The Richmond Virginian., June 11, 1910, CITY EDITION, THE PROGRESS SECTION, Image 5

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K T C H M O X D,
7 A., S A T VTiT) A Y, ,T V X E 11, 1010.
REALTY MARKET .
CONTINUES ACTIVE
Deals in West End Indicate That j
This Section is Still
Booming.
BFILDING OPERATIONS
MAKE GOOD SHOWING !
Beports «>f New Theater Arouses
Interest, But No Site lias
Vet Been Selected, ft
is Believed.
More than ordinary activity mark
*d realty operation* in Richmond 'he
past week, despite unfavorable w-ra
ther condition* that again prevailed.
Several translers of considerable slxe
were recorded involving city property.;
while suburban territory in the West
End came in for its usual share of
attention. Building operations begun
during the week show that this line
' of work is holding its own.
Work on the Virginia Trust »k\ - ’
scraper was begun the early part of
the week, or rather workmen began
tearing down buildings op the site on
East Main street near Eleventh street
preparatory to excavation for tne
foundation. Contract terms call for
completion of this fourteen-story
structure by June t, lmi. and It is
worthy of note that already 4u per
cent, of the office space has been
rented Friday afternoon a lease nnd
recorded whereby the Western I'nlonl
Telegraph Company agreed to rent
the top floor and half of the ground
floor for a term of twenty years at
an annual rental of $7,000. Thirty
nix lawyers have engaged offices in the
building thus far In advance, and It
is said that the basement has beeII
rented for a rathskeller.
Main Stmt Ileal.
A deed of some importance record
ed during the week was the purchase
of the property at 1207 Fast Main
street by II Clark A- Sons, whiskey
distillers, from the William H Scott
estate for $117.50" cash This build
ing Is rfbw occupied 115 the Baughman*
Stationery Company, which holds «
lease on It until March 1. 1911. H
Clark 4r Sons Is now located next door,
but it Is said that the firm will oc
cupy Its newly purchased property 1
ay soon as possible
l«ocatl«n of a site for another lug
theater In Richmond has been a ques -
tion of Interest to realty men. be
cause of statements that a new play
house would be erected here in ctftm
petition with the. Academy of Muaii
These statements were given out by a
representative of the Klaw A Krianger
theatrical syndicate, commonly known
as the trust. It was said that the
alleged trust might build a house on
the northeast corner of Broad and
Seventh streets, recently purchased by
Straus. Otmat & Co. for 1206.0". Noth
ing definite, however. cOuld be aiw>i
talned. although something fnaj be I
doing lataer.
Industrial riant Sold
A transaction that attracted nv.re
than usual notice was the sale i*f the
Industrial plant site at Eleventh and
Byrd streets by 1 N. Vaughan to the
Ji. J. Reynolds Tobacco t'ompanv for
♦ 50,000. The tobacco companj. it ib
•aid. will erect another building on
the site, and will use it for the stor
age of sun-cured leaf, for the time
being Eventually. It is probable that
the plant la to be converted into llal
plug manufactory.
The fact that a tentative offer of
♦ 140,000 was made during the week
for the purchase of the Seventh Street
Christian church property at Seventh
and Grace street* was the occasion
for much gossip in realty circles. As
to Who made the offer is a secret,
but It is known that It was turned
down, for the reason that the Sev
enth Street church people have no.
idea, it ts said, of moving for the
present. In fact, their pastor is au
thority for the statement that the
congregation will probably continue!
to worship downtown for an Indefi
nite period.
stores (ioing l |>.
Three brick stores are likely to go
\ip on the residential sites at 110 and
112 North Eighth streets, purchased
by Davis Berlin at a cost of ♦31,000. 1
Mr. Berlin, through the realty firm of
Baine & Corllng. also got possession
«f the property at 616 East Franklin
for ♦12,600.
