The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-23
OPPORTUNITY NEAR
BY KNOCKS At 81
R|cHMONO'S DOOR
City Advertising In Far Away section,
But As Yet Leaves Rich Eastern
section Untouched.
BETTER MAIL FACILITIES
ARE MOST ESSENTIAL.
Hard to Reach Eastern shore ard
Northern Neck and Other Nearby
But PARKWAY Sections of Virginia.

At the meeting of business men at
the jefferson auditorium on Thursday
night much stress by speakers was
laid on the fact that Richmond was
advertising and playing largely for
business at a distance when some of
the best territory right at our doors
was ignored. One speaker td1d OF
seeing a store full of Richmond made
goods in a little town of Maine Vir-
ein!a cheroots are advertised in far-s
away Southern Italy. Yet the Eastern
Shore. Northern Virginia and Shenan-
doah Valley were almost as distant.
and equally as much. ignored. as Is
Canada so far as our business inter-
course is concerned.
Speaking on the same line. 1t waa
declared that Richmond daily papers
were rarely seer. or hardly heard OF
in those localities within tho States
borders. a leading business man as
serted that familiarity with citys
dailies was the greatest instruments
for bringing the people together and
melting business interests, and a.
dearth of things equally as detri- :
mental He stated that his experience s
was that when he could find Rich 3
mond paper in those nearby get far
away parts it was from twenty four
To 1pTtN-elBnL hours Glu.
This il commentary on Rich
mond's newspapers and other business 1
enterprises that is sad but eninentlY
true. 1t bears out the like experience
of communication some two weeks
ago in The Richmond Nirginian from
a correspondent in the Northern Neck.
and is so much to the point and in
line with the thought evolved at the
Thursday night meeting We reproduee
Lrfvs - l.
forcibly to the minds of Richmond
business men;
Too Much Ease In zion.
Editor virginian:
Sir-The agitation for union sta
ton for Richmond may be all right.
but, oh, how much more of advantage
to Richmond would be better mail
facilities! How our capital datlies have
prospered under adverse mail condi-
tons Is past comprehension.
Virginians everywhere would Ike
to keep in touch with the old State
through her good class of newspapers. &
and resident virgtnians travelling all
ways enquire for their state papers:
but with what result?
In New York. IL lucky enough to
find a Richmond paper. is not fa-s
be had until noon. or maybe o'clock
of the next day. In Baltimore they r
are almost as scarce-because tnets
are never distributed there until
p. VI. OF the day of publication. In
Washington and Norfolk they are sup- y
posed to be on the few stands THAI
carry them by noon. Sometimes II
Ia afternoon before one can be had
In Washington, a burg that is al
most within the screech-owfs call
That Norfolk and Washington should
not be flooded with Richmond papers
and at an early hour, are among TINS
marvels of our day
Westward II Is probably worse
Staunton and Roanoke getting them
late In the afternoon. These are Tea
lures that should be remedied. and W
believe that Uncle Sam and the rail-
roads would consent TO a revision Of
schedules II Richmond and her papers
would but awake to their interests
Probably the mos; unreasonable Of
all the schedules out of Richmond
tfor both mail and passenger) 10 the
intercourse with the Eastern Shore
Peninsula, Accomac ana NorthAmp-z /,
ton counties. To catch the mornin0
boat from Old Point TO Cape Chaslea
at or ESQ O'Clock there - no NAy
but to leave Richmond thu dA1 ~
night befoSs. Mail from KIchuxuUd
In the morning has to await ne n1xht
boat, and distribution on thu sBnoA4
10 not until the morning following.
vVsthan o1ose and quick range uf Rich
uond, ths Eastern shore has to wAtt
twsnty-four hours for na1l or morn-
ing papers from K1clnmonA.
A similar co1d1tion Drsvaned IN
respect to the lower NQrths4n Neck
Lancaster and Northumber1and) up
to some twenty years ago. Our Rich
mond malls had TO 20 around by Bai-
timore. and often consumed forty~
eight hours In reaching us--only sixty
five miles away from Richmond ~ the
crow flies. Brought vigorously to the
attention Of the sthen Postmaster-Gen.
eral VIM. L. Wilson by local paper.
and a subsequent vacation visit 81
this section by Mr.. wilson. . little
steamer was given Z contract to run
the mail from Urbanna to Irvington
and intervening points, distributing
inland by star-carrisrA 6ince thea
this route, with cd Of the D0uthst1
Railway, has hocons our most IND
portant mail ssrvace. Nan Ctncs1
ing pepers) leaving Richmond in tbs
morning - distributed 1t posha9oe4
In these two counties the night at tho
same day.
The counties Of t1aA EAanoxn Ghor4
are In Close touch wath Norfolk. -
cause Norfolk has seen to r. TIA
Northern Neck, even withoutAa raat4
road, will soon get into cJossf tOuch
with Norfolk. It IL hoped Our p40.s
pie here arc going after man CCnnec-
tons between this section and 10
steemer Mobjack. which plies - -
north as Mathews. We are net goaq1
to be out of the word, sven II RicAs
mond Ia oontAnt to star n the 4bKae
Barney Dreyfuss. owner Of MA
Pittsburg Pirates and a member M
the National League schedule CON.
mittee. is in New York conferrlue
with John Heydier, who Is also II
member OF the schedule ccmmit&M
Messrs Dreyfuss and Heydter
meet !. Ban M. Joha;2a n GRs :. ~ !