The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-01
Buyers Can. + Iere$ Fill Every Ret
quirerrle e,lt { of r ctail tsss
.5S ! Trad ss ,SSs Va
THE TRANS POR!'l'T ATl0N I EI|gI
FAclLliTl / | {: ~ CELL LENl1l
Al Tie Day q; ehiit hen
This " ~ q ] p 81 one TIA IN N
n y olesal es Center sof H the [ Z ~
81 South 5reat T Iile se# ii1 ii ss5|ssSBs
the altte offs IS Real \ E,s-
tat S hools. NJ


n There are man y fpcople In Virginia. and
4. ~ cry great mai III lou tside OF State.
.whoS ins som u va + Al ave coneelved N ths
idea tia 4 ri lclimond is rich sonl sas
orie ortotlsss nd lstorl
StEaLs she Ives an al smoY Yess and tos sasl largs
extent, ias her heinE Ill Rings TIM were
delights n Il SO
is u hs Us
5S Isionn1o rld
have no tito arnlise enle
time 4lnug hing nt n tsta alessS thoss
sold town nothing 81 interest. hit ans
scient4 history. % TRUE. ~ ri ich.ao folks
LAYS d lot Of ancient hi story and sn1uchsa
of IT Is glorious en- ough to "a the
demands OF he most sentlmen ntal sSofRsy MI:
fdreanlers. and IT Is al so true that Ricll.s
IA ond people are uff GENTLY sen ~ timenIa!
ana arc proud enough Of anci ient historyssssi yssi
and ancient landmarks and al ~ that kind
OF thing, 5b,lt t. a shall erelnaft fters appears
they are not living on ancient history
and they are not trying to bank on an , S
OF tile gIories OF the past.
Appreciate the Old.
Of course. they are proud OF these
memories and would not for the world q
blot them entirely ou t. On tho contrary,7N
theEpeopc OF this live and IN ever
$,,p-to.drte city would encourage g. rev.
erence of&tle good things y OF the past sS
and for that reason they take sprid s1n s All
pointing out to tho RISING generations ana
{:o the stranger within the gates the mons
3uments that tell OF the years that are 3gs
gone and arc ever WI ms To- spare tlnaa E
from business to disc curse on their 81.
3n!ficapce, historical and ot otherwtse, - NoE s
only SO, but they are eli for mo
monuments and goin S. down IN Ss thetr ssls
rockets for mon eys til at is needle to efec0 s
them. q tB may be rema ed rig herts3asIs s3sI
that dead people never build nonutne q ES
and etllargic ne yel take a!ay'
Only live people fill their city. with mons
suments commenlo Grating the glories.s of s sis
men who are dead or OF h3stn nrtcal lssSs3 sS3
events that stirred hearts and SOILS
tho misty pas t.
d Richmond Is not an m cienc Ss
usually understand tho term. ~ factdss sss
and figures easily verified .4 VIII prove Isl
ia tho satisfaction Of any candid Feader .sss.
fTyet II 81 have tus u a few OF these gfaptH9s
and !. figures, principally figures. Bank
figures usually tell wllat Is goln Isl On ~
a business way in any COM nunl ltys.N -
us SO back TO some figufes tnat saG
5mond made last yea :. z hey are officiaalssS
figures that come from the offtce ssots
th1 Comptroller OF the Currency OF The sSs'
United States & They are from his laso sS I'M
official report. issued on the 9th iot sseps aSS
btenber5 last. and cover tho period Of q WI
year previous ia that da to-. y ts wort M @ @sS
or note III tho beginning tlant this re.aa
mort shows q I decrease for that period 81
in the entire United States in tn gem sSs
era / and Individual bank deposits Thle gs1
combined decrease In the country at lark9 ssss
ran up in the millions, some cltlea snow
Ing n decrease as large as tive mi!laoS1
ana the whole country as much as tftse
to1,, lOWeyer. tS IOCElI
the deficit column; quite the cnntrarysssH
for In the face OF these figures In other
parts of tho country, Richmond loon dsa;s q;
iupR with IN nincrease In deposl ltss q rim 81
that year Of over g, 200 900 an crease
assets OF over soo ooo; IN ~ e1sass
$4,000. This progress has been mad e IN III "a
spitel Of a den,oralized stock NAL rket an
great shrinknge OF values. t IN, \. t5
For eight years from 1870 10 1898 tlle VA
deposits In this city Increased q oef .ss,s
$4,000, and assets Increased ABOUT si,-sy,
nos,ts increased nearly nlne mil lion ana ssss sss
the assets over twelve and ~ hal NILS
llon .y3s =. Ky HI 1T
Daily Facts.
Tho figures for he past six 4 months a
are, Of course, not yet officially Issued
hut bankers foot up thor columns ever 3S|
night, Md pretty much always klG1W 1s1.a
what they are doing, From these da'l
figures. having had a private peep 4, q II
them. the writer is able "a make atl,e ~
statement that the general barking p,lsi
Ness of Richmond for the past elE
months has shown marvellous IN ircEfsases "A
even over, tho rem tlS at9s
Ibxstho Official report % he esomptrcllnr
of tho crrencS for the year n a'id diltsf ass
.septembcr. Tbts Increase did not COM saa
5menco lust last year. but has bel WI ssI
sesnlt of Il rapid sroRtl of ten or &eye