S. G. Meredith is planning to erect
twenty semi-detached two-story brick
dwellings on a block on West Main |
street, between Shepherd and West j
streets, which he recently purchased!
from Amos * Poindexter He will!
also soon put up fifteen similar res I -j
dences on West Main, between Cleve
land and West streets. Mr. Meredith
Is completing eight frame residences
on Twenty-eighth street, between M
and N streets. Church Hill.
Activity In West End.
Amos & Poindexter closed a deal
Thursday, by which they sold 150
feet on Shepherd street, between Ken
sington and Stuart, facing the Battle
Abbey alte. This property constitutes
live thirty-foot lots. The firm also
•old to Mrs. Mary M. Carreras 135
feet on Stuart avenue, between Shep
herd and West, facing the Catholic
military college site. This property
brought *40 a front foot. A well
"known Main street business man pur
chased from this firm a four-room
house and one and a half acre lot
pear Lakeside which he will use as
a suburban home.
The Abbey Healty Corporation,
which put Colonial Place on the mar
ket the first of the week, reporta a
sale of more than 100 lots already,
with excellent prospects ahead. This
property Is located immediately west
of Lee Annex.
Club View sales.
Golsan & Nash report sales of *7,
♦ f« In tTub View and *«,*00 in Wash
ington Ward, the latter being for bus
HI -- --
lness property on HVjl street. Broad
street business property sold by the
firm amounted to *9.000.
The fact that the Country Club will
open on June 1* has attracted more
thah usual attention to the Westhamp
ton section, and will doubtless coit'
ttnue to do so for some time yet'.
An Interesting Item In this connec
tion |a tha announcement that a
prominent Richmond architect will
ghorUr begin erection of a handsome
Working Men Building Nice
Homos in the Suburb and In
cubators Are iu Demand.
IT SHOULD BE PART
OF GREATER RICHMOND
Some Citizens Deplore tlie Fact
T hat .Manchester Did Xot Take
in Swansboro Before Joining
Hands With Richmond.
“While gind (hat I am a resident
of Richmond, a citizen of me Capitol
of the old Dominion and not a real
dent of Manchester a* of yore. I de
plore the fart that annexation was
not started and pushed on the South
side many years ago. By this 1 mean
that Swans boro and the surrounding
territory should have become a part
• >f Manchester live years before Man
chester consolidated with Klchmond.'
This statement, made by a business
man of South Richmond this week,
but echoes the sentiment of many.
To the north, the east and northwest
suburbs are being made more beauti
ful and homes that will do credit to
any small town or city are being
built. In Swansboro especially are
there many handsome dwellings.
More are going up each day and
scores of wage-earner* are moving
out of Washington ward Into their
own suburban dwellings.
More freedom is enjoyed in these
suburbs. While Swansboro is an lit
corporat* d village, there are never
theless no stringent laws regulating
the conduct of its citizens. They can
raise all tne chickens they want to.
build ptg pens near their homes, place
cow* In their stables and fire rifles at
bird* that travel through the. air
They are an independent class, these
people who live in Swansboro.
They would not have Joined Man
chester in an annexation scheme, but
many of them would be a part of
Richmond. Though there. Is little
pros peel of Greater Richmond ex
tending Its limits in this direction
within the next five or ten years,
there is a great deal of talk about
such a matter, and from this talk It
is believed a sentiment will arise that
will culminnte tn a Richmond that
will lake in a considerable portion of
Chet.terrield county.
Homes that are being built in
Swansboro compare In beauty* and
cost with any erected tn Washington
ward. Beginning at Twenty-third
street and walking in an easterly di- ;
rectlon. one finds street after street
dotted with splendid structures that |
have recently been built. front the !
fork of the car line at the top of Hull
street. In either direction, there are
handsome bulldingsln course of erec
tion. Carpenter* claim they have
| Grove and in Woodland Height* than
been busier in Swansboro. In Oak
they have been in all of South Rich
mond. The street « ar line that I*
i ..mmonly know n as the “Booking
line.'' running from the head of Hull
street to a point near the Dundee,
former home of Governor Charles T
. (> Kerrall. now presents to the home
Veekera an avenue by which they
reach Richmond almost as quickly
as those who live nearer in the city.
