ALBEMARLE MILLS.
Landrum Brothers.
Many of the industries of the city of
Charlottesville have obtained a wide
importance among the enterprises of
Virginia, and of these we cannot fail to
be impressed with the wide extent and
scope of the business conducted by the
Albemarle Mills, owned and operated
by the Landrum Brothers. Throughout
this section of the county there are
few men who are more progressive and
enterprising than these gentlemen, and
their splendid business has continued
to increase and expand until today the
trade extends throughout the tanning
and extract business of the entire
East. Landrum Brothers are grinders
and wholesale dealers in barks
and sumae which are extensively
used for dyeing and tanning purposes.
While the goods are called
for throughout the country generally
the business principally is confined to
the Northern and Eastern markets.
The range of products manufactured by
the Albemarle Mills have achieved a
high reputation for their superior and
excellent quality, and are always in
great demand. The works are located
on four and one half acres of land, and
are equipped with all the very latest
and best known machinery and appliances
and have also a switch of 1200
feet connecting with the C. & O.
tracks. Every kind of laborsaving
device is used to facilitate the work of
handling goods. Landrum Brothers are
known all over the State, and no concern
has a better reputation for reliability
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Landrum Bros., Arlington Mills.
and fair dealing, and the enterprise
has done it part towards making
this vicinity a manufacturing centre.
The firm employs a large number of
men all of whom draw liberal salaries.
Landrum Brothers purchase nearly all
their product in this county and State
and pay the highest market price.
They are heavy shippers of stick bark
and leaf sumac, but their leading
specialty is the prepared product. The
company has a large capital and every
requirement to conduct a most successful
business. Both gentlemen are natives
of Eastern Virginia and reside at
Luray, where Mr. C. F. Landrum is
cashier of the Page Valley Bank and
largely interested in the electric power
plant there and other leading enterprises.
Mr. F. M. Landrum was for twenty
one years associated with a prominent
wholesale shoe house of Baltimore.
About two years ago he entered into
the present enterprise of which he sees
to the general management. He is an
enthusastic Knight Templar.
