The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12

Company, have d capacity Of over 2, QUO
barrels OF Port thnd cement per dny md
Yttitlber between i,20O and q 500 men on

Il Con1phny h I've ~ capacity OF over t1,VVv4
barrels Of Por land cement per dry, 10 ma f1
their pav-roll. n
Interest III Other Places.
Large plants III which s taut,ton8 60 pit 81
Is extensively Interested ate located IN \
ft3aslo SCity, n nb0ut twclve miles IL the
east. & Among these II y woplen MIL ii
known As tho Shenafdoall W0olen Mis-,
which Observation-Disclosures blankets and ,woplet1
oloths trhls concern employs about 70
people, and the company ut the present
time Is arranging to enlargo % and improve 4
the plant, the output Of which has bv u 4
taken entirely by New ORR me rean fltll
houses. NJ M "a ii HI 3$ "a 3ss &;
Tho virginin stove Company, at Basic
Clty, Manufacturers high grade stovus
employs 80 to 60 people, and Is hips its
entire product to ono concern IN 3 It's
burg n III ~ ia 4383 II RI ". /.
The furniture factory called the Basic 10
Furniture Company, whlcl, is tie largest l;
plant operated IL Basic. employs " abouti
one hundred and fifty hands, making
entirely bed -room suits Of oak. The out. ]
Sput Of THIS factory Is SHIPPED all over
the United states, and 1t has. IN the past
two or: three years. been Unable TO gu =.
ply tho demand, although the capacity
sislabout forty bedroom suits5n day. Tho
plnntgis equipped with modern and md @up-
to-dnto machinery and Is at presentt; COM
{rletng dry Kiln Of 10000 feet capacity.
1T tsos about 5000 900 feet Of lumber o
year. 53 s$5 X II t5
& The plant Is owned and operated ot1-
5tirely Rby Stnunton capitalists. Captain
X h a.. 4 Holt being president: ]. d Vits,
vicc.presldent, and Joseph + 7. Carr, secs secs
rotary and treasurer. Il g 4.
@ TivoByears ago the total valuo OF tho
invested industries In and around staun-
ton did not amount to more thnn Is s2oo,VopoO
and the number Of people employed was
not more than ono hundred. r. day there
Is not less than s9O 900 invested in pay
Ing and growing industries. employing
.between3 $500 and 5000 hands, and ship
ping their products all over the United
States. The city OF staunton and the
county of .AuguEta Is an ideal place TOR
the operation, Of manufacturing plants,
not only on account OF tho extremely
healthy climate, but also on account &c, 1lh OF
tho 5ncar1iess Of this section OF the coun-
try to the coal mines, which furnish tho
mower, and Il to excellent railroad facilities
for shipping to tho Eastern and Western
markets. N !l a3s y 3l, s.s5ss55s s.
e. stanton, with bona fide population
\ 81 IL, 900. n Is growing rapidly. and nothing
shows this moro than the large and hanu-
some buildings that have lately gone UP
and nre ut present under constra elton.
This not only applies to tho business see,
stion85 Of the town, but to- tho residential |
section as we'll. Tho city Is located IN
the midst OF probably the best agricnll--
Sttlral section OF the whole State, and this
fact, It will DO remembered, was pointed
out some one hundred and ten years ago
by George Washington, then President
OF the United States. who. In speaking
OF the natural advantages Of the country.
named the Valley Of Virginia as, in his
opinion, the most valuable In the United
States A. =.