The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-12-28
OTTAWA MANUFAcroRIrs
Their Dusimess During 1872.

ike mush rooms, IN = singh %, forgetting
that the concentration of capt. /. sithout some
great impetus such as the buildin, of new towns
in an uudeveloped colatry. ia regions OF f,bu-
lous gold and mythic III 'nonas, must in an
old settled country like This b, the work of years.
and have los, sight Of the IN ,nui cto-les that We
have. and which are quietly working away, en-
plOying large numbers Of m.n and annually pro-
ducing immense Quantities of valu bile articles.
| The lie, din5 f.ctorie, and m chine shops of OF.
| taV now in successful opar ,.iou AIRS numerous,
and their annual products swell into no mean
| figure, as will be discovered in the folloMing
statistics that may he faithfully relied upon.
collAted for public information.
TIE GLASS WORKS.
Oae OF the most important among the several
leading manufactures of Ottawa is the Glas.
Works. The company was or1anized in the fall
OF 1859, aud tho buildings, except the west ad-
dition. large, separate buildng erected during
the winter OF 81 aud '6S. The company began
making winlow ;l... April l, 1868. Until last
fall they employed ten pts. Daring the year
1872, eadins Aug. ls', they paid out for Labor,
exclusive of any improvements, in the 6rdn Try
eourss OF business Tor operators alo1e so 900
and for m .teri.ls 10000, and turned gu, 80 900
boxes OF glass of 80 square feet each, or 100 600
square feet Of 81 IS. l. st summer the works
were enlarged by the erection Of another build
ing. with tarnacs holding ten pots more, 10 v
giving them 20 pots ia all, and giving employ.
ment to l2J men, whose etraings foot I'D to the
sum of twelve thousand dollars per month. They
now make 6l0O boxes Of glas, each month.
They run ten months ia ye4:, stopping during
the heated :,rm in IA 4 SIMMER two month. for
repairs. They u,e 8 900 ton, of coal duriny the
year. About 100000 feet of lumber are annually
used in making boxes. and about $50 tons Of
soda ash in the same time also 1900 ton. #
land and 3O) bbl. Of lime yearly.
Capital stock $4,000.
Their loo .tion gives them superior facilit,e,
for shipping, the works being on land bounded
on the south, and at the doors Of the buildings,
by the Illinois & Mich. caa.l, on the north by
the c., X. I. & p. railroad, aud running past the
esta blishnent on the cas-. il the Fox River
branch OF the c., B. & q railroad, and b ave side
tracks and Al receive III ,,eri is and ship ,hsir
goods without earting to either road upon tho
cars.
The Ola" Works are owned by stock com.
psny. Of which j. d. Cation 10 President aud T.
u. Cstliu treasurer sud secretary.
sTORAONT's FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOPS.
At the corner of La Sale and L,ttye,te
streets are Wm. Stormont's Foundry and NJ.
large frame buildings, we'll adapted to the pur.
poses tori which they are used. Mr. Stormon,
began business in:1SjS with . moderate capital,
but has been constantly adding to his f.c,li,ie.
ever since, until now he has . very extensive
establishment. The value Of his ma,eri.ls nov
is over $4,000. He employs 80 hands, whose
annual earnings amount to $4,000 He man.
ufaetures feed mills, all sorts OF house work.
such a. iron columns. caps ond stills, iron rail.
ing, besides lamp posts and various kinds Of
heavy lroa work on special orders. Daring the
last season he turned out = large amount Of
| work for Chicago buildings.
PORTER, MASON & CO.
No manufacturing establishment in O,taw,
has risen more rapidly in general Importance
than that Of Porter, Mason & Go. The proprie.
tors, succsssors to Mr.. Porter in the f gle
Works, finding themselves no longer able to fill
the orders that came pouring in upon them in
their old quarters,-the incrsAsinS demands OF
their large business literally forcing them t.
seek more room, were compelled to find moro ex.
tensivs facilities, and purchased tho Reed g.
Gibson foundry and machine shops, At the s,ds.
| cut, on Madison street.
On taking possession Of these already spacious
buildings, which they did in March last, they
soon added large frame structure TO the east.
ern building. aud now run not only all thcsr,
but the Eagle Works, 10 Of old. The foundry, a
frame structure Oh Madison street, is 33 #. wide
BY 80 fee: in length. aud is devoted to all sort,
Of castings. Adjoining this on tho north are
the machine shops. The building lie Of brick,
two stories high. 30 feet wide by 80 feet ia
length. Here are five large lathes constantly in
use, with the smaller boring machines, &C.
Here is also boring and facing lathe AZ fee,
in diameter and IA inch face, the largest machine
Of this kind in this section of country. and the
only ono on which extra large pully wors n
DO done. They manufacture lock work. IN II
gearing, and everything in the line peculiar to
large machine shop. East Of thi. ia a large
frame building, BIB feet wide, 12c feet long and
two stories high. Hero is the wood work and
painting establishment. They mako the cole
br.ted Foy corn shelter, claimed to be tho be.
in the country without exception, and has Aiver
perfect satisfaction in all now territories whor,