Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-29
IMMENSE PULP PLANT
IS UTILIZING ALL WASTE
Charge of 'Pisencd Fish Wrong, Nothing Is Dumped
Into Jackson River Detrimental to Health
of Animals OF Human Beings

inc Jackson River. II employs reru-
!arly from l,200 To lJ00 people and
pays out TO them $500. 900 per an
mum IN wages, to say nothing of the
me salaries that 90 10 the managers.
superintendent, office men and won :
en- aud others. The company paid
me Chesapeake and Ohio last year
sIl1V,ooO In freight charges mostly
on the raw material received The
company buys enormous quantities OF
pulp wood from the mountain land
owners OF Virginia and West yir-
Hinia. ana keeps on hand at all times
10000 cords and consumes from thir-
" TO forty carloads daily. other raw
materials. such AZ lime. plaster, etc.
are bought from Virginia aud West
Virginia mines In enormous quaint
ties.
Some Thugs the Mills Turn ont.
From this raw material the plant
turns out every twcnty-fo,i hours
100000 pounds Of finished paper. 200,
900 pounds OF bleachcd sulphite. $50,
GOO pounds or soda pulp and 10000
pounds OF abrc hoard The plant
uses twelve carloads OF coal per dag.
all OF which comes from the New
River coal fields near ~ hand. ana
this cuts a pretty big figure on the
freight bills.
A'~'N - iipb
establishment anywhere In the world
that works any smoother or more
Systematically than the West Vir-
H.n!a Pulp and Paper Company.
There have never been any labor
troubles. never any strikes and never
has there been anything but the best
OF feeling between employer and en-
ploye.
In the Intcreat of the Town.
n 4.
in and about Covington which are
rented To the employees These houses
are up-to date residences OF from
four to seven rooms. with al! modern
conveniences. and are let to en-
p!oyes at monthly rates OF from $3.50
to sll.25. These rates have been the
same all the time, no advances having
been made during war times or since.
These houses were not built to com
pete with Covington property owners
and town developers. on the con-
trary employees are encouraged to
rent from the latter and to build
homes for themselves. many OF whom
90 both. However. these 100 com
Eany-owned houses have served n
mighty good turn during the war
period and since. and Covington has
known no such thing as rent
lronteer.
hHotntT way the company has OF
encouraging enterprise and building
UP tho town: II has never run any
commissary stores. but leaves the
employees TO buy and traffic when and
where they please. The result Is
that CovIngton stores flourish on the
trade OF the mill folks and the active
competition keeps prices the en-
ployes have TO pay where they should
be and there can be no latter day
rrofteerinG here. The value OF this
plant TO Covington. Allegheny Coun-
~ and the State OF Virginia Is
further shown by the tax bills 1t
Pays. In 1921 il paid tho State, coun.
~ and town $4,000 In taxes
CoSfnEton's Bnnks and schools.
Tho three banks doing business In
Covington. all OF which occupy up-
to-datc bank buildings of their own.
are the Citizens National. with total
assets OF s2.02i.S0S.76: the Covlng-
ton National. with assets Of sl,l73,-
9S3.34, and the Peoples Bank. with
S5a6.lI6.i9 assets. All Of these banks
nave healthy surplusscs.
Cov!ngton Is right up with It's sis
ter towns in the matter OF schools.
in fact, ii is far ahead OF most towns
OF It's size. II has n model high
school. graded school and n school