The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-19

school tickets and family cards. b'
ferry six cents each way. Boats run houri'
during the day. and there are twcniy-iou
passenger trains on week days ih'
Alexandra Fertilizer and Chemical Com
panv was started last year, running the oll
Ice plaster mill on Princess and The hricl
mill on Union street. turning out about one
hundred tons of fertilizer and plaster pen
dav. They are now erecting an annex lu.r
SO feet onlPrncoss streciinear the Midland
freight Yards. II will be- A. feet high and Of
three stories when complete. and will
doubtless increase their business considera-
biy. They get their material principally
from Charleston and the West. The
plaster comes direct from Nova SEQ
/ tia.-Messrs. William H. May & son
have increased their facilities ~ msnuiact-
/ ing pl0ws and castings Of late, and hessrs.
/ Curtin & Butts have puIbased the old
Jannesin & Collins foundry for their pur-
poses. They run the old Lcatheri2ud fOuu-
/ dry-The proposed railroad and street
car lines between here and W ashlngton and
Mount Vernon are as yet only on paper
learn through Captain DOnshOe. Of the
Fairfax Herald. that some railroad surveys
are now being made al Fairfax Courthouse
presumably in the interest Of the Baltimore
and Ohio and the Chesapeake and ONO
roads These matters have been
The Isaac Harter Milling Company Of Eos
tina. Ohio, had a representative here some
time ago, and recently one Of the firm wrote
here for further particulars regarding IN
ducements, etc. The gist Of the correspond
ence is embraced In the following: Should
ne locate in Alexandra, II would be with
the following understanding: lst. That the
CITY deed us the land on which the mill
building il located, together with the
10 ..fti txh foI tho
shop is located, and that portion further
on back 20 the railroad track. ID. That the
CITY purchase the mill building aud give US
that also Sd, That we be exempt from tax
alton Of every description for period of
twenty years. In consideration OF these IN
ducements, should We find il advantageous
20 locate there, we would erect mill-that
is, we would put in milling plant having
a capacity Of from 900 10 800 barrels per
day. We would put in the very latest ma
chinery and would turn out the very best
winter wheat flour that unsurpassed milling
machinery could manufacture. We would
also start the cooper-shOp, and il would also
employ a large number Ofmen. We would eX-
pect 10 expend from upwards Of 100000 20
1856, 600 on the plant 10 get It in working
order We would bring an abundance OF
northern capital with US which might lead /
70 other ventures in your city that could /
llNI UuI klff NWM a n4N-iihN'HN ''"AAs
The citizens will do their part i'm the matter /
when the time comes.-SOme months AGO /
Board Of Trade, which was formed last fall /
with a membership Of 800 and patterned /
after the Richmond Chamber OF Commerce. /
sent committee 10 Massachusetts to try and /
get some Lynn shoe men 10 locate here, I
several Of whom had been looking around /
here for suitable sites.-Nr. i. Powell /
Hill, formerly Of Richmond, haf been active |
i'm the matter. lie recently offered % take |
5 Il. 900 worth Of stock in a shoe factory 10 /
the citizens would pony up, too, and have
Mr. r. paf take charge Of the cOncern.--
The freight traffic Of the Midland road SO
last year az 20 require the removal /
ofthe freight yards the LOudOun yards,aud
two large sheds. in addition 20 The large
freight house Of the old road. are now going
up.-The new freight house and
platforms OF the A and +. road
has been mentioned in IHE llNEs.--
Some more street Improvements are being
by the council committees.
A fre-alarm system. on the plan Of the
I2mewell company. is being pushed by me
Gre department and many citizens. The
company oilers 10 put up q small affair for
y. 30O.-lhe electric light plant Is COM
parativelv a new addition. 10 cost some
thing like Sls.O00.-lt IL proposed 20 in-
crease the salaries Of the Police Court
CITY and suburban real estate is gradually
IN value. some suburban lots
that last spring sold for 500 cannot be bad
now for less than $500 Mt. Vernon avenue
and the projected railroad viii help in this
respect The Postal Telegraph Co. now
has z fair patronage. itlas evidently come
90 stay.-The ship-yard has had more
work during the month past than for some
time. Several boats are being built OBJ re-
built now, and the repairing force is ousily
engaged on others. The large railway Will
the larger sch00ncrs. The +.
Midland road is widening its yards at O.
Duke-street depot, having recently la'd
four new tracks grading for the same
The shops have been kept running twelve
tO fourteen hours daily for several months
past.-Ab0ut eight and a bali Of the
Twelve million cubic yards Of earth required +
10 i'm the Potomac fats 10 the desired
ieighih have been deposited thereon. DIR.
A fired Leigh has built 4 -four and grlst
mill ON the site OF the old jackson mill, Col
sin Run, in fairlaI.