The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-12
Mighty Business Grows
From SmallBeginning,
Keeping Up to Date.
TAKES AND AUTOS
SUPPLANT HORSES
Vast Ramifcations That Adver-
tise Greater Richmond All
Over the Civilized World.
Gigantic Ticket Business
and Baggage Checking
System.

Several Years ago a special CORE.
spondent OF a magazine or large trada
journal came to this city to hnd out
al ABOUT 1t and write it up from
an Industrial standpoint ara he made
SOU story' because. in the first
place., he had a mighty good suhiac,
and in the second place he w,,'s
oosetVant man and good writer
Being asked by Il local newsnana,
mar, man Ior some OF his Impressions OF
h!ehmond he had many good thinga
10 say among them this: "Richmond
"iiiers III one peculiar respect from
our our great Northern cities. Up there
Things start great. Here thev COM
nence small and grow to greatness.
.hat Is such is the history OF a ma.
JoritE OF the big manufacturing in
uustrial and mercantile establishments
nave come in contact with. 10 North
mighty capitalists get together. nut In
thelr thousandsa. even millions, and
iH SS an enterpiasA big right at onse.
mat Is good in itsaway, and any citv
Is proud to have establishments Of
that Kind, for they pay mighty we'll
IN one way and another. Yet T think
II Is thing more to be proud ~
mat now great establishment should
nave started small and under adverse
circumstances and then become great
and good business ability OF the peo-
pie who had to start small"
Richmond Transfer starts Small.
mere is much truth in all OF that.
and Richmond has many great con-
Germs that 1T Is Justly proud OF, tho
history OF which this special corre-
spondent outlined in the aboye re-
marks. The Richmond Transfer Com
pnny Is one OF those concerns Soon
after the closing of the War Between
the states Confederate soldier who
had returned from the field to his
desolated home without dollar.
bought few old army horses and a
wagon or two-bought them on credit
and opened up kind OF baggage
hauling business, the main part OF the
business being transferring trunks
from one passenger depot to another
Tor through passengers. Later he add
ed 10 his outfit an old-fashioned om-
nious and two or three hacks. and
commenced to haul the through pas
sensers also Stll later carriages
We're added to the OUTFIT and local
business was looked after.
From that small beginning In this
days when Richmond was still on the
ASH pile mas grown the great Rich
mond Transfer Company. an institu-
ton that Ia known all ove:' the coun-
try. and all over the world. as for
.ha' matter. lor ltS transactions per-
tain to all countries to which v'r-
ginia people travel inasmuch as the
company's agents sell tickets to all
parts OF the world. give checks or
letters of credit 10 travellers payable
in any part of the civilized world,
check baggage right from your house
to any part OF the country and keep
a bureau OF information that can ppy
an inquirer wise as to schedules OF
all the Railway trains that run In tho
world and al, the steamship lines that
traverse the waters OF the globe. Thus
In n way. and good way. tho Rich
mond Transfer Company has been
big advertiser COR this city.
Grows With the Times.
The company has not stopped grow
ms, and II never faiis 20 keep right
mn with the times. The handsome
horse succeeded the mule, the Heavy
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