The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

banking ffrm was established lbS1 ana "
portance of the city. The building and
loan association has done and is still de-
Ing important work for tho development
BY N.7So.oos sf shares % out.
City improvements.
snrevsport's public Improvements have
kept pace with tho city's business ad-
vancement The city was tho first In
tho Southwest to establish sewerage and
water works systems. II has 10 miles
or sewers now and inside OF q year will
have Its sewer mains 30 extended that
the system win 30 doubled In mileage
Tho water works system Is ample in
capacity to furnish q city four times the
size OF Shreveport with pure water.
Public and private improvements for
s s ar. sfs gwen .: fssn.hEn. In an cGs. .
S,eaqSn n. pa1,St Of & how &shrsvepor; e BUILDING
SSSns .'rss S0fs sw 'e ns. cSsSs1 ssSs
buildings. $50 OO6; new residences. stores,
plant, $4,000; CrAwford-new block, SIS
one and three-quarter miles new sewer
oil mill. $50. 900; cotton milf. 500. 900; r.
Line railway Improvements. SIS 90: Cum
200. East Shrevepert-saw mills, resi-
SsSsy SsnSs. ss50n Is mRs.5 R.r': ss sts &C., @ ssts Il s
All this may be added to By the JEFF
ferson extension OF the Vicksburg.
shreysnort 8 Pacific rnilre.d T ana the
to Natchiteches. These imgroyements
minai and other improvements by the
mean anywhere from $40. ooS to si2o, 900 ex-
pense Shreveports share of all these
expenditures will be very large and
IN the benefit Of the Improvements pre- win
Tho Saved street surface OF Shreveport
II being constantly enlarged and work
completed and now under contract in
Properly owners on many streets have
voluntarily improved the thoroughfare
in front OF their holdings. and the city
.:u. @ s' Of Ipsnt per- cent ysan % bond. 'sh 70 the
amount Of $4,000. was made for the
purpose OF street paving.
.ion Ths tota Sos Sosded deb 'Gn ineiSsins SHh
this issue, is sl97.6oo. There Ia no floating
debt. but there is a special assessment
Ss AMOUNT MT Of s' the sinking IN Ing i sund IS ,saoSS
trict bonds Taxes are raised on s, ,ooO, 900
estmsted !, actual ETY. al value Of property as
The public school systems Of shrevepor,
are what such 2 progressive people would
public schools and a high school for
white children. Four seminaries and
many private schools complete the educa.
White White children who no attend the public
| schools eighteen teachers are employed:
Six hundred colored children are taught
and given tho best opportunities to get an
| education. The annual expenditure for
the maintenance Of public schools Is about
pubic school building. the ffnest
| In the state. ts being erected At cost
NIT OF specisl taxes for school purposes
able. the citizens Voluntarily assessed
| for the erection of this building. Three
| other school buildings to cost in the sg-
gresste $50 900. exclusive Of the ground
expenditures Of money for public Inn
proponents, in addition to large sums
paid railroads in bonuses, have given
terprise and liberality, and the enlarged
| commerce as a result Is but just return
to the dash Of its business men. -.
ings, one Of them only recently erected
costing $4,000. Six denominations are
represented in tho city and the number OF
churches II about 30.
Health.
Shreveport IL a healthy city, whose
natural advantages have been enhanced
by the wise expenditures for pure water
and the sewerage system The eQuability
of tho climate Is shown by the extremes
of the thermometer, which are 30 and o5
degrees above zero. The mean tempera-
tur Is e3 degrees, humi6ity OF atmosphere
70 degrees and the average rainfall 81
figured at $50 per thousand for the
whites and no for the colorea. an aver
age Of 1910 per thousand for both races.
Health s sTe sives the following statisticsi "
Marriages. whites u, colored ioa, total
l7s; births reported. whites 81 colored is!,
total 81: Deaths, whites lo2 coiored al7.
total S1s; death rate per thousand. whites
s6o. colored 21.7o, average 1910
80. coloTed 70. total io2; deaths over o
YEAR, Of age. whites a. colored 4a to-
No,n1.r.ssdent deaths At State Charity
Hospital, whites IS, colorsd 81. total i1s
IL Is observed that there arc only
two deaths from typhoid fever, mono from
dyphtheria or scarlet fever. only two
In Conclusion.
The CITY Of Shreveport impressed every
member OF the New England Newspaper
League party ss one OF the most prom
ising OF all the cities visited in the South
Its natural advantages arc many. Its
opportunities are great, and above all.
Shreveport Is blessed with ottiscnry
endowed with that progressive spirit and
indomitable pluck which mako the wheels
of development go around
Her people are united.
You meet a man from Shreveport. and
ne will tell you that he halls from tho
greatest town on earth. He will paint
for you most fascinating pictures OF
broad, smooth thoroushfares, OF balmy
air. OF fertile soil. OF new railroads. and
he viii prove TO you by an array OF facts
giant-the growing restless metropolis OF
the Great Southwes and he win show
lust why Shreveport will ard must be a
city OF ioo, 900 population within ten years
moro enterprislng pushing, wtde-awaks
business men than Hon; Peter Youree
Mr.. Walter II. Jacobs, Mr.. =. B. McCut-
chen. Hon. Thomas c. Barrett. Mr.. s.
y. Hicks, Mr. Fred II, Gosmsn. Mr.; A.
j. Ingersoll. Mr.. J. B. Ards. Mr.. J. NJ
Foster. Mr.; J.. N. Carter and half a
whom the members OF the New England
Newspaper League party had the pleas
ure OF meeting while In that thriving
city.