Where two years ago acres and acre*
of land grew up In weeds, real estate
men have this year tut the property
up into bits and have found ready
buyers for all or them. Cottages In
this section are the rule. Further
down into Swansboro and out towards
Forest Hill and on the other side in
the direction of Holly Spring*, the
dwellings are of a more costly char
acter.
Working men the most of the own
ers of these home*. And In the
yard of about four of every five of
these happy and contented citizens
1 will be found a vast number or
chickens—an hundred or more. One
man who has two* incubators in
1 Swansboro supplies many of the
Washington ward grocerymen with
' chickens, having a contract the
, year around to receive thirty-three
and one-third per cent, for every
chicken that reaches the age of nine
weeks. *
Several of these citizens have re
; oently Installed incubators in their
home*, and one man, a machinist at
j the Locomotive Work*, said this week
J that his wife made more from the
! chickens than he earned at his work,
i In Swansboro. too, there are newer
, and more handsome churches, a het
■ ter school and the streets and roads
have been put Into good condition.
; The thriving suburb of Washington
ward Is In a more prosperous condl
I tlon than is Richmond, and the great
; er city can well envy Chesterfield Its
: prosperity.
RICHMOND MEN BUY
FARM NEAR BON AIR
(Spec-tla to The Richmond Virginian.)
CHESTER, VA.. June 11.—Meiin.
; E. C. Laird and W. T. Reed, of Rieh
i mond, recently purchased from Mr.
| W. C. Trueheart a tract of land con
taining 414 acres, near Bon Air. This
1 property Is known as the “Young"
: tract and has l>eon held by that family
for the last fifty years or more, until
sold several years ago to settle up
the estate of the late Mrs. Young.
The property is about two miles
from Bon Air and eight mllea from
i South Richmond, has a number of
excellent springs and will make a
good stock farm. The purchasers.
! Messrs. Laird and Reed, both have
' beautiful homes adjoining the newly
purchased tract.
The price paid for thla large tract
of land Is said to have been very satis
factory to Mr. Trueheart.
| residence for hi* own use near the
1 club, and It is said that the structure
: will be unusually clever la archltec
Uurel design __
I
I
WHERE RICHMOND’S NEW POSTOFFICE BUILDING IS TO RISE
MICE OF SOUTH
Her I*• >rt~ Make Tine Showing iu
Annua! Review of Foreign
('ommerce.
EXPORTS SHOW GROWTH
r i hose of Gulf I'ort- Present K<~
markaMo Exhibit, and Growth
of Imports Greater.
WASHINGTON, l>. <\. June 11.— i
The annual review of foreign com
merce of the I'rated Stales, just is- i
sued by the department of commerce
and labor, reveals some footsteps in t
Southern progress that are of great
importance.
Comparing the exports of 1 s9a and
1 SOS*, it is found that those from Gulf j
port* have increased llu per cent, in .
the ten yeare. The exports from At
lantic ports increased only lii per
Tent, during the aame period, uf the
seventeen Atlantic porls showing
wither large or small increases dor- '
ing the tc n years, seven are South
ern ports. 1 he greatest Increase In
exports made by any one nr the seven
was t2C.hiU.Sg4 at Savannah. Ga.,
showing a growth of more than ill j
jier lent, over 1899. The greatest ;
proportionate increase was made by !
St. John's, Fla. (the district uf Jack- :
sonvlllef. which showed an increase j
of over 70u per cent. Tne. other note- ;
w orthy increase* were Wilmington, :
N. C., 170 per cent.; Fernandlna, r In . j
101 per cent., and Brunsw ick. Ga.. 4 2
per cent. Another matter worthy of ,
cheerful consideration is that, w here
as In 189s the exports from the Gulf
ports equaled only 22 per cent, of the
exports from Atlantic ports, in 1909
they equaled 41 per cent.
