Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-13
PORT RICHMOND TO CONE (;
WEST POINT SPEAKS OUT
Pnmunkcy River May Become Isfc
Canal for Richmond Wealth.
Men With :. Vision.

IN" Vest ioiEt News. one OF ;h,.
l.Hr-wir. weekly pngers ~ Virginia
that is always looking after the in
tcrc-t of the old C"mmouw in
general oi Richmond WHOM II comes
in mandy. and OF West Point q, all
times ami under all circumstance.
had much TO Say IN is last issue
aboui Wcsi Point becoming Fort
Hicaruond rhe article has inuch o!
local !nt.rcst
interest.
rho News says
since the river. and harboro CON-
utitt"". under TIA" advice 81 the United
q" entertain any project Tor i'nprov-
.nC James RIVER TO Richmond dtt.n-
Ton j. onc- more turned 70 YORK
river AID some plan for creating i
I, Grrn, Canal THAT Mish, he.
-. - Clarke. ono ~ RIchrnoui'S
prOEiis NIX civil engineers. mas come
rut with vcrs com prch.nsiy. plan
EiYcg marshes to whit" House and u
at from there with ~ thirty-GOct
,A"Hi'. 20 basin IN chickahoniny'
SwHmI. auI TIA" extension ot the city
canal making Manchester, Eng nj.
one %: the great pcrtS OF IN" world
an" Claims the cost OF MS proposed
vision AMI Is wisely LOOKING FAR ahead.
Ills plan II perhaps the logical one
'pr Richmond I" adopt ana WORK to-
wards. but such project. as Major
Trimhic. another prominent engineer
points out, VIII cost not less than
$50 OV0. COO. and it would take years to
build, and there is not commerce
enough IN sight 10 warrant it
What York River HOLDS out.
"a start Of som" Kind must be
mad" At once ii Richmond j. to be-
come . sennort. From the moment a
backed Up rs tho power 81 Rich
mrnd's business interests VIII grow
-tpidly. aud Engineer Clark.'s am
bit,"us niaa- might some dag be
start.
= ecapor' IS protected harbor
wAcre ocean going Vessels may come
- dock and have, th"ir cnrgocs trans
fcTr"d - railroad cars and TRUCKS for
distribution inland
The most lmportan, s"nports arc
ihos" where sufficient frcish; OF di.
vers.iied character can he assembled
'Thcr" IS no more projected harbor
than the head of York River. and
CHIPS ,aG wh hayf c cone her: II yGars pas,
business interests threw their infu-
encc behind the plan Of making it
the seaport Of Richmond
In tn Richmoud to Make starr.
~ really would not cost tho city
OF Richmond one cent TO bring this
about; Tie Southern Railway would
be glad to provide whatever might
become necessary In In. way Of docks
ana tcrmiHais, and only good con
crete highway twcn!y-four feet wide
to pr"vid" for heavy truck traffic
would be needed at once. and this
could be largely provided for ont Of
Fcdcrn' and stat" road funds, 10y
adopting the Williamsburg rlkc as
III" roui" 10 point two miles east
of New Kent Courthouse. From there
an airline route might be preferable
10 following any OF the public roads.
aud This cut of would make It hiG
S"Nin" ~ mileage. TIE total disiarc"
from !ichmond to West Point is only
'hir'y-liv. and nnc-fourth miles by
using this CUTOFF
Let Richmond make :. start on
this plan and hcr Importance as a
s@apcri -, vi! !ncrcaec so RAPIDLY
thn: her population will be nearer
atm" than 10000 in 1870
survey of manufacturing and
agricultural Interests in the terri
Tory tributary To Richmond and of
IN" freight rates and distances 10 the
cent"rs Of greatest reputation dis
closes the fact that an unlimited sup
ply of all sorts Of commodities can he
NOR" chchply assembled for export at
l'ort Richmond than any other place
on the Atlantic Coast"