The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26
SOUTH BOSTON AND
ITS ENTERPRISES.
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estabiishments Of their kind IN the
country. These plants alone cost
100000 EACH and r. b. Johnson's plant,
FOR tho Same line OF business. which
was burned out In the 1907 fire. but
escaped the one OF the year before, has
also been completed, at cost OF
$4,000. That OF G. w. Walters & CO.
cost nearly as much. All OF the burned
warehouses have been rebuilt OF bet
ter material and oil present more
imnosine appearance. Another new and
imposing structure Is the Garland Ho-
tel. which has about seventy-flve rooms.
wide halls, broad stairways and 10 mod
ernly equipped with electric lights,
steam heating apparatus bathrooms,
sample rooms, etc.
II is an ideal hotel, and with Its
lovely lawn and large. airy rooms, 1t
is especially inviting to the tired SUM
nier visitor seeking a good place Tor
month or more OF rest. a first class ice
factory has been erected and put IN
operatIon to supply the people Of the
town and all along the two lines OF
railway. which cross each other here,
with ice.
Municipal Energy.
IN the meantime the town itself has
bean spending good deal OF money IN
bricks and mortar and other material
20 make South Boston up-to.date ana
altogether lovely. Much cash has been
nut In granolithic and brick sidewalks,
twenty-odd thousand dollars nave
been spent in improving and enlarging
the water works, and now. In ADDITION
to the former pumping station on pan
River, and the 75,0o0-gallon stand pipe.
It has q new pumping station on the
same stream. and another tank. and
the combined works supply the town
with all the water 1t will require for
all purposes for decade or two TO
come. The sewerage system Is being
i rapidly extended, and best or all. a
new and complete high school build
ing has been completed and put In
toperation-
This building and tho rcorganized
school We're told about in The Times
dispatch OF March 9Th. South Boston,
in spite OF fires and panics, Is to-day
a better and more vigorous town than
1T was before the flames and the panics
came, and that Is saying great deal.
for before these things happened /.
was described by an enthusiastic citi-
! zen OF this county as the biggest 1T
tie town on the American continent"
On Monday next an election will ne
held on a bond issue of 100000 for
further municipal improvements. 1t
lseenns to be foregone conclusion that
tho bonds will be voted. So sure are
tho authorities Of this fact that they
have already made arrangements TO
place the bonds.
An Important Financial Centre.
The five nourishing banks OF South
Boston are capitalized at S235,000, and
all pay handsome dividends on their
capital stock. Their aggregate assets
are about s1,6io,ooo. Three OF them
do business In their own splendidly
arranged and equipped banking houses,
and all are differed by financiers who
are noted for ability and integrity.
The Oldest OF the five Is the Planters
and Merchants National Bank, which
has paid up capital stock Of 100000.
This institution was organized as q
State bank in 1885, and converted into
a national bank in 1907. It has Aved
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