The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-08-29
.ocREssIvE PROVIDENCE.
.ushasseean Writes About the
D ,oIIest state In the Union.


TO O'D' y PROVIDENCE, R. l., August "a.
. hours ride from Philadelphia,
hiding one for transfer at New York.
Do ,.oded Us in grand old Providence, and
r.Ik of three blocks brought us to the
c'ntineptal steamboat wharves. Here
- boarded steamer for Fields Point,
rbicb we reached after fifteen minutes
III down the bay. At this delightful
no,o resort the Hubbards and Webbs
..,o summer cottage, and here we
~.ro greeted with genuine Rhode
Island welcome by the entire household,
those unbounded hospitality we enjoyed
for two weeks.
Providence is located at the head Of
yorracansett Bay, whore landed 2o3
Years ago, Roger Williams and his COM
Dauions, who were driven from Massa-
.busetts, As their small craft approach
a the shore, Roger Williams, standing
IN the bow, an Indian chief welcomed
tbem with the exclamation What
oheerr'-Whats the good news.
Providence has grown to be city of
70, OO0 O0inhabitants and is one Of the rich
sst cities in all the land. Adjoining its
limits are towns and cities ranging in
nOuulation from 1900 to 10000. Provi-
dence is a great manufacturing centre
cotton, wood, iron, cutlery, jewelry. All
the shoe button fasteners used in this
country are manufactured here. She has
many magnificent churches, fine school
buildings, libraries, etc. The city hall,
ting about million, would be credit
10 New York or Boston, and her street
facilities are ample, extending to all
s. ban villages and towns. There is
one cable line but no electric cars.
Providence is we'll supplied with news
papers, daily, weekly and monthly publi-
cations In the Journal Office we saw
fourteen type-setting machines in oper-
ation-in fact all the type on the Journal
is set by these machines, or rather type
foundries, for they manufacture each
type, space and point, as wanted, and
turn the matter out in solid lines. Like
the intelligent compositor all the machines
make errors, and to correct a single error
the whole line must be remoulded. Some
printers turn out 5000 ems an hour on
these machines, at Is cents /, 900 ems
the regular price on the case being As
cents. The Journal formerly employed
about fifty cOmpositors, 80 that each ma
chine here more than does the work of
three men, The type-setting machine
has come to stay.
Little Rhody, the smallest state in the
Union, yet has two capi,als-Providence
and Newport, the latter thirty miles dis
tant, at the entrance to the bay. An ex-
ira session of the legislature adjourned a
few days since. The session lasted one
month and all were glad when the gavel
ieiI A committee was appointed on the
erection of new capitol building at
Providence.
here is located Brown University, a
bapust institution though non-sectarian.
Drown is among the oldest colleges in the
United States and ranks with the best 1t
was established in 1864 and is endowed
Inc faculty consists of "a professors, 80
PEI cent OF whom are graduates of Brown.
Inc buildings are all that could be desired,
ne grounds extensive and nicely kept.
WIN the University and other libraries
lhe students of Brown have access TO over
0"'VOo volumes. There is one negro STU
uent' The affairs of the institution are
administered by board called "the cor
pora'ion" Brown was somewhat GRIN
pieo during the war by erlistments from
'i iacuity aud classes. Now under Pres
iuent Andrews, a young, active and pro.
eie'SlVe graduate Of the University, Brown
gaming and growing every year. The
posi- Term there were 352 students and 60
"'ie graduated at the 18th annual COM
.."cement -. IN June last. Next year the
'' u graduates will be nearly double
"aA' 1t was for 1891, and Benz. Webb
eiuesl son OF General Wanton s. Webb
NJ Oe In the graduating class of '99
President Andrews favors making Brown
q. co,educational institution and the matter
ICING agltated. Most of the corporation
!, U nearly all the students are opposed to
=, Drown was among the first colleges to
n GOp' Inc University extension system
auiiug The past year popular lectures were
si,; sven 70 regular classes in the towns and
u,ue' NJ adjacent TO Providence, In astrono-
li,s,., 1ooi0gy' botany, French, general
snso.; ufe, etc. by the professors of the ,e.
pro. 'e oepartments. The ensuing wear
th,. e'0or ~ Munro will devote his time to
vas popuiar feature as Director of the Uni.
'efsi'y extension system. VIZ
p, Narragansett Bay, extending from
th''s IUsldenoe to the Atlantic, distance of
suirsy miles, is lined on either aide w;th
summer resorts. In addition to a RAILROAD
VI each shore ona ,aed;r 4. ~.