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The Lumber Trade. Business That Has Developed latter being the superintendent . A Great in Greensboro, The Besult of itaFavorable Location. The teeming forests of North Caro lina, stretching away over the uplands to the footrhills and mountain ranges of the Blue Bidge, rich in pine, oak, hickory, and many other more expen sive woods, and until comparatively a few years ago almost untouched by ; the woodman's ax, have Deen pene trated by the iron highways of com merce, dotted with" many saw mills, and are now pouring their wealth into the realm of industry besides giving employment to thousands of busy toilers. k . Greensboro is the most convenient center for the transaction of a large portion of this business as well as foi the manufacture of building material and other finished products. ACTIVITY IN BUILDING. Seventeen years ago Greensboro had within its borders but 2,000 souls. "The number gradually increased from year to year and in 1896 the general trend of industrial enterprise in this direction took a steadfast hold upon the city Building operations were begun upon a large scale which have continued with unabating activity until the present day, and it is safe to say the operations in this line were never larger than at this time. During this period there have prot ably been one hundred houses erected within the city limits every year, and - this does hot include the building of, a whole town with a population of two thousand just outside the cor- porate limits. During the past few days the Proximity Manufacturing Company has issued contracts for the erection of about two hundred additional houses as a part of their plant now being built here. The mill itself rep resents an outlay of $300,000. One of the mostTimportant factors in the building of Greensboro during the past few years has been the Messrs. Cone, who in connection with their town at Proximity Mills, the buildings about the Southern Finishing Mills, and other building operations in and about this city, have built all told at least a thousand houses either in or just, outside the corporate limits. Among those contractors and build ers who have taken a most active part in all these operations maybe men- of t TTTTC TITTTTDTNG MATJSKlAii JL.KA-U.ru. " The amount of lumber consumed in the manufacture of building material here is placed by conservativecsti mate at twenty-five million feet pei year, and this does not include the enor mous amount of plain lumber handled at wholesale, either directly in the Greensboro market or shipped by Greensboro wholesalers from the mountain mills to the Northern and Western States. ' - It is a notable fact that Greensboro manufactured building material com mands a better price in the markets of the East than those of any other city in this section .and finds a ready market throughout Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia, Mary land and Pennsylvania. The eight woodworking plants of Greensboro pay out annually forjmechanical labor about $35,000,. divided as follows: Greensboro Sash and Blind Co.. $5,500 Cape Fear Manufacturing Co... 8,000 Guilford Lumber Manufacturing , Co. .. ... 5.560 Brooks Lumber" Co.. .-2,500 E. E. Bain..... 2.500 Thomas Wpodroff e 3,000 B. II. Merrimon 4,000 Greensboro Furniture Mfg. Co. 4,000 These figures refer to the wood working plants alone. The building in Greensboro has been without intermission and unabated in" its steady increase during all this period. The outlook for the future is better than it has ever been before. The character of the buildings reveal the work of the. trained architect, and skilled mechanic, embracing modern designs and sanitary improvements. Yet with all this building we have not enough. Scarcely is a foundation laid before the house-is either bought or rented, and there is scarcely a habit able building within the city without a tenant. The ' music of countless hammers rings out at every turn from early till late, the "song of the laborers para dise, industrial activity. Business Opportunity. Greensboro has need of a first-class up-to-date bakery. ; " Anyhustler that will open such an establishment here and ply the trade daily with a couple of first-class mod ern wagons can build up a profitable business. GUILFORD LTJLIBER XIAII- TJFACTURIUG COHPAIJY. G. I KEARSLEY 1 11 The lumber trade is represented in Greensboro by the Guilford Lumber Manufacturing Company. This busi ness was established in 1889 and the success, of the company during ; the - i i past ten years has been in a measure the excellent shipping facili the central location of Greens- (Next to Postoffice.) GREENSBORO, N. C. due to ties and; boro. This and the business connec tions ofi the- company in the lumber 'selling knarket and their large hold ings of .timber lands have given them : ad mitt eel advantages over many con ; cerns inj their line. j !"'- The yards and plant of the company : located on Ashe street: are equipped i with every convenience for the stor- j age and j trade is ! and the IE rimrnirunr UTUDUK ' f I I-Ji . IM Unnsnal Facilities for Selling I Desirable Properties. manufacture of lumber, j The exclusively in Carolina pine, stock of this staple lumber carried is from 500,000 to 2,500,000 feet. i The manufacture of building material, including sash, doors, "blinds, frames, mouldings, brackets and other articles used in jhe exterior and interior wood ! work of; buildings, is an important ! part of the business and one to which I special attention is given. Estimates j are furnished for supplying the ma j terial ofj their line for all kinds of buildings but not for the construction, - PARTIAL VIEW OF GREENSBORO PLANT. j in 'competition with the building con- S N. C, right in the i tractor. The trade of the company ex- lumber section of t!.- L tends to many points in South Caro- j drying kilns at this Una, Virginia, West Virginia, Wash- ; pacity of over 70,0Cu v. ington, D. C, and throughout the State of North Carolina. THE TROY PLANT. The increasing demand for lumber has made marked inroads on the pine forests of the section near Greensboro ancl in order to insure a continued sup plyj which would enable them to meet the requirements of their patrons for : as the company adheres strictly to its ! years to come the company have lo- legiiimate line and does not put itself j cated mills and drying kilns at Troy, WE WANT LISTED WITH US FOR SALE Good Farming Lands. WATER POWERS, &c., AT REASONABLE PRICES. -V . - - jr''.