Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-08-06
Employ $50 Men!
LUMBER YARDS.


With such variety of enter
prises to review, under one head,
II is hard to tell which should
take precedence; but when we
consider that much of the value
of all the lumbe which is turned
out. represents labor-and that
labor is capitalize Importance
of the lumber business to this
state and section becomes appar-
emit. The superior advantages
possessed by Hopkinsville as a
distributing centre for the sur
rounding section is evidenced by
the extensive lumber interests
of the above firm of Forbes Bros.
They enjoy a flourishing trade,
as they possess unsurpassed ia
cilities; and can always quote
satisfactory prices on all kinds
of lumber and building materials
which they manufacture in
large quantities at the large
planning mills in this city and at
their several saw mills. Their
business transacted in this sec
ton, and their large sales, make
their purchases of such a char
acter that they are prepared to
give the closest prices on all
kinds of lum Der, lathes, shingles,
doors, sashes, blinds, etc. They
have spacious brick warehouse,
two stories high; and lumber
Yards, covering three blocks, all
under cover. Here is stored the
most extensive line of lumber to
be found in this section of the
"Blue Grass" state. In another
part of the city, we find sub
stantial two-story brick building,
covering almost a block, and
bearing the names of Forbes
brothers. Here is conducted
two more branches of their eX-
tensive business operations
their large planning mills-with Il
frst-class ha DWARF store adj
joining.
PLANNING MILLS.
One of the worlds greatest
thinkers, and, without question,
the most gifted orator of the
present century, in Il speech be-
fore some five thousand AUDITOR,
in Chicago, during the last>Prcs-
idential campaign, said: "Thc
smoke rising from our factory
chimneys forms the only clouds
in which will 'evcr be seen the
bow of American promisc!"
These words came back to us,
foroibly, 'as we neared the plan
ing mills of the above company,
whose smoke is ever rising to
the skies-and the hum of whose
busy machinery measures our
steps in their glorious march to
progress. No better evidence
can be given of the strength and
prosperity of a city, than to find
her factories in full blast, and
her mills in active operation. No
visitor can form an adequate idea
of the magnitude of Hopkins
ville's manufacturing facilities,
did he fail to visit the above
Planning Mills. Here in this
mammoth factory are turned out
all flooring and woodwork to be
used in the construction of the
most extensive business block or
residence, and hardwood man.
ties, desks, and every thing
needed to complete the most ar
tistic and well-appointed build
ing can here be found. Forbes
Brothers are extensive and prom
inent builders and contractors,
and have built, and are prepared
now, to furnish plans and to build
houses, from the simple cosy cot
tage to the most palatial resi-
Aence, and can fit out any BUSH
ness house with the most elab-
crate fixtures and interiof dec
orations. They have the con-
tract for the construction of the
addition now being made to the
State Insane Asylum for $4,000.
They are prepared to paint
] houses, and do all kinds of tin
work in connection with a build
ing. Everything in the wood
work line is at hand here.
HARDWARE STORE.
Sauntering into the adjoining
hardware establishment, which
is so X l2O it,, one finds it
operated on the same broad plan.
The chalUaC OrOan under the