The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
BUILDING ROOF TO
STOCK YARDS PLANT
Big Structure in West ind
Soon to be Completed
by Contractors.
OF KIND
IN THE r
Will Have Accommodations for
5000 Horses-Richmond Iron
Works Getting Into Shape
Tor Business-Bright
Tor Far West
End.

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Beyond the city limits, In the far
West End. there is enough building
activity to Justify the statement often
made heretofore that there is nc dull
season in Richmond. Within the past
few years tho western section has de-
vclopcd into quite n manufacturing
centre. In the city proper contractors
are erecting many Structures. a fast
which is proved by the building per-
riits issued daily and the monthly sta
~tistical record prepared at tho end OF
each month by Inspector Beck.
Just now tho two larger plants
under way arc the Richmond Iron
Works. across the railroad tracks from
tic fair Grounds. and the Smyth Broth
Mcclellan Live Stock
Company. which is building the largest
stock yards under one roof in the
world. At this latter plant good pro
Sress Is being made. Contractor j. 4.
Wilson has a big force at work. and
the. structure stands like a frame
skeleton in the sunlight. Very soon.
however, there will BIO nc skeleton
picture, for the wallis arc being put
- dN'o ~ ioCl
Tile company secured an excellent To-
cation on Broad Street, Just west of
the Hermitage cubs golf links n
Utmost opposite the Virginia Home for
tncurablcs. \ spur track put In by
tile Richmond. fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad brings the material
directly to the grounds. This track
\ will remain permanently, and Will be-
used 10 i,anl horse ears to the muily
entrance.
IN Hold 5000 lIorscu.
Already the guiding has assurncus
tremendous proportio,E. 1T Is 6i0 feet
long by $50 feet Wide. with accou1mo-;s
dations for 1000 Horses and mules.
There will be stalls, driveways. loadinGs
pens. hospitals, the entire place being
Equipped with all. modern and up-to-.
date sconvenieDces. Between. the front
entra6cesand the street the lawns will
be beautitied. The plant itself will.
rank next to Chicago and st. Louis.
Eyer since the Snlyth Brothers left
Richmond about six years ago the
business people have been cndcavor-
Importance OF their return here. bIrs
J. G. Smyth,4 president of the company.
frankly admitted reeently that his
SCALE In this city because Of the So
perIor transportation facilities. He
showed that stock shipped her. from
loaded or fed on the way. shipping
from PlttsburE to Norfolk, when stock
had to be transferred from the .cars.tn
the boats in Baltimore, had It's dis
advantages, all of which will be elm
mated in the movement to Richmond..
The exact date for the arrival of tho
first consignment of horses is uncer-
tain. but the opening will probably
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. when :t
hoisting engine gave ono long blast.
from fro ai the roof Il is not a%iflcuIs 70.
mark the results of one days work.
Bis Iron Establishment,
The shops of the Richmond Iron
Works are presenting q business-like
shape. While all OF the machinery has
not been Installed. much work is be-
ing done, especially in the molding
line. The plant Is located on the tracks.
of the Richmond. fredericksburg aud
Potomac Railroad, across the way from
the Fair Grounds. and directly by the
street car line to the entrance.--TheI.e
will be no better establishment of It's
1 kind in the South when everything is
complete.
North of Broad Street there, are many
signs OF activity. Tho Stephen Put
ney shoe factory.sthe Hermitage Press,
man Stationery Company, the Southern
Stove Works, q couple of hreweries,
!, packing houses and IN various assort-
mont of wholesale houses are quietly
ndklHS money anug GIVING nlSn class
employment to hundreds of people.
This brief list is by no means COM
: plete, for a dozen or moro manufac-
turing signs arc visible from the
! street cars.
. Great Future for Section.
/, There are exceptional facilities and
i opportunities In the far West End for
: manufacturers" said a real estate
dealer yesterday, when capitalists
desire to build out there they are sell
dom met With opposition from other
! property owners, and beyond the cor
/, porate limits you Will see an era of
: remarkable business life Within the
next twelve months, Richmond does
not confine these plants to ono quar-
!, liter. AS a matter of fact new terri
7 tory has to be acquired. for.sthis Ii
a growing town, and wholesale and
f manufacturing plants must find homes
where they can"