The Richmond Item from Richmond, Indiana • Page 27

THE EVENING ITEM, RfCHMONP, At5E FIFTEEN. Safarfay, Sept. 27,193. four story buinesa block with 13.300 young man not yet having attained hU majority and took up his residence here In aquare feot. of dlspluy apace at Ninth MH COMPANY SEIDEL COMPANY The buslnasa for many years baa been handled by men connected with through the nine yeara of ita Ufa.

Organiisd In 1904, It waa organised by Ooorge E. Beidst, John Evans, George Miller and Frank Taylor in 104. Mr. Haldol waa president of tha company from the first and continues as tha executive head of the buHtnofl. The Dresent officers are George Set- the factory through yeara of aervlce and alao by family tlea.

$111,000 MID -EDO MEN YEAH GAAR-SCOTT HAND CAPPED IS 8. E. Bwayne, president of the com pany la a aon-ln-law of the original founder of the bualneaa. Mr. Bwayne la alao president of the Commercial del, presldont and treasurer, C.

W. Caldwell, secretary and A. C. Hill, vtoe mwm Another Story May Be Added to Sales Building at Ninth and Main Streets. blub.

ana Main streets and a four atory warehouse with 10,000 square feet of floor space at the roar, of 911 Main street, both of which buildings the company ownH, Doth are equipped with modern fixtures and olevators. The company waa originated in January 190.1, with W. H. Romey, president and manager and Catherine F. Romey, secretary and treasurer.

At the beginning the company employed two men to take care of tho business. Force Now Employed. At the present time twelve persons are employed by the company. Among them are: E. C.

Romey, bookkeeper. C. G. Dunlng, credit mnu. One Herae Power at Start.

One horse provided power for the en Inability to Enlarge Manufacturing Plant of Buggy Company Restricts Increase. tire factory In the flrat few yeara of Ita operation. Jamea W. Yeo In 1868 Pint Thresher Ever Built in In- became associated with Mr. Robinson In the business and the Robinson Ma praldent.

The last season was one of the most successful that the company has experienced. It waa one of the biggest advances In business that the factory had experienced. And In every way there Is nothing In prospect for the company but good business and a steady Increases In the demand for ita product. Wide Territory Covered. In the first years of Ita manufacture of buggies company restricted Its chine Works waa Incorporated In 1872.

1870 VEHICLES LAST YEAR Francis Robinson and Henry R. diana Turned Out in 1841 by Founder! of Company. BIG TRUCK IN PARADE Robinson secured full control of thev business in 1877 when the affalra of the Robinson Machine Worka were cloand In Nine Years' Growth Has Been up. The firm name waa then made 'Robinson Company, which It has al First Appearance of New Delivery Wagon Will Be Made Dur-i ing the Fall Festival. ill.

OF PLANT ways retained. It waa Incorporated under that name In 1889. Remarkable 1014 Model Has Automobile Features. Products of Company, The company today makes the big George H. Knollenberg Charles F.

Peele, vice president; and Kverard Knollenberg, secretary and treasurer. At this time the building waa increased In lice and the force greatly Increased. Agencies were established In all the principal cities and the business of the company was with firms from coast to coast. In 1901 on the death of Mr. Peele.

Mr. Knollenberg purchased the entire Interest in the firm and the officers elected at thla change remain the same at the present time; George H. Knollenberg, president; Willlsm Klenker, vice president, and Walter O. Knollenberp. secertary and treasurer.

Although the safety elevator gate is still one of the principal articles manufactured, the most important is the fire retarding doors and freight elevator Inclosureg. The goods are of the standard make and bear the label of the Fire Testing Laboratory of Chicago, which furnlhses the apecltv cations for such articles. All the doors are tested In Chicago to see whether they have tho proper fire resistance and meet In every respect the requirements of the fire underwriters. Manufacture of Doors. The manufacture of the fire doors Is very Interesting.

The inner material of the door consists of wood, while some are tin clad and others are corrugated Iron. The seams are firmly bound with machines and then they are ready for the fire test. The test of the doors In Chicago requires that they be subject to fire from hot blasts the same as might be given them in burning buildings. If they withstand the test the label is pasted on and they are ready for shipment The Richmond doors are to be found In the principal buildings in the United States. The volume of business at the present time amounts to about $70,000 a year.

The company employs between thirty and thirty-five men, the payroll amounting annually to approximately 18,000. The business is under the direct management of William Klenker and Henry Klnn. gest end of ita bualneaa the production First Building, Known as Spring of hay balera and silage cutters. Thla mat farm Implement la the newest of the machines which the company la Foundry, Operated by Spring Water in 1836. putting out but it meets with ready ale and Is selling to a large demand.

It Is one of the features of the business and the Increase of Ita aale la PROSPECTS ARE AUSPICIOUS Indicative of a necessity to lncreaae the apaclty of the plant Besides the bay baler and the silage Richard, lnvolcer, gjstem buyer and salesman. Charles Moss, salesman. Fred Romey, salesman. H. D.

