East Africa (PORTUGUESE posof Portugal It)
PORTUGUESE, posof Portugal. It comprises the sessions province of Mozambique, capital Laurenço Marques; and Companhia de Mozambique; and Companhia de Ny- Total area, 428,132 square miles. assa. Pop. about 3,000,000 (1,050 whites, 1,100 Its coast-line extends S. Asiatics, etc.). from Cape Delgado, the S. extremity of the coast-line of German East Africa to Kosi Bay, just below Delagoa Bay, at a point separating British from Portuguese territory, as fixed by the Anglo- Portuguese agreement of 1891; the N. boundary is the river Rovuma, running W. from Cape Delgado to Lake Nyassa. The frontier between German and Portuguese East Africa (until 1914) ran along parallel 10° 40′ S. lat. from the coast to its intersection with the river Rovuma, leaving the mouth of the Rovuma and Kionga to Germany, and Cape Delgado to Portugal. By the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, to Portugal was allotted the territory south of Rovuma known as "Kronya Triangle," formerly belonging to German East Afboundary is the lake and rica. The E. British Central Africa, or the Nyassa Protectorate down to the junction of the Shiré with the Zambesi; while from that point the British South Africa Com- , including Mashonaland pany's territory South and Matabeleland, and the former . African Republic, form the boundary
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East Cape
the name of the S. E. extremity of New Guinea, in Goschen Strait, and of the most easterly headlands of Madagascar, the North Island of New Zealand, and Siberia. The last, on Bering Strait, and in lon. 169° 38′ W., is the E. extremity of Asia, and is a bold, rocky promontory of syenite, almost cut off from the mainland by swamps and shallow lakes. On the N. side is a village, Uédle, of less than 100 huts, with a population of about 260.
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East Chicago
a city of Indiana, in Lake co. It is on the Pennsylvania, the Wabash, the Pere Marquette, the Baltimore and C Ohio, Chicago Terminal, and other railroads. It is on Lake Michigan and has excellent shipping facilities, which have been improved by the construction of a canal connecting the harbor with Calumet river. The chief industries are the manufacturing of iron and steel, cement, boilers, chemicals, and foundry products. Pop. op. (1910) 19,098; (1920) 35,967.
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East Cleveland
a city of Ohio, Cuyahoga in co. It is a residential suburb of Cleveland. The city contains the laboratories of the National Electric Lamp Association. Pop. (1910) 9,179; (1920) 27,292.
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East Conemaugh
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Cambria co. It is on the Pennsylvania railroad, and on the Conemaugh river. Its principal industry is the manufacture of steel. It also has railway shops. In 1889 the borough was partially destroyed by the Johnstown flood. Pop. (1910) 5,046; (1920) 5,256.
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East Hartford
a town of Connecticut, in Hartford co. It is on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, and on the Connecticut river. The industries include paper making, tobacco growing, and market gardening. There are also railroad and machine shops. The town has a public libra ibrary and the Raymond Library. Pop. (1910) 8,138; (1920) 11,648.
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East Indies
the name given to India, the Eastern Peninsula and the islands of the adjacent archipelago stopping in the one direction short of the Philippine Islands, and in the other before reaching New Guinea.
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East Liverpool
a city in Columbiana co., O.; on the Ohio river, and on the Pennsylvania and the Youngstown and Ohio railroads, 45 miles W. of Pittsburgh. It has freight packet connections with all important Ohio river ports, extensive china, porcelain, earthenware, terra cotta and glass works, foundries, and machine shops. There are electric street railways and lights, public library, water works, business college, 3 National banks, and several newspapers. rs. Pop. (1910) 20,387; (1920) 21,411.
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East Moline
a city of Illinois, in Rock Island co. It is on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroads. It is an important industrial city and has manufactures of agricultural implements, gas engines, scales, iron goods, cement blocks, etc. Pop. (1910) 2,665; (1920) 8,675.
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East Orange
a city in Essex co., N. J., on the Lackawanna and Erie rail' roads, 12 miles W. of New York. It is a place of residence for people doing business in New York and Newark. The streets are well paved and lighted by gas and electricity and afford more than 60 miles of macadam road. The city contains many handsome churches, and private residences, public library, and high and graded schools. It was chartered in 1899. Pop. (1910) 34,371; (1920) 50,710.
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East Palestine
village of a Ohio, in Columbiana co. It is on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad. The industries include the manufacture of pottery, terra cotta, and tile. It has also machine shops, and a rubber factory. There are important coal mines in the vicinity. Pop. (1910) 3,537; (1920) 5,750.
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East Pittsburgh
a borough in Pennsylvania, in Allegheny co. It is on the Pennsylvania, the Bessemer and Lake Erie, and the Union railroads. The city contains factories of the Westinghouse electric and machine companies, and there are also manufactures of meters, machines, steel rails, and furnaces. Pop. (1910) 5,615; (1920) 6,527.
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East Point
a city of Georgia, in Fulton co. It is on the Central of Georgia and the Atlantic and West Point railroads. Its industries include oil mills, fertilizer factories, saw and planing mills, iron works, cotton mills, etc. Pop. (1910) 3,682; (1920) 5,241.
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East Providence
town of Rhode Island, in Providence co. It is on a the New York, New Haven and Hart, ford railroad, and on the Seekonk river, which separates it from Providence. Its industries include chemical, electrical, works. Pop. (1910) 15,808; (1920) 21,793. and wire
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East River
the strait between Long Island Sound and New York harbor, separating the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. It is about 12 miles long, varies from one-half a mile to 32 miles in width, and is navigable by the largest ships.
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East Rutherford
a borough of New Jersey, in Bergen co. It is on the Erie railroad. It is chiefly a residential city for New York business men, and has cotton and linen bleaching works. It contains a mirror and a steam boiler factory. Pop. (1910) 4,275; (1920) 5,463. EAST ST. LOUIS, a city in St. Clair co. Ill., on the Mississippi river, opposite St. Louis, Mo., and on the Baltimore and Ohio, Illinois Central, Burlington and Quincy, and seventeen other railroads. It is connected by a steel bridge with St. Louis, Mo., and has excellent passenger and freight steamer service with all leading river ports. The city contains the St. Louis National Stockyards, one of the largest in the United States; has rolling mills, glass works, machine shops, grain elevators, manufactories of pneumatic tools, baking powder, locomotives, fertilizer and paint, and is the largest horse and mule market in the world. It has 2 National and several private banks, electric street railroads, electric and gas lighting plants, high schools, a public library, daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 58,- 547; (1920) 66,767.
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