The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
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$haps little earlier ~ y little one hogsessg
foundry on Clay street n commenc ed " assss
small cook stove, and Don found ready
sale for all they could ma ke.l ter or1.s
the old Asa snyd der Iron ~ orking Cons
3pany absorbed 81 this Clay Street foundrysfs
and made stove ma ing q an 81 ilnpo tantg
branch OF their ron ma featuring estaDsS9
slishn1ent, aking man Y improVen1 An a$
the output Of stoves 81 They not lysas
/ manufa ctured COO kers. but conmencedstoss
put 8 tiers and ~ comic rters on the
$lnarke
II rWever. steven ak y vas onl a,st
branch OF the immen SEA- iron nur ac-s,
i Company, and In the course sof time ttlfSt
Ebranchsoft he busine wa sold to several
energetic young men, 4 VIII q organized the Hl
Richmond Stove Company, b an d4 that CONF
spanys Is In exist nce to- DAY very M clleaa
In existence bein g one Of TIL largest and
most activeS Of RI chmond nufa curing Ss
5establ shments, tSssf
y The mammoth plant Of the Richmond 8
Stove Company Isl on both s desS OF ~ asst aa
Main Street, between RI wen ty-f and S$
Twenty iXt h. T he mpany' II found RES
and machine shops are eq ipp etl Wit MN
the necessary mod erns nchine ~ t. sn1A HI
them one OF the \ most vs. to date on III
working ishnen IS OF III country .ilsts
This company u has an Immense trader
all over Virginia, In the Caro- llnas. an ,S
In fact, all over the South, ana as far e IA
West as the u M ississippi y r. Ver r tetraEs;
energetic travelling men also Mj nyad e he a
North, and many Of The stoves. furnacessas
and ranges put out by this conipn ny Jltnd lSst
their way into Pennsy wanna, Maryland..s..3
and not sa few as far mort as New ork.ss
Two in One. jss53t5
The Continental 81 stove Company md
the Southern Stove " orks are i'm dor one I'll
general Smanage ltloug they are two
distinct establishments q nd ma ke Eepy,sS
arate brands Of stoves. The South ertl Sgsss
may be said to be a young company Y, IL 9 1
being only five years old IL no :orsail-:B
lied, but the company being the ou tgroWIhssss
OF the consolidation and ANA lSa.nat an tsS
Of several small concerns Is, i real ~ VII
not as young as It looks. IN
II But young or old, Its esta blishment oltSa
on{Leigh Street and the Hermit age Roed n
Is Immense. It has there large 8bulld inSsS 7
OF the very best and most su ostantials'
build. and the foundries, the a lumbersss
rooms. the machinery hal U.s. he oftces,fs
the storage warehouses ana tile n ra live VI. S
sheds all cover five ind q h u acres OF ,,s
land 4& Over three hundred sltll ed v men, s
are employed In these works. En- .i
The three stove factories In Richmond VI
employ altogether not less than six hum
dred men, and they, being In the main WI M
high priced men, the threa estn llshMents 5T.5
turn loose o great 8,leHl OF money IN theJssS
course of a year to be {clrculat ted through
the business channels OF Richmond.
Tremend Gus Shippers.
1T Is likely that no establishments IN $s
the city orr In the State pay y greater ssG
tribute to- the railways than DO heso. 81,
81 s u n "A giss iasss "a
i In5the first place their product Is HI ayy-t
weight, and 1t axes quite sum OF nloneyRtt
per stope.st ship carload on Z hem, ga ~
down into North Carolina, and hem
everything they use In the way OF Sle " Nh NH
material Is of the heavy kind Of frelght,4ss i
and it%is all freight too for none OF NIX
grows IN Richmond, The pigiron whicl }4.
Is converted In these establishments IN Sss
stoves and heaters and furnaces conlea
from the iron mines OF Alabama q nd al
Tennessee and a little or II from 10, 7tss l
away points In Virginia. These concsrna
are also large buyers OF llnl ber, VI coz sa3g
coke ana other things to he used IN the
manufacture OF their goods and all
these things pay heavy freights. IS ~
Tha stove manufacturers are q thei
opinion that they have@tnst complaint lsi
against the railways, for they think ttley lst
are not getting altogether as fair treaf,gt
mentt from them as are some manu- faes "
turing concerns In other lines, NotWlth-sa
standing this thar are doing an INNER m
Business and doubtless could do fnueil
more IL they had a little more enc Y lEss
ment from, the railways, S8i 5s s}S "