The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-29
WOULD HAVE 100000
WITH ATLANTIC'S AREA
Mayor Richardson Satisfied Population Would
Reach That Figure Were Our Area 26 and
Not II Square Miles

What would Richmonds population
be were her area as great as that Of
Atlanta? Mayor Richardson says 160.-
900, and some think his figures are
conservative. Some study of the
records will show that the mayor Is
not as far wrong as might appear to
the casual observer. Richmond has
within her present city limits just a
fraction in excess of eleven square
miles, or, to be exact, Richmonds area
is lust 1923 acres The bed of James
River marks approximately one square
mile, making the area of the city avail
able for purposes of comparison ten
square miles.
Atlanta has within her boundaries
twenty-six square miles. Atlanta's
population In this census Is lo4,eao'
Richmond's. 127,62S. The question Is
therefore: If Richmond were to take IN
sixteen square miles of surrounding
territory, or more than double ne,
present area, would she add 2''Ali
people to the grand total? Ihere eau
be no doubt but that she wouio NV
than do 1t. ,,,a
1va. drawn about the city, taking ID
about four square miles, lying many
~ tho east and west ends, the prNh.
o,nal areas annexed being all ina.
saction living around William Byra
parL In the west, and stretching aw"y
m Lakewood Cemetery IN the east
Excant for taking in the town OIL
paramount, the line was not mateTluliy
nushed northwnrd. Taxing thslp =,
Richmond and its surroundings NV
tracing a new boundary, say oiie M. AZ,
a,,t frem the present city limits, IT VIII
ha secn that an enormous population
,,as inst Mt Richmond's door. some Oh
la already knocking to come IN.
! ginning at the river. west OF ehe ~
there is rapidly developing supuro
inst west of William BYRD Park' anu
extended building operations on -.
Cary Street Road. a sectloh Wal1 ~, W. W.
shortly be thickly Quilt up all the
wnv TO the Country Club. Further
! over there is not yet much building
Tho lines of the annexation having been
nushad far to the westward, but al
ready Grove Road has been eAtehueu
| far into the country, and a movement -
on foot to continue Monument Avenue OH
over the Belt Line tracks TO ne"
suburbs projected on RISING srouhu
further out. North of Broad street
Road there Is large area from ALL
son Street west, with manufacturing
plants and homes. railroad rundhouses,
| and on beyond, the State FAIR Grouhas
and surrounding property. Glnter fark
has in close radius Of 900 homes, WIN
| propable population of nearly d
900. The town of Barton Heights mas
a counted population Of $500, with
| Brookland Park. Battery Place ana
other suburbs just beyond.
Chestnut Hill has more than 500 oc-
cupied homes. and With Highland Park
/ ~ lot of
area between these townships is closely
built up. Crossing the railroad tracks
will be found Chelsea Hill, the homes
OF many of the employees Of the Lo-
comotive Works The present bourda-
ries do not take in all the people liv-
ling in tho section known as tSatrmount.
The lines nre pushing on out toward the
National Cemetery in the East End;
Fulton Hill Is building up, and on
| down the river below Fulton are the
Cedar Works and two fertilizer plants,
each with an army of employees, many
| Of whose homes are beyond the city
| limits.
Crossing The river the lines are
| found to be even moro closely drawn,
for tho former city of Manchester had
i not pushed out It's barriers in many a
| day. From the Southern wharf on the
river on out to Swansboro, the settle
ments at Clopton and Oak Grove, the
rapid building at Woodland Heights
and along the line to Forest Hill, seem
to indicate that on tho south side
There Is almost as large a population
outside as inside Of the corporate
lines. Without accurate figures for
Henrico and Chesterfield counties. 1t is
| Impossible to say Just what popula-
| ton there Is actually dependant on and
doing business In Richmond, but any
enc who traces the outline given above
|'will be convinced that the Mayors
| figures are conservative. and that
Richmond could still further Increase
lits population by from 40 to rs per
l'cent, by again extending out Its