Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-30
THE TOWN is THRIFTY.
Practically Built by Building and
Loan Associations.
Saw Mill Output Aggregates $40, 100000 q
Year Thousands of Men Employed
Immense Capital Needed Box Facto-
ries Make Cases for Standard Oil Co.
and Boxes for Arbuokles' Coffee Other
News.

Berkeley was built by building and
loan associations" said an intelligent
citizen of that growing town. In order
to learn the truth OF this assertion a
reporter of the V!rginian-Pilot called
on Mr.. Geo. I. Tilley. who is the Sec
rotary of two of the associations.
Mr.. Tilley said the statement is prac-
tically true, because nearly all of the
dwelling houses and the stores, too,
were built with more or less assistance
from the building associations. They
are q feature of Berkleys progress.
There are three of these associations.
the Berkeley Permanent Building and
Loan Association, the Chesapeake
Building Association and the Atlantic
Building and Loaa> Association. Mr..
w. b. Dougherty Is the secretary of the
latter. Mr. Tilley of the two others.
All of these are substantial and pros
feature of Berkeley affairs that it is we'll
to tell the history of one of them, as
sample.
The Berkeley Permanent Building and
Loan Association began business, In a
small way on nothing, fourteen years
ago. Among it's founders were Marcel
LUIS Miller. deceased: L. NJ. Tilley. AL
yah H. Martin and G. S. Russell OF
Norfolk. During that time 1t has had
such an active part in the affairs of
the town as to receive and lend 100000.
1t has increased it's holdings to $500
shares of a value of 500 or s25o,ooo on
which an average of per cent. inter-
est has been paid in dividends. The
yearly rate has often been more than
that because sometimes ~ per cent.
has been paid at the semi-annual divi-
dend.
The two other companies have 1880
shares each. They are equally pros
cn h0t hn -tratq me nf nj ono
answers for all.
GREAT LUMBER BUSINESS.
Lumber is the greatest interest of
Berkeley. 1t is the greatest industry in
all of this section except that of truck
ing. 1t brings millions of dollars 1t
requires costly plants, employs thous-
ands of men and needs tremendous
amount of capital.
There are three great mills in Berk
ley which cut over 35.0oo,oo0 feet of
lumber a year. There are several
smaller mills so that the output Is less
but the grand aggregate is between
1855 100000 and 150.000.000 feet a year
and the value of IL is about 100000, 600.
| Those figures are startlingly lnrge,
| but they were given to "a reporter for
the Virginian- Pilot by an expert who
| knows the lumber trade In all OF it's
phases. These figures arc confined TO
| the cutting of lumber from the logs.
1t is the first process Of manufacture.
The next Is that of the planning mills.
There are two very large planning
mills in Berkeley and one small mill,
These mills have an aggregate capacity
of 60,000.0O0 feet n year. But they do
not always run all the year. 1t is II
strange feature, too. that they do not
always add value to the lumber that
the planning and dressing OF the boards
costs in time and labor but when ii is
Ia tD1, Lax.
lumber. It Is sometimes not more costly
than the undressed lumber would be.
That can be explained only by experts.
| 1t is not really n part of the product
of the saw mill always and. therefore.
ought to add something to the value of
the lumber. say from 50 to IS thous-
and feet for the quantity, as stated
above. which is dressed.
One of the hustling concerns in the
| Berkeley lumber fraternity is the T.. Fl.
Barnes Company's box factory. This
factory employs 22o hands and runs
night and day. 1t ships five carloads
of shocks day. Nearly all of its pro
duct is for the Standard Oil Company
cases and for Arbucke's coffee boxes.
] 1t cuts TbUut 250,e66 feet Of lumber
| every twenty-four hours and has.
| therefore, yearly output of about as.
100000 feet of box lumber. worth about
81 1000, 900.
| Inere is MayOS DOX factory also
This is run almost exclusively to sup
ply the local demand for boxes. The
boxes are for the wholesale merchants
OF Norfolk. who use shipping cases
and for the cotton manufacturers and
the fish dealers of the vicinity. The
factory also supplies a large number
of vegetable crates for the truckers.
Another box factory that is always
busy is Winbornes. That factory fur
nlshes similar demand for merchan-
disc boxes. cotton cases and vegetable
crates as the factory of Mayo supplies
and it seems never to be in need OF
orders. 1t is always busy.
MRS. ETHEREDGE DEAD.
Mrs. Mary Love Etheredge died last
night about 9:30 o'clock. at the home
of her daughter. corner of Lee and
Washington streets. after a very brief
illness About $3.50 she was taken vo-
lently with heart failure and passed
away in an hour despite all that DR.
Ashburn, who was quickly summoned
could do. She was IS years of age
She was born at Camden. N. c.. where
she resided until eight years ago
when she came to this section. She