The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-13
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,ract- and how? Well. it was his own
Judgment formed from previous inses
,ipation that this gray and olue anu
nink granite he had investigated risne
her. would fill the bill, and accotoihs
lv he got an option on forty aoi "a
these granite deposits. He suptnit.eu
~ SAMPLES to the government en-
eyineers and experts and had them WISH
The ground. These engineers ana eA'
nerts after careful and palnstaklns IN
yestigation pronounced the stoiie ~. the
very thing, superior srahi.e' VIZ
equal IL not the superior OF the 70 li'ou'
Milford product, and theh, anu ~ w.
til then. Bedford closed the op.ion Ia "a
the forty acres, minus the mule, Pa1o
down the money and became the owner
NJ what is probably the most vaiuaole
granite deposits and quarries In tae
United States His quarries being WIN
in thirty-eight miles of Richmond ne
could. of course, underbid all com pet'-
tors who depended upon supplies from
a great distance, when 1t came TO .Ae
letting Of the contract to the lowest
bidder. The deal was closed last June,
and since that time there has been
wonderful development here.
Big Money Invested.
The first thing to be Done was 70
put in a plant that would supply the
government in its post-oftice building
and that was quickly done, but Bed
ford looked beyond. He realized the
fact from his own experience that a
tracts a,t.si in ali Of the Virginia cities with
granite on short notice was or would
be good thing. He Just planted down
here Something like $4,000 to develop
these quarries. He built railway
No. fef3 m al n
e OF 5000. He employed experienced
men, he put in the best OF machinery,
engines, crushers and what-not, to meet
the Immediate demands. and with these
facilities he is nov delivering Iia me
Office and for other big contracts he
has in Richmond. But he did not stop
there. He recognized the tact that
there is a constant demand for dressed
stone ready for the builder. he open
dressing yards on the Hermitage Road,
near to Richmond, and right on the
railway tracks, and there he employs
fifty or more expert workers, who pre-
pare the stone as II s talse i its r,ace
| in the building.
:" furthermore, this man Bedford is
making a dressing and completing
| plant here. so that within the next
few months he will be IN shape ma. !, 70 iur-
mony any and all contractorsSwith any
/! and ali kinds Of stone they may need
in any and all kinds OF shape
/ Developments and More to, Come.
/! Already the quarryfng machinery IS
in shane and something like $4,000
4 worth of it is working. Builders are
rnshinp to completion the finishing
sheds, and when they shall nave oeen
i Completed the plant will be In posi-
| tinn to furnish the goods right on the
ground. This addition to the plant Will
I necessitate the employment OF hfty or
moro expert stonemen. To acco nHo-
date these and their families houses
/ mist be built. Mr.. Bedford recognizes
| this fact and he has planned according-
" Already hotel or boarding.
| house is nearly completed, but THIS Is
| for the general accommodation or men,
J Cottages for the married men ana thelr
families are to be built, and am sure
t ian IN a short while there will be
nmite a quarry village or town here,
The same has already been laid on IN
the mind OF this man Bedford, ana
that it will be goodly village have
no doubt. !
they will he within the NEXT lew
1 months, they will consist OF every
! thing that goes to make up an up-to-
| date granite plant, and VIII ne IN posi-
| tion Ia furnish to the trade ana 70
tsmunicipalities all characters OF granite
and stone required for any purpose,
| Made tn order Goods.
1.-THE stone for general no Nse- pt'l ~
INC FOR window stills and cappings. for
monuments, for anything, can be ana
viii be made right here in the quar-
: REG on short order In fact IT con-
tractor in Richmond or Petersburg, or
| Norfolk or Baltimore wants WnuoW
| facings or capstones. all they VIII nave