Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . ly fortun-ate and congratulatory. Closel\- identilied withmanufacturing in New Lon-don are men of public spirit,energy, progressiveness andforesight. Men who areanxious to place their cityon a plane with others, whoseindustrial activity and scopehave won for them renownand wealth. And it is safeto say that most of them en-tertain solicitude regardingiSew Londons standing as acommercially productivecommunity, as well as for the con-dition
Picturesque New London and its environs, Groton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century; notable features of interest .. . ly fortun-ate and congratulatory. Closel\- identilied withmanufacturing in New Lon-don are men of public spirit,energy, progressiveness andforesight. Men who areanxious to place their cityon a plane with others, whoseindustrial activity and scopehave won for them renownand wealth. And it is safeto say that most of them en-tertain solicitude regardingiSew Londons standing as acommercially productivecommunity, as well as for the con-dition of their business and per-sonal bank accounts. Because of thisdesire to see the city grow in import-ance and in touch with the varioustrade channels of the world, and byreason of the growing tendency toliberality eviiued by the Municipal(iovcrnmetit. and by the praiseworthyefforts of Tlie New London Board ofTrade along the lines of modern busi-ness progression. New T^ondon is in-dustrially advancing. Slowly it maybe, but surely and with certainty,nevertheless, the growth goes on. Tothe unobservant eye this progress maynot be particularly apparent. The. ISRAEL F. BROWN,Founder of the Brown Cotton Gin Company. New London, from the days of itsearly history a seaport, and in thesummer season of the present a resortof the pleasure-seeker, has not thefame as a manufacturing center thatattaches to many of the inland citiesof New England. But it does notfollow that the city is without valu-able mauufacturiug industries; indeed,manufactories it has of variety andmagnitude. It is with municipalitiesas with individuals: to few may beascribed all the attributes. Not oftendoes a city enjoy a wide reputation asa summer outing place, and at thesame time stand for a manufacturingcenter of importance. New London .Ml Ipicturcsquc 1Rcw Uondon. erection, in rapid se<iueiice. of iiiaiui-faotorv alter inaiiiifactorv is not tin-necessary ininudiale etlecl ol lieallliy,steady growth, altliough add
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