The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23
industrial Progress is By-Word
and Petersburg is Selling
It's Opportunities.
BUILDING OPERATIONS
PARTICULARLY MARKED
Handsome Homes Are Going UpI
OH Every Hand and Other
improvements Are Be
ing Planned.
BY j. r. MADISON.
tStaiY correspondent


PETERSBURG. VA, July z3.--
Progress is the byword in petersburg
and the Cockade City Is suittng ac-
ton to the word. {s
Few cittos in Virginia have pre-
crossed in recent years as Petersburf
has done. On every hand there IA
evidence that the metropolis OF th0A
Southside Is keeping abreast Of tn@#
times and forging ahead.
Pierced by three trunk line rails
roads, the city has left no stone unx
turned to profit by its excellent traft3
facilities, situated as 1t is within On$
of the greatest agricultural secti0NHf
OF the United States, having a healfM$
full climate and surrounded by tA93
ritory exceptionally rich in natural re&
sources.
To-day the city is enjoying an ex
panSion along ali lines that is wl&n%
out precedent and which exceeds tn0
hopes OF even its most optimistic ctt9S
zens. This expansion is not In ~
sense of the word to be termed II
boom or temporary In Its charactexS
but is the result of the awakening 0&@
its-eittzens and the appreciation o3g#3
the part Of outsiders of the splen0tN1
advantages and facilities which thWz5
city possesses. ss#
Manufacturing a Feature.
In manufacturing Petersburg l1S
rapidly coming to the front as q reEsA
suit -eGoap!aiGal- Industrial npex1nMTes
ton in Almost every line These faSs5
cilities include an abundance OF tn4S
best coal at cheap rates, sufficient las@
Dor, rail and water transportation 10k8
receiving raw materials and shippiux5z
the finished product to home and fnxA#
eign markets.
All three railways entering Pet4Hns
4 burg have terminals on deep WNxex&
haroors and connect with steafnSQH#
! lines with regular Saiiings to All 3M1&
| portant world points. IN 'sz
In view of these facts 1t can h9s1
readily seen that. with the confin1l*
ance Of the same aggressive pollc&
OF industrial development. the day 1&
not distant when Petersburg Will A4S
tain considerable proportions and eufl
stantial reputation as an industTtM$
! center. Sa ss2
Seven large mills are always Rql
| in Pete rshurg making corn meMS
| This product is sold in many ata9@f
! and has earned for the city q repa
taticn extending Throughout 4
length and breadth OF the land. 43l It
yearly output OF these mills A9Ux4
! gate one million and seven th0ue4MS
! bushels.
Great Tobacco Market.
While Ii would be impossibI0#
compute the exact amount OF icN
| and hogshoad tobacco sold TN
/ warehouses Of Petersburg each y&M
| 100000 pounds would be 4 n12
/ conservative estimate. AT pFANq
| there are four large warehouaoe
the city. devoted to the sale of 1
tobacco. In manufactured tot
/ the city is prominent and MeNS
/ among the leaders. Five large
| tories devote their energies To-
work. They Manufacture plug to
co for export almost EXCLUSIVELY.
| II is estimated that so per cenE
! all the plug tobacco shipped from
| United States is manufacturing Mks
| tersburg. Their output extends III
| parts OF the world. Their aVN&
output Is about eight million po1k
and this Is increasing rapidly
grade of goods finding wide
| among foreign people. These 4N4
ries afford employment to more
five thousand people, and conse0a
ly are most important factors IN
welfare of the city.
The freedom of Petersburg 8ro1
Dor troubles Is a matter Of CONF
The city offers to manufacturers
finest inducements in this respeG4
iahoring people find that II al4%
fers them opportunities and A3
tages that cannot be found e1oey(
Capitalists. receive no wAruN&s
come than do laboring men whc
to Petersburg to make their h&
and easy access to home buiidl
well profitable empluyMenk
ways to be found. ssszs|
City IL Peanut Center.
/ AS peanut center, Petersbnx
come to the forefront In rece1&
and in this particular fndustFy
gained commercial importaEc@
from a trade and distrbutinr
point. The city Is the larG1GS
ish peanut market In the W0xx
Ing extended Its trade throu1M
United States, Canada ana
countries. 1t Is estimated t1Ex
so per cent of the entire peanat
duction of the United States n
in about twenty counties cont1U
and tributary to Petersburg, ~ tn
readily seen what the peanut tn1z
means to the commerce .nE 4h4
The United States governnaAn
nearly completed its work 0xA
and harbor improvements. tor
an appropriation of <200,0eo
made some years ago. The
known az the diversions scheM
is designed tn prevent the M1a1x
Dor channel from filling ups
and other sediment IN tfnes qf
cts. Az a result Or impfoseE9x
ready effected, the harbpF pT9@
busy scene Lumber hargea o4
piled with cargoes along ph1
tending nearly mile IN lend
there Is equal activity tn 0tM4
ping products. TWO ateaxn4x
are another result Of iTnproye@
tions. One steamer plies hef1
tersburg and Norfolk AnA
| between Petersburg md
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