Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-18
TO BUILD THE MILLS
The RanaWha Construction Co, to
ErectPapeT and Pu|pP|ant
BEGIN WORK IN TEN DAYS,
Expected That II Viii Be Completed
In Seven Months
TO COVER FOUR ACRES OF GROUND.
The Pay-Roli TO We the Second
OF the Company Last saturdays
Prominent Financiers Interested.

The contract has been awarded for tha
erection of the James-River Falls Paper
and Pulp-M upon the site OF the old
Iiaxall-Crenshaw mills. 1t is understood
that the contract has been given TO tho
Kanawha Construction Company OF
which Mr.. Fairfax &. Christian is presi-
dent. and. it Is said. includes not only
the actual construction, but the equlp-
ment Of the plant.
The work of construction will begin in
about ten days time, and will occupy five
months Two months more will be need
ed 10 add the machinery The building
Will be Of brick and iron, and It will bs
absolutely hre-proof. The plans have
been drawn by Mr.. Ashley y. Tower, OF
New York. Contracts will be made for
supplying wood FOR the building in few
days
EXTENT OF THE PLANT.
When completed the mills will employ
40 operatives. The capacity will be
thirty tons Of paper and fifteen tons OF
soda pulp daily. and the mill will be the
largest south OF Pennsylvania. 1t 1:
claimed by the representative OF the
company that no other institution I'm tho
city will have as large payroll, except
the Richmond Locomotive Works. lively,
thousand carloads of poplar wood VIII
be used in the mills I'm the course OF
year. and the capacity of the machinery
will be 290-horse-power. Steam power
will be used for cooking and boiling and
electric power for other purposes. The
company confidently expects 10 control
the southern market. but their represen.
tatiyes will travel through the northern
territory and the Richmond mill will
come into competition with all the large
mills Of the country.
There was u meeting Of the directors
held al the temporary Offices OF the com.
pany. No. 1913 east Main street, at II
O'Clock last Saturday, AT which the or.
ganizatiOn was completed. There were
present at that meeting General Clinton
j. Paine OF Baltimore, Md, representing
the Fidelity and Deposit Company. or
Maryland; Major Richard NJ. Venable. OF
Baltimore, representing the Trust Com
pany and the Baltimore subscribers; Mr.
Ashley B. Tower OF New York. architect
for the mill buildings and equipment:
Mr.. Samuel u. Morgan president OF the
Virginia and Carolina Chemical Company,
and Messrs. T.. \. Iioen. Pascal Davie,
;. II. HawcS. Charles Straus, Henry Lee
Valentine charles IT, WingO Fairfax &.
Christian. and r. X. Harrison. Hon. Il.
Il. MunfOrd. attorney for the paper-mllls
company was also present.
THE COMPANY'S OFFICERS.
Mr. Dayie was elected president Mr..
Valentine Vice-presidcnt. Mr.. Christian
SECRETARY. and Mr. Harrison treasurer.
General Clinton j. Paine. Of Baltimore,
Is "a nn1ncier OF note and reputed capital.
Major Nenabie s known as one OF the
foremost lawyers i'm the United States.
and his connection with the enterprise
demonstrates the keen interest that Is
felt IN IL by the trust companies and
hnanciers which are represented by him.
The Richmond gentlemen I'm tho company
are among the most active young busi-
ness-men in the city. Too much cannot
be said of the enterprise of Messrs. Vail
entine. Christian. ana Harrison FOR tho
successful promotion OF such an UNDER
taking
AN IMMENSE BUILDING.
The mills will cover four acres Of
ground TWO laree sections. seven stories
high, with an elevation II over ninety
two feet, adJ0in % long building Of two
stories. The foundation will be 80 con-
structcd as 10 place the building beyond
the reach OF the flood-tide. The building
itself is divided into several sections. as
required by the process Of papcr-making.
From the riyer-frOnt the aspect OF the
HaXall property viii be vastly improved.
as IL will be- covered from end TO end by
the very substdntal-l0okiug buildings OF
the paper and pulD-mils and the nne
plant of the Electric Railway and De-
NnlOpment Enmnlmy.