The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
.DENnRON.|N HEART
OF TIMBER LAND.
TO utilize what in the average country
sawmlll Is merely waste.
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Consolidated plant.
Now, the Surry Lumber Company's
plant at this place covers space Of
not less than thirty acres. upon which
acres are three immense sawmilllng
plants, the box factories above re-
ferred to, the kindling wood factory,
the planning mills, the drying houses,
the lumber sheds, from which the cars
arc loaded with all manner Of tim
Der, the side tracks of the company
tho machine shops of the railway. and
I'll the other attachments and con-
vcnences that are required for the
business OF so gigantic an establish
inent.
no sum the whole thing up in a nut
she'll 1t may be said that the plant
consists of the three sawmilling plants.
containing three sngle-cut band mills
and two doubie-cut band mills, one
gang mill. two rcsaWing mills. two
iathing mills. ono immense box shook
factory. and the kindlinG wood fac
tory above referred to. not to say
anything Of the Immense drying
houses. storage sheds and other ware
houses. in which are stored for ship
incnt the products Of the mills and
the various factories.
To keep these mills supplied with
material the company takes the trees
right from the woods, hauls the logs
by their own railway direct into the
yards here, and in the twinkling OF
an eye. SO 10 speak, cuts them UP into
the various grades OF lumber needed
for after use. The commoner grades
of the lumber are made into box
shocks, as above set forth. into
cheaper grades OF building timbers and
kindling and waste" and the better
grades. after being sawed are con-
veyed to tho company's immense plant
at Berkeley. near Norfolk, to be
dressed into the finer house building
Inaterial-sash, blinds and doors-to
be shipped to Northern and Western
and European markets. the larger por-
ton perhaps going to Europe finally.
Thus this company Is bringing into
Virginia a great lot Of Northern and
European money that might not other
wise find its way into this territory.
working In the Woods.
To keep these immense mills sup
piled with the raw material In the
share Of iogs, the company employs
in the woods no less than 700 able
bodied men. who are daily cutting and
loading on TO the company's cars the
logs that are the next day sawed up
into timber These men are divided
UP into three camps in the counties of
Surry. Sussex and Southampton. and
all arc under the general supervision
of Philip Rogers, a brother of Edward,
men. His headquarters arc at sedley,
a station on the companys railway
where II crosses the new Nirginian
Railway.
The Rogers brothers.
By the way, the Rogers family Is
very numerous in the development OF
The lumber interest OF this section and
in the upbuilding OF the town of Den
dron. There are four of them--Ed-
ward, Philip. Arthur and J. f. Rogers
The last named has general charge OF
the works here In Dendron, Arthur is
the MAJOR OF the town and the man
ager OF the railway interest; Philip
looks after the sawmills out In the
woods and, as before indicated, Ed
ward is the superintendent and the
general boss OF the whole business.
Without the Rogers brothers the Surry
Lumber Company and Dendron would
be The play of Hamlet" with the
melancholy prince left out.
Many Men Draw Pay.
TO sum up. the Surry Lumber Com
pany employs in It's various enter
pr!ses about 100 men, that is to say,
about 1000 here in Dendron and about
roo in the mills in the woods and
the monthly payroll amounts to any
where from $4,000 to $4,000.
This is the kind OF shop that has
built UP the town OF Dendron. and 1t
is no wonder that the town has been
we'll built and that stores and banks
and hotels and livery stables and
peanut trade and various kinds OF
industries have grown up around the
big shop.
II is no wonder also that handsome
homes have been built and that first
class schools have grown up ana that
churches have been built, and thae
sidewalks and streets have been made,
lai
have sprung up. that social organl-
atoms and societies have been formed.
and that altogether Dendron has de-
welcomed into model. moral and In
avery sense delightful Virginia
town.
The Little Railway Line.
In this development the Surry Sus-
sex and Southampton Railway mas
cut quite figure. or course, the ROAD
ts owned absolutely by the Surry Lunl-
bar Company. but to all intents and
nnrnoses 1t IS a separate organization.
bang chartered by the laws of the
state under its own name. The NAN
line runs from Scotland. on the James
River, to Dory. IN southampton coun
~ a distance OF thirty miles. but 1t
Sas s,de tracks and sidings to every
sawmill and every lumber camp OF the
curry Lumber Company. and altogether
a. controls about 100 miles of trackage
and has a wide open charter that
enables 1t to control twice as much
more II it wants to. and 1t VIII Waht
10 IL the lumber interest requires II.
Edward Rogers is the general super
intendent of the road and Arthur
Rogers is the master OF TRANSPORTATION.
While the line Is purely a lumber road,
It maintains splendid passenger ana
freight service between Dory' IN
southampton county, and Scotland, on
the James River, making passenger
and mail connections every day ex-
cent Sunday at Wakefield with the
Norfolk and Western Railway. ana a.
Scotland with the James River boats
in general especially those OF the
Virginia Navigation Company.
In all respects 1t is a cracker .aek
little road, and while It's passenger
and mail business is not on paying
basis. the conductors and train men
are always most cordial, and. regard
loss OF profits ever render service
that is pleasing to the patrons OF me
line. The company has shops mere
that employ about thirty-five expert
workmen, and turn loose good Week
" payroll Altogether the road en-