The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-22
SOME LARGEST THINGS.
St. Louis Leads ihs World n Drugs. Tobacco
esst woodsnwas. Hardware and Oihu Things. D.

SO many claims are made by different
cities and countries that II may be I'm
teresting TO know where the largest
things really are situated. The largest
locomotive works in the world are in
Philadelphia. The largest car manu-
featuring plant In the world is in PITTS
burg. The largest drug house in the
| world IL In st. Louis The largest
wholesale dry goods house I'm the world
~ IN New York. The largest gun works
IN the world are IN Essen. The largest
brewery Is In ST. Louis. The largest
tobacco factory H. i'm ST. Louis.
The largest woodenware manufactory
Is I'M 81. Louis, says the New York
Press. The largest steel works are in
Pittsburg. The largest drop hammer In
the world Is the property of the Beth
lehem Iron company. The largest bot
tie nanufactory as i'm Pittsburg. The
largest spring works are in Pittsburg
The largest bank Is In London The
largest church is i'm Rome. The largest
beef and pork packing house is I'm Chi
cago. The largest starch business is in
Oswego The largest copper mine is in
Michigan. The largest pumping engine
In the world is in the Calumet and
Hecla mine
The largest match factory in the
world Is at Barberton, o. Its capacity
Is 00,00O.000 "A day. (Possibly the
greatest head is on Eddie Gould, who
has just dome" Barber & Coz The
greatest railroad in the world is In the
United States. Needn't mention its
name. The greatest hotel is dn New
York. The greatest newspaper (most
infiuentiaD is in London. The greatest
marble quarry Is in Vermont. The
greatest -four mill is i'm Minneapolis.
The greatest copper and brass mill Is
in Waterbury The greatest whiskey
industry is in the United States, the
output being more than S0.000000 gal
Ions a year. The largest sewing ma
chine works In the world are at. Eliza
bethport
The largest boot and shoe industry is
at Lynn. The largest grocery house I'm
the world Is in New York. The largest
hardware house in the world Is in St
Louis. The largest state is Texas. The
largest financier in the world Is in New
York. The largest broker is In New
York. The largest stock exchange Is
in New York. The largest life insur-
ance companies are in New York. The
largest buildings are in New York. The
largest corporation I'm the world Is in
Pennsylvania-the Carnegie Steel COM
pany, capital stock $3.50. 100000 Next
comes the Federal Steel company of
900. .000
The largest monument In the world
Is in Washington-largest I'm the sense
OF tallest and cost The loftiest struc-
ture in the world Is I'm Paris--the Eiffel
Tower. The largest steamboat runs i'm
Long Island Sound. between New York
and Fall River. The largest steamship
plies between New York, Southampton
and Bremen. The largest locomotive
Is on a short line in Pittsburg The
largest college or university is Har-
yard. considering the greatest number |
II students. Her undergraduates ex- |
,eed in number those of oxford. The |
greatest shipbuilding plant in the world |
s at Glasgow. The largest suspension |
bridge in the world is in New York The |
argest metal spaLs in the world are In |
New York (the Washington bridge.) |
The largest public gardens are in Paris. |
The largest number of theatres Is in |
london. The largest hospital in the |
world fs in Paris--the Hotel des Inval-
des. The largest stone structure is in |
egypt. The largest falls are in New |
York. The largest river is i'm South |
America The largest political boss in |
he world Is now on the ocean, home
ward bound for New York