The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-28
.EMPORlA IS
A LIVE TOWN
Evidence on Every Hand Of
It's Growing Prosperity.
TO HAVE COTTON FACTORY
Large One Soon to Be In Operation lr
Close Proximity to the Box Making
Establishment-Young Men
In the Lead.

Especial from a Staff Correspondent)
EMPORIA, VA, May 27-The evidence
OF the prosperity of Emporia acoumulates.
On last Saturday number of the leaoihg
men Of the town got together, and AFTER
brief conference determined to estab-
llsh a furniture mandatory here and TO
do so Mt once. The capital stock of s2o'o"o
was promptly subscribed and char'et
will be obtained In snort time.
| The factory will be located near inc
bax-making establishment Of the Empo-
rio, Manufacturing Company. In Beliieiu,
| MS that portion OF Emporia which ies
bevond the river is called 1t Will be a
| large three-story structure. anu VIII
eventually employ large number Oh op-
~ 70 HAVE COTTON MILL.
| R,rht I'D on the heel OF this announce
| mont I learned to-day from leading n
nnncial man of the place that the locatloh
| of a cotton mill at Emporia Is now US
| surcd. The site for the mill on the pail y.
| Of the Meherrin has been selected. ana II
10 nnderstood that in n short time tho
work of erection will begin. The capltal
is chiefly held by men from Northern
cities, but q portion Is IN the hanus ol
local men. An engineer representing tho
stockholders has recently been here eH
aiming the river front with view TO
finding suitable location. He had 1T
tie difficulty in obtaining what was dc.
aired There has never been an attempt
made to harness the Meherrn.i as all the
factories hore are run by steam, but the
cotton mill projectors had no difficulty IN
finding site where as much as nlteen
hundred horse power could be obtained.
II is the purpose OF the furniture man
ufacturing company to operate It's rae
tory with water power. The promoters
say they will have the plant in opera
ton early in next year. All the tllnpeT
used In the factory VIII be sawed i'si'
at the factory doors.
Tho men who are behind the protected
enterprise include Judge w. Samuel Good
wyn. DR.. g. b. Wood, DR.. Mahood, Messrs.
". +. Deal. G. L. Vincent Harry
Schwartz w. E. Bailey, Baker and Green
+. e. Goodwin, p. Peyton Turner, j; a.
Mallory. w. T. Tillar and II. w Han.
ARE GO-AHEAD PEOPLE.
THE E1npolla people have way OF
undertaking great things themselves
without weiting fer outside help. that
makes them different from citizens OF
many Virginia towns. Northern capl-
tai has been Invested here and IN the
surrounding country. but the town mas
reached point IN the mater Oh s'onoy
where 1t is possible for It to depend upon
itself, to a very great extent, IN the de-
yelopment Of resources at Its doors. =.
For instance. the furniture factory VIII
be located close to the mills and box
! factory Of the Emporia Manufacturing
| Company, a great enterprise tnsthe hahos
of local men. The Ice factory ana elec-
trio light plant, which Is one concern,
is but short distance away, and It
is also controlled by local men,
The box factories, rs they are termed,
although boxes are not really made here.
are great concerns. The factory or the
Icmporia Manufacturing Company en-
ploys one hundred and fifty men anu
| bows and n large number are worked
| In the Peart, Neal & Mccormick mills.
| hard by. The men are paid an average
| of 81 a day, SO that these two factories
| alone have a combined payroll of over
! 81, 600 a week The Emporin company's
mills dress 5000 feet OF lumber every
week and 250cn feet are sawed from the
logs at the mill near the box factory.
! The company will have In operation by
the first of July. probably, an enormous
band saw mill, the work on which Is
in an advanced stage OF completion. The
| lumber which 1t will cut Will be con
sumed by the furniture factory, 10 De
erected next door" and the box factory
output will also be largely increased
AN INTERESTING TOUR.
Mr.. w. B. Goodwin. the manager Of
the plant OF the Emporia Manufacturing
| Company took me through the FACTORY
| and an hour or more was spent IN IN
most interesting manner. Every particle
OF work possible Is done by machinery
Even the furnaces that heat the boiler
are fed by machinery.
Sawdust and shaylngs form the iue
| used Mt tho factories, an economy whicl
adds enormously to the dividends Of TIT
company The expenditures OF othe
manufacturers for coal are covered II
the factories here by tho use of VIVA
was for years destroyed as waste, Som
man conceived the idea Of using Tn
sa wdust, shavings and otherwise useles
blocks and board ends as means 70
heating tho furnace fires 1t was foun
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