The Washington herald., 1912-11-28
Manufacturing Zone.

OF SIS miles in length. skirting the city,
in which sixty-fvc factories and indus
tries of various kinds have been con-
structed within the last few years, the
output going to all sections of the United
States and abroad Nine thousand three
hundred and sixty waGe-earners are en-
Ploycd and millions of dollars in raw
material arc made up into the finished
product, which meets with a ready mar
ket. OF course. the accessibility of the
large cities and competitive water and
rail freights has been one of the prime
incentives causing manufacturers to
locate here. All kinds of wood and iron
articles can be manufactured in this
zone to the greatest advantage as well as
few other commodities. as will be no.
ticed by the following list, representing
the product of factories now going at
full blast: Baggfng and ties, barrels and
crates, butter dishes. box shocks. creo-
soted conduits, cast iron pipe, cottonseed
hull products, refined cottonseed oil prod
ucts. cement, dressed lumber, distillery,
doors and shutters, fertilizer products,
fertilizers, hosiery, dyeing. ice manufac-
turers knit goods, land plaster. lumber
mattresses. ore smelling, fuel, oil, paper
boxes, wood paving blocks, pickles and
preserves. slaves, tables, telegraph and
telephone arms. veneering, sawmills, &c.
The plants already located here, some Of
which are of national reputation, employ
a capital estimated at S6OO0,OOO to manu-
facture and handle their output, being
capitalized at figures ranging from $4,000
for the smaller to $4,000 for the larger
ones. These industries as recalled: Vir-
ginia Carolina Chemical Company, Ports
mouth Cotton Oil Refining Corporation,
Berkeley Box and Lumber Company Gwo
plants). Planters Manufacturing Com
pany 0hree plants. Wyckoff Pipe and
Creosoting Company, Z. H. Barnes Com
pany, Inc. Uwo plants), Southern Fiber
Company, F. S. Royster Guano Com
pany, Phillips -Mahoney Company, Inc,
Columbia GuanO Company, National
Utilization Corporation. Baugh & Sons
Company, John N. Hart Lumber Com
pany, Dickson Lumber Company lex
porters). Lay & BaIcoIm Manufacturing
Company, A. S. Lee & Son, Inc, ]. & E.
Mahoney. James G. Wilson Manufacture
ing Company, Ramona Company, POGO
moke Guano Company, Farmers Guano
Company, William G. Maupin, Ports
mouth Coal and Ice Company. Imperial
Guano Company. Parker Hosiery and Dye
Works, Tidewater Knitting Mills, c. W.
Priddy & Co, Inc Ctwo plants), Elizabeth
knitting Mills, Trexler Lumber Company,
Chesapeake Knitting Mills, Robertson
Fertilizer Company, Surry Lumber Com
pany, Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Com
pany, Tunis Lumber Company, Washing
ton Timber Corporation, Norfolk County
Timber Corporation. ]. r. Young Fer
tilizer Company, Charles Reds Sons,
Frank Hitch Lumber Company, Air Line
Manufacturing Company, Old Dominion
Table Works, American Crossarms Com
pany. United States Wood Preserving
Company, the Texas Company, Eustis'
Smelling Company. National Oil Com
pany, Camp Manufacturing Company,
Garrett & Co.'S winery, Rem, Davis &
Co. Inc, Rowland Lumber Company,
Roanoke Railroad and Lumber Company,
and Norfolk County Picking Company.
The marvellous upbuilding of the manu-
featuring zone is due to the