The Import figures for the ten years
prove a closer touch of Southern
ports with the commerce of the world,
for while Atlantic ports increased in
the ten years 7fi per cent., Gulf ports
Increased 2 40 per cent. As evidence
that the increase of 76 per cent, made
by Atlantic ports "as largely depen
dent upon the increases made by
South Atlantic ports, the following
cities and their Increases are men- 1
tioned: Baltimore. Mil., $9,151,156 to
$24,022,324; Charleston. 8. C\. 89 97.- |
879 to $3,630,796; Savannah. Ga.,
$376,154 to $2,151,441; Norfolk, Va.,
$209,005 to $1,450,598; Wilmington, 1
N. C.. $142,923 to $1,228,991; Kich- !
mond. Va., $53,360 to $696,984;
Georgetown. t». 0.. $192,414 to $669,
797; St. John's, Fla., $37,752 td $469,
3FT; Petersburg. Va., $327 to $304,
230; Pamlico, N. C.. $2,337 to $91.
922; Fernandlna, Fla.. $25,749 to
$90,087. AJ1 of them showing much
more than TtS per cent. gain.
The total com tnm* of the South
Atlantic ports now overtop total Im
ports and exports at Boston or at
Philadelphia. The Gulf porta exceed
by $1(10,000,000 the total Imports and
exports of all North Atlantic ports
except New York; the Gulf Imports
and exports now equal 33 1-3 per
cent, of -the total imports and ex
ports of New York.
In the year 1909 the domestic ex
ports of the United States show that
cotton, unmanufactured, alone repre
sented 26.48 per cent, of the total,
which te*mojr» than two .and..a. half
times the value of the next moat
important export, via.: meat and dairy
products.
Military .\<*e».
Corporal Kyans, Company C. Hr»t
Battalion. First Regiment, Virginia
Volunteers, was Friday night awarded
a medal as th« best-drilled man In the
company.
There will be a basaar Battalion,
drill next Wednesday night by Cowpa
niea A. B: C. and F.. inrat Regiment.
Virginia Volunteer*. Orders have been
issued t# assemble »t MS •’alee*. - ,
BETTER BROAD STREET
MEANS HIGHER VALUES
Business Min Realize That Improvement «»f <«roat Thoroughfare
Will Inereaso the Assets <>t tlte < tty.
That r* Hj I'xlaUi value* will Jump ]
several per cent, simultaneously with
the improve merit of Broad street is j
the opinion of evert the most Conser
vative holiness men of the city.
These point out, that the 150.000
which has been estimated to he ttie
cost of the initial Improvements is
insignificant in eomparison with the
resultant advantages to Richmond as
a'Whole It will he a wise Investment,
for the city they say, from a purely
mercenary standpoint,
increased land valuation naturally |
! means increased taxes. As a result
within a very few years the city will
haw been more than repaid for the
temporary disbursement, and will I"
drawing substantial interest as well.
Then again, it is declared, that the
| improvement "f Broad street is not to
' b. advocated by virtue of the fact
[that it will aid toward increasing the
j population of Hu hmond. it is an in
disputable fai t that first Impressions
particularly where a city Is concerned,
are most Important, indeed, the man
with mi men to invest or the pros
; pectivo settler is guided almost en
tirely by los first impression.
This fait has long been realized by
every sueessful real estate dealer. He
knows and well, that he has no chance
on earth to sell a prospective customer
!a piece of property unless the land
meets with favor In the eyes of the
! latter on rirst sight. if it does not
meet with favor, there Is no return
I visit. If the land is passable, or rea
sonably attractive, the customer may
j eventually buy, but he will take a long
! time before he does so. He will
[weigh every side of the (ideation with
. exquisite care --and before he has
made up (its mind, it frequently hap
pens that he rinds a not her place which
. makes an instant appefctl, and, desert
ing the old proposition, be invests in
1 the new.
! So it is exactly, with cities. Rich
mond lias many features which com
j mend it to the investor or settler. It
, takes but few minutes to point out
• these features in a manner entirely
\ Irrei utable.
