The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-08
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID
The Advantages Of Providence.
OF NEW YORK.
Providence is one of the capit

4. Providence is one of the capitals
of Rhode Island.
q Providence is the second city In
poplldtion la Nci0 England.
s. Providence contained $4,000
inhdbitants in 1890 and Is gro,cing perD
rapfdlu. The population Is operfoptng
the cffu limits In eperD direction, so that
ths suburbs are grotcing faster than the
city itself.
4. Providence is the centre of COM
pact mass of population, occupying an
area about eleCcn miles long bD four
broad. This continuously built c0mynu-
Nffp, of Identical Interests and ddUdn-
tdgcs, achfch forms the real, though not
the politically defined PROVIDENCE, Is the
ninth largest city IN the United States.
B. Providence had ,cithin ten miles
OF its Cifu Hall i7t 1865, Sf,24S Inhabitants
In 1870, Ie5,0IS; in 1850, 16g, ,s225; IN 1885
there pere eI1,525; In 1890 about $4,000,
and the population Is n0ic believed to DC
at least M5.O00, Increasing at the rate OF
nearly 8 per cent. a ycdr
O. Providence Is groioing faster than
anu other city in the East and much
faster than IL eper did before.
z. Providence has more people NTH
IN 100 miles than Chicago, ST. Louis, Ncic
Orleans, Baltimore or Cincinnati.
3. Providence leads all the cities In
the acsrld i,l the jc,Cclry manufacture.
IL Is the centre. mart and port OF the cot
ton and scooicn Industry of the United
States. AL the largest cotton mills of
America are tcfthin eighty or ninety
miles radius of Prortdcnce THIS Is due
to certain climatic advantages recognized
bp cotton manufacturers. nc has icithfn
~ feld the biggest and finest stationary
engine 1Uorks, rubber factories, tertile
mtlls, fle ac0rks and tool and machinery
sgorks and the largest mdnuJdctory Of
silUcr tudre fn the aoorld.
o. Providence is at the head of q
hdrbor so miles long, containing 1900
acres of anchorage ground 50 feet deep
Qnd 500 900 acres IS feet deep. 4
10. Providence is nearer the mar
kcts of Europe than Ne1p York bu $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
Providence them ria Boston.
II. Providence is In direct comnu-
nfcotion tctth all points, north, south.
east and acest. IL Is the natural port OF
the fruit trade for all Neic England. II
Is the natural port for all NetD Enqland
for cotton, bituminous coal, Southern
lumber, ptg tron. The country surround
fng Providence Is supposed TO be the
richest territory In the acOrld and the
most hfckly settled In America.
n, Providence is happv In its
soturul conformation for trade. No city
can ever hape a better system of deliperY,
and Interchange OF cars than the one non
being arranged. EUery foot Of hdrbor
front fs reached by rail; eUcfg mdn,uuc
tory may be convenient TO tracks. What
chicago has expended B,00o, coo to uc-
c0mplish, and only at the cost Of beauty
and safety, Is already here.
l8. Providence will soon hdpe the
best system of inferurbdn transportation
~ America, and by far the finest linton
railroad depot.
IA. Providence will soon haze the
lnest park In america Nth the addition
10 Roger Williams Park. among The
natural features Is q lake tcifh circuit
of ssven and on e-hdlf miles.
10. Providence is being beautided
bu dnc boulc yards
10. Providence has by far the finest
retail stores In the East, bar Boston and
Ncso York.
~. Providence is safe citu There
are no Cicfotis classes; there are nercr
riots there are fcw crimes There wtII
soon be no grade crossings of raflroads-
no dangerous drdp bridges.
10. Providence has more qrcat put-
Tic improvements dctirelp under trau
than almost any other city in America.
IL Is Gtcdkenfng 10 a conception of It's
potDer.
10. Providence and all It's suburbs
had far more building IN 1889 than am,
previous pear in ats history. IL had more
IN 1890 than In 1889, more yet IN 1891 and
1872 tciu much croecd last years. record.
20. Providence has unlimited op-
portunftics for expansion cast, tpcst.
north and south. It Is bounded On no
natural barrier. Its haTboT Ia long and
Maroon. extending 10 the heart Of the city,
and alloscs the greatest possible tolortage
area wttb the least expenditure OF room.
Ifs main streets, ffs street car lines fadi-
ate from the centre Ike the spokcs Of a
sohecl Is railroads como 10 a common
point by easily brtdgod natural voileys,
obrfaffng al grade crossings.
"a. Providence does not depend for
Us aCeff0re upon Uie success Of amp orc
fndusfrv. Tts Interests are diversified.
-. Providence has a much larger
amount Of banking capital than any citu
Of sfs size IN the scorld.
23. Providence has an assessed pal-
s0sfon on fts property Of sIS6,ooI.sEO.
The State valuation OF Providence er-
cccds ff7o, ,ooo.ooo
-. Providence is a city Of beautt-