The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-27
tm FoR PRESIDENT.
BENJAMIN HARRISON
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID
or NEW YORK.
The Advantages Of Providence.

4. Providence is one of the capitals
Of Rhode Island.
q. Providence Is the second city In
Dopulatton in Nelo England.
q Providence contained $4,000
tnh0bftdnts IN 1890 and Is gro,cing UerD
ruptdh. The population Is oUerfortng
the city limits IN epcry direction, so that
the suburbs are groicing faster than the
city itself.
4. Providence is the centre Of COM
pact mass OF population, occupying an
area about eleren miles long by fotr
broad THIS continuously built commit
HftV, of identical Interests and odrdn-
1d0es, tChtch forms the real, though not
tie politically defined PROVIDENCE, Is the
ninth largest city in the United States.
3. Providence had tcfthin ten mites
of Sts Cttv Hall In 1906. 81, ,sEs inhabitants
N Is70, Is5,0Is; In 1850, 16e, ,ss5; In 1885
terc aDere sII.52s; In 1890 about ESQ, 900,
and the population Is notC believed TO be
at least 275.000, Increasing at the rate OF
Mearlv per cent. q year.
Q. Providence fs grolufng faster than
AMI other city In the East, and much
3d5tCf fhdn ft cUcr alta bcr0rC
2. Providence has moro people NTH
tn 100 miles than Chicago, st. Louis, Ncto
Orleans, Baltimore or Cincinnati.
3. Providence leads all the cities In
ne sporld II. the je,oelry manufacture.
10 Is the centre. mart and port OF the cot
tom and aCoolcn industry of the United
States. Au the largest cotton mills Of
Amertcd are tctthfn eighty or ninety
mites radius ofIorouidence. This Is due
TO certain climatic advantages recognized
bp cotton manu- ifdcturers. It has ufthfn
tts field the biggest aud finest stationary
engine scorks, rubber factories, fertile
uptlls, file scorks and tool and machinery
sDorks and the largest ndntfdctory OF
sfJvcr tcdrc IN the acorld.
Q. Providence is at the head Of a
harbor so mites long, containing 1900
acres of anchorage ground so feet deep
and S00. 900 acres is feet deep.
40. Providence fs nearer the mar
kets Of Europe than Neto York BY $50
miles, and Is about as near the Western
cities. It 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 vid
Providence than vta Boston.
n. Providence is In direct comm,,-
ntcdtton tcfth all points, north, south,
cast and Dest. 1t Is the natural port of
q the natural port for all Net1 England
humber, pig tron. The country surround
.fng Providence Is supposed to be the
richest territory In TIE aoorld and the
most thfchlv settled fn America.
~. Providence Is hdppp In ITS
natural conformation for trade. No city
can evcr hare better system of delipery
and Interchange Of cars than the one noiC
being arranged Epery foot Of hdrbor
front Is reached by rail; euery mdnVdc-
tory sndy be conucntent to tracks. What
Chtc0go has expended SIS, 900, 900 to ac-
coTsplfsh, and only at the cost of beauty
md safety, fs already here
18. Providence will soon hare the
best system Of fnterurbdn transportation
In America, and by far the finest Union
railroad depot.
IA. Providence will soon hare the
finest park In America pfth the addition
10 Roger Williams Park. Among the
NGttsral features Is a lake sUith a circuit
of scven and onehdlf miles
10. Providence 10 being bcdutifed
bv fine boulcpdrds
10. Providence has by far the finest
retail stores In the East, bar Boston and
NctD York.
II. Providence is q safe citn There
are no vtctous CLASSES there are nerer
riots; there are few crimes There ,citl
coon be no grade crossings of railroads
fo dangerous drdtc bridges.
IS. Providence has more great pub
ltc improvements dcttucly under lcdp
than almost any other city In America.
II ~ 'd,cdkentng TO q conception Of its
potccr.
40. Providence and all ITS suburbs
had far more bl,tidinq IN 1889 than am
previous year IN ITS historv 10 had more
In 1890 than IN 1889, more net In 1891. and
1877 ufu much trceed last pedr's record.
20. Providence 1as unlimited op
porfunttics tor expansion east. ,Dest
north and south. IL Is bounded by M
natural barrier. Its hdrbor Is long and
n0rro,c, extending 10 the heart Of the city
aud ollotos Gae greatest possible tchdrfag,
area tDth the least expenditure Of room
Its mnfn streets, fts street car lines radi
ate from the centre Ike the spokcs Of Z
uheeL Tfs railroads come 90 n common
point bp easily brfdged natural pulievs
obtfotind an prodc crossings
2f. Providence does not depend fo
ffs sCclfdre upon the success Of any on
Industry It's interests arc ditcrsifcd.
%. Providence has a much large
amount Of banking capital than any CIT
Of fts size IN the uorid.
~. Providence has an assessed pal
uoffon on ifs property Of fI|6, ,o0I,sko
-Thx sfotc coiadtfon Of Providence "a
cs<ds ff7O, 1000 .000
-. Providence is a CITY Of beauti