The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-01
FOR PRESIDENT.
BENJAMIN HARRISON
OF INDIANA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID
OF NEW YORK.
The Advantages Of Providence.

1. Providence is one Of the capitals
of Rhode Island.
2. Providence is the second city in
population ir Nci0 England.
g. Providence contained $4,000
fnhdbffants In 1890 and Is gro,oing ve,U
rdpfdlu The population Is oUerfotcfng
the cftp limits IN cpery direction, so that
the suburbs are gro,cing faster than the
city itself.
4. Providence Is the centre Of COM
pact mass of population, occupying an
area about eleren miles long by four
broad. This continuously built comnlu-
qffu. of Identical interests and 0dU0n-
ta0es. arhich forms the real, though not
the politically defined PROVIDENCE, Is the
ninth largest city fn the United States.
b. Providence had tctthin ten miles
of its Cftu HdU In 1865. I,2Ss fnhdbftdnts.
N 1870. IS5,0IS; In 1850, 162, ,225; In 1885
there acre 2If,52S; In 1890 about ESQ, 900,
and the population Is notc beliered TO DC
at least 275. 900. Increasing at the rate OF
NEARLY s per cent. year.
B. Pr0vf0ence is gr0UfHy faster than
any other city In the East, and much
faster than IL erer did before.
Z. Providence has more people Nth
tn 100 miles than Chicago, ST. Louis, NeD
Orleans. Baltimore or Cincinnati.
8. Providence leads all the cities In
the aporld i,I the je,celry manufacture.
It Is the centre, mart and port OF the cot
ton and woolcn industry Of the United
States. AL the largest cotton mills OF
Americd are aoffhin eighty or ninety
miles radius of Providence. THIS Is due
TO certain climatic advantages recognized
-. ...<.,
Sts feld the biggest aud finest stationary
engine seefks, rubber factories, fertile
9nflls, flc sc0ris and tool and machinery
sc0rks and the largest mandatory of
sflUcr trdre In the tUorid.
3. Providence Is at the head of
harbor 50 miles long, containing 1900
acres of anchorage ground so feet deep
and 500. 900 acres IS feet deep.
10. Providence is nearer the mar
kcts of Europe than Ne,o York by $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 in
transit that could be cheaper shipped MA
Providence than vtd Boston.
II. Providence is In direct commu-
Nfcatton tcfth dtl points, north, south,
east and tcest. IL Is the natural port of
the fruit trade for all Ncto England. 10
Is the natural port for all Nelo England
for cotton, bftuminous coal, Southern
lumber, pig iron. The country surround
ing Providence Is supposed TO DC the
richest territory In the aporld and the
most thickly settled In America.
IL. Providence is happy in ITS
Natural conformation for trade. No citp
can cucr haze better system of delipery
and Interchange Of cars than the one nOtc
bcing arranged. Ecery foot Of hdrbor
front Is reached by rail; eucry mdnufdc
tory may be conDentent TO tracks What
Chicago has expended sI5, 5,000. 900 TO ac-
compltsh, and only at the cost Of beauty
and sufefy, is already here.
13. Providence will soon hare the
best system of interurbdn transportation
In America, and by far the finest Union
railroad depot.
IA. Providence will soon hare the
finest park iW America aCith The addition
to Roger Williams Pork. among the
natural features IL q lake trith a circuit
Of seuen and one-hdy miles
ID. Providence Is being bedutifed
by fine boulcudrds
10. Providence has by far the finest
retail stores In the East, bar Boston and
Nctp York.
~. Providence Is safe citH There
are no ricious classes; there arc ncUer
riots; there are fctC crimes. There Uill
coon be no grade crossings Of railroads
no dangerous drdtC bridges.
-. Providence has more ore1t pub-
lfc improvements dcttucly under tcdU
than almost any other city in Amcrica.
IL Is otcdkcning 20 a conception OF its
pouer.
40. Providence and all its suburbs
had far more building in 1889 than any
prcpf01is ycdr IN fts htstorn ~ had more
In 1890 than IN 1889, more net In 1891, and
1897 sCill much crcccd last Ucdr's record.
30. Providence has unlimited op-
porfunffies t0r cJpoHsiOn odst. lcest.
north and south. 10 Is bounded bu no
natural barrier. It's hdrbor Is iong and
n0rrotc, extending 90 the heart of the eth,
and dlio,os the greatest possible Uhdrtdqc
area tcfth the least expenditure OF room
In main streets. ffs street car lines radi-
ate from the centre IKE the spohos OF a
uhcel Its railroads come 10 n common
Jofnf bU easily bridgcd natural udllcus,
obrioffpq al grade crossings.
n. Providence docs not depend for
ffs uslfore upon the success of any one
Industry It's Interests are diversified.
A. Providence has a much Iar0cr
amount Of banking capital than any cifp
of ffs size In the Uorld.
~. Providence has an assessed UuL
N0fion on fts property Of Sfto. ,st0.
The State valuation ot Providence er-
cc<ds &f0,001.cD0
-. Providence 10 city Of bcauti-