R. F. Harris & Co.
An industry which has added greatly
to the fame and reputation or our
city as a manufacturing centre, is the
Charlottesville Agricultural & Iron
Works, of which R. F. Harris & Co.,
are proprietors. The plant of this
company is located at 415-421 West
Main street. On the north side of the
street are located the offices, salesrooms
and repository of the company, having
a combined floor space of 9600 square
feet. On the south side are the foundry,
machine shops; blacksmith shop
and wood working department. They
are equipped with first class modern
machinery, and a force of skilled
workmen are employed. In addition
to manufacturing Plows, Harrows,
Corn Planters, Corn Shellers Corrugated
Land Rollers, Feed Cutters etc.,
they carry a large and well selected
stock of agricultural implements of the
best makes. One department is devoted
to farmers hardware, and supplies.
A large repository has just been completed
wherein is carried the largest
stock of Carriages, Buggies, Harness,
Studebaker Wagons etc., that is
kept in the city. They make a specialty
of repair work, both in wood
and iron, special casting and wrought
orging. This enterprise was established
by the late R. F. Harris in 1858
and continued by him for many years.
When his son, Mr. Chas. P. Harris,
attained his majority, he was taken
into partnership, and the style was
changed to R. F. Harris & Son, under
which name it operated until the
demise of Mrs. R. F. Harris, four years
ago, when it was changed to its present
style. The company is composed
of Mr. Chas. P. Harris and his four
sisters, and is under the personal management
of Mr. Harris.
