The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-28
1,,,o ra,, Trade Bright Signs.

=. !. exceedingly gratifying 70 "s 70 y,
.,Ia 70 sneak Of solid increase III ','uo vs."
a"' ss w r'owth In enterprise In the business
s.o" n.,,n,,d. In our great labor OF IT,
Covering from the evils of the war "" W.. n rn.,
NJ no previous day bad so m',eh o. wv 10
", az Of prosperity cleaning upon Us.
49, ,ho s,Iid bases OF expanded pu''heSs
~ areatlv increased trade the hopes o'
"na ",,;,ars nav. their confident expecta-
.;a,s hive steadily risen until now there
w. -, croskers, none dependent, In hlch'
mopd.
without entering into details, We VIII
nav in this editorial that in all departments
or trade there is great activity, and the
iobbers report this year twice the amount o.
business done in the last. There arc ne"
customers in the market, we are grat'nsu
to say, from good old North Car'ilna' po''
east and west. This is the happy tesui, VI
tho increase of the railroad taciiitles "e.
.ween Richmond and North Carolina' anu
of the removal of those obstructlohs "
commerce Which were a sad reflection upon
The Judgment and fairness OF the men VINO
managed the railroads. We inVl'e the at
tertion of our friends in North Carolina,
and our merchants, particularly " thss
happy change in their relations.
We a:e grstifcd to learn also that the
number of tie customers Of the city Is IN
creased from that interesting quarter,
Southwest Virginia. The merchants theie
have been going elsewhere for TWO reasons
one that war and fire had deprived our CITY
Of even stolchouses. not to speak OF STOCKS,
and another was that railroad obstructionS
stood in the way Of intercourse between
them and Richmond. Now we have store
houses and ample stocks, and General MA
HONE has introduced facilities OF transport
ration which have removed the difficulties
before complained OF.
The day is not distant when, by i'm
proved railway communication, we shall
III only three hours distant from Lynch
burg. and we can 20 to dine with oul
friends in the Southwest. Then we shaS
have superb commerce with them.
Thus we may ielicitate ourselves upon
not only new customers, but the rcarpcar
ance In our city of many highly-esteemeC
old friends TO whom may come good tor
tune in all their enterprises. Richmond
hopes to profit by their custom upon The
solid principles which govern trade, while
she felicitates herself that they as well ~
herself will have the additional zcat OF ira
ternal feeling to enhance the pleasure o.
their Intercourse.
The present stocks of the Richmond dcal
crs are ample in tho departments OF dry
goods, carpets, rcady-made clothing, no
raj iroafai s.iand caps, furniture, architectu
Their, straw aud milinefE9e gJ nsaes ana ie'',
shoes, china, glass, carthenwarc. and CROCK
cry, drugs and medicines, books and sta
tioncry, watches and jeWelry, guns, DC.
confectioneries and fruits, groceries, wines
and liquors, saddles aud harness, aSrlcul
tural implements, carriages and wagons
hollow ware, house furnishing, &c, &c.
fertilizers, together with many other things
completing the whole round Of suDplIc
for The country store, the field, the farm
and the domestic economy. Then there
arc in the iron manufactures every fabric
III machinery that may De hCeueu ioT 't'.
md country occupations.
remarkable illustration Of the growtt
OF economy in household industry we My
eta:e that the agencies OF sewing machine:
in the city have trcbled in number, Will,
the sales have been Iuauluplcd upon q
comparison with last year.
There is great activity in the commission
business, and we may say, with strict iu>.
iicc Of those engaged in ii, that more en-
terprising and faithful class can be found in
no other city In the leud.
In all thee departments of trade we ill.,
wife attention TO our advertising columns
in the daily, scmi-wcekly, and weekly Dis
putch. We assure all Niryiuians that their
chef city has taken Il "ncw DEPARTURE
and is now on the highway 10 great pros
perity and growth. Our channels OF com
municatlon are increasing, and stcadil.
growing in efficiency and accommodation
Next year we shall have perhaps the mos
important Of all our reads opened and il
full operation to the Ohio, ana with its con
nectlons westward to the Mississippi nay
to the Pacific. Then our improvement vii
be in gcometrical progression, and fem
years will make us all glad at the expansion
and thrift Of Virginia commerce.
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