Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-07-24
A GOOD ENTERPRISE.
How to Attract Population and Capital
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proposes to issue early next Spring.
a book to set forth the advantages Of
Hagerstown as place of residence,
to illustrate its surrounding attrac-
tons and to distribute them freely
throughout the country. In their an.
nouncement of the enterprise they
say:
cit Is supposed that the book will
contain about q hundred or q hundred
and fifty pages. twill be handsome.
ly printed on fine paper, and will be
embellished with pictures Of the prin.
cipal buildings of the town, including
the most imposing Of the private resi-
dences, the hotels, churches, DC, as
well as pictures of the various resorts
and the beautiful scenery along the
railroads and very accessible to the
town"
Now, it occurs to your reporter,
that such a book setting forth the
many advantages and the beautiful
surroundings of Annapolis for bnsi-
ness or for pleasure, would be of in
calculable benefit to this city and
county. Our city and county cer-
tainly has peculiar merit which should
be known aud understood by the out
side world. Similar means have been
used by the many progressive towns
with the best results, while the places
Of mere summer resorts, as well as the
winter resorts in the south owe their
success in great measures to such
books of information. If we wish to
invite population and capital to come
among Us, we must let the people and
capitalists abroad know where to find
us and what inducements we have to
offer them. To do this in well.writ.
ten, well-printed illustrated book, has
proven to be one of the most success
full methods Of advertising a town,
aud has never tailed to prove profit
able to all concerned.
1T WILL COST MONEY
to get up such book, and who
should pay the cost of getting it up,
is the question to which we wish to
call the attention of our citizens. -
Every addition of either population
or capital adds value to the property
and business Of our city and county
alike, and therefore property holders
ard business people throughout the
the county are alike interested in the
success of the proposed advertising
enterprise.
HOW TO PAY THE Cosr
The County Commissioner should
have prepared brief historical out
line of the county with statement of
It's area, the salt water rivers and
their advantages, that flow drought
it, valuation of property, engravings
of the Court House and other public
buildings, &C., and advertise the same
in the book, paying therefor the same
rate as would be charged 10 other ad-
vertisers.
The School Commissioners should
insert 10 the book engravings OF the
prominent school buildings, together
with a brief history of our schools,
&C., paying the publishers tor the adj
vertisement in the same manner.
Annapolis should insert in the
book map of the city, engravirgs of
the Assembly Rooms, Market House,
&c, with brief history of the city,
its desirable location for trade and
and its desirability as
place OF residence, &C., also paying
for it as an advertisement.
Our bank, merchants, manufac-
turers, agencies and business people
generally should enter into the adver-
Using columns with engravings or
without them.
Our churches should each have
handsome engraving Of their various
structures inserte ! in the book, with
a brief history of each. and in like
manner contribute to the cost of pub
fishing.
Citizens with ine private residences
should provide engrayings for inser-
ton in the book and also contribute
in like manner to the cost of publish
ing.
Our railroads would doubtless con-
tribute largely in descriptive illustra-
tons OF their routes, means of trans
portalioD, eligible sites for residences,
&c, on like terms.
The State, through the Governor,
might illustrate the State House and
grounds and give brief sketches of
historical incidents connected there
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