The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-12
old DISTRICT INDUSTRIES
Factories That Once Were Leading
Features of This City.
Rolling Mills. window Glass Works,
and shipbuiIdiig Enterprises-
Race on the Potomac Between
the Washington and the SeIden.

The movement for the establishment of
manufacturing industries in Washington,
which is being at present strongly advo-
rated BY prominent local business men, is
nothing new Many and varied have been
the factories sought to be located here,
But most of them have. like their extinct
fires gone up in smoke"
The Washington Brewery was esiab-
Ished as early as 1911, and was located at
the foot of New Jersey Avenue-J- W Col
bert & Co. proprietors. In December Of
the year mentioned this company adver-
tised malt liquors OF a superior quality.
Table ale was 50 per barrel. strong ale at
81 per barrel, and ale $ per barrel. In
MAY. 1873. r. PARROT and I. ". Wester
man. OF England, were established In the
CITY as manufacturers of machinery for
spinning and carding wool and cotton
They were then setting Up machinery OF
their own manufacture at r. Parrots
mill. at the foot of his ropewaik. r. Par
rott & Co. had also grocery warehouse
IN the wharf The Columbia Rolling Mills
were situated near Georgetown, and were
The property OF one George French. They
turned out rolled iron OF all descriptions.
In May. 1917, the Washington Knit
Stocking Factory went ihto operation, at
which were manufactured cotton and
wooden pantaloons, cotton and wooden
etockfngs cotton and wooden sleeveless
vaistcoats, cotton and wooden drawers,
Berlin lace or tulle, etc. Isaac Keller
was the proprietor of this establishment.
The Columbia Mills went into operation
about the same time. George Johnson
was the proprietor of these mills, ana ne
manufactured wooden goods. The win
dow glass factory Of A. and e. way
was established in this city in 1910 or 1911,
on the banks of the Potomac, near the
n of he factory there
were produced an average of 5000 boxes
Of glass per year, each box containing 100
square feet of glass.
A notice for the sale of a paper mill
on Rock Creek Is found, dated December,
ISL This mill was l20 feet long, and
three stories high, the first story being
built of stone 4 flour mill belonging to
the same property. situated at the Little
Falls Bridge, three miles above Wash
ington was also offered for sale at the
same time, as was also wooden FACTORY
In the same neighborhood. The latter was
"a two-story stone building ITO feet long,
with carding machines, biliies, and Jen-
MES. twelve broad looms. and number
of narrow ones, and, including the hour
mill cost $4,000.
In February, 1924, Pope's patent thresh-
ing machine, adapted either TO hand or
shop of Mr.. Steuart, coachmaker, on
Pennsylvania Avenue, at the loot OF
Capitol Hin. This machine, with the
power of one horse, and with one man to
feed 1t and one man to take away the
straw. WAS guaranteed to thresh with
ease eight barrels Of wheat per hour. IL
was the invention Of Joseph Pope, Of
Massachusetts. celebrated in Europe as
well as this country for his philosophical
researches and attachments.
George c. Bomford mad a large -four
mill in Georgetown which was burned
down In is4s Upon the ruins MIR. Bonn
ford erected a cotton factory. with a
water wheel thirty feet high. The build
ing was four stories In height, and had
three thousand spindIes and one hundred
looms. II furnished employment to about
one hundred iaborers male and female
In order TO encourage the industry the
corporate authorities of Georgetown ex-
empted the machinery from taxation. At
this time II is learned that one Mr. Davis
had Touring mill In Georgetown, grind
ing from three to four hundred barrels OF
-four per day.
bss1 George Page began the building of