The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-05-18

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stantly filling orders for, would be to name
the greater part Of the leading roads of the
country. ~ 80 g
The most Of their raw material, such as
the best grades of pig iron, is obtained
from Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and
North Carolina the ordinary grades, from
New York and Pennsylvania while their
chief supply Of scrap iron comes from
Europe. Richmond and vicinity furnish
their supply of bituminous coal-the best
quality that can be had for the general fur
nace-as well as the sands and clays Tex
cellent grades) for casting and pudding
purposes. Indeed, it is questionable
whether there is any better locality in
the country, taking all the needed ma
terial and the entire supply of power,
facilities, and product required for the gene
raj purposes of such an establishment as
the Tredegar, than the identical grounds
occupied by this company. They are capa-
Bile of almost unlimited extension, and the
company are now putting up a new Rolling
Mill, of five thousand tons finishing capac-
ity, to meet the steadily increasing de-
mands Of their business, as well as new
car shops, adding a capacity of five hundred
cars annually to their works. Their pre-
sent capacity, with these rolling mills and
car shops completed, will be, as COM
pared in actual product, as five to one
with what it was before the war. -. a
The new bridge, bringing the Richmond
and Danyille railroad track directly into
their works, will add largely to their facil-
ties Of transportation, especially in the
direction of the South and Southwest. For
the information of persons residing at a
distance from Richmond, and uniformed as
to the advantages of transportation enjoyed
by our local manufacturers, we might say,
that by means of steamers to Baltimore,
or the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, and
the Orange, Alexandra and Manassas
road to Strasburg, the Tredegar company
can avail themselves Of. the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company's low through rates
to allpoints in the West and Northwest.
BY the Richmond and Danville railroad and
connections, they can reach all points in the
South and Southwest, by two and some
times three routes. BY sailing vessels,
they can ship to all the North and South
Atlantic ports, as well as to Cuba and the
Gulf ports and by frequent, if not daily,
steamers, they can reach New York, there
to avail themselves of the splendid canal
and railway systems Of that great State.
On the completion of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad and its connections, they will
be able to save their present transportation
to Baltimore, and ship more directly than
they are now doing to all parts Of the
West and Northwest. 80 10 r5rtrrf
The importance of this large and enter.
prising company to Richmond, can hardly
be estimated in appreciable results. Besides
the large force they constantly employ
their industry stimulates hundred Others
in Richmond and its vicinity. There is moi
single branch of trade or industry here
that is not quickened in the general pulse
of its activity by the flow from the larger
heart of the ,Tredegar Company. 1t is
under the most energetic and thorough
management, and it is questionable whethe,
the University Of Virginia, with all its
splendid curriculum of study, is turning out
finer or higher type of graduates, than
are constantly taking their degrees of
honor, in mastering the possibilities of iron,
from, the Tredegar Works. They are now
turning some of the mighty cannon Of the
Confederacy (thc colossal weapons of their
own construction) into implements of peace,
prosperity and general happiness throughout
the whole country. Long may their pre-
sent noble work continue and may it be
long before the mighty FORCES of the Trede-
gar shall again be heard in answer to any
such demand as that which involved us in
the most direful and calamitous war o.
modern times. Then shall the honors O.
its worthy President be no less renowned in
in peace than in war. f4tf 5gfI O.