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w HOT,!?: NUMBER, 15,179. DISPATC ??????????). . ??? l? ? ? CENTS PER COPY. I 11 Lassa ? ?*?? I --m a IF ?iRFAT PBKPFnlTY Jl Uil?*UI 1 1UJ1 Lili 1 11 Review of Richmond's Wonderful Progress the Past Twelve Months. mai Marked Development Along Railroad, Manufacturing:, Financial, and Other Lines. FACTURES SHOW A LARGE INCREASE. ver loo New Plants and Increase of $6,500,000 in Sales?Our Jobbers Do Well Tobacco Market Healthy?Grain ami Produce Immense increase in Bank Clearances -Activity in All Directions. ? DB of a 1 ' - ? ' ( . M la . lite ? . ' ? I . ? ? : . five to tl I IMI , , ?,{ ? . . ? loaa? ? ha ? lopmeat. : f til? ? - . '? - ? ? . on' ? ? ? ? ? : ????? i ior'oUc ! la Ra PU :. ? ta a ai lu . The ? ? ? a ? ? ? ? ? ? - I ? ? ., : ? --. ' ? ... ol a ? ? u? s. dry-? tbe n-' ol aUpto? ahowlM The ai ' ntllng ? na t.ir ?outli and W< ,,, .).? y,Mr Hash.???!, h 11*? Mili - \i.:ia BATI? i? TOI io UM? ?' h*a ? c t? , ?tona a i r bui at j -.?r. a ? .!,.idi In thi sale ? .1 ! ' . . ? f.jr IW.'H have enjoyed e ? ? : : ' : ' ? ' ? ff ' a amount ?. ? G. ? ? ? ? ? ' ? : ' ' ' . ? : * ? I ' ? ? pub.li r In bettei MANI ? ? ? ' i ? ? ? ? ' I i ? r of bi itloaa I . h nasch In ? r 1 ? -vitti a tic:.. \.U!oli lia* aatablti be ? d u la? the twelve : the ? ? I ? ??? haa er? r hi en done befor?. Tha . ? . ? ? abara In tl I?? nly .? ? d a 11.',?:' ? RM OF THE M Mani importan! Enterprises Have M ?heii Birth. FUTURE A BRILLIANT ?y Stanis Moi In tbe Fu?; il Scnrlsi row ? at. ia v. -.ti?! il:?? fair. Allattati et I I? atltatluaa Daa arkabl?? Ihr ?ili, ? : '?? ? ?ond shall :.???! th? ci.niiiiirr? la! ? ? ? ir'l ? Th?? ? . recul?! as thai ? ? ? and ig, and a KInuaiK op, to tha 1 ? ?, the pulse of ?i ? ? ? up !:. ? a ? ? ? It m ? ?>f ? ? 111. ? VI ADD "contenu ' ? 'ff lu . - ? IL c? .? m by Of a - ? build . ? future aaema to a : 1 l'.i't ! . r, lind Mr. ? i Ol fjr d? ? when lo th? J i tho : '?;-?? la I , bono, ?t?***?? U"? ?yrtMnwl ?j? u.u ?;-. r I.i to ! !. anil tlie hnrbnr .?cry tr.a'crl'illy b ? aid in | ?? thi* t? ll ?? 1: ?lu?*ii? ? ??? tlm fut'ire of tha G the Am I In flnanc, . ' . ? , : I highly Important The Ii ? i:y, ha?. . ; to 1 'I'll, ' I '. - ? ? r ? ? ? : ? to tii th ? ' ,fy. M ht-.re. and ? ? ? ! ? ot th?? r ? ? ? far ad* ? ia (*haxlotte .'.Ions ? In I Of t! I ? ' Th? ' ' Arr ? lacreaae ? ?!????_, Itlona Excel ' I ! during t! r the . I ' . |Ot) ?1 t tl in I ?? : I) -? ; I ? , . ? . i ? ? . 160,000 ? I ' ' ? . ?,??? Tha ftdltiree in Rlehmond the peel . they ? ., uiinjunt i than *3, and on?? of ? Of RICHMOl . . . ; . : Iticr.?i?e, IT? . 1 . The oi. tnODtha like the ?ho*?* tll.Lt th?? inoijt gali a Ii :??