The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-03
This paper Is Democratic IN principles
md Is independent dn ITS utegps ogs al
local questions. MH@F K
The Begtnning of a Boom.

Well, 1889 was not a bad year after
all. We believe the skate dealers and
the clothiers are the only folk
complaining of it. Business was
fair from begi ming to end. Peace
dwelt in the land. Good health in
general prevailed-until the gripgot
holdsof the last week. The country
prospered and the people enjoyed
themselves In particular, the Demo-
cratic party obtained a signal ascend
eircy in every State where elections
were held. If, on the average, 1890
turns out asswell, we will have reason
TO b tthiiaaakfs
And is there. any. reason why it
should nota All over the country we
find business men speaking well Of the
condition OF our industries and our
commerce. Mills and factories
ars@ at least fairly busy, and
buying and selling are active. Atthis
{ time no reasons can be foreseen for
any failure in agricultural products.
The railroads are all doing brisk
business, and foreign markets appear
to be a little more accessible to us than
in the past. Altogether the condi-
tions are decidedly favorable at the
a opening of the New Year, and unless
the promise of the hour has some
hollow spot which We cannot see, we
believe the year will be one OF unusual
prosperity,
In this section OF the country we
may fairly look for a specials boom
due to the construction of the Worlds
Fair Of 1892. This will put a vast sum
of money into circulation in
New York and it's vicinity.
Twenty millions will be spent on
the fair itself. Hotels, boarding
houses and restaurants will be built
without number. Probably, at least,
from Ave to ten millions more will be
4apent on them; Then all the rail
way and steamboat lines willsspend
vast sums in preparation for
the throngs Of visitors 1t is hardly
too much to say that from forty to
WtyLlitlu " uoaldIS Will Nc spcHb
III New York and its adjacent cities in
therlexttwo years. a very large part
A=of~-,Thich will ultimately take the
form of permanent improvements.
No sooner will this vast sum have
been put in circulation, with ali it's
consequences of general comfort and
business activity, than the exposition
viii be ready to open. Then comes
the rush of travel and the flood of
money from all parts of the world, and
for at least another year, trade and
prosperity will be at food tide.
This is no fancy sketch. 1t is a
matter Of factsrecital of the probable
events OF the three or four years now
opening, 1t ought to put much spirit
and courage not only into wholesale
and retail traders of all sorts, but
sssa1so into real estate owners, capital
lists and owners OF securities ,on the
one hand, and into skilled artisans
land mechanics of, all kinds on the
other. We are much out of ougsre ok
oning if the next four years will fail
to give every workman all the work
he wants, and to afford capital all the
room forinyestment that it can desire
THE friends Of the late General F.
EF Millen will be glad to learn Of the
success of his daughter, Miss Florence
Miiien, fn securing a good position in
the Census Bureau at Washington.
: General Millen's services to the Re-
publican party in New York State
amply entitled him to this posthum7
Gus recognition. His devoted career
as an Irish nationalist has placed his
iieLiory in such high regard among
citizens of that race that they win re