The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26
Richmond Makes Great
Permanent Munich
pal Show.
HEALTH EXHIBIT:
FINANCE DISPLAY
City's Advertising Departments
Sees Good Thing in Manufac-
turers' Exposition-Little Old,
Solid Old, Richmond Does
Itself Proud-Instructive
and Valuable Statistics.

The Manufacturers Exhibit. occu-
plying the second, third and fourth
floors of the new Chamber of Com
nerce ana Manufacturers Exhibit
Building, corner OF Sixth and Main
Streets, has been open only about two
weeks, and yet it has attracted local :
attention as nothing else has In years.
1t is also already attracting much at
tention from visitors and travellers, and
| the trade journals and other papers are
| telling their readers about 1t. 1t is
| to be doubted IL anything has ever
| been established that Is better calcu-
| lated to make Richmond known for
her true industrial worth at home and
abroad than this enterprise. And yet
| there are many people right here at
| home who have gotten idea into
| their heads that this exhibit Is tenn
| porary enterprise, = kind of district
\ or city fair to be kept going n few
| days or maybe week or two about
/ once or twice Il year. 1t is nothing OF
| that kind, but 1t IS g permanent every
/ day in the year exposition to tell tho
| home folks and the WIDE wide world
just what solid old Richmond is doing
| In the manufacturing. educational and
/ governmental lines.
| The business, and 1t lis a business, Is
carried on by a regularly chartered
| corporation known, and to be known
! for all time. rs the Richmond Manu-
4 NiSiS ASHitipit' lUC. I've OlilCeIS
| for the current year are: +. w. Brown,
president; j. l.. Hill, secretary and
treasurer. and Horace +. Smith man
ager Directors: S. j. Allen, T.. w.
brown. L. M. Darlington, r. S. Crump.
George Curry, Hampton Fleming, L.
T. Harrison, j. l.. Hill, c. T.. Levy, J. C.
Miller. j. L. palmatory. p. l.. Reed,
Samuel 3 Rosemdorf. C. l.. Sauer and C.
j. Shuman. The corporation is amply
financed for the great work 1t has
ha h Will u
! oncn to the public every week day in
the year from . A. NJ. to p. NJ, and
there will never he any charge for
| admission.
beginning With the Children.
This permanent exhibit Is strictly
educational, and TO the end that its
advantages may be OF Il permanent
character based upon the idea OF "trainl,
Ing up the child In the way he should
CO." DR.. ]. G. l.. Chandler, CITY Super-
tntendent OF Schools, has arranged
plans. whereby the city school children
VIII he taken In squads ut a time to
systematicniiy view and study the dis
plays In the Manufacturers Exhibit
These visits will be made by the
school children, escorted by their
teachers. every Wednesday afternoon
during the school year
! PHnS arc also being worked out by
INC management Tor special nights Mt
| which various organizations will be
! invited to visit the display and spe-
cial entertainment provided.
I As soon az possible an employment
department. will be established and
| operated for the benefit of those seek
Ing employment with the mnnufac
tnrers who are members of the EXHIBIT
Another feature to come will be the
establishment OF an Efficiency Clubn
the membership OF this club will CON
t ot the superintendents and fore
men OF the various factories represent
ed IN the exhibit and study classes
lectures and conferences will be held
once or twice month along the lines
suggested by the name Of the club, but
THESE nre coming features and will ha
told more about when they come.
hichmond Municipality Comes In.
| % !hucn Tor the exhibit and its mr.
poses. Richmond city rs a rnunicipaI
~ nus long had kind of advertising
department. and under the direction re
committee OF which r. Lee Patars
Is chairman has done some occasfon.I.
advertising OF one kind and anotbar
CHAIRMAN Peters and the members. Of
M, ne Ioiin,hlttee were quick to see that
tue Richmond Manufacturers ESbihit
opened up way for the city to 10
SOM, most attractive and profitable az.
| 'crtSlnS, and co-opcration win ~,
".'. "i' &c was regarded as the
very thing. Accordingly. the c;ts
through it's Council committae a,nIis,
tor space on the fourth door and Oh
..'tHea SIN sections. and In these seq
IONS are being made exhibits that arc
eSr-oPehers to hundreds OF peop1e in
otha wonder 10 visitors from
o'ucr Virginia cities and yolun,as -
Information in compact form to yts;
Tors from everywhere Mr.. Peters,a
.o'.'',l'tee made the contract, and later
the council put il in the form of an
ordnance, thus making the wordars.,
city exhibit II matter OF ,aw 49,, ut
+. permanent thing d
do,o,au ! on the municipal display Is
devoted TO the Water Departmant
4 ',,n!a ure representation OF the Sett1ine
scrt;n, nv, a'.racts the eye In this
Sse.n"!i. The representation attacbad
40 ~ Is 20 the city water mines s,,a,..
| Just now the Settling Basin i onar
a . and how Richmonds supply rror,
| "pper waters OF the James Rjver
| IS purihed and made clear. Otbar ~.
reservations show all or ,ln ep-
/ ucNiceSN ana paraphernalfa for srrr,.
.ns residences. business houses uan,,
."'.nflhs plants and the Fire Denart
\ ihcht with water ptai -
\ The exhibit is also hi,
along with the modern wethods show,
"heieht plugs, water cocks etc
snowH IN order that the visitor
1 ps comparison. get an idea of nil,
% p.to-dateness in the manogn
| how ~ us Water Department Ind
4 Iisht up 10 the minute WITH
'"e municipalities Of the worIa -
| Municipal Finances.
A. ', ,n, Is the Finance Exhibit.
ed By soms OF course, what arc term
tho sone people dry statistics arr
.he features here. but ALREADY thas
aiy statistics have opened the eyes -.
many visitors from other c;tics
Vel as the peeLers or home ys,,sa
lhese statistical facts as to municinafs
government ss have been reduced is
charts designs and tables. which
show at a glance Richmond's sp,cnS,se
financial condition, Its economy of 3D.
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