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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

on the increase and that this growth has
necessitated proportional development of
tie freig hting facilities of the city. The
total for last Novemb Der showed the big
gest month OF freight business in the
history OF railroading in Providence.
This was due to the fact that there
was a general "stocking up''
by all local concerns in view OF the better
times prospect. While receipts fell off
somewhat last month the healthiul ten
dency OF a steady increase is unmistak-
able.
The present month, January, is the last
OF what might be called the freight year
that is, by far largest amount of trans
portation OF products by rail comes in
the months beginning with August and
ending with January, for the reason
that all the wholesale dealers and COM
mission house men do business sew
eral months ahead OF what the
general public calls the seasons. In
August and Septemb Der the wholesalers or
middle men OF this city are receiving
their cur loads OF goods that will supply
the retail dealers with their stock for win
ter and holiday trade, while in the mid
die OF the winter, IL the immense boxes
piled up in the freight houses were open
ed, they would be found TO contain the
summer supplies.
This, OF course, applies only TO the
staples. Unfortunately Providence does
not nave Nnat IL sDOul0 nave OF the fruit
freights which might be brought here
from the South by water and distributed
by rail, TO better keep up tie average OF
business in the summer.
WEST YARD IMPROVEMENTS.
The bulk freight yard, or west yard.
"a II Is called, has for some time been in a
state OF evolution from the former re-
stricted capacity to its proposed enlarge
ment and effective convenience. Fifty
thousand dollars have been used in in
creasing the space and improving the
facilities of the freight house itself. This
expenditure will give to Providence a
freight station as thoroughly equipped
Tor receiving and shipping goods rs can
be desired for at least the next half dozen
years. The various men in charge, in
GLIDING all the platform clerks. are To-
Gated in one building, thus avoiding any
delay I'm the looking after the traffic.
In the west yard the tracks are so ar
ranged that 800 cars can be loading at
once. In the cases OF heavy materials,
such "a building stone or iron work, this
loading process IN facilitated by the use
OF the freight cranes. This hosting APP
paratus, as formerly in use here, consisted
OF W small "pillar cranes. A" but the adj
dition CT another and much larger piece
OF machinery OF this class has been de-
manded by the growing tag upon the yard
facilities. This new bridge crane IL from
Brown Hosting and Conveying Machine
Co., Is the lsrgest one in New England,
and has been in use less than two months
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

500, 600 of which are delivered at Wilkes
barre Pier. A large part OF this coal Is
delivered in Boston. This big coal wharf
in East Providence ard the docks OF The
Merchants and Miners line and OF the
Winsor line along India street in the city
are probabl the best evidences that there
are in support OF the theory that Provi-
dence should be a port OF entry ano That
the lines of railway may be supplemented
and made more profitable, and local pros
perity generally increased by the growth
and development OF shipping. mat IL a
phase of the general subject OF Transports
tion which has often been discussed by
societies and Council committees and the
newspapers While His Excellency, Cover
nor Lippitt, devotes considerable attention
to the matter in his message. That II
has not dsveloped much beyond the stage
of discussion is by no means an argu-
ment against il.
Ii was in 1869 that the question o. bet
ter terminal facilities for railroads first
came up and IL was practically 70 years
before any OF the many plans suggested
for Improvement got beyond paper. And
the merchants who believe in Narragan-
sett bay and Providence harbor as nsvi-
gatIe bodies of water. which need more or
less dredging, are "a confident as ever that
local shipping interests will be revised.
HARBoR IMPROVEMENTS.
Some time since a committee OF Coun-
cilmen and Aldermen was appointed to
look into the matter of harhor improve
ment and see what the possibilities were
in that direction. The several members
OF that committee set about their work
with a zeal that, II reciptocated by che
right parties, would have ensured at this
present time to Providence her rightful
place among ports OF entry. The
scheme OF this committee was some
hat as follows: The lane bordering
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29
MANUFACTURING CENTER.
Brief Review Of City's Development
From Old Days of Commerce.