Moss, salesman. William Eldreilge, manager of the third floor and salesman. Frank Moss, dellveryman. Samuel McArthur, dellveryman. Holds Its Customers.

The store Is stocked with medium and high grade furniture and houHe furnishings. The present year Is reported to havo been the best lu the history of the company, Just as each succeeding year in the company's business has been. The company hus held the customers that came to It at the beginning and has gained and kept other residents of tho city and visitors within a radius of 300 miles. Being a corner building the Interior Is brightly lighted by Bunllght so that there Is no artificial light needed in the day time to display the goods to the be3t advantage. The show windows of the store are mod-etn and are always tastily decorated.

The building Is one of the most centrally located structures in the city. May Add a Story. An additional story to the store building Is contemplated by the management for next year, this addition being required by the growth of the trade. Gutter the factory also makes for a Expectations Are Business Be on selling efforts to the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. For two yeara this territory was the breadth of tha business.

Now the territory into wWch Its products are sent extend over the entire half of the United States east' of the Mlsnlsslppl river. It has never extended its business beyond the Mississippi river and docs not expect to go Into the western ter- rWory for business, In the near future. 8torm Buggy Popular. The new style of storm buggy which thla company makes la proving to baj Its most product and finds ready sale I wherever It Is shown. This vehicle Is being made tho lead-j.

er of the factory product and this year haa a new feature that It la be lleviid will make the demand for It evn grater than it has been In the last season. The leading styles of storm boggy, and open buggy, this year will be up-j holstered in the newat type of buggy, seat, "the automobile Heat." Forty-five Men Employed. Just now there are from 10 to It storm buggies shipped each day fronv the Beldcl factory and the present force of forty-flvo men Is kept hard at work filling rush' orders for immediate delivery of these vehicles. wide territory, traction engines, stationary englnea and grain threshers. The factory in an ordinary busy sea With no chance of spreading out Its factory or of adding to Its door space because of Its being hemmed In on every side by other factories, the Set-dol Buggy company finds Itself approaching the souson of 1914 with prospects of a capacity demand and opportunities for further Increase of Ita business If tho facilities for the manufacture of Ita products could be obtained.

The factory at Its boat period securing all that Is possible In production from Its force of 35 to 40 men could not produce many more than 2,600 vehich-s. 1970 Buggies in Year. Last year the factory produced for orders and a live consumption, 1,970 vehicles Including tho neweat line of buggy tho storm buggy that the company makes. With any Increase in Its business nt all the capacity will be reached and there seems to be no possibility of increasing the floor space or Its production facilities this year. This company began In a modest way and has dono a conservative business i Normal Business Again ter First of Year.

son will have on Ita roater A. list of 200 The first appearance of the auto delivery truck of the Homey Furniture company, Ninth and Main streets, will be during the Fall Festival, when the truck will be decorated for the industrial parade on Thursday, October 2. The truck will be a "Made in Richmond" product solely, the running gears being purchased of the Rodefeld Manufacturing company and the body having been made by the Meyers and Parke Carriage company. "We recognize indebtedness of our company to the people of the city," said W. H.

Romey, president and manager of the store, "for the money that we have been able to clear from our business. We are willing to spend every cent we can for products that are made and sold by other Richmond Industrial and business men." Progreaa of Company. The Romey Furniture company has progressed In the nine years of its existence In the city from a rented room 30x90 feet in dimensions to a factory hands and an average yearly total pay roll of $175,000. Wtth an average annual nnv will nf SAFETI GATES GO about $800,000. the Gaar-Scott branch of the Rumely Products company today la on of the largest Industries of the kind In the world and th in row oVutBfiail'alrtn.

liag de TO ALL PARTS O.S. veloped from a modent beginning to a factory that sends Its products In many far corners of the world. The factory of Gaar-Scott and com Local Manufacturing Company pany had its beginning In 1836 In what was known as the Spring foundry. The first building of any kind on the land now occupied by the Gaar- Employs 35 Persona Paying $18,000 Annually in Wages. Scott plant was that built and oper ated by Charles W.

Starr, a cotton ALSO FIRE PROOF DOORS factory. Job Swain after a few years 'bought the plant and converted It to a peg factory. It was afterward successfully occupied by Jones' Silk mill, a grist mill and finally by Joseph, P. Laws, tannery. Spring Furnished Power.

The Spring Foundry was bo named because its motive power was obtained The Richmond Safety Gate Manu from water that arose In a spring a facturing company was organized in 1880 by John G. Zeller, who is now one of the managers of the American Btecult company. The first offices of the plant were in the rear of the lot, 914 Mtiin street and employed four short distance away. This foundry waa removed in 1836 'to make room for a machine shop. On or about Nov.

1st we will furnish Natural Gas through our mains, discontinuing the supply of Artificial Gas. Construction work is now under way. The source of gas supply is the enormous gas fields of West Virginia, and this gas is very high in heating units. It means that this valuable fuel can be obtained at prices that warrant its use for house heating and for all domestic purposes, such as cooking, water, heating and lighting, as well as for industrial purposes, such as melting furnaces, tempering furnaces and everywhere that oil, coke and artificial gas is being used. NATURAL GAS RATES First 5,000 cubic feet, 50c per M.

