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  History 
  op 
  Durham. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  24tb 
  of 
  January, 
  1883, 
  Blackwell's 
  Durham 
  Tobacco 
  

   Company 
  was 
  chartered, 
  with 
  an 
  authorized 
  capital 
  of 
  $1,- 
  

   000,000 
  and 
  a 
  paid 
  up 
  capital 
  of 
  $500,000. 
  Mr. 
  Julian 
  S. 
  

   Carr 
  is 
  the 
  President; 
  M. 
  E 
  McDowell, 
  Vice-President, 
  and 
  

   J, 
  A. 
  McDowell, 
  Secretary 
  and 
  Treasurer. 
  All 
  the 
  rights 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  business 
  are 
  now 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  company; 
  and 
  dealers 
  will 
  be 
  protected 
  every 
  way 
  as 
  

   heretofore. 
  This 
  house 
  does 
  business 
  with 
  wholesale 
  dealers 
  

   only, 
  and 
  have 
  their 
  representatives 
  everywhere, 
  both 
  in 
  

   this 
  and 
  foreign 
  countries. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Main 
  Front 
  are 
  two 
  pictures 
  of 
  a 
  magnificent 
  Dur- 
  

   ham 
  bull, 
  well 
  executed, 
  which 
  engrosses 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  

   all. 
  An 
  interesting 
  feature, 
  also, 
  of 
  this 
  establishment 
  is 
  a 
  

   steam 
  whistle, 
  so 
  constructed 
  that 
  it 
  imitates 
  the 
  bellow 
  of 
  

   a 
  bull. 
  The 
  imitation 
  is 
  so 
  perfect 
  that 
  a 
  stranger 
  would 
  

   be 
  slow 
  to 
  detect 
  the 
  deception. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  it 
  costs 
  $6 
  

   each 
  time 
  tins 
  bull 
  whistle 
  bellows. 
  It 
  can 
  be 
  heard 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  of 
  thirteen 
  miles. 
  

  

  A 
  short 
  time 
  since 
  it 
  became 
  necessary 
  to 
  enlarge, 
  and 
  

   two 
  L's 
  were 
  built, 
  160x40, 
  five 
  stories 
  high. 
  The 
  only 
  way 
  

   to 
  realize 
  the 
  stupendous 
  magnitude 
  of 
  these 
  buildings 
  is 
  to 
  

   view 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  rear. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  engines, 
  one 
  of 
  75 
  

   horse-power 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  40, 
  supplied 
  by 
  a 
  battery 
  of 
  four 
  

   boilers 
  of 
  21G 
  horse-power. 
  The 
  boilers 
  are 
  fed 
  with 
  wood 
  

   now, 
  but 
  soon 
  only 
  coal 
  will 
  be 
  used. 
  A 
  switch 
  runs 
  from 
  

   the 
  main 
  track 
  of 
  the 
  railroad, 
  on 
  which 
  stands 
  the 
  cars 
  to 
  

   be 
  loaded, 
  directly 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  salesroom. 
  The 
  company 
  

   is 
  shipping 
  about 
  25,000 
  pounds 
  a 
  day, 
  running 
  to 
  the 
  full 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  the 
  stamping 
  room 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  year 
  they 
  intend 
  

   to 
  ship 
  5,000,000 
  pounds, 
  being 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  million 
  more 
  

   than 
  ever 
  heretofore, 
  thus 
  exemplifying 
  the 
  wonderful 
  rep- 
  

   utation 
  of 
  the 
  tobacco 
  and 
  the 
  immense 
  increasing 
  demand. 
  

   Some 
  idea 
  of 
  their 
  great 
  business 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  four 
  years 
  can 
  

   be 
  gathered 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  in 
  that 
  time 
  they 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  

   government 
  $2,076,665.81 
  for 
  stamps 
  on 
  their 
  genuine 
  bull 
  

   Durham 
  tobacco, 
  and 
  this 
  does 
  not 
  include 
  the 
  amount 
  paid 
  

   on 
  cigarettes. 
  This 
  is 
  about 
  $44,000 
  per 
  month 
  on 
  the 
  

   average. 
  Truly 
  a 
  most 
  remarkable 
  showing, 
  and 
  one 
  that 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  denied, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  books 
  of 
  the 
  gov- 
  

   ernment 
  officer. 
  In 
  1881 
  this 
  firm 
  paid 
  $645,591.33 
  of 
  a 
  

   total 
  of 
  $727,269.54. 
  This 
  shows 
  most 
  plainly 
  the 
  verdict 
  

   of 
  the 
  public 
  ; 
  and 
  if 
  their 
  goods 
  are 
  not 
  popular, 
  reliable 
  

   and 
  standard, 
  why 
  should 
  an 
  unprejudiced 
  public 
  use 
  eight 
  

  

  