The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-21


and railroad connections to be found
anywhere.
The ocean borne freight OF the
world has increased 5000 per cent.
during the last century. Are not all
of tho cities OF our Atlantic seaboard
deeply interested in this fact?
About twenty-five years ago deep
water was given to Frankfort on the
Main. As result its population in
creased from 10000 in 1876 to over
100000 to-day. With this great and
rapidly developing country back of
us, IL deep water is given to Rich
mond on the James, she will far sur
pass Frankforts record in the next
twenty -five years.
Washington's Foresight.
About one hundred years ago Cen
eral washington proposed canal on
the north nanK of james river to
unite Its waters with those OF the Ka-
na"ha- for the purpose of opening
up commercial communication with
the Mississippi valley, the great food
producing section OF our country to-
| day.
About the same time tho State OF
new York began to dig the Erie ca
nal, The Virginia project stopped at
buchanan, but that OF the erie ca
NEW
york enterprise had tailed and the
James river and kanawha canal had
oeen completed. where would the me-
tropolis OF the country be to- day, on
manhattan Island or in Virginia ?
VINO can answer such a question ?
Ana who will tell me what the bene
hts Will be to our children one hun
dred Years in the future, II we shall
now open All inland waterway from
Maine 10 Florida
FIFTY Years ago Richmond was nj
n MOI. ahhihilated. For four long
years. as the prize for which all cor
sended, 1T received on its head the
iuii force of the blow that nearly
s cfusneo the life out OF the entire
south. hen the Confederate ARMY
crossed the James it left the CITY In
flames, and when the Federal Army
departed, ashes covered the s,reass
Nearly all of the strong men of 1s60
r IA soioiers graves, and, there
iore, the talk Of rebuilding rested
go ppn me shoiaers OF the gray-hea ded
liners ~, ana their grandsons-mere
ooFs. me struggle was hard and
PROGRESS was SLOW Ten. ,war,,
tnlrty, forty years passed before tho
Eress marked, .he pro-
me census shows that during the
last ten years our population ha. IN
creased over 80 per cent. bu, a coed
oeai or this was due to the exfensior
ot our corporate Unite. During the
same period our business enternrisa.
nave moved forward at a much rnnra
rapid pace. N'
Our manufacturing and jobbins in
.eIe@s nave each Increased over 1e2
per cent. our assessed values over
los Per cent. postoffice receipr. ~
per cent, bank deposits 207 per cent
building operations s02 per cent and
teiephenes near 600 par cent.
Great Business Enterprises
Richmond claims to have among
us business establishments four of
the largest Of their kind in the world
Inc richmond Cedar Works, making
countless tubs and buckets. for use
~ this country and abroad. the
southern Manufacturing Company.
manufacturing the Good Luek- Bak-
ing POWDER which la shipped not
oniy in Tar lots. but by train loads.
she Southern Stock Yards. auntie<
sales stables. furnishing annually
about thirty thousand horses and
mules to the farmers of the South:
and the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company. fifty million dollar cor
poratten. distributing fertilizers broad.
cast, in every direction.
These are individual plants There
are otner interests of large proper
fiohs, represented by a number fI
that well deserve to
De mentioned, IL time Permitted. n
will refer to only two.
The Paper Mills OF Richmond turn
out 100000 pounds Of paper an
nually. of which 90. 100000 il biotting
paper, constituting rs per cent. OF all
the biotting paper made In this coun-
try and more than Ia produced at any
other place on earth
Our tobacco interests are our larry
est. Richmond Ia headquarters for
the leaf department OF the Imperial
Tobacco Company, of Great Britain
and Ireland, and the Austrian and
Japanese governments. There are To-
Gated In this city four OF the largest
plants OF the American Tobacco Com
pany. manufacturing chewing and
smoking tobacco and cigarettes ana
cigars. Around these are grouped q
number OF Independent" factorieA,
and together they handle 100000
pounds of tobacco annually. OF which
10. oOo. 600 Is put in finished shape for
the consumer before 1t leaves the city.
Tsn thousand employees are engaged
In this work.
Richmond 10 now paying into the
treasury Of the United States on this
one article Of tobacco $t.2so.eo0 an
nuAliy. This IL one. OF many. good
why the general government
should promptly give us deep water
Building ON Soil dFoundation.
The rate 1T which Wa are now