The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-19

aedl1As nses1rss . repair snd innsass ~
nashiassy, I'D II two weeks win " prspsrsd
. begin work with greatly enlarged faciiitiss.
They hope then to greatly advance the quaa.
6ty md quality Of manafistsfe. The Foon-
dry win become credit and ladvantage to
Ksokuk and The West, and profitable 70 il
owners.
Sixteen years ago, when Keokuk was hedg.
ed up under the hill, with the scraggiest Of
scragsy thickets occupying most Of its present
site, when Main street ran itself into clay
hank and stopped ct 4th strhet; when the bu-
siness part Of the place was content to locate
iasslf between 4th street and the river,
then CoxsrocK Bios. came to this borough.
They commenced in their present bust
ness and worked for success. They have
made it. Keokuk grew ambitious; put otI
its swsddling clothes; got into filter
rig; dug down its hills: filled upits "a
vines; cleared away its thickets; got
ont Of the mud, changed COW. paths into streets,
spread out generally in all directions, built
its business and dwelling houses, made its
Main street the pretiiest street in Iowa, put
on city airs, got good population, did .
large business, and became, what it is now,
pretty much ofa municipality. Messrs. Con-
STOCK BRo's we're active, vigilant, industrious,
discreet, honest, doing good work, selling
good goods, increasing in popular favor during
all these years, and hence their business and
prosperity increased largely a they deserved
to do. Their extensive house on Main street
is we'll filled with stoves and the articles of
their trade with which they meet satisfactorily
the demands Of large trade. Their con-
nected branch houses III Quincy and Ottumwa,
increase their facilities for extending their
business and supplying Iowa, and the ad-
jacent parts Of Illinois and Missouri with
stoves.
Popular as they have thus become, with
many patrons to please, We are glad that our
friends facilities for pleasing and meeting :
greatly increased supply, are SO opportunity
enlarged by the purchase Of this Foundry.
Manufactures are main artery in Keokuk
business life, and we are glad to chronicle
their growth and development. There are
now twenty moulders in the establishment
This number will be increased to thirty, Ad-
ditional patterns have been ordered, and will
soon be added. These, with the work done
at the Quincy Foundry, will give our friends
about one hundred different styles and pat.
terms, and this will afford them facility for
supplying the trade, unsurpassed, probably
unequaled, by any house West Of the Ale
ghanies.
The aim of Messrs. Coxsrock BRo's is to
be able to offer q better market and better
bargains to Western purchasers, than Chicago
or st. Louis. To this end they work inces-
sanity, and herein We wish them the greatest
and earliest success. Our citizens, and the
people of the Des Moines Valley, and all
Southern, central and Western Iowa should
support them in their endeavors.
We visited the property yesterday. The
process of moulding was going on. The
works and buildings are extensive and will
receive additions. With the Foundry are
three and one-hale lots, which give the Com
pany ample room for present operations and
future improvements. Cisterns and pumps
amply supply all parts of the establishment
with water. In q couple of weeks, mayhap,
we shall call there again, and under the control
and supervision Of Messrs. c. Bros we ex-
pect to find one Of the finest manufacturing
institutions in the West. We may then talk
more aboutit
By-the-by, and this is postscript, our en-
ergetic and frst-rate business friend, Mr.. H.
B. Ten EYcK, Real Estate Agent, negotiated
this purchase, and for all business of this kind
he is in his office.