The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-01
FROM THR CHAMBERS VIEW
President Raves WriisS Of RiChmOnd'S
Many Advantages.
TOURIST POINT AND WINTER RESORT.
Inducements 10 the Health and Pleasure
seeker, n Wen rs the Capitalist-o"r
Splendid Water fower-N "f'"'
Educational. Social and Com
tncreiai Center.

From
Commerce AN organization deNo''" ~
the furtherance Of business in''' ,o'. W,
he community and 10 the promotion
- ,ts general welfare and progress q
rettospect OF inc year affords sfouhh
Tor announcement and renewed ialth III
The f,ilure OF Richmond. II our peoPe
snow mat unity of purpose ara iocai e"-
terprisc which the situation DEMANDS
Subject as We have tcciL m. a. si,''''
on less degree. 90 conditions Wilt" ma
Tor a long time disturbed the mateIl"'
,,oeres. ef me entire country the state
Of transition 10 better times. has oil ne
s.ssifv been with us as with an o'n'l
communitles. one calling for patience anu
uerseycrance The depression IN business
dga 10 those conditions having cuilil-
mated In the two years precedihs 1870
n has shown for the period under re-
,.ievg a very gradual Improvement. MOST
Of The articles Of manufacture ara com
.,,erce are still upon a cirlpatatiEtE 10"
l.,..l of prircs bat an advance In values
mas occurred which should nave anoiut'
n margin al profit upon the year pusl-'
noss. for their production an" o'S'''"N-
ton. ...4,.~sl
o,olass Of remuneration and 20 some ih-
.reaees I'm the volume Of TRANSACTIONS
which Justify the anticipation OF more
satisfactory results as normal conolllohs
and The resources of the country nave
.fln,c and opportunity TO become i""''
fuliy operative. .....e,.
lures FOR 1895 amounts 20 &2.o2''WO' snow
Ing an increase Of about ! per cent III
no value of products over the preceding
xobbers' ,sales for the same period
amount 10 Sge1M.52i showing Sl-5 per
cent increase over 1894
Bank clearnps estimating tho lasi Two
de- amount to $40. $50. a.. against $lio'-
o5-fes for 1894 an increase OF nearly
s2-e uef cent and the gross earnings oil
t,a railroads. contcring at Richmond all
indicate an increased traffic.
AS TOURIST POINT
The general progress Of the city rs IN
dirated by its remarkable and substah-
ral Growth. Building continues upon
our residential streets. upon the suburbs
and at villa sites i'm the vicinity WINE
in the matter OF public buildings an I'M
pulse las been given which marks
new era in our development. tach re-
cont wear has seen al least one or TWO
bindings OF "A public or semi-pubhc char
ucter added. 80 which The community
may point with pride. Especially ls TINS
true With respect TO the jefferson H0tei
and 10 has hardly gotten fairy unuer
WAY when We have the gratifying intel
IiusHcs touching the plans fog the great
t.lnrovemcnts Of the Chesapeake ana
ONTO Railway Company, including
handsome and commodious Main-sfeet
depot which will doubtless he toiio"eo
by some arrangements for better pas
e-ncer accommodations for the southern
Railway Company
with these equipments completed or
ir progress for receiving and entertain
irr travellers. n seems timely 10 suE-
gcst hat g. movement should be maze
- place Richmond upon the regular tour
lists list Of the principal roads handhhA
this class of travel
Richmond has not heretofore hccn
ciassed by the railways as q Tourist
Point" nor have We heretofore pro-
pogod such classification though feel
ing its want. orr artificial advantage
having been inferior to those of out
nc,ghborng competitors
These disadvantage have now been
renewed. as stated above 10y Che erec-
ton OF superb hotel With popular
and widely known management and the
railway Of the country. taking new and
progressive views. have chanecd thcir
policy favorably towards making tour
iet rates 10 cities whore they mad for
merlv declined TO do so. fearing that
what thtv call their commercial BUSH
ness. meaning the ordinary travel on
fun rates. would hc impaired 10y round
rip tickets a. rcduccd rates. am antic-
nation which Us happily being dissipat-
ed hy experience
Al The present time tourist rates are
being made and advertised TO san Fran
cisco. cal Portland. ore, and other
places ON the Pacific coast. Charleston
Savannah. sc. on the Atlantic coast:
New Orleans. Mobile Pensacola. &c. on
the Gulf coast and are source Of mu-
tuGl advantage 10 Che railways and the
public and the cities concerned. and
without argument. these facts demon
sthate their necessity To our present we'll
being and future development
BEAUTIFUL WINTER RESORT
80 more delightful winter resort can
D. offered 10 the increasing number OF
people each year forced from Older cli-
mates OF the North between tine months
Of November and April The Souiherner,
who Fingers after the mountain and sea-
shore resorts are deserted but when il
is still 100 warm TO return TO his South
crn home can be equally well catcrtan-
ed And the general tourist. who travels
Is see ANA TO study history 10y visiting
The scenes of events which made history
and the u Memorials of them can find no
section more richly endowed boy it's past
with points of interest or associations
Of This character.
In addition 90 the advantages OF cu-
mate and hcalihiulness and the beauty
aud attractions of Richmond, our people
are proXCrhldily h0sptahle. ana the charm
OF thc place is seusibly felt and ackuowl-
edged 10y strangers.
our metropolis is also fast becoming
an educational centre Of mo- small inn
portancs Besides ils splendid free
school system the two medical colleges.
the existing dcnominatonal colleges. and
the ,Acellent private sefainaries which
We had the McCabe school has been
added during the year. and the Union
Theological Seminary of Hampdcn-Sidney
COLLEGE is TO Doe handsomely domicilcd
upon The Brook Road, just upon one OF
our most attractive suburbs. Most of
these institutions. besides educating and
in their influence ol,Nating our own peo~
Me. are patrouzod by q number OF stu-
dents from abroad. aud send ont annually
liking advertisements of Richmond. ana
frequently bring valuable acquisitions 10
cur population in The person OF graduates
and their families
NOTABLE. GATHERINGS
Gatherings viii be- held IN our midst n
The ensuing year which will further make
kuown our advantages and attractions
90 an extent that no other method would
accomplish. From the entire South ana
many Of the largest cities Of the North
IN June next. veterans and visitors Will
attend the 9Th Annual Reunion OF the
United Confederate Veterans, and from
ih, Inspiring notice OF tho chairman OF
The Executive Committee Of the T.. q. y.
recently published We can imagine what
an assembiage Will be present ON that
Interesting gffu1lon In MAY the SOufI-