The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-01

built during the year than in any five
years combined In the past. and they are?
all occupied. The wholesale and retail
trade has been eminentiy satisfactory.
The stebbins, Lawson, spragin Company,
wholesale dry goods, have increas ed their.
capital stock from $4,000 to S100, 900.
Wholesale 'grocers have had to build new
stora ge houses. so great has been the vol
ume of business.
About ten million pounds of tobacco has
been sold on the market, which is greater
than in any previous year. Two Of the
sales warehouses have greatly enlarged
their buildings.
A large. cotton factory is nearly COM
p!eted. and will be in operation soon. me
Virginia Wagon-Works have q mammoth
factory, which has been in operation since
Ju G The company has capacity OF b'ooo
wagons, and are selling them as fast as
they are finished. The Barbour Buggy
Company has sold 1000 vehicles during
the year. and are reaching out for new
territory.
The Boston Brick Company have made
6c00t9s brick for which there was a
quick demand.
The Dan River Furniture Factory has
turned out more work than in any pre-
vious year, and are branching out Tor
new fields.
The E.dmondson & Moorefield Planning
Mills with new machinery are working to
their full capacity, and can scarcely sup
ply the increasing demand for lumber
The Bank of South Boston and Planters
and Merchants Bank have done a sp!en-
| did business. Early next year saw
| ings bank will be opened to accommodate a
small trade, which is much needed.
| The American Tobacco Company has
completed a fine three-story prizery. Their
agent buys nearly 1900. 900 pounds of to-
| bacco annually. The Continental buys
| many millions.
Until within a year stemmeries were
| unknown: now there are several. and the
| export business is increasing. On the
| whole. the year has been a good one IN
| nearly every branch of business, and the
| outlook for 1901 is cheering.
.. .nct:,s t'ty.
! Especial Dispatch TO The Times,
| MINERAL, VA, Dec. 3l.-The year Of
| 1plG closed with quite an average record
! OF agricultural and mining business for
| t.1is section of Louisa county. Tue sui
| phur mine has maintained their usual
quote of shipments, while the Arminius
mine has exceeded any previous annual
| shipments.
| The sullhur mine has built a railway
| connecting the Virginia pyrites mines,
| a recently acquired property WITH that
| of The sulphur mines proper, on which
| cars for hauling the ore are operated
J by gravity, thus operating the two mines
| as one and increasing their shipments
extensively. They have also built large
trestle for dumping car loads OF coal
| consumed at the mines, and various other
| improvements have been made.
| The Arminius mines have constructed
| thirteen tenement houses for men en-
| nloyed at the mines. Il large addition to
| their comnlissary building, and many I'M
| plovements in the arrangement of ma
| chnery, notably,a recently constructed
| endless belt system by which the ere is
| taken from the crushers. washed. and
/ carried to the cars ready for loading,
! thus saving SO much hauling as WAS for
| merry done.
| The Pyrites Mining ana Chemical CO.
| have built a large mill house and there
| is evidence of an increased shipment from
| the mine.
| Within the past month Il syndicate from
| the West has (?l been prospecting on
| the property known as the finder Flat
! gold mine with many good findings,
| vhicl has, or will, result in the sale
! OF this property.
I -Four new dwelling houses have been
| built in the town. and the Chesapeake
! and Ohio have put in new ties, raised
| and ballasted the track from Louisa
! Courthouse to this point. adding greatly
| to the appearance and dura.---.y of same,
| to say nothing of the comfort to passen-
| gers, whicsl is the chief feature.