Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-08-31
rrsI>rss MEMS MASS MEETING.
The Committees from the Chamber
of commerce and Young Mems Bus
t,css Association AppOlnted-It
VIII he Largely Attended.
VIII he Largely Attended.

GO .rr period for several ycarS-indeed,
r...- than people generally think.
t.rrfleturcrs are not troubling them
....s to give reasons for the great i'm
......~ert The war may have made
shines better. its termination probably had
.-. t1 do with Il: probably the improve
,.-. is due 20 perfectly natural causes,
md would have occurred had peace never
l..a broken.
Th. Richmond Locomotiye-Works, Rich
,..-Ts largest enterprise Of the character
alluded to. is enjoying exceptional pros
r. Tho plant is being run TO its full
p.. ..ty. with 1000 men at work, and
tb.ra are many orders ahead. the time Of
..r- of which cannot be seen in the
,..-.rt rush Of work. While it is true
t.t the prosperity which exists at pres
ont has existed for some time now, it is
also true that within the past month or
1850 business has shown great improve
mont The future for the works Is about
a. bright as could be wished so far as
abundance Of work is concerned. While
t.a contracts for the five tOrpedO-boats,
ana the same number of destrOyers, TO be
constructed by the government, upon
So .h President TrEg. Of the Locomotive
Works. recently bid. have not been award
a. set the bids Of the Richmond firm
1..r. OBJ. lowest. and no doubt is enter
tanned but that IL will get the contract.
T. win mean a great increase OF work
md steady employment for a large num-
Der 0i men,
MORE THAN THEY CAN DO.
"We are working overtime. and have
more orders than we can Ill., said Mr.
George j.. Freedley. secretary and trea-
surer of the Cardwell Implement Com
lary. Though we have recently added
new machinery and generally enlarged
the capacity Of the works, We are not
rIIa 90 sign contracts for machinery
which are offered us, and there are seVe-
| Ial such i'm the office now. our men i'm the
South are continually writing to know If
We can fin orders. Some We take. some
we do not The war hurt our trade in
cuba. Of course, as We put in a great
deal of machinery iu that country, but
beiet. the demand there will be much
greater when American enterprise begins
90 shake things up down there. BY the
way. yHI Will be surprised TO know that
when war was declared We were nego-
tarug with firms i'm Spain 10 put in
machinery of a certain character. our
1,reeu trade is still very good. and
think it likely we VIII soon renew nego-
tIati1us with the Spaniards, who were
about 90 become our customers. on the
whole" concluded Mr.. Freddy, Il can
not better state conditions than by saying
that the trouble is in filling orders, not
81 booking them"
ACTIVITY AT BELLE ISLE.
The story told by those in charge at
the old Dominion NaH-Works Is much
tho same. The demand for the plants
output has greatly increased within the
past few weeks. and a firm could scarcely
have brighter prospects for the imme-
date future than this one.
"The demand for our goods has shown
marked increase since the middle of
July" said Mr.. Arthur b. Clark, presi-
dent Of the company yesterday. 'The
termination of the war with Spain has
had a wholesome effect on the public
mind. and although ] do not think any
Reasonable man expected it to terminate
otherwise than il did, yet there were
O. large number OF people looking at the
dark side of things who feared financial
str.neency and delayed business. more
ON sentiment than otherwise. The rail-
roads are now buying more freely for
new cars ana repairs 20 old ones 10 move
the big cotton and other crops. The
merchants feel better over prosperity for
better things. and the planters have had
an exceptionally fine season, making
lagnum crops. Taken as a whole, l
Eee no reason why business should not
le good for the balance of the year.
Prices in our line are still extremely low,
bar with increased demand we hope for
better prices also. We have the good
demand and ] expect the better prices"
CONDITIONS ARE GOOD NOW.
The story is generally the same. At the
TI.deear IRON Works a large force is at
work. and II the Improvement manifest
elsewhere continues the establishment
VIII soon be doing the business that made
20 famous in the days when every town
ol not have its iron industry.
The Talbot works are not in operation,
but the smoke will be coming from their
stacks iu a short time now, as they VIII
BE- run On connection with the Locomotive
Works in the construction of the torpedo
boats and the destroyors.
10 would not be true 20 say there Is
boom I'm Ricbmonds iron business If the
word SIS used 10 convey the idea of bound
ing. exotic. growth, but the conditions eN-
ane now are the slow, sure results OF
others. which men could not read at frst
t.t now understand clearly. The fore
E..ag are not opinions as 20 what the iu-
t.re VIII be. nor Wild prophecies OF pros
perty 10 come az time more or less re-
mote. They are simple facts as to what is
being done to-day
THE PROPOSED PUBLIC MEETING.
The meeting OF the Richmond post OF
tfc Travellers Protective Association
Monday night. at which steps were taken
g. have mass-meeting OF citizens 10
formulate plans for the stimulation ot
Richmond Industry. does not indicate that
enterprises are dead or languishng, but
rtIler that there Is a desire that all
should share I'm that which is being en-
joycd by a portion. The proposed public
meeting will be largely auendee
Scarcely a Businessman can be found
yao does not intend being present ana
every one finds the subject, one upon
which 10 talk with interest
The time for the meeting has not been
seL The following committees from the
Chamber Of Commerce and the Young
Mems Business Association have been ap- !
pointed 20 cooperate with the Travellers
Protective Association Committee in ar
ranging fOr the meeting:
Chamber OF Commerce-L. Il, Norris NJ |