Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-27
INVITE G. A. R. HERR.
oryc MEMS BUSINESS AssoCsA-
r,ox TAKES UNANIMOUS ACTION.
tagIITTEE TO BEGIN WORK At ONCE
ANGUS Efforts 60 secure This
great Body OF veterans I'm 1900
mhcr organizations Asked Ia CO.
ocernte.


An TIE survivors OF Grant and Sher-
and other Union chieftains who
.,...r.ed to get into Richmond Thirty
=, ,enrs ago. but found such stub
-, and hostile resistance, may two
rs hence march through the shaded
..,e.s o. the old capital OF the Con-
,.,.,scv. 10 martial strains OF music.
80 Do inspired by cheers from south
-, fhroats and tho waving OF BAN
-. and aags in southern hands.
mo erst step IN bringing to this city
81. ,ss The Grand Army OF the Republic.
..,,b all the thousands who attend It's
..-tors who were not in the war OF
,.--ios was taken last night by the
,.r, Mems Business Association Of
a,,smond. This body unanimously adopt
- resolution inviting the G. 4.
- 20 this city in 1899, and ask
inc the cooperation Of the Confede-
-ate camps. the @. A. r. Post, the
chamber Of Commerce, and all other
business organizations Of this city, in
extending me invitation.
FREIGHT MATTER FIRST.
Tin. association met in regular session
q, fhe Assembly-Room OF the Chamber
- commerce az $50 o'clock last evening,
ott President Stewart Hume In the
ch,lr Nearly one hundred members
vcere ,r attendance and the first order
NJ business was the reading OF conmuni-
cations Under this head the following
infor,ant and interesting notes from a
member Of the body now residing in
Hampton Va. was read
u nave just had talk with a retail
grocer. Who tells me that ne can order
fro. Baltimore Monday evening al $50
o'clock and get his goods on Wednesday
usA M.-sooner than from Richmond.
Tnis ought not TO be the case. Can't you
qa the Freight Committee" OF the
YOUNG Mems Association 10 look into
hsr II seems 10 mo that Richmond
ought 90 sell goods down here. and could
do 70 II freight rates and connections
we're al right Yours. etc.
~. r. Il. STUART, JR.
Hampton. Va. July "a. 1891"
The communication was referred 10
.ao Committee on Commerce.
HOW LARGE CROWDS HELP.
Brief reports were submitted by the
Chair for tho Committee on Conventions
us 20 Richmond's prospects for getting
iho Baptist Young Peoples Union Con-
vention IN 1880, and the Epworth League
Convention IN 1900 Anent this subject,
tho president read the following state
mont from Major y. V. Randolph tend
ng % show how Richmond was benefited
ty the holding Of the Confederate reunion
here iu the sumner az 1896:
For the purpose OF ascertaining the
nor atary value 10 the city Of Richmond
o. the crowd that assembled in Richmond
ON June 30th, July list and %, 1886.
j requested the cashiers OF each Of
the nine banks OF deposit Ohis does not
include saving banks 10 give me the in
crease Of their deposits from June Both
10 July 9th, as compared with the de-
posits Of June 10th TO June 18th, and their
report is as follows.
Increased receipts. ............. S821, 0l3 10
add for receipts not deposited. 10000 90
Total ............ .............s s21OlS 10
Credit for dividends and money
not affected by the reunion.... $50 900 90
Leaving a net balance of....S577, 013 10
If this amount was invested in real
estate. the city OF Richmond would re-
alzo annually SsO7S In taxes.
The total public cost Of the reunion
was I'm round figures, $4,000.
while 1t IS not my idea to show the re-
suits Of the reunion I'm dollars and cents,
&. may prove interesting 10 see the net
results from the assembling of large
number of people in the city Of Rich
moni"
SHOULD INVITE THE G. a. r.
President Hume stated that the time
I. 1rr ch
come action relative to inviting the Grand
Army Of the Republic 20 hold its annual
meeting here In 1899 II II desired that the
Union veterans should assemble here
then lie added that the coming OF the
@ A. r. here would mean 10 bring be-
tween 10000 and 100000 people into the
city, and the spending here OF between
10000 and $4,000.
Mr. r. Lancaster Williams opened the
lengthy debate which followed touching
hs subject. He thought 1t both ippor-
ta1t and proper TO invite the G. a. r.
o. Richmond. The Young Mems Busi-
ness Association OF this city knew no
sectional lines. and should stand for any
thing which meant the promotion Of the
interests Of Richmond or the welfare Of
her citizens Mr. Williams declared that
fully 5000 could be obtained from the
entertaining this great body II K could
be- gotten here.
President Hume explained that Rich
monds claim would have to be placed
before tle G.. 4. r.. at its meeting 10 be
held in Buffalo. y. Y. next month. II IL
wished 70 secure the convention Of 1899
Mr Samuel REGISTER made a strong
argument On favor Of inviting the c. a. r.
here He said that the time had come
when the people should stop drawing
sectional lines He offered as a motion
hat it was not only highly important
alt very desirable. that the Grand Army
0 The Republic be invited 10 meet i'm
Richmond IN 1899. and that the Young
Mems Business Association should pledge
ief 90 use every proper endeavor 10
secure the encampment Of that year.
COULD CARE FOR THEM
10 SIS good for Richmond to have such
bodies meet here" argued Mr.. Jacob
Cans whether they come from the
North. or the South, or the East or the
west have seen several Of these
1'and Army meetings. having lived for
la1y years in Washington. where num-
if % tcm have been held and Rich |
tond need have no fear that she cannot
afe for one Of them. Tire government |
SENDS about 5000 tents. and with the |
Various school-houses and vacant build
~s' th. hotels. boarding houses. and |
private residences. the grea, crowds can /
4sy handled"
@f w. H. S3vory said he was north
.N man. his father and uncle fought IN /
1e Union army but he wanted 10 see /
s o. r. reunion held here N 1899, |
DO believed that II would do the old |
-.9a vets" good 20 get down here and |
'1Ae the old "Confeds" by the hand In /
se'e ana fraternalism upon their own
l Die urged upon the association the /
ioilance Of acting promptly in This |
later " IL desired to secure the conven- |
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