The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-30 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

This Company has been formed for the purpose of pur-
chasing and carrying on the important and well-known busi-
ness of Engineers, Ironfounders, and Manufacturers of
Agricultural Machinery and Implements, a hich having been
established nearly half a century, has been conducted for the
last thirty years by Messrs. Barrett, Exall, and Andrewes.
While these gentlemen will realise by this transaction the
accumulated profits of many years, they will yet remain large
eh .reho' der., and continue to give their active co-operation
in conducting the fUttire busint ss of the company.
The demand for machinery at home and abroad being so
extensive, capital to an extent can be profitably employed
in its production, and the recent transfer of so many of the
first-class engineering firms in the country to companies
formed under the Act of 1862, among whom may be named
Messrs. Fairbairn and Co., and Messrs. Sharp, Stewart, and CO.,
of Manchester, Messrs. John Brown and Co., and Messrs. Cam-
'nell and Co., of Sheffield, Messrs. Slaughter, Gruning, and
Co., of Bristol, &c., is at once proof of the advantageous cha-
racter of the principle of association.
A provisional Agreement, equitable and satisfactory, has
been entered into va;th the Vendors, which secures to the
Company, at a valuation, the freehold known as " The
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Katesgrove Iron Works, Reading," together with
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River frontage of 440 feet, with a roadway on the other side,
and an average depth of 175 feet, on which are erected the
large and commodious foundry, smithy, boiler shops, engi-
neers', fitters', and erectors' shops, replete with the necessary
tools and machinery. The engine-house with its horizontal
engine of 40-horse power, pair of boilers, baths, gas works,
offices, ,tc., as well as the lofty and massive store rooms,
pattern stores, &o. A very large and commodious wood-
machine shop about 120 feet long by 30 feet wide, and a con-
verted timber yard occupies the site of another freehold.
The leasehold property consists of 10 acres of meadow
land, separated by the River Kennet from the Katesgrove
freehold, and easily connected at any time by a bridge.
The remaining works, on which are additional steam en-
gines of thirty-five horse power, are h Id on annual tenure,
on which are the saw mills, stables, wood shops, store rooms,
iron house, and warehouses, smithy, sheds, show rooms,
offices, &c., the whole of which are conveniently arranged.
The connections and Agencies established by the retiring
Firm, both in this country and in the Colonies, as well as
throughout Europe, combined with the signal success which
their manufactures have attained, and the leading !position
which they hold, their recognised standing at the Interna-
tional Exhibitions in England in 1851 and ff 62, and in France
in 1855, manifested also in the numerous and distinguished
prizes they have taken throughout Europe, cannot fail to
secure to this Company a t rosperous future.
As a guarantee of the soundness of the undertaking, the
Vendors have agreed that they will not receive any interest
on their s^ area until a minimum dividend of 5 per cent. has
been paid on the remainder of the subscribed cai.ital. which
agreement is to extend over a period of five years—while Mr.
William Exall and Mr. Charles J. Andrewes,who have taken
respectively the Engineering and Commercial Manageme- t
is the business, will, as soon as the transfer is complete, take
seats at the Board, and bring to bear their extensive and
valuable experience.
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pate a safe and remunerative dividend, and will therefore
only add, in conclusion, that of the many enterprises now
befi•re the public, few can surpass it in this reasonable expec-
tation, inasmuch as its op, rations wil not be suspended for
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Offices of the Company in London or Reading. Each a4tythb the
appli-
cation must he accompanied with a deposit of 20s. p,. Share.
had of Prospectusest
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Brokers,Forin of
The Articles o' Association may be inspected at the c.,lces of
I the Solicitor. 35, Litteeln's,inn-fields, Loudon.

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