The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
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Near Railroads 1896
SIXTEEN PLANTS
I'm THE WEST END
r., F. & P. and S. Az I TraclS
Facilities Attract shipp Il
Eighteen Hundred Men .s,sf
Emplo Dyed and Plants sStS.
Are Valued at .$S
$1,000, 900. jl5 II

Are " alued at
$4,000, 900. s AS
IL That Richmond ind ustriess and business 81 las'
interests are rapidly growing, and tina IA
new #nlanufa lectures and mere lie houses
are spr4nging up, is iden n BY the y
fact that large sho ps \, ;wareh ouses and n Il
plants have been recent built Il those
sections of the city where e few years. an':
ago u there were either va cant fields or or
small dwelling houses.
The business life Of the q ty has grown
30 nornously3 I Hat III t has been POUND
necessary to find new localiti ties for U u
operation Of trade and manu- acturlea II
II The Old business centers have spNrtolv'.ee8t3
too cir cunscr1bed for the new order g IA
affairs, swhi Oh I demand both floor space
and fern raj way shippin & ff IA ilittes.
with this aim i'm lew there have been
constructed on the on skirts gof chnl!onds
within the past few years IA great nuns
her Of large manufa ctur inng plant g. ana MO
in some inst ances the maj cturers RhaydE
even left this locality and crossing the
river, located lin and about
North Of Broad
~ 10 no section have Il e mani fact urersg
and business men turned 81 more dc ter
sminedly than to that local tyG north o ol#
Broad Street and west Of Richmond Coll
gof space FOR build ling, but possesses
rare degree the raj road faci Titles Whlch
are attractive to large sht pers. 3i.s
FSf Here ten years Il q go there wa ~ not
single business house or rlanufacturlnREs
plant located. and vi tn excertiolss
|ofS the Richmond Ere de rick burg and P'oI
tomao Shops not an nterpriss'ee 81 any
sort which furn ish ed en1plo yment II to the
3neople Of the city. " OF bus ness apltnl8
There was mot q dol lar Invested, and the!
bare fields were las free from evid encesSE
Tot Industrial 4prosp lily as IRE N he sands
loftne desert. SBt5;
within ten short years the appearan nee
OF this section has chang fwo nderflu la
Nv. for the vacant lot and cheap . antyS
has given way Is Ia rye and busy cream
tile plants gr ca t stove ks have sI'run 81
up. breweries shoe factories, prin ting ses-8
Establishments slaug glitter houses Il pla ming
mills, foundres. pap mi lis. and dozen
other industries. where g few yea rs ago.
empl oyment was not furnished to III ny-ssI
one 4 Sixteen business tndustrie give
work II to Il ,755 men, an pa VI taxes ao on!
nearly s., 000, 900 OF property and .s5s
The plants, large. we'll built and splen' \
Oddly equipped, 4 are all running full capa-t
lefty ana each lis doing its part towards
building up the mercantile and & Indus
trial supremacy OF r ichmond
List Of Plants.
Among the ,anufactTies and buslnesss
houses IN the locality In question are the
Following. together with the number 8ot
'AeA $500 8 Employees
The Hermitage Press 49,. 100
I3ra 76;
| Southern Stove Works 81: soO.
Richmond Foundry MFG Co. 200
Baughman Stationery Co. ~.
Hunter & Sims . 49, a as
|!Sitterdlng, Carnenl d Davis ~
National Biscuit Works lo5
3Portner Brewing Co. I. 20t
Richmond, Froderlcksbur g. Potorn &C sSgg y
81 shops n. n. z. 4V9s
Richmond Basket and w God orkins
Manufacturing Co 80. i. s bQi
American Tobacco Wareh orses Qi
Home Brewing Co. ..s55s1 q
Eagl Paper CO. S ~ "
stephen Plitney Shoe co. |. 81. !. *, Z, So
Virginia Packing Co. 4. t0s
y: .------- ~ y
Total 4. !. I. I, I. 4. 4. !. !.
The pioneer In the movement towards
the northeast cotton OF the city or RAJ All
the outskirts OF the city. was the Rose-s
negk Brewing Company on the HerniE.
upwards OF $500, 900 Inv ested, has built 81
large and modern brewery, toge Their vi thS
model bottllngs plant, The locat ton
was closer on account OF an excellent
spring which has always been noted for
Its pure qualities. and 1t ia q fact that
only spring water Ia used In {hrew wing 4 py
the Rosenegk Company There are IN u
men employed In the plant, which has sa
yearly ca pacity5o OF 40 900 barrels OF beer,
while the bottllng Works do q business
OF three million bottles of beer annual VI
e Tn addition the company owns Y and
operates an Ice plant with capaci ~ w
forty-fye tons a day. The officers are
AIessrs. "a. Won N. Rosenesk. preside n q, l \
II, p, Willians, vice. president. and 4 s VI
lyYenzel. secreta and treasurer, Il ~
Largest Stove Plant. ~
on the other side OF Hermitage Hoa &
is located the immense plant OF thsG
lisouthern stove Works, the largest
makers OF stoves ir.Ethe entire South
| The company, with n capital OF half al
million. has behind 1t a number Of eap..sss
talists and strong business men, II In IVY!
1.-THE Southern Stove Works began Dust slsi9
ness In a small way. turning out tWentstsS
five stoves daily. That was SIX Years
ago, To-day the works turn out more
Ilthan 1000 stoves day, and ship them
! all over the United States, Theirs are
i EMPLOYED go men to operate the modern q
mnchlnery which Is Installed IN the vas
rious Immense buildings, which are ap- 4
nroached BY the tracks OF both the
seaboard Air line and Richmond. Fred
ericksburg and Potomac, the arst 6Ting VI
ina MN In the raw, ma terial and the latter
carrying car away the finished pkodnet. u !,
The whole plant 70 opeFa.en ~ 3, s.sosss-
hand Power Company. N O sst u Il !, e, ss
Try Tha Officers OF the corpan ny are; Fres,r&
~. MI THOMAS Atkinson; Wee Prssi1
ds NJ. stanhope Boiling; Secretary enc u. 4
4 Ss Manager, Mr. r. Percy I4otthi
! Continued on Fourth sa<e