One may regret that Providence should
have surrendered her proud place as the
greatest commercial center on the At
iantic co asst, but that regret Is tempered
with "A feeling of pride That In losing that
she quickly took a front rank In another
and equally important line of human en-
deavor. While this city OF Roger Will
Jams can no longer lay claim TO the
honor and distinction OF having n larger,
more valuable and more diversified com
mcrce than her sisters along the Atlantic
seaboard, she can with truth and with
pride point to the marvellous growth OF
her manufact uring industries, which
make her one of the most prominent, as
well rs most envied, municipalities on this
continent. What the city lost when her
commerce decayed she has moro tnsn
made up by the vast expansion OF her in
dustrial concerBs; and whatever OF re-
greet there may be, Is based solely upon
the fact that, while the merchants ana
business men OF earlier days were laying
the foundations for the city's present
prosperity as a manufacturing center,
they did not also devo.ea part of their
energies and their enterprise to keeping
Providence in a foremost position as a
commercial center, which because OF her
excellent natural advantages would have
been a comparatively easy task.
For many years after the settlement of
Roger Nilliams, Providence was not very
prominent either commercially or in
dustrislly. The people in those carly
days had all they could do, and sometimes
more, TO attend to those affairs which gave
them a roof to shelter them, food to sustain
them and clothing to protect them. Their
only capital was their ble spirit
and their brawny arms. Later on, when
personal and family necessities did not
press upon them SO heavily, they began TO
show the spirit of enterprise which has
ever been a marked charatteristi of their
dQaRpndantg They pStakIishad uFiEf n. ills
and saw mills and the prod ucts of the
latter were sold outside the settlement
wherever opportunity offered. But at
best this was but a precarlous and not
very en- .ouraging bu siness. Indeed hat
little there was in those days
was practically m~onopolizCd by Newport
which, besides being located nesrer the
mouth Of this bay, was also blessed with
more capital than the settlers Of Progi-
dence could boast of.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

is today, one Of the leading industrial
centers OF the world. How rapidly the
cotton manufacturing industry grew is
signalIy shown by the statemel IT n ade in
1914 by a chronicler OF that date that
there were then within 30 miles OF Provi-
dence 10 factories operating 1874, 600
spindles, consuming 20, 900 bales OF cotton
annually and producing 81, $40, 900 yards
OF cloth. The first cotton factory OF
large size built within the limits of Provi-
dence was the steam mill erected in
1927 by Samu.l Slater, David VIII lson
and others, and now known as the Not
tingham Mill. AS already stated, how
ever, Providence capital Is not confined
to the factories within its boundaries,
but may be said to control today, just as
IL has done in the past, the major part OF
4 he mills OF Rhode Island, as we'll as many
in the adjoining states Of Massachusetts
and Connecticut.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29
EARLY pRovIDENcE--HonE OF JOSEPH, SON OF ROGER WILLIAMS

AT Olneyville a spur of the New En-
gland road carries the raw wool, as II Is
consigned from Boston, directly to the
mill requiring il. This freight line is n
a kind of side issue of the main, and is
bic in securing prompt service to
the mill and in relieving the city freig hi
yard OF a mass of material that it was
formely necessary TO handle heie and
then have trucked to lis destination.
Wilkesbarre Pier is another co-opera-
tive freighting point with Providence,
and the amount of tonnage received at
that point has increased remarkably with
i'm the past few years. Provld nee port of
entry receives ], 200, 600 ous OF coal a year,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

Her product of cottons, woolens, machin-
cry, jewelry and special manufactures Is
simply enormous and the only way TO
give even an approximate idea of their
vast value Is TO quote from the United
States census of 1890 some OF the returns,
inadequate and below the actual figures as
they are in many instances. Our own
State census would be more reliable in
this matter, as well as more ~up-io-date,
but the statistics of manufacturers re-
celved by the bureau have not yet been
reached in the process of collstion and
classification. Following is a table show
ing the ber Of persons employed and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