Next, 95,000 cubic feet, 45c per M. Excess over 100,000 cubic feet, 40c per M. faaac E. Jones first used the Spring foufcdry primarily as a stove shop. JesaeV.M.

Hutton and John H. Hutton In 1890 the business was sold soon secured the business. Employed to George H. Knollenberg and Charles F. Peele, Mr.

Zeller leaving Richmond by them were Jonas Gaar as a ma to accept a position with the American Biscuit company. The business1 increased to such an extent that it chinist, Abram' Gaar, as a carpenter and millwright; J. M. Gaar, as a machinist and William G. Scott as a was necessary to seek larger Quarters.

molder. Built First Thresher. In 1892 a building was erected at North Fifteenth street and the Penn sylvania railroad, which location la The first thresher ever built in Indiana in 1811 was the product of still the home of the Richmond Safety Gate company. this group of mechanics and this a "Groundhog" or "Chaff piler" thresh Under careful management of Mr er whose motive power was furnished Knollenberg and Mr. Peele the com pany grew and soon became known by (horses, continued to be the chief ouflpot of the factory up until 1848.

In thai iyear was first placed on the mar- for the fine quality of freight elevator safety gate which it manufactured. A DISCOUNT OF 10c PER M.CU. FT. WILL BE ALLOWED IF PAID ON OR BEFORE THE 10TH OF THE MONTH. RICHMOND LIGHT, HEAT POWER COMPANY i kef: the flraln separator that had been Because of this great growth in 1892 developed by these men through and 1894 a stock company was organ lzed and Incorporated for $40,000.

Knollenberg Gets Sole Control. The officers of this company were months of experimenting. After the year it was demonstrated that this- machine was a commercial success and the mechanics bought out the business from the and In 1849 organized the firm of A. Gaar and company. First Incorporation.

The Infant industry prospered and after? 21 years under the management off the pioneer thresher builders the company waa incorporated under the firm name of Gaar-Scott ana company with Abram Gaar, its president; J. M. Gaar, vice president; William G. Scott, secretary and treasurer. J.

M. Gaar succeeded to the presi smm Of dency of the company In 1894 after the death of Abram Gaar. In 1911 the great organization of 908 MAIN STREET the Rumely Products company pur chased the Gaar-Scott factories and a controlling interest In its stock hold lngs and until this year operated it mm tot nttn ww-rf as steadily and with as many men emDloyed as under the old KJM nfl Tfl HJ! miiiin i management. Back to Normal Jan. 1.

Extravagant Ideas in the manage I 1 I( ROASTED) S3 vamp eswvm visitors We Bid You Welcome. ment of the corporation and attempts to produce machinery for which it had no market has produced a condi tion that never before confronted the Gaar-Scott plant the cutting of its force of employes. Plans for the reorganization of the business indicate that by the first of the new year the ihustness will be on Mi AN its old footing with, the full force of nmm di 11 i h'-j mi fa' ja aA iu6Pui iMfi employes at work. Big Output Each Year. 1 i (jreateeKtralTeaB.il Great Ctntral Tea (Jo.

Richmond Indiana' At the time the transfer of the bus! CK.V I VJT I IK-TO I I IU.BMI .1 ness was made to the Rumely com i il Richmond Indiana Si Richmond Indiana JUST LIKE YOU GET AT HOME pany, Howard Campbell was president of the corporation; Frank Land, first e93i vice president; William H. Campbell, second vice president; S. S. Stratton, secretary and C. P.

Holton, treasurer. worn Mr. Stratton had succeeded William G. Scott, who died in 1897. C.

1 Km Htolton and Mr. Stratton, both have since the merger held the position of secretary of the Rumely company. is at The factory In its ordinary run of business turns out several million dol lars worth of masfeinery in a year Qnnailkei iegistered Private Brands of Fresh Roasted Coffee "Packed in Richmond" with a force of 600 men steadily employed. SlLAhTCUTTERS BEING V. by- fl il rim They are made in Richmond and baked in a big, clean and sanitary bakery.

Have you ever tried It's awfully good. Made in special size 10c loaf. You can get it at your grocer's. Robinson and Company Has Large Demand for Product in Amer- ica and Foreign Countries. 210 212 Ft.

Wayne five. 88 Zwissler's Bakery and Lunch Room, 908 Main St. Robinson Company this year are making for export shipment for the International Harvester company and for its own export business a specialty of silage cutters. The main business of the company, however, is still confined to the hay baler, one of the earliest pieoes of farm machinery produced by thiarjbr any other manufactory. This factoly was founded In Richmond in Francis W.

Robinson, a Friend, born in Baltimore in 1810 and who tam to Richmond when he was a Phone 2126 arid have a trial order delivered. Satisfaction guaranteed or MONEY REFUNDED..