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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-08
THE riMEs-RlCHnoND.uvA WEDNESDAY MAY 1895

the expense OF Manchesters city govern
ment now Is only {1s,VJ per ahiiaH fAciu-
siVe of interest on her deot-wny should
II cost us 50 much. l reply men 40. you
take her 1000 people INTO partnership
with your 5000 they Will no longer De
willing to do without the improvements
for which they have been so iong munger
ing
They will demand to live in the same
style In which you live, they viii require
the same comforts, facilities, ad0rninents,
and their equal share OF the spoAs ana
plumber There is no doubt In my mind
as 70 their ability to obtain an equal
share. But l fear much more ulsastrOus
results.
We now have in our municipal legisla-
turc a sort of balance OF power, estaD-
ushed by means Of tho three older and
more wealthy wards standing together
for conservatism and prudence in expen-
ditures.
are practically completed; while Clay
Jackson. and Marshall are needing more
and more improvements. III you auu
fourth ward that is more tn need thah
any Of them II Is inevitable that the foui
hungry wards will combine their votes
that they viii practically govern the
city, and largely increase your expendi-
lures.
Her expenses. exclusive OF interest, are
81 ss1. to pay which she has revenues
of only sli.9}s. or AZ per cent. she Is
pracsicing the most rigid economy sne
Is making no improvements. and yet IS
borrowing $ per cent. OF the money
necessary 70 pay for the bare necessa-
RES Of government. We are ureed 20 IS
sumo this enormous burthen. in order
that we NAV boast Of having population
Of 10000 people .,-,.
You could not do more unWlse thlnS-
You could not take more disastrous
step. II YOU are In haste to spread your
selves. and can get any money 10 I'M
prove additional territory. spend IL on TINS
side OF the river. Spread yourselves
north and west. where the territory is
1nincumbered by debt There is no fear
Of your not being in the class OF cities
containing over 10000 people. From lSsp
10 lSaO YOU increased % l-2 per cent. IN
nouuiatfou. Since $50 YOU have been
growing stiH faster. An increase OF only
e IL per cent will give you tn 1870 iv,,ty
Deoplc. without taking In any OF your
suburbs. But my prediction Is that by
1909 you will have nearer ll2vp people.
The Importance OF the subject IS my
only apology for the length Of this aa-
dress.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-08

The interest on the purchase money
received from the latter becomes
applicable 10 the same purpose or the
principal may 20 10 the permanent-in-
provement account or reduction Of The
debt. Richmond will assume a debt
much less IN proportion to taxable val
uos than her own II the two cities are
TO be united and viii manage the ac-
counts OF income and expenditure ON
that side of the river at "A greater adj
vantage ana smaller outlay than can be
done under present management
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-08
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-08

Since the confsderatss DISTRACTED the

Hsrbor.
The Czarina. Captain Lopsley a large
steamship. from charleston. loaded with
uhcsnhata rock flr the Chemical WORKS
arrived Yesterday afternoon. The 'zdrina
If said TO be the first large steamer. eN-
elusive of tn. regular lines. which mas
visited this port since the Contcdeiates
81 etructed the channel Of the river
.gainst tho advance OF the Federal gun
boats. She has a gross tonnage or W5
tons. and is the largest craft OF the KIND
that ever came coastwise 10 this port.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-08
POLITICAL RESULT.

