Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-04-22
GRAHAM BOOMS
ALEXANDRIA AS
INDUSTRY HIVE
WashingtOn's Re altOrs
Listen to Address by
John G.. Graham
CITY FUTURE SEAPORT
Union of Rail and River Gives Alex
andrin Unsurpassed Advantages for
Great Industrial Centre.

The Gazette takes pleasure in print
ing the following notable address by
John G. Graham, president of the
Alexandria Reai Estate Board, on
Thursday of this week, before
the members of the Washington,
Real Estate Board, at the Wardman
Park Hotel. 1t is our own belief
that Mr.. Graham has started some
thing. Every argument advanced Is
logical and supported by facts. Wash
ington is as much interested as Alex
andria, and the wide-awake realtors
of the two cities are undoubtedly OF
sufficient caliber and consequence to
put the thing over. We shall await
further Development with much inter
est. The address in full is as follows;
MR.. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW
REALTORS:
The Alexandria Real Estate Board
esteems il a great privilege and
pleasure to appear before you and
especially through me, to bring to
your attention opportunities for a
long time overlooked, or at least, neg
lectcd. We are held here in the spirit
of cooperation to consider the devel-
Opment of real estate for both manu-
featuring and residential purposes.
The thought upon which the nucleus
of this proposed development Is 10 be
builded can be accredited to the inter
esting address by Mr.. Shannon at 4
former meeting of the Executive Com
mittee, held at the Willard Hotel, by
the National Association. 1t was a
brief address, only few minutes hav-
ing been allotted to him; however, he
used his time well, driving home his
point through the use of well con
ceived plat of Washington, showing
showing the visitors from all over
the United States what a wonderfully
attractive City the National Capital
has become As we dwelt with the
speaker on the historical develop
ment we caught the opposite view,
the needed industrial and commercial
development necessary in contiguous
territory. Federal Governmental act
ivities bring thousands to Washing
ton, vet il takes the manufacturing
establishments and industrial plants
70 furnish the material for the homes
and the vocational pursuits, such as |
now submit on this chart, all lying
South of the Potomac River.
Extending from the Highway
Bridge to appoint four miles South
west of Alexandria are interlocking
rails Of six trunk line railroads. CEN
toring in what is known as the Poto-
mae Yards, the largest classification
and best equipped freight Yards in
the East and the first yards in the
world to employ gravity for the dis
tributiOn Of cars. These yards con-
capacity of 10000 cars, with a daily
movement of over 5000 cars.
The land referred to East Of these
tracks is available for manufactur-
ing sites. Il lies on deep water and
Is accessible 10 Ocean-gOing steam
ships, making il possible to bring i'm
pOrts directly 20 these sites. This is
the situation on the East, while on
the West is the steam and electric
TRANSFORMATION facilities for the econ
omical delivery of the crude and man
ufactured materials into all sections
of the Country. Geographically locat-
ed at a central point between the ports
Of Boston and TAMPA, the emporium
ity is pregnant with possibilities that
would bring rich reward with their
development. We are confident that
this movement once ipaugurated
would result in the building of a
commercial sea wall the full length of
the territory. reaching southwardlv
20 our Cjtv. Alexandria, Virginia.
Back Of this and 0bHttn0 - could
he built manufacturing plants, Job.
bing houses. bonded warehouses and
other buildings for economical pur-
poses.
Entering into these potentialties is
the thought of coal and for Your in
formation. let me tell YOU of move
went started nrior to the war to have
the Western Maryland Railroad con-