The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-14
GREAT PRINT SHOP
IN BIG RICHMOND
Baughman Stationery
Co.'s Plant, of Which
Richmond Is Proud.
BIGGEST OF KIND
IN THE COUNTRY
Thousands of Dollars Worth Of
Machinery to Make Railway
Books and Stationery-Busi-
ness That Advertises Rich
mond to Uttermost Parts.
Costliest Presses.
ny FRANK S. wooDsoN.

1 never lose chance to explain
how Richmond is especially proud OF
the big establishments of an indus
trial or commercial character that wcro
| once small, but grew to great pro-
portions by their own innate merit and
| by the hustle Of the men at the helm.
VI course, Richmond Is proud of the
Dig establishments within its corpor-
| ate limits and within it's itnncd en-
Vlronment that started great because
| richmond folks know that these came
| mere after the promoters and the capi-
| talsts that made them possible found
| out that Richmond was n good place
Tor Dig Industrial and manufacturing
plants. But the greatest honor falls
to the credit of the folks who started
! from the ground up-original Rich
| mond people, who. having faith in the
old town and the old state, were willing
| to stake their all right here. oven
| though that all was small, and wait
| for and work for the great devalop-
ment that they believed Richmond was
entitled TO. and that would eventually
come to those vino worked and waited
and prayed and kept on working
| Some of Richmonds wealthiest people
and some of its hest people in all re-
| spects are those who worked and
| waited aud kept on working, and now
they are enjoying the fruits of their
|
| good results of their abiding faith in
! little old. solid old Richmond. All
| honor to these big plants that were
| started In the early days of Richmonds
poverty, those days OF poverty thu,
| came with the crash of the war time,
and were started simply on the pa
triotic belief of true Richmonders that
| wars and rumors of wars could not
keep down the greatest old city tho
world ever saw
BnuEhmnn Stationery Co.
Yes, Richmond is mighty proud OF
the big shops that started small In
the dark days and grew great along
with the greatness of the town that
could not and would not be downcd.
Proud OF them? of course 1t is. and
the atter-day citizens need now and
then to De reminded of some of these
fine shops and places of business that
were born on the ashes of a burned
and dead city but by indomitable will
persevercd, and in time helped to make
Greater Richmond all the greater.
Standing out in bold relief In this good
line is the finc and magnificent cstab-
lishment now known as the Baughman
Stationery Company, at l322-24 West
Broad Street.
In the dark days away back yonder
in 1861, two young men, Baughman
brothers, ventured to start a little
stationery store somewhere down OH
Main street. III tho war times they
put in little printing press to add
to their business. and. by indomitable
will. they built up a little business.
The crash of 80 came. and they
crashed too but they still had the in
domitablo will. and on the ash piles
thar wero left in Richmond they start
cd again. They did a little business
that grew along as Richmond grew
from tho ash heaps added to their
plant in ono way and another. and
prospercd as Richmond prospered. AS
the years went on, so did the Baugh-
mans They grew greater and greater,
and about the year 1891 the Baughman
brothers got themselves incorporated
rs tho Baughman Stationery Company,
and adding to thcir outfit the money
and the capital that they had been
earning they branched out on larger
lines 1t would be a good story to tell
how they grew along In the years that
followed, but what is the use? 1t Is
enough to say that they grew as Rich
mond grew. and that was prodiGtous
proposition.
Sought More Room.
The little old quarters down on Main
Street were not enough to hold these
pushing and vigorous people, and so
in due time they moved UP TO West
Broad Street where they found tho
: necessary room TO branch out.
West Broad street was not quite big
enough Ia hold them. and so In time
they went back to the rear and In
: vaded Bowe and Marshall streets.
( To day the Baughman Stationery
/, Company occupies a lot OF ground on
I. West Broad Street. where the general
Offices are maintained, and back on
Bowc and Marshall Streets are their
/ big manufacturing plants.
/ 1t would take half a dozen or more
L columns To tell OF all OF this immense
t plant. The factory proper on Rowe and
{ Marshall Streets is an establishment
t that Richmond Is proud OF. 1t Is q
printing establishment that all tho
t country knows of. and that Is big
l. advertisement for Greater Richmond.
5 Therein Is done a business that Is
, known all over the country. Tho
Baughman Company makes specially
OF printing railway stationery, books,
waybills, accounts and all the matter
that Is used I'm the railway business
| The company fills orders for goods OF
this character for all OF the big rail-
t way lines In the United States and
) Canada. and 1t takes the good work OF
over 200 men to keep the orders filled.
The big Plant.
This big factory ut Bowc and Mar
8 shall Streets was erected about eleven
years ago 1t covers ground measure
ing 130xl5S feet and is two stories high.
The immense building Is lighted by
t electricity, and in all respects Is es-
peoially designed for the business of
doing much prhting at the shortest
t notice, The printing and typesetting
: outfits with which tho building has
been equipped are right up TO date.
\ and the Immense prcssrooms are in
all respects superior to any OF their
D kind In all OF the country. In the
6 rrcssrooms there are swenty-thres
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