- tt' j are on a line of raiJi -with both the South the Seaboard Air Li: , as good shipping fac . had by a section tl.ntj of a primitive forest. The company tMnpl skilled "workmen in th. works and thirty-five n't ficers of the company wc C; A. Reynolds; SecreU. urer. W. D. Mendenhail. active part in the ninna- V business, which is a , . one ana nas oeen a ilS ran t upnty.fr? - ut of tbf important prniJ!iM,.nt L-r. : n .1 i At Greensboro. airs rf N Business Opportunity. Somebody is going to make a lot of money 1 manufacturing school and church furniture, j Greensboro js the rights plaice for such a factory. , tioned ThomasWoodroffej W. C. Bain, Oak, ! ash and poplar are cheap and John Y. Smith, and W. A. Fries, the ; plentiful in this country. Do Yon Wish to Sell or Buy; ! a Business? i . . - - j r, . , WRITE OR CALL ON US. Furniture Men, Read This. HUNTER ' MANU FACTURING AND GOMMISSldS1 GOMI X r. i- '. i (is ) A T AH 1, x ! I V'.?.' - : 5 i x. s , V 1 . v I , t . . M . ' j .. -VJ . 'i 1 . V ' 1 ' X i i ! i. :'.. THE MUX AT TROY, N. C Cireensloro wants another furniture factory. We have one now, it is ,aT. ing- a bij dividend annually. - ' Iliffh Point, fifteen miles fr.ni hfrr has ten furniture factories, all makir money, but does not want any mnr because it will affect the! price of the :r raw material. Greensboro has every facility th t High roinit ever had for this linl ar.l many they never had. Fine oak lumber can he laid low a here for about ten dolIarsper i)wy sand, a tremendous advantage mer th? New England or Western prin-. - Greensboro is the railroad vnt. r (f1 North Carolina, has eight lines arl two great systems, and jxissihlv tf more coming. Labor is cheap and 'plentiful. business, on March 1st of the present year a large three-story andbasement building, 50x100 -feet, was secured on Buchanan street and fitted with every modern convenience for the manufac ture of pants and overalls, as- well as forlthe General offices and warerooms of the company. ' v The capacity of the plant has al ready been doubled, using forty ma chines and giving employment to foriy-five hands, and it is the intention of the company to again double the capacity of the plant as soon as addi- i tional power can be secured. The Commission Business. Pants and Overall. b The natural advantages that sa round this city, and the itnmnliav proximity to the mills, have inmlf it possible for this company to turn o;t a superior gnide of goods at less th.ia the preniling price, and cheap 1 at corresponding figures. The "Old North State" overalls hire already become widely know a. ThJ are made of high-grade material, with extension fly; reinforced crotch. MM seams throughout, and patent Mnwi pull off" buttons. These hiittons ar' , used onall the grades of pant ar,l overalls turned out - by the firm. J I thine not found on anv but the nvt I V Being interested in Southern cotton j expensive goods, which adds mat ills the observation and experience j allv to their selling qualitiM. I V 14 SSf (is : m i of the company led them to believe thaj; a cotton commission house in j North Carolina, managed on the same mot era business methods as those in ; the East, could be successfully op ""erated here. Success has attended the business from its very inception; it has increased in volume and broad ened its realm at every stride, and to-day is handling a larger and better ! trade than ever before. The Hunter Manufacturing & Commission . Com pany handles either the total output !. or parts , of the products of eighteen Southern mills, making brown and : colored These lines are giving- universal m- jsfaction from Texas to Nw 'York . - The plant is turning out sixty Horn pairs per day. ami couhl easily a' many more. . , ' ' Mr. J. S. Hunter, the leailinir in this business, has taken an ncti part In the material .development Greensboro. He is Jh r, IVesident the Greensboro Industrial and Immi gration Association.arHr is known and respected thnMiirhnnt 7 section of the country. Mr. T. A. Hunter. tM representative sent out t nnnv now n. RtnelclioIn'rJ ; 1 'J , --- - few men cotton croods. sheetincrs. all . tm ---- - ' ; weignts, counts and qualities, drills all j the reputation of bein? I weights, plaids all weights, bleached j Vnipt-wnrklne' men -u i . !-T i cottpns. cottonades, hickory stripes. I cheviots, denims, jeans, blankets, wool i.j'arn, and knitting cottons. ; I The trade extends among the best and largest jobbers and wholesalers In all jhe principal Southern cities Bal timore, Philadelphia and New York, MANU FACTU RERS OK AND Direct Agents for 1 . -. Southern and j as far west through the principal commercial centers to Omaha. t,'i day and trade. ( . This company pri! class of men sent ut ness. They -are hnf ! thoroughly reliable. Greensboro expects develop very materia present year. 1 o and enjoj road to a Iarrf t,lf 3m th .licit b'Jki rkenf ....in t5 tie ;rir.k Cottons Old North State I Overalls Pants. The accompanying illustration por trays the office and factory building of the Hunter Manufacturing & Com mission Company. The business was begun on January 10th, 1897, and lor eighteen months thereafter was conducted strictly as acompany are: It. G. Vaughn (Cashier commission ; business, handling theCity National Bank), President; C. G. products of the companys own and Wright (capitalist), Vice-President, other Southern mills, and distributingaud J. S. Hunter. Secretary and their goods direct from the manufac-Treasurer. I ' turer to the trade. The officers of Jhe j On November 1, 1898, the plant the Glenn Manufacturing- Co., of this 1 city, was purchased and the manufac- ture of pants and: overalls added to; the business. To accommodate the i large and growing demand, and to fa- ! cilitate the future development of the j ' t &: J INTERIOR V:iJW OF OFFICE.
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