Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-28
Alexandria,.
A correspondent OF the Washington Chroui-
Gle writing about this city, says:

A correspondent OF the Washington Chroni-
Gle writing about this city, says:
Green's furnilure factory, on the corner of
Prince and Fairfax streets-an unpretentious
brick building, five stnries 10 height, aud mea
suriug 100 by 60 teet-c 'rtaiDly takes the lead.
1t was established in 1923 by James Green,
owner and proprietor of the Mansion House. The
old gentleman has DOW resigned its manage.
ment into the hands Of his TWO sons, Stephen
A. and James E. Green. The aged proprietor
had similar mapufactory, at the time he es
tablished this one 10 Washington, where it
was located first on the southeast corner of
Tenth street aud Louisiana avenue and latterly
corner of Eleventh and the Avenue, in the
| Star building. MIR. Green, ST., was the pioneer
| in the use of steam for turniture manufacture,
| having Introduced il into his business 10 lS47,
at which time engines OF great size and power
we're located on the factory premises. The
| subse quent Inauguration of saw-ni.Is for cut
| ting lumber into requisite shapes has done
| sway with the employment of eny but the more
delicate machinery for lighter work.
Among the older buildings, &c., which this
house has furnished may be mentioned the
| Planters Hotel 10 ST Louis, which received
| al entire new outfit 10 1885 or 1886, the turn
ture being sept via New OsIcaus and the Mis-
sissippi river This fu nIture is still 10 Use at
the hotel banned. Excepting Wizards new
addition, 10 your CITY, and the Arlington,
Riggs, and Seaton House, all the hotels IN
Washington were furnished two or three times.
The Columbia Hospital of Washington was
fitted up by this house about 1878 aud lastly,
the orlriua, tall cases which stood in the
Patent Office museum, and contained all the
curiositiys, came from Green's So much for
pioneer factory in furniture creation. One
of the sons of MIR. Green, 10 whom | am IN.
drbted for this Interesting daia, and whose
brain is quite teeming with pleasing recolicc-
tions of Altxandria, Washington, and their
relative by gone conditions, reports trade IN
his line to be quite fair though OF course SUI
| fering from the general business depression.
Jameson's steam bakery, on north Lee
street, is Alexandria's great saLd by. 1t was
established in 1898 by the Jami sous: in whose
hands it was retained until 90, wheu George
Hill & Co., the present ploprctors took
charge rhe bakery turbs out every kind of
cracker, cake and biscuit, irom the jack.tar' S
hard tack to my lady rdy-inge1s.
In tobacco Manufacture the establishment Of!
Messrs S'einer T. Iche, established 10 1865,
or thcreabouts. takes precedence The trade
is pronounced to be- 10 fair way. From these
gentlemen | cleaned few Interesting figures
regarding the weed lu 1874 there were made
by them 1000 900 cigars; in IS. 9OD,OO0, and
| during this year, 80 Tar. 100000 have been
turned out. They use Havana filters wi h Con
neclcut wrappers
Pe.er Atchlsou 4 Bros fat mill. for the
manufacture Of wheat Iaus, is quite au interest-
iDg scene OF busy toll The Fl IL has at present
q contract Tor 100 taus, aud anticipates con.
sderatll agricultural trade III the near future.
With these. the representatives OF many Indus
ttias, branching out so as to Include every spe-
cics, why may not Alexandra prosper? In
their own spheres, her tradcSmen and NE
chauics are hard working class. Her farming
element --scattercd along the bUrdtr OF tits
dear old town, aud piercing the hills OF the
western country-are IN no wise inferior IN
point of energy anti prudence Such coopcra-
tive business strength cano0t, it seems to me,
70 much longer unreward:d The market
house here is very fine structure, and ref :cts
credit on the taste oil its archltecl-your ma
tional Adolf Cluss. l. is built OF brick, with
stone trimmings; stands TWO stories high, sur
mounted by tower and Steeplc, aud occupies
the center square, bounded by Royal, Cameron,
and Fairfax streets aud Market splce. The
old structure was destroyed by FIRE, as your
readers may remember, 10 1871, and was re-
built short while thereafter, the total Cost OF
the new builiidg being between sixty aud sew
epty FIVE Thousand dollars. ln addition TO this,
The sum OF $4,000 WAS donated b. MIR.
Dangerield. one Of our local pillars, to erect i
steeple On the market, and to place therein Il
town clock aud bell. This was DOPE and the
blue scroll work afar up the side ofthc sprc,
which de6ed the straning SIGHT OF ye AIexan-
driaus was defined by a young man whose
sharpness extends even to his eyes. rhc scroll
tells the builders name to be 'B. +. Price,
architect and builder" Lower down on the
west face of the brick tower is marble slab,
SET into the wall, and rcadiDg: