Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-14

logical map. Tho department will OBJ
! serve that there are several sites. with
ample frontage, including that offered
tho department..
b. In constructing n plant at Rich
mond. the department will nnd sand
ana gravel in needed quantities on or
immediately adjacent To the site it may
| select. 1t can purchase sand, il II so
desires. at approximately 90 cents per
ton, and gravel at 50 cents per ton.
washed and sized, delivered.
.. If the department does not wish
10 generate it's own electric current. II
can purchase it I'm Richmond In large
volume ut II minimum rate of !: cent
per k w. II. from II central station
OF ample capacity. as many OF the
largest Industrial plants in Richmond
are now doing.
VI. Defense aud safety.
J. Richmond will not attempt To lay
down strategic principles FOR the CON
sideration of the department. 1t will
rather rely upon the knowledge of the
department. and will. accordingly. 10
no more than respectfully TO urge that
the location of Richmond he examined
IN relation Ia the mobilization centcrs.
the shipyards. tho nIvy-yardS and tho
inland waterways Of tho Atlantic sen
board. The city feels that more will
be necessary
:. Directly below the stretch OF open
water with granite formation. which
Richmond presents for the considcra-
ton of the department. lie the two
heights familiar I'm American history as
Drewry's and Chailin's Bluffs. The
stratcgiSts of the department will re-
call the role played by these two
heights in the War Botwecn the
States.
;. The lower channc: or tho James
, can readily be made impossible II tho
! experience OF Richmond In previous
attacks OH the city from that quarter
may he taken as a guide.
4. East of Richmond. protecting i,
from land attacks. lies the line OF tho
Peninsula, with the Mattapori and Pa
munkcy on the flank OF an advancing
force. and. nearer the city. the line
of the chi"kahoniny. n sluggish stream
passing through dense and tangled
moraSS
5. North and south or Richmond Ito
river lines. the strategic Importance Of
which /, would he presunptuous FOR
your petitioners TO emphasize lrour
testing years Of combined land and
water assaults showed Richmond 10
he in war what IT Is confidently be-
loved tho departments action will
make II in peacc--the mailed INST Of the
arm of the sea.
Conclusions.
In an effort to coniinc this brief 10
VIZ minimum compass, ltlChuOnd has
omitted all mention of those sanitary
educational and industrial facilities
which II enjoys along with other
American cities of like population ON
its heavy melting scrap. it's coal and
us iron; on its water and rail facili-
ties on its proximity TO Indian Head:
on the geological formation of its
plant sites; on the abundance Of it's
labor. and on it's unusual strategic no.
Sition. Richmond relies for tho favor
able action of the department.
Richmond sums up its case by MAX
Ing these two claims, without uualin-
cation:
has strategic position and geological
formation so we'll suited for an arrnor-
plate plant as Richmond.
2. No city on the north OF Richmond
can assemble the raw materials neccs-
sary FOR the manufacture OF armor
plate as chcaply as can Richmond.
Richmond challenges the refutatiof
OF these statements
Respectfully submitted
JOHN KERR BRANCH.
General Chairman. and Chairman
Committee Chamber OF Commerce
r. LEE PETERS,
Chairman Councilmanic Committee
GRAHAM II. IIOBSON.
Chairman Committee Administrative
Board
H CARL RosciEN.
Chairman Retail Merchants Associ-
alton.
HOWARD T. CoLvIS.
Chairman Committee Central Trades
and Labor Council
WALTER KENNEDY. NJ F..
DOUGLAS FREEMAN, PHI. D.
Consultants.
September IL. 1916