The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01

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III cert where they have been blessed Will \
U peculiar Incentives Of business q ACTIVITY
ana commercial impulse, this eli ne e E
n sArily fell he depr cssin Ell ects o. tne
{Sstringency Iii the money market ana tlio}
shelving OF all dealings In real estate g IN
aScident 5to the lunpurnllele speculate
lBin st ocks OF all D kinds. which have been
/ So much iii vogue. Being q community
where stock-iobthng was out 81. ! he tues ,e,s
ton, people have OF 8enj tlle ]. I'M
$lnense 4 profits which 4 have sprtlrg from ON
Il siich TRANSACTIONS; nor suffered me Il Sc,
we're losses incident thereto. They lin ind
s& things more substantial and sol Id TO Of
AZ Fer the thinking and N discerning, and md
which arc grounded upon truth and real
foundations Of ma terlnl gro WITH and and SUD
:orIthes invcstor&to their value md - turel
# poss ibil ties they can point him N g Wn ~
mist present 81 most esilnbleE and prof.
table field fol. business and inYes SIN
which il cultivated, will benefit ililm
willie it benefits the city; the =, man u.
4 who has the means to invest WI N I y
mani facturer who wants q goo.d site any
,,a cticfllySalls exemption from q ~ to yes
i will the 5worlii.lgmal1 who wants a. good
a home, accessibe5t0 street cars q "a tllellce,
u Is his work . in III res e and cenlra
giYborhood and "a ful rates, elt , e.
rental OF purchase read this art ht ny
n ponder II? 95S# "A n, lib
s5lS Centrally coated, 3
8 Manchester Is virtually nHthe hearta OF y
Richmond. The center8of Manchestc h 1s
e loltI 4 \ few squares from the corner 9 :.
Seventh and Broad Streets, in RIG Gnu;
ia II liable map md inspect ana
iitSwill Slppe:lrS therefronlS that NGnnche 81 cr
is Rugged illFbw hmond ont sldes,
NJ anu that Forest Hill Park VII LIS .lss
beauty ana Ivan attrno lions, rs rs near
t1,e central business part OF Ri hmonel rs
S4Sicllmond College orS LIB II I'al'k.
ag,>here & /, rc f111c 8sti.eet car lines IN TINS
~ Il 4 servic has been 8quicls1ealncel
u and rendered moro Scff clint. These " two
81, conslderat ions put WY y
N very hear & OF u II edmond. erefor u
8Fachmond8 succeeds Alanchester Us bound lli
51 3 D succeed sS33 This nllusiun to Rtc hmond
La ma de }in8It kindes spirit, because
What Dement'S !8tle people Of sssthat@ g ity
must benefit EIls. and yice We arg
#1,ract call one people and one comm ~ WI
and hu locali sonr cl! g. ,,s
u present most cleaIl = nj her q
Impress Upon all Nhei snd
5ndvnn tlgeouss surf undlngs 5,fa va {t3gt
81 Kings to * ffer.. 3s5 :53
l,ort o1Ssis Of i details vii show
:swl,a i # Nh ,ichcste has done I'M tho apast,
and Tie Inducements she has to offer ~
present and $ln$ the future, Tle clty mas
{. population wtlln her cooperate ilnlls
i&of8 over twelve o usand people and q p .
five on SIX thousand Just out ide or ,siler
corporation boundaries. She has three 9,
y street car lines, which connect her witt
!allSnarts of Richmond the most ray r.
nble condi ton OF transfer She 81 Is COLI
5iectetl witt II Petersburg by 81 L. splend 1,,l
4 electric raj Is .p..al.
and equipped 3 and WI ~ as g 81 collllcot
8Ehnr with ALI the Intervening portion
Of Chestcrfeld county, Which connections
X mean much for her future Growth ana an
4 nrosnerity ini trade and influence she
has fine railway and transporta ton fa GU
ties, being ins close &C ollomical y con act.
as far as her business manufacturing
&and commercial interests are con erned,
with the great railway systems tof lile
\ Atlantic Coast Line. Nle Southern, the
II chesapeake lilWay sys tenn and the sea sen
hoard Air .ine, and the steamboat COM
$panies of tlesaJares.a River. hese rail-
B ways trayestiny her territory, md the
territory of5$,tie county Of Chestetiieid
contiguous ito her limits, afford splenuld
Facilities for trnnsportatio and int
course, and from the situation OF ~ hesI
Zines and thehA length In lie city ma
county together with their proximity 70
business Scentcrs, and especially to Ricl
q ,liond, present almost unlimited slit OF
great excellence and suitability for MI
"a kinds of manufacturing enterprises and
general business. Bordering the james
River for at least two miles. tho city pos
sesstss one OF i he most magnificent water
rowers in this State. and water power
which will most fayprlbly conpare with
s{5 itt,it or any other spot ~ this country,
as we'll MS fluc harbor facilities In that
lGlrt or tho city opposite the Whnrfs or
Richmond AS demonstrated u by the
United States Engineers In tho humorous
surveys of tho James River and ne Shd-
+ jacentt lands on the Manchester side OF
IN the river there arc most admirable and
1airly located sites, easygof access and 81
economic construction, and readily con-
llectcd with the great railway systems Tor
shipbuilaing docks and yards, and cspecl-
ally for a great inland basin to be used
by the government in time of war. rho
8 most wonderful natural advantages OF
Il this city cannot be more f0rclble SHOWN
;@ that by the facts presented In Il q report
made by Colonel g, tP.$ u. BurgWyn, civil
engineer. prepared in 1883. He says:
physically, Chesterfield county Is sit
uated at the confluence OF the James ana
u Appomattox Rivers. the county lying ~
most entirely between the two. . On the
a Il north there is the James River from
4 4 the county line OF Manchester,8a distance
of$l3 miles, and from Manchester TO the
mouth Of the Appomattox River tho
ii length Of The James Is n miles, IN the
x IA miles west of Manchester THE James
4 River has a total fall OF llG feet. The
Il 5tolal discharge OF the James River at n
Y period when the volume was lowest, was
measured In 1850 and found to be l,2322
cubic feet per second, The winter DIS
charge Is much greater, usually from
\ four thousand 10 ten thousand cubic feet
~ per SECOND. The usual summer discharge
81 Of The river Ii about 1900 cubic feet per
second The winter discharge Is much
y greater, usually from four thousand to
len thousand cubic feet per second. DUR
Ing freshets the discharge iis again much
greater, and AZ one time. AZ ls71 me a az
4 charge was estimated 10 have reached the
enormous quantity of 10000 cubic feet
# per second. The river however, y 50
well regulated and its capacity for dis
E charge so great, that this great volume
OF water was carried off without loss Of
4 destruction Of property. Various plans ans
81 nave been proposed foe imponnding this
III great supply OF water and utilizing by
" storage means this vast power, and adapt
n iHg Il 10 Tho uses and needs of 1nannfaet
,,rIt,g and other purposes 'lie physica
e0ndjfiol,s 1f the .iyer renders these plans
h peffGeUs feasible, and Il is Sbslteyed fha
q they VIII be ultimately carried out. .
f.rhe 1908 feet OF water ling llt Zee
f,.,jII Give 0G g&1 horse fJOWer.F The nOfSt