The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-29
use ELECTRICITY
||.NH:J0ME AN|D'FA|RM
Nearly Every Modern House
Built These Days Wired for
Electric Fixtures.

Electricity In the home Is a question
affecting every one in Virginia and the
Surrounding States to-day. Only a few
ilyears ago THE people Of remote sac
lions OF Virginia, to say nothing OF tho
4 surrounding states, never thought OF
being able to talk from their homes to
iErelatives, friends or business men IN
Richmond. To-d day practically every
\ home in Virginia and the surrounding
States is connected by telephone with
| Richmond and other large cities In the
country.
| The next step In Advancement for
home comforts is electricity for light
| ing. cooking and power use In rural
districts, as we'll as for farm purposes.
| Already in many OF the Western States,
electricity Ia being used on the farms
for 1abor-saving appliances as we'll as
illuminating purposes. Recent I'M
provements in transmitting power long
distances. makes 1t possible for tho
/ Virginia Passenger and Power Conf
pany's plants in Richmond to supply
Icurrent to farmers in any section OF
1.-THE surrounding States within a rea-
sonable distance.
SO greatly has become the demand for
electricity In the homes, that to-day
practically every house built In recent
years In Richmond. Manchester. Peters
burg and the suburbs has been wired
for electricity. connected with the lines
of the Passenger and Power Company.
and electric light and labor-savinH
appliances furnished. Tho very red
sonab1e rates of cost for current. coupl-
ed with It's great number Of uses ex-
ceiling all other lighting and power
agencies, as we'll as its many other
Recommendations, Is fast making this
mysterious element an absolute necess-
| ity in homes. offices, factories and
workshops. and on the farms every
where.
In modern rural sections. where the
latest and most comfortable homes are
to be found, such as In Ginter Park,
where every house is wired for cleo.
tricity and connected with tho Passeng-
Ter and Power Company lines, electrical
flights are the only lights used. With
electricity in the homes. the residents
can have numbers of other appliances
operated by this agent that they could
] not otherwise enjoy--electric curl
ing irons. baking ovens. chatting dishes,
lbroilers, coffee pots. milk warmers, flat
irons. bed warmers. health vibrators
and a number OF other necessary APP
pliances which are ready at the turn
or the switch, free from smoke, smcll
ashes and dust.
So great has the demand for electri-
city grown in Richmond within the last
year .hat every modern house to-day
includes electric wiring in its plans In
4 the West End. between Cary, Taylor,
I Robinson and Meadow Streets. there arc
thrty-fiye new homes being built
J. Every one of these houses is being wir-
cd for electricity. and will. as soon as
tenanted. be connected with the light
ing plant here, and the tenants Use
electricity for#lfghting and other COM
; forts. Numbers Of local architects have
; been at work the past winter on plans
for homes in the isuburbs. and in every
!, instance the plans include electric wir.
ling for ths houses Architects and con.
tractors agree that no home to-day Is
modern CT can be called such unless 4
| IS equipped for electric lights und the
accompanying appliances.