Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-30

| such unnecessary Ornamentations as might
! become impaired by the effects Of the
weather What with that earnest effort
| which Characterizes everything the Rich
| mOnd Chamber of Commerce takes hold
! of there should be no difficulty in speedily
raising the money required for the build
| ing. II is understood TO be tie purpose of
| the Chamber TO proceed with the work of
| construction Immediately.
HISTORY OF THE SITE.
! The site OF the new Chamber Is not with
| out historic interest.
! The first floor Of the building, which of
| late wears has been occupied by the state,
| was before the war the show-rOoms of Mr..
| Bosher, whose shops were III the rear,
| fronting on Ninth street.
Here Mr.. BOsher exhibited 10 the public
the buggics. carriages, and other vehicles
manufactured by him. Upstairs was a
public hall known as "Boshcr's Hall. s"
and at one period il was used as th0 Blues
aTmOry.
During the war-Or, rather, during the
latter part of 1.-THE building was used by
the Confederate Government for printing
its small notes, while the house adjoining
(now used as a hardware store) was the
headquarters Of General Winder, who had
general charge of the prisons, etc. here.
For many years the latter store was oc-
cupied by the late Samuel Deno0u, well
known to our older citizens as u leading
Democratic local politician.
Afterwards the "Winder Building " was
erected on the west side Of Ninth street
between Broad and Capitol, and thlther
General Winder removed.
When the war was over the BOSher build
ing again became a printlng-Oflicc, and all
the floors except the first or Main street
floor. were occupied by the RepubHc news
paper. of which Walker Il Lewelleu were the
editors and prOprletOTs. Where the count
ing-room and the cOmposing-room of the
.Siafc now are W. ID. Blair ~ Co. had their
grocery store.
The Rfpubic had life of only about two
or three wears, and when it was sold out a
large part of its material and the lease Of
the Office were purchased by the EJdmb0,
which moved down there from the north
eastern corner OF Main and Seventh streets,
The Examiner was the newspaper of
which Henry Rives Pollard was the editor,
though while at this (B0sher) building he
sold out his interest to Thomas Ii. Wynne
and was succeeded IN the editorial char
by Colonel l.. q. Washington.
In the DAYS of the Republic and Examiner
there were several bales of tinted paper in
the building which had been bought by
the Confederate Government for the pur-
nose of printing its fractional currency.
1t was not very fine paper, but II was the
best that could be obtained IN tne COn-
foderacv. After the war 1t fell into the
hands of the reporters. who were accus-
toned to cut it into long slips and 10
write their local on it, and so many qulre
which was intended to become fractional
notes deCenerated into repOrtorial use and
was passed along into the box as copy
Pollard left the ErGmin7 to start the
southern Opinion and after publishing that
n wear or two he was shot and killed as he
was about 10 enter his Office on the west
ern sids of Fourteenth street between
Main and Franklin.
The Erdminc7' about the same time was
consolidated with the Enquirer and was
moved into the latters Office at the south
east corner of Franklin and Twelfth
streets.
For good many years past the Bosher
building has been used 10y the STATE news
paper, which has Its press-room IN the
basement its counting, reporters, and
composing-rooms on the first floor, and lts
editorial-rooms on the fourth floor. The
second floor is occupied by the Richmond
C1risfian Adrocate. J. j. Lafferty editor and
proprietor, ard by the office OF the Viz
glnia Bible Society.