Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-28
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Such Is 4 brief account OF the cvacu-
! alton or Richmond nifty years ago. and
as. perhaps. II is remembered by many
men and women whose grandchildren
Hook about their knees to hear the
| wonderful stories of tho war, and Of
how brave deeds were done for home
! and country. Every grandfather is u
Naspar and every grnndchild n Peter
Kin. and through every story OF hero
Ism aud sacrifice the same thread funs
so 1t will be until that age when wars
are no more. and every man lives at
peace with his neighbor.
RICHMOND RAPIDLY RISES
FROM HER ASHES
Phoenix-likc Richmond has risen
10 be the proudest city In the
Southiand' and to be the gateway be-
. tween the North and Dixie All tides
oil trade flow through her midst. From
population of 5.537 she has grown to
a population OF $4,000. The business
f., district. wiped out by the flames OF
war, is now the greatest Indication OF
the clty's prosperity.
In numerous places tall bank build
lnIs rear their tops. and nowhere in
the South is there Il larger number OF
-.
as III population so the city has grown
/ IN area. Monument Avenue, when com
! pletcd. will be five miles in length.
nearly as long as all the streets ffty
years ago were combined. The Federal
! reserve bank has been established here.
: ton has been given.
RICHMOND MEN Projected
! GREAT HALFWAY SYSTEMS
4 % hiti1 -. ,li
men OF Richmond have likewise been
the leaders in the regeneration OF the
south. BriSadicr- General Wickham took
over the war-wreckcd Virginia Central
/ Railroad and created the Chesapeake
! and Ohio; Colonel \. :. Buford, Joseph
/ Bryan and others who wore the gray,
: from the remnants of the Richmond and
| Danville. built up the great Southern
| hallway system: John +. Branch. Alex
andcr hamilton and others took hold
OF the little Richmond and PETERSBURG.
ana pushed Its terminus into Florida IA
the Atlantic Coast Line system. In later
years the Scaboard Air Line was built
! by the genius OF one of Richmond's
sons. John Shelton Williams.
out OF the ashes of the city arose
great banking systems: arsenals that
served tn" Confederacy have been re-
! constructed into great iron works
/ Warehouses once burned now store vast
/ "edi'h IN coocS iInpoyted from ali the
{ earth, and from Richmond there flow
| out lines OF trade and commerce not
! dreamed Of before the war.
REUNION VISITORS WILL.
VIEW GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
Those who remember the sad scenes
/ of mtg years ago could not have imaE
| incd that Richmond would rise on the
stepping stone OF her dead self to be the
city she is to-day. And those Confed
+ crate veterans who Viii attend the re-
! union here in June will wonder that
! half century ago il WAS this city
! which they left in ruins and thought
never TO see survive. But tho indomit
able courage and the insistent perscver-
ancc which carried the Confcdcrucy
through the struggle remained in good
stead In later days. The achievements
IN peace are as great a monument &c
southern valor were those she gained
in war. All has been accomplished ir
less than the life time Of man.