The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
PROGRESS IS
THE WATCRWORD
What the Railroads are Doing for
Richmond.
WORK ON IMPROVEMENTS.
Hundreds OF Men Given Employment
and Millions of Dollars Spent
ON Terminals ut Tins
Point.
WORK ON IMPROVEMENTS.

That Richmond is enjoying her tull
one Will deny Neither will the impartial
critic. nor one familiar with the facts In
the case. refuse to accredit the various
ruIroads entering the Virginia metropolis
their full share IN the cause Of the exist
Ing prosperous conditions.
Millions OF dollars are being expended
IN Richmond by the railroads centering at
Ibis point. Improvements OF greatest
magnitude are in course of construction
and still moro are contemplated Progress
Is. 10 al appearances, the only watchword
now used.
While hundreds OF thousands Of dolinrs
are being expended and made in outlay
for material used in actual construction.
yet there is another. and if anything more
important, standpoint from which the stu
alton should be viewed-the employment
afforded. From Hollywood to Fulton eI-
tends a line o. almost solid masonry. These
are the piers OF the great chesapeake and
Ohio viaduct. Here and there along the
line the piers already bear the iron work
that is practically ready for the rail, and
the viaduct will, 1t is expected, be ready
for service by the time the next six
months have passed.
EMPLOYMENT AFFORDED.
Hundreds OF men are at work all along
The line and the labor OF hundreds Of
others is required 10 keep them supplied.
Daily large consignments OF structural
iron and steel arrive. which Is rapidly
being put il place. The spans have been
placed i'm position. and the iron work, prac-
ticaiiy complete, extends from a poin- OPP
posite the TTedeSar Iron Works we'll down
the river. AT the Fulton end the trestle
work is rapidly nearing completion.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway is also
making extensive improvements in the
local yards, and has \ large force OF men
at work New tracks are being laid about
the Seaboard freight depot at Fifteenth
and Franklin Streets, and sidings are
being conveniently located. Tracks are
also being put down between Broad and
Marshall Streets by this company for use
in loading and unloading from wagons
and drays. The SeaDoard has also put
up extensive sheds and increased the IA
cilities for The handling of live stock,
and more extensive Improvements are de-
iermned upon if trackage rights down
Afteenth Street are granted by the city
authorities
THE NEW STATION.
Work on the handsome new union sta
ton, at Fifteenth and Main Streets, now
being erected for the joint use of the
Chesapeake and Ohio and Seaboard Air
Line Railways. is also rapidly progress
ing. The stone work now reaches the
third story, and it is expected. judging
from the progress already made, that
the building VIII soon be under roof. The
time set for occupancy of this new and
modern station is July
While the Seaboard and Chesapeake
and Ohio have been thus actively en-
gagged. other roads have not been idle a
handsome new passenger station and seV-
eral miles of sidings, in the business dis
tricts of the city, bear evidence to the
progressive spirit of the Southern Rail
way. while more or less extensive I'M
provements mark the facilities afforded to
patrons by the various other roads ell
tering Richmond.