The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-02
LOCAL EXHIBIT Of
MANUFACTURERS
| MEETING SATURDAY NIGHT FROM
IsEs BIG THINGS FOR RICH
MOND AND THE STATE.
T. P. 10TH OFFERS HOME
WILL ERECT HANDSOME FOUR
STORY BUILDING on OLD Y,
NJ. Z. A. SITE FOR THE
PROJECT.

The Richmond Manufacturers Rx-
hibit. incorporated, Is the name pro-
posed for what promises to be one of
the most potent factors for Rich
mond's industrial development.
The movement was launched Satur-
day night at a meeting held at the
JEFFERSON hotel and attended by rep
resentatives Of q number OF the city's
leading industrial enterprises, when a
permanent organization was effected
by the election of officers and direc-
tors and tentative plans developed for
an exhibit building.
After bounteous repast the meet
ing Saturday night was called to or
der by Mr.. Tazewell III. Darlington.
who. as chairman OF the enterprise
committee OF the Chamber Of Com
merce. il godfather OF a large pro-
portion Of the city's new enterprises.
The report of the committee APP
pointed to examine into the feasibility
Of the plan to establish a manufac-
turers' exhibit was read by Frank w.
Brown. OF the Gordon Metal Com
pany. this report earnestly recon-
men0tn6 the new project.
Mr.. Carrington's Address.
Mr.. Darlington aroused enthusia SIN
for the project In q brief address re-
citing the success which had attended
such q project at Chattanooga and
in other cities He suggested that
Richmond had shown an increase Of
fifty per cent. in population in ten
years, but a growth Of eighty-nve per
cent. in manufacturing.
After discussion 1t was decided to
incorporate q joint stock company for
the purposes of the organization. the
| stock to be nominal and suflcient
only to start the movement. the shares
being made $26 each and each in
terest represented taking one share.
On motion II was decided that the
minimum exhibit fee should be $50
per annum for space, twelve cents per
square foot per month being the basic
rate.
On motion Messrs. Brown. Alien,
Sauer. Crump and Rosendorf were
appointed committee charged with
forthwith nominating a board OF d.
rectors for the enterprise to consist
| OF fifteen members.
The committee retired, and after
| consultation. recommended the fol-
lowing members their report being
Unanimously adopted:
8. J. Allen, of David M. Lea 4
Company; J. c. Miller, Of Miller
Manufacturing Company; E. r. Har-
rison, Southern Stove Works: c. F.
sauer. OF the c. F. Sauer Company;
| Hampton Fleming. Of the Christie
Manufacturing Company; ]. D.
crump. Of the b. F. johnson Publish
ing Company: V. e. Epps. of the
Union Trunk and Bag Company: ].
! W. Sharp, OF the Cottrell Saddlery
Company; F. w. Brown Of the Cor
| don Metal Company: w. j. Parrish
OF the Richmond Cedar Works; 8. g.
Rosendorf. Of the Southern Stamp
and Stationery Company: p. L. Reed,
of Larus Brothers Tobacco Company;
| r. s. Crump, OF tha Standard Paper
Manufacturing Company: John Land
street. Of the r. A. Patterson To-
bacco Company, and c. E. Ivey. OF
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com
pany.
| Officers Elected.
| The body then elected the follow
ing officers: F. W. Brown. president;
r. S. Crump, vice-president, and j.
L. Hill. secretary ana treasurer.
Teh capital stock was fixed at II, 900
minimum and 5000 maximum.
| James Pollard. OF the real estate
firm of Pollard L Bagby. addressed
the body on invitation, and SUBJ
rnitted a proposition for the purposes
Of the new building. Mr.. Pollard
represents T. p. 10th, the owner OF
the old Y. N. c. A. building. Mr.
10th will erect q modern. four-story
hreproof building on the site in ques-
| ton and rent the second and third
floors to the exhibit at $500 per
year for each floor.
| The building will be sixty-six by
ninety feet. with a net floor space on
each floor. after allowing for hall
ways. stairways and elevators, OF
$500 square feet.
A Ten-Year Lease.
The proposal Is for ten-year lease
and the building Ia to be 90 construct
ed a. to carry two additional stories
in event Of q demand therefor.
Two elevators. one being for freight,
viii be provided. but heat. light, 1ani-
tor and elevator service will not be
provided by the owners. the cost OF
same being payable by the exhibit.
| Tho matter OF the building was re-
ferred to the directors for action. the
board being Instructed 70 take I'm.
mediate action for procuring . char
ter.
THE business Of the meeting having
been concluded. Mr.. W. T. Dabnsy
business manager Of the Chamber OF
Commerce, was called on for a speech
Mr.. Dabney has been working on the
ManufactureFs' Exhibit project for
more than six months and was full
of the theme. He pointed out the
educational value Of the permanent
exhibit Of things made in Richmond"
He told Of several cases where Rich
mond business men had sent away
from home for articles not knowing
that they were being manufactured
right here In their own city. He told
OF one Arm sending an inquiry to
New York concern. asking where
they could get certain article cheap
est. They were referred by the New
York house to . Richmond concern.
A Good Man Needed.
Mr.. Dabney said that the driving
wheel of the enterprise would be the
man they placed in the building a.
manager. Everything depended upon
him. Something should be doing every
day to bring visitors to the exhibit
building. Tho speaker thought with
proper management the enteYprfpe