The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-27
Kitchen A pparatus
"Made in Richmond"
Trademark.
B. w. SMITH & CO.'S
ALL-WEEK OPENING
Virginia Inventor of Kitchen and
Household Labor-Saving and
Fuel-Saving Furniture Makes
Richmond Distributing Point.
Business That Will Become |;
Great Manufacturing Plant. /

All Sood things that are really =
worth the having and want to find sale -
in the South must finally adopt Rich- ii
mond as a distributing point. Live,
and wideawake men are finding out
that fact every day. and this is why
so many liveand wideawake business IS
young men are locating splendid bust-
ness establishments in this good city ~
on the Majestic James.
a new establishment that will open
up In fine shape at 1906 East Main &
Street on the LIST day Of May, Thursday.
and hold opening day. receptions for Z
whole week. Is another evidence of
this fact, and thereby hangs quite an
interesting little commercial story. s
B. w. Smith. hustling Virginian,
who first saw the light Of day In Neck
lenburg County, some years ago be-
came travelling salesman for a large
Northern house that manufactured
various kinds of kitchen furnishings.
such all ranges, refrlgerators. cooking
apparatus, etc. and being something Z
Of a hustler he was not long In build
Ing up fine trade, because. In the &
first place. he would not sell anything Il
that he did not consider of the best
quality, and such that he could give
With 1t his personal guarantee. and
because. in the second place. he wacand
is an untirlng worker.
Becomes Inventor.
Mr.. Smith was and is also something
of genius and a student. File made
| a study OF his business and the needs i
| OF the people he had to sell goods to.
| While before stated, he would
handle nothing but the best of gods,
| he was the quickest one to find any de-
| fects In what he was handling IL there
| were any and, in any event, his ms
ventive mind was always on the alert
| for improvements. II the factories that
L n Ia Ire
improvements as his bright mind sug-
| gested he proceeded to make them
| himself, md thus he became much of
an inventor. tIc gave his especial at
tention to cooking ranges of various
| kinds, and became the inventor of n
par excellence range and the inventor
OF various parts and improvements for
other styles OF ranges. and other kits
chen goods.
This Virginia inventor took particu-.
lar pains TO patent his ideas and thus
hold the control OF them. and thus
1t comes about that &. w. Smith is the
owner OF patents OH certain Kitchen
furnitures and equipments for homes,
restaurants. cafeteries. club-rooms.5
etc, that will some day in the near
future make him q FORTUNE of huge.
dimensions, for with It all he is twen-s
tieth century business man.
Company Formed.
He had but little trouble in forml3
Ing strong company for the manu-
facture of his inventions and for the
jobbng of products of his own inven-3
, tive mind, and other gods of kinN:ed
lines manufactured and controlled by
other people. The firm that is to be
5 known in the commercial history of
the country as 3. w. Smith & Com
] pany, Incorporated, being thus formed,
1 financed and equipped for business
sought n proper loca ton, and of course
inin nd sd IN,
G minds of the concern. The company
4 leased the building No. 1896 East Main
i Street. and had it fitted up for it's
e special business, and there will open
f up on Thursday next in great shape
h with stock of goods that will be
9 something of an eye-opcner in Its
h line.
Housekecperx' Paradise.
This all-the- week opening will be
e especially attractive to the women
n folks. the housekeepcrs and the board :
S ing house people. all of whom in these
latter days OF uncertain help and
It inferior service of the class known as
II household servants arc especially In
II terested in anything that pertains to
II the saving OF labor and the converts
C ences that provide for emergencies.
$. In this connection it may be remarked
y that the Inventions and factory pro-
IS ducts of the Smith Company that will
Is be the leading features in this bust
Il ness are labor- saving and fuel-Saving
inventions that pertain TO and have
TO do with the kitchen and cooking
Al rooms
" Also the house will make a speciality
y of supplies and apparatus for market
re men and butchers. and with their fac
IN tory connections and much experience
in the business may be enabled ir
o. a jiMy, so to speak, TO lit up sani-
y. tary market space or butchers stall
:. in the most approved style.
BlS Factory Coming
III But after all the real speciality of tn,
house will be the Ideal steele RANGE
=, the leader mong Mr.. Smiths own inven
al tions. and herein is Richmond mos
10 largely interested. for the indication,
~ are that in time, and short time at that
~ n big factory for the manufacture %
- these ranges will he a prominent In
~ dustrial enterprise of Richmond. Tn
49,, plan of the company is to establish
10 here large iron works for the manufac
% turc OF the ranges under the Smitl
patent and also all other goods an
an PARTS of machines and cooking appara
h,. tus which are the children of his In
III vcntiyc brain. For the present tn
ca company has 4 contract With an iii
NV nois iron working factory TO make. th
er various parts of tho Ideal steele Range
M and the Richmond factory for the TIM
d. being Will assemble thu parts and pu
ceS Out TIC soous W. 5So'''
&C. in the same way the Illinois factor
on will produce the parts OK other Snlit
,le Inventions. and the, same Will be az
sembled and completed here.
The BuAiness of To-day.
of This assembling factory is alread
the employing quite a forseSsS ca pert iits
,anl chanIcs, and whef. s. is epn
ses piete, shall be establiyAsA here, sprfsl
ably within tho next year. At w tlt sei
,ts, ploy anywhere from q hundred 90
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