The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-26
FOR PRESIDENT.
BENJAMIN HARRISON
OF INDIANA.
FOR PRESIDENT
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID
OF NEW YORK.
The Advantages Of Providence.


4. Providence is one Of the capitals
of Rhode Island.
q Providence is the second city In
populdtion In Neic England
8. Providence contained IS5, 900
Inhabitants in 1890 and Is grotCing Very
yopfdlu. The population Is overfototng
the city limits In eUery direction, so that
the suburbs are grolcing faster than the
ctty itself.
4. Providence is the centre Of a CON-
puct mass of population, occupying an
area about eleUcn miles long by four
broad. This continuously built commtt-
aftu. of Identical Interests and ddUdn-
tuges, phfch forms the real, though not
ne politically defined PROVIDENCE, ts the
ntnfh largest city In The United States.
B. Providence had tcfthin ten miles
of ffs Cttp Hall In 1865. SI,sg Inhabitants.
IN 1870, Is5,0IS; In 1880, 162, ,&g5; In 1885
there aUere fIA52S; In 1890 about 10000,
and the population Is noiC believed TO be
at least s75, 200, Increasing at the rate Of
nearly per cent year.
O. Providence is groiCfng faster than
anu other city In the East, and much
faster than II ever did before.
z. Providence has more people trtth-
In 100 mites than Chicago, 81. Louis, Ne'o
Orleans Baltimore or Cincinnati.
8. Providence leads all the cities In
the tcorld IN the jetcelry manufacture.
IL e the centre. mart and port OF the cot
ton and lcoolen industry OF the United
States. AN the largest cotton mills of
America are tctthtn eighty or nfrscty
miles radius of Providence. THIS Is duo
to certain climatic advantages recognized
by cotton manufacturers. It has ptthtn
fts Held the biggest and finest stationary
engine corks, rubber factories, fertile
mills. fIe Works and tool and machinery
sDorks and the largest mandatory of
sfIvcr trdre In the World.
o. Providence ~ at the head of a
hdrf0r 30 miles long, containing 5000
acres of anchorage ground so feet deep
and 90. 900 acres is feet deep
10. Providence is nearer the mar
kets Of Europe than New York bu $50
mllcs, and Is about as near the Western
ctttco. IL u moro than 100 miles nearer
Southern and South, a mertcan ports than
Boston. There 70 far more freight In
transit that could be cheaper shipped vio
Providence then utn Boston.
II. Providence II In direct cornyn,t.
ntcaston utth all points, north, south.
east and Wsst. 1t ts the natural port of
ths fruit trade for all Neio England Tt
q tho N0turoJ port for oil Ncio Enoldnd
for cotton. bttunltnous coal, Southern
lumber, ptg iron. The country surround
ing Provtdence Is supposed 10 be the
richest territory in the ,oortd and the
most thtckJv settlcd In America.
IA Providence is hoppy In fts
natural conformation for trade. No cft,,
can epcr hdve q better system of dcIirery
and Interchange of cars than the one moan
bctng arranged. Every foot of hdrbor
front ts reached by rail; epery rnanufoc
tory may be convenient TO tracks. What
ChlcaQo has expended Sl5, 900, 900 TO &C.
oonspltsh, and only at the cost of beauty
and safety, Is already here.
18. Providence will soon hdqe the
best svsfsm of tnterurbon transportation
IN America, and by far the finest linton
railroad depot
~. Providence will soon haze the
finest park In america Nth the addition
10 Roger Williams Park. Among The
natural features is a lake Uth circuit
of scUcn and on e-hdlf miles.
10. Providence is being beautined
By 1ne boule yards.
1e. Prov violence has bv far the finest
retdu stores In the East, bar Boston and
Moo York.
~. Providence is a safe city. There
ors no vicious classes; there are ncrcr
rtets; there arc tcto crimes. There tCtll
soo~ be no grade crossings of railroads
no dangerous droio bridges.
10. Providence has more oreat pub-
lfo improvements octtUely under uau
thdR dlnpost any other city IN America,
It u awakening 10 q conception of Its
pOEsr. ,,
had far more building IN 1889 than anu
previous year la its history. IL had more
IN 1890 than IN 1882 more yet IN 1891, and
1923 scfu much ercecd last pedr's record.
20. Providence has unlimited op-
perfunfftcs tor expansion east. ,ccst.
north and south. 10 ts bounded bp no
n0turuS barrier. It's hdrbor Is Iona and
marrow, extending 70 The heart Of the city.
and ofloss the greatest possible irhorfooc
erso ufth the least expenditure Of room.
Ifs ndfn sfTeefs tfs street car tines rndt-
o5s from ns centre Ike the spokes OF a
uhcel Ifs railroads come 20 common
point by easily brtdgcd natural Udlleys,
obutafing all grade crossings.
Fl. Providence does not depcnd for
~ Welfare upon the success of ann one
Industry Tfs Interests are diversified.
a. Providence has a much loroer
amount Of banking capital than any city
ef fts sfzc IN the ,corld.
-. Providence has an assessed raj
~0ffon on ifs property OF SiI6. .GOI.sIO.
The State valuation Of Prortdence er-
occds ff7O.0ooDoO
"A Pro,idepes V q essg Of bssrsi-