The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-01
FOR PRESIDENT,
BENJAMIN HARRISON
OF INDIANA.
FOE VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID
OF NEW YORK.
The Advantages Of Providence.
OF NEW YORK.

4. Providence is one Of the capitals
of Rhode Island.
2. Providence is the second city In
population In Nesc England.
8. Providence contained IS5. 900
ishabttants In 1890 and Is 0rotDtng Ueqy
rapidIn The population Is overytotoing
ne cttu limits IN eUery direction, so that
ne suburbs are grotcthg faster than the
city tfsclf.
(. Providence is the centre of a COM
pdct mass of population, occupying an
area about clercn miles long by four
broad. THIS continuously built commit
nffu. of identical Interests and ddpdn~
tages, uhfch forms the real, though nos
the politically defined PROVIDENCE. Is the
ninth largest city II, the United States.
d. Providence had Wfthfn ten miles
of Its Cttv Hall In 1865, SI,f4s Inhabitants.
IN 1870, 6,0IS; In 1850, l6s, ,ss5; In 1885
there srsre eI459s; In 1890 about e60,
and the population is noio believed TO be
at least S75.0co Increasing at the rate OF
nearly 8 per cent year.
q. Providence IL grotDjng faster than
any other city In the East, and much
fuster than II eucr did before.
2. Providence has more people NTH
tn 100 miles than Chicago, st. Louis, Nep
Orleans Baltimore or Cincinnati.
8. Providence leads all the cities In
The soorld In the je,oel7y manufacture.
IL q the centre, mart and port OF the cot
ton and scoolen Industry of the United
States. All the largest cotton mills of
Amertca are scfthtn eighty or ninety
miles radius of Propfdence THIS Is due
TO certain climatic advantages recognized
-. 20.
IT, 1eld the biggest and finest stationary
engine trorks, rubber factories, fertile
mills, dlc arorks and tool and machinery
soorks and the largest ,nanufdctory of
sfJVer tudrc In the iporld.
8. Providence is at the head of a
h0rbor 50 miles long, containing 1900
acres of anchorage ground 50 feet deep
and 500. 900 acres rs feet deep.
40. Providence il nearer the mar
ksts Of Europe than New York bu $50
mites, and Is about as near the Western
cities 1t Is more than 100 miles nearer
Southern and South american ports than
Boston. There Is far more freight I'm
transit that could be cheaper shipped pia
Pr~ui6c &C ~ IN qan Roston.
II. Providence is IN direct comm,,.
afcdtton tUfth oil points, north, south.
east and scest. IL Is the natural port Of
the fruit trade for all Neto England. IL
q the natural port for all Ne,o Enoland
for cotton, bttumtnous coal, Southern
lumber, pto fron. The country surround
ing Providence Is supposed 10 be the
richest territory In the aoorld and he
most thtckly settled In America.
~. Providence is happy In jts
Natural conformation for trade. No cft,,
can ercr hare better system of detiperp,
and Interchange Of cars than the one no,S
being arranged. EUery foot of harbor
front 10 reached by raa; epery manutac
tory mov be conrenient to tracks What
Chicago hos expended SI5, 900, COO TO &C.
compitsh, and only at the cost of beautp
and safety, 10 already here.
18. Providence will soon hupe tbs
best system of fnterurbon trdnsportatton
IN America, and by far the finest linton
railroad depot.
~. Providence will soon haze the
10 Roger Wtllfdms Park. AmonQ fhs
natural features is lake srffh circu I
Of sevcn and on e-holf miles.
10. Providence 10 befng beautifed
bp Hne boule yards.
10. Prov fdence has bu far the finest
retail stores In the East, bar Boston and
Netc York.
~. Providence Is safe cttn There
are no vfctotts classes; there are nercr
rfofs; there are few crimes. There aUiu
soon be no grade crossings Of railroads-
no dangerous draD bridges.
~. Providence has more great pub
uc improvements dcttpely under uau
non almost any other city in AmeIfcd.
lt u opdkentng to q conception Of It's
potccr.
10. Providence and oil It's suburbs
had for more budding In 1889 han am
previous year In ats history. It had more
IN $3.50 hon IN 1889, more vet In 1891. and
lees 'cfu much exceed last gears record.
40. Providence has unlimited op-
poTtuntftcs tor expansion east ,pest.
north and south. It is bounded bp no
natural barrier. Its horbor Is Iona ana
norrosq extending TO the heart Of the citl,.
and allotcs the greatest possible ,chorfooc
area totth the least expenditure Of room.
IL mdfn streets, as street car tines radi-
ate from the centre IKE the spokes OF a
wheel Its railroads come 10 a common
point bv easily brfdged natural valleys,
obUfoffng oil grade crossings
A. Providence does not depend for
~ welfare upon the success Of dnu one
}ndusfrv Tfs Interests are diversified.
Al Providence has a much larocr
amount OF banking capital than any city
Of (fs sfxe IN the tcorld.
~ Providence has an assessed poI-
~off0n on ffs property OF $IS.o0f. SO
1h< Sfote poIuotion Of Prorfdence err
cccds f70.coD.0oO.
a. Providence is city Of beawi.