Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-05-18
Manufactures.


The Cedar Falls Starch Manufacture
ing Company was organized on the 4th
day of April, 1866. The capital stock of
the company is now something more
than $4,000, and may be increased to
100000. The officers are as follows:
President-.Iacob Cole.
Vice President--J. NJ. Overman.
Treasurer-J. NJ. benjamin.
Sccretary-H. c. Hunt.
Board Of Drectors--Jacob Cole. J. NJ. Over
man, A. q. Thompson, +. Townsend, Geo. y.
Baker. w. s. Garrison, Jesse Cooper.
About twenty-five men are now at
work putting up the Factory, which is
to be 134xs4 feet, built of stone, three
stories high. The building will be OH
the river bank, west side of Mainst.-
The work is being done under the SUI
perintendency of Mr.. Geo. a. Baker, a
gentleman Of large experience in the
manufacture of starch. The Company
will commence by manufacturing two
hundred bushels Of corn per day, en-
ploying about thirty men. 1t is estima-
ted that about 800, 900 pounds of starch
per year will be turned out, by running
on 200 bushels of corn per day, the val
Tie of which is put at not far from $780,
900. 1t is intended each year to increase
the capacity of the Factory 100 bushels
of corn per day, until the number of 600
bushels day is used. The machinery
has been purchased, and the President
of the company, Mr.. Jacob Cole, is now
Oh his way to Cedar Falls with it. An
idea of the quantity of machinery re-
quired may be gained from the fact that
it will load from ten to fifteen cars. The
Factory will be in operation this fall.
WOODEN FACTORY.
A Wooden Factory was put up last
year, and will be put into operation
about the lst of June. The original
building is built of stone, 40x54 feet,
three stories high; but the proprietors,
Messrs. NJ. Collins & Co., finding that
too small, are now building an addition
of 1Sx26 feet, one and Histories high,
and also an office and storeroom 2Ox4O
feet. This Factory will manufacture
about 800 pounds of wool per day, and
employ, at least, twenty-four hands. 1t
will manufacture all kinds of wool
cloths, such rs cassimeres, doeskins,
tweeds, fannels, &c. The firm is COM
posed of NJ. Collins, Chas. Elliott, J. X.
Brown.
REAPER FACTORY AND GENERAL RE-
PAIR SHOP.
Mr.. H. c. Overman has for some TIME
past been negotiating, with Messrs.
Fountain Bros, Of Rockton, Ills, to Sc
cure the establishment here of Reaper
Factoryand General Repair Shop. We
are enabled to announce this week that
he has been successful, and that such
an establishment is to be at once erect
ed. The Fountain Bros. have been in
the business in Illinois, and have all
the necessary machinery which will be
moved to this place. The Fountain
Reaper and Mower, a machine sustain
ing an excellent reputation, will be
made, The work of erecting the build
ing for this business has commenced
The building will be 30x60 feet, two sto-
ries high, and located at the southeast
corner of Mill-Square. The business
will employ about twelve men, to start
with, but will probably soon be so in
creased as to demand twice that num-
Der. The Messrs. Fountain will remove,
with their families. to Cedar Falls, and
have requested Mr.. Overnan to look
them up desirable lots OH which to erect
dwelling houses.
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP.
The Foundry and Machine Shop OF
Messrs. Bulge & Wilcox is now in a
prosperous condition, having recently
been enlarged and improved. The ma
chine shop occupies building $0x40,
two stories high; the moulding room is
the same size, one story Matchmaking
the building 30Sso feet on theground
Messrs. Bulge & Wilcox have pat
terms for all kinds Of mill-gearing, and
make its manufacture their speciality.
Last summer they made the entire ma