The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-20
RICHMOND BOOSTERS
BOOST WEST POINT
three Hundred business Men Go by Special
Train ana See Thriving Town and Hear
of Its Future

I uture.
We do that West Po!nt is the real key
TO a great Richmond-a greater Rich.
Of one thing is certain. what tho
port OF New York is to tho whole
Northern belt either Norfolk or Rich
mond viii become to the rapidly do
NclopinS Southern belt OF our .ou,.
try.
We hope you will feel ,"at West
Point is not merely Estle sisler
th!rty-eight miles away. but. in ract,
part of Fichmond-port Richmond
II you like--and that through Port
! Richmond greater Richmond win be-
come the largest commercial and dis
tr!buting centre OF the south.
J do not let your pondering on these
great possibilities mar the pleasure OF
this visit. We want you TO enjoy tmis
! day, and the FIRST thing on the pro-
! gram is a fish dinner. which will be
served TO You at the Hotel O'Connor
! from 1880 TO 1880. With our liinl,eu
capacity. We are unable to seat but
( ed In time to take boat trip.
The steamer Atlanta VIII leave at
o'clock with all those who visa 10
| enjoy trip down the York RIVER
| ~ the same time the steamer Louise
Will go up the Pamunkey and Mat
t"f""' is''tis' SAN iIlE muse WHO WISH
: a panoramic view of the shore line
! OF the town
While waiting for dinner you are
welcome 10 enter any OF the vehicles
and be driven about tho town. All
Things are at your disposal"
! President Thompson's speech vas
frequently interrupted with applause.
and al it's conclusion there was very
great applause. his remarks about IN.
( ish dinner. and all OF il free, beiug
especially provocative OF enthusiasm.
Response by Mayor.
somebody had to reply TO this cheer
/ ing speech. and our own Davy Crockett
| on hand. All tho Richmond folks
called for him Mayor Richardson
mounted the stand, and srasp.ns the
/ big key he waved IL aloft while the
! people cheered. When they gave HIN
! q chance the Mayor spoke llo usually
does when he gets chance. lie al
! Ways speaks we'll and he mover spoke
! better than yesterday. He told the
! West Point people how delighted were
/ his people TO run down To ives, Pom,
| TO see what the folks there nave to
| show.
we come said he, TO seal the ties
J That bind US close together, ties OF
' twentieth century commercial Kind.
! The people of Richmond have come TO
look at your great water front and sec
/ Tor themselves what about the adyan-
! tages YOU offer US a. a decpwater ter
! minal We see it and We lind that it
/ is the thing VIC have been looking for.
| From this date West Point is ours. and
we propose TO make IL a part of Rich
! ioveiicst suburb We hope to so unite
Richmond and West Point that they
| VIII be one and tho same for here IS,
| Richmond's ideal port"
| The Mayor referred in most conpli-
mentary terms to the Industrial Sec
tion OF The Times Dispatch and said
that the editor OF the same was largely
responsible for "all of this strife
the strife" that is bringing Richmond
/ and West Point 70 close together and
! that must eventuate in making West
| Point what nature intended 1t to be-
Port Richmond" lie most heartily in
dorsed the scheme" as he called It,
make West Point ~Richmonds great
port, with fifty or more railway tracks
| binding them together as Greatest
| Richmond.
The Mayor said he could talk for
! two hours and tell who would be pres
idcntial nominees and congressional
| nominees and all that kind of thing.
but he would not, as he was on hand
! to talk business and not politics. He
| closed his brief remarks by most grace
! fully accepting the big key to West
Point and issuing official order to
| all Richmond to take possession Of the
| town, and the folks proceeded to obey
! the order in great style.
| President Taz. Darlington. of the
! Chamber of Commerce. and President
| Tom Bryan. of the Business Mems Club.
were loaded with big speeches. but the
| program OF tho days doings shut them
off, and they simply bowed TO the big
/ crowd However, they had an inning
| later in the day.
The local reception committee then
took charge of the crowd and showed
| them the town. Carriages, buggies,
wagons and automobiles were brought
| into use. and all Richmond spent two
| hours and more in seeing all of West
| Point.
The Grent Fish Dinner.
Then came the great fish dinner at
| Hotel o'Conner. 1t was called a fish
dinner, and truly the fish were there
In all styles and shapes; but 1t was
more than that. IT was all kinds OF a
dinner-fish oysters. vegetable soups
and all other kinds Of good things.
The members of the reception com
| mittee. who did so much to make the
day enjoya BILE to the Richmonders. wero
! as follows:
w. r. 3roaddus ]. L. Bland. II. r.
McCanna. Crosby Thompson. ~ Robin
son. r. Hoffman. Z" l. Maskey.
Nathan Hess. f.. L. Smithcr, Ed. Mot
ritz. 3. B. Bagby. r. b. Edwards. a.
s. Hudson. j w. Owens c. w. Pumph-
rey. j. T. Roche. J. l.. Tabb. a. j. Wal
colt. NJ. F. Chandler. clyde Gouldman,
W. L. Wheeler, ]. w. Wilkinson. II. l..
Chalkley, ]. w Marshall H. z. Top
ping, p. 3. Shelton. II. Anderson. r. c.
Garden. Arthur Neustadt. A. w. East
wood, c. +. Major, James Kesner. Ned
Bland. Colonel Farinholt. Colonel Jas.
O'Connor. j. b. Curlc. DIR. Num-. a.. G.
II Ware Z. b. Ware.