The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-21

torlun,. there will be no Jam, and all
pa rites could easily get car accan,rnoda-
3tions and not be kept waiting, as would
be the case II this building was located
on some site on the outskirts OF the
city and be dependent on, icy, car lines
now being used as the Second Market,
and only acquire enough on Marshall
Street to make the plot on The south side
of Marshall Street balance with that now
OF Marshall Street, and running ack to
wide b. $50 feet long.
i ''Then to buy the4lots Nos. 8 and q,
cade entrance to- the auditorium from
Broad Street. i55 ~ ~ III tIfs n "a, i
& .s.Thenlto buy allot 80 feet wide running
out to Clay Street, 80 ne to give an ottHr
en tTanoe Eli that s Wea .nan Mars,al
street, and thus give two more entrances
to the auditorium from Sixth Street.
Police HI dquarters.
% The space over the Broad Street en-
trance38is designed for an !fup-to date
police adquarters, with sleeping rooms
for officers of duty. Being in a central
feature to have a patrol station This
part Of 1.-THE building, including the en-
frances. would be separate from me ie az
scade entrance to the udltorlun1. There r
part, and prisoners could be held here
Notwithstanding any way In erferingI
with the balance Of the BUILDING q, ], q.
Ihis building could be- Dull W to 1
present market, & and at the II same time
could be rushed 80 as to have the /, same n,
ready early next year. \ This could %
done by! only erecting the olumns ne e,
no way interfere with the present mar II.
:ket5 The property could be enlarged by
building an arcade over the east side
walk Of Sixth Street, same as8Wa wa s, done
In New York at the Madison /. So 81 u 1,li
could be Increased In capacity and would
be almost a Ecomple ate semi Giro le. tS
Central Market.
{. %. That after1 the uditorium, etc..
were completed, .I&th he taspa ce sund erneath
could beg turned intoELant u q ga tey; cen-|
trail market, and would be amply large
.ment Of stalls, as shown, the whole
place could be kept clean and made Y en- r.
tirelys sanitary. I'll ~ y 5 } n
sssss"e. That by combining these. features
and working them In the manner sug-1
sary. buildings. and 50 grouped that their;
maintenance could be cut down to the
very minimum. Ss'
o7;, T rs. only property a, to be bopght
which are the only expensive ones to be
acquired The marrow strip sott, to Clay
Street would not cost much as this
property cannot be very Valuable. .5
II, In the event this strip could not
4 be obtained, then the entire property
could be bought and converted into first
class stores or stalls and run In connnec-
ton with the market, The Marshall
as 1t is all inexpensive property.
is. The building. as designed for this
lot. would be ample for I'LL three Of the
\ unconventional purposes, but 1t the
same time could be n made " very orna-
mental and unique and being situated IN
such. a desirapi e central loca lion SsWould
be a fine ace for az public agat herring
BattleHAbbeyH Feature.
And in the event the Battle 3, Abbey
Bof the building built on the corner Of
Sixth and Broad Streets It could be made
a very handsome memorial building and
would be where every one visiting the
/ / Finally: After giving this matter
careful thought, this scheme seems to (, !, Its :,
promoter by far superior to any other
( that has ever been suggested, and II
Richmonl expects to be a Go-ahead, pro-
gressIve ctyj4it seems that now Us the
I. time and this the place for herSto show
10 the country at large that she Is Vide
awake 10 the needs st all large ;a,, rit ns
Ter in the front ranks Of all q =, o "
American II wideawake and ups date
!, rnrret y cent spent when the thing Is
L accomplIshed, as she can invite any ana
al, large conventions to confe ana pay
her nnVlsit knowing we'll thai she cav az
offer them every comfort. <, Z. y