The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-01
RECORD OF TIE YEAR 1901.

Richmond. dear old Richmond. the
;ueen City of the South, starts the year
s3.,a under the brightest conditions ever
= l;.awn in her history. There IS every
Ing to look forward to. while the year
IA has been a. record-breafer from
..-sry point of view. She has surmounted
~ difficulties during the year just closed,
and takes her place to-day as the leading
Industrial and commercial center Of the
soutr. the vast distributing point from
mich her products are sent all over the
borld.
And her future. What shall / say OF
That? 1t was never brighter. Pluck, en-
terprise, energy. good business Judgment,
foresight, confidence, loyalty to her inter
lists on the part of her public-spirited citi-
tens, faith in her possibilities, a determi-
Ration to compete successfully with all
,omers, and all that is represented in that
Expressive. if not altogether elegant
ter1n-Hustle-have put Richmond where
The deserves to be-in the front ranks OF
tnterprisng cities with glorious past
end a splendid future, until now there is
no fear for Richmond
If any croaking citizen who --as loungcd
about from place to place and spent his
lime Struggling his shoulders. arching his
hrows and damning with faint pralse.
has felt skeptical about the Dotentialities
ef the beautiful city on the James, he
has now but to cast his eyes over the
ts,ires as set forth below, and all doubt
Kill be removed
FACTS THAT SPEAK
The industrial activity OF the city has
ehown a marked increase, III both the
SclGme of business and the enlargement
md Improvement of plants, not to speak
ri the large increase in the number Of
enerat;ves employed. In the year 1900 the
humber of manufacturing enterprises in
Richmond and Manchester was Isis: the
number of hands employed in these
plants %, ,56S The capital invested was
il9,1 Us. $50. and the amount represented
by the sales S4S.S62. S64
Now, compare these figures with those
pf the year just closed. and the increase
ali along the line cannot hut impress one
who feels an interest in the material de-
ecIopment of Richmond. The number Of
plants in the city during the year just
closed was 1863; the number of hands en-
pioyed. u 97a; the capital invested. $25.-
fs613 and the amount represented by
the sales, S55,95S.105. This is an increase
Of 81 new plants. 2.4l2 operatives, $4,Si3.o5S
capital. and $7.o96,241 in sales. DO not
EnSSe figures IIiSsiil iliitli iOif lits iiLiuS-
trial enterprise of Richmond? No other
city in the South can boast of so healthy
y growth.
While the largest growth WAS made in
tho iron and tobacco industries. many
others came in for a big increase. The
i.nmense sales during the year show how
steady is the growth of the demand for
Richmcnd-madc goods all over the coun-
try, and is Il tribute to the intelligence.
skill and efficiency of the workmanship Of
RichmoId's working classes, while the
big increase in the number of hands en-
ployed here indicates the determination
on the part Of the local manufacturers 70
Eupply the steadily-increasirlg market fo:
Richmond products and broaden the ter
ritory through which their output is dis
trihuted.
TiiI2 JoBBING TRADE.
A glance at the ioo5ing trade Like the
manufactures. this has been most graf
flying. and speaks e,oquently tor this
c!ts as /; great distributing center. In
1885 the capital invested in the jo1hbing
business of Richmond and Manchester
amounted to- sipO.2, 5oo and the sales
amounted 10 s,s l;336. 200
In 1891 The cal,ital Invested Was s11,2S5,-
600 while the sales amounted TO Sii.3la.0Ua,
an increase in capital of S2I2,aeo and IN
sales OF s, 723S geo. This is certainly, n line
exhibit FOR Richmond and leaves no
dolIbt of the citys bright future. so Ear
as the iobissing business is concerned
BANKS FORGE AHEAD
& But to the banks. (which are always q
good barometer of the business transacted
fE : community. In this field OF CONNER