The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-07
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY z, 1905 ! 't'5,'
/. Facts About Richmond.

Teucfers In the PUBLIC schools ul lIe r. RI
yate schools should strive to arouse N \
Etheir pupils n genuine interest Il Rich
snond. and this can lest DO done BY n max max
,ng them learn certain essential d facts
4 about tho city they should learn that
d. Richmond is q city OF about loo' ooo NJ
Shabitants not including the suburbs; . flalS4
"a SS$,rhe d assessed value OF real estate II
1901 was s45, 4so,sse; Of personal property, !,
4 $sG, ss6195. 81 y X f IA
& Tho city,s assets III tile way Of Of gas
works water works parks. public build thl, ID
Tugs and the like nro valued atl5more
Than 100000. Tie public school build I'D
81 ir'gs ana grounds arc valued at u about bout
& 500, oco. NJ
richmond has 1866 manufacturing es-
adjustments. giving empl oyment to go o 9s
hands, capital employed, so 4oe, ooo value
4 of output in 1904. s6o 71s, so9 $780,
Richmond manufactures beer mineral n y,
waters and ice, boots and shoes, boxes,
a carriages, clothing confectionerie drugs,
q fertilizers, -four meal, pickles. sflayor rs
4 agricultural implements, furniture. jew VI
B elry sash. doors and blinds, books, sad SAD
z dlery, tobacco, cigars, cigarettes che enc
roots woodcnware, willow-ware trunks INKS
8 brooms, brushes locomotives and ships, 3f
4Tle banks OF ri chniond have a. capital
III surplus Of 100000; deposits, SIS ooo, 600;
4 total assets, s3s, Ooo, 0oo. Richmond is zone
$of8 the most important financial center IS
IN the South. Tho total bank clearings OF
Richmond for 1901 were nearly $40 ooo 900 700
Richmond Is also ono Of the largest
Il jobbins centers in the South. The capital
employed In the jobbing trade Is more NOR e,
Il than $40, 900, 900 and the sales for 1904
$B amounted to moro than s5l, 00o, 600. Rich
,nond sells at wholesale groceries, con-
fectioreries, liquors and Etcbaccos, pro-
visions, boots and shoes, dry goods and
notions, coal, hay seeds. nursery drugs
and flavorings, meats, hardware and agr III
cultural implements, railway, mill and
plunbers' supplies, hats, caps, millinery
and straw goods. sewing machines, type
writer's, electrical machinery, bicycles,
sporting goods. rubber, oils, paints, var
& nIsh and glass, hides, leather, tan bark,
stoves, t!nware, chinaware and earthen-
ware. books. stationery, paper, furniture,
carpets, upholstery, musical instruments,
fertilizers and woodenwnro. s3si FL
Postottlce accepts. for 1904 were $3S3, goo,
an increase 81 nearly $4,000 over the
previous year. ''55 b.
M Richmond las SO churches, with mem
h bcrship Jr 1853, and q Sunday school
enrolment OF nearly 5000. Richmond
las two homo life insurance companies
and two homo fro insurance companies.
each of which is well established and
doing q prosperous business.
Richmond has u college for men, q
college for women, a theological seminary
'tE q training school for Undergraduates, two
medical colleges. number Of academies
and q splendid system OF public schools.
Richmond has the first electric railway
81 limo ever built and operated, and IN ex
tens!ve system OF electric lines equal t.
a any city of its size In the country.
Richmond has four great railway sys
TENS running north and soutl, and cas-
" ,ation which gives her the lowest com
petitlve freight rates.
Richmond is ut the falls Of tho James
which gives her a splendid water power
most OF which has been developed.
II These facts and figures should be com
mitted to memory by every boy and cir
an the city, and It would be a good thin
II the grown folks would do likewise, The
are facts and figures to be proud OF IA