. The street railway review . tate NationalBank and prominent in many financial and industrialinterests, and in every way the management of thecompany is under the must worthy and competentdirection. The immense industries allied in this woik. suih asfounding, engine build-ing and machinery de-signing, have their rep-resentatives that willmake an im menseshowing, interesting toboth sightseer and del-egate. The m a r \- e 1 o u sgrowth of the indus-tries of Cleveland can-not be better than by a com-parative statement olthe mere matter ofnumber of plants andcapital interestedtherein
. The street railway review . tate NationalBank and prominent in many financial and industrialinterests, and in every way the management of thecompany is under the must worthy and competentdirection. The immense industries allied in this woik. suih asfounding, engine build-ing and machinery de-signing, have their rep-resentatives that willmake an im menseshowing, interesting toboth sightseer and del-egate. The m a r \- e 1 o u sgrowth of the indus-tries of Cleveland can-not be better than by a com-parative statement olthe mere matter ofnumber of plants andcapital interestedtherein. No adequatecomparison can himade between 1870and 1880, as the censusreturns excluded byre-classification manyindustries which wererelegated to miningand other branches,to which thev properlvbelonged. In 1890 the numberof establishments wereJ,065. in 18S0, 1,055,iiicre-ise 1,010. Thecapital invested in1890, (not includingproperty hired), $53,-974,346; in 1880, $,989, or an increaseof $34,543,357 in tenyears. The hands. INTERIOR OK THE ARCADE BUILDING. employed in 1890 were 47,357; in 1880, 18,018, or anincrease of 29,339. The total wages paid in 1890amounted to $30,423,635; in 1880, $18,502,935, whichis an increase of $21,920,700. The cost of material used in 1890 was $56,321,073; in1880, $31,629,737. which gives $24,691,336 value of the product in 1880 was $98,926,241; in1880, $48,604,050, which shows $50,322,191 this remarkable showing who can fail to view this solid city with otlier than the eve of prophecy thatdeclares that it shall take its place among the great of theearth. The special industries in which our readers are mostinterested, the foundry, machine products and the ironand steel products which are made necessary by theabove, deserve special mention. Foundry and machineshops put out $11,189,667 worth of goods at a of$5,117,042, using a capital of $7,122,496 and 7,061 mendrawing $3,863,808 in wages in 98 establishments. Thei
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