Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-14

| grading and the location Is one OF the
healthiest and most desirable in the city.
A number of the McCreight lots recently
sold on Market street were sold to real
estate spectators who will hold them fol-
higher prices. Among those purchasers
who will build on their lots in the near
future are Mr.. Baumgardner, Cyrus Miller
and Mr. Shannon. One of the purchasers on
speculation told me that he had already had
an offer of $50 advance on his lot. The
east Harrison street lots sold at the Brain
sale will generally be built on Immediately.
as they We're sold TO wOrkingmen
who are ambitious to have houses
of their own and anxious to
avoid paying rent. There is likely to be a
big building boom in this city next spring
/ and summer. since many who have been
among the purchasers of the 400 or 500 lots
sold this fall either at auction or at private
sale will have enough paid on them by next
summer to feel safe in commencing to
build.
/ The staunCh way in which the prices of
property keep up in Springfield is some
thing phenomenal. During the last de-
preston there was little or no property sac
rificed in Springfield. One would hear of
what seemed to be wonderful bargains,
but when they were coruered they would
prove to be only ordinary low market price
values. Even at the sheritf's sales the
property sold brought fair prices for a
forced sale.
There is no city in Ohio of the size of
Springfield where the prices of real estate
are firmer than here. In other cities bus
ineSs depression always makes big hole in
real estate values. In Springfield it seems
to leave them comparatively unchanged.
The reason OF this is because Springfeld's
future is assured. 4 real estate investment
is as safe in Springfield as in New York or
Chicago. Springfield has gone too far
ahead for there to be any danger of going
backwards. When a city has successfully
passed through the stages of growth which
Springfield has done it acquires a momen-
tum and power of attraction which con-
stantly draws new industries and inc reased
population.
prominent Springfield manufacturer in
prophetic moment once stood on East
street and looked up the railroad and at the
great East street works. You will live
to see the time" said he, when this whole
valley will be filled up with slOps. In my
opinion Springfield is destined TO become
pfr,pipuha,,, of Ohio Thn Sutu
magnitude of manufacturing in this coun-
try is almost incOnceivable. Our western
states alone are almost as large as the con-
tinent of Europe. Statisticians have es-
timated that the United States are capable
of sustaining population of 1000, 900, 900
people; indeed, II the United States were
settled as thickly to the acre as Great
Britain we would today have a population
of over one billion in our borders. Now
look, What an enormous future field for
manufacturing this gives. Our population
is increasing at an enormously rapid rate.
The demand each year for agricultural I'M
plements increases at a wonderful rate
as the farms of the far West be-
come settled. With the old demand the
same and new demand augmenting
e eich year. the manufacture Of agricultural
Implements offers growing field not ex-
ceeded by any industry in the country.
Every year adds millions of acres to this
country which must be plowed, and har
r0wed. and drilled and reaped and harvested
and all this with labOr-saving agricultural
implements. Since Springfeld's principal
manufacturing industries are the manufac-
ture of agricultural implements, it is evi-
dent that Springfield must grow in direct
proportion to the general advancement of
the country. 1t will be many years before
manufacturing will be extensively done in
the far west. The New England states and
the east are losing their distinction of being
the workshops of the east. The manufac-
turing mantle is descending on the great
middle states, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
adjacent states. The part of country in
which we live is destined to become the
workshop Of the nation. | fully believe
that Springfield will achieve the size and
| distinction as manufacturing city, of a
Sheffield or birmingham. The immense
manufacturing industries already here have
resulted in the cheapness of all manufac-
! turing facilities. When a manufacturer
comes here to locate he finds everything
IN Ide easy and smooth for him. The
| Springfield manufacturers have their coal
and iron delivered to them at the most advan-
| %. ha
ship his goods to any point in the union ex-
peditieusly and cheaply. They can tell
| him just how long it will take to get freight
to distant points: together with the fullest
details on all matters pertaining to packing
and shipping machinery. why Of course:
/ they ought to. Its their business" you
say. You think this ought tC
go without saying. Let me as,
| Go to a town where little or no machinery
is manufactured and shipped and you will
often find the greatest annOyances and diff
| ticultes in shipping your machinery. The
railroad agents know little about it and can
| give very little information until they get
used TO it. In this city where tons of ma
chinery are shipped daily, the manufacturer
can get the minuteSt information pertaining
to shipping it, and everything is made
smooth for him. That is the reason why a
manufacturer prefers to locate in a town
where there are already large manufactur.
ing interests. \ manufacturer who intro
duceS manufacturing into town is sort OF
pioneer who finds much to contend with,
/ just as pioneers in every business. In view
of all these facts | believe that Springfield
is destined to become one of the great