The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-28

! er buildings in Ottawa. Besides wh,,t, thew
have made up AMI shipped west, north ana south
$4,000 worth of sash. doors, blinds. &c. Tbev
employ from $50 to 200 men, whose WAGES 40.
greg ate 800 1000 year.
KING & HAMILTON
Between the M in caual and the e p IEp
H. H., adjoining the track of the latter and with.
IN few rods Of the former, ives. of l.. S,lIest
is the extensive agricultural implement factory
OF King 81 II milton. TIE firm are successor,
oi " IA. Gilman, who Commenced business hers
alone some years ago. In 1865 he was Joined bv
the members OF the present firm, who. in 1863
bought out his interest. Their building ia
large "'e'; structure, two stories high, nth one
front 81 l4) feet, one wing of 100 feet, and ano.
theF o! ~ feet, all 10 feet wide, with an engine
house - feet square. These large shops are fill.
el with all the best modern machinery suited to
| their business run by - horse power enpire
| Iaey employ on an average 100 men tho wear
FOUND whose lay aggreg ties abou. So 900 per
month. They manufacture chiefly the Cham.
! pion Guilty. tor" and the GILMAN Corn Sbellern
| two implements with a world wide rennt.,;o,
TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENT FACTORY.
| We failed to note at the proper time the fact
that the Western Uuion TELEGRAPH. instrument
manufactory at this place changed hands som.
time ago IN November last, Mr.. Robert Hen.
ming, the manager of the concern under tn.
| tcrmer c7mptny purchased the entire establish.
ment, and took possession on the 18th Of the
month named. The factory has been stocked
| throughout with splendid lie y IN .chiuery. among
which may DC mentioned thirteen iron hand.
lathe., ole screw machine costing 500, a Put.
nam plsuer, fret class, large milling IN achipe
and numerous smaller implements The cos, Of
tho factory, the m-re machinery and stock ex.
elusive # the buildit Is and the ten horse power
ngiue that runs the works, amount. 70 ten
thousand dollars. At present nineteen men find
regular daily emIl yment at ,hi. factory, earn.
ing an average OF four dollars per hand per
! diem. Mr.. Henuins exhibited TO Us a stock Of
flies of all grades, greater in variety and excel.
ling in quantity all the combined stock Of the
hardware store, III the city. At this establish.
nent exc mace all the article. in the telegraph
instrument sod supply line. and the goods find
ready sale all over the country The new firm
OF r HeDHin- * Co. have Determined TO extend
the bushes, to have no -ucce .-ful rivals in
the country. Mr. Heuu,as has Lad seventeen
years experience in the business, aud is fully
posted III every detail,
TIE annual business OF the Telegraph Iu-tru.
mehs ctnry daring the year ending Nov Is,
last, was At the rate Of 5000 per month, or
! 800 900 per snrum. The pay roll was little
over 81 900 per mouth.
THE STARCH FACTORY.
Located ths basin, which is connected with
the .n canal by the -d"-cut,,,is the Starch Fac.
| tory. 1t is immense structure. part Of brick
aud part wood, with the most complete and exten.
-ive internal appointment and ample f.cii,ies
for making starch. From eighty to one hun.
drei men lind employment, here At good wages
The annual n-ump ,iono corn i, shout one hun.
dred aud tweaty Ave thou, md bushels Tni. fac
tory is OF grea, value to the city, in asnuoh at
certain season. OF the year. when business in
town would other wise De dull. the company pay
GU. large sum, ~ mc,.ey for corn, and at figures
equ.l to Chicago prices, and make good local
IN .rkst for This kind Of grain.
| THE OTTAWA MACHINE SHOPS AND FOUNDRY.
| Thi. il one If ,na ode,, sni best kn own estab-
l.hmen,. in ,hi. section Of the state I. was
started in 1915 or 1916, aud b.c,mO the property
Of VIM II. W. Gu.bman in the fall vf the fol.
lowing year. and the first blast in the furnace
under hi. proprie,orship was blown between
| Christm,s and New Years Of 1S46-1S47. The
buildings have been rebuilt and added to siu,s,
~ that no one would recognize the present large
structures from thcir small beginnings.
| In Nov. 1871 the eotire property passed into
the ownership OF the present owner, Mr.. George
Il. n. Cushman who drive, business with an
energy and perseverance th,. can hardly fail Of
| an ahund Ant reward.
The buildings nov are many, eioh adapted
exclusively 70 soma one department OF the
var;ou, branches Of work doae here. At the
enst end OF the series stands the office, brick
building two stories high, % feet wide by IS
feet long. The upper portion is fitted NJ into a
large and convenient office, and the lowet por-.
ton IL a conveniently arranged packing roem.'
Adjoining thi. on the north are two pattern
room (; one 90 feet wide by SO feet lous and
another os feet square. These rooms are full OF
every m amer of patterns of wheels. pu''eys'
pinions, boxes, bearings shafts AMI parts OF
almo., every INN lsinab!e IN .chins where iron
castings can be used, the aconmu'i''on| OK
twenty-five years.
r., the ives. OF tho Office is the foundry,
fran. building 36 by % ieet. Here all Kinds OF
li,ht anil heavy ct-tiu.. ATE mia'. The tnrn'
a.. .,v a. mo ttnN