The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-08-21


business why. with the Command Of her
os., material. she oa.not sarpassin the iron
trade nor why, with NIL the facilities
which skin and experience and carital and
integrit, give her. she should not enter the
lists with the resolve 10 win as leader in
the dry goods business. Aud IN fact SO
rapid an advance has been made since the
var in the development Of the advantages
Of po.i,,an. and capacity for meeting de-.
mauds upon her powers that the day is up.
proaching for the fulflnent Other destiny.
The Merchants Excursion is the frst
evidence however, that the people Of Rich
mond have given q swakeaing appreciation
Of then. situation. Heretofore they have
bee. c6htent that fortune should drift by
accident upon them. They have bull, rail
roads, but they have left the wayfarer to
6nd his own ~ay over them. They have
trusted to the prestige Of a nsme--a mime
great in history. grand in the annals Of
eloquence. grand in the records Of states
manship, grand 10 oil the fields Of intellec-
tusl achievement but namc very little
known in the prosaic pages Of commerce.
and very scRntily spread upon the adysr-
tising columns Of the press. IL may be
hoped now alters stupendous nm irruption
if North Carolina merchants. and so
thorough "a awakening up in the Richmond.
trade. that more satisfactory relative aT-
probation has been had. aud that hence
forth Richmond will obtain her full proper.
tion Of that business hitherto shared be
tween Baltimore and New York, the great
rivals with which she has 10 contend. and
wlluse success she has hitherto conteatedly
witnessed. tet
An examination Of the capabilities Of
Richmond for the business she invites will
justify the eonidence in her ability to per.
form. Most Of the foundations Of a great
business are already laid aud imposing
structures reared thereon. lIer proximity
90 abuadant coal. iron, anG the use of un.
lraited water power have put in operation
the great Tredegsr Iron Works. engaged
in the manufacture Of rail road iron. locr'-
motives. and machinery Of various kinds;
the same facilities gave birth to the Old
Dominion Nail Works. the largest in the
South and as eorollary to TIE saue facili>
ties. have originated the large Agricultural
IrrsisseerAuvsa. avtaa.eEss r..Gbe ,Eesiae
The Metropolitan Works. Cardwell & Co.
and others: as also the Stov Works. the
! Architectural Irvn Works and other rami.
factions Of the like industry. There are TO
be found the f,uring mills. the Crenshaw,
the Gsllego, end others, famous for their
large prcdpc,s 5000 bbIs each day aud
Tor their exceiI nee 1.-THE weollen and the
Cotton Mrik, aere seeds Of an in.lasir,
which Will o"e day surpass Lowell or Fill
River the gigantic tobacco factories. whicS
hzse no eJuah h the worla sod whicl. are
the oaigrOwth q tobacco market dating
far back into sbe ~isss af the early colonial
lays ! nsrufsetoric % Fertilizers. Of re-
pate based uson hiyk personal character and
eminent srisatisc arrangement :hess are
among the few Of the svtsssusisl and in.
irInsie elsims Of the city as the empOrism
Ofeertain branches Of busipers.
In nsome other particulars. Richrond rsay
become without q rival. The Chesapeake
and Ohio ROad girss her eOntroi over the
provision market sith which BzItimors nsy
"'t ecrspets and the long exi~ipg tfsds TO
Brazil gives her eqaal advantages With bal
ti:nore in the Coffee trade. Such rnzmmo,h
houses ss A. y. gllet q 60. show what can
be doae 10 Oommsnding the ary gOvds trade.
while seeh Botion houses ss Tbaston 4 !
Nicholas. soch hoe houses % heller 4
Fleishman. or wingo. crunp Il Elicit. sucb !
general grocery housssss Seldom & Bruce. |
such provision bod,es - Seddon 4 Lee,
such glassware houses ss George Gib-.n's,
'ueh drug establishments % Purcell l. |
I'add, such hgrissltsrsl housss as a. N. |
Smith 4 Co and ss night add. the large.
s'rsc'ivs clothing hoases. the msmn.oih
furniture establishments, the gorgeous con.
src:ionaries. aud other trsdes aud oecups.
ti"ns which 60 10 Oh up the measure d
eity'' sspseiiieN. 10 making particular
references. We do 20 without di.psrsgement
10 the other extensive houses in the same
inc. and cite simply for examples Of class
u business.
We make sone few notes Of places visit.
ed BY ~ Tor the brst time.
TBE STATE LIBRARY.
Wtsn 81 we hare been within the walls Of