"Hut nevertheless some of them
I have to i>e pointed out," said Mr.
. Morgan Mills, who i* probably doing
| more than any other one councilman
to bring about the Improvem nt of
Broad street. "Make Broad street
bigger, better and more beautiful."
as the Richmond Virginian has ad
vocated.” he continued, "and you will
have an argument which will need
no hacking up. for the very good rea
son that it will be self-evident.
"l-et the man who is looking for
a place to settle come Into Richmond
Let hint set a smooth asphalted Broad
street, with the street cars running
along an elevated, grassy hit of park
ing which pleases his eye, and at
the same time Impresses him with
the safety It afford# pedestrians Ret
TtTm note the fine sidewalks and the
most modern and improved lighting
facilities, and in nine cakes out of ten
he will look no farther. He will be
satisfied—no, delighted.
"As a result Richmond will luyve
gained another citlxen, another pair
of hands to help in building tip its
riches. Not only that, hut this new
settler will write to hts friends. Mer
chants say there Is no advertisement
so good as a pleased customer.. The
comparison Is obvious. | •
"Finally, there are scores of rea
fctVhS wily Broad street should be im
proved against Just one why it should
not Tha. on* doe# not hold water
either, for it dealt w^th expense, and.
as has been shown, the present ex
penditure will yield returns more
than worth while from every stand
point.”
.As s result of all this, business men
are unanimously In favor of the pro
ject, and their enthusiasm 1# shared
lp no mean degree by a goodly pro
portion of councilman, a certalrf
number of formalities must neressart
ly he gone through with before the
work can actually be started, but Mr.
Mills hope* to expedite them as much
as possible.
WEATHER TOO COLDI
Faruiurs Hoping for Bright Sun
shine t<> Make the Weed
Grow Well. ,
Continued cool weather is having
an unfavorable effeet upon the fum
ing tobacco crop. Nearly all of it
lias been set out In Virginia. How
ever. it is not believe! that it Is now
far advanced enough to lie utriuusly ;
damaged by the chilly spell, though
it wii probably be slightly stunted.
It Is estimated by buyers here that
the next season’s crop will he twen
ty-live per vent, larger than the pro
duct of the season just ended. It is
.understood that planters have pat out
large quantities of hurley.
1 here is non practically no market
In Klchmond. This week there were
a few trilling sales of barn cleanings,
cut luUuei men >i.. sot display any
interest "We are now having out
summer holiday. 1 said one.
Old Sold; New Planted.
1)A NY 11.1. E. VA„ June 1.1.—The
old tobacco crop ts pretty well mar
keted, and the new one is Just being
planted. Most of the farmers in tne
old bright belt hate finished' their
planting, and seasonable weather has
given the plants a good start.
Sales for the year on this market
up to June 1 aggregated only Jb.kliti,
t.jl pounds, compared with 38.E34,
• 0*1 pounds, a decrease of 3,103,000
pounds for 1908-10. Despite mis large
decrease In quantity grown and mar
keted, however, the 1909-10 crop has
sold for 13.94s.6f>8.93. compared vvltn
»j,7Ss.u83.ol lor the larger crop vif
last year. 1908-9. In other words,
a crop more than three million pound
less than the previous one. wold for*
i 180,000 more than the larger one.
This result tends to sustain tin- theory
that curtailment of Reduction results
in increased prices for the product.
Building at Highland Park.
Real estate is on a boom at High
land Park. There are many new
houses in course of construction and
plans for others have been approved.
The fruit crop here Is very abun
dant parehiularly plums and peaches
borne of the pTntn Trees ar*~Botf< cable
lor the number of props .supporting
the limbs so heavily loaded with fruit.
To one riding or driving through
ihsi suburb the many beadtlful laVns’
and well kept hedges will be a pleas
ing sight. it would indicate that a
number of the residents are trying to
win the prize Offered for Jhe pret
tiest and best kept lawn
! M IKK VIGOROUS CAMPAIGV
TO RKtHI’IT THU RHUItIKTT.
