Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-23
CLEVELAND MANUFACTURES.
IRON WORKS.
1I8UN OURD'
STOVES ANn HOLLOW WARE.

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STOVES AND HOLLOW WARE.
Mr.. R. p Myers, of the firm of Myers,
Rouse d Co., commenced the manufacture
of stoves and hollow ware in this city in
1860. The firm have a foundry now on
| West River street, while their office, sale
and store rooms are on the corner of River
and Lighthouse streets. The ground occu-
pied by their manufacturing works has a
frontage on West River street of 395 feet
The foundry is Of brick, was erected in
1864, and is so by geo feet, (the front part
being three stories high and is divided into
a moulding room, so by 200, and a mount.
ing room, 20 by so, on the first floor, the
second and third floors being used as stor-
age rooms. The engine room, cupalo,
cleaning rooms, pattern shop, &C., occupy
the balance Of the building and grounds.
The metal is carried to the furnace on a
car, elevated by steam, which economics a
vast amount of what would otherwise be
very hard manual labor. The machinery
of the establishment embraces all the
modern Improvements adopted and in use
in all first class ~foundries. They are max
ing preparations to build another cupalo,
with blowing machineryof larger capacity
than that in use at present. By thus add
ing another large cupalo their facilities for
melting will be greatly increased.
The capacity of the foundry for turning
out work is large. About 500 to 1000 tons
of pig iron is used yearly, all of which is
manufactured into stoves and hollow ware.
From 1000 to 10000 stoves, of various sizes,
patterns and prices are turned out in a
year. A large proportion of the iron is pro-
cured of the blast furnaces in this vicinity,
which are smelling Lake Superior ore.
Constant employment is furnished 70 to 100
workmen, who receive wages ranging from
sI.50 to $500 per day, according to their
swiftness and skill in performing the labor.
The capital invested by Messrs. Myers,
Rouse & Co. in the business is sI25,O goo.
1t may not be amiss. in this connection,
to allude more particularly to the different
kinds of stoves manufactured at this estab-
lishment. The varieties, sizes and styles
are, numerous, and are, of course, made
in the most perfect name Of cookstoves,
they make an infinite number almost, diff
fering materially from each other. Their
speciality is the "Benefactor," a frst-class
stove for coal or wood, constructed with a
view to greater convenience, economy, du-
rability and, last, though not least, beauty.
They make two sizes. Some of the other
cooking stoves are the "Eclipse," "Mon-
arch" Friend" "Golden Rule" and "Com-
forter." The Union Parlor" and "scout
ParlOr" are also partial cook stoves. There
is a great variety of parlor, sitting room
and office stoves, for wood and coal, all of
which sell equally well, as their merits are
about equal. The Hollow Ware of their
manufacture is such as accompany cook
stoves always. They also deal extensively
in Timers stock and other articles of a
kindred nature and are agents for the
sale Of J. Painter & Sons celebrated Sheet
Iron, whose works are in Pittsburgh and
general agents for Louis Lilies improved
fire and burglar proof safes. Besides the
local trade, their sales are made to some
extent in Pennsylvania, and largely in
Michigan, Illinois and Iowa.