The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-29

box shocks for domestic use. Tho fac
tory employs seventy five hands.
The Interstate Veneer Company Is
also new concern, and Is operated
altogether by outside capital. This
large factory. which Is managed by Mr..
Cummings, employs fifty expert work
men and manufactures all manner OF
veneering timber which Is used fo-
the inside trimmings OF railway cars.
houses, bulky furniture, etc.
Other HustlinE Enterprises.
The Emporia Sash and Door Com
pany Is also new concern that il
worthy of special mention. This COM
pany. which Is really part of The
big wholesale hardware house OF the
Tiller-Smith Company, manufactures all
manner of building material from Or
binary weather-b boarding to the finest
polished posts. in fact anything that
goes into house building. The factory
employs about twenty-five men, most
Of whom are skilled iaborers and they
figure largely on the payroll.
The Emporla Cornice and Skylight
Works Is an establishment that is
rapidly growing large from small
beginning. Less than year ago Mr..
II. T. Klugel commenced this bust.
ness and announced that no was ready
to make and to furnish anything and
everything that could be made OF tin
The business Of the concern Is now
largely confined to furnishing cornire
and ornamental work for buildings,
and the product of the factory is
shipped to Petersburg. Suffolk. Nor
! folk ana other cities.
The Emporia Water Power.
| A tremendous asset that E;mporia is
r,yin tie is !, a mo O..
lnifcent water power on the Meherrin
| River just on the edge OF the town.
Sooner or later this power Is going 10
make Emporia great. 1t is owned by
a number OF progressive gentlemen
who are interested In various Emporia
enterprises, and they are known under
1 the corporate name OF the Greenes-
| tille Water Power Company. They own
| all the riparian rights at Point on
1 the Meherrln River a mile above the
town. AZ this point there is a water
power which engineering experts say
is susceptible of the development OF
$4,000 horsepower s.
This vast power is lying dormant
for the reason that the capital has
not been Forthcoming for it's develop
ment. If the capital necessary for
such development We're to show UP,
1 the experts think there Is a GOOD In
terest to be made. that is to say from
Ito to 10 per cent.
The owners of the power are in tho
main managers and owners of manu-
featuring enterprises in Emporia. en-
terprises that are now using stear,
power They would, of course, become
patrons OF company that would de-
'velop this water power and convert
lit into electric power. and thus they
are in a positionSto practically guaran-
tee business that would pay the de-
velopers OF the water power an m
teres,y OF at least 10 per cent. @
1.-THE cost of construction would be
hight. comparatively speaking, and IT
i Is almost certain that the rental Of
the power to enterprises already es-
4 tablished. to say nothing OF others to
come. would pay a. 10 per cent, divi-
i dend.
Great Things to Como.
However, Emporia is not entirely de-
i pendent upon water or steam power.
The Emporia Electric Light and Power
Company Is a very live concern, and
while for the present 1t confines IT.
self very largely to the furnishing Of
street lights and incandescent illus
minatfon for private residences, It has
facilities that can he easily made Ito
4 furnish vast mower also. s,
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