The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-05

GINIA OPERATIVES AND VIRGINIA CAPITAL
FAIR FIELD AND 80 PAyOR-sUccEss TO
wooDviLLE, &C, &C.
One or the greatest pieces OF enterprise
in the history of Richmond IL that recently
displayed By Mr. John b. Davis on Lump
kin's cid alley, or the continuation of Fiji.
teentb street from Franklin TO Broad. The
idea OF thus utilizing what was almost con-
sidered useless and abandoned property
was happy thought, and is but one among
many evidences OF go-aheadativeuess that has
characterized Mr.. Davis as a live business
man. Nor has the structure which at pre-
sent ornaments this lately sterile flat, and
which will soon give employment 10 many
operatives. been completed without the
surmouniiDg OF various difficulties and OBJ
staces.
The building 10 be known rs the Wood
vile cannery, built from the best brick, Is
three stories high, aud has two.story wing.
The main building fronts Al feet and has
depth OF 1l9 feet. The wing fronts 25
feet and has depth OF 70 feet. In the wing
is 40.horse.power boiler. and in this room
the fruit and vegetables are received and
transferred to the process.roOm, which adj
joins. THIS room is 25 by 81 feet and con.
tains four large steam.keites, each with a
capacity OF four hundred cans; four great
baskets OF similar dimensions, two great
iron cranes for lowering the cages into the
kettles and hosting them out, dipping and
coOiing-taDks. and all the other modern APP
plances OF model factory.
THE PROCESS.
In this room the produce Is scalded or
parboied, and from thence conveyed 10 the
packing-room, lofty and well-ventilated
apartment, siXty-tive feet in length and
forty feet wide. Here it is deposited on
the long peeling-tables. OF which there are
eight, and which, sloping from each side to
the centre, form a channel 10 carry off all OF
the liquid.
The next step IS 10 place the cans in small
crates, which are removed to the process
ing-room and steamed until they are thor
Oughlv heated. From the prOcessing-r0om
the cans are returned To the ground floor OF
the main building, where the cappcrs.'
with sOldering-iroDs and furnaces, quickly
seal item. The cans again pass 10 tue pro-
ces>ng-roOm, and after being packed in
large iron cages are submerged in large iron
boilers until the preserving process Is COM
plete. From the perfectng process the
cans are taken TO the storage room on the
second floor. where they remain sufficient
length OF time to prove that they are in no
way defective. The third floor is used eX-
clusively as Il can manuiactory. These are
briefly The details OF the canning process,
but they by no means in themselves indi-
cate the scope OF Mr. Dlvi,'s enterprise.
To enter into an extended description OF
all the manipulations through which the
fruit is carried, from the time OF its en-
trance to The receiying-r0Om until it Is
placed in the packing-rO0m ready for ship
meni, would command more time and space
than Is at our disposal, nor is it necessary
for the purposes OF this article, which IS,
| in the main, intended 90 direct attention
more particularly to the individual enter
prise displayed in the construction OF the
| building and a brief mention OF the uses to
which it is to be adapted, than as any ad-
yertisemcnt OF the wares therein manufac-
tured.
THE BUILDINGS.
| The establishment has a capacity OF 1000
to 3, 600 cans daily, and will employ from
$50 TO $50 hands, among them number OF
Gamers, who will manufacture the cans in
the factory on the third floor.
The offices open both into the packing
room and the yestibule opening on FIT
teenth street. The yard and the packing
room and the entire structure j. marked by
The taste, convenience, and solidity which
characterize all the bindings erected by
Mr.. Davis, and reflect credit upon Mr.. L.
Wiley Davis, architect and carpenter; Mr.
! w. J. We>twOod. contractor for the brick
work: and james NetherwOOd, who exc
cuted the stone-woIk.
The >tone-paving was done by Mr.. Aloi'
Rick; the timing, plumbing, and gas-lit.
ting by Mr.. William Sears Wood the steam
tittIng by Hayes IL Bowers; the painting by
Mr.. Anderson Grubbs, who executes won
derful work on one leg; while the crane'
and elevators are from The well-kn0wr
no lse OF Messrs. II. NJ. Smith Il Co.
The house is built on made earth, an eX
cayation four feet deep being made. at th'
bottom OF which were driven splles OF
which were laid the heavy solid walls, con
tainng, we are informed, about 3O0,0Ol
brick. The inner supports are very strong
consisting OF heavy posts and girders, place.
close together to sustain the enormous
weight OF the cans stored on the uppe
floors. The lower story is paved with brick
the windows provided with wire screens
An elevator OF 5000 pounds capacity ira
velses The entire building. There Is ga
and water on every floor, and all the ar
engagements are as perfect.as capital, sklll
and experience could render them.
The cannery derives its name OF Wood
Vile from the beautiful suburban farm an'
residence OF Mr.. Davis, whose rich held
and orchards will supply much OF Inc ma
terial used. but this establishment VIII sfIl
furnish market for all the surplus fruit
and vegetables OF the nelghbor'ns farmers
WHAT Is ALL TnIs WORTH!
n is not alone the sight OF the n9
structure, with It's towering belfry, ina
causes feelings OF coDgratulation. Thes
please the eve and crafty the taste, ana ar
enduring monuments OF Richmond's mate
rial progress. But there Is something bel
ter in the thought that this capital is nc
living idle in vast vaults, but Is being seal
tered broadcast and aiding our worthym,
cban,cs and laDoring classes in gaining
/ honest livelihood, in making them NOR
hanpy and con,ented, AID so making tlieI
) better citizens.
II In thus contributing OF his store to entel
2 nrises OF pith and power, and in endeavo
ing :. TO scatter plenty o'er a smiling land,
4 Mr.. Davis acts the practical pDianthropis'
! and.his memory, II il does not live as lon:
will he more green and fragrant than man
D who have wajed through slaughter To
throne and shut the gates OF mercy on maj
Kind"
r The same line OF policy that has made u
= name OF she LesteT-Manor goods rs ilmiii
; Al "A " household word" the wor'd oV'
: will be pursued at Woodville, and the goo'
q put up for shipment will stand A NO.
all markets from the mountains 20 the sea
a and from the tropics TO the poles.
I VIRGINIA FOREVER.
u Cseaplioess, care, and scrupulous J
! oard Cor repuiatioD will be the staDdal