The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-27
ron PRESIDENT.
BENJAMIN HARRISON
OF INDIANA.
yoR VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID
OF NEW YORK.
The Advantages Of Providence.

INV AANASO
4. Providence is one Of the capitals
Of Rhode Island.
q. Providence is the second city In
popxIasJon In Ne,0 England.
8 Providence contained $4,000
inysabttants In 1890 and Is groicfng perJ
yoptdlv. The population Is ouerrotcfng
NJ ettp limits In euery direction, so ntdt
the suburbs are gro1ptn0 faster than the
cttv itself.
Providence is the centre of COM
poct mass of population, occupying an
0rea about eleven miles long By four
broad. This continuously built co7nr'u-
,ffv. of identical Interests and ddv0n-
t00cs, phfch forms the real, though not
the pollttcallp defined PROVIDENCE, 10 the
ninth largest cfty In the United States.
B. Providence had tctthfn ten miles
of Its Cftu Hdu In 1865, SI,64s inhabitants.
IN 1870, Ia6.0B; IN 1880 162, ,ss5; In 1885
there in6sv sIA6ss; I'm 1890 about 10000,
aud TIE population Is noao believed to be
at least S76.0O0, Increasing at the rate OF
nearly per cent year.
@. Providence is grosefng faster than
anv other city In the East, and much
fdster than &c evcr did before.
=. Providence has more people NTH
IN 100 rniIss than Chicago, st. Louis, Ncac
Orleans, Baltimore or CincinndM.
8. Providence leads all the cities IN
The aCorld In the jelcelry manufacture.
n q the centre, mart and port OF the cot
ton and sooolen industry of the United
Stotss. .Au the largest cotton mills of
Amerfc0 arc tUtthtn eighty or ninety
miles radius of Provtdence. THIS Is due
TO ccrtutN climatic advantages recognized
bv cotton manufacturers. 1t has sDfthfn
ifs Held the biggest aud finest stationary
engine porks, rubber factories, fertile
sniIls, 1le trorks and tool and machinery
eD0rks and the largest 5ndnufactory Of
s(Jvcr sparc TN tho suorld.
3. Providence is at the head of a
hGrb0r 80 yl1les long, containing 1900
acres Qf dncfOydgs ground so feet deep
end 100000 acres Is feet deep.
10I Providence is nearer the mar
hefs Of Europe than Nesp York by $50
miles, and Is about as near the Western
l5ttss II fs more than 100 miles nearer
Southern and South American ports than
PostoN. There . far more freight In
Manstt that could be cheaper shipped via
Providence fhrn VIA Boston.
n. Providence ts In direct cosnyN,i-
Qtcutt0n iptth all points, north. south.
east dnd spcst. 1t Is the natural port OF
fhe fyvtt trade for all New Enqldnd. II
= ~ NQturdl port for all Ncto Enqland
yor cotton, btfun,fnous coal, Southern
Ismber, pto<ron. The country surround
1mg Providence Is supposed TO be the
richest territory In the World and the
m0st thicklV settled IN America.
10. Providence is happy In tts
naturul conformation for trddc. No cttu
can eper hdvc better system of delivcru
aud fntcYCAdnge of cars than the one notf
beom0 0srdmged. Every foot Of horboy
front " reached by rdtl; every nanufac
foru man be convenient to troclss. What
Chicago has expended $I5 0oo, 900 to ac
ocsRpslDh, and only at the cost of bcatti
and sd}stv. 70 already here
10. Providence will soon haze tn
best svstem of interurbdn transporfation
~ America, and by far the finest linton
railroad depot
IA. Providence will soon haze tht
finest park In America Uith the addition
to Roger WfIltdms Park. Among ht
aatur0J features Is q lake Nth circuit
Of sevsW and on e-hdlf miles.
10, Providence fs being beautifed
bp 1ne boule yards.
40. Providence has by far the finest
setQtl stores In the East, bar Boston and
New York.
~. Providence is a safe cftu There
are no vtctotLs classes; there are ncper
riots; there are feto crimes. There acill
soon be no grodc crossings Of railroads
NO dangerous draw bridges.
~. Providence has more great pub
10 improvements dcttrelv under iran
Shup almosf any other city IN America.
II " oscokentng 70 a conception Of Its
-. Providence and all ITS suburb,
had far more building In 1889 than am
prcut0us year In tts hfstory. IL had more
IN UoD than tn 1889, more vet In 1891. and
zsRs aofu much crceed last ycar's record.
"a. Providence has unlimited op-
portHntttcs for expansion east. acest.
north and south. II "a bounded bu mo
natural barrier. It's hdrbor "a long and
n0rroso, extending 10 the heart of the cttp
and olIosos the greatest possible tchdrfoos
area sCotk fhe least expenditure Of room.
~ main streets, fts street car lines rodt
oes fFpsn the centre IKE the spokes OF q
scheek m RAILROADS come 10 common
point bu sdsilv brtdped natural palleys
obU(0fl0q all grade crossings.
~. Providence does not depend TO,
~ sccffdre upon the success Of dnu one
lndHsfry- -Its inferests DIRE diversified.
a Providence has a much larger
onOunt OF bonkfno capital than any ctfp
of " slse IN the World-
- Providence has an assessed por-
uaftoN on ffs property of SIS6,ooI,sy0.
The STATE Violation Of Providence er-
oeed< fr70,ooo.ooo.
-. Providence u q CITY Of beautt.