Monday morning opposing teams con
' siding of one man from each company
will begin an enegetfc campaign in
Richmond to rocrull the First Battal
ion. First Regiment. Virginia Volun
teers. to Its maximum strength. To
the two men securing the greatest
number of enlistments a prise writ! be
awarded. This action -was decided at
la meeting held Friday night. Tha
I campaign will last for one week, t
i service men are being sought for re
j enlistment, as It Is specified by the War
epartment that no man who has not
served in the military for at least
three months will be permitted to Join
In the Gettysburg encampment, which
begins July 1st.
CELEBRATE WHEN
ROAD IS OPENED
Splendid Macadam Highway- Has!
Eton Built From KoanoJTe
to Ooverdale.
OTHER PLANS PROPOSED;
SjKH'iticHtion Being Drawn for;
Erick and Stone Building
to be I'setl a.* Store.
(Special t<. The Richmond Virginian.) i
KOANtiKE, June II.— A plan la on I
; loot to celebrate in some elaborate ]
■ manner the opening of the new rna
artani road from Roanoke to Clover
dale. This is the first macadam road
built into Roanoke, and as it prom
ises to mark the beginning of exten
sive road improvements in this see- .
turn, people of Roanoke, Botetourt and
Roanoke county are considering a
proposition to have a big parade,
speech-making, etc., when it is Corn
. pleted.
The road has been constructed
Jointly by the State and private In
dividuals, th. State furnishing a force
ot convicts. The work ha* been done
in a manner that has earned much ,
commendation. Built with limestone,
the road w ill last many year* it la
on an easy grade and will term a
; part of the national highway between
Atlanta and New York. The road will
be-formally opened In the near fut
ure, Flans are now well advanced
for- building a macadam road front
Troutvllle to Flncastle. Cloverdalc
and Troutvllle are already connected
by the old rock turnpike, and if the
highway to Flncastle is macadamized
it will give eighteen miles of rock
road leading out of Roanoke.
J [>. Kirk has employed Huggins
.V Bates, arv hltects. to prepare plans
and specifications for a handsome
store to he erected at the corner of
t Henry street and Salem avenue, on
■ the site now occupied by an old frame
i building This will be an important
| Improvement, as the corner on which
! it will stand is centrally located and
; heretofore has not kept pace with the
advance of other part* of the business
section. The new building will be of
j brick and stone.
1W BUGGY FACTORY
BE BUILT AT OXFORD
Business of Concern Grows So
That an Enlarged Plant
is .Necessary.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
OXFORD, N. *\. June 11.—Work
hae already commenced on the new
three story, brick building of the Ox
ford Buggy Company on their lot on
Willlamsbcro street. The new build*
; lug. which will be equipped with the
most up to date and modern ma
chinery. and which will be ready for
occupancy in about ninety days. Is
1220x50 feet, and will giic the plant
a floor apace of sixty thousand square
feet, which will enable them to about
double their present capacity, or have
an annual .output of six thousand
Jobs. Sir. Fugleman is ihe contrac
tor in charge and the estimated coat
is $15,000.
When seen by a reporter of thi»
' paper to-day, Mr. B. F. Taylor, the
manager of the plan:, stated that
| business ‘ conditions were unusually
• good, and that their business had In
j creased so much in the pash, as to de
mand this large new building in ad*
■dition to Jhe factory they occupy at
i present, which will be used (or a
i storage house tor the plant. _
IMPOTI
Good Progress Being Mad®
Preparing for Handsom#
F ederal
LIKE OLD B
BET LARGE AN
lb roe of the Walls of
ture. Associated With
mond’s History, to
tained—Home
There's a. big hole in the ground |
Tenth amt East Main streets e*
ing clear through to Barflc at
This is where l nele Sam ta buildt
Richmond's new postottice.
