C. A. building, Saint Marv's Orphan Asylum, and churches of several denonimations, Elks Home, Federal building, and a new $35,000 parochial school. The educational institutions are pub lic and parish schools, a new high school, two private schools, a conservatory of music and the public library. In recent years the city has paved several streets with brick, erected an electric-light plant, and installed a new electric lighting system. The Erie Railroad whose in terests are closely identified with those of the city has erected a monument to the founders of the city. The demand for extra housing facilities has resulted in increasing activity in building operations. Pop. 9,564.