The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-24
RICHMOND MANUFACTURES.
THEIR EXTENT. VARIETY, AND
WIDE DISTRIBU1I1N.
PRODUCTS OF RICHMOND INDUS.
TRY IN EVERY ST.ArEIN
THE UNION.
A GLANCE AT a FEW ESTABLISH
MENTS.

now generally acknowledged, DuC teW per-
sons have any definite idea of the extent Of
.nr manufactures at this day, of their rapid
growth and constantly increasing impor-
talce. and of their wide diffusion over the
United STATES. Virginia is in this respect far
ahead Of Sny Of her sister States o! the late
Confrdcracy, even according to the lmpcr-
feet census OF 1870; and Richmond Is not
only far ahead Of any southern city, but tol-
lows closely upon the heels of some cities in
the r.,,itlsc, eastern, and western States
which were on the flood tide of
pro>pcrity while the war kept Rich-
mond idle. When we say that the value OF
the products Of our factories last year was
over SIG 900 600, and that for over S6,0h,'
900 OF that amount we are indebted to IRON
aloue, we give after all but faint idea OF the
extent OF our manufacturing interests;
nor is it much more satisfactory to state that
the products of our factories have been
sent during the past year into every state
in the Union. The details are more interest
ing and more convincing to the sceptc at
home and abroad, aud hence it Is that we
lav before our readers this morning few
facts cleaned by our reporters in their ram
bIeS, showing how tie money md enterprise
of our capitalists and the world-rcnowncd
skill OF our mechanics is employed, and civ.
ing some idea not only of what has already
been done, but Of the possibilities within cur
reach.
The business Of Watt & Call, mauufact,l-
rers Of the, ,weil-known Watt plough and
other agricultural implements, atiord' Il >trik-
ing illustration of the wondertulIy-incrca>cd
demand for Richmond manufactures since
the war. Before ths war they did not sell a
single plou9hsouth Of Virginia, and Of course
none at the North. Now. on the other hand.
>evcn.clshths Of their products so South and
in nearly all Of the southern States as well
as in almost every county i'll Virginia tue
Watt plouahS and other articles manutac-
t,lrcd by this firm may be found in use every
dav. They have sold not less than 2,1G1
piot'slS since the 1St Of january last, and are
ovcrrun with orders. which, even with their
cuiars..d capital and increased facilities, they
are hardly able 10 ill.
&, +. Palmer does Il large business in the
same line. aud has recently commenced the
manu,cturu Of rcapers and mowers, OF
which he has sold 120 within the last twelve
months. Twenty Of these machines went to
Kentucky. forty 10 the Carolinas, ten to Ten
ucSsCc, and the balance were sold in virginia.
OF cidcr.miS he sold rs r'auy as 800, four
| ilths of which wcGt out Of the State, and
| are nnw in use and advertising their enter
| priSiny manufacturer in Tennessee, Ken.
| tucNv, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, the
| District of Columbia, and the CarulnaS. Lis
foundry for plough-rlStings turned out aboslt
800 tons, and onC-lmir of the product; went
out oi the state. His tobacro-mliS arc be.
comm. i'opu " in Tennessee. Kentucky. and
N0ish tH.r!!ina. as we'll lis III Virginia, and
! he is nnw :ilIing two orders Tor Missouri.
| p. II. :itarke's agricultural implement
! establishment makes The same gratifying en-
| mMt. Alr. St;irkc Ills for months past been
| selling o!4 hundred and eighty plougis 4
week, aud finds it hard to Till the orders
| which pour in upon him from all parts oI
the South. At least one-third of bis ploughs
20 10 o.hcr States, AMI will" ilcr Hrr alreldy
III demand in North Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia, Alabama, Maryland. Mississippi
and Louisiana, The recent opening OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad has had :llC
effect of hriuging him orders from West
Virginia. Tennessee, and Kentucky. Mr
Starkc also does an immense and imrTaSin"
business in the manufacture Of harrowS
coultcrs, cultivatorS, etc, but these articles
of course, are mostly sold i'll Virginia.
The concern Of j. W. CardWcll d Co.
makes q report Of the same general tenor Is
the other manufacturers Of agricultural i'm
plcmcntS. They have orders in hand to-day
from Louisville, KY, Quincy, ILL.,. BurliuS'
ton, Iowa, aud New York city, as well as from
| the several southern States. Their establish
| mcnt is crowded with work. Some of theil
orders are for tobacco machinery aud fix.
turcS, but i'll the main they are for asrlcul
tural implements. One order for cidnr-milis
| from St. Louis, Mo-, amounts TO $1,000.
The old firm Of III. NJ. Smith Il Co. is fast
| acquiring national reputation. Last year
| they made 100 thrcshing machines (no small
number Of machines so complicated aud sc
| COSTLY, onc-thiId of which went beyond the
| limits OF Virginia, being sold principally iu
North Carolina, West Virginia, South Caro-.
lima, and Georgia. OF l,GU0 straw-cuttcrs
| two-thirds left tie STATE, being distributed
throughout North Carolina, Maryland. South
| Carolina, Georgia, fennesse, and West Vir
yinia. About in the same proportion 5U(
well-iiNlurcs, 500 corn-shellers, 500 cult.
yators of various patterns, and numerou:
ciLer-mills, horSC-poWcrs, and corn-phlntcr:
were scattered over the South from the
| Potomac to the Gulf and from the Ohio tc
| the Chesapeake; while some articles wen
even bevonu these limits. They also sole
S45 900 worth Of tobacco factory fixtures
MANY of them going to North Carolina, Hi
nois, Ohio, Missouri, Kentucky, and New
York. The business OF this firm maintains
large number OF men, and is carrying tht
reputation Of Richmond mechanics tar ant
wide.
Kindred to the manufacture of agriculture
indictments is that of the fertilizers Whlc'
Ike farmer must have for his soil. In tbl:
line we have the Southern FertilizinS Com
rauv, whose mills are employed to their ful
capacity in endeayoring to supply the DC
maud which comes to them from the South
1t will require 5000 tons to furnish their Gus
TONERS this season, aud 1900 tons will be
required for North Carolina alone. They
VIII ship two cargoes to Norfolk in few
| days for Eastern North Carolina.
But large as is the aggregate of business
| done in the departments at which we have
glanced, and great as is their value 10 the
city OF Richmond. the value OF the produces
of any one of them is but as Il drop in thC
bucket when compared with that Of the
greatest establishment devoted 10 the man
u(acture Of cars, car furniture, and railroad
supplies. The works Of the Tredcgar Com.
pany in this city are the largest for general
iron work on the continent. Their sales
from the rolling-mils in 1872 included $4,000
tons of spikes, 6sh-pates, bolts, aNles,
chains, and bar iron. From tue foundry
and lacl,iue shops they turned out l,o92
(, eini,t cars, aud 4 large tOnhage OF car.
wheels and general castings. TO make these
cars j. .OOO, 900 feet Of lumber was used, the
white oak coming from along the line Of the
Cbcsapeakc and Ohio railroad, and the pine
from Eastern North Carolina. They would
form q train seven miles long.
The rolIing.mill products were distributed
-. I:....,, ~, o,,.,,, St,fo ~, tho TInion and