The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-06
BRIGHT FUTURE
FOR RICHMOND
The Commercial Center OF
The South.
DEEP WATER NEEDED.
Prominent Pennsylvania Talks OF
City's Progress.
HOW OTHERS REGARD GROWTH.
The KEYSTONE State Senator anu IAN
ufnctri.er Declares the Natural
Advantages OF. ,hc Capital OF
the Old lsom;nion Arc I'm
excc,lcd-Y!,e Necessity
OF Ship Channel.
HOW OTHERS REGARD GROWTH.

Among the prominent visitors to Rich
,nona mis- week is Hon. William {. spfeat'
Of Chester, Pennsylvania, a prominent
figure in the commercial ana ioit'te''
afrairs of his Commonwealth Nhlie Se'
vonnc man. barely beyound thlrtS' at
Soroul typifies the alert energy anu Nee''
h,,siness saeacity which has made the
,,d keystone State so great in inaustf1ai
,cbievameIlts. He is q newspaper h'aH'
hainp one of the owners OF the one
,rin7es a most favorabEy kioWn aiis @
cessful daily, and naturally uIti'Ie -.
noIitics becoming a, member OF the so soeil>'te
- I,.r,',.,rIvania when he yas barely past
tre,tv-dve the eligible limit OF age ioF
tr,t nosition. and he is now a candiaate
for recollection. with no practical eppo-
sition Senator Sproul was tor some tAiiie
,i,e-nresident of the Roach Shipyaras' a.
Chester and withdrew last year TO organ
ize the Seaboard Steel Casting Soinpahs'
OF which he is president, ana which 10
lust putting into operation one o. tLe
largest steel founderies in the world ne
is eiso identified in executive capacities
with the railway, shipping panAIiS '''a
deralonment companies of his city.
IMPRESSED WITH RICHMOND.
At the Jefferson, yesterday, Mi
snrouI said that although he was
a freoueut visitor to Richmond,
he saw each time he came
here a. most gratifying change in the city
commercial and industrial aspect Moth
ing that has occurred during the past
wear in the financial circles mas attracteo
more widespread attention than Mr.. John
cIsarton wiIIjarns, success with the Sea-
hoard Air Line deal, and in industrial al
fairs Mr. William r. Trgg's work IN
connection with the sfipbuilding industry
is likewise most favorably regarded lhese
achievements by the men OF hlcnmond
have drawn a great deal of attention 70
your city, and people who never looked
upon this beautiful capital as more IMAM
the political and social center or the
South. are beginning to realize the m
mense industrial capabilities OF the iocd-
ton said Mr.. Sproui.
when a shpyard was talked OF at
Richmond, many people said Why, how
can they get ships away from Richmond .
the James River isn't a navigabie stream
Then they investigated and realized that
Richmond is not farther from the sea than
Wilmington, or Chester or Philaaeiphla,
the shipbuildns centers OF the North'
which have made the Delaware River
famous as the Clyde of America. with
the channel you already have here, the
expenditure OF one-half the money that
has been used in deepening the De!i ware,
or dredging the thirty foot channei INTO
Norfolk, will give you one OF the finest
Waterways in the world. Your shipyard
! has already made remarkably success
full name for Itself, ard now every energy
here should be bent in the direction OF
securing the Improvement OF the river
Every dollar expended in this way by the
National Government, the State or the
city will return many times in commercial
prosperity. In Pennsylvania we made q
large appropriation Of State funds to aid
in the work OF deepening the Daiaware. and
the city of Philadelphia also contributed
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