The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-26
Totty Trunk and Bag Company Sells
Hundred Thousand suitcnses. to
Be Delivered 1000 Day.
PLANT "C' NEAR COMPLETION
Latest Addition to Hopewcll In
dustrics Is Designed TO Manufacture
Suiphnric Acids For Dupont Conn
pany.


morning by the Totty Trunk and
Hay Company. Of this city. The
order II from one of the largest
exporting hOnses in the country
| and IN for one hundred Thousand
suit cases to he delivered ut the
rate of one thousand per day.
The Totty Trunk and Bag Company
is one of the youngest trunk manu-
i featuring firms In Petersburg. The
principal owner Is w. A. Totty, and
the general manager Is S. West Holden.
both yonng and progressive citizens.
The Totty factory has been running
for some time on full time notwlth-
standing depressed business conditions
resulting from the European war and
the order just now received Will neces-
sariiy mean an increase In the already
large force employed and will add
much to the prosperous conditions OF
Petersburg during the next three
months
Plant &C" Nenra Completion.
| Plant &C." the large addition TO the
Dupont works at Hopewelf is rapidly
approaching completion. sixteen enor-
nous boilers are being Installed and
the plant will be separate and distinct
from the original plant and will be
used entirely for the manufacture of
acids used In making gun cotton. etc.
capped on numerous occasions of late
ron account of Its inability to obtain
sufficient sulphuric acid for its use as
y large quantity of acid used was
shipped to Hopeweil from as far dis
tant as California.
There has heretofore been some ap-
prehension as 10 the permanency OF
the Hopeweli plant. many believing
that the plant viii be Chased down
ark Hob
the DUPONT Company has are filed.
The addition of the new plant insures
beyond doubt the pcrmanency of the
DUPONT works at City Point. when
the acid plant Is complete II will be
the largest Of Its kind In the United
States This means that Hopewell.
the cit. which spranE M over night.
is destined to become one Of EiFsiHia's
leading cities and that the section be
tseen Petersburg and City Point will
rapidly increase IN population.
Edwin =. Clements Justfce.
Judge James NJ Mullen, of the Hust-
ings Court. appointed this afternoon as
police justice to succeed ar. Charles
r Plummer. resigned Mr.. Edwin r.
Clements. Jr.. n prominent young at
'torncy, son OF Edwin NJ Clements.
owner Of The. Daily Progress
Justice Clements. as>he will be known.
1
duties graduated In law from the Uni
versity of Virginia a little more than
two years ago and Immediately located
in his native city, since which time
he has made many friends among the
members Of the Petersburg bar. all
81 whom will wish him successful ad-
rninlstration police Justice.
The retiring justice has held and ad-
ministered the affairs OF the ofice sue
ha nfHNa Mt fu
tice WAS first established in Petersburg
and rettres on account Of pressure OF
business I'm the once of Piummer a
Behannon. the law firm Of which he Ia
she senior member.
Realities Companies Organise.
The certificates nf Incorporation Of
two large and substantial realty COM
panies were admitted TO record In
the office of Clerk Robert O. Bass. of
The Hastings Court today.
The East Petersburg Development
Corporation the principal ONCE of
which will be In this city. was recorded
The purposes are to establish and
conduct the business Of development
company. TO purchase and hold real
estate and personal property lands.
interests In lands, or other property.
ect. The maximum capital OF the
stock Is TO he $50, 900. the minimum
800 The officers for the first year
are President, Richard II Mann: first
vice president w. J. Rahfly, both of
Petersburg: second vice president: J.
l.. Vaughan. Shawsville; secretary, s.
IT NcCfanahan; treasurer. Horace L.
Smith: general manager A. w. Gray.
all OF Petersburg. Directors-R. H.
Mann, W ] Rahtly. S. 7. McClanahan.
Horace l., Smith, A. W, Gray, Horace
nd Wt11ia 7
of Petersburg and J. L. Vaughan. Of
ShswsvUie.
The Columbia Realty Corporation.
whose head office will be in Petersburg.
is capitalized al from s5.Ao0 TO $4,000.
divided into shares Of Siee each. The
officers ana directors for the first year
are as follows; President. II. r. STRAIT
ton; vice-president. Joseph L. Rosen-
berg: Secretary, r. Maury Young;
treasurer. J. J. Dunlop.
Dlrectors-H J. Stratton. Joseph L.
Rosenberg. r Maury Young and J. j.
Dunlop. all of Petersburg.
Active Market for Land.
The Petersburg Real Estate Market
has been quite active during the past
week. number of transfers have
been made, among the more important
being the following:
George c. Burgess ct al. to A. G.
Connolly, lot ease side of Halifax Street
s1.50o.
Central Hill Building Corporation to
Charles d .kanter. lot east side OF
Centre Hill Court. Centre Hill.
Thomas c, Drinkwater and wife to
Willie r. Drinkwater. one -half interest
in lot on north side Of High Street.
$500
Ida Dalton ct al to George A. Fritz
lot on north side Dalton Avenue
Annie NJ. Fischer and husband to
Moilie b, Eanes. lots corner Hinton
and Lafayette Streets. $4,000
Annie r. Hughes heirs to David A.
Lyon. Jr.. lot on south side Lombard
Etreet.
III. w Jackson and w. p. Jermnn.
trustees. TO Petersburg Terminal CO..
Inc. release of lot on south side Lom
bard Street.
George W. Kruse and wife to j. D.
Mann. lot east side Of Canal Street
David A. Lyon. Jr.. and wife to Levy
Brooks. lot on south side Lambard
Street.
william b.. McIlwaine, trustee. to
w. M. Lewis and A L. Lewis, release
OF lots on Cedar street and on alley
leading from Oak Street.
Joseph w. Phillips and wife TO
Friend & Company. Inc. lot on north