The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
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RAILWAY SHOPS
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tcation of the present city and the I'm
.provement or It's sanitary condi tion. i. v III
The Story Of Other Cities.
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| Mr.. Bryan was next called upon by
chairman Mccarthy and responded hap
! ply! Illuminating his practical talk with
/ a. number Of well told Illustrative anec-
| francisco and of the work being done
\ there by cx- Mayor ~ F'lelAn. mentioning
the proposed expenditure Of 5;li million
for, city hospital, two millions for
| the extension and Improvement Of its
sewerage. Going backward to antiquity,
! Mr.. Bryan spoke of a little town that
l!t"cutg more Ice than any on the map lie
i world had gotten It's best ideas 8 archi-
| 3tucturo, It's best and much that
has been inherited by this age. All Athen-
I ians We're actuatcd by civic pride and
1t cost. They wanted the bost and they
got 1t. The speaker held up Athens as "
worthy example of civic pride and what
could bo accomplished by 1t. In clos
Ing he suggested that Mr.. Joseph Wal
lerstein he$ heard from. commencing that
gentleman for his zeal and his work In
X securing this meeting and q definite plan
for&an organization, Il. 3s
Acknowledgment, In responding directed
RyaIl. president of#tl,e Central Trades
and Labor Council, and suggested that
Mr.. Ryall be called upon.
! Il Tho suggestion was received with gem
eral favor and there were 5 cries for
\ dress TINT enlisted the attention OF ALL
and embodied n timely and practical
suggestion Of definite work for the or
gantzation. Mr.. Kyall stated In the out
#set that lie represented an organiza ton
Numbering seven or eight thousand citl-
sena Of Richmond, the ma sscs. who have
ut heart tho interests af Richmond as
mich as any other GLASS This was tho
had been in Richmond that the labor
Z organizations OF the u city representing
thousands Of citizens have ever been In
vited to take part In such a. movement
for the advancement and upbuildinG Of
the city & # stt
Valuable Suggestion.
Turning his address into practical oharl-
+ nels, Mr. Ryall spoke OF the proposed en-
largemept OF Its repair and construction
shops BY the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road and OF the vast Importance TO this
city OF securing the location OF those
shops here employing thousands of men
i who would add TO the populIn z. ana
What the city needed was industries and
immigration. Such Industries asG that
mentioned mean more to the MASSES of
the city than tho laying OF pavements
and tho putting down of sewers, lie lm-
pressed the value ana Importance OF
prompt action to secure the Local ton or
the enlarged railroad shops for this city
Mayor Mccarthy commended tho sug-
EeStlOn OF MT s1NyNii GIN WV Ss'ph.
OF the Trades and Labor Council with It's
thousands OF men OF brain and Drawn
In I; movement Of such magnitude ana
such vital interest to all the citizens as
Mayor Mccarthy called unon MIR, John
B, Minor, OF tho Board Of Aldermen toF
n statement. MI, Minor spoke with clear
ness and with force or the relation o 4. the
Council to such n movement. Its ATTITUDE
toward the manA!mprovements suggested
and the Limitations upon It's power TO sup
ply all of the many needs clamorlng Tor
consideration. The city's Income wa
only about two millions annually. while
al nhars Ss'' We're about si,sooooo leaving d
balance Of only nhout two hundred thous-
and with which to meet demands for
inlprovenents aud betterments Fagglesat-
liz in cost about one million,
Others Speak.
Mr. George y, sydnor, Jr. was nSX y
ca He'd upun. and made u stFong, pr,letlta!
talk, re,narklng upon some OF ms des ''ep
improvements, lIn advocated especially
such expansion Of the city as would re-
We've the congestion IL the present limits
ana provide homo bull ders wi TIL larger lots
in coi,nection with their homes. He CLOSED
his address by n reference To tho railroad
shops matter, ana Impressed the Import
tance OF tho city, through It's Represented
&IiYe business lions. taking prompt
action to Impress upon the oticials the
desire nfl this city to secure the shops:
He moved that q e0lnInlttee DC then ana