The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05
RES.s0FsNA R1ToN

street. and some OF them carry stocks
and do business that would be a
credit to the larger cities OF Virginia.
All classes OF stores flourish here.
from the large groceries. dry goods
houses, department stores. furniture
and hardware and farm implement
stores, down to the fruit stands and
cigar stores. and. as far as I can see.
all are doing a lively business. even at
this dull part of year that was ush-
cred in with a panic in Its mouth. The
merchants here. combined, do busl-
ness OF from s350.oo0 to $4,000 a
year. 1t Is pretty much all retail bus
mess. only one or two Of the houses
attempting wholesale department., and
that on limited scale. However,
there is good back country to sup
port Crewe. and a wholesaler or two
to look after the interest OF the country
merchants within circle OF twenty
five miles around would probably do
we'll In the place.
Flour and Neal Factory.
The Crewe Roller Mills were estab.
lished fifteen years ago. and with the
exception OF the usual ups and downs
to which all new enterprises in a new
place are subjected, the mills have
been success from the beginning.
The plant is equipped with all OF the
necessary improved machinery, con-
sisting Of rollers. dislntegrators, eleva-
tors etc.
The present owners. AIessrs. Burton
& Guy. have within the last eighteen
months put in 5000 worth OF new
machinery; making the mills strictly
up-to-date. The daily capacity is
thirty.flve barrels OF flour and $50
bushels Of meal. Formerly the mills
sent West for all OF It's grain, but
|within.Flate years the farmers OF Not
toway county around and about Crewe
have been giving more attention to the
cultivation Of grain. and are now rails
Ing more than necessary to meet home
demand. The result Is that these mills
are getting more than half Of the
necessary raw material right at home,
making Crewe quite grain market
The balance of the wheat and corn re-
CURED to keep thaa mills busy come
from the West in carload lots. The
mills. are worked to the utmost capa-
city, and the product finds ready local
sale and a good trade has been built
up at points along the Norfolk and
Western road.
Busy NVOOdwOrkers.
The Crewe Lumber and Nanufac-
turing Company have a complete, up
to-date woodworking plant. and are
extensive dealers In dresked lumber
for all manner of building purposes
They make sash. blinds. doors and
Collins. and do a general planning mill
business. They own sawmills in the
heavily wooded lands near town which
have a capacity OF ! 900 feet per day.
All OF this lumber and much more,
bought from other mills. Is prepared
for building purposes in the works
here, Notwithstanding the duller
times that followed last years panic,
there has been no letting up In build
|itg operations in this progressive
town, and hence the local demand has
been sufficient to keep the planning
mills going on full time. However,
they have a good trade along the Nor
folk and Western road and their ship
ments are large, The officers OF the
company are n, shuftleharger.
aser, and a. 2. Woody. secretary and
Itreasurar. sss ss & All
The lumber interest OF Crewes Is
large. 1t being the slipping point and
the banking town VOC = number Of
country saw mills and lumber plants
In NottowaY county within a. clrolesof
ten miles around. Vast quantities Of
timber, dressed and undreHsed. are
'shlpped from here, and this ought not
| to be, IT aS 4 VIZ II Il *
!, It ought to be worked up right here
Ethat the town may get nj the trims
Innings" IN The way % wages to work.
linen, and the good things which they
Ibuy; and the reor saniaea n Hoard gAf
gyadA is kolnk g; "a \ ~ a. t ~
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