The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-26
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D intsMfor Richmond

Editor Of The III mes Dispatch: 81
sir. ichmond.$.f from no S Q n a will
rapidly increase.t the opulation. The city
Rsss9sy asea gES p2s
growing HoptlAt idn.Ss No uildtngs !. OF IN
public or senTl- public nature. should be
built IN }sna ~ parks in the heart Of
~ Tie e. S atty shodld have large r., park, con
tainlng i 800 $or-.2, 0o0- acres Of land. Such
par1 sfStSa 15Hln thTHs t. ys
sllneste xtended-ta tori ,4runnIngy .each5sjde
Of +, Swould cause hundr!sds of Invest
ments ITO DO made with on tstde capital,
which. WITHOUT such en- rts FOR henlarging
h tStle eit;y Would Would bee that
tletfatth work and observation-disclosures the
}partsof itsfownNpeo ple would soon make
Richmond one Of the;g1aat 9 ties e, q th he
big things II was. doing. a nd capital and
energy and brains from other states and
countries would come to Richmond 4 TO,
axslt a1a a5 mea sly e rat
sst az the Confederate Memorial Assocla-
ton 9 rers to double the. amount Ire.
to, build AN auditorium and !. the Battle.
Abbey Of the sopth; would ittnot be Wise
capitalists OF Richmond. TO- buy q large
body Of land some distance from the city
park to the Confederate Memorial Assoc
3clation? let the park be known 5as the
Confederate Memorial Park, to be used
lpetually. Let the Confederate Memorial
Association build the auditorium and the
Battle Abbsyof TIE SOUTH nuthe park.
Tins to time. The Battle Abbey Of the
ssath ts"a g rs
complete StheBbuIlding OF the Battle b
boy OF the Sou tn 2 Let 1t be even longer
twenty years. Such building will honor
the. Confederate dead and the Lying, and
and glory Of tho South. This BnttlegA ABB
hey OF the South should contain hun
dreds of busts 4 and monuments y the
Conloderatss only az q eadlnE gen
and and th Mere yshoqaia be- tapets With tie
names Of every one Of the soldiers. who
wore the gray, giving name of me sta te,y
yne S eaah ybeloneed SHOULD
have rooms filled wth5epatatin gs, .the
relics OF the soldiers and the lterntnfe
Of the SOUTH pertaining to,the, story Of
1Me I ta las as welas hi the records Of
every company that can be procured. to
preserve for the; coming generations 3 g
Ihe materlal for ne sgreat bltGG-
should have special roon7sS etG. The Com
federate Memorial Park cansb be a place
great pnbS foy
With growing flowers. rhto yshruhbery,
trees from every Southern z stat .ts,l nketa
Memorial Park a dream Of .heaYty, 4 Joy
Conventions cnn he held ,lnt4tl,e halls OF
tho great building. The delega tes OF con-g
XII Ssn'e IL a9sa park sSs from
twenty orYforty minutes time. rather than
to hold their meetings In ~, hall IN the
crowded par,s, 81 9 ~ Z. an, Nan 4,
Richmond taknfahold tof tho ,enterprise.
and 1t vii soon DO an established fact
that the FIX vii bays the nsb
hey in the world, People from all over
t Ses x1sa bA VII Il Hss ses 8ss
Battle Abbey Of tho South ,l !, (. 4
op,o so 81 ys Ffa ssS ea
land adjoining the city, interesting tho
street railway owners ~ the deal, also tho
G9nfeasra'a Memp1aI wh
OF donating 1900 acres nr more 40 tho
Confederate Memorial Association, e ba /
known as the Confederate Memorial Park.
to b bs nnde pSt the supervisiopSof the eiy
and tho Confederate Memoriu "A $50 cla'
etc. 10 the Fpark; and the EE6n-E
federate Memorial ASSOCIATE ong. to & con-
tinually improve and beautify the build,
ngs aud park. The company donating
the land for the park can make a fortune
out OF the land adjoining the park and The
city which II can acquire for tha great en-,
ierprise,% II will ha an enterprise I httt VII!
the South; 1t wlil be IA loving and LAST
Ing tribute to tho Gnnfedcrate soldiers II
Will be- stIucatlys to rising generatl!9,pgs;;
picture In the .history OF America.
g RIFElTH M N