The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-01
MANCHES7ER'S
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
Greater Prosperity in the Past
Year Than City Has Ever
Known. e
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HER ENCOURAGING FIGURES
Many inducements and Advant-
ages for Manufacturing Con-
Germs Are Offer
HER ENCOURAGING FIGURES
D. L. Pulliam.

newed life OF growth and prosperity. on
every hand are evidences of increasing
business and enterprise, OF building and
manufacturing activity, and Of the in
flux Of newer and more cncrgizng in
fluences; and the general tone OF the
real estate market has been most en-
couraging.
This statement has been reinforced and
emphasized by the remarkable and wide
extending business growth and enterprise
of the year just ending. The depressing
effects of the boom have passed away,
we hope forever; and our city has stepped
forward in the path of renewed enterprise
and prosperity with vigor and hope; and.
to-day, We stand on the threshold of au
activity and growth unc1ampled In our
history and experience. All of our people
appear TO be more prosperous. Our mer-
chants have done well. and Indicate. by
their alertness and thrift, the increase
OF business and the hopefuness of anti
cIpated prosperity. Our working force
seems to be composed of happy and
prosperous citizens, because they have
been employed and well paid. Many manu-
featuring establishments have been To-
Gated here during the past year. and
they are doing excellently well. and those
previously located among US have been
prosperous, and have greatly increased
sites, our magnificent railroad facilities,
our orderly and conservative citizenship
and our cheap lots have attracted and
held the sight and appreciation OF many
investors and manufacturers. as we pre-
d!cted and expected; until we are In
the midst of n greater commercial and
manufacturing stir than most of the
cities of the State. The good work. ], Is
true, is really Just getting we'll Launched.
but all "signs and tokens" point to O
strong and steady increase OF CONNER
cal and manufacturing prosperity we
have many good things to offer ,ne
earnest seeker. Among them, things that
are hard TO find In this section of Vir-
ginia, and that consequently. are bound
from their very attractiveness ana
unintieness, to demand the attention and
commentator OF the discerning anu
wide-awake men who are seeking Jus.
such fine advantages and faciiities, as
we possess and present.
Centrally Located.
Manchester is virtually in the heart OF
Richmond. Tho center of Manchester is
but a few squares from the corner OF
Seventh and Broad Streets. in Richmond.
Take reliable map and inspect ~, ana
II will appear therefrom that Manchester
is Rugged In by Richmond on three sides
and that Forest Hill Park, with it's !
beauty and sylvan attractions. Is as near
the central business part of RICHMOND as
Richmond College or Libby Hi PARK.
There are fine street car lines IN TINS
city, whose service has been quickencd
and rendered more efficient. These two |
considerations put Manchester in the |
very heart OF Richmond. Therefore. IL
Richmond succeeds, Manchester Is bound |
10 succeed. This allusion TO Richmond |
IS made in the kindest spirit because
what benefits the people of that city |
must benefit Us and vice versa. as we are |
practically one people and one commun- |
ity: and by thus localizing our city we
present most clearly her geographical
impress upon all her environments and
advantageous surroundings.
The map accompanying this article en-
phaszes these statements. and shows |
most clearly the extent and value OF our
manufacturing sites, which extend along |
the railroads and the river, and are in |
the territory contiguous to these great
arteries of trade and transportation. |
which literally and richly vein our lands. |
and thus afford the most complete rail- |
road and water transportation and ship |
ping facilities in this part of Virginia.
Things to Offer.
short synopsis of details will show
what Manchester has done in the past
and tho Inducements she has to offer at |
present and in the future. The city has |
a population within her corporate limits |
of over twelve thousand people. and about |
five or six thousand just outside of her |
corporation she mas lnfec |
street car lines, which connect her with |
all parts OF Richmond on the most favor
able condition of transfer. She is con- |
nected with Petersburg by splendid |
electric railway which Is superbly built |
and equipped, and which also connects |
her with all OF the intervening portion
of Chesterfield county; which connections |
mean much for her future growth and |
prosperity in trade and influence. She
has fine railway and transportation facili- |
flag hnt d., ale,
as far as her business. manufacturing
and commercial interests are concerned
with the great railway systems of the
Atlantic Coast Line. the Southern the
chesapeake Railway system and the Sea-
board Air Line, and the steamboat COM
panles of the James River, as shown by
the niap These railways traversng her
territory, and the territory of the county
OF Chesterfield. contiguous to her limits.
afford splendid facilities for Transports
ton and intercourse, and from the stua-
ton of these lines and their length in
the city and county, together with their
proximity to business centers, and espe-
clally to Richmond. present almost UNI,
ti,h,..a sizes OF great excellence and suit
ability for all kinds of manufacturing
enterprises and general business.
bordering the James River for at least
TWO miles, the city possesses one of the
most magnificent water powers in this
state and water power which will most
laVoraoiy compare with that Of any other
spot IN this country, as we'll as fine har-
Dor facilities In that part of the city OPP
posite the wharfs Of Richmond. AS
demonstrated by the United States En-
gineers in the numerous surveys OF the
James River and the adjacent lands on
the Manchester side of the river, there
are most admirable and fairly located
sites, easy of access and of economi,
construction and readily connected with
the great railway systems for shipbulldny
docks and yards, and especially for
great inland basin to be used by tho
government In time of war; The most
wonderful natural advantages of this
city cannot be more forcibly shown than
by the facts presented in a report made
by Colonel c. p. e. Burgwyn, civil en-
gineer prepared in 1888, He says
physically, Chesterfield county is sit
uated ut the confluence of the James and |