Politically, the acquisition Of Mauches-
ter 10 Richmond is very valuable The
respective populations are much alike
ina proportion Of races, in political faith
in morals, in character. The moral
tone of Manchester is quite as high as
our own. In proportion TO numbers
there are fewer criminal cases on the
docket Of her courts than here. and tho
number of cOnviCts I'm our state prison
from Manchester is said TO be smaller
in proportion 10 numbers than from any
city or town In the State Unite the two
cities, and We viii nave increased repre-
sentati0n IN our LEGISLATURE IN one If not
both branches. and we Will absolutely
control the selection of the repres enta-
tive from this Congressional district.
Both are very important considerations.
We constantly need State legislation. and
none know the value OF adding friends
from the number of members in our Leg
islature more than those who have had
occasion 10 go there for the passage Of
bills. Richmond wants always a repre-
sentative IN Washington who will voice
the intelligent public opinion of her peo-
plo especially on measures about which
she generally looks 90 this chamber to
give authoritative expression.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-08
MrNfcIPAL TKPENsFs.

will now call your attention 10 the
total cost of our govelnment and COM
pare it with hers. / md that after de-
Quoting interest on public debt, charges
for culverts gas works, salaries of Ofii-
GERS. construction ana new property, the
annual cost of running our city govern
mont is about 100000, or $4,000 FOR each
ward. I 40 not mean 10 say that the
same amount Is expended for each ward.
but N nearly enough the same for the
purpose Of comparison.
= The total revenues Of the city of Man
chester are $35 1852. out of which she has
to pay first the interest on her debt,
which amounts 10 S23. 100. which leaves
her less than $1,000 10 meet the fixed
charges or government. Fhat IS 10 say
she is running her government by Dor
rowing money. DO you suppose that after
her representatives take their seats IN
your magnificent Council chamber as inc
EQUALS of your representatives from Gay,
Madison jefferson, and Monroe WARDS,
they are going TO sit back and play the
part of your poor relations? DO you
doubt that they will demand and right
fully demand. that YOU shall give them as
good a police service and fire department.,
as efficient a free-school system. as bene-
fetal sanitary arrangements, as Costly
lights and streets. and all other improve
menis AS you give any other ware 80
far from costing you less, being terrific
rally larger and being separated from
YOU by the river. II viii cost you laI
more than any other ward 10 meet
these expenditures. which i put az ohly
$50 900. YOU will get from her revenues
about $4,000 per annum. leaving an an
nual deficit OF sl3S, 600. our deficit Is now
annually about $4,000. II You ad1 10 thdl
the deficit OF $l3S,000 for Manchester; You
will have an annual deficit Of s2lS,eoo
How is II TO be rased2 our taxes are
81 i0 Manchester's are Sl.6o. Business IS
ali Kinds of exactions made by the State
and city There is no other. means 10
supply the deficit but by an Increase OF
taxation on real and personal property
and YOU will have TO increase the rate
to about $l75.
The assessed value OF our real and per-
sonal property is 500 100000; S5 per cent on
this would yield the amount OF the def
cit
II the advocates OF annexation say, but
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-08

from the City Hall. the working man finds
homo coming within the conditions OF
price or rental named above.
MAScHEsTER LANDS.
The prices OF land for manufacturing
plants from s. to Sl5 per front foot. ac-
cor1ing I'd locality In Manchester as
compared 10 the range from 80 10 800
per front foot in Richmond leaves some
thing with which 10 build the houses and
supply the machinery on the other side
Of the river While the prices Of the
land in Richmond take Up much OF the
money which could 20 into the manufac-
turing plants.
There rs also tract OF land IN Man
chester Of about sixty acres lying on the
Atlantic Coast Line free for manufacture
ing sites. with land lying all around for
the operatives at from s. to 3 per front
foot At least one manufacturing estab-
ilshment has gone from Richmond there
20 get the benefit Of 1.-THE inducements Of
ferol
7 believe. and IN this I am supported
by the opinion OF some OF our best real
estate agents that the legal act OF union
Of the two cities before any improve
IT cnts shall have been added Will oper-
ate 20 put up the market value Of Man
chester real estate from 10 per cent. to
~ per cent / believe that many people
will seek homes there then, who would
not 20 there now, and many people Will
invest ln Manchester II 1t Is called Rich
mond who would not do SO otherwise.
In seeking annexation OF territory, as
we must sooner or later. IS II best to get
an area built UP with houses occupied
by a sober and Industrious people. with
streets CurhCl. gTlfforcQ. and some or
them paved better than our own, or TO
add waste fields with no houses and no
streets, except on maps-the former near
or the heart Of our city by more than
milo than the latter could be? II we
wish 20 secure investment Of capital IN
manufacturing or other enterprises here.
wo must sock more available ground for
sites and for homes for the operatives.
and az cheaper rates than we can now
supply To these conditions We must
add immediate proximity to water or
railroad. or both. We cannot do without
THESE essentials. Where do we md
them. and an " them combined? only
right across the river IN the limits Of our
sister city.
There is a part OF our city from -Four
tecnth street eastward Ianguishing for
want u trade our city has loft it in rs
march westward. ana il needs revival
We do not want Richmond ike an apple
rotiop al tho core
Union with Manchester, the making free
the only toll-bridgc the building Of a
stone bridge, for All time rcvivfy the
moribund centre and add taxable values
20 dccayine prices large enough TO pay
for interest on much Of the needed in
vosiment made necessary in that sec
ton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-08
HFGAIN PRESTIGE.

