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

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nnyed streets. etss4slc flro alarm sys-
! tenn. d wnter workW .1psteiil, and IS nov
l preparing I'd Introduce d system OF ffee-
stone wnter5tby gravity, tho Waterglt 70
| be brought from the Blue Illdg MOI, = II
! tains, d distance of some SIXTEEN or Gig n
1 teen miles. 1T also has n street Srai II way
covering Its principal streets and i iNanNs
ono Or The first towns II virginia lf.not
the first to install I, tlit'nelial system n,
LOT electric lighting, which has been n
| 2succcssfu operation for Il d number Of
years. There Is also d private electric
| lighting plant run by the street car
coniphny, and n gas system u ttders pr1-
3vhtc ownership. q i5G.4g y. 3 *
Thcre are few cities Of its size In sVir-
ginin III which rel tious opportunities are
greater than In stnunton there being az
some fifteen or twenty churches OF II
various denominations; while one OF y n g
largest and most Imposing OF the build g.
5inKs 81 the town Is the Young Mems
Christian Association building, the organ
sizatiot, owning which has u very large
number Of members. t 4, BIZ
t The mercantile estab lshtnonts Of va
RIOTS kinds compare favornbly with those
( OF other cities of a like class IN Virginiti,
ana there Is n general MIR OF business ems
$terprise iii tho place, which makes Stnun-
ton. ~ In many respects, look NOR lux like
Il Western city than most Of the Virginia
towns Il Il. FL 81 IA st3i 81 Is HH i N
Crops III this Valley this year, and
notably In Augusta county, have been
fine, ana Under existing conditions the
city Of staunton may well look forward ll q
to q continued and increasing prosperit NY
Last Five Years Growth.
n Among the younger generation OF cltl-l
Gems who taken an active part in 81 adj
ivancing tile prosperity or Staunton. there
are few WHO have played q more 4, siren 81
suot,s or successful part than has M r.
Julius L. WITT, a member OF the y CITY
Council, md d partner In several Of the
largest business and manufacturing ems
bterpriscs Iii Augusta county. 55S
Mrs. WITT Is enthusiastic III his views
regarding the future growth OF stannt on
and especially ulonE tho limos Of indus-,i
trial aud manufacturing 3devclopm ent. IN
discussing the question, he said:
Is It Is n fact that tho entire growth OF
developments hns taken plnco Within tho
last five years. Tho organ Il fnc Glory OF
w, Nv. Putnam aud Company was 4 Tho.
first large industryfstarted, and beginning
lii a. comparatively small way, is Il nov
one Of the largest organ factories IN thu
entire South The firm employs about 2o0
men, ana ships It's products oil over tho
world. ISL III r. 95& Fl .
1t has a very large plant, and Its trade
extends practically everywhere. The
concern has been tallJng Of adding to-
Its plant and manufacturing pianos as
we'll as organs; and 1t was Just about TO-
make the city q proposition along this this
line recently when the market house
which he had intended to use, ] was torn
down. .s S5 n li q: Az x
4 The white Star! Mills, another of our
large Industries. is the second largest
flour8mil In tho State, with an output
4 &C. COO barrels per day Of high grade,
flour, no low grades being mahufa ctured.
III is one Of the most thoroughly edupped
and up to.date mills In the South, Their,
employees number 81 about thirty-flVe men,,
for It doesn't take many to run their mod
ern 5nachlnery.5 The capital invested IS, 4
Should say, In the neghborhood Of SIZE. 600.
The flour is sold all over tho Stnte and
the South, the local trade Of this mill
lying IN North and South Carolina Tho
lest known grades of flour manufactured
are the tM elrose' and white Star, the
latter named after the mill The plant
Is operated by n 800 horsepower Corliss
Sll16t IL lilC
apeake and Ohio Railroad, having track
age arrangements with the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad and the Chesapeake and
Ohio. The mill operates entirely with
home grain and the flour turned out Is
the fine, white kVirginiaE flour, that is
only made from the Virginia wheat
ssEtAnotner enterprise that has tended to
build up the city and giYo employment
Il, a number OF It's citizens Is the Fulton,
Witt e. Co IS Overall Factory, employing
5120 girls and some 4 20 men. The plant
was started about six years ago, 18th 20
hands. and hnsaf been added to- at the
rate Of !25 q yearsever since. the present
yearly output Of the mills being 100000
pairs Of overalls, making about 1900 or
1880 pair per day every working day
IN the year. The factory Is able to
operate to it's full capacity, labor Of the
class employed being plentiful, especially
tas such labor can be drawn, II 30 de-
sired, from the small neighboring towns
st,$an extent sufficient to operate a plant
four or five times Its size. Tho demand
Tor the output OF the plant Is very large,
the output Is generally sold six months
4 In advance all5the time, the goods being
disposed Of IN such cities as Louisville,
st 4 Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago. The
prospects for the future OF this plant are
greater than they nave ever poen 4 sl l1t
1t was started. WI S3
Others Are Coming.
An Industry that Is Just about to be
ginaugurated in Staunton, and which Will
probably be one OF the largest In the
State, Is the Dudley Adding Machine Com
{ pany, which has lately located here and
will. from timo to time, greatly enlarge
its plant The Dudley adding machine Is
a device that Gun be fixed to any regular
typewriter and used exactly ms the reg
ular high-prlced adding machines are
5ukcd. which are now seen in use In banks
and large mercantile houses. The COM
pnny Is entirely composed of Baltimore
capitalists, who have unlimited means at
their disposal # Y jf;S5 sl
lust outside the city, about four miles
distant Is the Augusta Rolling Mill, with
a capacity of something over 100 barrels
of -four n day. This mill Is operated BY,
water power from Middle River, and en-
f.ES h<.~a kxa% No. Esftt