The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
CONVENTION HAIL
WILL [ Be BUILT
Richmond Will Have a
Great Assembly
Building.
FIVE SIZES ARE
NOW PROPOSED.
Different Plans Call for Expcndi-
turcs From Five Thousand
to Three Hundred Thou
sand Dollars-Many ID
Conventions Will
Come Here.
Proposed Locations.

. Y i + o 3 n
Streets. I. #
Main between JEFFERSON and Madl-
son Streets.
Horse Show Building. &
f5 Third Market Building.
Old Fair Grounds site.
The announcement printed In The
Times Dispatch from New Orleans yes
tcrday morning, which said.
Mayor Mccarthy declares that
good auditorium at Richmond is inl-
D. ana that such building H
would make Richmond the central city
Y or the country. He had a plan In mind y
s5 involving d bond issue Of two hun
drcd thousand dollars to build such
an auditorium. IIeSproposcs to take
tho question up vigorously or his
return. He leaves here for Richmond ii
Tomorrow. } @ ai w
has created much favorable comment
and has revived $the often-dscussed
schemes to secure for Richmond a con-
avention hall In \ keeping with the dignity
OF the city and capable of holding the
enormous crowds which Will visit Rich
Inond during the various conventions in
1907. CAV II iss NJ ssSF H: IN &.s n 3i IA Y
THAT Richmond at this time has no
hall which viii accommodate the Grand
Camp OF the Confederate Veterans, Ep-i
worth League of;Anericas or he Southern
Baptist Convention is well recognized, and
that suitable building must be furnish
ed without delay. is equally we'll known
Veterans with the Il auxiliary societies..
will, 1t is said, number about 10000. and
At will be Snecessary8to have a hall 5which
will scat at lea st 5000 delegates
!. The ;Epwortll.+ League OF America is
4 10, 600 strong \ a nj will need ~ a place OF
meeting equally rs comnlod ions as hat
used by he terra iis: t3;s5 Fl,
s The Southern Ia ptist Contcntif,n VIII
need sea tsS for. ., 00o. atgle,s 81 #
these are the only large conven tions
which viii meetsin Richmond during 1907
1T lis true that the General Episcopal
Council meets here, but ha5numo.r OF
delegates Is small, not more, a:alhns most,
than seven or eight hundred, and the
meetings OF the body will be held in the
auditorium adjoining the Jefferson Hotel.
Conventions Eager to Come.
X The Travellers Protective Association OF
America will not be invited to Richmond
in 1907; x Norfolk, 1t is said, having made
IA bid for hat con yeniion. 54
$a There are no railroad conventions schel-
tulcd, nor have the I1lks "r ]2agles la-
$cided upon RichnoEd.
prominent sIhilIOdu mail uiSCuSSlnE
the question on yesterday, said that II
Richmond built a great convention hall,
that any number OF conventions would
come here durlug the jamestown Expo
sition. They all want to Cnm,, hut the
lack OF. accommodation has caused them
to hold back. s .$5t5,
Next year the new Jefferson Hotel will
be completed; !; Murphy's Hotel and the
Richmond will have almost doubled their
7, II ryX--
will be- In operation.
Il All that is needed is to secure for the
city a. convention hall.
sE Mayor McCarthy's plan, It Ia said. il
TO have the City Council purchase tho
entire block bounded by Broad, Eighth,
Ninth and Marshall Streets, and erect
there permanent convention hall. This
scheme would perhaps call for tho ex-
penditure Of something like 1900, OoO,
It would be necessary for the city to
condemn all the property on the block,
except the High School, which fronts
or the Marshall Street side, $
The Rijou Theatre would have 10 be
pulled down. as we'll ms tho old house
on the corner of Ninth and Broad, in
which Mr.. Joseph Jefferson used to live.
/ Another plan advanced by Mr.. Samuel
w. Meek. is to build at a cost OF $2Oo, 900
an Immense Stadium. capable Of seating
10000 people, and to have It so arranged
that it could be COY red and used for
conventions,
Mr.. Meek points out that Athens. which
In point Of population is smaller than
Richmond, Is visited during the Olympic
games by 5000 people, simply because OF
the Stadium.
His idea is to hold the Olympic games
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