﻿Blackwell's 
  Factory. 
  101 
  

  

  The 
  factory 
  and 
  its 
  adjuncts 
  cover 
  fifteen 
  acres 
  of 
  ground, 
  

   and 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  most 
  attractive 
  smoking 
  tobacco 
  fac- 
  

   tory 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  It 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  brick 
  and 
  granite 
  

   stone 
  equally 
  combined 
  and 
  hnrmoniousl}' 
  blended. 
  The 
  

   windows, 
  which 
  are 
  almost 
  innumerable, 
  are 
  set 
  in 
  frames 
  

   of 
  granite, 
  and 
  throughout 
  the 
  whole' 
  exterior 
  this 
  substan- 
  

   tial 
  material 
  is 
  seen 
  ornamenting 
  and 
  supporting 
  the 
  struc- 
  

   ture. 
  

  

  The 
  factor}^ 
  has 
  a 
  frontage 
  of 
  200 
  feet 
  — 
  to 
  which 
  another 
  

   100 
  feet 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  added, 
  as 
  a 
  consequence 
  of 
  increasing 
  

   business 
  — 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  four 
  stories, 
  and 
  two 
  connecting 
  

   wings, 
  each 
  four 
  stories 
  high 
  and 
  IGO 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  Within 
  

   the 
  grounds 
  are 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  supplementary 
  structures, 
  such 
  

   as 
  storage 
  houses 
  for 
  leaf 
  tobacco 
  and 
  other 
  things, 
  print- 
  

   ing 
  establishments, 
  box-making 
  factories, 
  machine 
  shops, 
  

   lire 
  apparatus, 
  etc. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  buildings 
  in 
  the 
  en- 
  

   closure, 
  the 
  Company 
  have 
  several 
  other 
  large 
  warehouses 
  

   used 
  for 
  storing 
  leaf. 
  They 
  constantly 
  carry 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  

   five 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  leaf 
  tobacco 
  adapted 
  to 
  their 
  require- 
  

   ments. 
  

  

  The 
  factory 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  country 
  known 
  

   as 
  "The 
  Golden 
  Belt," 
  or 
  bright 
  tobacco 
  region, 
  which 
  pro- 
  

   duces 
  a 
  grade 
  of 
  tobacco 
  that 
  in 
  texture, 
  flavor 
  and 
  quality 
  

   is 
  not 
  equaled 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  popularity 
  of 
  their 
  goods 
  is 
  

   limited 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  quantity 
  produced, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  

   position 
  to 
  command 
  the 
  choice 
  of 
  all 
  offerings 
  upon 
  our 
  

  

  Deducting 
  Sand 
  and 
  Carbonic 
  Acid, 
  and 
  the 
  composition 
  of 
  the 
  pure 
  Tobacco 
  

   Is 
  as 
  follows 
  ; 
  

  

  Lime, 
  29.12 
  

  

  aiagnesia 
  5.04 
  

  

  Oxide 
  of 
  Iron, 
  1.01 
  

  

  Potiish, 
  „ 
  23.09 
  

  

  Chloride 
  of 
  Potassium, 
  „ 
  7.2.5 
  

  

  Chloride 
  Sodium, 
  8.93 
  

  

  Phosplioric 
  Acid, 
  4.18 
  

  

  Sulphuric 
  Acid, 
  '. 
  4.bJ 
  

  

  Soluble 
  Silicia,...-. 
  17.19 
  

  

  100.00 
  

  

  I 
  find 
  merely 
  traces 
  of 
  nitrates 
  in 
  the 
  Fancy 
  Bright 
  Tobacco, 
  -which, 
  perhaps, 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  reasons 
  why 
  this 
  Tobacco 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  mild 
  taste; 
  for, 
  in 
  all 
  biting, 
  

   strong 
  Tobaccos, 
  I 
  find 
  invariably 
  nitrates 
  are 
  present 
  in 
  considerable 
  propor- 
  

   tions. 
  

  

  Another, 
  and 
  still 
  more 
  Important 
  fact, 
  which 
  an 
  investigation 
  has 
  brought 
  to 
  

   light, 
  is 
  tliat 
  the 
  Granville 
  county 
  Tobacco 
  you 
  sent 
  me 
  contains 
  little 
  nicotine, 
  

   which 
  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  tu 
  regard 
  as 
  a 
  good 
  feature 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  Tobacco. 
  In 
  

   coarse, 
  strong 
  Tobaccos, 
  notably 
  the 
  inferior 
  Tobaccos 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  Palatinate 
  

   (Bavaria), 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  coarse 
  (liighlj- 
  manured) 
  Virgina 
  Tobaccos, 
  tliey 
  are 
  

   found 
  to 
  contain 
  much 
  more 
  nicotine, 
  some 
  as 
  liigh 
  as 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  

   much 
  as 
  I 
  find 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Fancy 
  Bright." 
  

  

  