Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-01
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TIE Old NORTH STATE.

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TIE OLD NORTH STATE.
The building by Mr.. Pace and other Rich.
m' "a g. capitalists OF road from ClarksyIle.
IN Nng'nia, TO Durham, IN Ncrsh Carolina,
| glHes is In effect, thrse RAILWAYS To oar irue
snd loyal rclstiyes, friends. and neighboss Ia
| Moth Carolina.
1ae Atipnac Coast Line and ifs many
| bratches strike down the coast; the i,anvllle
| tai : its route into the Piedmont and noun.
| iar country, while the CiafksVllle and bur.
| ban nnds desirable region in between
| thea and becomes q feeder oi the Danv,ll.
Cor pany at keysvilie in Virginia aad at
DURAN.
THROUGH rus CITY.
TIE congregation Of great traffic At Rich. |
mon has put The TaIroad.mea 10 thinking |
1ow o better their tefmna! iactities here. |
Aresiy the fredericksburg and Petersburg |
roads have spacious and elegant passenger !
and ieight depols, and the Danvllie Com. !
pnny ore only waiting Tor purchaser for I
their iank'and-T Tenih.street building 10 mt 1
the mnev into passenger depot, which. |
better than the present one. will conport /
wih tie grandeur OF their system and the I
imporunce OF this city. The hope is en-. |
teriaind That under the progressive man. |
agemert OF President IIgllls, and particu- |
larry slice the Chesapeake and Ohio and the /
RicamCad and Alleghany Companies are |
praciIcsiy one line. that the Chesapeake and !
Ohio el0er Will find meaus 10 reach the
Byrd's' Get station lAtlantc Cost Llnel or
will bud passenger depot Of It's own.
BELT LINE.
Duriu, The fall and winter considerable
work VS. done on tunnel under Eighth
street, ut operations are now suspended
pending ne meeting Of the stockholders OF
the comihuY on January 7th.
Win Yea tunnel built, the Chesapeake |
aud OhiCfssily cOnld reach the Byrd. Street |
station, pd the Fredericksburg Company |
could. il hey wished, also use il in prefer !
eHce to tlfir present connection through the |
city, but D. has been determined by the Ricb- |
| mond ant Petersburg and the Richmond, |
Fredercklburg and Potomac Railroad Com |
pGnies, acting Ia concert, TO build a "beli- |
line" for uer through ireights at least, and |
this dOneA their trains. whether south. or |
nOrth.bou \, will reach the Byrd-Street sta.
tion and pl l' through Richmond by cross
ing and redossing the river on the present |
bridge and IN one TO be erected west OF the |
new city wder.works.
The Fredericksburg Company has the |
bulk OF the uorthern and southern passenger |
travel, and operated with that precision !!
and success mat when it and It's co.worker,
the Petersburg Company, resolve upon a |
movement olthe character indicated, IL may |
be considered as quite certain 10 be executed. |
TIE RIVER.
Recent appropriations by the General Gov |
ernment for l. improvement OF James river |
have been vel liberal, and good work is now |
being done fwards securing q depth OF |
twenty-five N from here TO the sea The |
fultlment OF ts long-cherished hope now |
seems almost A sight, and then a larger class |
OF vessels wlJYislt our whaTves; freight |
rates will be rliuced, and we VIII be pre-
pared better li7n ever 10 vie " tn other |
markets and make Richmond grand dis
tributing point for States wet and south. |
As IL is. vesselg OF sixteen and half feet |
draugbt ply between Richmond and other |
points, aud the Ccepening 20 be done Is not |
continuous, but only at few points where
there are bars Of and or rocky ledges.
The value Of or shipping interest is to be
considered not only in the actual movement |
OF freights, but II the competitive influence
1t exerts upon abroad companies. The
river, Therefore Is a treasure 10 us and |
destined 20 be sOm, more valuable still.
One OF the incidents OF the year was the re.
m0Val OF the Unnei States monitor fleet from /
City Poi t to TIE n,ighborhood Of this city.
Here they have a sic and comfortable an
chorage, are at market which can supply
abundant provisions and officers and men IN
their Oh.duty hour, can lad IN this city |
greater entertainment and Amusement than
at their former Location.
RICHMOND AID MANCHESTER.
The growth OF RicImond and Manchester
was greater the last yNar than ever before,
onr CITY showing total of 57i new houses
and Manchester H. The suburbs are
thriving, too, and there are now populous
communities .us beyond the corporation
lines.
Richmond anf n chester and .ruhurhs
that are really pn ~ the two cities have
now Troaebed 100000 populqtion-a line
which once attained, according 10 the eXpe-
rience OF other cite. sets you on the high
way 10 numerical and commercial greatness.
The advance in Ta-estate prices, which
was the feature OF the market two years ago,
has been sustained On nearly every instance,
while in many higher piIces slill have been
obtained. As we grow ia business, in en-
terprise, In pOpula,i11. md wealth, all ELI
giby situated prOpc iy becomes more yalu-
able. Our progress 90 ,,cdy aud solid, and
as In the past or present we never 1Wed
much, II anything. 10 mere "boons,' we
may be well satisfied with our footing.
The number OF elegant residences erected |
In 1855 has never been N.teded here, while
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capitalists TO providing homes FOR men OF
moderate means.
Streets snd parks Increasing in besuiv;
better dwellings; larger and finer stores; I
more and more capi,' employed; grester
and greater stocks OF goods for sale--ii
these are evidence OF THRIFT aud enterprise,
then Richmond is prosperous aud rapidly ,
developing city. ,
The new City Hall is being built at satis-
factory speed, and the higher II rises from
the grorDd The more beautiful IL appears.
The custOm.bouse and po''-0ilice building, /.
eulsrged at q cost OF nearly soc, 900. is now
fast approaching c0mpe;oa and will be re.
occupied as post-otlice on tae Sd Oi Feb. +.
ruarv. The M2ons have 0,gun The erec-
ton OF their temple, and .i promises to be
the pride OF the city; the Le, Monument is
In course OF actual constitution the granite {!
pedestal here, the statue in Pars-wbIe nu- -,
nerons individual projects give assurance
hat in this new year there w'. he abundant :
work fo the builders OF Ricamond and :
Manchester. \
THg EXPOSITION
The Exposition was Rclmond's signal L
riumDh in 1855.
II was an enterprise undertaken without a
outside aid, was chiefly supplied with ex-
libits by our own city ana state, and re-
,eiyed the bulk OF It's patronage from Wis