Evening journal., 1895-05-31

song has since rung down the vistas Of
the years, although the sweet singer has
mouldered for ages.
Our song is on different theme 1t is
Of Greater Wilmington and Of the men
who have made her honored, have added
lustre to her name as business centre,
have reflected credit on her have placed
her in the front rank among the cities Of
cur great and prosperous country. and who
will make her stil greater Il is pleas
ant duty, fruitful theme an exhaustless
subject
With our beautiful city as she now
EXISTS. we are all familiar. The Evening
Journal is not oentenarian, ana fits jour
nalistic vision does not extend back into
the misty regions Of the past to the time
when the adventurous swedes. acting on
the suggestions or that most heroic OF Eu-
ropean monarchs, Gustayus Adolphus,
sailed into the christlana, in their ships
the Key Of Calmar and the Griffin. landed
at the Rocks, and founded the settlement.
which grew and thrlyed until it became
prosperous city with wealth Of manufac-
lures, and varied Industries.
Nor to the days when the brave sons Of
Wilmington threw their fortunes. their
lives and their honor into the scale in favor
Of freedom, liberty and independence.
These days have been recorded on the
pages o. history, and the gallant deeds Of
our sons are the themes Of many chapters.
In its comparatively short life. however.
the Evening Journal has witnessed and
recorded a growth Of territory and in popu-
latlon Of Wilmington, an increase in bust
ness prosperity. has seen additions to ita
Industries which would be deemed phe-
nomenal in cities OF even greater size. It
has watched its boundaries extend and
take in sections, rich and populaee, tend
Ing towards the much desired goal.
Greater Wilmington. and it is or this our
song will be- The past is already recorded;
the present is an open book. To the future
we point.
Greater Wilmington in Nineteen Hundred.
It does not take the wisdom OF a prophet
to predict that future. The progress made
during the past decade is guage by which
can be accurately meagured the results
which will be attained in the next. The
hands which are busy moulding the des-
TIMES of our beautiful city are those OF
master, and the work will be perfect
specimen Of his work.
Come with US on trip through Greater
Wilmington. in the May Of 1900. the end
OF another decade Of The citys history, and
see how kindly time has dealt with us.
Notice how the busy city of less than 10000
souls has branehed out grown and thrived.
How the manufactures and industries 81
Greater Wilmington have increased and
multiplied, and how commercial import
ance. manufacturing and industrial wealth
has accumulated until it now ranks with
the mighty business centres Of our land.
The river front OF Greater Wilmington,
stretching from Edge Moor to New Castle,
is filed with docks from which mighty
ships and majestic steamers are unloading
the products or the world. and transferring
them to arteries OF steel. which will in
turn distribute them among the states Of
the Union shipyards. where the noise
or the workman's hammer is heard, and
huge vessels are being built which viii
plow the waters OF every ocean. Fac
tories. iron-working establishments and
warehouses where the goods and manufac-
lures Of foreign countries are stored. Ele-
vators for the handling Of the harvests Of
the great Western grain fields. and stock
yards where are gathered the cattle from
the great plains. The place our city once
held in the ship-building industry has
been regalned, her prestige in the past re-
stored and her position IN the commercial
world assured.
The hundreds Of acres Of marsh land.
which were the home Of the bull-frog and
the musk-rat and over which the rank
marsh grass waved FIVE years ago, is laid
out into streets and covered with substan-
tial blocks Of houses. tenanted by happy
and contented workmen.
Gordon Heights is covered with hand
some residences. and made a part Of the
city. silverbrook is lined with factories.
employing hundreds Of workingmen. The
! shores OF the Christiana are lined with
docks and factories from which the raw
material, unloaded on the Delaware. is
turned away as manufactured product
The rooheries and tumble-down buildings
along the line OF the Pennsylvania. which
we're a disgrace even to "the cosst." are
now supplanted by business blocks and
warehouses.
Not an Exaggerated Picture.
This is not an impossible picture and
the energy which is now being directed