The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-02
FOR PRESIDENT.
BENJAMIN HARRISON
OF INDIANA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID
OF NEW YORK.
The advantages Of Providence.

xuV AutuusuO~o VI AA~i~SA0os
1. Providence is one of the capitals
of Rhode Island.
2. Providence is the second city fn
population In Nc,o England.
s. Providence contained $4,000
Inhabitants In 1890 and Is grOlcing Ucry
rapidlu. The population Is ouerJfotctng
the citv limits In epery direction. so that
the suburbs arc grotoin9 faster thgn the
city itself.
4. Providence is the centre of a COM
pact mass of population, occupying an
area about eleven miles long by four
broad. This continuously built commu-
nifty, of Identical interests and ddudn-
fages, aChich forms the real, though not
the politically defined PROVIDENCE, Is the
ninth largest city IN the United States.
B. Providence had tctthtn ten miles
of its City Hal In 1865. 1913 Inhabitants
In 1870, Is5.oIs; In 1850, 16e,225; In 1855
there arerc sI4,52s; in 1890 about 10000,
and the population ts noW betteDedjo De
at least S75, 900, Increasing at the rdtc OF
nearly q per cent year.
o. Providence Is groarfng faster than
anu other city In the East, and much
faster than IL crer did before.
z. Providence has more people tctth-
IN 100 miles than Chicago, ST. Louis, Netc
Orleans, Baltimore or Cincinnati.
3. Providence leads all the cities In
the trorld IN the je,Cel'y manufacture.
IL Is the centre. mart and port OF the cot
ton and tooolcn Industry Of the United
States AL the largest cotton mills OF
America are sCfthfn eighty or ninety
miles radius of Providence. THIS Is due
to certain climatic advantages recognized
bv cotton manufacturers. IL has aCithfn
It's feId The biggest and finest stationary
ess0fre tr0rks, rubber factories, tcrfiIc
mills, fle lc0rks and tool and machinery
ac0rks and the largest mdnutactory of
sflucr scdrc In the ioorld.
9. Providence is at the head Of q
h0rbor so miles long, containing 1900
acres of anchorage ground 50 feet deep
and 500. 600 acres is feet deep.
10. Providence Is nearer the mar
kc:s of Europe than NetC 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 Uia
Providence than ria Boston.
n. Providence is I'm direct commu-
Wfcdtton tUith all points, north, south,
the fruit trade for all Netp England. 1t
q the natural port for all Neto England
for cotton, bitumfnous coal, Southern
lumber, pig iron. The country surround
tng Providence Is supposed TO be the
rtchcst territory In the lCOrld and the
most uiickly settled in america.
AZ. Providence is hdppy In Its
natural conformation for trade. No city
can cper haze a better system of deltrcry
and Interchange Of cars than the one nOtD
being arranged EUery foot Of hdrbor
front Is reached by rail; eCerp manufoc
tory mdy be convenient to tracks. What
Chicago has cIpended SIS, 200, 900 to ac-
complain, and only at the cost of beauty
and sotcty, Is already here.
13. Providence will soon hare the
best sustcm Of fntefurbdn transportation
In America, and by far The finest Union
r0flrodd depot.
IA. Providence will soon hare the
finest park IN America acith the addition
to Roger Williams Park. Among the
natural features Is a lake pith a circuit
of scrcn and one-hdt miles.
10. Providence is being bedutifcd
bv fne boulerdrds.
10. Providence has by far the finest
retail stores In the East, bar Boston and
NetD York.
II. Providence is a safe city There
are no rictous classes; there are nepcr
riots; there are fer crimes. There iciu
soon be no grade crossings Of railroads
no dangerous drdtc bridges.
10. Providence has more great pub
Tic improvements dctiuclp under tcay
than almost any other city IN America.
10 Is d1cdkentng TO a conception of its
poscer.
40. Providence and all IT'S suburbs
had far more building In 1889 than amp
previous year IN It's history 10 had more
In 1880 than In 1889, more yet IN 1891, and
1892 sciU much cTcecd last ycdr's record.
20. Providence has unlimited op-
portuniftes JOr expansion east, trosf.
north and south. 10 IL bounded bu no
natural barrier Pts hdrbor IL long and
ndrro,c, extending 20 the heart Of the cffu,
and oiloirs the greatest possible uhdrfdgc
Its main streets. It's street car lines rudi-
ate from the centre IKE the spokcs Ot a
schecL It's railroads come 10 common
point bv easily bridged natural uullcys,
obciofing all grade crossings
III. Providence docs not depend for
IT, welfare upon the success Of any ono
Industry Tfs Interests are diversified.
a. Providence has a much larger
amount OF banking capital than any city
OF ffs size fn the tcorId.
A. Providence has an assessed raj
walton on ffs property Of SfE6, 90, ,SEO.
The State valuation Of Providence er-
oecds ff7o. o.coo.oo0
-. Providence 10 a city Of beauti-