The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-20
Communicated
iron FOundries and Machine Shops


Amongst the chief reasons for the
rapid growth of our city to the pres
ent time, and furnishing sure indi-
lcation that this growth will be no less
rapid in the future, is the high posi-
ition it has assumed as an iron manu-
featuring center. Our machine shops
and foundries present a lively scene
of activity the whole year round.
They are places where capital and
labor are mutually benefited; where
the mechanic is amply paid for his
honest industry, and the master con-
trols, to the best advantage, the in
terests of all concerned; and where,
during the past. no strikes have oe-
lcurred to interrupt the harmony and
good feeling existing between the en-
ployer and employed. The magni-
tude and prosperity of all these estab-
llishments is truly astonishing. con-
sidering the comparatively short time
they have been in operation. Twenty
wears ago there was not foundry or
machine shop in Evansville Now
there are nearly dozen doing sue
cessful business, giving employment
to hundreds of skillful work
men, and bringing our city
into repute as first-class manu-
featuring depot. And this not only
In our own State. The mill owners
and business men living in Southern
Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Northern Alabama, who employ ma
chinery to tighten their labors and
supply their wants, patronize our
workshops. Upon trial they find
that they can get every description of
machinery and iron work put up here
promptly and at low figures. Our
shipping facilities are not surpassed
by any city along the Ohio Valley.
The broad and beautiful river that
flows at our feet, seldom debars nav
igation to the largest steamboats,,
either by theWinter's ice or the Sum
mer's drought. We have constant
access to all the trading points along
the Wabash, Green River, the Cum
berland and Tennessee Rivers; and
by railroad to every part of the coun-
try north of US.
As to the style, finish, durability,
features in iron, we can say with con-
fdence that they are not excelled in
these respects by any market in the
West. Our productions, In this line,
have rendered universal satisfaction
wherever they have been introduced.
Indeed, we know many instances
where buyers of engines and machin-
cry passed by the larger cities of Lou
isville, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, and
have given our market the preference,
because they were salts fed of the su-
perior character of the work our me-
chanics turn out.
Prominent among esta blishments
of this kind, In our midst, is the well
known foundry and machine shop OF
Messrs. Reitz & Haney, whose extern
sive works are located on the canal.
corner Of 1ngle Street. Starting about
ten years ago, very modestly. they
have, in this time, built up large
and flourishiDg business. Their plans,
from the first, were laid with a view
to the future. Feeling assured that
at no distant day, our city was bound
to become a most important one for
manufacturing. they have steadily
pursued their course in this direction,
until there Is nothing in the way Of !
engines, boilers, machinery and cast
lngs they are not prepared to turn 7
out on short notice. Their |
practical knowledge of the de-
tails Of the business; their /
efficient organization in every depart-
ment; and their large corps of skill
full mechanics, enable them to UNDER
take contracts Of any magnitude, and
to give satisfaction when they are
completed. Their customers are to
be found in all parts of the West
and South. During the past year
they have sold engines and machinery
in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi,
Illinois and Indiana, so widely spread
IS their reputation. One reason for
this lies in the fact that wherever
they put up mill, or sell a piece of
machinery, the purchaser. finds he
has got ANA i job. As a consequence |
he boasts Of his superior engines and
work to his neighbors, who, IN turn,
become purchasers, and thus eontinu-
ally add TO the fame of the builders.
We can say with confidence to all
who contemplate putting up machin-
cry, or getting work of any kind in
their line done, don't go farther
a. d fare worse, but give Messrs.
heitz q Haney your orders, and you