We desire 10 recover our prestige and
to rct into the class of 100000 and over.
The opportunity seems now available at
ltle cost TO us. IN this connection l
would draw attention 10 the fact that
Richmond population tn 1897 WAS ti.-
GO0 and 1890 Nl.3oS-a gain of lItNN or "a
uT-iO0 Der cent. while tho census of
Manchester shows her population in 1850
as 57ap and boz 1850. g2i6-a increase
OF 81 $500 per cent our iuue neigh
Dor has DO reason TO Doe ashamed of her
record. and we may we'll be glad 90 add
such proWng ward TO the six We ale
feadv have.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-08

from the City Hall. the working man finds
homo coming within the conditions OF
price or rental named above.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-08

mond. I wish 10 see this grand old cap
ital OF my mother State in her proper
place-among the first cities OF the lanu'
But | wish 0see her upon strong Ds-
sis. a basis as firm as the granite Decs
that underle ler. - -
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-20

sold out his other interests there and
left.
Thi 8 appalled, many people who be-.
lieved in my multi-millionaire.
Some people left.
The magnate sent the repair shops to
Seattle. Then he moved the head
quarters of the little road to Seattle.
More people left.
Then be ran his transcontinental
road into Seattle and the new city be-
came way station, shortly by-word,
and it is only seen on few maps to-
day. The late panic finished it.
There are probably not 1000 people in
the place. There are entire squares Of
huge hou es, where once business was
rife, that are now tenanted only by
rats. 1t ia pathetic.
The city went down about as rapidly
as it went up. Now and then | meet
one who was there in the boom times,
and we say:
"Oh, but wasn't that "a ttler!" And
wa do something in the wa y Of remin-
iscence
The most painful part of this story
! ia that it is true. Oh. SO painfully
tru e.-Will Visscher in Chicago Times.
He raid.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-20
In Iife's Decline

Infirmites beset US to which our youth and
maturity were strangers Weakness OF the
loins, rheumatic ailments. dyspepsi loss OF
appetit and unquiet sleep are among the, e.
As means of cou ,teracting the infirmities Of
age Hos etters Stomach Bitters is unrivalled.
1t quickens and enrches the slugg ish and
impover ished circulation Degets hearty ap-
petite and youthful relish for food, and en-
ables the stomach to digest it, 1t soothes and
invigorates the nervous system and checks q
tendency to rheumatism Its quieting action
upon tae great sympathetic nerve, which con
meets the tomach with the brain, results in
the speedy departure OF the restlessness by
night and disquietude by day which aIe the
reflected manifestations OF dyspepsia. 1t is u
laria gives hea thfu imp 'tus to the action
of the kidneys and bladder, and is an admir-
able means OF recuscitating vigor when I'M
paired by oysrwork or other cause.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-20

