The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-01

other enterprises have made extensions
and enlargements, and new ones are IN
contemplation.
Among the prospective new enterprises
5is one to be known us the Fair Oaks
sDistllery Company. with plant seven
miles from the city, In Henrico county.
Besides distiling, this corporation VIII
engage In the manufacture OF compressed
yeast and proposes to do largo business.
The Tobacco Business.
The tobacco manufacturing enterprises
OF the city. which have always been ne
backbone Of the city's Industrial life,
have never done better years business.
The independent manufa cturers all report
that they are doing o hotter business
and a larger one than in many years. The
same Is true of the great tobacco cor
porations. which own SO much property
and contribute SO materially to the IN
d,lstrial life OF the community. s
9& During the yenre the Butler and Bosher
plant has been acquired BY the Conti-
mental Tobacco Company, but ITS OUTPUT
has been Increased as result or the
ACQUISITION, and will be further Increased
during the coming year.
i&fs The grent plant OF the I. 2. NVllllam I,s
4 Company has been acquired by the Brit.
58iah- Americnn< Tobacco Company. the e.
Eantic ENTERPRISE formed by. the com.
mur,ity Of interests of the Consolidated
Toba Geo Company Of America and the I'm
perial Tobacco Company Of Great Brit.
min and Ireland, and will be devoted OK.
&clusively to the great export business u1
the international combination, formed In
4 their truce Of a year or two ago.
The Imperial Tobacco Company, which
has It's American headquarters In this
\ city. and conducts its American opera
I tions from this point, has Just promul-
,sgated plans for the erection Of a commo-
dicus office building. and will, IN add
Etior thereto, greatly enlarge It's re-
handling plant here.
s$f5Whsrs, the internal revenue receipts
show slightly decreased revenue from
8u1anufacture tobacco. this does not
mean that the output Of Richmond fac.
tories has decreased. On the other hand.
the decrease inrevenue is due to the re-
duction OF the tax on manufactured to-
bncco By nearly 81 per cont, July LIST,
8lO0e. thus giving that year SIX months
of stamp snles at the higher figure,
The revenue otli :e records show a small
decrease In the export tobacco interests,
attributable to ire cessation Of the Boer
war. for much of the export tobacco
goes to military camps.
Immense New Factory.
The business of the American Tobacco
I Company and Of the American Cigar
Company during the year has been fully
maintained In volume. Tho cigar COM
{pany began operations In full In their
imnssnse factory. the largest and best
equipped IN the South. and have onerated
3stendily all the year. The Consolidated
Tobacco Company (embraclng the Amer
lean Tobacco, company thu AMERICAN
Cigar Compahy and. the Continental Com
pany) has begun Its scheme, of classificas-
ton, and In pursuance, thereof has an
nounced that It's P. n. Mayo branch 'Till
I, be devoted to tAoE business of the Amer
lear Tobacco Company and tho nanu-
facture of cut plug tobacco. This will
mean larger rather than decreased
business
Il It may be stated In brief that the do
mand for Richmond tobaccos Is con-
stantly EXTENDED rather than diminished.
The suncured plug and twist ure stead
lily growing In popularity all over the
country.
Z In the leaf tobacco interests the genera
volume OF business of the Richmond
trade Ia reported on the up grade. Total
sales OF every kind during the year are
estimated at twelve and a half millions
1T Is estimated that the quantity Of to-
bDcco stemmad and handled here during
tho year will approximate twenty five
million pounds While probably fifty mil.
Hon pounds Of all c.,sses OF tobocco. IN W
and manufactured. have been sod during
the twelve-month. Especially do the
manufacturer IMPORT largely Increased
and active business.
The Municipal Year.
The city Itself has never had a better
year; It's advancement along every line
has been steady. and III som, respects
remarkable. The growth OF the city f.
accurately measured in the Increase ri
taxable values and In the rsrmanen,
y works Of internal Improvement The
realty OF the city has Increased In valu-
alton nearly q million and half dol
lars during the year. nrd Its personaltv
AInore than six millions. while It's reyeru.,
rom licenses has been augmented by
+ yearly fifty thousand dollars. The IN.
creafe In taxes assessed amounts Ia
nearly sixty thousand. The streets OF thf
city have been Improved IN paving. curh.
ling. grading and guttering more than In
SsRny previous year all sections OF the
municipality sharing In the benefits and
the Increment OF values resultant
SIM Among the noteworthy municipal ell
@terpriscs inaugurated during the ven,
\ Just closed Is the construction OF an cleo
tfic plant and standpipc for Increasln,,
Sthe water pressure Of the city, This vii
Rtcost Sle5.00o. and will be money vel, in
vested. The long projected settling bssir
DESIGNED 70 insure clear water for tn.
city 10 now fact beyond doubt, TIM