Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-28
TIP. A. WILL TAKE VOTE
ON STATION BY POSTCARD
Express Preference as
to Site.
AT HOPEwELL
Assurances Given OF New Industries
Giving Variety of Employment for
People OF Guncotton City-Evi-
denccs OF Pcrmancncy.

Eighth and Main Streets is tho heart
of Richmond to-day. said Lyle Clarke,
local civil engineer, speaking TO Post
y. Of the Travellers Protective Associ-
alton. last night. and this should be
erously considered in selecting Il To-
cation for the new union station Mr..
Clarke explained In detail how tho CEN
ter OF population had been worked out
by engineers in dividing the city in
units. according TO their population,
reSidentially and commercially.
The center Of the residential section,
Mr.. Clarke explained, was Fifth and
franklin Streets. while. as was we'll
known that Main Street, between
Eighth and Twelfth Streets. had been
the business section for many years,
the commercial center was Twelfth and
Cary streets. The center of commerce
was pulled away from Main Street. no
said. By the various Industries In the
East End and on the Southside The
heart OF the city in l7i2 was twenty
first and Main Streets. moving TO
Twelfth aud Main Streets in 1895. 1t
mas along moved westward four blocks
in the last generation, and he WAS of
the opinion that I'm tho next hundred
years the center OF the city would BIO
no further westward than Sixth street
If that far.
LITTLE DISCUSSION OF
STATION PROPOSITION
The post gave littlo discussion last
night TO the new station project, Chair
man Rogers, of the railway committee,
reporting that his committee had not
held meeting and would have no re-
port to make. Mr.. Rogers said that he
felt tho meeting of tho Chamber of
Commerce Wednesday, night was tho
hrst movement to secure n new union
station in this city. and that IL was his
opinion that Richmond would III
timately get central station in tho
East End.
Several speakers thought Il advisable
to drop the station matter rs the rail
roads had announced the location OF
their choice. Motion was made. how
ever. AID carried, that the committee
in charge OF this business be instruct
ed. If they deemed II wise, to secure
vote by mail of the site favored by
the entire membership OF Post a.
state President George w Rogers
chairman Of the committee on arrany,
ments. reported that practically all de-
taiis had been arranged for the State
convention 10 be held in Newport News
May and 8. Tho local post will carry
II delegation or 125 members to tho
convention, leaving Richmond Friday
morning ut o'clock and returning sat
urday afternoon.
Charles T. Morris. representing Home
well, made n short speech. describing
the growth Of the Euncotton city since
II was destroyed by fire last December.
holding an optimistic view OF the flu
ture of Nirg inin's magic city.
GIVES REPORT OF
CONDITIONS AT HOPEWELL
Ni"e-Prcsidcnt Browns letter causcd
no pessimistic views In Hopewell." said
Mr. Morris for we feel that even after
the war is over II the plant Will en-
ploy as many aa 1000 men. which he
says 1t VIII. II will be enough to sun
port city Of $4,000 population. The
new steel plant, with an authorized
capital of S2.500.no0. seems assured
Real estate men have offered 100 acres
OF land for the plant free OF charge
while nearly 100000 In stock has all
ready been subscribed by Hopcweu and
petersburg men. This plant will nnn-
nfacture. chiefly. steel biIlets. which are
composed chiefly of scrap iron. and en-
RincerS say that there are more than
$1,000. 100000 worth of scrap Iron year
ly In Virginia. North Carolina and the
adjoining Stntes
we are practically assured of an
overall plant that wants to remove
from Baltimore, knitting mill and
several other industries. Industries re-
during female hclp Will find Hope
well desirabiy located. for there is
plenty OF this class Of labor We have
made great progress I'm tho last fow
months Our streets are being nut in
eNcelIent condition by the Administra-
i've. Board, many solid and substantial
nricH structures arc being erected, and
there is every reason to believe tina,
me future OF the city is assured The
catholics are building n $4,000 church
IN the city, and before this was starred
rather liaier visited the main Offices OF
inc l'u font Company in Wilmington
and told them what he was nlnrninm
to DO. asking for their advice He was
told to go ahead with his church This
made US feel that thore was no uues-
ion about tho future of the city."