Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-13
THE NEW CEDAR.WORKS.
A Great Enterprise In the Eastern Limits OF
the City. Near the yreweT.

The rew cedsr.works which are now
being built in lieu Ofthose recently burner
IN Manchester are situated on toe notta
side Of James river. on the lot ADJOINING
and west Of the old Jamcs-River Brewery.
They win consist OF the factory, dry
house. engine-housc, boiler-house. ware
rooms. machiue-shops, offices. stables, Isc.,
and will cover lilo acres oi ground. lhe
factory sets about one hundred yards from
and faces tho NewpOrt's News division ot
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway. and i
{5 feet wide. two stories high, ana
runs back 242 feet towards the river.
The dry-heuse Is about fifty yards east of
the factory, and runs parallel with the
same: is one story high, and 80 by 200
feet. The engine-housc, which will con-
tain the two engines by which the ma
chIvery will be run, Is between the factory
and dry-house. near the rear. The boiler
house, 40 by 45 feet. Is also between those
two buildings and near the front, and will
be two stories high. Then 10 The front ot
This is 10 Se the mschlne-shops, 80 by 60
feet. At the front ~ the dry-house /, a
heating-house. ~ by IS feet. where there
is 10 Le a heating apparatus anc engine,
aad two fans run by the engine TO finish
up the driving 81 the staves.
Al OF the buildings will be covered with
slate. They will commence TO cover them
uCXt week.
The size Of the wareroOms has not yet
been decided upon. They will be ut the
front Cf the works. immediately on the rail-
road. convenient TO lead the cars with goods
to bc shipped.
The slaves will be sawed in the rear
part u the factory, conveyed tO the dry
louse IN truck, run hy an endless chain
way. then dried. carried through the dry
and hCating-hOuSes, then back to the front
oi the factory by another chainway, and
there made into buckets. tubs, &c.
There are now about one hundred hands
at work on the various branches OF thc
buildings. The work. are supplied Will
water by q tbree-inch watcr-pipc from
| FutOE-liil spriug. II Is clear and cool
| and excellent 10 drink.
The wharf is being made. and will have
! twelve feet Oi water at low-water mark
| and will connect with the railroad by 5
! switch built for that purpose. There vii
| also he another switch running from thu
! Chcscpcake and Ohio railroad directly int
! the works. There r now a temporar!
planning and driving establishment on th'
| northeast part Of the lot to dry plank
plane il. and fix r ready for usc IN th
| BUILDINGS. The machine-Sh0Ps will com
mcnce work Monday.
All 0i the contract. for the building
| have been let. and the two man building
| are bulk up nearly one story.
Mr.. Parrish expects 10 be- ready to CON
| menco manufacturing for the market Ger
lainlv the Isl Of >cptcmocr-poS>ibly soon
| cr. The present situation ~ the work
makes them much more convenient :
| transportation tEau where they fomerl
stood: in fact. they could not Dee better al
uqtcd. with the river to bring in their lo2
and the Chesapeake aud Ohio road 10 shl
Good, on. The new works will be niue
more conveniently arranged, and will do .
least ~ per cent. more work than the oil
ones did They will give employment {
about 225 hands. They have gotten fou
carload, Of the new machinery, and vi
sct about fifty or >ixty more. All ot "a
machinery Is Of the latest design, and
gotten from the North. The boilers ~
made by the Tanner d Delaney Engin
| CCmany.