Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-05-11

having been taken before they wer,
erected. The fence which is shown be
longs to property across the street-Mr
Albert Aliens.
Manufactofles.
STARCH FACTORY.
The Cedar Falls Starch Manufactur
ing Company was organized on the 4tt
day of April, 1865. The capital stock o
the company is now something mor'
than O,OOO, and may be increased t.
$780, 900. The officers are as follows:
Hesidsnt-Jacob Cole.
Tice Pyesident--J; M. OvermAn.
Secretdry-H. c. Hunt.
Board Of Dtrectors-Jacob Cole. J. NJ. Over
mR aH:;- = ThG2mI,:on' 1s.. T1wn.srd Geo.
About twenty-five men are now al
work putting up the Factory, which IL
to be 134xs4 feet, built Of stone, three
stories high. The building will be on
the river bank, west side Of Main-st.-
The work is being done under the su'
perintendency of Mr.. Geo. A. Baker, 4
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. It's estima-
tod that about i 800, 900 pounds Of starch
per year will be turned out, by running
on 200 bushels of corn per day, the val
ue of which is put at not far from 500,
600. 1t is intended each year to increase
the capacity of the Factory 100 bushels
of corn per day, until tho number of 900
bushels a day is used. The machinery
has been purchased, and the President
of the company, Mr.. Jacob Cole, is now
on 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 LIST of June. The original
building is built of stone, 4Ox54 feet,
three stories high; but the proprietors,
Messrs. NJ. Collins & Co., finding that
too small, are now building an addition
of 1926 feet, one and halfstories high,
and also an Office and storeroom 2)x4O
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 as cassimeres, doeskins,
tweeds, iannels, &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 a Reape,
Factory and General Repair shop. We
are enabled to announce this week that
he has been successful, and that sucl,
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, machine sustain
ing an excellent reputation, will be
made. The work of .erecting tho build.
ing for this business has commenced
The building will be 3Ox6O 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 mum.
Der. The Messrs. Fountain will remove
with their families, to Cedar Falls, and
have requested Mr.. Overman to look
them up desirable lots on which to erect
dwelling houses.
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP.
The Foundry and Machine Shop o.
Messrs. Bulge & Wilcox is now in 6
prosperous condition, having recently
been enlarged and improved. Tho ma
chine shop occupies building sOx4O
two stories high; the moulding room i,
the same size, one story Matchmaking
the building 3OxsO feet on the ground
Messrs. Bulge l. Wilcox have pat.
terms for all kinds of mill-gearing, and
make it's manufacture their speciality
Last summer they made the entire ma
chinery of a Touring mill that is now
in operation and doing good work.
Their work is not inferior to that o.
any establishment in the west. We
have seen heavy columns, for store
fronts, shafts, reaper and mower repairs
and many other samples of work thai
were certainly all that could be desired
They have done something in the way
of manufacturing stoves, and intend
hereafter to make it quite an important
branch Of their business. They have
patterns for two sizes of box Stoves
This establishment employs ten men.
IMPLEMENT FACTORY
Our townsman, L. B. Holt, inventor
of the glass mole-board pillow, q reaper
and mower, and an improved feed cut.
ter. has determined to put up factory
in Cedar Falls for the manufacture OF
his Supplements, all patented within a
year. He talks Of making the building
about sex2OO feet, and Of employing in
the nsighborhood of 100 men. He has
hesa very successful in his inventions,
and il abundantly able to do this, il he
shall conclude to start on so large q
scale. He is now east, and on his re.
turn home will at once decide in regard