The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-04

is estimated by we'll Informed account
nnts that the income for this year viii
amount to moro than s3,oOo,Oo0. showing
an Increase Of more than Il million uol-
lars in the last twelve months.
Increase Of Population.
Richmond now has il population OF
10000; with those in the territory which
has been lately annexed, 1900 and v:sh
Manchcstcrs 1900 citizens, II that city
consents to annexation, Greater Rich
mond will boast q population of $4,000
people. At thls time she ranks No. 40
In the list OF cities of the United States,
but II the proposed annexation movement
goes through she will take the position
Of No. 80. Il
Becoming Metropolitan.
During the past i've years the provln :
clal aspect OF the city has disappeared.
Old business structures have made way
for the sky-scrapers and the economy of
space has taught the lesson that white
front fcet''Anrc expensive, air, no mat
ter how high up, Is free. The sky line
has been so changed that were citizen
| OF twenty years ago to stand across tho
| James River nc would with difficulty rec
| oynize the Richmond Of his memory.
|aWithn u year the Mutual Assurance So
| cicty OF Virginia and the American Ma
tiona Bank have built imposing struc-
lures equipped with all the modern con-
| ven iences Of business life. The Virginia
State Insurance Company's new oiiice
| building has made It's appearance on the
crest OF the commanding hill at Fifth and
| Main Streets. a new playhouse ndorns
| broad Street, while, fronting on beautl-
| full Capitol Square, rises the handsome
new Richmond Hotel.
| Amongst the religious edifices are the
| magnificent Cathedral of tho Sacred
Heart, fronting on Monroe Park. pre-
scntcd to the Catholics Of Richmond BY
Mr.. Thomas F. Ryan. OF New YORK; the
imposing Beth Ahabah Temple. on upper
Franklin Street, and the handsome Sec
ond Baptist Church, on the corner OF
Adams and Franklin ID
The new Capitol building. which is now
nearing completion, and the massive steel
cell building at the State penitentiary
are examples OF the buildings erected by
+ the State, while lighthouses. engine.
houses, u jail, patrol stations. city stables
and especially tho new water works and
the settling basin, 60 to show what the
city is doing In the way OF construction
The settling basin alone, without the
"mlssing link will cost 100000, wllfe
on the stand Pipe and electric pump the
city has already expended SIPS, 900
Great Building Revival.
5saIn all parts Of the new buildings
have gone up, from the modest residence
to the great warehouse or magnificent
hotel Prosperity has not been confined
exclusively to any one section, but bus
mess expansion has marked every limo Of
industry. The railroads have erected
new stations, the tobacco manufacturers
have built great factories and ware
houses: great department stores have
sprung Up enormous manufacturing
structures have arisen, and stores. shops
and residences without number have ar
rived because OF the increasing and doml-
nnnt demand, public cutlery, such as
made the rebuilding Of the Jefferson
Hotel necessary, and the erection Of a
great and commodious High School, an
act Of humanity. No. Il
The people OF Richmond are broadening,
and the idea of expansion in every way
is full of interest to them. That an
nexation along the proper lines is a
healthy thing for the city, has been
Inroved by tho newly annexed Lee Dis
.trict. Not many years ago barren
field occupied the district beyond Rich
nond College II there was q house
within its confines 1t stood like n lonely
sentinel, while to-day an army OF homes
have Invaded 1t. Not less than SOO
houses line its well ordered streets. while
Its Monument Avenue will at no distant
/ date, become the most fashionable street
| in the city
At the east end OF the great avenue
| viii be the General J. E. 3, Stuart
statue. Further to the west. In small
| park, stands the famous cques ran STAT
ue of General Robert Edward Lee on
Traveller; still further west ut Cedar
Street, Il monument Will ha ralsed to
| President Jefferson Davis, while at the
west end of the avenue, whore 1t APP
nroaches the Boulevard, n statue to GEN
ernl I1Itzhugh Lee will stand. Between
| the monuments arc long plots Of grass
| and nowers dividing tho avenue into
nerth and south drivoways and haYlng
| the appearance of well kept park,
Thls avenue will some dry be one of
the great sights Of the world, MS the
avenue of famous heroes of the Confed-
erucy. At the request of The Times
Dispatch, Aldermen Minor and Dabney
and Councilman Pollard, of the City
Council have written articles on New
Rlchmond,n which are published below.
These gentlemen have each taken The
standpoint that especially appealed to
him and presented that View to tho
public,
Lee District.
Councilman III, n. Pollard Jr,, writes
interestingly regarding Leo District;
Tho movement in property IN Lee Dis
trIct began In November, 1900. At that
time 1t was spoken Of Ms ''Allen's old
field" To-day there nre from 700 to SUO
nice, brick dwellings, ranging IN cost Or
construction from $500 to $4,000.
Lots on Monument Avenue that sold In
q U.s. d. .t<t.,