The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-15
FOR PRESIDENT.
BENJAMIN HARRISON
OF INDIANA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID
or NEW YORK.
The Advantages Of Providence.

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4. Providence is one of the capitals
Of Rhode Island.
q Providence is the second city In
p0pxl1tion In NeiC England.
8 Providence contained $4,000
lshabitdnfs In 1890 and Is 0rotcfng Very
rapidly The population Is ouerfoDtng
nc cttv limits In epery direction, so that
the suburbs are groipfng faster than the
city ttsct5.
4. Providence is the centre Of a com
pact mass Of population, occupying an
0reo about eleven miles long by four
broad This continuously built commit
nsfu, OF identical interests and ddpon-
fnocs. spystch forms the real, though not
fhe politically defined providence, Is the
ninth largest city In the United States.
q. Providence had uffhin ten miles
OF its CITY Hall IN 1866. sI,2IS Inhabitants.
In 1870, Ls5,0Is; In 1850, i6S, ,Se5; nv 1885
there srere 2I], ,5eS; In 1890 about 250, 900,
and tho population Is notc believed to be
at least ga, 900. Increasing at the rate OF
NEARLY . per cent year. .
q. Providence Is qroacing faster than
any other city In the East, and much
faster than ft cver did before.
2. Providence has more people tctth-
IN 100 mites than Chicago, 81. Lottts, Nc1C
Orleans, Baltimore or Cincinnati.
3. Providence leads all the cities In
the uorld IN the jetcel'y manufacture.
II u the centre. mart and port OF the cot
ton and tooolen Industry Of the United
States. All the largest cotton mills Of
America are icffhfn eighty or ninety
miles radius Of Providence. This Is due
to certain climatic advantages recognized
bN cotton manufacturers. Tt has Tfthin
tfs field the biggest and finest stationary
engine srorks, rubber factories, fertile
mtlls. fle uorks and tool and machinery
srorks and the largest mandatory of
stluer srdre In the tcorld.
o. Providence Is at the head of
hdrbor so miles long, containing 1900
acres Of anchorage ground so feet deep
and 10000 0crcs is feet deep
10. Providence is nearer the mar
k<ts of Europe than Neso York bv I50
miles, and Is about as near the Western
ctt(es. 10 10 more than 100 miles nearer
6ostfhern and South american ports than
Boston. There Is far more freight In
transit that could be cheaper shipped pia
Propide,cc n'cn pid Roston.
II. Providence Is In direct com,nu.
Wtc0tton tctth all points, north, south.
east and tpcst. IL Is the natural port of
the fruit trade for all New England. II
Is the natural port for all Ncw England
for cotton, bttumtnous coal, Southern
humber, ptg iron. The country surround
ing Providence ts supposed to be the
rtchsst territory In the world and the
most fhtcklv settled In America.
~. Providence is happy I'm its
aufur0l conformation for trade. No citu
4 hrs
aud interchange Of cars than the one no,s
being arranged Ecery foot Of harbor
front u reached by rail; ererg rnanufac
Chicago has appended $l5, zoo, 900 10 ac-
con,plfsh, and only at the cost of beautu
and safety, 10 already here.
a. Providence will soon hare the
bsst spsfem of fnterurbdn transporfotjon
IN America, and by far the finest Union
railroad depot.
~. Providence will soon haze the
(Rcst park In America toifh the addition
10 Roger Williams Park. among The
N0tv~0l features ts a lake nth circuit
of sevsn and on e-hdt miles
10. Providence 10 being beautifed
bv fnc boule yards
10. Providence has by far the finest
retail stores In the East, bar Boston and
Nesp York
IL. Providence Is a safe citu There
are no ctctotls classes; there are nerer
rfofs; there are fetC crimes. There tofll
soon be no grade crossings Of railroads
40 dangerous drdp bridges.
10. Providence has more great pub
ltc improvements actively under tcou
han almost any other city IN Amerfcd.
IL u 0,cdkening 10 conception OF its
pocer.
40. Providence and all ITS suburbs
had .t0r more building In 1852 than anu
prcrfous year In ITS history. IL had more
IN 1880 hdn In 1889, more vet in 1891. and
le9x Dtu much erceed last years record.
30. Providence has unlimited on
porfuntttes 10r expansion east iresf
north and south IL Is bounded bp no
Natural barrier. It's hdrbor is Iona ana
0drroto, extending 10 the heart Of the citu
and allotos the greatest possible rhorfooe
oreo sDlth the least expenditure Of room.
IL mafn streets, fts street car tines rddf-
ate from the centre IKE the spokcs OF a
wheel Ifs railroads come 90 common
point bp easily brfdged natural pallcps.
obulottnQ all grade crossings
~. Providence does not depend for
~ welfare upon the success of dnv one
industry. its interests are diversified.
~ Providence has much laroer
omounf OF banking capital than any city
Of ifs sire fn the uortd.
~ Providence has an assessed raj
uoe(0n on tfs property Of fIE6,oT,sIQ.
1h< state roipotion Of Providence er-
ccrds f7o.oo0.ooo
"a Providence u a CITY Of LeQuti.