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Virginia Lumber Company
| Name | Virginia Lumber Company |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Dock Street 228 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Sägewerk |
| Anmerkungen | Verwaltung in Philadelphia, 228 Dock Street; Säge- und Hobelwerk in Graham, Tazewell County, Virginia. |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 172] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 11.10.1889 |
Gründung |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Schnittholz |
1889 |
Beginn |
1891 |
[Philadelphia] |
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| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The Company is one of recent establishment, having been organized under the State laws of Virginia, with a capital of $150.000, on October 11, 1889, and yet so successful has been its management that it is rapidly forging to the front as one of the leading establishments of its kind in the country. Its offices were formerly located in the Bullitt Building, on South Fourth street, but owing to their desire to carry a stock of certain lines of their manufacture, they recently removed to 228 Dock street. A. B. Nichols is president of the company, and Charles Barrington its secretary and treasurer. The mills - saw and planing mills - are located at Graham, Tazewell county, Va., and at the present time the Company is having constructed a large furniture factory, having decided some time ago to add that industry to its others. That this venture will be as successful as the original one does not admit of a doubt, their
present facilities being such as to enable them to run the furniture department with only a slight additional outlay. Another advantage lies in the fact that the Company owns or controls the timber on 27.000 acres of land tributary to their mills, which includes many varieties of trees from which nearly all kinds of wood-work can be manufactured. Among them are the famous Virginia oak and poplar, the latter being of the fine, soft canary variety, while the oak in quality and texture is specially adapted for the manufacture of furniture and all kinds of house-furnishing work. But in addition they have a liberal supply of ash, walnut, chestnut and maple of a very fine and durable quality. Possessing as they do these facilities (the saw and planing mills must not be overlooked), it is readily seen that the Company can become formidable competitors in the manufacture of furniture and kindred articles. The mills now in operation have a capacity of sawing and planing 9.000.000 feet of lumber per year; and the output includes rough and dressed mouldings, sidings, floorings, casings, wood turnings of every description, etc. The machinery in use is of the latest and best make, and the hands employed are skilled mechanics. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 172] |
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