Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-01-01
RICHMOND.
The Record SIZE Made in the
Year|l6sB.
[ST EADILY GROWING.
lrerase ip Population, In Business,
in New Houses.
PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY.
a Fine Showing % All Departments,
: Notwithstanding Hard Times"
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
sobbtrs Sales Wss Up and Manufacturer
in Good Condition.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
Municipal and School Matters, Court
Records. Births and Marriages
EVENTS OF THE YEAR
READABLE Record Of Occurrences Here |;
Neurological and Other Tables.
RESUNH OF CHURCH WORK.
Religious and Benevolent Bodies, Secret
E Orders, Military Commands. &c.
ksadable Record Of Occurrences Here
Nxplosital and Other Tables.
RESUME OF CHURCH WORK.
Religious and Benevolent Bodies, Secret
Orders. Military Commands. &c.
"A WELCOME TO 1885.

In very good part indeed 1900 mas
satisfied the yearnings Of Richmond. A
new and handsome music hall is receiy-
ing the finishing touches. Street-cars
connect us with Manchester. The foun-
dations of q Union depot have been well
laid. Electric lights will soon dispel
nights darkness from oil our great
thoroughfares. Money in nearly suff-
cient amount has been raised for splen-
did Young Mems Christian Association
hall. Work is about to be begun in en-
largipg and remodelling the custom
house and post-office building, and
plan Cor new City Hall has been OBJ
4ained, which, it is hoped, will enable
the City Council to commence the build
ing in the spring. We have been de-
plorably deficient here in imposing pub
lie ediflces, but the new year brings
with it the guarantee that this reproach
shall in measure be removed from US.
/ Better than ali this, tho hsrpionies OF
the plan of street Improvement, put
into operation some ten years ago, now
begin to reveal themselves. It is seen
that we have already beautiful city;
II Ii ioreseen that the present is only
the bud which will have its blossom in
the not very remote future. Gully
washed hills have been transformed
into beautiful parks; ugly ravines have
been made to disappear rough places
have been smoothed, and the rea-
sons for the changes made in street
grades are now understood, and the
money thus expended is admitted to
have been wisely invested. The improve
ments have been systematically de-
signed, and, as year after year the plan
is unfolded and worked out, the people
viii better and better appreciate the
wisdom and foresight of the Engineer,
who, in . large degree, hes made the
city what it is--what it is to be.
Richmond has, and is entitled to, the
reputation ofpeing the best-paved city
ether population in the Union. From
Elbs station almost to Chimborazo, the
hard brick sidewalks and granite curb
ing and cutters extend two and half
miles in . straight line, and nearly all
the intersecting streets are well i'm
proved, while such prominent thorough
fares as Nam, Broad, Governor, and
Ninth streets not only have as good
sidewalks as can be laid, but have
paved roadways, Of granite blocks
mostly.
With such streets, with fine sewer
age system, abundant water supply, and
the advantages of scei . healthful loca-
ton &c We possess, there is no reason
why Richmond should not continue to
grow rapidly in beauty, in population,
and In wealth.
Around every park, on the line of
every new avenue, the buildings spring
ins up and keeping pace with city i'm
rovements show that such municipal
expenditures pay directly in added
taxable values. Happily, the expsn-
sion Of the city has not been confined
To any ono direction. II grows on oil
sides. RoSkst4 hss wonderfully re-
nswsd its youth and added largely to
IL business and population. Church
Hill avenue and the construction Of ia-
tsrsscting streets have given . new i'm
ps<us to building In that direction,
vhils north Of Broad street, in the
us,ehberhood Of CANDLES HUI, and,
~ eonspisuously, about Monroe
sork, large numbers Of residences have
| |bs1o rsosptly built. Broad, Main,
~, "a other such streets are ysarly
ay@pved By elegant housss built for
i1e(hsn>s end nsnutactursss.
1Pmehet - hills en u bank OF
no, whtcA hasls stsansls u TIE sixs
49, ~ ~ IIichmond and New York
1 ~ NkssU six railroads centre,
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