The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-12-04
THE HOUSE BUILDING co.
IT'S FACTORY READY FOR WORK
Wonderful Cuickness and cheapnes in bul-
ing Houses tut Together as strong as
Box Car" Finely Equipped Fac
tory East CT the City.

tory East CT the City.
The business Of the Staunton Bui
ing Company is to erect quickly an
cheaply, yet durably, the dwelling hou
es and other buildings for which there
just now in Virginia an unprecedente
demand. a. E. HuGdlestore, Of VI itSy
Sulphur Springs, is its president, and W
O. Dalnron, a prominent lawyer oil Gov
ington, is its general manager. Most orr
all of its other stockholders are citizens
of Covington or Allegheny county
The factory now being completed at
Stanton, on the Q. L .. track one mile
east of the depot, is the principal manu-
featuring plant OF the company, whose
general business headquarters are also
to be in this city. The site referred 10
was donated by the Staunton Develop
ment Company. Brancl, factories are to
be erected at once at Buchanan, Bedford
City, and Mineral City Witt these four
factories the company can build houses
conveniently III all parts of Virginia.
1t OWNS the right for this entire State to
build houses according to the patent of
z. Il. Carskadon, of keyser, W. Va.
The popularity of the Carskadon
house is that it is put together like a
bureau by means OF lemons No nail;
are used except in the roof and in tie
floors. 1t is said to be the strongest and
most durable wooden building made
The Staunton Building Company ex-
/ poets to put up houses twenty five Ter
cent. cheaper than their cost by the usu-
al method Of building. 1t will be ena-
bled to do this by keeping in stock ut it's
factory all parts, perfectly accurate, for
any one of a variety of dwellings ADOPT
ed by it as its standard styles Small
cottages are to be completed for the plas-
terers i'll six days. and good sized dwell
llngs in less than two weeks. Lumber
and other supplies are to be bought in
large quantities from first hands, and the
most effective machinery is to used wher-
ever available. 1t will readily be seen
that such methods of building will re-
duce cost to the lowest possible figure
Several companies are building Carsk;a-
don houses with great success in Ohio
and West Virginia. His patented meth
Cd of building was originally introduced
about year ago.
The Staunton Building Company is
now about rea 1y to put it's factory n
operation. An office will be built L.
the factory in a few days to serve as Il
specimen OF the Companys work. BY
of ncynt
operations will probably be commenced.
The capacity of the factory is to be from
three to five dwelling houses per day
from the start. Fifty men will be en-
ployed by the company at Staunton.-
Contracts will be taken to build and COM
plete any kind of a frame building from
a one room office to a large hotel or fac
tory. Many orders for houses have al
ready been received, one of which is to
build fifty for town site company. AL
most any kind of an arrangement will
be made for building. A customer can
bring plans already drawn, can select
from the company's collection of plans,
Or plans will be made by the company
for him according to his own preferences
The company will do simply the wood
work OF a house, or will take "a contract
for all work involved. In any case it
will agree to furnish first class work.
Its architect. Mr. Humphreys of Man
chester, Va, is now making designs for
an illustrated catalogue.
The ground dimensions OF the Staun-
ton factory are 30 Y 100 feet, not counting
a small shed for the engine and boiler
An addition 80 go feet will be erected
soon to serve as q storage room for the
house material that is to be kept in stock
quantity of roofing iron and some ter
ra Gotta flues are now ON hand, and yell
low pine lumber is arriving daily from
Norfolk. J. E. A. Harris, an experience
ed builder from Front Royal and River
ton, who built the Farmers Alliance /
works at Iron Gate. has general charge
OF the companys construction work.
The building of the factory was started
by him near the end of Septem Der, but
on account of unavoidable delays in OBJ
tanning material, little progress was made
before the beginning of November. He
The factory is a one story structure, with !
frame composed principally of oak
sides of poplar, and roof of steel sheets
all braced and strengthened with man,
iron rods and bolts.
Enough machinery is in place for be
ginning operations, but more will airiv
soon. Among that now in place is a n.
Z planning machine, the largest size
use, capable of dressing the four sides
piece of timber 6 x IA inches. 1t
made by the Egan Company of Cinci
natl, manufacturers of many kinds
woodworking machinery. Another
portant piece of machinery now in t.
factory is a borer and mortiser of til |
largest size made. 1t was bought from
Cumberland, Dugan & Co., agents, Bal
timOre. Several smaller pieces of ma
chinery are in place, made by H. M.
Smith, Smithville, N. J., and by the
Williamsport Pa.) Machine Company
The capacity of the engine is thirty-fve
horsepower. The factory as a whole is
an admirable establishment for what is
to be the work of it's owners, in building
q large share of the new houses soon to
be required in Staunton for an increase
of people equal to the present popula-
ton of the city.
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