The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
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well. and it Is something to rejoice
over that their establishment has
grown to mammoth proportions and
their business has so enlarged tina.
bigger quarters had to be secured.
Just the past week the McGraw-
Yarbroush Company moved into their
new quarters at lee South Eighth
Street. There they have erected Ave
story building of modern construction
1t fronts on South Eiga.nf Street and
runs back along the canal goo feet.
giving a frontage. it may be said, jus,
opposite the Byrd Street Railway sta
ton. The ample yards which the
company requires for the storage of
pipes and piping materials admit Of
slde-tracks of a railway kind, SO that
the depots for loading the products of
the factory and the unloading of the
vast freights they call for from other
markets are right at the doors OF the
company. thus saving tremendously in
money and time In the matter of han
ding incoming and outgoing goods.
Big Building.
The new building required for the
growing business OF this up-to-date
concern Is five-story affair, and is
'''.~NN " ~ Avn Gnu COllCIeIe, DelnE All.
solutely fire proof. It is in eyery wav
modern structure. being eau!pped
with electric elevators, heating ar.
rangements. speaking tubes. telephones
and every other convenience known IL
modern equipment.
The first floor is made up almost on
tirely Of show rooms and that of H.
self Is pleasing sample of Richmond
up-to- dateness. so to speak. This COM
pany deals in all manner OF supplies
REQUIRED by timers and plumbers, and
they are the agents for Mccrum-
Howell Company, the manufacturers OF
the famous 'Richmond Boilers" and
all of the heating apparatus to be used
along with same. So complete Is their
stock that q plumber or general con-
tractor can walk into the establish
ment with hands absolutely empty and
In a short space Of time supply HIM
self with all Of the material necessary.
including the required tools and i'm
plements to do perfect job Of plumb b.
Ing of any dimensions from that re-
CURED by the old darky's $40 house
out in Lee District up to the 500, 900
residence on West Franklin Street; or
| any public building, from the State
Capitol or the City Hall down to a
station house in tho smallest town in
Virginia. or any hotel from the cross
roads tavern up to the Jefferson or
Murphy's. in Richmond, or the st.
Regis, in New York.
School of INSTRUCTION.
Generally speaking, the man who
starts out to have erected for himself
residence or hotel or puplic
building. as for that matter, has hut
little. If any, idea as to plumbing. sani-
tation. bathrooms, kitchen arrange
ments and the like of that. and he
tells the contractor to go ahead and
fix all of these things right at GER
| tain cost. "A large part OF the lower
floor Of the MISUNDERSTANDING new
establishment is arranged to give the
home-maker an exhibit of the best
kinds Of bathrooms, Kitchens. etc. In
| this department the contractor car
take his customer, the prospective
home-builder, show him several diff
| ferent styles Of bathrooms. kitchens
etc, with all Of their attachments ant
pnraphernalia Just as they will appea,
| In completed residence, and from this
layout the lome-maker can select Just
what he wants in his home, and In
two minutes he will know to cent
lust what 1t will cost him., And Their
the contractor selects the goods &C.
lcorling to the home makers bill c1
4 specifications and particulars. These
show rooms are really school of in.
| struction in modern making.
mere house is not home. It is all II
I how TIE house Is made and how 1t Il
provided with health-g giving ant
health-promoting conveniences.
Many Miles of TIN.
4 THE McGraw-Yarbrough CompanS
deals very largely in their own brands
4 OF roofing tin, and these brands are
1 known all over the South because o,
their superiority. The company doe.
business all over the South, and thel,
I. travelling men are making Richmont
known as a distributing point and the
place where all good things can bs
have heratofore looked upon tits cit,
as fine historical propositions butno
j strong on business. Inc who'll South