The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-28
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Richmond to Invade Orange,
Culpeper and Fauquicr Coun-
ties for Shop Traders.
PLAN TO BRING PEOPLE HERE
They Need to Be Shown What
Great Things Richmond
Can Do.

The Chamber of Commerce is to, BIO
congratulated on it's good work In
bringing the chesapeake and Ohio and
the Southern Railways together in an
agreement by which Industrial and
conlmercial and social Richmond is
enabled to get In closer touch with
the good people Of Orange. Culpeper
and Fauquier counties. And the rail-
agreement by which trains from tho
counties named and tho good towns
and villages therein can come to Rich
mond for shopping and other purposes
and get back homo before bedtime, and
all In one day.
The arrangement goes into effect
To- morrow, when the Southern Road
will put train on at Warrenton that
viii make two trips a day between
Warrenton and iordonsville and will
have the right OF way over the Ches-
apeakc and Ohio tracks from Orange
to Gordonsvillc, making quick connec-
lion at Gordonsvilie with Chesa PEI ke
and Ohio trains bound for Richmond.
BY this arrangement 1t is possible
Tor people in the good counties named
above to leave their homes at an early
hour in the morning and reach Rich
inond In time for business and then
return home In ample time for supper.
The Present Schedule.
AS outlined BY the railway people.
passengers may leave werrenton at
$40 a. NJ. and the special train which
takes them will make stops at the
principal intermediate stations between
there and Gordonsville. Then at Cor
louisville close connection Will be
made with Chesapeake and Ohio trains
mat Will land them in Richmond at
9:30 A. NJ.
Returning. The Orange. Culpeper and
Fauauier people may leave Richmond,
If they want to. at 2:i5 P. NJ, and by
making close connection with the
southern special at G ordonsvllle get
home in sood time the same evening
Furthermore. passengers leaving Rich
mond at $3.50 a. NJ, BY the Chesapeake
and Ohio can transfer at Gordonsviile.
where they will find the Southern
special waiting to take them to points
the early part of the day. Thus 1t hap
pens that while the upcountry people
can come to Richmond 10 do business
In day. the Richmond people can also
go TO Orange and the other counties
TO do business and come back home by
nightfall.
Let's Bring Them In.
All OF this is good and. as before said.
all of the parties to the arrangement
are TO be congratulated and thanked:
but the Chamber of Commerce should
not stop here. These Orange and Gull
pepper and Fauquier people have been
cut off from Richmond a long time,
and they have been doing their shop
ping In Washington so long 1t has
become habit They need to be
weaned from that habit. A wide
awake citizen has suggested TO the
Industrial Section that 1t would be
good thing for the Chamber OF Com
merce, the Retail Mere hantR' Associa-
tion and the Wholesale Merchants
Club and the Commission Merchants
Associa tion to get together and arr
range for big free excursion to bring
the people of the upcountry down here
for day OF maybe two days. and let
them SEQ what Greater. Richmond can
do for them. 1t will be easy enough to
prove to these people that R1chm ond
can and will do better for them than
any other city they have been In the
habit of trading and shopping IN II
once we get them here. but we must
get them here to convince them.
That is Just tho way the aforesaid
wide awake citizen put the matter. and
he Is dead right. The Idea Is respect
fully submitted to the officials and the
members OF the trade organizations
above mentioned. Let it be hoped that
something Will be heard from the mat
ter at once.