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THE BUSINESS CENTRE
[People's Press, 22 May 1906]
Three new business buildings are now in active course of erection on East Main street, all within a stone’s throw of each other, and another is about to be begun. It does not look as if the fears of some that the business portion of the town would follow the industrial works southward would be realized. The very fact that the industries are located in that section precludes the location as business centre. The two do not harmonize together. Aside from the fact that the surroundings of factories do not form a desirable environment for a mercantile section, business places always cluster together, and this cannot be done in a section where large blocks are taken by industrial plants. Besides this, a business centre once located, is very difficult to move. East Main street is all right, but it is not likely that business will extend further westward on West Main street than at present, unless the electric railway makes some changes.
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