Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-07-12
Big Richmond.

TALK ABOUT TIE AUGUST CONVENTION
HOW THE CAPITAL HELPS THE CoUN-
TRY-RICHMoND's ENTERPRISE HOT,
HOTTER. HOTTEST.
Correspondence of the Staunton vINDIcAToRl
RICHMOND, VA, July 10.-The readers
of the VINDICAToR see the Dispatch and
State, and Times, every day OF week, but
still they do not hear everything from the
Virginia metropolis that is worth hearing,
and | will send you few dots picked up
ON the streets.
| find the city much stirred up on the
subject of the coming gubernatorial con-
vention, and I am often asked who is the
choice of Augusta and Staunton for Cover
nor. That is a matter of considerable impor-
lance. as it is known that Augusta and
Staunton sends the rdlargest delegation of
all the counties in the State. But if anybody
can tell how that delegation is going it is
more than the writer can. 1t seems to be
generally conceded that it will be a divided
delegation, and further this deponent saith
not AS to the Richmond delegation there
is little doubt that the whole of her eighty
four votes will be cast solidly for Beirne,
on the first ballot. 1t also seems to be the
general belief that Mckinney is the second
choice of Richmond, and after that nobody
knows what to say OF how to guess.
Richmond is now Il hot place and her
people who can get away are making Il rush
for the seaside, the lake-shore and the
mountains. Every train is well filed, and
few more days like those we have had
this week will deplete the city, fill the
country and make the summer hotel men
happy. But there are a great many people
here who, on account of business engage
ments, from the lack of money, and from
OtbnI md
they are using every device to keep cool
from seven O'Clock till midnight. The
Capitol Square, with its bit of green, is a
favOrite resort. The row of seats on Gam
bic Hill, where the cool breeze from the
river is most refreshing, is well patronized,
more by couples it seems than anywhere
else, and no one body knows how many
matches are made there these hot nights.
The electric cars are crowded by people
who ride backwards and forwards, from
West End to East End, just to keep cool,
on the rapidly moving cars. That is the
great problem now that every one is en-
gagged in solving the living issue of the
day-how to keep cool.
[ do not think | have ever gone over q
large city that afforded as little help to a
stranger in finding his way from street to
street as Richmond does. So few of the
streets have their names on the corners OF
the numbers on the lamp posts, visitors are
all the time grumbling at having to walk
squares out of their way to find a street
name OF some one who knows to tell them.
The capital city ought to pay a little more
attention to the convenience of her visitors.
Richmond is mighty good tho about
helping out the enterprises of the citizens
from the towns and rural districts of the
State. [ find that in the last few months,
various stock COMPANIES from elsewhere in
the State have been largely promoted here
and some have been taken up bodily and set
upon their feet by the Richmond capitalists,
although they are pushing their big West
End Land improvement Company all the
time and making a good thing of it, too, to
say nothing of scores of other local enter
prlseS.
Among the enterprises from our own Sec
ton which Richmond is helping, are the
Buena Vista Company, the Iron Gate Com
pany, and Glasgow OF the Rockbridge Com
pany. In these enterprises, especially the
latter, some Of the largest capitalists here
are interested. This may be owing in some
measure to the fact that Gov. Lee, so pop
ular here, is the President Of the Rock
bridge Company, and State Treasurer Har-
man director.
Among the Staunton enterprises also
forwarded, are the Waddell Electric Rail
way Signal Company, which has many stock
holders here, both the home and foreign
patent company, and Edmondson's Railroad
Gate Co., which has it's able supporters. In
fact the citizens of Richmond are an enter
prising people, proud of the State which
looks to her as it's political, official, and
financial centre and the people of the State
may well lie proud of her capital.