The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-27

opment can be dated less than half n
century ago. It has shown the most
wonderful growth in that line of any
State in the Union. AS n matter OF
course. u greater part OF the advance Of
industrial development is to be found in
the cities.
Alexandria. on the extremS north
edge OF the state. has onor-
nous industrial enterprises. among
them the old Dominion Glass
Company. the Virginia Glass Com
pany, tho Emerson Pump Works,
the largest Brewing establishment i'll
tho South, dozen or more brick maxi
ing establishments and numerous small.
or enterprises of the industrial charac
ter.
Bucna Vista is not large city, but II
is tremendous In the industrial line.
Among the enterprises nowin success
full operation there may be mentioned Il
paper and pulp mill, n blast furnace ana
extract plant. a wooden mill. n firebricll
plant. n tannery, a sash, door and blind
factory.
Bristol, on the extreme western bor-
der. is the terminal of two great trunk
railway lines, and branch lines extend
from there in various directions into
Virginia and Tennessee rs feeders for
the trunk lines. There are various rail-
way shops and car building establish
ments at Bristol. and their manufac-
lures embrace a large variety of valu-
able works, among which are an iron
furnace, foundry and machine shops. All
enormous tannery. n $500. 900 wood pulp
plant, n spoke and hub plant, Barytes
mill, two lumber mills, a magnificent
roller flour mill, a large furniture fac
tory and many other industrial enter
prises of greater or less Importance.
numbering in all seventy-nlne. whose
annual payroll aggregates $4,000. 900.
Charlottesville, town that every
student of history knows to be the
site of the University and the home
of Thomas jefferson, does not depend
for a living either on the University
or the history of Thomas jefferson.
1t Is a railroad centre and a manu-
featuring centre. its leading enter
prises being the Charlottesville Wooden
Mills. tho Monticello Wine Company.
the Wertenbaker Cigar Factories.
Chesapeake & Ohio repair shops and
various smaller industries.
Hustling Danville.
Danvile. on the extreme South bor-
der Of the State. was the first city
in the United States to own Its cleo
trio lighting plant. 1t Is. and always
has been. manufacturing town lt
now has a population Of $1,000. 1t Is
the largest bright leaf tobacco market
in the world. being located in the I'M
mediate centre of what is known as
the bright tobacco belt. The annual
sales of bright tobacco In that market
average 100000 pounds, which av-
erages about 10 cents pound. AS
a tobacco manufacturing centre Tor
chewing tobacco. smoking tobacco and
cigars Danville Is second only to Rich
mond.
AS a cotton manufacturing centre.
Danville is far ahead of any city IN
Virginia. The Riverside Cotton NILS
have a capital of 100000 and run
10000 spindles. The Danville Power
& Manufacturing Co. run 10000 SPIN
dies, and these two cotton milling
plants employ 5000 operators. me
transportation facilities or banV.!ie
are cxcelled by few States in the
South.
1t is the western terminus of the east
err branch of the Southern Railway, the
eastern terminus of the Danville d
Western Railway. and the junction point
of three of the Southern Railway
branches. The main line Of the South
ern Railway passes through the CITY, ana
the Richmond branch connects Danvllle
with the capital OF the State. me eouth-
crn Railway has large repair shops IN
Danville. which employ something ike
500 opcrators, and their pay-rool Is I'M
mense. Other manufacturing industries
in Danville are an extensive knitting In'ii'
foundry and machine shops, the ian Val
lev FIGURING Mills. two large sFlst n'i'is'
ovcralls and pants factory, two immense
brick manufacturing establishments. three
furniture factories. two sash, door and
blind factories, one large harness FAC
tory. two buggy and wagon factories. all
of which employ many expert operators
making a pay roll OF over $4,000 per
week.
Danville is also an educational centre,
having two colleges for girls, and a 1hlil-
tary school for young men.
Immense Industries in Lynchburg
Lynchburg is pre.eminently a manu-
featuring city because OF its splendid wa
ter power and proximity to the vast tribt
utary country furnishing coal, cotton. to-
bacco, iron, timber and other raw ma
tcrials. superior transportation facilities.
low taxes and freight rates.
There are in tho city more than fltty
enterprlStNg rNdnul;iCtOlles, III WHICH Wv
capital employed amounts to the sum OF
s5,5O0,00o.
The number of employees Of these fac
tories is 5000.
The amount paid out for the annual
aggregate of pay-rools is s1,5oO.OoO.
Tho value Of manufacturing plants Is
100000.
The total output of the city from its
manufacturing enterprise reaches the
total of S13.O00,00o.
About five years ago similar statistics
to the foregoing were compiled. ana the
result of a comparison between the two
shows an increase in the value of manu-
fatcured products of nearly seven million
and a half dollars or over $50 per cent,
The largest plants In the city arc
those manufacturing pipe, plows shoes,
cotton goods, cigars, tobacco. flour and
bark extract, but the multiplicity OF tho
smaller plants make up in their great
humber what they lack in individual size
Of output and contribute no little to the
prosperity of the community.
Manchester on the James.