The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
RICHMOND FACTS
WORTHY Of BOAST
Few of Telling Figures
hat Boosters
May Use.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF PRESENT DAY
Varied Manufacturing Plants.
Superb Distributing Point.
Work of the Jobbers-Big
gest of Retailers-Noted
Educational Centre.
City of Churches.
BY FRANK $. woopsoS

BY FRANK s. wooDsoN
h,,s,. 'ioao OF Intelligent and STRICTLY 1,
business Richmond men will he trs
Versing the two States of yirp,nia 80
Nortn Carolina this week. telltn. ~
country people and the cittzens 7or thr
nisses and towns and cities tbronph
whtch they will travel sometime ~
inc business capacity, hustling energy
anu the commercial growth OF the old
~ p'"i OIL the Southern Confederaoy
.nat was. These active and energotIo
business men of the best business ct,,,
IN All the South will DE known for tbis
week as the Richmond Tooster,n ars
q I'VE interesting and entertaining
stoIy they VIII have to tell to the arood
peopie tncy are to meet tlonE their
uee through the two States. All or
.I Soos'ers VIII not have time to tell
III Oh the people they meet eli of +ba
great things that may be elaimed ra,.
e.ichmond, and so review of soma ~
tho things they have to relate NAV ,,ot
De out Of place in the Industrial SEQ
.ion' thousands of copies of which will
De left along the trail.
Greater Richmond n. II Is.
richmond. credited by tho census
, aae a VINO came along last year WITH
iae'oVV population. really has now
iso,ooo within the actual CITY Limits
,,,,tL 49,, ".AHy Suburbs In easy touch
with the business centre OF tba oId
burg by trolley lines and stoan All
way lines could easily add 15. 600 NOR
Inc directory man puts the fin,,res
much higher. but 1 want to ha yarv
conservative. 'eiS
me taxable values within the o,ty
units are about $40. 100000 Tho most.
emee receipts. always business cri-
| terlon. amount to $75o,O0o n veer nna
are growing every day. The hsni.
ciearings this year will amount Ia
| s4oo 100000 or possibly moro. The
| pank deposits within the CITY az. 10.
| oay no less than $4,000, 900. ana tha
ioans and discounts a tribe more ,hnn
the deposits. The capital and surnIua
o, me Richmond banks amount 10
Facts Asout sIanufacturine.
There are 1900 misunderstanding n1sn+,
great and small, in the city. and tbav
are now employing $4,000 people. ana
nine out OF ten of these Embellishments
ure crying for more hands These fac
. LOT made and sold last year over
SSi.ooo,ooo worth of goods 1t Is est
mated that the products will foot ~
s1o0. 100000 this year. Those n,.ny,aa
turing plants turn out everything 70
quired.in the affairs OF life from loco-
motive engines down to the smallest
thing that machinery and genius can
turn out The larger factories. r,bfch
employ hundreds OF hands. are the To
conotiVe Works, the varied iron works
.ne "oodenware works. the largest Of
their KIND In the country; tho paper
mills. the Touring mills. the stnya
works. the baking powder works tba
iiaVorinS extract works, the glass and
pottle factories. the fertilizer works
me tobacco factories. the electric mn
shihery works. the tin can works. the
broom factories. the furniture facto-
Fies, the shoe factories, the trunk fac
torles. the cigar and cigarette facto-
RES. the automobile factories, the car
rage and buggy factories. the aero.
plane factory and the publishing
! houses. - .
Among the smaller manufacturing
plants are those that turn out nropri-.
etary medicines. varnishes and paints.
pickles and preserves. heel .aps, adyer-
Using ana other novelties. paper boxes
! ana envelopes, overails and shirts and
various and sundry other things too
numerous and TOO tedious to mention.
truly there is no city in the country
mat operates greater variety of man
ufacturng plants
! Richmond's Jobbers.
! Inc 1obhers OF Richmond sold last
year s7s.oOo,ooo worth of goods, ana
they expect to largely increase these
figures this year, in fact, thev have
already done SO, They sell goods in
/ every Southern State and in several
! Northern and Western States. The
capital In operation in the jobbinps
business amounts to about $4,000. 900
All the people agree and all the
thousands of visitors who come to
Richmond from all parts of the world
agree that Richmond has the best
/ street railway system of any CITY IN
lines are in operation. networking the
| city and extending Tar out in the SUI
burbs- Last year the street railway
conductors collected nearly 10000. 600
| tares.
| Richmond also has the right to boast
OF Its telephone system. Fully $4,000
phones are In use In and about the
city. and the Bell Company has here
one OF the largest and best equipped
exchanges in the country. and the long
distance exchange is In all respects up
i to date.
Some Reasons for IT All.
There Is no city In the wide wide
world. reckon. which has better
i equipped and better managed retail
stores and mall order hou5ea To go
into details along this line would res
i Mt my disposal for this article. SUI
nee 1t to say that stroll along Broad
or Main Streets. or both. walk along
| the business end or Grace Street, and
| through the many cross.town strsets
upon which the retail business is done.
would convince any visitor of thu
! wonderful amount OF business tho re-
| tailers do In this crowded city.
/ There is a reason for all OF this en-
1 terprise and all OF this success In
i business limos OF all kinds IN Riche