The times dispatch. [volume], May 12, 1912, Richmond Transter Co.'s Section, Image 49

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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WE TICKET YOU TO ALL PARTS OP^THE WORLD,
AMERICA CALLS TO
THE TRAVELER
Natural Wonders of a
Most Wonderful
Country.
UNSURPASSED '
FACILITIES
Richmond Transfer Company
Section of The Times-Dispatch
a Valuable Help in Select?
ing Place, Route, Etc., and
Furnishes All Sorts
of Information.
When Edward Everett Hale wrote
"A Man Without a Countrv" he told
of a man who having cursed his na?
tive land and expressed a desire n*ver
to h-ar it mentioned again, was put
in the position ol having his mild wish
enforced, and never again during his
life was he permitted 10 see his iiome
land or hear the name?a terrible
punishment, but considering the crime,
who shall say it wag not merited? At
any rule the example which comes
to us through this literary episode In- I
Bp't'ts a strong chord ot patriotic feel?
ing for this beautiful and wonderful]
home land of America In the heart of 1
every American.
It would no doubt be Impossible to-1
tlay to find a man who would be the i
counterpart of the one referred to. j
"My t-.uiitry, "Tis of Thee." str'kes a'
responsive i?rlll in every man. wo?
man and child, but yet, loving the
country as we do, how few reaily
know at X rst hand the rivers and val?
leys, tr.e majestic mountain ranges,
tho great lakes and forests of this
broad land, or even the beauty spots
of our own Virginia, and the splen?
did mountain, seaside and country re?
sorts at which to rest and feast our
eyes on Nature 1n her many season?
able moods!
No country in the world offers 'the
tourist facilities for travel equal to
those enjoyed by Americans in their
own cur.try. Wonderful trunk lines
of railways span the continent and
traverse it In every conceivable direc?
tion. Points a tew years ago quite
Inacceselioe are now to be reached by
rail, steamboat, trolley line or com?
fortable stage routes.
The mountain peak's are brought
down to the sightseer by the inclined
railway; greet gorges are spanned by
concrete and steel, and suspension
bridges, tunnels and Jrestles link
valleys and cut off great detours of
unnecessary distances, and all this
great system of continental transpor?
tation is linked together by schedules
made with due regard to close con?
nections, thereby making travel both
speedy and simple.
Palatial steamers ply rivers, bays
and lakes, touching ut the islands,
cities and resorts, offering rest and
recreation, and splendid trains,
equipped like great hotels on wheels,
speed from point to point, carrying
thousands bent on securing the mani?
fold pleasures of travel.
All about us In this broad land arc
natural wonders that an- unsurpassed
elsewhere in the world, some of them
absolutely unique; all of them thor?
oughly interesting and well worth
seeing.
It is not the province of the writer
to go into detail mentioning by name
the many natural wonders that should
be visited by the tourist?the list;
would occupy loo much space, and
even then fall to do Justice to the
theme?but tho reader is asked to
look over this Itlchniond Transfer
Company section of to-day's Times
Dispatch, and many of these pin cos
will he found exploited in the adver?
tisements and reading notices con?
tained In these pages.
Those who fcol. the call of the moun?
tains, the plulns, the seaside or tho
great lakes nnd forests of tho North,
and wn0 arc Inspired by tho desire to
Visit some of America's historical or
natural wonder places' can get book
lots nnd folders giving in great detail
. x (Continued on Second Pago.X
Start Right-Purchase Your Ticket at Our Office
And have wagon Call and check your baggage from residence or hotel to destination. Under our special
delivery system we check >our baggage direct to residences, hotels and steamship wharves in other cities,
saving time and trouble. Uniformed agents on all incoming trains and steamers will arrange for delivery
of baggage, and furnish Taxi-Cab and Coach service to residences, hotels and railway stations. Special
attention shown ladies traveling alone.
Our Taxi-Cabs in charge of courteous and competent chauffeurs and on call day and night, for
pleasure driving, calling, shopping, theatres and all social functions. For Baggage wagon or Taxi-Cab
service, Telephone, Day?Monroe 764, 765, 766; Night and Sunday?Madison 48, Monroe 768.
I RICHMOND TRANSFER COMPANY, 809 E. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia |
Mighty Business Grows
From Small Beginning,
Keeping Up to Date.
TAXIES AND AUTOS
SUPPLANT HORSES
Vast Ramifications That Adver?
tise Greater Richmond All
Over the Civilized World.
Gigantic Ticket Business
and Baggage Checking
System.
.Several years aso a special corre
I spondent of a magazine or large trade
j journal came to this city to find out
j all about it and write it up from
I ?n Industrial standpoint, and he made
I a good story, because. In the first
. place, he had a mighty good subject,
i an,i In the second place he was an
j observant man und a good writer.
Being asked by a local newspaper
. man for some of his Impressions of
Richmond he had many good things
to say, among them this: "Richmond
differs In one peculiar respect from
our great Northern cities. Up there
tilings start great. Here they com?
mence small and grow to greatness;
that is. such is the history of a ma?
jority of the bl{r munufnctur'ng, in?
dustrial and mercantile establishments
l have come in contact with. Up North
mighty capitalists get together, put in
? thilr thousandr even millions, and
: Istart an enterpi '?? big r<ght at onse.
I That is good In Its' '-way. and any city
j Is proud to have establishments of
I that kind, for they pay mighty -well
J In one way and another. Yet t think
j It Is a thing more to be proud of
I that a now great establishment should
have started small and under adverse
circumstances and then become great
by the energy, intelligence, hard work
; end good business nhilltv of the poo
! pie who had to start small."
itlehinond Transfer Starts Small.
Thore la much truth In all of that,
I and Richmond has many great con
- erns that it Is Justly proud of. tho
history of which this special corre
: spondent outlined In the above re?
marks. The Richmond Transfer Com
, puny Is one of those concerns Soon
nfter the closing of the War Between
; the states a Confederate soldier, who
hud returned from the field to his
desolated home without a dollar,
bought o few old army horses and a
wagon or two?bought them on credit
?and opened up a kinj of baggage
hnullng business, the main part of the
business helng transferring trunks
from one passen?cr depot to another
for through passengers. Later he add?
ed to his outfit an old-fashioned om?
nibus and two or three hacks, and
, commenced to haul the through pas?
sengers also. StHl later carriages
1 were added to the otitrlt and local
; business was looked after.
Ft;om that small beginning In ths
days When Richmond was Still on tho
lish pile has grown the great Rich?
mond Transfer Company, an Institu?
tion that Is known nil ovo:- the coun?
try, and all over the world, as for
that matter, for Its transactions per?
tain to all countries to which V'r
glnla people travel. Inasmuch as th*
company's agents ff!1 tickets to all
parts of the world, give checks or
! letters of credit to travelers payable
! in any part of the civilized world.
? check b.igsrsee r'aht from your house
I to any part of the Country and keep
a bureau of Information Hint can pi?*
an inquirer wise as to schedules of
nil th,- raliwaj trains th.it run tn tho
world and nl! the stenmsMp linen thAt
traverse tho waters of the irlobe. Thus
! in a war. and n good way. the Rich?
mond Transfer Company has been a
biir ndvertiser 'or this city.
Grows With- the Times.
The company has no) stopped grow.
Ing and It never f?i:.4 to keep; right
up with th? tinv-s. The handsome
horse succeeded the mule, the heavy
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