The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-01

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M xehrs rats. FOR Instance, tic bank Gle or o.
iags forRi tho year 1872 were but o trlile
Il S,,,Si,Y SE5 900 0t0 It La 81 year ey ere Goll
ESyhIdsraby over S30o. op0, 600. "a i 81
h The Cause Of IT.. /,
WHY thia increasnT VlintE is tho cause i;a
~ ,nIs remarkable growtl, OF tho bails.
,nalTE hisinrss this enlarged handling OF
,,;3ney, This doubling UP, quaaruplit,g OF
tho volumo or exchange? TIC answer ''.
3is simple enough. More mercantile bus,
rs NJ a. y 1nakes moro need Tor banks anu
IN Il. lmAiness, Richmond l,ns been
+ ssiIrandirr our md increasing her busl.
s ,,sss II, Mi tines and everywhere; larger
Ks tn,,linr facilities were demanded ana
\ IN Richmond bankers met the demand.
tsT,his rs tho plain. simple story IN us
81 fLy words fHs IT. can be eSptcsscu. Il, Il,
But this increased business 81 WIZ VIZ =,
,,ecessltated tho remarkable increase ~
ltfsS banking facilities: Where Is IT ana
Mint is It? tits hero in Richmond and
@i;i'is COMPOSED OF pretty much overyth
8S,sgiiiwn 10 the wholesale and retail TRADE.
stsyhe hundred and ten or fifteen thonsnn g
&p,l rore men women and children IN .his
Jstst'V yhn have to cat and sleep ano al ,''
s3sss,a ircS.e and have their ue,n ns ~ ~
&,lbihinE Of the many thousand IN l ,!o
#s.,ibniibs who have to shop here. maze
.ss jSis bne or The biggest retail centers III
H,1,s sortb. and the unparalleled transfoi.
9y,asInn facilities and its accessibility ut
Git, seasons and in all weathers COMBINE
6tcA make Richmond the best wholesale tt Is !.
POINT reachabe from the SCUM SCUM ~. - ~
t spn r,t w. cf tho whole South coun-
~ ssnecially OF Virginia, the
torr shore OF Maryland, North
carolina, South Carolina, W. ", =, -
Georgia East Tennessee, NORM Ala a.
Ni,ama N ana all along down the coas.
ITO the jumping off point at me up CIV
&pf Florida.
8g8s. Wholesale Business.
IN the course OF time the wholesale
@h,sness in Richmond has cniareed nv, NV
rrrnun and branched out until every line
#ssSnnyy represca1tcd here and represented
a+,,l,,, ana adequately. The merchant from
B,[sStowns and from the country can come
- Richmond with tho most elaborate
,nerorandum book his varied retail trade
end demands can suggest and right mere
INC can fiji up every line and supply
every want. as
Rernrery; and provision lines! In boots ana
Ashnps IN hats, in dry goods and notions,
~ clothing in drugs, in saddlery ana
Brsrness and buEgies, carriages, wagons
am vehicles generally, also In farm inl-
8niements and farmers supplies IN bulld-
Snrs,8 materials iron products ana stoilo
svyOrkS 1t CHllnOL sA''>' -
cry, fancy goods and general supplies p Is
Estsnlays second. fiddle to no market m
The land. On the third page OF TINS
Issue Will DO found some very 1nterestins
Information for the visitor within me
$rates. THAT page forms a perfect diree-
Tory that IS worth preserving for guild
aance !, ~, - o,r for
{+hn whole Southern country. and the
orders for all classes Of fertilizers mus ;.
drift here at;slast. They might as well
scnma1n here at first, along with the
other orders, for everything and any
thing that tho retail merchant may need
an his business. \,
Transportation Facilities.
Richmond's transportation facilities In
and out of town cannot be surpassed BY
tany market that caters to Southern
trade 1t is the "home office OF the
5Ieadtnr Southern lines, notably the sea-
hoard Air Line, the Southern Railway.
IN, Norfolk and Western, the Atlantic
Coast Line and the Chesapeake and
Ohio. These railway lines. With. their
9,,aIntficatinE corrections, reach every
fI,art of tho South and Southwest, and
throw the Richmond wholesale mer-
chant in quick 1nd cheap communication
with his customers everywhere from tn