The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-27

through several of the various estab
lishments afforded me no little sur
prise to find the manufacturing in.
terests carried on here as extensively
as they are. There is three-se
woolen factory here, belonging t.
John Zulauf & Sons, which manufac
tured some twonty thousand yards o
all the ordinary kinds of cloths, fan
nels, etc, made in this State, the past
year. 1t is operated by steam, and
employs twenty-five hands. They
also have two-set woolen factory
and flour mill near Conterville, Ap
panoose county, from which they ex
pect great results. There is also a
plow factory here, operating since
March last, which has turned out a
hundred and fifty plows, similar to
the celebrated Deere plow of Moline.
1t is carried on by Messrs. Shock &
Keistcr, and operated by steam power.
l learn these plows bear their honors
equal with those imported. and why
shouldn't they? There is no reason
why all these implements employed
IN tilling Iowasoil cannot be success
fully manufacturedi in Iowa towns
There is also quite an extensive foun-
dry and machine shop here, where all
kinds OF engines, iron fronts, etc, are
made, instead Of purchasing them
abroad. These worksare manned by
Drake& Spivey.
The maRufacturc Of wagons is car
riod on here very cxtensively-per-
haps so much so as at any point in
the State, unless it be ut some OF the
larger river towns. There were
nearly nine hundred wagons manu-
factured and sold the past year. Of
which w. C. Grimes made over six
hundred. Since the establishment
of his mandatory, five years ago,
he has made 1910 wagons and carri.
ages. Ills business amounted to SO,
900 last year. He uses cash capi-
tai of over $4,000 annually, and en-
ploys from thirty-fve to forty hands.
Durfee & Pollard also employ some
twenty hands in the manufacture OF
wagons and carriages. They made
last year two hundred and thirty
wagons. Their sales are largely IN
crcasing this year. The oldest estab-
lishmcnt here is that OF A. Baldwin
& Co., now carried on by Hannaman
& Harding. Besides the manufacture
of wagons, they operate extensive
steam machinery for the manufacture
of wagon material for others. The
blacksmithing department of this cs-
tablishment occupies the first Jail
building erected in Wapello county.
1t is built of logs and planked above,
below and sides with thick oak plank,
spiked to the logs with iron spikes
driven every three or four inches
from each other. The wagons made
at these establishments find a ready
sale, and arc fast gaining the field
horoabout, largely to the exclusion
of those made in other States.
Furniture is also largely manufac-
tured here. Last year the Ottumwa
Manufacturing Company, Of which
e. Washburn is President, sold S25s
900 worth of furniture. They pul-
chase the logs and saw them into the
various kinds of material needed
They work twenty-five hands, and
employ stock capital Of $4,000 in
in the manufacture Of furniture, sash,
blinds. etc. The first furniture man.
ufactory establishment here was that
of Daniel Eaton Il Co., ia 1857. They
manufactured last year S35, 600 worth.
They also employ q cash capital OF
100000, and work some twenty hands
in the manufacture Of all kinds OF
furniture for the wholesale market
Both these establishments have ex-
tensive establishments and machinery
operated by steam power, and are
fast building up just what this State
needs-home manufacture FALL those
articles most needed for ordinary
use.
There are two Touring mills here
the Farmers, and 0ttumwa City
Mills. The former is operated by j.
Bowser & Co., and is overtWenty years
old, contains three run of burrs, and
ground 1900 bushels since January
last. The latter mill, of Hunter u
Co., has three run of burrs, with Ca
pacity OF hundred barrels in twen-
ty-four hours, They manufactured
twelve thousand barrels of flour the
past year. They ship to Chicago and
St. Louis. Both these mills are op-
Grated by steam.
The extensive pork packing house
oe Ladd, Gillaspy Il CO., the past year,
slaughtered eight thousand h"gs.-
The year previous to the one just
closed they slaughtered eighteen
thousand.
BUSINESS.
Ottumwa was unfortunate indeed
in the destruction of some eighteen
leading business houses by fire last
| Novomber. With that commendable
| enterprise so generally characteristic