- hi I ?jf the year. The month of ? the lai -;??it month, wh? ? tha ? amounted t. eighteen mil liona of dollar*. A! Ml ?ff ini DUjII?LJJi Lines of Virginia and the South Neyei Had a Year of Such Prosperity. THE LUE INCREASE III LUIS Tbe Gross Amount and the Net Profits Broto All Previous Records. NEW EQUIPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT They Were Made Necessary i it Order to Have Bettel Facilities for Handling the Increased Business The Great Features of the Year With the Urn of the State and the South, ??? thu history of the railway lince el '. ? ? ? wliollv un? lltlona whiclf ?aidera r amoual of ? \y iy?? haltt. In. il du? : :iity a preceding y. laut : ? i*roi.? euri ? ? txma ir ? ? ? , . ?n. ne ???-???* r . . ? of rail? ira of all eyea ? the a tii it i?ha It I -, \ plnhx Urea are ? out the fetviral Ihe Vit ? a y H?.???.?' in a ? - '?? ??. ti.?? Ciilted .a!? m* ot ? I I '. iiiv.ilvln?** ? of th? rtl m <:.vi.?l?,n ot* in t.f the Ahm? davi 'i.ni??tit l of tha 1 I u? a utr?*. ? ha Bai l?<uir?l Air I In i' ? of ? I. ! Air-line Hystem. Thla road ? , ? . ? : ? : ' . : ??-'.ti ivi? lilIH/1,,1 ? , ? tlon ? ' in ?-, I ? ? ?? I, ...i Jointly with tha ? . ? will I * ? ? ? ">0f un ol ? , \?,?|. b ' ? :, ? . .. 1 I aaa **.i'h | ' . ? U'lW ? ? ? . ?. .' i w.ud fr?:. wiih aundry b . aitifs ?if ? '. of ?Georgia, a* ? ? tii?* termh ? at ,10 any lu the ?South. ? The consolidation <?f tl j make a new aouth?*rn Byatem, : from lUchmond, Pertamouth, . indina, end J ?? k-??iivlUe on the Al? ianti?* Seaboard, to Tampa *n?l * j ??*? ? mi the Crulf of I .'ana -*/<:stward to Atlanta, t.?..; atoat* . y. Ali.; an?! ? - ih?? eapt* tal of Florida, tbuo connecting tii?, .\t> ?cttoii? ? he ?i'iif ? he mili io ?astern . .t, iw.ee and i'.'ii .?luliir . ti ? toi . .'i < .ttnXt? Th? rhaaaaaa*ira aa?i Omha, ? Cota* '.??*?, . I ? ? mail .. 1 ?l?uI.g, ? ' Kftuie ? the main ? !. : trailla ? ih? ?' I ?"IllUlt? \. -. 1 ?a?i? a vi >? prosperoua and Ob tn J?\nu attag I, were tl2,Bi,m ? blatorjr. The li./.'.i, Ii rt to? '? ? Thu . ? ?11 li* e of th? I -'.?<> over il? Meta* tPACITTe ? freight ????..??>?G?> the t"i.? .is. ': u? ? ifftaha an?l < . t owing *<> thjj ? ixntn?*? of pu rait? htsapeeke anil ?. ninety-elghg w doubla tracked, : lullee ot d^ubia l??tl. ??:?. having two Une? fron? ?-. ?nd ?JI ni.? a ., or vtider ? sti'U. Is uittkea .i doube * ? tii?? Near rivet? ? ? .?. Incraaataj the und ling large ti .t?le upo? rowded part of tho line. Ad ? ? a ? | r ? la to tne freight Hlaitou, ?in?! ?, nd new aldini? are being con th? main line to talc? ?at? 1 bu.?ine a*. Ni ' jt 41? ? ? VT. * of Idv-potind ?and ??>??? * of 7i-pound atoel rail wer? ila line In ISM, maktn?, % . :.j of too-pottnd aad Wf ?*1 rail la ??;?? tracie. : bridge* ?aid tttru<*turea hav? ' with ?a?>n?* and Iron w?hl*? a w year?, making the phy 'cat baaapaalM ?svnd ohi?? tal to the i: creating traiti?:, ike ami Ohio hau ?6 l,*?*, motive? In ae:? ? 1 urte*?*) ??* during the year, -.CONCLUDED ON BE?.? S ? 1\VU1?? .