﻿Tobacco 
  Warehouses. 
  97 
  

  

  $32,000, 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  confessedly 
  the 
  best 
  structure 
  of 
  its 
  

   kind 
  in 
  Nortli 
  Carolina. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  brick, 
  56x225 
  feet, 
  with 
  a 
  

   deep 
  and 
  commodious 
  basement 
  used 
  for 
  storage, 
  and 
  with 
  

   apartments 
  for 
  farmers. 
  The 
  roof 
  is 
  a 
  suspension 
  structure, 
  

   pierced 
  along 
  its 
  whole 
  length 
  by 
  four 
  rows 
  of 
  solid 
  glass 
  

   sk} 
  h'ghts. 
  Along 
  the 
  sides 
  run 
  covered 
  sheds 
  the 
  whole 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  225x16, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   otiier 
  225x10, 
  with 
  a 
  park-shed 
  41x150, 
  with 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  

   skylights, 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  hold 
  one 
  hundred 
  wagons. 
  Ele- 
  

   gantly 
  appointed 
  offices 
  give 
  pleasant 
  places 
  of 
  business 
  to 
  

   the 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  young 
  men 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  

   house; 
  these 
  offices, 
  like 
  all 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  

   being 
  lighted 
  with 
  gas. 
  The 
  opening 
  day, 
  September 
  29th, 
  

   1879, 
  was 
  a 
  prominent 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  annals 
  of 
  Durham, 
  many 
  

   hundred 
  farmers 
  with 
  their 
  wagons 
  loaded 
  with 
  the 
  tobacco 
  

   of 
  the 
  adjoining 
  counties 
  congregating 
  to 
  take 
  advantage 
  

   of 
  the 
  animation 
  of 
  the 
  auspicious 
  day. 
  Upwards 
  of 
  80,- 
  

   000 
  pounds 
  were 
  sold 
  at 
  this 
  warehouse 
  on 
  that 
  day, 
  for 
  an 
  

   aggregate 
  sum 
  of 
  $15,000; 
  and 
  the 
  happy 
  fortune 
  of 
  go 
  

   favorable 
  a 
  beginning 
  has 
  never 
  deserted 
  the 
  house. 
  Mr. 
  

   J. 
  W. 
  Blackwell 
  was 
  admitted 
  as 
  a 
  partner 
  in 
  the 
  business 
  

   in 
  April, 
  1880 
  ; 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  firm 
  name 
  of 
  Parrish.cfe 
  

   Blackwell, 
  the 
  house 
  has 
  continued 
  to 
  enlarge 
  in 
  its 
  opera- 
  

   tions, 
  and 
  claims, 
  and 
  with 
  reason, 
  to 
  transact 
  a 
  larger 
  

   amount 
  of 
  business 
  than 
  any 
  similar 
  house 
  in 
  North 
  Car- 
  

   olina, 
  and 
  has 
  established 
  a 
  national 
  reputation 
  among 
  the 
  

   leaf-tobacco 
  markets 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  for 
  the 
  uniformity 
  of 
  

   its 
  classification 
  and 
  the 
  honesty 
  of 
  its 
  prizing. 
  Mr. 
  Par- 
  

   rish 
  does 
  not 
  buy 
  on 
  order, 
  but 
  solely 
  on 
  his 
  own 
  account. 
  

   He 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  largest 
  tobacco 
  buyer 
  iu 
  the 
  State. 
  

   During 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  February, 
  1884, 
  he 
  paid 
  out 
  to 
  farm- 
  

   ers 
  for 
  tobacco 
  sold 
  on 
  his 
  warehouse 
  floor 
  the 
  enormous 
  

   sum 
  of 
  $96,000. 
  His 
  auction 
  and 
  prizing 
  houses 
  are, 
  per- 
  

   haps, 
  the 
  best 
  equipped 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  

   1881, 
  he 
  sold 
  8,388,660 
  pounds 
  of 
  leaf 
  tobacco, 
  realizing 
  

   $940,063.98. 
  In 
  1882, 
  his 
  sales 
  amounted 
  to 
  5,370,488 
  lbs., 
  

   and 
  in 
  1883 
  his 
  sales 
  reached 
  6.797,542 
  lbs., 
  amounting 
  to 
  

   $851,958.25. 
  His 
  principal 
  prize 
  house 
  is 
  constructed 
  of 
  

   brick, 
  three 
  stories 
  high 
  and 
  about 
  56x125 
  feet. 
  The 
  front 
  

   is 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  banking 
  and 
  reception 
  rooms 
  of 
  " 
  The 
  Bank 
  

   of 
  Durham," 
  of 
  which 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blackwell, 
  Esq., 
  is 
  President. 
  

   The 
  other 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  all 
  grades 
  of 
  

   North 
  Carolina 
  leaf 
  tobacco 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  prizing 
  or 
  prepar- 
  

  

  