The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-21

those at which Il Is now brought to New
York and Baltimore, with which. cities
Richmond has 10 compete IN The lsianulac-
ture Of flour. The wheat of Virginia, espe-
cially that grown 10 the valley of the James,
still maintains It's superiority for milling
purposes, but he character Of the Western
achcdi. particularly the ,cinter ,cheat, IS Uety
acceptable to milers here.
WHAT FISK AND HATCH SAY.
In d pamphlet touching the resources of
the Chesapeake and Ohio road, published by
Fisk & Hatch, fnd the following para
graph:
!" The Aour-mills Of Richmond are proba.
bly, the most extensive In the United States.
ihe haSall and 'Gallego' brands have
IA worldwide reputation, and are considered
superior TO any other for shipment to South
America and other tropical and semi.tropi
cI Iports, o,cing to The influence Of the climate
~ toh'ch they are ground. The Richmond
hourlng mills have, therefore, long COM
manded those markets to the extent of their
ability to supply them. Their receipts of
wheat during the past few years taSe been
eatlreiy inadequate to the detsiand for their
'ion-f aud 70 the capacity OF the mills. leaving
searly deficiency Of over 100000 bushels,
eQ"sl to 10000 tons, per annum, or thirty
uar-loads per day. Tue additional amount
required will be drawn from the West upon
the opening Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. and there is DO doubt that when
an ample supply Of wheat can be relied upon
at a reasonable cost for transportation the
-four business of Richmond will be largely
Increased"
WHEAT TRADE BEFORE THE WAR AND SINCE.
As there was ne Corn Exchange here pre-
vious to the war, and rs even now the wheat
that IS purchased in other markets and
shipped here does not pass through the Ex-
change, have not been able to obtain statis-
tics enough to draw an exact comparison be-
tween the two points. Fortunately, though,
I have been put in possession of a etter-sheet
published at the Wing Office, January 13,
1859, entitled "Second Annual, Review Of
the Foreign and Domestic Trade of Rich
mond,' in which I and the figures in refer
ence to wheat put down as follows:
Bushels.
py canal and railroad In 1857. 1,s72.7 .7so
BY canal and railroad in Ills
Through dock In 1855. 4so,577
Total for 1858 5s........................ 2,alg 800
But this does not include the wheat deliy-
cred BY wagons from the surrounding cOun-
IiSs Will tbas OS SdlCiS pue Wv" IL oI ivy
| 900 bushels more, making u grand total of
s2,TlS690 bushels.
The export of flour in 1857 is put down at
| 241 ,16l barrels, of the value of $780, ,23l,
and 1858 at 2G2.955 barrels, at the estimated
value of 81 1895 1888; but these sgtires are in
correct and below the mark. as am assured
by competent authority. The inspection of
ilou- In Richmond during this same year is
Stated to be 65I ,5S7 barrels, and that, too, is
said by my authority to be too small.
| THf COFFEE TRADE.
In return for her -four Richmond receives
from Rio coffee in great quantities-so great
that before the war, when her population
was only forty thousand, she was the third
coffee mart in the Union. That she will re-
| sume her ascendancy in the trade in this
commodity when the wheat of the West can
| be brought to her great mills there cannot
| be doubt. The Western markets can be
supplied with coffee aud sugar by importa-
ton at Richmond and transportation over
| the Chesapeake and Ohio road at less cost
| and in better condition than through any
| other channel 1t is interesting to note the
| rapid growth Of this trade in Richmond
| during the four or five years which preceded
the war. Here are the figures: