The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24
They Are Turning Out Manu-i,
factured Articles Sold
Far; and Wide.
SKILLED LAB on; EMPL YED
(. AND MODERN MACHINERY ]
This Combination Has Made
the Richmond Brands Sought
After Wherever Their Name
Has Been blished.
q Some 81 Greater
Plants.

". What is Richmond doIng In the matter
( OF wood work many flourishing and al
ways busy factories arc tringS an im-S
mense amount of business and adding
many thousands or dollars to the wealth
and prosperity OF this city. In this coll
umn has recently been told the history
4 OF what the Richmond Cedar Yorks are
doing. This Is. 4 cotirsc, the largest,
Woodworking establishment In Virginia,
%nnd tho largest Of It's particular kind In
the world. The Red Cedar Company. Of
U Richmond. aud the Richmond Basket
and Woodenwarc Manufacturing Com
y Spany arc also Woodworking establish,
inents Of which Richmondz IS proud, but
detailed history of 4 their operations
4 will more properly come under another
K head and IN another ar ticle. We have tos
I deal to-day with hard wood working fad
4 tories. establishments that manufacture:
4 sash. doors, blinds. fixtures for stores
5 banks INSURANCE OH ces. newspaper Offices
+ and all sorts of Offices make, Bho " cases,
"A boxes, etc. etc., toge ether with Va rio,ls
u #Fpecialties that the different factories
Il deal In and manufacture Tho leading
establishments, engaged In this line OF
hurst, the Montague Manufacturing Com
pany. the Richmond Toodw working Com
3ipany and the American Furniture and
y Fixture Company. ~ S i5,ss g5
Their U Usual Products.
These concerns employ large forces OF
hands. and each has a large manufacture
ing plant, The factories OF some of them
arc on the south eide of the river In
!sNIanchester9and Chesterfield county. Will,
I Offices In Richmond, and some have their
entire establishments on this side Of tho
river. They manufacture all styles OF In
terror and exterior woodwork for houses,
such as sash, doors, blinds, & and. In fact,
everything made of wood II t is used In
m oden house construction. They also
manufacture office furnIture. fixtures
and show cases, In most any. OF these
establishments any office. banking insti-5
tuition store or factory can be fitted up
and equipped on the interior from cellar
ITO garret. # They do business not only In
Z Richmond. but all over Virginia. the
.aCarolinas and IN arts of West Virginia
and some other States. Some of these
establishments ship goods to cities to the
north OF us. and have Eeen known to-
II equip banks and Insurance Offices In Bal N
timore and New y Yorl1 With counters,
desks and other stationary fixtures, COM
netting successfully on large contracts
\ With concerns of like character III those
a cities. 3.s$ s s5sf 4
Wealth Distributors.
When 1t is considered 4 hat skilled labor
+ Is almost exclusively employed in these.
hardwood manufacturing establishments,
and when 1t Is further considered what
large forces Of hands are required to do
their work. It can be readily seen that
mo branch OF business brings to Rich
s8inond more money for general distribution
than this hard wood misunderstanding busi-
ness. Their payi rolls are enormous, and
their employees are Of the better and more
substantial class OF workmen, composed
iii nstheE main Of men who arc frugal, take
care of their money, md permanently In
vest 1t where theyElive. Many OF these
men. perhaps the maj jority Of them, have
d or arc saving a,ips to have. homes of their
own. a large number of them of course.
are heads OF families, and thus In one
{ way or another their income is Judi
sciously distributed in this community,
adding to ts wealth and uphnildng. a
Some Of the Specialties.
The Richmond Wood Working Com
pany fasy carried I7ichmond' s reputation.
s a live. up-to-date city to the utter