. Book of the Royal blue . eral manager. The Bentley & Qerwig Furniture Com-pany manufactures office desks and wardrobes, andthe company states with pride that all of its prod-ucts are manufactured out of West Virginia lum-ber, principally white oak, chestnut, maple, poplarand pine. Its desks are shipped to all parts ofthis country and to many foreign markets in Eng-land. Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Argen-tine Republic, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador. Thefirm is represented by William Bentley, president;E. C. C^erwig, treasurer and general manager; W,H. Gerwig, assistant treasurer and general


. Book of the Royal blue . eral manager. The Bentley & Qerwig Furniture Com-pany manufactures office desks and wardrobes, andthe company states with pride that all of its prod-ucts are manufactured out of West Virginia lum-ber, principally white oak, chestnut, maple, poplarand pine. Its desks are shipped to all parts ofthis country and to many foreign markets in Eng-land. Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Argen-tine Republic, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador. Thefirm is represented by William Bentley, president;E. C. C^erwig, treasurer and general manager; W,H. Gerwig, assistant treasurer and general manager,and W. M. Mitchel, secretary, and gives employ-ment to about 125 men. The Parkersburg Mill Company has beenoperating at its present location for nearly fiftyyears. Its business is principally the manufac-turing of hardwood lumber, and the source of thesupply is the headwaters of the Little KanawhaRiver in the counties of Wirt, Ritchie, Calhoun,Gilmer, Braxton and Roane. Its specialty is PARKERSBURG, IT. VA. 11. PARKERSBURG lAMIlKl! MILLS oak lumber and planking for all kinds of construc-tion work, such as shipbuilding and heavy con-struction work of all kinds. It also manufactures avariety of handles and wood novelties, , floor-ing, siding, moldings and interior trim for products go to all parts of the United Statesand to England, Germany, France and firm is represented by F. E. Davidson, presi-dent; W. T. Wiant, vice president; E. L. Davidson,secretary, treasurer and general manager, and G. , superintendent, and gives employment to125 men. The Parkersburg Mattress Company, manufacturers of different kinds of mattresses, witha daily capacity of 200 per day, has also a bat-tery of garnetting machines lor the manufacture ofelastic felt mattresses, with a capacity of seventy-five per day, which are not only supplied to WestVirginia, but are shipped into the States of Ohio,Indiana, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,Virginia and Kentuc


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