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Excerpt from Columbus: Her Trade, Commerce and Industries, 1892-3The labor connected with such a work as this none can fully appreciate but those who have performed it. The work is presented to the public with the belief that it is as nearly accurate as such works can be. The utmost care has been exercised in the collation and presentation of the matter in this work, especially that relating to the manufacturing and commercial advantages of Columbus, and no expense has been spared to make it not only acceptable to the general reader, but in the highest degree valuable to our tradesmen, manufacturers and financial institutions. The book is mainly designed to furnish the most comprehensive and authentic information concerning the facilities and resources of this city, which will awaken a more appreciative spirit of enterprise at home, and increase patron age and favor from abroad. It also aims to direct attention to our vast capabilities and resources, many of which are yet undeveloped, and to utilize more thoroughly the facts which demonstrate the superiority of Columbus as a commercial and manufacturing city. In a city like Columbus, Where improvement and change are the order, and the watchword, it would be strange, indeed, if we did not here and there find an error. If, however, our pen shall succeed in directing the attention of the trade to its manifold superiorities. Or draw to this vicinage a population that shall sieze upon its possibilities and go forward to glad fruition - controlling its agencies and shaping its destinies, if we do all or any of these, we shall be munificiently rewarded, and our chiefest aim be reached.It remains for us now to acknowledge obligations to the various sources from which we have received assistance. Our object, throughout, having been to produce a useful book, we have not felt at liberty to reject aught that could be turned to practical use. Therefore, as far as was consistent with our own plan, we have carefully gleaned whatever was perti nent and of value we have discovered in other directions. Nor have the newspapers been overlooked. To the Directors of the Columbus Board of Trade, for their indorsement and hearty co-operation, to A. G. Grant, for the excellent photographs from which the cuts were made, and to the patrons of the work, who compose so valuable a portion of the business men, and are contributing most largely to the growth and prosperity of Columbus, the publishers desire to return their grateful acknowledgements.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.