IL is % ct high and A feet span and
by its means a weight OF 80 tons can ne
easily lifted by four workmen. These
men, though inexperienced, will he free
from danger as well as from difficulty in
operating this immense piece Of appara-
tus for the reason that unlike other ma
chimes employed in similar cases, 1t has
no flying handles, and the load canno
run down unless tie manipulation SO wills
II. The New York New Haven x
Hartford naturally enough controls by
far the greater part of the freightiDg
done in This city, via the Stonington line.
ABOUT a dozen cars daily receive freight
cargoes and on the Providence line there
IS some receiving of freight but more dis
~tributing Of II as 1t Is transported from
the North through our city southwark.
making Providence a sort OF Noroughfare
Tor such shipments.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

has spent nearly I'VE million dollars ia
this gigantic undertsk ing, and nearly halt
of this mount has been put underground
in the construction of walls and founds-
{ ons, SO that the ordinary observer can
form no adequate idea of the amount OF
tim and money that has been necessarily
invested in this enterprise. That a work
OF such great magnitude has been sue
cessful'y prosecuted without any serious
entanglements, and that the varied inter
ests-which at one time threatened to
become hopelessly complicated nave
now become united in an earnest determi-
nation to speedily complete this enter
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29
WELL-KNOWN CONCERNS.
Sketches OF NearlyTw0 Hundred Industrial,
Banking, Commercial and Mer-
camille Houses.

In The following pages The NEWS pre-
sents brief sketches of msny of the i'm.
poreant business houses of Providence. ~
No such comprehensive exposition of
the contemporaneous industrial and busi-
mess life Of the city has ever before been
presented. While the large list by no
means pretends to include every business
house in this large and busy town, 1t
does present many OF the more prominent
i'm the respective fields covered, ana al
most every field Of industry and busiL ess
is repre- ented by a leading and prominent
house. Manufacturer of nearly every
class, bankers, commercial and mercan-
tile interests, wholesalers, jobbers,
retailers of nearly every kind of mer-
chandise handled in a large city,
educational institutions, real estate
and the multifarious trades from
making tread to building steam engines,
the professions, in fact every fed OF
business operation TO be found in the city
will, it is believed. be found REP presented
ia the succeeding columns b. one or more
concerns of high repute In their respec'
tive classes. 1t is a notable Int and q
careful reading will doubtless surprise
even Providence people with the variety
and Importance Of industry and business
that are going on every day right among
us. And in every instance it has been the
aim, object and purpose to identify with
this work the names OF only such houses
as will be recognized at oace as oeing
actually representatives OF their class.
leaders in their respective fields OF opera
tion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

reproduce the Arkwright machine,
which was then so successful in
England, and Mr.. Brown having conf
dence in his employers ability furnished
the money for his experiments. MOI was
he mistaken in doing SO, for in ii months
Slater had completed and was running
several spinning frames, on which were
spun the first cotton threads ever tLrned
out by water power in America. Here
may be said to nave begun the career of
Providence as an industrial center.
True, Slater's success did not take place
within the limits Of the town, hut it was
Providence capital that made it possible,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

way OF obtaining definite statistics from
which this growth may be known at a
glance. In the first place the recent conso-
lldation Of the various railroad lines I'M
der the single management of the n. Y,
N. II. Il H., makes the basis of reckoning
entirely different rom what IL formerly
was, and the numerous important local al
terations still In process in the freight
yards n freight houses cause even the
men in authority there to confess
themselves unable TO give figures and data
that will show exactly what has been
done and what is now doing. They have
no hesi'ancy, however, in declaring that
the bulk of the business bias been steadily
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

