Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-18

progress in Virginia has Just begun, and II
this be so, Judging the future by the past,
Richmond will more than keep pace with
all steps forward in the rest Of the State.
In a community the size Of Richmond the
establishment of big enterprises does not
attract the same attention that such evi-
dences Of growth do in new and smaller
places. The current Of trade they help to
swell Is so wide that any augmentation IS
barely noticeable 70 the average citizen.
The mony they put INTO circulation is dis
tributed into so many diversified channels
that its importance is hardly appreciable
at the time. 10 is only by q comparison
Of totals from year to year that Rloh-
mond realizes how rapidly and steadily
she is striding along.
MANIFEST DESTINY.
That il is Richmond's manifest destiny
to become q great manufacturing centre ls
apparent to all who have looked into the
situation. IL is equally apparent that she
is destined TO become the great jobbing
centre of the South. She has progressed
too far towards these goals 10 be retarded
The future-the immediate future-holds
for her an increase of population, steady
influx Of capital, the enlargement OF old
plants, the building of new ones, the null
duplication of trade relations, North, South,
territory for her merchants by tue build
ing of new lines Of railroads.
No city on this continent is more adyan-
tageously located than Richmond for O
sbip-yard and Government gun-toundry,
and il would seem that the establishment
of these enterprises would logically follow
the completion of the system of river i'm
provements now in progress. The eyes
of men who have given these subjects care
full attention have long been turned upon
Richmond.
What with the building up of the su-
burbs of the city and the accommodations
for rapid transit, Richmond is the home
for the skilled mechanic. If he so selects
a few minutes ride over one of the street
car lines will put him entirely away from
the smoke and the noise of the shop aud
the factory, and if he is thrifty there is nc
place in which he can more readily becom,
a property-own This is consideration
which should weigh as well with the CAPT
talist contemplating investing in manu-
featuring plant as with the mechanic.
ATYPIcAL PICTURE.
In contemplating the future Of Rich
mond her citizens and strangers should re
member that, as viewed from Chimboraz,
! Park, Fulton, with its cedar-works, its bag
! factory, its chemical-works, its hub an,
| SpOke-IAcIOFy, lC5 DIlck-WOrhS, It's slEoet
! car connections. end its stores, Is bu
| the type of many other industrial picture
that are destined to come into eVistenc,
here. When the needs of the terTitorl
that looks TO Richmond's jcbbing trade TO
supplies are considered it must b,
clear that there is no class o.
manufacturing that properly conducted
| would not pay IN Richmond. There il
room here for countless minor industries
requiring a high order Of intelligent labor
aud the material is here 20 constitute suci
labor. In the removal of manufacturing
plants from the North to the vicinity o.
the base of supply capitalists Will strike a
Richmond, the golden mean.
To-day every interest of Richmond
manufacturing and commercial. throb
with life and energy, and tho promise o
future development along all lines Of III
! dustry is brighter than it has been fol
years. There IL confidence in wholesal,
circles, vigor in financial circles, faith il
land investments, and general activity IL
everything that keeps the machinery o
progress in motion.
Nothing could be more encouraging Il
our people than view of Richmond re-
| Prospective, interpretive and prospec
| tive.