sawed-off stumps of huge trees for
foundati Jns. Less than year after
ward those stumps were taken out and
a stone and brick foundation was put
in, giving the establishment another
floor. In less than three months the
Daily Herald was Issued, a handsome
quarto. There were four presses, that
We're kept running day and night, With
electric dynamo at night and cam in
the daytime. In three months more
the newspaper had TO be enlarged to
sixteen pages, TO carry the advertise
ments.
The streets of the city were lighted
by electric arc lights; the incandes-
cent lights were used in business
{ houses and homes, and gas light
system was added. There we're excel
lent police, fire, water and sewer sys-
TENS, and troily street Car lines.
! Handsome business blocks OF stone,
] brick, iron and plate glass were erect
ed. Pretty cottages of Queen Anne,
Eastiake, Westlake and Salt Lake
architecture dotted the hillsides, and
there we're Towering lawns aud ring
ing fountains.
In fourteen months there stood,
upon what before had been bowling
wilderness, superb city of 10000 peo-
/ pie, with all the adjuncts and accessor-
les of great metropolis. At the i'm
mense locks lay vessels of all maritime
nations, and railroad connected the
/ place with the Canadian Pacific on the
north at Westminster, d. O., and with
the Northern Pacific on the south at
Seattle. 1t was great proposition and
good one.
Then came big railroad magnate
who bought the little railroad, much
to the Indignation of my multi-mil
lionaire friend. He opposed the sale
but men whom he had given stock in
his big scheme went back on him in
the vote of the stockholders. The
railroad magnate had promised great
things for the new city with his new
transcontinental road. My multi-mil
lionaire didn't believe in him. Tit
magnate won, and my multi-millionair'
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-20

The squatter vas coming for his first
payment of $4,000 for his land, the
tract having been sold by him for the
round sum of 100000.
These matters we're quickly adjusted
on board, and | discovered In the agent
the most brilliant specimen of the
genus "bcomer" that / had ever come
in contact with. He actually tried to
sell me lots, then and there, in the new
city, and indeed succeeded IL selling
back to the squatter several corner lots
on what had been few minutes before
his wild domain at figures a thousand
per cent above what it had just been
sold for. Moreover, it was the best
purchase She squatter had ever made.
The land in his hands WAS worth moth
ing as &C impaired to it's ownership by
multi millionaire, and he afterward
sold his lots for another fortune.
We sailed away, back to our own city,
and L was at my desk on time that
evening.
At Christmas I went back there on
business bent. The change was won
derfui. Half dozen sawmills were
fairly slicing out lumber, that WAS
borne away as rapidly as it came from
the saws, slabs and all, to build houses,
sEsnties. sheds. The town site was
already checkered with streets. Some
quite respectable houses had grown
up. Real estate offices we're thick,
saloons were thicker, and there was a
dancehouse and variety theater. Some
respectable women were there, living
upstairs over their husbands pl ces Of
business.
The city was growing fast and the
noise Of the saws and hammers was
heard all the day and far into the
night, with detonations of dynamite
and giant powder, at Intervals, blow
ing out the great stnmps OF trees.
Men, horse scrapers, wagons end teams
were grading streets, plank sidewalks
we're being constructed, and it was
altogether busy season.
The spot was selected for the print
ing office. A two.story building for
that purpose was erected, with the
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-20
BUILDING A BOOM CITY