Ing freight traffic, with its consequent de-
mand for larger freight facilities, this
seems To ask for special recognition in
connection with the particular comm.r-
cial interests treated OF in The NEWS at
this time.
FREIGHT FACILITIES.
Providence is favored by being able 10
unite and appropriate TO her service both
waterways and railways for the transport
tation OF material 10 and from the city.
Regarding the development of water ways
there Is much TO he said, but In an article
OF this kind IL is well TO deal first with
facts and later with possibilities.
RAILROAD FREIGHTINo.
That during the last decade there has
been a constant increase in the railway
freight traffic OF Providence is an evident
fact. There are several difficulties in the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

just as 1t IL Providence capital that today
maintains scores Of manufacturing esta b.
lishments outside its corporate limits. IL
was the capital OF Providence merchants
withdrawn from and invested IN
manufactures that made this city what IL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

which gave employ ment TO more than 40,-
600 persons and turned out a product val
ued at more than s72, 900, QUO. The capital
invested represented t55.0 O0, 600, and the
cost of the materials used nearly s3s, 600, =
600.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

prise, justifes the citizens OF this NUM-
c~ipslity In rejoicing that the solution OF
this vexed problem IL 50 near at hand.
But this special phase OF this subject.
the phase OF the growth aud prosperity
OF Providence as evinced In her increas-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

But this by no means gives The total OF
the manufacturing concerns ofProvidence.
Indeed the total number of establishments
as given by the census of 1890 was 1883,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

Coincident, however, with the loss Of
her commercial supremacy was the growth
.ot Providence as a manufacturing center.
In the earlier days her citizens had en-
gagged In manufacture on n somew hat
limited scale. They mad established rope
walks, glass factories. ~foundries. smelt-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

From 1890 the m OF Providence
expanded to vast proportions. The trade
with China grew, as did that with other
foreign ports and there we're coming TO
the wharves along the river front vessels
laden with goods from south America, the
West Indies, Liverpool, London, Bor-
deaux, Cronstadt,~ Copenhagen, Lisbon and
other European ports. The war with
England, in 1872, seriously interfered with
this commercial prosperity and though
there was n marked revival after its
close and ommerce attained proportions
larger than ever before, there was a grad
ual decline after 1880 which continued
for two decades and more until, so far as
foreign traue was concerned, there was
nothing left 10 Providence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29

But the people of Providence we're not
oisheartened by adverse or discouraging
conditions. They were satisfied to make
a small beginning SO long as a larger and
more prosperous prospect broadened out
before them. And so II Mas that in 1879
ParGon 1illlng hast, one Of the greatest
men OF his day, and one OF the founders of
commercial Providence, built the first
wharf here ana put the town, even in a
small way, In a position to compete with
Newport. For a long time, however,
Providence continued TO be tributary to
Newport and it was not until just before
the beginning Of the 18th century that
provision was made for larger shipping
interests by the building of wharves and
warehouses. By this time the town had
grown out of its swaddling. clothes and
could see beyond the limits of its own i'm
mediate boundaries. The spirit of enter
prise was abroad, the shipping interests
were ex banded from practically nothing to
proportions very important and a direct
traffic with West India ports was estapl .sh-
ed which continued to develop and expand
for many years afterward and furnished
the foundation upon which were built the
fortunes enjoyed by some Of the most
honored of the city's citizens al the pres
ent day.
From 100 onward the commercial
growth OF Providence was steady and sol
Id and though during the period of the
Revolutionary war ii was curtailed, it was
not destroyed altogether, as appears to
have been the case with Newport. Very
quickly after the declaration of peace in
1888, began to revive, and the
spirit of enterprise extended far beyond
any limits previously contemplated. 1t
was not TO the comparatively nearby mar
kets of the West Indies to which the ship
owners confined themselves. They built
ships to sail to and trade with the far
distant Orient. The General Washington,
one of the largest ships built by Provi-
dence capital, sailed from this port to
Canton, China, in 1857, and was the third
vessel to carry the American flag 10 that
far distant country. Some idea Of the
important place which this port held in
commercial affairs in those days may be
gained from the statement made in a petit
ton sent TO the General Assembly in 1870
to the effect that "there is a greater num-
Der of vessels belonging to this port than
to New York or Boston"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-29
TRANSPORTATION FAcILITIEs--FREIdH CRANE IN THE WEST YARD"

