Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11
TOBACCO INDUSTRY
EXPANDS CAP Ac|TY
Allen & Ginter Branch and
Larus Brothers Company
Will Build.
FACTORY TO OCCUPY BLOCK
Six-Story Structure Will Face
Cary, Byrd, Fifth and
Sixth Streets.
FACTORY TO OCCUPY BLOCK

Plans for the expenditure of be-
tween s2,500.000 and 100000 in
buildings for the enlargement of the
Allen and Ginter branch of the Lig-
gett & Myers Tobacco Company,
the Larus Brothers Company. Inc.
the American Tobacco Company. ana
the erection OF big apartment
house. were announced almost stimuli
taneously yesterday
Excavation work for the erection
of six story building. which will
surround the entire block bounded by
has already been begun by II. Is.
for the Liggett s. Myers Tobacco
Company on the Valentine estate.
which has BEEN purchased for the
new building.
Build of Concrete and steel.
Not a single piece of wood Is to be
used in the new building. officials OF
the company said last night. the en-
tire structure to consist of concrete
and steel. The work will take be-
tween two and three years to com
plete and will cost between $780, 600
and 100000, 1t was stated last
night.
When completed. the new factory
will be the largest In the United
Cigarette; notwithstanding findnst ~.
L In the centr,ii court. which has
been planned, the power plant for the
factory will be erected. The building
Will be erected around the entire
block, with the court open and with
windows on both sides of the build
ing and In the center court.
Officials hope, in this way, to make
the new factory the coolest and best
lighted in the city.
Recreation Court Provided.
On the roof OF the entire building
will be placed recreation courts for
employees, n roof garden for their
enjoyment and the dininG-room. The
plant will be. absolutely fireproof
and modern In every respect.
Although the property purchased
by the company has not been vacated
yet and official transfer has not been
made of it, work OF tearing down
parts of the present building occupied
by the company on the site to be
utilized by the new structure. has al
ready begun. Work will progress on
the building continually for proba-
bly, period of two years until the
entire rectangular factory planned is
completed. Work, however will not
be curtailed by the building opera
tions. Francisco & Jacobus. of New
York City, are the architects who
planned the building.
Wilioughby l.. Taylor. super;nten-
dent of the Allen & Ginter Branch.
stated last night that excavation
work has also begun. Officials said
that 1t was the greatly In
creased demand for the products Of
the company which is causing the
enlargement here.
Replace tobacco Landmark.
Probably the oldest tobacco factory
here that OF Cameron G. Son, located
between Twentyfourth and Twenty
NTH Streets on Cary Street, is beng
torn down by the American Tobacco
Company with the purpose in view OF
erecting a modern steel and concrete
building. ut II cost OF probably $780,
Geo. on it's site. u. C.. Watkins and
r. Il. Patterson, managers Of the
company here, stated last night that
the new building will be about 200
feet by $50 feet deep. It will be of
f!reproof construction throughout, and
will be utilized by the leaf department
of the company. Because the plans
for the new building have not arrived
from Francisco & Jacobus, OF New
York City. the architects. neither OF
the managers would hazard guess
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