The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31
MAKING OF STOVES
IN RICHMOND
&.heir stoves. ranges and heaters Is re-
$sardcd throughout the South as a guar
fantce& Of Fpcrfection. III IA * AZ II
Southern Stove Works.
Continued from First page.)

The Southern Stove Works. located on
the Hermitage Road, corner OF Ice Street.
although the S ont growth OF the con-
solidation and anna lganntion OF sew
st,ral small foundries and rolf working
Shops, some OF which possessed tho dig
N ty of a &c, rs really n young concern.
siut it is one OF the livest and most active
Youngsters among the Industrial enter
priscs Of Virginia and tho South. rs Sss
Strictly speaking the Southern Stove
Company is! only three years old, but ! fsa
close inspector should TO out IN their
SHOP and SEQ the Immense Buildings,
The foundries, the lumber rooms, he ma
rhinery halls, the Offices, the storage
warehouses and IA ne railway sheds that
cover five and u hnlfsacrcs Of land and
.'i.cn take a glance atsthe two hundred
busy worknen. hurryng here there and
everywhere, the aforesaid close inspector
would be inclined to doubt the statement
that THU company is only three years
old, but It's a fact. i,
Notwithstanding youth, the Southern.
Stove Works are pioneers The young
men who have the dntcrest8o this COM:
.lany In their keeping could notate them-t
selves and could not properly reflect
richmond energy II they were not sori gi-3
nal and capable of8orlglnating something
FOR the benefit of humanity. They origi-3
mated and are the pioneer manu- Ia cturersi
.cf the now famous Royal" blue flame,
wicklcss oil cook stoves, and also of the
Royal" smokeles oil heaters. The South,
ern Stove Works is the only blishment3
(: n the South that puts out this class OF
goods. These goods are put up u In what
they call their. sheet-lrOn department
and to properly fit: up this department for.
the manufacture of these oil stoves. cook
ers and heaters and for tho make a Of
the now popular air-tlght wood heaters,
an expenditure of s35. 900 for cflnery5
s.lone was necessary. : It took nerve to go
10 that expense. but Richmond sboys are
always ncrvy, and their tXerye has given
to Richmond the only establishment In!
.nc South that does a manufacturer g busl-
i ess Of this particular charac ter. And
It pays Richmond. too. for only the most
Hkiled OF skilled labor can be utilized In
this WORK. ii
88s Some of Their w ork.
The Southern puts out Its larger product
under the general trade mark Of stand-
ard" stoves and ranges, while "a their oil
stoves Sand cookers come under the Een-
era name of Royal" "A but Of these pro
brands. The} .sFitz HLee,P "Waverly,''
atlantic" and Pacific" are the cookers.
The ranges are named ~ ffarson. l1ex,
tho "Ell,' which last probably never falls
TO get there. The alright heaters are
called Flash" Star and .t'W inner..n"5i
There arc. of course. some shops AZ 70 Wn}
pat make sheet iron heaters and some
other types OF stoves, perhaps. but the
two establishments named above are the
stove factories OF Richmond. and they
turn loose a great amount Of money IN
this town in the course Of a year. Ihey
have IN employ attgreat3 deal OF skilled
labor, which is high priced, 81 The weekly
pay rolls of these two establishments
amount to not less than 81,
This is for factory seryicc-that -. 70
pay for labor, skilled and unskill ed. 'Ihenl
comes the monthly pay roll for $sa q RES
etc, which would run the other ilg u Its
to pretty near $1,000 per week MAJ INC nc