The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-23
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a. rallrsaa ties on the edge Of tn
EsssyNs1y was nsDsy.
Koo0ntch'a Municipal Band p1Aye<
popular airs g intervals during tn.
Sine. Whsn Dixie was reached every.
AOdy stood up and shouted. Ragttmt
1lFs wrought peculiar havoc Leuten.
8at-Governor Eilyson. Mayor Ainsl3e
kG Morris. J. A. c. Chandler. Judge
SsoFgs l. Christian--to name a few
Ssn from widely differing fields OF
4klivity--all fell for .'Oh, You Beautt-
1nl Doll" and either Joined IN the eno-
:aaverybody's DOM It" precipitated q
0uaau riot
Mayor Ainslie. the second speaker
Of the evening. was greeted with an
before the membership Of the cham
Der. and II rose en- masse to pledge
him its support with q solid five min.
Ates of cheering and applause.
he would never lack for the co-opera-
ton OF the chamber. and pledged the
good ofhces of the city government in
The program of expansion with which
things for which both bodies could
work In common. he suggested. were
better and cleaner streets. better nous
ing for working people. more play
a
Never Such . Meeting.
II have never in all nay life-and
have lived here half centuhy-seen
such gathering said Judge George
q completed representation Of Rich
mond's business life, and Il am struck
by the fact that practically every frm
and corporation 10 represented not BY
q delegate, but by its head"
President o. ]. Sands of the Ameri-
ran National Bank, expressed the same
thought. and freely credited the Cham
Der Of Commerce with bringing this
s. 7. Morgan. Of the Virginia Carolina
Chemical Company. said that nothing
could stand n the wav OF Richmond's
progress because it he'd the railroads:
the newspapers. the right kina OF
sort of men
John Stewart Bryan made a stirring
appeal for the preservation OF the dis
t:nctive unseltish Richmond spirit:
merely. was the secret Of its strength
end vir.lity.
There is not to-, a man n within nth .w the
would exchange the wealth of Rich:
mond for the wealth of Pittsburgh. II
NE had to live In Pittsburgh to enjoy
It. To the true Richmonder there Is
no place on earth like Richmond"
Some Needed improvements.
Business Manager Dabney's $4,000
speech brought the speaking program
20 a close. In 1t he put every ounce
Of eloouence that could be pressed
from the chambers long history OF
achievement and 1t was tale worth
telling. He sketched its rise from
weak and imperfect organization TO
the splendid business machine which
II is to-day.
1t was his purpose. said Mr. Dab
ney. to discuss not alone the chambers
achievements. but also the plan of ser
vice which II has mapped out for it.
self. Among the things. he said, for
which the chamber proposes to wage
battle Is the early annexation OF ad-
jacent territory for workfngmen's
homes. This. he said, was becoming
more and more necessary In order to
make proper appeal to outside labor.
end to solve the problem OF conges-
tion.
other things in the chambers pro-
gram, said Mr. Dabney. were improve
ment of dock facilities. the inclosing
Of Shockoe Creek and the utilization
of the valley for manufacturing sites.
and the construction Of modern
bridge to replace the antiquated struc.
ture which now spans the river at
Ninth Street.