The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-05-11
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Thatten day-lab-rers could not end"
Little thought 1.-THE old man eloquent"
IN his far-seeing blindness, that the time
would come when "the lubbar fend" in
the form Of a Russell Premium" would
do the work of a hundred laboring men in
less time, and that the widest tales of
and witchcraft would be exceeded
by the truths of science and the results of
the ingenuity of The traveller who,
On business or pleasure bent, goes through
our country, meets with meme of these
relics of q barbarous age. He sees by the
trackside the lofty elevators, where the
food Of worlds is garnered for shipment
the mighty mandatory where the noisy
hammer, the revolving wheel, or the click
ing shuttle IS busy at work He is not in
a region of romance, but of reality. He
lives not in the faded past, but in the
stirring present. His dreams will not be
of steel-clad barons, but of iron-clad ma
chinery. No resistless knight will, in fan
cy's eye, hurl the spear or thrust the
glalve, but Irresistible steam will fashion
the implement for increasing the comforts
of mankind, and everywhere around he
will view that the majesty of man has in
deed turned the medieval sword into a
plowshare, and the spear into a prunig-
hook.
Thus we thought as the other day we
passed through the State of Ohio, and saw,
at Canton, by the side of the Fort Wayne
railway, and Immediately opposite the de-
pot, the immense new building, which,
though but an offspring Of another insti-
tuition, can IN its extent and grandeur be
truly called gigantic. What are all the
castles of antiquity to this? They were
the haunts of aristocratic idleness, this is
the hive of democratic industry; they
were the homes of braves born to xii and
curse; this is the home of heroes born to
saw and bless there the spear hung upon
the wall, here the keener blade Of the
mower grows into form upon the anvil
There the heavy sword stood ready for the
man of blood, here the mighty sickle is
fashioned into symmetry for the man o.
peaceful acres, for this is the new Reaper
and Mower Works of C. Russell & Co
Originally founded at Massillon, eight
miles away, the works had increased from
year to year; the Premium Threshing Ma.
chine, and the Russell Reaper and Mower
became more known, and the demand
more extensive and constant until, large
as were the works, they were all too small
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States, the Sunny South, the wheat re-
gions of Wisconsin, the broad praIries o.
Iowa, the valley of the Mississippi, the
great Pacific Slope, the shores Of Salt
Lake, the bright fields of Chill, the grand
steppes of Australia and the islands o.
Oceanca, and it was found necessary tC
divide the works. The manufacture o
threshers was retained at the parent in.
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ton, with its 10000 inhabitants, was built
the extensive MANDATORY, which forms
the subject of the present article, anC
which was commenced May 2Sth, 1870
and completed with marvellous rapidly
at an outlay approaching a quarter of {
million dollars, The building which i'm
mediately faces the depot is an ornament
to the town, and strikes the casual trav'
eler as something truly enormous. Sew
eral acres Of land are occupied by the
main erection, its various additions anc
yards for lumber, machinery, and the va
rious requirements of the work carried on
The entire works are of the most substan'
tial character, having a front of 220 feet
three stories high, exclusive of the base.
ment, handsomely rooted with slate, anC
extending in the form of a hollow square
open on one side, to a depth equal to 1T
frontage, having a detached Office anC
several other buildings for various otheI
purposes. One side of the square is de-
voted to the engine room, smith and othel
heavy workshops, while the order and
regularity of the main portion for carry.
ing on to completion. step by step, branch
by branch, part by part, the reapers anC
mowers, from the various materials II
their primitive condition to the complete
machine, may truly be said to illustrate
the perfect clock work of mechanism anC
division of labor. The machinery of the
works is run by a mammoth engine bull
by C. A. Brown of Fitchburg, and hun
dreds of men are constantly employed IL
the various branches necessary to the
completion of the agricultural implement
so universally known and widely used. A
the city of Canton has adopted the Holly
system of Water Works, this grand add
ton to the place is amply guarded from
fire by the possession of three hydrants
and the regulations are such that a catas
trophe of any kind would appear an abso
lutte impossibility. The ventilation
throughout the entire building is ar
ranged on the most scientific principles
for the health and comfort of the artisans
employed, and the various departments
are genially heated by steam, the temper
allure of which can be regulated at pleas
ure. The firm which has so advanced, and
which Is the moving power OF the Mas
sillon Threshing Machine Works, and Thu
concern devoted to the making Of reaperl
and mowers, is an incorporated company
known as G. Russell & Co., with the Hon
Clement Russell as President, J.. S. Ton.
ner, Esq, who for fifteen years was con.
nected with the firm Of c. Aultman &
Co., in a similar line OF business, Secreta'
~ and Treasurer, and W. K. Miller, Esq.
Vice President and Superintendent. It'll
here and under this management that the
machines are made which by the farmel
are considered his most valuable acqulsl
ton, and to which are constantly applied
every improvement which ingenuity car
suggest, and which have so ready a sale.
We cannot conclude this article without
giving a personal incident in the rise anc
progress Of one of the gentlemen we have
named, as an example to the young o
what in this country, where promotion a.
surely awaits merit, as the broad daylight
does the sunrise. In 1915 Mr.. w. K
Miller commenced his boyish careerIn the
shops of the RusselPs as a simple appren'
tice, ct the magnificent salary of a dollal
and a quarter a week. After a probation
of many years labor and devotion to the
interests of his employers, he was takeI
into the firm, and now at the age of A
has the consciousness of beng connected
with one of the great manufacturing in
terests of Ohio, and the still higher graft
fcation Of knowing that it was intrInsi
worth, and not the fond favor of an indis
eliminating fortune which has placed hin
in so responsible a position.
To our thinking there is not upon th'
American continent a more interesting
spot than the new Reaper Works OF G
Russell & Co., of Canton, Ohio.
LOUIS o. MARTIN, a lad Of 16 years o
age, who had been living with his grant
cLL- D:.L-.lIa 5000 To % To hi.