National Republican., 1873-05-06
MLNrrAcruhEs IN rnE DISTRICT.

MANUFACTURES IN rHE DISTRICT.
n ne Editor qrhs NaHoaai RsyubhooS'
SIR; The following concluding paragraphs OF
Governor Cookies message speaks well for the
prospects Of your city and the entire District,
and would thus reproduce them here because
they will 20 far toward refuting the malignant
stories set anoat to the detrlment Of your indus
trial progress BY certain malcontents who have
arrayed themselves against everything that does
not suit their contracted Views. The Governor
an Scarcely any city In the Union have these
Developments been more rapid and magnificent
than In Washington. The amounts paid for
The year s;a as shown by ne booss ~ Iuns Ss Is
corder OF deeds, exceed those Of the year 1870 IN
the sum Of over t6,0oO,0O0
The same g, record: show that the number Of
1879, there being but slight percentage In the
increase Of the number o. Transfers, While tho
consideration paid for the same SHOWS an ag-
Rregate advance Of over one hundred per cent
upon the total price paid for such transfers.
These are facts attested by the public records
They furnish their own comment
'Sfhe number Of buildings erected in Wash.
ington during the year 1873 was 1919, and the
value thereof was assessed A. ts,aoo, 80. This
assessment does not cover their actual value.
"These facts, from ofilclal records, are cited 10
illustrate how promptly private enterprise and
capital have seconded the well-directed public
expenditures and improvements Of the anthori-
not be successfully assailed the Confidence and
faith Of the people Of the District In the wisdom
Of these expenditures and In their integrity
which has chArncterized their Management.
III. d. COOKE, Governor"
OF the 1919 new buildings erected during the
last year few that have been entirely completed
remain unoocuped; and though there Is consid-
orsble complaint Of the tiRhtneas of money, rents
continue 70 hold their own. In fact rents are
Welding higher premium in the city OF Wash
lngton than In Baltimore, Phlladelphia or New
York city, which could not be the case II In
building you were oyer-reachlng the demand.
OF course you wish your city TO continue I'LL
that the surest way 10 continue this prosperous
growth is TO stimulate the spirit OF Improvement
now so Thoroughly alive. hut u you would keep
which Gov. Cooke shows has been, and 4 still.
so adyantageousy developing, beautlfylng and
enriching your city you must deyelop and con.
Without the support OF an extensive manu-.
facturing community your city cannot continue
to improve and expand in the ratio necessary to
Your commerce Is not equal thereto; and though
diyers railroads are conyerging at your doors,
you win md that unless you advance your man.
ufacturing interest commensurate with your IA
cilitles, they will pront you but little, and You
| will remain consumer without corresponding
production. Your facilities for manufacturing
are not surpassed, equaled, on the American
Your noble Potomac, as I have shown In pre-.
yious letters, furnishes amplo water-power foi
ne most extensive operations. And at the Great
Il Falls, only fourteen miles above your city, where
\ you have easy OF command fully Ia, 0o5 horse.
i power during the dry seasons, and over four
j times that amount for the nine more aquarious
months OF the year, thene II one Of the most e. :
cellent sites for locating mills and building a
city. And this site ls surrounded by inexhausti-
BILE supplies OF coal iron, copper, marble granite
/ and divem kinds Of valuable stone, and what
ever else Ia necessary to prosperity.
To the extent you improve this water-power
steam viii cooperate, your commerce will ex.
pand, your railroads, canals, steamboats, and
1 other water crafts will pront you. =
/ You owe al this 70 the memory OF the found
| ets OF your city, and more especially TO the In
industry In and around your District.
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