The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-14
on GAMBLE s HILL;
INDUST RIES SEEN.
The Bottom Once Ali OF IN
dustrial Richmond, Continues
to BE Busy.
MILLIONS ARE INVESTED
Inspiring Scene Of Manufacturing
Activity Well Worth, a Trip to
Gaze Upon

The time was in the history of Rich
1nond when all OF the manufacturing 4
enterprises were grouped In the bot
tom south OF Cary Street, and between
Thirteenth and Third Streets. and one
standing on CANDLES Iiill could, With
the naked eye, take close View of
#nll, or pretty much all, of the indus
trial Richmond. of the isles Of the
river and Of Manchester.
In latter years things have changed
wonderfully. Industrial Richmond and
Industrial Manchester have expanded,
and some OF the largest establish-S
lnants: some Of the greatest manu-
featuring enterprises ava FAR away
3 from tile bot TOM extending to tho
west and 10 the cast. And over In
Manchester Trio industries do not all
hug the river bank AZ they did in.
Is. the oIdcn time. but many establish
x ments that distri butte thousands OF dol
4 lars and employ armies OF hands are
n located over and beyond the.first hills,
and are not visible from Candles
Hill.
Big Works Remain Here.
But all the same tits q very cheer
ing sight that one gets on a clear
spring morning standing on Gamble
Hill and looking down into the in
dustrious bottom. down on the isles
Manchester side. away off In the dis
lance towards Fulton, back eastward
over the miles of Chesapeake and
Ohio viaducts main tracks and sidinss,
over the hills beyond the pcnitentiarv,
which IS q pretty busy kind Ola place,
and on to many enterprises OF the
smaller industry order.
Standing on CANDLES Hill, and usinG
two good eyes. one can see Whefe mli-
lions Of dollars are invested In enter
prises that are feeding thousands o.
workmen and workwonlen,& making In
vestors rich, and building up Rtchmonc
Ms n great and important nlanufactur.
ing centre.
lions are invcsted&in enterprises thai
nre feeding thousands of work:nen ant
Workwomcn, making investors rich, ant
Building up Richmond as great ant
Important manufacturing centre.
Some of Those in Sight.
All OF the industries to be seen fron
the elevated and beautiful little parl
named cannot be described In detail II
this brief article, for hurried glnnc
from that point, while inspiring an
well calculated to make n ,Rlchmonde
feel proud OF the old town. does no
give anything like complete idea 0
the immensely Of the manufacture
and the Industrial enterprises that fa
Irstance, 1t would take much NOR
than n hurried glance to enable one t
io1ln even mite of an idea of tn
amount of work done In the Tredegn
Iron Works and the large number {
hands that work there day and nigh
The fame of these mammoth works
rot confined to Virginia, but the Tredt
gar is known wherever iron is used
On In tho distance Belle Isle lc,on
n G n ID of I, II
out all kinds of iron and piping mat,
rails. Other and smaller iron industri,
are scattered along the Islands an
Dn the banks of the old rcanal.
Tobacco and Other Factories.
But coming back to the mainlal
md looking down in the bottom, II
inmcnsc tobacco works of the r. y
Patterson Tobacco Company loom II
This mammoth factory contains 421,6
square feet OF floor space and eve
inch OF 1T Is covered With machiner
busy operatives or stock, either in u
raw or finished state This conce
employs 1000 hands. and the week
payerolllis something immense.
Ilnswanger s. Company's sash. do
and plate glass factory does an II
ncnse business, and necessarily kee
a large list OF wortmen OH the pa
rolls. n
GMliierE q Miller, near ny, conduct
large sash, blind and general WOO
Working factory, ana employ not le
than $50 men. a large number OF tho
being skilled mechanics.
The Merchants Cold Storage a
ice Plant occupies prominent grou
viewed from Galnbl0s Hill.
The Southern Biscuit Works lot
up In the nearby grounds and pi
sent q busy scene. Not less than's
hands are employed In these works
Hard by Ia the NH, Miles sll
COMPANY, and there lis no telling {
cept by an actual count how ma
employees draw good money the
every pay day, Is RI "a
The Imperial Tobacco Compan