Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-01
CUESDAY... .... JANUARY /, 1895.
Richmond and 1898.

1jhow-do-you-do to the new one. 1t Is the
Ipld story of speeding the parting CUES,
waahnd welcoming another that has just
thecrossed the threshold OF your lives. We
a. Fan look back to 1894 and gather from 4,
socrourage and inspiration; We can greet
tasaS with glowing hopes and great expec-
far&asions
ne A city that can present as good an ex-
nov ibit OF the years work as Richmond
secooes need feel no alarm for her future.
pecConsidering what has been the condition
Iof this country for the past two years
Rrhow We have suffered from tariff talk,
In financial scares, strikes. riots. and politi-
forcal agitation-the wonder U.s. not that we
ieahave not prospered greatly. but that we
.,a have done any business at ALL Yet we have
traprospered. as the ship does that proves
OF herself superior to winds and waves. and
thoutrides the storm.
tu' Richmond has suffered from hard times,
Ssnbut much less than the average American
betty. We have had no bank failures.
eitEone OF our great manufacturing plants
cithave been compelled to close their doors.
Dur merchants have maintained their
veWell-established reputation for "sodness
thAnd enterprise. We grieve TO say that
pefhere has been scantiness of employment
cetor many workmen. and people OF high
Ind low degree have been forced into
his1nusual economies: but as a community
pieiding over a difficult period We have done
newell. This our statistical tables Prove.
chere can be no doubt as to II.
Dun's review SHOWS that there were
Fewer failures In business in the United
States In 1894 than in 1898. and that times
core steadily improving. We hope to hear
n the course of q few months that
pvery industry has improved: that new
railroads are being built: that every
Workshop is full of men. and that the
ckreat commercial interests OF the country
ARE oil prosperous. We don't want iny
xInore blooms" Excuse us from their
d1presence. They are unnatural stimu-
rI3snts: they carry high to drop US
..Ieery nat: not that Richmond was ever
csmrch OF "a boom town." but boom
,hsowns took from US hundreds Of thou
bands Of dollars. which would have been
esnnnitely better invested here Yes. II
She money that went out Of Richmond in
boom times had been well laid out here.
3 h would have been vastly better ror
othe capitalists and for Richmond. But
Sfhe past is passed. Let US look to the
future, and plan a great campaign for
tss.
e First, let Richmond and Manchester
Desoive to consolidate. Neither COM
:&nunity can acquire the importance which
ct deserves until this is done. Other
cities. by the score. have extended their
:Aerritorial limits, while ours are with
an unimpcrtant exception as to popula-
ticn) the same that they were in 1861.
we belong In the 10000 class OF cities.
but will never get into ii while Rich
II one city, Manchester another. and both
are surrounded by villages that should be
Incorporated into one grand, central. capt.
nal city. Richmond wants Manchester.
Manchester needs Richmond. Merged into
me corporation, and with a great. wide
granite bridge-oridge avenue-spannng
She river the two would be united to
n. advantage of each. Let annexation
Or consolidation, rather. be NO. on the
list OF great enterprises which we snail
resolve to carry through during THIS
rear-ls%.
Then when We have merged the entire
arban population In and around Ricn-
tnond and Manchester into one corpora
Zion and have gotten fully under way In
metropolitan greatness. let US nave an
Interstate or international exposition TO
relebrate our union and advertise our
smportance The Atlanta Exposition takes
elace this fall. that of Nashville in 1886,
ara Baltimore's in 1871. Richmonds
should come along few years after Bal
timore's-say In 1890 at latest. Have we
Che pluck and public spirit OF Atlanta.
fsashyfiie and Baltimore? The Dispatch
nroposes to put the question to the test.
IA soon as the financial Clouds roll
hvs--as soon as the skies are truly
hrisht and brightenng"--we hope to see
eAe Chesapeake and Ohio and Southern
RSchmond and Danvile) railroad COM
apnuies build fine passenger stations here.
n pushing these matters Richmond has
ian considerable and reasonable. There
ean be no denial Of this. What city Of
nur population In the United States would
Aave been as patient as we have been
- ve have been for nearly thirty years.
~ this moment IT would be cruel to
annoy either company with a demand
= satisfy which would require the ex-
00Dolt0Y8 OF n idrkc sum VI put
1hey must not forget US when better
Zines come. Last year. 1894. witnessed
Ne completion OF our City Hail. This
q peav. 1o6. viii see our palatial West-End
hots, nnished: may II also see plans de-
$ nnitely fixcd upon for passenger stations
S Cor the aforementioned companies;
ehoush II they can make one building
70 for both the public viii be wei
enough satisfied.
Dux1pg the year. in response to the
Z movement inaugurated by the Dispatch. |
fhs United States Post-Office Department
ave recognition 70 Richmonds size and |
Importance by establishing two postal |
stations and two sub-stations. All Of |
shsss ere doing good work.
Turning 70 municipal matters. we see |
pur community afflicted. at times. with |
Dack Of water Ut high points While less |
pIsvatSd localities have abundance and |
waste water reckiessly. the high points |
Ars drained The City Council seems not /
nisposed to compel the use Of water |
unsters. and - large appropriation for |
H. extsnsten Of mains and pump works
- nay expect to have to make at no
Dlsteat 1ay.
NJ dine. Too. b rapidly approaching
mhea ~ shall have to make some ar
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