Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-04
A BOOM IN BUILDING.
AN IMMENSE NUMBER OF srRucr.
UREs GOING Up IN RICHMOND.
MANY FACTORIES TO BE-, ENLARGED.
Nearly Every Plant I'm Richmond
Added to or an Addition IN Plan
ned-sany New Manufacturer
New stores and Residences.
y Plant I'm Hiehm ond

A well-known builder of this city
stated yesterday that while Il is true
that the city was laid In ashes thirty
four years ago, and rebuilt in compare
lively few years, he did not believe
that at any timo in the history of the
city building operations had been more
extensive than at present.
Il know 1t to be a fact" he said, that
practically every manufacturing estab-
lishment In the city Is either enlarging
its plant or wants to do so. Nine, times
out OF ten enlargement is not in progress
because of difficulty in obtaining land
upon which to build. IT is also true, ma
turally, that every factory in the city,
L think 1 may say, Is running full time,
and working full force
The builder referred to then proceeded
to mention some OF the improvements
which are being made and which will be
found below. They include number of
new factories just completed, but they are
mainly additions to establishments
whose success has been assured by time
and experience.
OF course, all accounts of the building
operations in Richmond now, or about to
be inaugurated. must include the new
railway stations. The Southern will GER
tainly have new station In few
months. erected at a total cost of about
$4,000. The union station of the Rich
mond. Petersburg and Carolina and the
Chesapeake and Ohio is assured, though
the Council has not gone through the
formality Of granting the franchises re-
commended by the Street Committee.
Work is also progressing well toward
the construction of the extensive plants
of the electric company and the new
pulp-mills; several of the large buildings
for the Union Virginia University group
are approaching completion. and the ex-
tensve building operations at the Union
Stock-Yards are going ahead, though de-
layed somewhat by inability to get lum-
Der promptly.
But the builder referred to discussed
only the improvements now under way,
or just completed, or which will be I'M
dertaken within the next few days.
NEW FACTORIES AND ADDITIONS.
The Richmond Cedar-Works, already
said to be one OF the largest establish
ments OF the kind In the world will soon
have it's capacity increased very largely
by the erection of two large additional
buildings. and the installation of much
new machinery. This mandatory is
already one of the most lourishing in the
South.
a large addition to the already immense
factory of the Hasker & Marcuse tin-bOx
and tin-tag factory Is practically COM
pleted, though all the machinery is not
yet in. This factory will probably be even
more extensively enlarged in the near fu-
ture. Its output is already enormous.
A big addition to the Millhser bag-fac-
tory has just been finished. Still another
will be added this summer. There are al
ready about 700 girls employed in this
mandatory.
The Laidly Nickel Company, Limited.
which but recently purchased the old
Richmond city mill, near the Lower gas
works, is adding to the plant, making
many extensive Improvements. This COM
pany manufactures sheep-dip from to-
baccO-stems. a large portion Of the out