The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-03
new PLANT
|IN.COVINCTO.N|'|.
Electrical Supplies to Be.
Manufactured There.
is IMPORTANT VI INDUSTRY ! n J is !
Covlngton Already Boasts Manufacture.
Ing Plants Of Great Irnpor tance, and
Has a Large Payroll Ii Propor- @
tlon to It's Population.
is IMPORTANT INDUSTRY
Especial to Tho Times. Dlspat ch.)

III CONVICTION VA, April Ain few
days Mr.. w. r. Mann, builder and con-
tractor, will begin the erection Of a large
brick building in Coylngton, to be used
by the Alleghany Pin and Bracket Com NJ
.2any, In which to manufacture electrical
supplies consisting especially OF such
things as are used In putting up phone
lines and lighting systems, This com
pany has purchased the electric light
plant and Ice factory at this place, and
will operate both In connection With their
new factory i58
Va. Is president, and general manager OF
the company, and AZ. r. w. Gro wders OF
Waynesboro. Va. IS Slce-prcsident.
The coming Of this new pinnt adds
greatly to tho Industrial i'm portanceaof
size Of Covington, have as many manu-
featuring plants and other indust les. a -
ready located within radius Of half
of n mile. there are a largo pulp and pa
per mill, a we'll equipped foursand grain
mill, machine works and foundry q
steam tannery, a planning mil and m iron
furnace. The money paid out each month
.ington the second largest payroll IN tic
State In proportion to tho populatl,n.S
aThe pulp and paper mill owne'l and
operated by the West Virginia Pulp and
Paper Company, employs about five huns
dred mon and women, and Is ono Of the
Not only Ia pulp made from the RI "
MATERIAL but In the paper mill, which
Joins the pulp mill, u It Is converted Into
paper Of the fnesttq Much Of tho
papers used by Harpers in publishing
their magazine and weekly, Ia mad IN
this mill. All OF the machinery Is mod
ern In every respect. Z, 3j
At present q log peeling mac nine s5f s +
being put in, which will greatly q az to;
the equipment Of the mill. and facilitate
the handling OF the heavy N logs NJ out OF
which the pulp Is made. The mill Is lo.##
sern extension ofSthe town. the buildings
extending for several hundred feet along
the river. $s4 iI III rs s
81 .3 THE TANNERY.
The steam tannery, which Is one Of the
largest tanneres in tho State, is o wnedj
by the De Ford Company Tho daily ca
.pacity$i is very large Fl This industry 10 es-g
peciailyfvaluab to this part f&Alle llany
county, as'it furnishes TN excellent mar
ket to those who can supply bark, the
demand being far In excess Of the local
supply y gi3 q
& The furnace. which Is one Of the several
owned BY tho Low Moor Iron Company.
has q daily capa city OF about one hundred
and twenty tons. This furnace was built
about twelve years ago, and has been In
operation almost continuously ever since
The machine shops and foundry, known
as the Coyington Machine Works, Is onaS
OF the most important plant in Coving-
ton. These shops have always had
large volume OF work to do; many times
during each year the full capacity Of both
foundry and machine shops Il, has been
tested. a' Ri
THESE plants. " hich have been men tiun-
ed, together with other smaller business
enterprises, make OF Covington m import
ant Industrial town In this part OF the
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