1t came and it went, as does vivid
dream.
One night in 1890 I was at work at
my desk in Puget Sound city. Twas
IL o'clock, and brusque, stocky man,
reputed to be four times millionaire,
came into the little den and said:
"Do you want to get rich?"
"Sure!"
''Then you put on your hat and coat
and come with me-"
"How long will it take?"
"Get you back here tomorrow even
ing in time to do your work.
The night was perfect, clear and
moonlit. A cab stood at the curb. The
stocky built man followed me into that.
"Drive to the Ocean dock" he said.
Soon we were on board trim little
steamer and we drank champagne and
played whist for hours; then turned in.
AT o'clock the next morning [ was
on deck. The vessel lay at anchor near
q small horseshoe-shaped cove, and
about us lay the grandest bay I had
ever seen, and have seen Naples.
The glorious body OF water was
framed in great margin of primeval
forest rising to the timter lines in
many places of snow-capped mount
aims. The trees were great frs and
cedars, from 200 to 40 feet tall, be-
meath them small deciduous trees and
tangled underground of brush and
vines that seemed as If it would hinder
the progress of cinnamon bear.
At the south point of the cove was a
slim attempt at wharf, and at the
shore end of that stood rickety log
cabin and a few tum ble-down out
houses. There was sort of clearing
OF perhaps an acre, and these we're the
emily signs of human habitation.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-20

Ny stocky friend joined me on deck
and remarked:
Lots of land in this country"
Eyes, seems as II there might be-"
81 own 800 acres out there"
"Yes? Who owned it before you
did"
"rhe squatter down there"
"What are you going to do with it?"
"Build city"
"Oh! build city,"
"That's what | said. And you are
going to help me-"
''rm going TO help you"
"You told me once that some great
man had told you that great news
paper, great hotel and great theater
would rally a city about them in the
wilderness. Here's "a chance to put
that proposition to test. I'll build
the hotel and theater and you can
build the newspaper. I'll furnish the
capital for all What do you say"
OTIS go. But what else have you
got here?"
"Iwenty-two years ago the reports of
the United States coast survey said
that this bay has greater natural adj
vantages than any other harbor on the
Pacific coast; the largest area of hold
ing ground; safest from storms, and
the resources from it's shores are the
most opulent. Up that valley (point-
ing to the LETT are eighty miles square
of as fertile land rs there is on earth,
peculiarly adapted to the raising of
grain, hops, fruitand edible vegetables.
Those mountains are full of coal, iron,
building stone. asbestos, copper, gold
and silver. Here is the finest timber
on earth, and these waters are full of
all kinds OF fish,
"How do you know all this?"
81 have had cruisers at work for
seven years spying out the best locali-
ty on Washington shores for the
building of city. The thing has
simmered down to this point"
AT this juncture canoe, containing
two men put out from the shore. The
mau padding was the squatter. The
passenger was my millionaire's agent.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-10
POLITICS FOR YOUNG MEN.
Senator Hoar Thinks Principle Is the
Main Thing.

"The young man who went into poll
tics, " said Senator Hoar Of Massachusetts,
forcibly, "piled in and did something. He
worked for u cause and put himself on =
level with his farmer constituents and so
got their sympathy.
"All of us young Free Sellers were drawn
into politics by "a great issue. 1t was to
prevent slavery being extended into the
new territory between the Mississippi and
the Pacific. We were all ardent advocates
for freedom. The party and the movement
were new, and we were all stirred by high
ideals.
Among the young men who went into
the new movement at that timo were
Charles Francis Adams, my brother, Eben-
ezer Hoar; Erastus Hopkins, Anson Bur-
lingame, Whittier, Lowell, Longfellow and
many others that became well known.
"There were no offices to gain. There
was simply cause to work for. In tho
campaign of 1850 the Free Sellers did not
carry single state, only q few congress
sional districts.
"a new party can do things that an old
party cannot. 1t simply has to set up q
standard and fight for It, That appeals to
the heroic instinct in men. But an estab-
lished party hss more responsibility. 1t
can do only what the people will bear.
"Of course times arc different now, but
/ sec great opportunities in politics for the
young man. 1t requires principle in man
now as much as 1t did then. In fact, prin-
ciple is the essential thing in public lifo
today"
This might sound like political cant in
some men, but not when uttered by Mas.
sachusetts' senior senator, for his sc bears
It out. Senator Hoar is not rich man.
He lives on his government salary of IS, 900.
He was making far more than that when
he practically gave mp his law practice %
years ago to go to congress. York
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