The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-26

rus UNION RAILWAY STATION
that is's . good thing 20 seetle back and
let things slide, you'd better ask the hrsS
~ Louis man you meet about IL. He viii
very quickly uDdecelvs you
bad noe 6een here an hour before
learned that nay precOnSefved opinions OF
~ Louis were untCUsded In fscG Tho
place u briomiDg over with public Spiris,
and its cisizens propose 10 put in their
best hicks from this time on They predict
thai ten wears from BOW they will b. away
up toward the 'front.'
Already, said q loyal and enthusiast
TIC - Looisan with whom took dinner
today, this city has gone long way to
ward transforming ITSELF from an easy go
Ing town OF the cid fashioned southern
type into a husklin2 settlement of the most
progressive modern sort. And we are
proud 10 say thai the hussliDg has been
done mostly BY natives and rising young
men from our own state Soo (es, the city
~ SMOKY, very smoky, worse than any
other town know o. peEhapS-al1aost a.
bad. in fact, as was PttsseUrg a. It's worst.
But where there Is smoke there l. also TIRE.
and the smoke here means thar we arr
burning the fires OF business in many
greas manufacturing establishments now
adBys " herSas IN the cid times We not
only furnished very small quota OF man
ufactured articles 10 the world. eos we
o01xhs mesa % our own too Lee me tell
you q few things
During the ten years between 1850
and 1880 the number OF persons employed
In the Industries here tncreaSed from A.
zoo 90 81, 600, CT III per eeLs. The a1icCnt
&c wages paid cut annually increased zoe
per CENT In the same time. the figures for
1850 being $50. o00, COO. The amount OF
capital invested In manufacturing sstah-
hsAmertS in the decade grew from $50,
600, coo % $3.50. Coz, 600. and the annual
value Of the product az net Wholesale fac
tory prices doubled, the figures fer 1870
being SEAS, Quo. o0o- Now, since 1890,
when shs last census was TAKEN. and trom
which I get my detailed Information,
there has been q mOde=are pss increase
uoEwienscaRdd1g the dep reSsiOn thas began
In 1898, though Just how much IL any
line I cans undertake. 10 say
R3x Thiags In So Lo1aA-
Vow, lee me e<lI VOC some more thinxs-
Boston - the CENTER OF the lyreaeess bcus
and shoe manufactrring industry In the
country and the RreasRss distributing
potna. h1S nos al the Shoes are made In
Boston Lynn and Broekscn and hair a
dozen other smaller nearby cities help 20
make the enormous outputs OF footwear
thas Il distrthuesd from the Huh, and To-
Say S6 Louis makes more boots and SHOES
than any other single American city. -
the next largest distributing point after
Boston OF footwear and has the largest
shoe ruanufaceorY under one roof In the
world So Louis Is the greatest tobacco
market In the world and Possesses the big
gess tobacco factory. This factory contrib
utes m0ra % Uncle Sans strongbox than
any other In the United States, and It has
-. IL - - -
country and the most extensive drug
house. Its hardware and woSdenvare. es-
Establishments are 50 much larger than any
Others on this earth that t.Oubt II you'd
believe me were 90 give q air output
Il am not vet done either St Louis
makers Of stoves and cooking ranges man
ufaceura more q those necessary things
than are made d any other city IN the
world more saGidlerY and harness are made
here than anywhere elsa In America, the
town has the biggest blank book ma1ufac-
tary anyvhers % Be found. Il Is the great
est horse and muIa market IN the world,
more pressed bricks are made here than IN
any other American city, and It's dealers
IN hard wood lumber buy and sen moreex-
rensivelF than the dealers Of any other city
IN the Cufred Ssaee& An this Is 60 be ex-
pecsed when You coms % thfn< Of the fact
that our town, which some people consider
q Little slow ErfnR, u the largest city On
the lonE=Ertver IN the world and L. there
fore the chief port On the Z=rhsess system
OF inland naFfgat5on anTwhers though
unt0rrunaceIT cur great xEser - not the
grand highway Gar frs1RhS and passenger
bustnea fha4 &C. 0ucs waz
The rafIrund syssem ceueering here IS
noe "a he EnneRd as either L may be
inferior ~ ChlnnBgzs but the mtieaae o.
Iiues cf seseI can fsfEuR IN 81 Louis 81 fully
10, COO niles Rrea4sR than the entire sys-
tenn Of either Enz1and az FzncA. ST
Louis II. n fact, the grand jumping OF
point, the transfer station, % 60 SPEAK
between the regions east and west of the
Mississippi and since the compleSion Of
the great Union depot-shs finest and big
geSs n America, By the wsy-ehe intricate
work Of transferring passengers arriving
frnm and bound 20 the most remote parts
ct the country has been uueauaIsd any-
WHARF,
81 Louis So~ Erecting Zine Ea1diaEz.
&c has nos BEN possible for me u prove
OF disprove al that my enthusiastic 81
Louis acquaintance had 60 saT but Re Is
certainly right n his praise OF the BIG de-
pot The passenger trains Of % disTincr
railroads arrive N and depart from II
broad train shed Three hundred and
twenty four Passenger trains arrive and
-SP@NS eheAJ - AouEs- OF one every MIN
utes and "a seconds A. the major part of
them arrive and Depart IN the DAYLIGHT
hours, there are trains gUing aud carnin
much oftener than that between g in tee
morning and IN the evening Is IS tfEIT
oewiidertng 60 the stranger about 20 leave
It Louis who looks out IN the train shed
and sees the many trains, al ready 60
steam out He - pretty certain 70 wonder
X bs-nay noe make some bIandcr 10 So
iecnnR the proper train for himself, but
80 perfect are shs arrangements for pre-
ventlng Travellers mistakes and so steen-
i've arc the employees whose duty IL Is %
carry out those arran9rneurs thas A.
must be Stupid and ssIs wiIlesf 20 boot xh.1
cnIid ges upon the wrong train. The
nurnber Of freight trains arriving and de-
aa<%anG hare - still Ia=ssr and NOR iii