The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-13
BUILDING IN VIRGINIA.
Many New New Enterprises Being
Constructed in This state.

The following items taken from the AT
chtects and Builders Journal, of BaIt-
more. will show III activity in the build
ing world I'm Virginia:
The Columbian Paper Company viii
erect a $4,000 pulp mill at Bristol. sam
uol Drummer. of Bucna Vista, Will Doe gem
oral superintendent.
a dOrmlt0ry 10 accommodate fifty boys
viii bee erected at tine Baptist ornhanaec.
Salem. Va. Work on this building viii
be- started about January ].
The Southern Railway company las de-
cidel TO build $1,000 station at Edinbur-,
Va.
The 4OOloom mill Of the Norfolk silk
Company. AT Lamberts Point Va. was
burned Nov is. The structure. which
was TWO stories high, 200X200 feet, built
of brick. will be rebuilt AZ once.
The Newport News, Va, ADattoir Com
pony has decided TO push 10 completion
the erection of its plant which viii be
the largest i'm the south. -Four million
brick and 900 carloads of stone are being
delivered on the ground.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
pany. whose offices are I'M Richmond Va,
will remodel the building at Huntington.
W. Va. for use as a railroad hospital
n fire AT Danville, Va. Novemhr l3,
DESTROYED the fve-story iron-roofed frame
tobacco factory of p. g. MoseieN and
three four-story buildings Of like con-
structiOn owned respectively by heeue
Bros. manufacturers OF tobacco h'es-
heads: Terry organ. tobacco manufactur-
or. and George c. CobcN. all of Dan
Vile
The ... r. Trieg Company. Of this city.
which has assurance OF the award of e
contract from the government for the
building OF the cruiser Galveston, will
greatly enlarge IT'S plant when the con-
tract for the vessel is executed.
The Norfolk Electric Company. maxi
mum capital 10000 was chartered a rev
DAYS ago. and proposes to erect an cleo
trio light and power plant. a. p. War
rington IS president of the company
wlos Offices will be at Norfolk Va.
The city of Petersburg. Va. has adop-
ted an ordinance securing Tot upon
which TO erect a fine engine house with
modern appliances and appointments.
T. +. Werth. OF Petersburg. Va, has a
peanut factory nearing completion. Tho
plant will be the largest OF IFS kind in the
south
The National Plate Company. cap
italized sat S5C300o0. was chartered mt
Charleston. w. Va November l3 Hon
nelson W IllAdhtif VI Nh''t4H1f W. ttsf
IS one of the incoruorators
The Virginia Brewing Company. of
Roanoke. Va has purchased lot near
the market. in that city, and will erect
thereon a cold storage and ice-manufact-
ur.ng plant
Smith and Wilson are the contractors
for the 5000 government building soon
10 be erected NJ Bristol Va. The work
Of excavating was begun November %.
y. +. Ancarrow, of this CITY. is con-
TRAITOR for the new $1,000 edifce being
erected for the congregation Of All Saints
Episcopal Church on Franklin street
Richmond. The building viii be finished
by next summer.
T. Wilkinson Of West Point. Va IS
he representative Of the Marsden Cellu-
lose Company. which is planning 10 build
M West Point one of the largest cellu-
lose factories I'm the country. The com
pany will erect main building l50X70
feet. three stories hiFh. two large ware
houses and a cutting plant
Robert y Turnbull. president Of the
state Female Normal School. al Farm
VILE. Va. tn his annual report to the
boardof trustees OF that institution strong
~ emphasizes the need of q gymnasium.
a steam laundry and q steam heatin1
plant for the school. \ IL acre lot has
been purchased.
1t Is thought that the State legislature