. Wilmington up-to-date : the metropolis of North Carolina graphically portrayed . v ■■■- r outfit. Recently they have added to their plant ; \Z\ ^iJ^^ jff\ a steam automatic hammer, for pile driving, gggj^p^N which is of the latest improved character, also an improved saw-arbor for sawing or piling, either above the water ortwenty feet below it. The above greatly adds to their facilities andenables them to efficiently do all work which properly comes withintheir province. The company makes a specialty of all descriptions ofmarine and harbor work, and caters for business all along this coastfr
. Wilmington up-to-date : the metropolis of North Carolina graphically portrayed . v ■■■- r outfit. Recently they have added to their plant ; \Z\ ^iJ^^ jff\ a steam automatic hammer, for pile driving, gggj^p^N which is of the latest improved character, also an improved saw-arbor for sawing or piling, either above the water ortwenty feet below it. The above greatly adds to their facilities andenables them to efficiently do all work which properly comes withintheir province. The company makes a specialty of all descriptions ofmarine and harbor work, and caters for business all along this coastfrom Norfolk to Charleston. We may here mention that they renderedvaluable salvage service in saving the British steamer Star Cross1 whichwas stranded on Cape Lookout shoals. They are ready at immediatenotice, to render service, and that too upon a reasonable scale of E. D. Williams, who is the manager of the business and mas-ter of the tug Marion, is a gentleman, who, for very many vearshas been identified with shipping interests here. For over a quarter of. 83 THE CITY OF WILMINGTON. a century he has been engaged in navigating the Cape Fear River,every inch of which maybe said to be familiar to him. The enterprisenow conducted under his auspices is one of value to all who frequentthis port and its vicinity, as well as to others who may need the ser-vices this company are both able and willing to accord, and which theycarry out to successful completion. C. C COVINGTON & of Molasses, Packers of Fish and Jobbers of Flour, N« Water St* This enterprise was originally founded by Mr. E. P. Covington in1871, the present designation being adopted in 1884. The business issomewhat apart from other wholesale houses here, inasmuch as it con-fines its operations mainly to the handling of three important staple ar-ticles of food. The firm are direct importers of molasses, which theyobtain from the West Indies. The house may be quoted as headquar-ters here f
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