The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31
RICHMOND LEADS
In EVERYTHING
Structural Steel Plant That
Started Small Forced to
Branch Out Large.
OLD TRIGG YARD TO GET BUSY
Little Shop That Liphart Started
to Be Great Steel and
Iron Works.

There is general activity ut this time
In all the lines of building oonstruc-
ton in the city OF Richmond, but in
no line gro thers grcater strides be-
ing made than those in the structural
steel and ornamental iron work.
The Richmond Structural Steel Com.
pany. Inc. claims, with no little pride,
the distinction OF being lcadsr In
the South. in this line of work, name
Is. tho manufacture OF structural steel
and ornamental iron OF every descrip-
tion. For tho past siN years this COM
pany has operated Its worl on Eigh-
teenth Street. at what is now known
as its Ornamental Plant" and for the
past two and half years has, In adj
dltion to It's ornamental work, operat-
ed distinct and separate structural
plant at Twentieth and Dock Streets,
having capacity OF from 500 TO H.
600 tons per month.
Within the last two weeks this COM
pany has purchased the property for
merly owned by the Vim. II. Trigg CO..
and now both ornamental and struc-
tural plants, as well as offices and en-
ginoering department. Will be located
at the site of their new possessions.
The capacity of the ornamental plant,
after being moved TO its new home at
the old ship" yard, will be ut least
four or flvo times greater than be-
fore. Snoe this company has been in
operation. business has steadily in
creased i'll all departments. until the
point has been reached when steps
had to be taken in the way OF the en-
largements of plants. new equipments.
etc, in order to take care of the ever
liner easing volumes of business, With
OF Richmond fully realize the magni-
both It's well equipped plants in full
operation, the company expects to en-
ploy from 1000 TO 1900 workmen in
the manufacture OF everything IN tho
line of ornamental iron, bronze and
brass work. as wall as the heavy struc-
tural steel material.
It is doubtful whether tho pcopls
of Richmond fully realize the magni-
tude of this enterprise, or the amount
OF work turned out by this company In
year. They expect to eNpend In the
neighborhood OF from $4,000 to $751;
900 in the new equipments for their
two plants, and every modern device
for the economical manufacture of Its
work will be Installed
This company was started sons nin5
years ago by c. NJ. Liphart. its prest-
dent, who came to Richmond an abso-
lutte stranger. but who. seeing the OPP
portunitios for an energetic and am
bilious young man, invested the small
amount he had saved and started bus
lneSs in a modest building, and By
hard work. and always looking TO the
future, has been the means Of building
the business up to It's present position.
AT first the orders We're small anu
thers was hustlinE late and early. but
by careful economy, and by king adj
vantage of overy opportunity, at the
end of three years the growth had
been such that MIR. Liphart was forced
to realize thu fact that the business
then needed some one OF financial and
executive ability to be associated with
him. and It was then that j. ii. Nd
Olson, formerly OF the firm of Allison
and Addison. came TO tina front. and
became connected with tho business.
and the almost phenomenal strides OF
this concern In the past few years have
been due TO the persistent efforts OF
these TWO gentlemen.
This company details. designs and
furnishes all classes of iron work from
n small bar of iron TO the material for
any size office building. They have
under construction at the present time
! material for numerous larke skyscrap-
crs for different parts o. the country.
1t Is the prediction Of both NJ. Addi-
son and MIR. Liphart that Richmond
| eventually will be tho base of supplies
in the steel line for the Southern
States, as before the Incorporation of
this company orders from this section
for all OF this ma terial went TO North
ern cities With the advantages OF
| freight rates. there is no question but
| that the Southern business Will be
forced to come to Richmond. instead
| OF as heretofore 10 the North -rn con-
1 Germs. The officers OF the company arc
! G. NJ. Liphart, president: j. H. Addison
vice president and treasurer, Il. j. LIP
hart. vice pr asidcnt and general mari
| agcr OF THE Norfolk branch; j. y. Mon
cure. assistant secretary and treasnr-
or; w. Meade Addison, director. and
| W. r. Meredith. counsel and director:
I The same gentlemen compose the board
| of directors of the company.