Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-27
GREAT ITEMS OF GROWTH.
Locomotive wOrks-Delt Line and James
River Bridge Randolph Box-Factory.

railroad companies are finishing the great
bridge over James rlyer, when ~ ono OF
the largest and heaviest in the country. ana
are hard at work upon the graduation OF
the James River branch, which they nope
TO pass with trains before 1871.
The tonnage Of tho Richmond. Fred
ericksburc and Potomac has increased
about 70 per cent. and that o. the hlcn-
mOnd and Petersburg. about ~ per cent
| over the corresponding season OF iaS' year.
q. y. JONES SECRETARY LocoNoTI'E-~oRKs.
Considering tho growth Of Richmond IN
all directions, il would he unialr 10 over
iook the character of work that has been
undertaken here as an important step IN
the enterprise and industry, not only OF the
civ, but Of the South. That the Govern
ment should intrust the contract for inc
machinery Of the battle-shlp Texas o'oVO-
horse power TO us is OF Itself an evidence
Of the growth of this Richmond enterprise
as compared with its manufactures Of year
agO; for instance, compare an engine cN-
Under (the largest we formerly maze WIN
the one shown in the photograph enclosed,
in which three of the members Oh the
Chamber Of Commerce are standing., OuI
locomotive-bulding has also deVeiopeu
from the occasional manufacture OF TRAM
way engines 10 building locomotives lot
anv service. and we are ENCOURAGED ny OF
ders for the most modern and heaviest ma
chimes from such corporations as the SCI
hoard and Roanoke, Atlantic and DanylIe;
Richmond and Danyllc, Chesapeabe qua
| Ohio. and Richmond, Fredericksburg ana
Potomac railroads. in competition WIN INC
older builders in the North: 80,
We have said that our shop ana 6uliu-
mos have grown, but tho leaven Of enter.
prise. securing new and larger class OF
work has made more room and ADDITIONAL
continent q necessity.
PRESIDENT W. R. TEI0G, or TIE LOCOMOTIVE
WORKS.
give YOU diagram OF our works with
the statement that We have expended "A
qnarter of q million OF dollars during the
last twelve months in bringing the piant
TO lis present state of efficiency. ana II Is
hicblV probable that the encouragement
We have had will call for further odaiil0ns.
We have over SIX hundred men on uTrolls
as against one fourth of that number I'VE
wears ago, and, as this neces mates me &C
commodatiou OF number OF those who
bova moved heyo with their iamllcs. l?ls
| IN mart an assurance that the new house
building soen everywhere Is IN response TO
healthy demand. | am persuaded ron
tho testimony that reaches me that our
city j. liked and appreciated 10y the new
corners. and il is "A common thlng anon"
them 10 hear the belief expressed that TINS
is destined TO be n large manuiacturing
and ship-building centre. look. upon tho
DEVELOPMENT OF the city during the next
tan years az IN all likelihood eq'lalIln9
what we have done since the wer-that
challenges the admiration. OF eyrrybody
acquainted with our condition N 1900
Nh. ARTHUR Is. CLARE.
Tho Growth Of Richmond is very OPP
Dorent 10 all who have their eyes open:
| Wo are told thai in Old times our dock ana
river were crowded With vessels, men we
| do not soc now. andth cOnclusloni IL made
| th0t orr commerce has declined Dut Inc
vessels that come herH now are lar larger
tnan the old ante-belluln craft. ] should
say that two Old Dominion steamers alone
arriving per week are equal 10 the tonnage
OF forty or fifty ante-bcllum scho0heis LOT
the same time. But most Of the ireight
which arrig yea and departs FROM this city
is moved bv such trains and locomotives
as were unknown even ten years aSo. Inc
buildiup of new roads las opened country
which was a wilderness not many years
ago. and our merchants and manufacturers
! are up to the times in awaiting themselves
| of the opportunities offered, ana the result
! is a grand increase IN the clty's business IN
| the past decade.
| As TO the growth of population ana &C.
! cumulatiOn Of fortunes, the evidences aparl
! from GUll SlhAlTAlAN 0lp GbNhNANAAts
| q fow wears ago were corn-helds are ON
most elegant residences. Rows OF small
/ comfortable dwellings lire our streets. and
] they are rented as fast as ready ana de-
mand for more always pressing. so much
for the city in general.
Wha, are tho Old Dominion Iron and
! Nail-Norhs doing and contemplating
! Vol. We built last year new roillug-mlliil
addition TO our former plant, and Contem'
III l.rsrs,s editions at Great tlg-
, taut dav. Our works are running fuli and
| EMPLOYING the largest number OF men eyel
employed there. TIE number Is greater
than that OF any other establishment II
the South, excepting, perhaps, one conceTr
III Southwest Virginia.
NORMAN V. RANDOLPH.
I believe Richmond is growing much
| faster than our folks realize: and the
| next census Will astOnish some OF our PEG
ole. If the citizens OF Richmond would
! boom their own town little instead o.
putting all their energy on the SouthWes
it would be much better. Tho suburban
property adjoining Richmond AFFORDS
better and safer field OF speculation Will
a certainty Of profit in the future than any
other Part OF the State of Virginia. Ihi
our people DO not seem 10 appreciate
Richmond S rapid growth IS forcing PEG
pla Of moderate means to 90 out Of th'
corporate limits for homes, ana with IN
creased street-car facilities they can Nv
| better and cheaper within from one u
two miles oil the Capitol Square than they
can in the city limits. There are now seve
raj land companies who will build house
for persons Of good character ana pode
rate means on long time.
in reply to Your second question, an
Milding factory adjoining my presen
building 70xllg feet. five stores hlgh
which will hold comfortably 700 hands, GU
present factory beng too small Tor tho ID
creased business. We expect IN the mex
six months to increase our working forc
al least $50 hands and in twelve month
from 900 to50 hands. We will then nav
the largest papeI-box factory III lne W. sl.
Nv advice to Richmond people is TO io'
ter and encourage all classes OF mGnutac
tnrinp interests, as Richmond ls parucu
larly adapted for this branch OF trade.
MR. HERMANN SCHMIDT.
Iexpect TO have the two new ffteen-to
mechines of the latest Johnson's patton
I'D Inv tha Richmond Ice-Machine Con
many. IN operation in week or two, an
contemplate putting in another OF IN
same make Of about twenty-five or thlrt
tons cspacity in the course OF the next wv
} or three months if possible and increas
the capacity Of my Transparent-Ice Works
| ii possible by next spring, 10 one huhuTe
, tons daily. At this point would be all
TO guarantee 10 the citizens aunf0rm mode
, rate plice OF ice from one year to anothe'
provided the citizens learn to apprt
;; ciate home enterprise, of which the
talk always. but which IN reality, the
always abuse by saying: " If your home
: enterprise party sell me the goods as ches
, as the party getting the goods from th
North shall patronize you" Such are tn
general encouragements for home-entel
, prising men.
Adams street. would have beeon complete
il il had not been for difficulty with IN
r contractors. but hope to beable hnishin
! il temporarily OF least.
The biz Tot l55 feet on Foushee and Is
feet on Cary would have been built up, 9
plans for twenty houses are ready, but IN
city has no culyert there 10 enter IN.
The half square l own on Canal betwee
Adams and Jefferson keep at present !
,aaAyve M we may want il for n finishing