The Washington herald., 1912-04-11

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in 1850 the factory occupies a building
four stories high. a by 1S2 feet in dlmen-
sions. 1t is the largest concern OF its
kind in Lynchburg and one OF the best
equipped in the State. An order recently
received from Roanoke calls for three
Ice wagons and three brewery wagons.
and is only one instance cited Of the way
orders are constantly coming in. The
business Is divided into the following
departments: Garage, auto repair. fac
tory, auto accessory. display, and paint
ing and trimming. The company Is sole
agent for the Kelly-Springhel tires and
the Gray Motor Company engineE.
HudsOR-MOrEan Electric Company,
Inc.
Irby Hudson, president of the COM
pany. started in business eight years
ago with very small capital in a small
shop about 10 by Is feet. Two years
ago the Hudson-M Morgan Electric Com
pany was organized and to-day stands
out as one Of the largest institutions Of
It's kind in the South. The company
occupies three floors at ga Main street.
each floor covering 40 to Is feet. Re
repair and machine shop IN connection
with the regular business Of electrical
contracting and supplies. The company
is now building . large chandelier dis
play room. which Is the only one OF its
kind in the city and will carry one OF
the largest and most complete stocks Of
lighting fixtures in the State.
All the electrical work of the seven
story freproof CourtIand apartment
building was installed by this company;
also the seven-story hreproof Krise
Building and the First Nationals Bank
hreproof building. They also wired and
installed all of the electrical equipment
in all OF the shoes factories in the city.
Piedmont Mills, Inc.
The Piedmont Mills. Inc, successors
to S. c. Hurt & Son, who established
the business in 1855. devote their efforts
exclusively to the manufacture Of soft
winter wheat flour 1t is the second
largest mill in the State and ranks
among the largest in the South. Their
capacity Is 800 barrels a day, and their
product is sold in the vIrginias, Caro-
linas, Florida, and Georgia The COM
pany makes a number Of weII-known
brands OF -four, but their leading and
best known brand is the Piedmont Pat
ent. which has been on the market, a
good seller, continuously since 1865
James L. Prftchett & Co.
Starting in business seven years ago.
James L. Pritchett & Co. have built
business consistent with the rapid prog
ress Of Lynchburg. They own an ele-
vator Of 5000 bushels capacity and
make a speciality Of very fine and uni
form grade OF underground cornmeaI.
Their mill capacity is 100 bushels daily. |
Their territory comprises Virginia, North !
and South Carolina, and a portion OF |
Georgia.
Old DOmInion Box Company.
The main factory of the Old Dominion
Box Company. In Cabell Street, Is a four
story structure, 10 by 30. At this plant the |
company makes a speciality OF shoe
boxes. The branch is also four stories-l
50 by 20. Here are turned out hosiery,
millinery. and candy boxes.
1t is the only box factory in Lynch
burg. and manufactures all varieties OF
paper boxes. The company started IN
1905 with a capacity OF 5000 boxes a
week, and to-day, including both plants,
has capacity Of more than 10000
week. The officers are Edward F. Shef-
FEY. president; T. NJ Terry, vice presI-
dent. and d. II. Dillsrd. secretary and
treasurer.
Marble and Granite
works.
The Marsteller Marble and Granite
Works. makers OF monuments and tomb
stones, Is one Of the large and growing
business institutions or Lynchburg.
Their plant Is equipped with all the
atest machinery for turning out first
lass work. They are dealers in iron
'encing, railings. marble. granite. lime
tone, and tiling. Their products are
purchased by residents OF many OF the
adjacent states ard the quality of their