The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-02
S. A. |. OFFICES
WILL CONE HERE.
To be Located in the
HalleWlIlCkel Building
MANY NEW FAMILIES.
An Addition of 1000 People to the
City's Population,
WILL CAUSE A BUILDING BOOM
II Is Estimated That at Least Two Hundred
Houses Will Have to Be Erected
TO Accommodate he New
Comers-The Change to
Be Made About
July lst.
WILL CAUSE A BUILDING BOOM

The general offices of the Scapoaro al
Line Railway Company, now locateu Az
Portsmouth, Va, will be removed 10 s'iAe
CITY on the list OF July. ana "aii pe ~
Gated in the big building at Ninth and
Main Streets
II has been known for year or more
that the matter Of removing the general
offices to Richmond, the home OF fresi-
dent Williams. was being considered by
the Management OF the company. II
leaked out recently that the company
was negotiating for the purchase OF the
11.,eninc,el property The big four-story
building has now been acquired es lne
company. The price paid was $oo''"'
1,rasident Williams would not say posi-
t;ve,v that his road had purchdseu .iie
nrcnerty. but laughingly authorized tie
statement that the ticket once o. ens
Saahosrd would be at Ninth ana Ida1il'
,,.laro polk AIiIler's drug store is 1io"
located.
MEANS MANY NEWCOMERS
o,ha removal of the general ot1ces OF
the road to Richmond inVolVes .ne
move, or at least 200 families TO tnis ci's'
Those who will come hcluue nc
r,IaY..s of the general Offices, ofllclais anu
ottaohos with salaries ranging from s'o'
M TO sl5oco. The building no" ueeo %
+he general offices of the Ioau III "a -
mcuth will be turned into dlVlsloil oiliCss
None OF the tenants or na1o
-aI
~ :. understood that the lease OF eaci u
~. +anants expires at the end Oh e"e
',1o,a,t year. The building is occupied al
,,roso,t hv T. 3. Lambert, topaccohlst'
the polk Miller Drug Company l>iAe ~
s,,raoca Company Of Virginia; eou'1iei l.! Il
1heatre Company; w. T. Hoou q -, -
o11 Dominion Nurseries; Z. IL bisseil'
o sa = w Hanewinckel, from whom the
property was purchased.
MAY HAVE TO ENLARIE'
- lacks as though the addition OF an
o,bar story would be necessary III oioei
To render the building capanle ol aeton. sl
rood,tinc the general offices OF tre pea,
ho.rd r is not unlikely that a 1llth' ana
nossiblv a sixth, story Will pc super IN
posed. ,.,r;o,,s in
1t is understood that the various ~
,aracts in this city with Which the oea-
tO3 r1 AR Illle llltSAS1s~
a,.a,t,auv nd homes in the building. II
1-.s stated authoratively yesterday no"
80 +bat there was no present .nteHilon
~ ,e,,ove the Traction Company offices,
nor vas it planned TO take the oi'iceS "
Tho Virginia. Electrical hallway anu Oe-
,.o,onncnt Company to new duai 'e'o
.-;ap. of the scarcity of residences III
pichmond there is something OIL d ~ op-
1cm involved in supplying the ne" -con!e,s 10
with homes The removal OF INC 80 me-
means the addition Of at least !'V'v pS,
sons TO the city'S population. Nc ,ie'.uo
- tbo new families will receive salaries
,,..,,.,.n,,tino y. them in paying rentals of
fro,n $3.50 per annum up to thousand OF
r,.,r, In view of the fact that every
residence in Richmond. EeneraliE spesh-
ing is now occupied, it is certain tha
many more must be erected. lhere Is
no doubt that the removal OF tfe oihccS
hore will inausuratc the long delay IN
expectcd building activity. II VIII aiso
have the effect of putting uptcal estate
prices
DEEP-WATER TERMINUS.
# has long been rumored that the sea
board Air Line contemplated making
Richmond its deep-water terminus some
time ago MI julius Baker agreed TO sell
70 AIR, e. p. Cox los acres of land In
Chesterfield, Immediately oeioW the CO.
ON the river. His wife objected to the
nrce Of 500 per acre. and refused to
s:on the sale contract Suit was brought
hy Mr.. Cox to enforce the contract Inc
case will be heard in q short while. There
is :: belief that the property is 10 De
used for wharves in making TINS the
deep-Uater terminus OF the Seaooard AIT
Line. The decision to remove the general
offices to Richmond lends color to this
rumor.
PORTSMOUTH THUNDERSTRUCk.
Especial Dispatch to The Times)
NORFOLK, VA, March 1.-Portsmouth
was thunderstrucl this afternoon when
the news was received that the general
offices of the Seaboard Air Line are to be
removed thence TO Richmond July lst
next.
Norfolk. which generally gains or loses
with euuanimity, took this blow rather
hard. The removal of the general Offices.
and Of the shops, which are expected to
follow, will take from Portsmouth some
thing like u thousand to fifteen hundred
people.
There are. since the recent heavy reduc-
ton in the force about two hundred men
employed in the Offices, and half as many
in the shops These men, with their fam
lies, VIII make Il large total WHO "iii Gs
missed by Portsmouth and Norfolk. Rich
mond's gain is great. The disaster which
has now fallen on these towns was pre-
dicted in this correspondence Il year Or SO
ago. The handwriting was then visible.
Richmond's superior geographical posi-
ton, as far as railroads are concerned,
made the removal of the Seaboard head
quarters there only a questions of time.
PRESIDENT DECLINES.
VIII Be Unable to Attend Confederate Re-
union at Memphis.