Evening journal., 1895-05-31
Here's o Greater Wilmington.

Yesterday afternoon the beautiful
monument to the immortal Garfield was
unveiled By the hand Of one 81 ohio's
fair daughters. aud ths initial step
taken towards gemmine our handsome
city with the statues Of our country's
heroes
rs day the EVENING Journal IN
wells statue even fairer than that Of
Yesterday that Of greater Whining
ION 1t IS no idle ohimera, 70 creature
OF fancy carved by tie hand OF i'm
sgination from tho marble of desire The
pen Of the past had traced her outlines,
and It remained only for Us to follow
them.
Let us lock back fer but quarter OF
century The city then had a popnla-
tion Of but thirty Thousand In 1850, a
decade later, twelve thousand FOULS had
been added. Another decade witnessed
an increase ia population Of forty iva
per cent while nanniScorits ard the
other varied Industries kept pace To-
day our population bears close on to
seventy seven thousand During this
quarter century the city has opened her
arms and embraced her country neighbors,
aud is yet stretching her territory north,
south and west
The Greater Wilmington We unveil
to day is reality. Lock well upon her
and than lend helping hand In enthron
ing her on the pedestal already built
Men Of brain, energy. will and capital
are working hard 10 accomplish this
resut-the opening up Of the riFer front,
the straighteniog Of the Chrstiana the
restoration Of fair Wilmington to her
place in the world Of shipbulding and TO
put her in the van among the great sea
ports OF the world.
One OF the factors in the sneasss Of
the unveillng Of darield's statue yes
terday was the noble and generous
assistance given by many Of our citlzans
They deserve the credit and the thanks
Of the public. factor in the uuveiling
Il our statue OF Greater Wilmington,
was also the generous and material aid oi
many OF our merchants and business
men. who, by their advertisements -
this issue record themselves for greater
and improved Wilmington. They de-
serve credit aud like support from every
citizen who holds bis city dear. But
for their aid the EVENING JOURNAL
c,uld not have so well accomplished iti
task. But for their aid Greater VIII
mingtoa might have remained foi
another decade veiled
they represent, 1t is true, but PAL
OF our army OF merchants, manufac
turers and business men who ar
interested in our Greater Wilmington
They are simply the active members 0
the unveiling committee and tn
EVENING JOURNAL gratefully call
particular attention to them,
And now word in conclusion Il
order to bring about the results show
by the EvENIEe JOURNAL; In order t
make the Greater Wilmington a real an
actual thing. 1t behooves every mar
woman and child TO work and In n
better way can this be done than
giving the home industries an
especially those who are recorded to- -ds
as already working in the cause, Il
heartlest support They will give 20
equal-aye better value for your none
than you can get away from home an
You will be serving both them and II
cause OF Greater Wllmin gton by giviI
them your support
The EVENING JOURNAL trusts Il
movement It has to-day started may r
suit in glorious good, Wefsel convinc
that it will. and propose as toast,
which let everg citizen jain; "The NJ
tropolis of the Diamond StRte-T
Queen Of the Della ware River-The Pc
OF Boston, New York, Philadelphia a.
Baltimore-The Greater Wilmington
The Pacific Mail Steamship Compa
has had a series Of misiortunes, involv
the destruction Of thirteen vessels a
the loss Of over thousand lives 4
loss Of i've OF these steamers Is attribut
10 sunken rocks aud the rest to reefs a
typhoons The last Of these ocean d
asters Is the loss Of the steamer Collr
oiT the coast Of Mexico. with an acco
pauying terrible l,ss Of life Surely
element of human negligence mus b
entered into some of these disasters
Ignorance OF Nature.
There is a race growing up in the
cities who know literally nothing OF
kindly influence Of nature. Those '
work in the charity devoted to the /
of the Little Mothers" are often S
piised at finding how narrow some c
drsns lives have been These little &
are taken BY the ladies intp the cur
on dauts excnrsinns