The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-21
new I DIRECTORY
T|'ELl.SI.0|:||. GROWTH ' |! !.
Interesting 3 sand Figures 't. 'f Re
garding The Progress Of
Richmond. sE.

4 the Richmond Directory for 1905 has
mad IT'S tardyI appearance, grown fatte ter
ana more expert ehced, than In former
years. There are al pages within it's
blue cover. full Of ntfresting infor mt +.
Ytions forsthe directory has blossomed l out
into q guide to Richmond. a herald aid. q. q
its. advantages and q general informa ton ~
bureau Of all that ertains 70 civic at.
fairs sS.s5 IS IS &
Among the ntstestingf facts set a1' out in IN
the preface, sare. the lfoHo wing for 1895 :rg.
Banking capital q sRl chmond e, oso.,
Surplus and undivided Il proa[ ,2a2;
I sO4. Al. i5 ssySss 57 ~;
BANK clearIngs, s25s, ses, 2ss. .s - :s
Capital in trade, s., 800. 76o.
Value OF manufactured prod cts,i s66s,-
2o1. ssso4 sa ,35
\ I Jobbers sales, .55. os2,971
Number OF manufacturing plants, .62I
Number OF employees In plants, 80, 5o4.
! Number of railroads running to Rich
/ I steamsr line lines to Richmond, "a.
Richmon has the lar est:
L Publishing house. "a
e. Cigarette factory. ssS
u 8. Baking; powder. factory,
4. Shoe shippers. FRI Z VI.
p 5. Fertilizer ~ company. M X 3 ;54
lin the South. M 81 7
Richmond has 81 miles OF 1 electric rail-
way; 1900 houses, and l1e miles Of
streets. VI NJ vi I'll 5aS
The assessed value Of real estate 10
\ S51, 35ss83 y OF personals sproperty is $37,-
21o, $50 while the value OF city property is
/ & mic 1popula tisp Of Richmond, Manches-
| ter and suburbs is 1000. II ..5
Alpha and Omega.
RE- In9 the directory proper, Mr. George
F. Aaron Is tho alpha and Mr.. William
:Zwanziger is the omega.
There are the usual number OF Smiths,
Browns, Williamses, SiSt Joneses,E Whites.
IIarrises, SCOTS, Taylors. Tylers and
Wilson's. There are many marked by q
single star, like the flag Of Texas being
tcolored. 1. IN this connection ST. Is inter-
.estlngt to, note that, there are 1sJ neg oes
named /" Wlhi tessnnd sixteen white fpeolNs
l,aIi1ed Black ~ recalling What ina
name! l9lR' Among the names that appear
but ONCE in Z the volume, md which,.
Therefore, suggest single blessedness are:
Abajlan. Aaronoyit CHI. Boyce, Carlo.
iCecchini. Lincoln. Zetelle, il zetsky, Ude.
Vunck, Yarachek. X 38
|. Colors Of the Rainbow.
/, There are ut least eleven colors rep
resented by the names OF citizens. who
are Black, White. Red. Green, Gray,
Brown. Blue, .Yermillio !, Dun, Roa,,e,.
Sorrel. ,39 IA sS
A few animals and birds also find their
way into the pages set apart for the
cognomens sof, Richmonders. There Is
Lamb, { Lion;a IIogg Eagle, Bear, snar-
Cock, Partridge. Drake Ell Colt, Bull ana
Wren. tti. ~ Nd
Perhaps the most renla r4ta Die fact dis
closed by the directors ssas that some
forty-one of our colored population re-
ajo!ce in the names Of grent Presidents
OF, the United States, 4 tere are thirteen
George Washingtons. two john Iylers,
six Thomas Jeitersons, one ] ohm Quincy
Adams. one James N1bnroe, one James
Madison, one William Henry. Harrison
ten Andrew Jacksons and SIX Andrew
NJ ohnsons. III
BESIDES this band OF distinguished
fcolored men. there are six John Han
Edolphs, one Henry Clay, one Ben amin
Franklin and one Martha Washington,
all colored, Is y ~ 4 h T. MT 4
Strange as 1t may seem. there Is no
III, s.. Grant, "A, Lincoln or Garfield In
the directory. nor are the names Of any
H'modern'4 Presidents represented.
In the Manchester directory, which 70
united with Richmond. !. Mr.. y. CALVIN
Abbott heads and Mr. Peter G. Aylstra
brings up the rear