Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-03-12

p, capital and with energy and business ability 1t Is
without doubt one OF Alexandrias promising enter
prises.
The Excelsior Brick Works located ut tho mouth OF
the alexandria Canal and directly on the deep water
of the Potomac Is also vigorous ana i've hstitulon
| They are doing large business. , -, :,
| Corbett X Yohe's works located OH south wash
ngton street, and while they are not perhaps doing rs
large business rs the TWO other above m 1 ill.,; ~
pane. still, they are pressing forward IN me me ..
development. This is an Old institution III Ae1ahorA
| and has always been successful.
The firm of Pullman 4 Sons Is also located on " ash
ngton street south is well equipped and is doing
1t is estimated that these four establishments have
capacity for annual OUTPUT Of not less than 2olcV
| wv Of bricks.
| BANKS.
Our city has two National banks private and one
savings bank. All these institutions are condueteu on
the soundest business principles, and have me sD.ty
and inclination take of the business interests oil
| our community. There safer or more reliable
! financial institutions III our State
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
1 We have fourteen Building Associations. They have
been of great value TO people. Hundreds OF families
now enjoy the satisfaction OF occupying homes which
are their but which they never could have posses
scd except for the assistance rendered them by these
most useful organizations.
/ The amount now loaned is triac less than
1 S5N,UO
LOCAL INSURANCE COMPANIES.
We have three local insurance companies. viz: The
Alexandria the Fairfax Mutual and the Mount Vernon
They all doing good business, paying handsome
dividends to their stockholders Their has been
good Judgment and conservatism
NORTH WEST ALEXANDRIA IMPROVEMENT co.
| The Northwest Alexandria improvement Company
but recently organized is opening up large develop
ncut in suburban real estate We present herewith q
| brief description OF this company
| The Northwest Alexandria Improvement Company,
with CAPITAL stock of sUOCVO, having purchased sub
divided and graded number of their streets are now
Offering lots extremely low prices Their property
lies than chalf mile northwest OF the city, ana Is
| in close communication with Washington. Two OF their
avenues interscct the tracks of the Alexandria and
Washington Railroad, where over forty passenger trains
| pass du V.
The heights of this property command extensive
| views OF Washington Alexandria and the Potomac
| river. ~, j,
| The Washington and Arlington (Electric) Railroad
will either pass through touch very near anu iapu
| advances in the property are Ipected.
| VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILROAD COMPANY.
| This company is part of the great Richmond and
Danyille Railroad system, and Is the most important
factor the business OF our city To we look ~ the
great artery of our trade. On 1t we are largely DEEPEN
| dent over it, tricks seek communication win
most OF customers. Its General Manager >.
,nt. are unqucstionably friends. To him and to
them look for an advocacy of those measures winch
So far s their company concerned, o! Importance
To ,I. That they have done and will continue to do
for Us, all that lies in their power to do we have no
doubt 80
Their shops in oar city now employ from 250 to 500
| hands their pay-rols monthly about S300Oo-and
they constantly adding new aud valuable machinery
| TO their equipments Ill this city.
FERTILIZERS AND THEIR MANUFACTURE
Some years ago the commission merchants of our city
and forwarded for account OF Northern and East
ern manufactures from five six thousand tons of com
rcin fertilizers per unnum. Now all this IL changed
and by the energy and enterprise OF the Ale1adra et
tiizng;and Chemical Company, the firms of H. Bryant
and W III. May n son, tins entire demand Is auPPneu
from their factories here-more than this-the aggregate
OF the out put of these three manufacturing firms Is
largely in OF the former annual sales oi foreign
companies
In addition to the commercial fertilizers manufac-
tured these three firms grind ANA sell to our hsrieu
turss than l',V,0 tons OF Windsor blue plaster
pnnun
BOILER MAKERS.
1i,rn,nt of (;orp,.n T. pcttt IL well eauip
&C. M Of , hocrs of ali descrip-
ion They ARE entirely competent in their business
and have constructed many marine and stationary
holcr- They cuioy An cnvi,blc reputation for good
and honest work
f,c,p ,tIHI,r.CTr-pE
Oi".'i' 'iE't' N
This industry is represented In our city by fourteen
factories employing large number of hands, aud
making large quantity of cigars.
Alexandria cigars have long enjoyed wide and favor
able reputation for excellence and honesty.
Th. Industry has been ii,vore in city, and
we are confident that the reputation manufacturers
made for honest goods and FAIR dealing will be IN
the future maintained.
FOUNDRIES
TIL; hr.,ch of m,ruG,cturin, 10 NJ present repre-
sc,n bv the firms Of Curtin Il Butts W. H. MAY & Son.
senteu ny VIC illii :, W o' ~ ''' " 49, ' 10y
ana w. >. Moore ~ son c Tho 0,.oI,;os in which
ihcy are t'li "I'. e'i m Sill, M Wv. 70 I'd. In
they are engaged ana IRE ming ORDERS ior Eoous ~
thcl1 l'ne .l.Lous o " M ee ~ - o
ri , vocational ADVANTAGES for develop
mrnt in Iii, DIRECTION
nl, mn med hOlspS energetic
nu.hin and their b,,siue, Is constantly Increasing one
| ''''''e
With this presentation oil hcs and figures we ieei Una
you ought to he encouraged Tho future Tor your city
In our Judgment was never more promising No have
said nothing of the prospects in the near future But
not insensib oil The advantages 10 De derived oy
tho construction oil an electric passenger line from
Washington to acxhndrn and Its prospective extern
sion to Mount Vernon The friends OF an additional
free bridge the Potomac and of the construction
of Mount Vernon Avenue have by means lost heart
That these things will come they have no doubt When
hanccd.
We think are safe in predicting decided increase
III me humber ol IN youI
r now epn, whirb II suecessfa will add greatly
To- our DEVELOPMENT, in this direction The past three
months has been sinecure to Mr.. John G. l,eckham
the chairman of your committee on manufaetures and
business enterprises he has been busy man we be-
."me of of the many proposed schemes
You also about have decided addition to your
transportation lines Prominent in this Is the establish
ment OF new Inc OF magnllee :l, steamers between
Say Innrovemsnts Substantial also are benU maJo
in the service of the Innd and seaboard Coastng line