The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-04-16

10.
Vlckers is proprietor, is undergoing i'm
proVemeuts, electric bells and other
oonviences being added It is situated
IN the contre Of trade and is one Of those
places that the travelling man does not
soon forget. The proprietor has had
years OF experience and is one of the
best known landlords in the State.
THE INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER
INSTITUTIONS.
The Old North State Smoking Tobacco
W WOrlls
Of which Mr. r. P. Richardson. Jr.. and
Capt. A. E. Walters are proprietors, is
| the largest and most complete tobacco
factory III the place. The building and
plant cost $25, 900, is six stories high,
mansard roof,a cupoia with a four-saced,
eight ieet dial clock, is an imposing and
symmetrical structure requiring over one
and quarter millions Of bricks 20 com
plete It. the walls are unusually massive,
tue exterior being gracefully ornamental.
Ihe interior surpasses any building of
It's KIND IN the State, as for arrangement
and convenience. The Office is elegantly
designed and furnished and finished in
Pullman style with native oak, being
the work of the Hammond Mannfac.ur-
ing Company, Archdale, n. G. The en-
tire designing all harmonizes. This
will be the model tobacco factory for
some time to come. The machinery is
the very latest, TIE system Of screen
ing is perfect, no dust or impurities
being allowed 20 enter the granulated
tobacco. The immense storage rooms
| full Of the best golden weed, :" the large
and we'll lighted work rooms, the many
different pieces Of machinery, the eleva-
tors and many other matters are more
than can be described in this space. The
goods manufactured are second to none
on the market and have wide reputa-
ton for excellence Of quality-no cheap
goods being made. Capital invested
S76, 600. There is a singular fact in
connection with this institution showing
a steady growth and steady gain over
each corresponding month for a series of
years.
Robert Harris & Brother,
OF which Nj. Robert Harris and Mr..
Il. q Harris are the propretors, is
among the oldest tobacco manufactures
II this section, having established the
present business IL 1885. They have en-
joyed an ever increasing trade from the
lnclpIeGoy Of the concern. The average
sales fer the past five years have bef Que
million pounds Of Smoking and chewing
tobacco per annpm. They employ from
three to four hundred hands. Their
manufactured goods embrace ali grades
OF pug, twist and smoking lQ0accos for
home and export trade. ODe OF The
Iacts connect ed with this fra is, these
goods have always given universal salts
faction at home as well as abroad The
stock Of leaf and manufactured tobacco
carried By this firm require an immense
binding to hold it. The main building is
OF brick, we'll and substantially made, five
floors, 60x165 in dimentions. The fac
tory IS fully equipped with al thc most
improved machinery, and has an ample
capital 10 meet all The requirements Of
their ever increasing trade ii any branch
OF this industry that they desire to prose
. cute IL addition to the iaot0ry they
have a storage warehouse 75Xl6O feet
} for the housing of the immense stock OF
: leaf constantly kept on hand
ReidsviIie Cotton Mills.
Was organized in 1889 NJ Gambrill,
president, and S. Il. Boyd, secretary and
, treasurer. Authorize d capital, $3.50, 600
Manufacture cotton yarns. and the pro
; duct of the mill is sold as fast as it cal
!, be put on the market. The mill has
: 6 900 spindles and is thoroughly equipped
with first class machinery, and is lighted
by electricity from its own plant. 1t i;
protected against fire by automati.
> sprinklers, outside fire hydrants and fir,
: pump. Ten houses with six rooms eacE
are being erected for operatives. Al
! addition to the mill of 50x60 feet is t,
), be made at once, which will make tb,
Il main building 340x6O feet. and 800
J. spindles have been conira@.at. tor ant
Q will be put in thi, mouth, i o,~n VII
d make 1900 spindles III ali
e Box Factory and Roller Hills.
:, J. II Walker & Co, propfistors Of th
: box factory, run also in connection wit
70 u, it one Of the finest rciier mills in th
; country. In addition to this, TIC
y handle an immense Q-aItlt5 - -eaoOne
= ana dressed pine lumber. Trey are OK
!, rating % z capit.i Cf fiftr h"reanh d.
.are, "ud disp ii ~ the pr duets
: 1ne mills as last rs manufactured Th
\ is one of the largest enterprises Of il
kiud III the State, and has been instrl
~ mental in the upbuilding Of the place ;
- much as any other institution mere
= FIR. Penn s. Co.
er Measrs f R. Penn and 5 c.. Penn
" proprietors, was established in 1856
They manufacture all kinds of plug t
es bacco, and have always made a specials
I'd Of the finer grades, for which they ha
C. national reputation. They employ OF
hundred and fifty to two HUNDRED hand
Mt and manufacture annually six to eig
Id hundred thousand pounds. Their goo
are sold principally in the Southe
rs. States, where they are widely know
IL They have ample capital for all requi1
J. ments. The buildings are among {
he largest in the State, and they are w'
on prepared and fully equipped for a mo
extensive business in the future.
A. III. Motley * Co.
=, Tobacco manufacturers, began bu
,as ness in 1880; employ between $50 a
100 400 hands; manufacture over one n
1n lion pounds Of plug aud twist tobacC
bo They also manufacture large amou
in Of plug cut and long cut tobacco
to smoking.
m, They have, during the last Two yea
IN turned their attention to the maLufa
me- ure of export tobacco and ship regula
fn four fprciUn 1aDOf Thar pG(