The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-08
The Metropolis Of Mont
gomery Growing in Bust
ness Importance.
IRON INTERESTS
ARE WONDERFUL.
Blessed With Splendid Water
Powcrand Electricity, the Town
Can Accommodate Many
More Industries a
Splendid School, the
Pride Of People.
(special to The rlmes-nlspatch.)

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)
RADFORD. VA. December Rad
ford, the metropolis OF Montgomery
county. is a town OF nearly five thou
sand Inhabitants. beautifully located
on the banks of New; River. It ia U
Western Railroad, forty-three miles
west OF Roanoke. and Is the terminal
OF the New River division OF the Nor
folk and Western. n
The town contains several big In
dustries. among the best OF their kind
In the South, and new industries and
new business blocks are being added
each year. Many new residences ara ~
being erected at present by business
which goes to show that they have
faith In the future Of Radford, and the
costly improvements being made by j
the Radford Water Power Company
and by the v. I. G. & c. Co, at their
Radford Furnace, evidences tho same
conviction.
a Pioncef.
One of tho Oldest and most impor.s
tant industries in town is the Rad
ford Pipe Works, which was estah-
lished in boom days and operated by {
Cincinnati concern. 1t is now tha
property of the Lynchburg Foundry
Company. of which Mr.. Henry Nc
Wayne is president, and is the only
pipe foundry in the State except tbs i
INnchburg plant, owned and operated
by the same company, and the Glamor-
gan Pipe Works. of Lynchburg. In-sa
decd, there are eniy two others in the
south. the plants at Birmingham and
Admission Alabama
! The ripe Works is we'll equipped,
having cost a half million dollars.
Ey'rhrcc hundred men are employed. and
/ one hundred and ten tons of pipe ara
/ turued out daily, besides about ten
I tons of castings III the speciat:1
/ dry Tho capacitytof the plant is one
Z hundred and twenty five tons. The
/ shipments each year amount to nearly
/ "A million dollars. and go to all parts
OF the country. from New England To
/ New Orleans and as far west as the
| Dakotas. Tho pipe manufactured IA
twelve feet long and from four sto
4 thirty inches in diameter.
4 Mr. Lawrence McWayne. eldest sou
OF President McWayne, is general ma
lager Of the works. and Mr.. 2. 4. lion-sss5
lerts Is superintendent.
Iron nm Important Item;
/ The iron furnace, owned by the Y ~
ginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company
has been lately overhauled and renioa-s
eled at an expense of sa5O,O0O, and Y
Ione OF the finest In the South This
work was done under the personal SUI
i peryison Of Mr.. IT. IL. NrcHars, Ir..
A who ia general superintendent of the
Iyirrlnfa furnaces. No expense was
Ispared, and the machinery Is OF thu,
--latest and most approved style. me
i enormous blowing engines. oloWl L.
I41.aOl cubic feet of air per mlnute..
J, were Installed at cost or $Io,ooV.s
~ tn, M a
however. for once having gotten up
}. steam, it is only necessary to burn
1.-THE gas from the furnace. The tunnel
]. under tho tipplc has also been greatly
!, improved Ten men can now do inc
) work that formerly required hfty:5
t Motor cars are used. and instead or the
t old elevator. q hoist engine has been.
, installed.
; Employment is given to about 20u
+ men, besides sixty foreigners who are
5ldotny concrete work in the tunnel
: lThe monthly pay roll amounts to Sc. 900.
Most of the iron Is shipped to the New
England States and the West. The
. company operates it's own mines. be-
sides buying all other available ore-
All OF the coke for the Radford fur-
mace comes from Toms Creek. and the
: limestone from Ardwav and Sexton ops
= erations. The freight on this material
!. amounts to about $4,000 The total eS-
: penditures OF the furnace amour To
:, $40 900 per month. while the output per
= Imontli is 4.500 tons OF iron M
= A handsome new office building as
!. been erected. which contains the Offices
Iof the general superintendent or Wiz
$ ginia furnaces, Mr. II. Is heiiarE, Is. e
. Of the chief chemist, Mr.. Skinner; q g
:. chief. engineer, Mr.. Beckarn. and the
= general superintendent OF mines. AIR.
? e. L. Vaughan. ys s58s
!, Vlrginin- Ohio Combination.
The Raaford- Portsmouth Veneer Cor
: |noratfon is branch of the Portsmouth
$ Veneer and Panel Company, and Its
u Ibusness is directed from the main
q Office at Portsmouth. Ohio.
The object of locating this plant#a I
e bradford was to obtain a large and
ST. more regular supply of the timber
q lused-poplar. oak. linn or Eastwood
q chestnut, cucumber and walnut. Tbs
- two machines in the plant have a ca
IS lpaclty OF from 10000 to 100000. feet
Q of logs per day, according to the thick
$, ness OF the stock cut. The logs nrs
e lboiled from twelve to twenty-foui
hours to soften the wood. and the watts
2 have a capacity OF from $4,000 to go. Oo QfF
Il feet or logs per day. About thirty-ttys
o. or forty men are employed. and this
4 number would he doubled Il logs co,li1
id be obtained fast enough for the plafs
4 to run at its full capacity.
a. In addition to supplying the Ports
te mouth plant the Radford plant ship'
Sc large quantities OF Its product to othe'
concerns In both this country ans
e. abroad Mr. A. p, Goldsmith ~ N
isl chargeEof the Radford plant
lel The Rudford Water Fower Contpan y,
ed ono OF the most progressive puniis
r. lutiltty corporations in Tho iseuthW WEST
er Towns and operates an eiectriu SpoWei
he lpiant on Little River. eour miles srou
tht RaGford. which furnishes power 81 "a
cs Inumher Of mills, operases the ~ rs tar
o. railway aud lights tire town. l,i'
IN srnnlnany not only lnperates hut Iosasc,