When Brooklyn sought to erect itself into a city, New York met the proposition with the same spirit of unwillingness to recognize in the sister town any right to individual existence. Every step that Brooklyn took toward securing municipal rights was hampered by the opposition of New York politicians. Brooklyn became a city in 1834, in spite of New York's opposition. New York retired from the fight with its fraudulent ownership of the river and the "ferry rights," by which it was and still is able to levy a continuous tax upon Brooklyn. IV _STATISTICS FROM THE FEDERAL CENSUS OF 1890_ BROOKLYN MANUFACTURES[56] FEDERAL CENSUS OF 1890 The tabulated statements presented herewith include only establishments which reported a product of $500 or more in value during the census year, and, so far as practicable, only those establishments operating works located within the corporate limits of the city. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TOTALS ================================================================ Industries | Industries | Establishments | Capital[57] | Reported | Reporting | ---------------------+------------+----------------+------------ All Industries {1880 | 180 | 5,201 | $61,646,749 {1890 | 229 | 10,561 | 125,849,052 ---------------------+------------+----------------+------------ ============================================================ Industries | Hands | Wages Paid | Cost of | Employed | | Materials | | | Used ---------------------+----------+-------------+------------- All Industries {1880 | 47,587 | $22,487,457 | $129,085,091 {1890 | 103,683 | 61,975,702 | 137,325,749 ---------------------+----------+-------------+------------- ==================================================================== Industries | Miscellaneous | Value of Product | Population | Expenses[58] | | ---------------------+---------------+------------------+----------- All Industries {1880 | | $177,223,142 | 566,663 {1890 | $14,824,466 | 248,750,184 | 806,343 ---------------------+---------------+------------------+----------- ========================================================= Industries | City Assessed | Municipal Debt[59] | Valuation | ---------------------+---------------+------------------- All Industries {1880 | $232,925,699 | $38,040,000 {1890 | 445,038,201 | 34,639,542 ---------------------+---------------+------------------- DETAILED STATEMENT FOR 1890 BY IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES IN BROOKLYN ELEVENTH CENSUS