The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
IN BEDFORD CITY.
Freight Has Been High and the
Farmer Has Been Doing Vel,
VERY LARGE TOBACCO SALES
The Total Larger Than Ever Before.
The Business Has Proved Profit
bl=-Wany New E terprises
R-porled Yesterday.
VERY LARGE TOBACCO SALES
The Total Larger Than Ever Before.
The Business Has Proved Pro fifa.
Special Dispatch to The Times

Especial Dispatch to The Ttrnes)
BEDFORD CITY, Va. Dec. 1.-THE
vouu1e of business conducted in Bedford
City during the year ly02 has been the
| largest in the history of the town. This
! fact is demonstrated by the receipts at the
| postoHlce and the freight depot Of the
Norfolk and Western Railway. That
| this business has proved profitable Is in
dlcated by the phenomenal bank reports
and the statements Of merchants and
manufacturers.
| The commercial pulse may be easiest
| fe.t by receipts Of the postofice. Dur
| ing the year Bedford City has again been
rated the banner ofnce of the United
States. business per capita being the
| basis OF classification. Two additional
| clerks have been granted during the year
with an Increase in salary OF clerks and
carriers. The total salary account
+, amounts to $500. while the Office Yields
| to the Government a net profit of 5000
Every month Of 1902 has shown a hand
| some increase over the corresponding
| month of 1901.
Six rural free delivery routes emanating
from Bedford City have been instituted
by the Postofice Department. the car
riers to receive e salary Of $500 per an
nun.
Passenger and freight traffic for the
year are the h5av.est in the record Of the
railroad the increase in the freight de.
partment being marked. Extensive re-
pairs and additions are being made in
the freight depot to accommodate the in
crease.
The deposits at the banks hsve never
been so large or the character of business
SCI ~f>S-
Bank Saturday night footed sl17.Co0.
cal institution was organized May. 1901.
but to-day the stock is in demand at an
| advance of 80 per cent
TOBACCO TRADE.
The keystone Of Eedford's prosperity Is
| tobacco. and during the year the receipts
at the warehouses have passed all rec
ords. from January l. 1902. to December
Goth the total being 3.5o00o0 pounds The
prices have ruled high and the farmers
have made money. Larger quantities have
been exported direct to Germany. Aus
tria, England. Africa and European coun-
tries. But In tobacco. the leading fact
Of the year has been the organization Of
the Berry-SutIng Tobacco Company.
whose plug factory affords employment
to many hands. both white and colored.
During the year the Dixie Tobacco Co.
has rebuilt its burned cigar and cheroot
factory. while Messrs. o. B. Smith and
W. A. FaIconer have formed q partner
ship for the manufacture Of smoking to-
bacco.
A new era In manufacturing has b-g''n
In the grinding Of paint Pigment from
the clay by the Frazer Paint Company.
The company organized in Detroit rave
built on the southern suburbs wta' is
S,o$
pint mill IN the world. THIS paint. no h
elastic and waterproof is said to possess
properties unknown in other pigment. a
factory and saIesroom has been opened
in Detroit. where the red pigment is in
corpora ted with oil and by the aid II
coloring ma tier. eighteen cnlors have
been put on the market A branch house
has been placed In Chicago. Within the
past month 2 company has been organ
ICED in New York to grind the pignnan,
with oil and sell the product in New
York State and city.
The American Asbestos Comnanr with
a capital of $1,000 coo. organized at Te-re
Haute. Ind. will operate the mica and
asbestos mines ten miles south OF the
town. and market the product from Ped
ford City. f:'ne most improved mi-i"g
ma chinery is now ready for shipment
from New York. and the work OF min
ing will begin in earnest as. soon as the
roads will permit hauling. An electro
road from the m mes to this point is con-
sidsred necessity by the company and
something tangible is promised by tie
opering Of sprirg.
Large lumber deals nave been consur1-
mated within the past month. Pennev'-
varia capitalists have purchased the .'Fig
Survey" of sth1 acres ard In the snr.n~
vii, begin shipping tan bark and lumber
from this n1acA. It is estimated between
200nh and 10000 carloads Of fan ta-k will
he shipped from Bedford Civ from this
COMPANY alone. There is SPLENDID o-en-l
ing in Bedford for a tannery or bark ex-
tract works.
During the mast vaor r,o-e rAe'ae~ces
have h@en erected than IN any previous
year. These are occupied nv their owners
and there is still the denand for small
houses for rent. Several attractive stores
have gone up during the summer.
TELEPHONE.
The Bell Telenhone Germany have In
stalled thoroughly up-to-sate te1e-hone
service and ra+rnns have long distance
privileges In their own homes. An agent
IF the comranv IS eXpected here in few
days to e~t-7d the system to several coun
try posi- offices.
Put perhaps ore OF the mos: far-reach-
ing BENEFITS Of the year has been +h-,
purchase Of Hotel Bedford for national
No~-e hv +>A Re~av~'o-t ga p-o.ac-iv.
0liier Of E1ks. Extensive frnnroverrents
are being made to this beautiful building
ans no expense IS being spared. AS a
resting place for old and disabled mem
hers. the home IS Ideal: as breathing
-ro- ro- -,,e~ol>ere tirAd witt, The vro-lS ara
cares Of the city. the nea'ss so near are
an inspiration. Through this home Red
ford will heco~oe known ard advertised In
every city Of the United States
ALEXANDRIA GROWS