The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-01
MANY BUILDINGS
WERE ERECTED
The Contractors, as a Rule, Wers
Kept Busy.
BIG MANUFACTURING PLANTS.
Most Of Them Have Enlarged Their
, Quarters. Big Boiler Shops at
the Locomotive Works. Extcn-
sion to the Shipyarus.
BIG MANUFACTURING PLANTS.

The carpenter with his hammer and
saw and the brick mason with his trowel
have reaped a, harvest in Richmond dur
ing the past year.
Buildings of every description have gone
up, and contractors have had more work
than they could do with ease
notwithstanding the unusual high prices
OF every description of building material,
from sand to sheet-iron ana the scarcity
of skilled mechanics. the building business
of Richmond has been on boom, and
contractors have made money.
All Of the largest manufacturing estab-
lishments around the city have increased
their capacity.
The VIM r. Trgg ship-Butlding Com
pany have made rapid strides in increas-
ing It's already large plant Its plant has
been more than doubled.
LOCOMOTIVE WORKS.
The Richmond Locomotive and Machine
Works. the largest industry in Richmond
and the next largest of the kind in the
country, has spent thousands of dollars
il buildings during the past year These
works are compelled to operate the plant
both Gay and night in order to meet the
demand for Richnond-built engines waicA
are lSnoyn the world over.
The Richmond Cedar Works plant has
been enlarged, and the concern is still
crowded for space.
The American Tobacco Company is
having another large Warehouse on Cary
Street from Twenty-second to Twenty
third Streets erected, and is contemplating
TIE erection of three more such warehouses
early this year.
DEPOT COMPLETED.
The handsome depot constructed by the
Southern Railway, which is admired by
every one, has been completed.
The Virginia Union University. just
outside of the city. costing 100000, has
recently been completed.
The Southern Biscuit Works, whose
plant was totally destroyed by fire last
May, has since been rebuilt ana ltS ca
pacity doubled.
The Virginia Electoral Development Co,
whose immense plant is being erected on
the old Haxall Mill site. is rapidly being
completed.
The Scaboard Air Line freight houses.
offices and shops were built last year
The Anheuscr- Busch Brewing Company
of ST Louis has erected a magnificent
and handsome building at Seyenth and
Canal Streets, a vast Improvement of the
former quarters in the lower part OF the
city.
MILLIONS UTILIZED.
A we'll known contractor of the city,
when in conversation in regard TO the
large number of buildings erected and tn
cost of the erection of them, remarked:
1T beats anything [ ever saw in the
history of this city, there was more work
in the city this year than there ever was
in two years before. 1t is roughly es-
timated that there has been during the
year about five millions of dollars eXpend-
ed for the work that is now in progress
OTHER BUILDINGS.
Manufacturing plants are not the only
buildings that have been erected or en-
larged the past year; several churches
have been erected during the year, and
Grace-Sreet Baptist church has been fin
ished
The number of private residences erect
ed has not fallen back any. but shows a
gain of the year OF 1899, which was the
best year in the last ten years. a num-
Der of these are palatial residences.
The close of the year 1901 will show
larger increase in building circles than
the past year has. and it is predicted by
the contractors that more buildings of
every description will be erected than
have been in the past five years. There
is enough work already let out or will be
soon let to keep every mechanic in Rich
mond employed during the next twelve
months