the annual value OF the products of five of
the industries mentioned as shown by
the census of 1890:
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-08

ton OF affairs existing at this agency.
1t viii no doubt, be apparent 10 You
that my efforts 10 bring about an I'M
proved condition OF the Indians under
my charge, have met with pronounced
opposition from the old coffee coolers
and so-called chiefs. who for years have
lived in idleness and dependent on the
support OF the government
Since these Indians have had lands
IN severalty allotted 70 them. Il has
been the policy Of the department 70 10
cate them in permanent homes on thei-
aliotments- To accomplish this It has
required persistent energy and the ex-
ereise OF irmness on the part OF the
agent TO break UP the large camps
where idleness and vice were engender-
ed, and 10 require all able-bodied male
Indians 10 cultivate portions OF their
allotments. 10 the end that they may
in time become seif-supporting.
AIEDDLESONE WHITE MEN
That my efforts in this line have
brought forth a marked improvement
in their condition is readily acknowl-
edged by the department and al fair
minded interested citizens OF the terri
tory: but as is usual in the west, there
are always about the Indians NEEDLE
some white men ready 10 oppose pro-
gressive methods and 20 encourage op-
position 10 those in authority; as a re-
suit. my duties here are performed IN
der trying difficulties.
Il write you this that you may under
stand the condition Of affairs here. since
this agency is located in your depart
ment and I deem IL proper that you
should be advised thereon"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-08
Whfn Nature

Needs assistance IL may be best to rem
der II promptly. but one should remem-
Der 10 use even the most perfect rene
dies only when needed. The best and
most simple and gentle remedy is the
Syrup OF Figs. manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-08

To Grow Hair on Bald Heads.
In ninety days, use DANDERINE. If
you cannot get your hair back, you can
get your money back. All druggists,
S1O0
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-08

THERE is no great achievement that is not
the result of patient working and waiting
j. G.. Holland,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-08

FOR SALE-One gOod farm wagon and
one corn cuisivGtor- Al Sz0 south Topeka
Ave GlS-sL4
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-08

FOR SALE-FreSh Ruttern .lk-yve
churn every morn ag; also stale butter
mix for Pigs. DC = barrel 81 s Naa.
Lswelling * Co As-sf
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-08
FOUND.

FOUND-A shawl on corner OF Main and
Douglas Finder can have same BY prov
tng property and paying for a3 Call az
Eagle Office. dlS-tf
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-08
EMILY CIGRAND.

The murder of Emily Cigrand comes
next in interest. She came from Lafay-
cite, Ind. She was a blonde and the
prettiest of Holmes victims. When 19
years old she was employed as steno-
grapher by DR.. Kelley, the goid-cure
man. PFtezel met her when he was in
the institution, and when he got out ne
told Holmes. Holmes wrote to the
girl, offering larger salary than she
was then getting, and she came to the
Castle While in his employ she became
engaged to be married 20 Robert E
Phelps, a very rich man, much older
than herself; but one day she vanished
from the face of the earth. and nothing
has since been heard of her II is be
lieved that Holmes forced her to main
tain Illicit relations with him, and that,
finding that she was learning too much
of his affairs. he killed her
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-08
Disorder.

Ripans rsbules: Sold ny druggists. or
BY mail IL the price go cents q box n
cent TO The Ripans Chemical Company.
No. 10 Spruce ST., New York
The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-05-08

MoNEY-EaStern money to loan on real
estate SECURITY no delay. Thos- g VII
son. - y, Main. auO-lL