Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-24
BUSINESSMEN MEET,
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" balance"sheets of our banks-we have IN
10 pasis for all the money we want, and in
20 dependent IN this 1 am not afraid q
l. kichmond's or Virginia's future She
the chosen spot OF chosen country ii
climate and res0urces-in all. Had IL no
9 oeen so our forbears and the forbears o
washington and Lee would have settle,
= elsewhere; none could have hndered them
and II is for us 10 carry II TO its highes
, deveinpment with untarnlshed name anc
( Iame as now and as of yore. Gentlemen
as jewellers here we have a wonderful
/, heritage that carries with IL great re-
| sponsibility. l am often appalled, away
ana far from home anywhere and every
wnere at what being a Virginian stands
, Ior lt is all that is honorable. Those OF
US who have been guilty OF lapses are
considered degenerate. Our teachings are
inperishable. At the closing at Apo
mattox, the foe hemming in on every
slde, brave North Carolinian said TO
his men: Let us die here" | say TO the
men around me: Let us live here; let us
work together; let us cooperate; let US
use the great force association" that a
recent distinguished speaker linked with
steam and electricity.
Now. gentlemen, my letter is read and
| II was as considerable as my dear friend
| Royal. / would conclude you had heard
! enough. and stop. or offer to do it, as he
| did. in his justly celebrated lecture on
! Waterloo but TO proceed
| Now. as 10 the utilization OF our water
| power as basis for industries, / am
wholly in sympathy with 1t. l believe the
city has in that a great and distinct adj
vantage l believe the electrical people
should be encouraged to come here and
tnat every present manufacturer should |
patronize them, if It can be shown he |
makes no sacrifice to do so, and they can |
show that they have the power. AS for |
me. am willing TO adopt 1t tomorrow; |
indeed, we have contracted conditionally |
already.
The city of Richmond was the first TO
adopt the trolley system; she should not
DE a laggard in the water-power electrical |
move: 1t would impress any one TO see
now IN Europe the use of water is sup
planting that Of coal. We should harness
our water-power.
RICHMONDS POSSIBILITIES.
Richmond. rs a manufacturing centre,
mas a population. urban and suburban, |
or l29.CW people, largely engaged in manu-
Iacturlng, with great number of me-
chanicS already domiciled Offering others |
society. schools. and good homes in com |
Portable houses at reasonable rents-a |
market unsurpassed and climate excellent. |
NOW II is past belief how far this enters ,
INTO Richmond's welfare One Of it's most
valuable possessions is the presence of
the large. self-respecting class that repre-
sents our mechanics. They offer to new
'omers associations which they gladly | =
embrace These men constitute an asset
~ marked as our water-power; and to re
urn 10 the Locomotive-Wo Works, which is ! =
NY excuse for being before you, the fact :
nat In sixty days i am enabled to muster E
900 men TO run them alone gives an =
hJfmous value to the plant. This would 4
.-em an eXtravagant statement but for h
he fact that | can show that ii cost a r.
'reat sum 10 bring this situation about, -
nd 1t was cheap at any price / can re- ~
uild the shops, If destroyed, i'm six | =,
1onths-I could not educate my men in ~
5 many years-and upon the nucleus we "
ave we can graft many more, and hav- G.
~ them educated has silenced one OF -,
ne puzzling and often-asked questions OF ~
)me years back, Where will you get .,
our men in an agricultural community m
le made them. VI
1t Is a distinct encouTag cement to en- 81
Ark In an enterprise in Richmond that
)u can get men TO come here and that
icy like ii, and that our own men learn re
Iickly w
The considerations of an enterprise are ST
Dor and notwithstanding first as a mat
or course. modern plant with power | co
he material. thanks to cheap transpor- | on
tl9n, is easily had. The labor though | tn
hnarily hard to get, we have already tr;
cured. and each new project gives Rich su
Jnd "a greater reputation as a labor te,
lrket and we have the latent talent OF lar
e states south of us ready to come q
d coming. they settle permanently with we
MY own estimate, though possibly in us
,urate, Is that in normal times that loo | 90,
N employed means that 100 are citizens | ba,
become so, and for the most part are ON,
avn from the country round about; ore
1t u.s. we educate our own people. and mar
ep them at home besides attracting no,
lers from without ~ IL
THE MECHANICS INSTITUTE. era
While this thought is in NV mind or the
wing upon our own and the States par
TN OF US for material for skilled labor. If
must say that our technical school our
uld be encouraged | wish that II couid | wit
endowed. 1t would mean no end of sha
q TO US as community. AS an illus nun
non OF the foregoing. / will say that cat'
ing been appointed one of the commit exp
of the Chamber of Commerce to Sc TO
e the location Of the armor- plat. thel
1T. l wrote Commodore Melville to ask dire
he find out, if he could unofficially will
II the requirements were He wrote Ricl
| he saw one of The board. who gave | men
five essentials, the first requirement equi
IL men and a big city" This was tach
ng confirmation of the views / had Der
ddy jotted down here to present 10 CD
and shows how wise is the Ginter we
lorlaL pow
wv, gentlemen, Mr.. Chairman CabelI grea
ng upon me 10 help him out, reminds incli
OF Simon Cullen, and Simon reminds age
or Joe Bldgood, and Joe reminds me nece
In Mclhtfe, so the secretary had as not
put on some fresh logs SNUFF the can | posa
and brew another bowl OF punch for | here
not see the end. We all roomed to- powe
er Immediately after the war. Jim althC
John Cowardln being in an annex, waite
speak-that is, the room at the end deere
ne passage opening into ours We certa
ded with Miss Lizzie Bidgood two a or,
rs above on Main street and | wish shou
cord, just here, that better Drawer preyt
Woplan never lived than Miss Lizzie | see o
my recollections OF her are the kind | our
a. suppose thought her brave to furth
"a ~. me Houae WIN US, ana then there waite
others-a house full of others She than
"a W Mp sharp ioohout on US, ana factu
h"u very soou erect on me, but natuT
sorry 10 say my roommates some claim
strayed. In truth, If IL had not been taken
De Bidgood's good influence | believe sboul
hclntire would have ruined me He mo
II me pretty much all the deVilment coal
w. But as | was saying Landon | tenfol
is transferring his burden to me Here
IL W. ~ stoly SIMON cullen used for. ST
IA vi ueu ~ zen edch other lois the
Joo "itgm thS vaue's were chartered either
eIectat TO-, - aei ms tls war me spe- water
Snins, L,u "aS al night TO gather In reduct
aen,,id ~ obn 0N'oose cduet, VINO IN for m
"ouu NnOo9e diother, 10 nsht ana "a
evening he and another boy who ct,Ia
ute small, would cover i'm the cor ,.eS.
reading the certainty of their turn min,
mon said his distress was temnered s ouls.,
resolution he had formed which ne eaus1i.
chose his little friend and e cons TRl
ana dldnt spare him. So, Landon
upon to serve his city. calls mon CO.. q
II in this case you are the sufferers Facilit
esdes, Simon was sorry for The III that III
: he beat, but Landon has no pifv we ha
. ~ Norfoll
WHAT MAY BE DONE Pennsy
gentlemen, in 1865 / roomed at DufS al
h and MAN, and every day womb IN" So
my way through the burned dis Line, a
hat commenced at this corner and not be
up the north side Of the street 10 oeaooa