The New Student's Reference Work/Amsterdam (New York)

Amsterdam, a city of Montgomery County, New York, 33 miles from Albany.  It is an important manufacturing city, among its products being carpets, rugs, knit-goods, wagon-springs, paper, paper-boxes, silks and brooms.  Besides, it has foundries and machine shops.  Amsterdam is located on the Mohawk River and Erie Canal, and has the service of the West Shore and the New York Central railroad.  The first settlement was made in 1778 and was known as Veedersberg until 1804.  The present city was incorporated in 1885, and has all the adjuncts of a progressive city. Population, 31,267.