Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-24
PULSE OF PROGRESS,
Noteworthy Activity Of the Build
ing Trade in Richmond
THE RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT
Many New and Important Enterprises
Well Under Way,
THE NEED FOR OPERATIVES.
private Residences and stores Going
ID in All observation-disclosures View
Houses Connected by the Light De-
partment This Month.
THE NEED FOR OPERATIVES


trad, Is brisker at the present time. ana
DIS brighter prospects before it, than ever
before I'm the history of the city.
The busy seasons for builders are IN the
fan. beginning with October. and In the
spring. beginning with February, yet de-
spite this fact. the contractors have had
all thar they can do for several months
past. Buildings are springng up in every
direction, and great industrial movements
sn points 20 the development Of the city
into one of the greater business centres
OF the country.
The Manufacturers Record. published
i'm Baltimore. stated recently that IN
Richmond there is. at present far more
.ctivltv in industrial development than
I'm any other two southern cities COM
h.ned. In the light of the information
ar hand. this statement would seem TO be
,.rv conservative. Enterprises nave
b.en started here which mean the eNpen-
r..ur. of millions of dollars in plants and
,8uiDment Nearly every factory Is De
tr. worked 70 it's full capacity, and the
f.mand for operatives is exceeding the
supply. -, ,.,,,.r,,-,,
THE Chesapeake and Ohio Ralroad
Company is building the piers LOT the
ysaduct in the bed of James river ana
ling down their AIain-street property
-,ol-e vyav for the entrance to the new
union depot on Main street. ne Gus.
rr This Improvement alone is estimated
e- nearly two million dollars.
rhe Richmond Petersburg ana caro-
lin. Railroad Company is pushing lot
,.ard the work on the line between INcI'-
,rond and Ridceway, \. c.. and the great
bridge which is 10 span the James il'ei
is already under construction.
The sale OF the Richmond KaliWay dl i
Electric Company's system 10 lile poy "
r-av,ton syndicate if the Council grants
ro+i.icr nov before it, means the eX-
0srditure of $4,000 in the Rehabilitation
- tra lines. Ii the Jenkins syndicate Sc
(--,s tho Nain-street franchise, ana th0
,,~,,otere are confident that they VIII Sc
80 II they will spend between S"oV'V
oDd s8s 900 in the construction OF the un-
g.rgro,ind system. Residents OF lhe OdIs
street road are grading mat lhoroush-
fare. and viii offer a rlght OF way 10 @ilS
comranv that will build line TO the
city. .,..,.r,o line. no
.,-een Richmond and Petersburg, VIA
Cbcsterdald Courthouse, Will be estab-
tiebed and there Is much talk of also con-
etructing a similar line between klch-
mond and Ashland. A..
c~ound was broken for the new depot
.bat is 10 be built for the Southern Rail
yrav company on Thursday last.
MANY NEW ENTERPRISES.
Tho work of the Virginia Electrical
Railway and Development COMPANY Is
leing pushed forward, and the contract
ors are already dcmohshing the oid Gal
lego c0rn-mills 10 make way IoI Sne
7s,,es-River Falls Paper and Puip-Mills,
which plant is 10 be completed by the emu
q March. go.
rra Union stock Yards, great forest
~ timber i'm the West End of the city
ara AM but complete. They Will be open
cd for business in about three weeks
though the formal opening Will probably
De- rostponed until Christmas week. An
artesian well Is being bored 10 Iurhlsh
Oh. water. a contract has Deeh slsheu
l.fwacn the Stock-Yards Company ana
the Kinean Company for me efeclIoh u
LARGE plant adjoining the yards, ana
ground has already been broken in that
Vicinity for the abattoir and pork-packing
e.tsblshment TO be built by Mr.. James
D. Pace The first bricks Of the abattolr
V Do laid tomorrow
T.e Valentine Meat-Juice Company has
commenced operations for the enlarge
uent OF the Valentine abattOir Ground
Nar broken for this work about two
weeks aeO. and has since that time been
pressed forward. The plans have not been
made public. but bids for the building
NI be- called for some time this week.
Inc first section OF the American 10
lscc1 Companys factory on Cary street
l.s been completed. THIS establishments
wiI be- the largest of the kind IN the
South and the tObaccO-factory being
l4Ht for Mr.. James y. Boyd, on Brook
avenue. is well advanced. The founda-
lions are already laid for the substantial
addition 10 the stemmery Of the Contl-
mental Tobacco Company, on seventh
street. just below Cary street.
A large addition has been made 10 the
Richmond Cedar-Works. and improve
m.lts and extensions have been carried
out n The plant OF the Richmond Loco
motye-Works In this connection II is
pertinent 10 state that twenty-five loco
motive, have been made at these works
Tor the Chesapeake and Ohio road alone
since last March, their value being near
d. 10000 The plant Is working night
aad day.
MAY MOVE SHIP-YARDs.
There ls a strong probability that the
lrgc Ship-Building plant viii be removed
90 point by the ship-locks, where me
plant Will cover about ten acres Of land.
The yards will then be about five times
their present size. and Will Include huge
cD-oock. capable Of accommodating the
iafgtst warships made.
This Improvement is said by the presi-
dent Of the company TO be contingent
Upon the success Of the corporation IN
securing q contract for one or more war
tAips This IS believed 20 be By no
means a remote contingency. for the
work Of the yards has 80 far been emf
ieuuy satisfactory 10 the government Of-
hcials who speak encouragingiy of tire
prospects or the enterprise.
The sum " $4,000 has been appro-
prated % cary. on the work Of deepening
the channel OF James river, but crusade
II shortly 20 be made 10 Washington by
city officials and prominent men, as a
result Of which " II hoped that Congress
viii make a far more liberal provision
Tor this work.
COLLEGES AND CHURCHES.
TWO handsome buildings, 10 cost about
1000 are nearing completion at Rich
inond College, and work Is being rapid
ly pushed forward on the large buildings
u The Union University, which will cost
more than 500 90. The new All Saints