The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-25
Manufacturing C o m
pany sGreat Plant Ran
Up as if by Magic.
A NINETY JOB
WAS w q LII DONE
Big Woodworking Establish
ment of Which Greater Rich
rnond Is Justly Proud-The
Day Of Small Things
Breaks Into an Era of
Industrial Greatness.
BY FRANK s. wOoDsoN,
Iptlusfrfal Editor.

by FRANK s. wooDsoN,
Industrial Editor.
Richmonds modern way OF doing
things in the industrial line is to go
| right ahead and 10 them quickly, IN
! the which Richmond is several bow
shots in advance of your Uncle Samuel.
who has already been more months
and weeks and days making a hole
In the ground. over which to build
a post office and a custom house. than
the average Richmond hustler requires !,
to complete great Industrial plant
from the first start towards making
the hole in the ground to the nailng
on OF the last single on the build
Ing or buildings. the installation OF
the machinery and the setting to work
OF several hundred men.
This fact has been time and again
demonstrated within the past few
years, but the high-water mark in
this kind Of hustling has been made
by the Miller Manufacturing Company.
Incorporated, and the story OF how
they built and equipped a great wood
working plant on one side OF James
River, moved all OF their stock. ma
chinery and paraphernalia, offices, etc,
from the opposite side, put the new
and tremendously enlarged plant to
work. and never lost an hour from
actual operations. and did it all In
the short space of three months, is
we'll worth space in the Industrial Sec
ton 1t Is we'll worth 1t because 1t
points moral and is an object les
son from which others can take notes
and from which even SO prodigious
builder as the United States govern
mert can learn a thing or two in re-
gard to twentieth century hustling
methods
What Richmond Loves.
This Miller Manufacturing Company
Is one of the concerns. and theirs Is
one of the industrial establi shments
of which Richmond is justly proud.
for it started in a small way and has
grown to mammoth proportions be-
sterling business qualities of Virginia
young men. Nearly all of the big
enterprises In this enterprislng old
town were born and grew just that
way
or course, big establishments that
started big and with unlimited capital
behind them In the beginning. which
capital stood as a guarantee against
any failure or falling down. are good
things to have In a community and
Richmond wants more Of them
wouldn't mind having a new one to
thus spring UP every week in the
year. At the same time. it is but
natural that Richmond should be
mighty proud of those that were
started in a small way by her own
folks. and by their energy and wit
We're pushed to greatness.
Growth From Small start.
Along about the year 1897 ]. Cliff
ford Miller and Henry S. Winston
formed the firm of Miller & Winston.
and down on South Sixth Street com
menced business in a small way
Manufacturing Company, and the char
Office and bank furniture, They also
did some stunts in turning out pack
ing cases. box-making and shook
making. The business grew so rapid
~ that before it was two years old
the plant had to be doubled, and 1t
was soon necessary to enlarge sec
changed to Miller & Miller, and under
that name the business was conducted
a few years. BY this time the scope
of the enterprise had become so
greatly enlarged that new factories
became necessary to properly care for
the rapidly increasing business. and
a sub-plant was built and equipped
In what was then Manchester. Tho
firm continued to operate on this In
creased and even larger scale the two
plants on opposite sides of the James.
INTERPRETATION and EXPANSION.
About eighteen months ago the COM
pany was incorporated as the Miller
Manufacturing Company. and the char
ter granted by the State Corporation
Commission named the following of
fcers: T. Clifton Miller. president
and treasurer: Henry s. Winston, vice.
president and general manager: Wal
der S. Clack. secretary. The above
named. with Albert w. Payne. COM
pose the board of directors and 1t is
no secret that these four are the only
stockholders.
The company was energetlcally dis
cusslng the absolute necessity Of still
further enlargement. so as to meet
the demands of their growing trade
When the annexation OF Manchester
to Richmond became real live SUBJ
ject. and with their eyes on Greater
Richmond the company acquired the
nroperty they wanted in Manchester
which consists of four solid blocks
within the corporate limits and fifty
two acres adjoining and Just beyond
the city limits This property is
and Seventh Streets. and is Inter
sected by Everett, AIaury and Lee
Streets--a magnificent site for such
an enterprise. and enough surplus
ground on which to grow even greater
vet
The immense plant on this property
was commenced in April last and In
lust three months the buildings had
been completed the up-to-date ma
chinery Installed, the stock and iix-S
lures moved from South Sixth Street,
on the north side of the James, and
the work of turning out the factory's
product from new quarters commenced,
and never day was lost by the hands
or the machinery,
Substantial buildings aud Ample space.
The buildings erected in the short
space of three months are OF ariek
and concrete and are models In their 4
way They consist of two large and
commodious factories and handsome
once. power plant engine ronis.
sawmtlls, etc, all OF which cover