The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-08
Il VIII Mean the Addition of Several
Hundred Men to City's Population
THE QUESTION OF LOCATION.
Sites for the Several Plants Are Being
Cous;dered-The Capital Invested IS
Held Chiefly by Richmond peo'
pie Other Enterprises
That Will Be Loca'
ted Here.

,r,,a ,rosnect of the location here at sh
o,r,v date of three important fiis'ioi''
t,ri,~ enterprises is interesting 'no Jus
NO, of Richmond to q renarhi1ole
degree. th,+ !,
There is every reason TO pe,iieS
n,,,n-miIl, giving employment 20 se''ieeA
,,,,ared men. will soon be buiit oii 'no
,.;,.e,. front The capital stock mas 'ie''A's
, srbscrihed. It is nearly al eno
,,,nnov OF Richmond capitalists.
QUESTION OF \ SITE.
The location of the plant mas NO. nm
analIv decided upon, but 1t Is n,'io ,1,e
l;1.ai, t,at il will bc near the site Oh ..is
lkeiH .n.aI Mi,1s between Canal ana
p,.r1 aud Eleventh and Twelfth oeiee,'.
n,i,is nronerfy was cleared away lor aiie
fa,,,da+ion of the James River rams { a.
80, Company. but a few months ago eno
MANS fell through and the coiips'hs
6iesnlved 1t looks now as though :"
,,,,1n-mill would be erected on tile Si'e
of the once proposed paper-niiii,
POPLAR and pine wood Is tseu III
manufacture of paper pup. oi''l. teSl..
nf y method whereby pine could be Mate
m answer every purpose is recent, ailo
u,iu have a most far-reaching eHecl Il,
tho ,nan1Ifacture of paper in Virginia anu
elsewhere. In the vicinity OF Rlchnioiiu'
cav within a radius of one hundred mites
there is pine wood enough 10 Keep 'ne
nronosed mill in operation 1of SestiS ~
come.
TO MAKE COCOA MATING.
4 companv is being formed 10 iinuer-
take here the manufacture OF cocoa hoie
mating 1t is understood tff't tns ~
taI stock has about been secured Inc
e;to fa,. tho nlant has not been selected.
Jocations near the Seventeenth-Stfeet
wards of the Chesapeake and ONO. along
the river front and uea: to the city, on
the lines of the Chesapeake anCs ONO TIE
seanoard Air Line and the Richmond,
fredericksburg and Potomac are al
being considered A site VIII not DC
chosen of course, until the company IS
organized and ready TO begin opeEa'ioiis.
1t is proposed TO DeSlh "oih WIN '''o
hundred operatives.
The cocoa fibre from which the mating
will be made will be brought from the
West Indies to Newport News ana TO
Richmond The industry is comparative
ly new, but has proven most remunera-
tive Cocoa fibre mattingS have Wlthln
the past year or two become Immensely
popular and the demand is Sald TO pc IN
excess of the supply.
A CARPET FACTORY.
A CARPET factory is the third enterprise
reported for Richmond. The scheme for
the organization of the company has
scarcely assumed tangible shape as yet
Developments will be announced in a few
weeks. 1t is said that there is more car
pet bought in Richmond every year than
in any other city of equal size IN the
United States.
THE DISTRIBUTING WAREHOUSE.
In addition to the foregoing Richmond
will soon have the big distributing ware
house frequently mentioned by The
Times Messrs. George Brown, OF Bald
win &, Brown: French, of the Kanawha
Dispatch. and Collins left yesterday for
Charlotte, n. c., where they will confer
with the Adams Grain and Provision
Company with reference to the establish
ment of the warehouse and distributing
depot in this city. All of the details will
soon be completed, and work on the new.
warehouse will soon begin.
The Adams Company has heretofore
made Lynchburg and Charlotte their
headquarters. but Lynchburg will give
way to Richmond. The extensive prop
erty Will be located on Seventeenth
Street, along the Chesapeake and Ohio
tracks, and will be used as a grain and
provision depot. Nessrs. Gresham and
oSNSii'i oa7H, VI tHe S1dIiOtte AOuSe
will be in charge of the branch here,
which will supply North Carolina trade.
THE WAREHOUSE COMPANY.
There is some talk of the Warehouse
Company of Richmond. chartered at the
last regular session OF the General As
sembly, to erect and run public stora se
warehouse. going actively to work in
prosecution OF the objects of it's incorpo-
ration. Mr. Charles L. Williams is presi-
dent of the company. An officer of the
company said yesterday. however, that
he did not think anything would be done
at an early day.