Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-02
WlLMINGToNs PROSPECTS.
To Spread the Fame of Wilmington abroad.
An Exhaustive Description of the city
and its Industries.


To Spread the Fame of Wilmington abroad.
An Exhaustive Description of the city
and its Industries.
An advance copy OF the book on the in
dustries and advantages of Wilmington
written by A. j. Clement Of this CITY.
and published by the Board Of Trade. has
been received at this office. This book has
been published by the Board of Trade for
the purpose Of distribution to all parts
of the country, that the com
mercial and manufacturing advantages
of Wilmington, the latter especially may
become better known, aud that trade and
manufacturers may be attracted here.
and the general prosperity of the city
added to and built up.
The edition is 1000 copies, bound in
paper and cloth a limited number win
be sold to meet the local demand at %
cents per copy for paper and rs cents for
cloth, IN envelopes ready for mailing.
This IS less than the cost of production.
They can be purchased on and after to-
morrow morning at the stores of the
Delaware Printing Company. 29i Market
street and G. +. Thomas a Co.. 42l
Market street. The book viii be at the
regular November meeting OF the Board
Of Trade this evening
The paper in the body OF the book and
the cover. was made 20 order by Curtis &
Brother Newark, Del Ii is of FIRST class
quality and has received remarkable
| clear and clean impression of the type
and cuts. The printing and binding
were done by the Delaware Printing
Company. The book is "a most excellent
/ piece OF typographical work. credit to
the establishment and production that
is not eXcelled by similar books produced
in large cities, w j. Hele of Philadelphia
was the engraver The publication com
mittee of the Board Of Trade was
Daniel w. Taylor, H. b. Cotton. William
Lawton and George w. Stone. This
committee has done it's work we'll Mr.
| Clement, the author Of the text OF the
book, received no compensation for his
work, which is a labor Of love to the city
of great value
The volume is a large royal Svo. Of
eighty pages. illustrated with fifty six
cuts Of manufacturing and commercial
establishments of the city, public build
ings and private residences The type
used is of good size and style and the
margins TO the pages are wide In the
front Ot the volume are three maps, one of
the city OF Wilmington showing its har-
Dor and railroads. another showing the
the site of the Wilmington OF the flu
ture with its eight miles of water front
on the Delaware river; the third is a map
of the country within "a radius of seventy.
FIVE miles of the city. The names Of the
officers of the Board of Trade for lSS7-SS.
are on the the back Of the title page
The text is a most exhaustive yet con.
| else description Of Wilmington from
every point of view, and has consider
able literary merit. After brief sum.
mary of the natural advantages Of the
city. a description Of it's geographical
situations and Typographical features fol
low It's proximity to the iron and coal
fields is noted. and its native wealth OF
Brandywine granite and fine clays spoken
Of.
A large space is given to a description
of the internal economy Of the city. The
beautiful Brandywine Park is described
at length, and attention is called to tn,
great facilities Of transportation. Thu
condition Of the stable and well manage,
financial institutions Of the city is noted
The manufacturing industries are theI
described, beginning with the iron AM
steel works, going thfoulh shiD building
morocco railroad cars, gunpowder, car
! riages, fabrics and cotton yarn, paper
matches, glass, brick, etc, all the lead
ing industries receive a passing notice
and under miscellaneous are grouped al
others.
A statistical table shows over twenty
three millions of capital invested. Tn
} value Of the annual production is nearl,
thirty eighth millions with over r. OOl
men employed. The mercantile an,
commercial interests receive notice. Tn
book concludes with a good historical
sketch of the city and the story of IL
manufacturing and commercial develop
ment The cuts are generally well execut
ed, though in some the beauty of tn
buildings and residences represented doe
not receive justice.
The book will doubtless do much t
spread the fame of Wilmington abroad