The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-23
MINIATURES.
Moline 9low 0ompany's Works.

The works of Candee. Swan l. Co., or the
Moline Pillow Company are located on the cor
ner Main and Mill streets, with . frontage Of
800 feet on Main, and 800 feet on Mill.
The valuation of machinery and buildings is
$I25,000. The works were established in
1866, in an old frame building, which stands
on the same corner, and is now used for
storage. Their increased business required
more room, so the present building were
erected, and more are yet to be built.
The buildings are of brick, three stories
high, and are connected with each other,
forming a copanuous block, and built
.round the sides OF the lot, 30 - to form .
hollow square in the centre, which 10 open,
With the exception of brick boiler and engine
rooms. Starting in the first floor, on Mill
street, we enter the shop in which handles
are finished, large room full Of handles,
and one portion of it used as an Office. The
next room is the wood working room, with
numerous saws and machines. The next
room is used as grinding and polishing
room, and is filled with belts and grind
stones.
The next room is q part of the blacksmith
shop, long, high rooted, one story brick
building, extending the whole length Of the
Office. The frst room on the north side Of
the shop is used a. an iron finishing room
the title being sufficient clue as to the
work. The next room is . very large one
and is used as . blacksmith shop, with
ponderous hammers and piles of iron and
steel filling the room. From this room We
pass into the foundry in the same building
where the casting of the firm is done. The
room over the Office, in the second floor, ii
used for storage, the room in the third
story, over this one is also used for storage
Over the wood working shop of the frs
floor is the vanishing room, and ovel
this room in the third story is another
storage room. In the rear of the row, the
second floor is used for putting the iror
and wood of the plows and cultivator'
together.
The articles made are plows, Of which
they make about hundred sizes, and Quilt
vators, riding and walking. The capita
invested is $500 900, Their annual salel
from s450,oOO to 100000. The numbe,
of hands employed by this firm is $50, and
their annual wages from $l25,00o to $3.50,
900. The motive power is water, most o
the year, although steam is used when the
Water Power is frozen up. Of water they
| have l20-horse power-two wheels and Of
steam, l50horse power, one engine, Vori.
of Peoria, whose advertisement can be
found in this paper. is the maker, and good
engine it is too.
| Their plows are sold throughout all the
Western States, in Missouri, Kansas takes q
number annually, California and Oregon,
west, Louisiana, Texas, and Tennessee
south, pass in their checks for considsra
BILE number, the entire southern trade is be
coming brsker, and the demand for thei,
articles daily becomes larger. In four year.
time, these works have increased from q
small two story frame building, to one O
the largest manufactures in the place. Mex
year will see an extension of business, and
the erection OF a new building. The ole
shell on the corner 10 to give place to 8
four story brick, to be 60xl2O feet.