The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11
Big Packing House
In Big Richmond
Branch of Jacob DoId Establish.
ment Moved to This City,
the South's Distributing .
Point.

Ae a distributing point FOR all oil
the South, Richmond stands par excel
lence. The big concerns of the coun7
try, that ave goods to distribute and
recognizing this fact. The steamboat
and railway freighting facilities of
Richmond are superior to those of
numbers OF other towns that are ca
tering for the Southern trade and that
are hankerlng for the distinction of
being the distributing point for the
South.
In the matter of food supplies Rich
mond is pre-eminently the distributing
point for the whole South. Its favor
able geographical situation and its
more favorable railway connecting
situation go to make Il, SO. The great
meat packing houses OF the West and
Northwest and OF the East recognize
this fact. and 50 It comes about that
those OF them who want the Southern
trade are making branch establish
ments in this city.
The Jacob Dold Packing Company,
of Buffalo. n. Y. is the latest big con-
Germ to take in the advantages of Rich
mond as a distributing point for the
South. and that company, we'll known
as the biggest packing concern OF the
Eastern part of the country, and that
has enormous piants-ln the w~ide-awake
and progressive city of Buffalo, has
decided to make Richmond Its Southern
distributing point, The Dold Company
did not jump at his conclusion, but
took q lot of time to consider, and
then 1t took not a little time to ar
range for the right kind OF quarters
and then considerable time to select
Its managers for the Richmond branch
of its great Buffalo Strengthening and
packing plant.
All of these deliberations have re.
suited in the erection of n splendid
plant at 3o5. 307 and 900 North Seven
teenth Street, where a big fve-story
building has been erected for this spe-
ciai business and equipped according
20 the highest twentieth century de-
Velopment for the business in hand.
~ is a unique, u~p-to-date plant. with
all or the cold storage and electric
power apparatus to insure the conduct
OF th& business in all of it's details.
From this plant, the city trade, the
Nirginia trade and the Southern trade
will be served.
The Jacob Dold Packing Company
acted wisely In selecting Richmond
men to run the Richmond branch of
their enormous business. Clyde Rat
cltfe, h has been identified with the
provision business in this city for
twelve years. and who has spent a large
part OF that time with the +. L. Pat
rick-foung Company, is the general
HhdlHBer OIL the DOld COmpanyS plant
In this city. Mr.. Radcliffe has an able
corps of assistants. among whom are
". H. Prescott. who Will have charge
Of the fresh meat department.; ]. r.
Wills, who Will look after the credit
department and do general office work;
George D.. Brant is the general cashier;
". 3. PrIddy will have charge of the
shipping department, and all of these
officers will have under them a goodly
corps of assistants, SO that every
branch of the business Will be con.
iucted right up to twentieth. century.
methods. In all. not less than 200 men
md women Will be employed in the
big Dold shop on North Seventeenth
Street.
The company has n big stable ia
house the many horses needed for the
sity delivery work and for keeping in
touch with the railway freight depots
and the steamboat wharves, from which
points the big shipments TO all points
In the South will be made.
The Dold Company will have its
Richmond opening tomorrow, and
Manager Ratcliffe- has sent out many
invitations. He may have overlooked
somebody. He says. however, that all
Richmond and Virginia merchants and
their sisters and their cousins and their
aunts. and all Richmond and Virginia
meat and butter and lard and vegetable
eaters are cordially Invited to the big
opening. whether they have received
direct cards or not.