Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-01
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Welcome is the me ger that bring
glad tidings. SO behsg, the DSpdtc
to-day certainly will cdder itself an in
vited guest in every N-inia household
and will be present in great many o
them. The story we le to tell is O
Richmond; how it grown girth; how
advances in population ;bw 1t become
more and more a desipl home; how 4
fronts the future with cddnnce and Joy
fully steps forward TO d MI sic OF the New
'Eeaa's bell. Tried 4 .re and siege
proved by Ere and Cd our city has a,
heroicslly met busine: 81, oetition. anC
has grown stout in the O6ss she has had
10 wage ior commercial FRY. The drum
beat from her lines on xndea her nan<
over the world; now tlr5tmers of peaek
iu' WAT carry moi fher name ~
her goods wherever crs,omor "A
be found. These Tho uins,rk
Oh our cnlVairic oays'e lays celebf |
not the 'riumpn OF abut the glorieii
the houses and msrkt ron-osoot l..
'ore Tue system cam appreciated lro |
our business was un ond soomod Jbe
on the eoo' now 'n'is swelling MES
tically, and Is pouris. stream of jaae
into th's cry. ThIs record slJys q
wonderful exoansi' mauuiacturt and
in the iobbing bu and the iealth
brought here by tn, ,rc,es "a hecinina
70 snow ilseii wner our eye rest New /
streets are orancnif into the Fst and
West Ends; solid ss.bonses md ele.
CANT private reside 70 rieing 4, man,
thoroughiares; thu. marks DE grow
ing in beauty, rich images al them n
fne weather; STAKE fubiic bufdingstn
going up, aud on,Ia,ion sbows mi,
industry, In ia q IA conservative d..
mesnor. that heI Ind honest labor se I
reasonably rerdSba. this ia n civ
charming 10 Ieonf, eminent in its T.
igious aud edrtotlvantaoes. ardwih
aiutuie IN WI a aspiring man my
rightly feel % he part. Glorious as
are the closed res .iebmond,s histoy.
they can seely tompared with he
promise of.ose noniolding; fer wat
triumph ouman es,or is there to e aal
that whienakes hheful and honor Die
ana noehapryi 1is end, so far 81 il
may pe.thin the coss OF mans alb ty,
the AAics following W that Richmend is
hasteig. The rec demonstrates that
wefa chuich.goinbple; that we ibe-
rsllustsin our instions OF charity and
gowork; that olaiminal perceatage
Stonlsbingly low, altogether With
2 trumpeting our ues too much--we
2, as a community, Sound and piospe-
us condition.
RICHMOND IN TYEAR GONE.
The year 1887 Is notrthy In our innals
: the development oierest in strttl.rdl-
y building. Al those Of 1885 Rich.
md and Manchesterl lines aggr,gating
zen miles, now we've II SO niles OF
ite and about 80 les OF tra.kage;
ugh as yet the caf the electro line
re not begun to msE,gular trip, With
opening OF workinsather in to- spring
or six miles more llne will BE- built.
this enterprise hagen a trenendous
pulse 10 investment the East aDd West
ds, and the next aTment OF real pro-
~ Ia Richmond, Mghester, and Henri
county will show anf frease OF millions.
rtber stimulus In thhIrection las been
en- the West End bye laying of OF
piece OF ground as site Of The Lee
numenh the corner-he Of Which was
October 10Th, WI Marshall Park
,by HUI in the East d, is 10 be sdorn.
,y q lofty column cokemoratiye of the
rage and sacrifices the soldiers and
'rs who served in tl,confcdente army.
Is the most mdesliof the seven bills
Richmond, and fronthe TOP Of such
onument the eye roayIt upon Drewry's
], Fort Harrison, Sew Pine, Cold Har.
Mecbanlcsyille, and early all the lines
,. Bichpond wbersthe Confederate
es, IN winters storm % summers heat,
'ht and suffered, and dIade glorious the
. for which they contded.
iring the year good sHd has been made
be new City Han, aud basement story
the first story above round are well.
inisbed. II will ) Of Jan,as.rlyer
'u OF bancsome ar4ectursl design,
VII be the finest buihlg il Virginia.
being erected by d.Iabor, not BY
rect, and such has be- the skilfuI and
''ensien rnsssxsnsst u these officers
20 Wish it eenstruSbn thst ne allie