The Shafer building, one of
foremost landmarks nas gone,
work of raising the old structure
completed about a month ago, WJ _
men have now about completed S3
cavatlng and the work of laying
datlons for the new building
shortly begin. It will not be lbng
fore the gray granite walls will tod
to rise and by l>eeember 31* la Is
Ri< hmond's splendid new Fa
building will be complete.
The new home for the postdfl
and other government ftepar
will be «ne of the finest In the cotto*
try. In architecture it will be
same of the old building, which
always a source of admiration* ■ .1"
same scheme will be carried out
all details. The structure will ’■
raised one story and thoroughly equip—' .
ped in every way.
Old Walls to Stand.
Those who have watched the
progress will have observed that threg H
walls of the old postoffloe renwBfc '
standing. This has been done in or
to save time and expense in putt.-_..
up the new building The front, bscift
and eastern side wall# will be uti>laed.>|
The masonry of the portion yet Wt*
be erected will conform to these. ||
The size of the new building will bdi ;
nearly three times as great as that dfc*
the old one. All of the site extending "
to the sidewalk line on Tenth stl
will be utilized.
The plans and specifications
pared under the direction of thih
ervislng architect of the treaa*lin
partinent at Washington, call ttogi
1 est of all materials. It is also
■ forth that enough men must toe
i ployed by the contractors to tof
Mhe completion of the work by
| cember 31. 1911. For each day OYc. ..
this time limit the contractors will*1;
have to make a heavy forfeit. ',i
K('r|)lng Close Watch. ;.|
Engineer Hollyday, of the supers.:^
vising architect’# office, ts here Wi:|
[ charge of the work. In, behalf of ,fh«t,:.
government. He is also in charge o£'J
i a new postoffice going up In Winches
ter. Va. Mr. Hollyday spends f<
days of each week here and tbs.
mainder of the time in VaUsy Cl'
He is constantly on the alert to
I that the department’s speciflcal
are carried out to the letter.
t'ollector of 'customs Arnold*
j is also custodian of the Federal bnjl
ling, is the distributing agent for
: government. All of the money
' by the government in currying on
| work pa.-ses through the hands
I Mr Arnold.
The contractors, a Baltimore
j believe It will be possible to haV* ji
work done on contract time. At"
lent, however, mostly unskilled
j Is being worked in removing -'
I debris occasioned by the remov
I the Shafer building and a large
I tlon of the postoffice. As soon
(the Work of raising Is completed
a hundred skilled mechanics. me*S§§
I carpenters win ne set to work;
! speedily finish the Job.
A large corps of engineers
'about finished their preliminary
j Each day now they may be seel
, levels and transits staking
I’ce lxx«l labor.
It will be the policy of the
tors, it i# understood, to. empl
much local labor aa possible,
enough cannot be procured In
mond other places will be called
It is believed, however, that nto'd
culty will be encountered in thnl.i
in getting suffleien work.
Thus It will be seen thaf
.thousands of dollars will he sj_
I Richmond. Scores of families WtW
supported for more than a year
| money earned by the brea w
'from the government.
Orent quantities of building
terial will be bought from
i houses, although some will nece
have to be made according to
eia) designs in plants away
here.
i ne enlargement of Rich
pootal facilities speaks dearly fi
growth of the towo. A city's
can probably be best Judged tl
postal receipts. Richmonds
are constantly increasing. The
mands made upon the postofBco
increased manyfold during the
few years. So great, in fact,
was imperative for the
to order a bigger building to
the mails. More than tw
people are employed
postoffice, not Including
j ter station.
To Provide Foe
Not only will this’ building .
copied by Postmaster Edgar
i and his staff, but the following
’and United States office* will
'located In the new building:
I United States circuit court
Pfals. United Staten district
ITii
lited States circuit court,
of customs. Unltde States
revenue office, Including
collector of_ravanue—and
agent. United States marine
{and public health service.
: animal industry. United
shal and offices of the
clerks of the courts.
! In their temporary <j
three-story Iti^ch buildlag
and East 'Franklin stream
Federal offices are
fated. Sot neverthej
ment officials and the
eagerly looking t
When they will he
and for all at