The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-10
Was Started by Mr.. Parrish
Some Years AgoSit1 the Old 4
Libby Prison B,iilding.
COVERS TWELVE ACRES;s
EMPLOYS Tvv Q OUsAN1I5
Few People Are Aware That
] There IS Such 4 Vast = ~ ~
tablishment Of the Kind
Here The Equip
&. ,55i rnent and the
Output .!;sss$2 -

What ts Richmond doing7 Il Visitors RtoS
I the great World s Fair. now In progress L
h at St Louis. Will learn that tile largeat
srnanufac ctory8 Of wood dware In the world
rs located In Richmond. N good u m any
Virginia people and q number Of Rich
$mond people would In all probability get 4
their first notice OF this interesting infor.
nation by heir visit to g = Louis they
don't get It first in Il thes few lines and /!
remarks IS that shall @ here follow. " II Tie
Richmond Cedar Nv orks n t he MAMMOTH
tablishmentat to swhic ch refernces IS hers
made, employs in all various depar rtn1ents.s
something near 2, 900 m Ell. With q pla1itS
in Richmond covering twelve acres OF
land and with forest lands I'M v rginia$
and North Carolina covering 200, 600 acres.
with a saw-mills, p rvat te railway tracks
tug boats, barges and " ships to 81 plowSs
the waters Of Hampton Roads and tho
James, the Richmond Is Cedar Works 5iSisN Il
conducting the bigg est wood denwareg man.
sufacturing business b in the round II round
world. This seems ftos he "a rat Their broad h
3statement, but the Facts and figures here
sinafter set forth. as the lawye would y
prove the orrectne ess3 tas
assert tion.s FSSs
u Commenced III Small Way. r 5Ss s
The Richmond Cedar w Yorks, which &is 4
now such an immense u establfs fshmeIlt..
commenced business in livery, small way
in the year 1869. 10 Itss n place of Sbnsi-H
familiar to the @ old er itizens Of r. Ricl-5
5mond .Si The business was coMmencedS by
the Z late w lam Il. N Parrish til COM
3menced In a small way, 81 q very small
way, for MIR. Parrish had only for his
stock In. trade and capital o. marked
and ian nflinchlng yea. to.5s
sgether with that character OF industry
which knows no su c h Word sas fall Un-sEI
der Ills lrlanag cement ~ II and the influence 4
or his energy the business made Won nd
Idcrful strides. al nd In II three years from u
its start In the old Libby Prison building
Mr.. Parrish, found that he must needs
have more room and lore power. WI KS
ter power then moved everything that
was movable In Richmond and here-S
saboutss and he had to seek water power
SAccordingly, IN 1872, the esta blishmentE i;
was moved to y Mancheder, where the
business made consld derab bleF growth and
was branching out int all sections and
establishing "a reputation tliroughou tho
Southern country when, IL In a 1854, 4 a fire 81
destroyed the entire plan
Moved to ichmond.
ss In the early part of. the summer OF that
Year Mr. Parrish and his sons 5pur chased
sn large tract OF land In Henr1coH county
Just on the edga OF Richmond. or more
properly speaking, & IN the suburbs OF Full
toni This tract had the Chesap peakef and
Ohio Railway on one side and the James
River on the other A 8 soon as the neces-S
Esary buildings could be erected and the
necessary machinery put IN q perat Ion. ths
Richmond Cedar ~ YorR Rs9r resume ID business u
lat this stand, 1t being the D first m ove-g
sment4of manufacturing interests In tho
eastern part Of r Rtchmon ond II.
Big Pay Rolls. iss
5 Tho plant, Of course. grew from that
time. until at present II Mowers twelve
acres. This establishment employe reg
S,ilarly !. 900 people In r Richmond and "a bout \
700 names figure on tho pay roll of their
Norfolk branch, which attends to- GET
ting cut timberEfor the Richmond plant.
In 5ad ddItton to this large number Of ems
jployes, high-prlced men are e,np yed In 4
their offices In New y ork, Philadelp ,$
Baltimore and Chicago. All Of #thesesrun
the pay roll list UP to sonew here In the I.
3ncishborhood of 1000 men. $3 ~ Bsss,5s 4
Their Timber Lands.
III The Richmond Cedar Works now own
about 200, 900 acres OF timber lands, mainly
in Virginia. but partly In, North Carolina.
These lands produce principally the ylr-s
gnia white cedar. and are situated In &