The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-10

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MANCHEsTER HIGH
Greater Richmond. and they may
make somo folks wonder why Man
chester mas so long been content to
play second fiddle TO Richmond.
Mnnchestcrs Cold Deck.
But maybe Manchester has some
thing up its sleeve. AS a matter of
fact when we como 70 study the
geography OF the consolidated terri
tory we find that the extreme points
OK Manchester arc about as close to
the centre Of Richmond, the superb
trolley service being considered, as the
most attractive points within the old
city limits or in the new suburbs. A
man, or woman, as for tina matter,
can board Seventh Street car and
get 10 any point on tho south side of
the river quite as quick as he or she
may reach Richmond point that liz
IN any way removed from the main
thorouShfares. A rather bad bridge
Is the only thing that bothers. bet
ter bridge is probably what Manches-
ter has UP It's sleeve.
The Manchester of to-day Is a pretty
big town, It's population being more
than 1850 and very close on to 1900.
Some OF the moro enthusiastic folks on
the south side of the river figure that
Manchester and Its immediate suburbs
viii foot UP $4,000. but would rather
keep on the conservative side OF the
fence. Greater Richmond will be very
well satisfied IL Manchester adds IL 900
to the population.
The river front and tho water power
that Is always obtainable In Manches-
ter is the real big asset which WASH
tngton Ward brings to Greater Rich
mond There are manufacturing sites
over there galore, and not few OF
them can be bought cheap. This fact
has been apparent to bigger Richmo no
for many years. and as result not
few Richmond concerns have gone
over the river to branch out. They had
room over there to branch out Con-
solidation. It Is said, will give them
and other concerns even greater room
for branching out purposes.
Washington Ward of To-Day.
There are to-day not less than forty
manufacturing or other big business
concerns ttSe have shops or branch
shops in NJ Sahester. majority of
which have oa5pss in Richmond I don't
mind naming the most OF them. They
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the Firgtnia-Carolina Chemical Com
pany. the Richmond Electric Com
pany. the Richmond Wood Working
Company. the Johnson Axle Works,
the wingo, Elicit & Crump Shoe Com
pany, the Blair Glass Works the
James River Mattress Company. Stan
dard Paper Manufacturing Company.
Linton Coated Paper Company. STAN
dard OIL Company. Southern Manufact-
uring Company. Manchester Lumber
Company. Brimser & Sons, nanufac-
turers wood novelties. Manchester
Furniture Company, Manchester Ia
Bile Company. Union Trunk & Bag
Company, Aragon Coffee Company. e.
Darlington Tobacco Factories. Car
rington & Company. tobacco ware
house: Cameron Stove Company. Union
Stove Company. American Bridge Com
pany. American Foundry Company.
Virginia Metal Company. Virginia Rug
and Drugget Company. Virginia Leath-
err Company. Stanton Tanning Com
pany, Unity Broom Works. the Miller
& Miller Woodworking Company, the
Dunlop FIGURING Mills. one of the big
gest establishments OF It's kind in all
tho South: the Manchester Drugget
Company. the Virginia Leather Com
pany. the Willow Ware Company. the
Manchester Broom Works, and num-
Der of smaller manufacturing enter
prises to say nothing of the big man
ufacturing and repair shops of the
Southern Railway.
Big Pny-Rolls.
All OF these gigantic enterprises en-
ploy many men and not a few OF
them are high priced and high salarted
men. and altogether the weekly pay
rolls OF Manchester. or Washington
Ward, amount to whole lot of money.
The two banks in Manchester of
course, do an immense business. One
Is a national bank, and the other the
older OF the two. Is a State bank. The
Manchester National Bank was a State
bank under another name until
month or moro ago. when it became a
national bank. Its capital stock is $780,
900. Its surplus already amounts to
nearly $4,000. It's circulation. for which
bonds have been deposited. amounts TO
$4,000. The deposits foot up s17o,-
600 and the loans and discounts are
very close to s1s5.ooO The bank does
its biggest business with the Man
chester merchants. the iaboring people
of the town and the farmers OF the
good county of Chesterfield. The saw
ings department OF the bank is the big
thing with the laboring people and Is
very popular among them.
The Mechanics and Merchants Bank
of Which A. L. Ada mson is president
and j. II. Patteson is cashier, was
opened for business on the 18th of
April. 1889. and therefore will be Just
twenty-one years old the day annex
alton becomes a settled fact The
capital stock of this bank is $4,000
and it has an earned surplus OF $4,000.
and in addition $4,000 is credited up
to undivided profits. And this not
wtthstanding the fact that since 1t
commenced business the bank has al
ways paid a. dividend to its stock