The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-11
THE ELECTION
HAD no EFFECT:
Remarkable Condition of Trade Re-
NAMED Practica Unchanged.
RIcHMoND's GREAT RECORD.
Enormous Volume of Business Han.
y
Enormous Volume Of Business Han.
dleu at Thi- Point During the
"s.:aro pe,i.,l'-How TO Ham
die II che Question.

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! Desp;te the fact that this was q. S1esi-
| dental yea, the ro.ume OF 1iaue
/! sboyyr, an increase instead OF decrease '
+, ua-,h the axceot.on of the Two days inl-
| med ate.y preceding and following -> os en.-
/ tsr sth there was no app:ec-ao-e decfsaSe
+! i, tho amount of the business hasoieo d.
| Richmond. ,rs,,,er
/ The wear hns proven q, record breaker:
! F. ghteen hundred and ninety-e.sht ai.o
/ ? enty hundred and unets-thhe
! years of uuheard Of business prospsii.s.
/ Trade In bi1se years rece-Veu a., 80
/ s,,et as never before. The carriers "efs
i mt at their Wits end TO provide equip
/ n,ent to handle the enormous volume o.
| hrs ness Traffic men sought 10 arrive at
| some so ution OF the problem. winch to-day
| Is still unanswered Thousands OF cars,
/ MT a few months old. are now IN se'F-ce.
I Daily hundreds of cars are oeltlS L't ''eu
! out the great f0undrses, Pract!caliS tteie
! is not one where orders nave not oe
| booked for months ahead. me ush.h' ''
| far exceeds the supply, IND contracts are
| constantly oe. ne placed by the great roaos.
J Every BIT OF available eq1 ,pment mas oeeh
! mt into service The question Is no ioh5ei
| n secure new business, but now 10 edhe
| care of the amount already on hano-
TRUE OF THEM ALL
| What is true OF one OF these u1isHnfac-
| turing centres and shipping points IS ttue
I of ali Richmond shares n the prosperity.
! Her factor es are kept constantly at work.
! r4any of than on ..doub turn Inc coi!-
| 5ftfnns such as exist to-day have hereto
| fore been unknown
j Virginia is no longer purely an asrscui-
I turai Stnte, tut the Virginia OF TO-DAY -
+! now one Of the great producers. IA"
| material IS now being transformer lheo
/ the finished product. Instead OF a ouyes,
[ Virginia is a supplyer.. and Slowly pt'l
I surely. R:ctlmond's fame as a manufae-
! turing centre and a shipping point is in
! creas.n ing The local terT.tor. has oeeh
/ broadened and q war of competition be
/ tween Richmond firms and those OF great
! centres of the north and west is beng
=! waged in thu, territories of the far south
| and southwest.
! Though merchants now suite that there
| IS d temporary iuEl in business. all recos-
nze it as temporary only. Up to the sat
| urday precet ng the election, the amount
/ Of business handed between September Isl
| and that date surpassed even that OF the
! corresponding period of last yenr, Wh.ch
| has gone down in railroad story as g
! record breaker. The amount OF business
| handed at Richmond by one line alone for
| the last week IN October showed an In
| crease OF nearly $15,N91 over the CORE
! sf.onding week of October. 1889. While
! some roads might not show an Increase
as large as tbs. yet III every instance an
increase has been recorded, and the IN
! crease has been propOrtionate. The Mon
day preceding election Tuesday, and the
! Wednesday and Thursday following, were
comparatively speaking, dull. Friday, how
ever, assumed a different aspect. and
trade had almost reached its normal con-
! d.uoa by yesterday
A DECIDED NOVELTY.
This state of affairs is a decided novelty.
! In former years Of national election the
! vo.Lnle of bus. ness had dropped off with
| start. ng rap. d:ty. In many Instances this
/ .-&ia5ll trade had continued tor j period
| covering from three to four weeks imme-
p; d.ately preceding and following the e.ec-
ton day. Shippers and railroad men this
year, however, are commenting upon this
| remarkable cond ton OF trade that had
! neen n1l nta,ned until the very day when
! ule administration FOR the coming four
wears was to be decided. Orders had
been paced and continued, even then, 90
be placed. for raw material showing that
the people had the utmost confidence in
the continued prosperity Of the country.
| whether the adrnin:strat on now in power
was to be continued or was to be changed
The result seemingly mattered little TO
| them. The business world had but little
tine 10 give to the gloomy ilarangues OF
the calamity bowler. who as usual made
h s quaderennial appearance. AS an :u-
stance of IN 5 confidence exhibited by
| manufacturers, One of R.chmond's large
! plants contracted just before election for
the iumed.at delivery OF 40 cars of raw
; material!
PROSPERITY EVERYWHERE.
As another instance Of R.chmond's pros
1nritV If has hGar, or thar I1r,ff-1 r.
rangementS can be mad and land Sc
| cured for q larger addition OF one Of
R.chmond's big industries. that Industry
| VIII be compelled TO seek anoth loca-
ton. Recently the capacity Of this in
| dustry has been increased. but III. demand
for its product far exceeds the supply
, made possible. This same industry has
! ord RS book j far ahead. and there is no
! tet-up in sight. What has been said OF
| .hese remarkable trade conditions, now
| existing, while applicable principally 70
! hos branches devoted to the manufac-
/! TIRE OF iron and steel. IS not Who'll > SO.
! There are com parativeir few people iiT-
ns in r. chmond who know where Rich
/, mond products find mark IS. It IS mat
| Ter, not only of Information, but also Of
! qualification. TO know that Richmond $
! trunks are used by the inhabitants OF
! " x!co. West indies and Central Amer ca
| that Europeans eat bread mad from
| Richmond flour that the people OF six con-
F.; einaGts find a, solace liz Richmond tobacco
ana that In this Inc new territory is be-
! ing dev loped a,ong the west coast OF
+, Africa. II IS also gratifying TO know that
! Richmond built engines carrying these
large consignments of marketable pro-
duct from .Ipland Richmond and a
| housard other points to the seaboard
I md that Richmond bottoms In many
nstare s, carry them TO their ultimate
! 4 stirat'on.
| There Is one thing that can be added tc
tbs that the stamp OF Richmond. is
| Synonymous with :. he b ST. The RECORD
Of the south IS ID by an engine recant.1
suit In Richmond. and was made on tbs
! New dreams and Mort. eastern Railroad
While rtle Trigg sh'pbuHding Compan.
has,. pract'caily Up 7aEing. turned ont worl
| sor tbs government only. the PAL
| excellence of this firms product has IN
/ dout ed!y attracted the attention Of tbs
, world, and ii remains bur a mat, o:
| ma when vessels OF Richmond construc-
+; ton will fiv ire flag of foreign nation
If the New Richmond. OF the New
! sou n, can law claim to fame. it is b :
| cau-e her manufactures have made Ii
|! possible.