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Show New York City as a State. Col. J. B. Bellinger wants the city of New York elevated Into a new state. To that end he would have annexed to it adjacent slices of Connecticut and New Jersey. In his opinion erection of the cily into a state would bring power to solve complicated problems, such as transportation and food distribution. dis-tribution. Should his idea be adopted the new state would possess the unique distinction of belog the only state in the Union without an agricultural area or farming population. |