Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-22
Tourjsts nnd Our DrpOfs.

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! passenger-Agent Ryan. of the Chesa-
( peake and Ohio Railway Company tnat
richmond will be- visited this win,er by
4, great many tourists. from the West y
gratifying news.
We believe il is conceded that this ely
,e "a Mace Of erea' attractions for
.franyers. as II certainly is for ~ nom"
people. The memorials of the war oi the
Revolution and of that for southern III
dependenc. are many and interestihs'
but these are no, all the things mat We
have 10 show 10 tourists. The great manu-
featuring Industries here ana several
Of our public buildings are objects OF
commanding interest. But We regret 10
say that we have only one passenger
station that Is creditablc 10 the city anu
this only accommodates the trains OF the
coast-Iine. Passengers alighting here
from the Southern or Chesapeake" anu
Ohio trains do not receive an agree
able impression Of the city upon
hooking at those stations flne
hotels beautiful streets and parks. i'm
posinc public buildings-all these do nuch
TO impress the visitor with the importance
of the city: but all combined car hardly
remove the unfavorable impressions r.
ceived when first lie looks ont upon the
surroundings at the passenger-station
where he is 10 alight
For thirty years the Southern and the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway companies
have persuaded Richmond people TO be
content with temporary framed buildings
for Recommendations; but We now ven
ture to hope that they will not postpone
our claims much longer. but Will soon
give us stations that will be alike credi-
table to them and to Richmond.
Ii has long been the hope of our busi-
ncss-men that these TWO companies would
come together and build union depot
on Main stree near the ST. Charles Hotel
and We feel sure that that plan would
give the public more general SATISFACTION
than any other. but II it cannot he reaoiN
consummated we shah be corient II each
company will do its own building.
The Southern company is b. build great
workshops and the finer, union depot IN
the South at Atlanta, and. We dare say,
II btr, needs to be reminded of the eN-
pectations of Richmond people 10 do It's
duty to rs. We trust that the letters
the Chamber Of Commerce have written
# and the chesapeake and Ohio com
pany will effect their purposes
There i no wish on the part OF our
people 10 prescribe the sort OF stations
or depots that shall be built. All we say
is that if the trains Of these two great
and growing companies can be brought
together in Richmond under ona roof, so
much The better But il we cannot get
what we should like to have. good sense
would dictate that We should make our
selves as contented az possible with the
next best thing. The need Of better
passenger stations becomes more and more
pressing each year. The greater the num-
Der OF tourists coming here the less dis
posed we are to feel satisfied viii the
present nger-accommOdations or the
Southern and Chesapeake and Ohio com
panies
Various schemes have been advanced 10
enable the Chesapeake and Ohio and
Alleghanv roads to bring their tracks
together at a common passenger-siation.
one Of these is to build a belt line west
and north of the cry. Another is TO build
a ire tle-work down the river-bank from
the Tredcear- works TO the Danville depot.