The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22
Manufacturing Concerns II ].
in Richmond That a
Started q tSZ zero. 81, 1!
HAVE GROWN I'D 3
INDUSTRIAL, FAC TORS.
They Carry Richmond as Fame as
an Industrial and Manufacturing
Center to the y tternost Parts I'D
~ Of the Earth and Add 8 3sSs,
5I$S e the General WIN
~ Wealth. S 81

The FOL lowing Isl not only q chapt ter on
Richmond Industries, III but to nine out Of I!
ten Of the readers 81 The Times Dispatcirt
sltSwill prove Ito be q very Ak wsy column
for II Is true that half Of richmond does
not know what tie other hall Is doing.
and as for the ~ irg MIA people outside ~
Richmond while they know that this "a 81
d wonderfully live ana progressive city
the half or the u history OF Its industries
has not been told them. ST 3s5 IN AIR
sS Many unique Industries here hay III
grown from thing or q very, small beSss
3ments within the past decade, Il and they
have II carried ~ the 3 tory OF ~ Il chmond's !
fgrea tness as an ndustrial center to the
parts OF he land. 3s52 sss,
Many years ago t went W or more t ass
Mr.. Wortendy Ike ~ had i tile esta blish-sS
glnent over in Manc ter for the anu .s
sfacture OF paper ne. ia II 9 did SaS small
local business and supplied many retail n
merchants In this gci ty WI tn pa per Etwine@
to be used In tying up small pa ckages Sof;s
groceries S dry goods and III other things.St
That was the extent OF the busin ess
gl In 800 ne WI men with IA W. cap tai tbe-s
came Interested + IN thea busin ess and t he
3forne ID The esta blishmen 1T y was moved
Gto5s Richmond and val ua BILE wa ter pc uerSS8
for the movement OF d the ma 9 hinery WA s8
secured at the foot OF T. thirteenth Street.
The manufacture OF pal per bags was ddedS
to the business OF; tWlne making nd SIN
5menced to manufa re- toilet pa pei. and \
business In n these three lines was pushe Il
along slowly for our Or years Sssi
Many3 New u SEES for Paper:.
he,ni N d. SG Chelf became secre-S
ia ~ treasurer OF the company and gen Nh
ieral manager OF the bus less lsssSS
SizinR I he many uses to VIII CHI paper could
Sbe nut, commenced to branch out sialong5S
other lines; and adding tSne w rnachins cry
from time to time I'll
$tendyke Manufac curing y Com pan re re-
most Al extensive makers Of WRAPPING
gtwines, fiber twlnes and Il seamin Sc ;:ss
81 nny concern mi the South, It Is be-
doubted liz any esta ishment In the whole
Scoun try manufao tures4 from par as a
much OF the tibeE tWines and seant,isssssS
cords as this or ships Isl MUG
doubted 9if there Is an X stab b shment Ein@
the country as well ECU pped with m odernI
machinery for the busin ess as this g In-2S
Bpany.
uses to which paper Is put In the manu- ~
facture OF various and sundry th gs G l VI
shown by an investig ion OF the pro-
ducts y Of this factory Under their con-
tracts with large manufa dturers S they
ship paper twines and paper cording s IN &
q 81 r load lots all over the country TO HI
every single State in the Union To-
Canada, to Cuba and not Q 4 few goodsi Z
This I paper jar cording, all 81 Ices. rom
small twine no larger than a knitting
needle to a cable as large as q man N
$indnx finger. and In all colOrs. is Used vi
Nv carriage manufa cturers in some par Re H
Of carriage and puggy TOP pyS. corseI vi
makers BY overall manufa cturers, by$ nnf!Ss
makers BY shoe akers, pys5 shirt anas,5
waist makers, by all A kinds sEof lea hers u
roofls ma kcrs, by upholste rers and kers /,
\ f various other articles Of daily use
PAPER Chairs and Car cells.
.s ID nor cordago is also used extensiyelySf
EforS wire Insulation; cloak nkers use sssaA
3rrea deal OF It \ In one way and another
IN cordinE cloaks, IA and II figures exten-ss II
$slyely in millinery trirnming S. Carpet$l
and rug manu- cturers are now mas aAi ssi
carpets and hand sonle rugs entlrely "a;
Jpnper cordage, and the Wort IKE corr Il
nany ships carloads OF cordage n every,
week that is used solely IN the manu- u
bfacture Of carpets and RI g.
10 lnymen who have had no OCCASION
to keep up with the enlargement OF n he aI q
paper business 1t will be news when they
learn that chair bot toms and I ca seat
Many OF the so-called cane bottom mars 81
on the market are paper- bot tom cha
and thousands upon thousands OF I r oiills 81
Of the paper cordage that goes into me
bottoms of chairs and Il car seats are gre ssf3
turned out from the NVortendyke& NILS llils, III
son Thirteenth Street.
Such Is the business b Of this unllllla i.
establishment. ana 1t is doing an inllnens eB&
business, for, as before stated, its pro-
ducts not only go into every stat IN the aSs
United States, hut the company Is pra go
Ing out and building up business In esa is
ada, Cuba and England Mr., Thomas y, 81
y efrress Is tho president OF the Scolnpa n
and Mr. Il. G., Chelf Is the treasure anu A5l
general manager. IA
Laundry Bluing Factory
"a II Will probably be news to grea sSs
many Richmond people when told 4 that #
there Is a factory In this city Whlcni Ss8
makes and sells and ships all over ts,sss I'd
South and West more bluing for laund ~
uses than any like establishment N lhe
United states, The Cobb s
Company, located on East so ry str
Is the establishment that dpes this thing, ~
This concsSn has llad an ex W W
Richmond for at least twenty yea rs. fsR
sit has been within the past ten years
that It has reached out and buil " "a
5s,loh an enormous trade, and now IN s
travels men all over the country ana X
does a big business through brokers IN
M, of TIN, leading markets OF the South sH
and West. Laundry blulng OF all kirids f5
and In ali shapes is manu- featured by tho
cobb Company. and their brands "a ye s
q reputation that makes them sta ~ Fg
wherever known. The blulng Is manu-
factured In this city and; quite q iAssss
7I1,or tInI,ed m y1fth Paxal 'sss n