Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-05

Guiding railway work and several speciaities
for the city trade, retail and wholesale.
Among these latter are iron kettles of vary
ing patterns and sizes, and sink pipes.
Laferty g. Co.
This firm supplies the metal-lined wood
pump and an iron-framed wind mill, named
vention of the senior of the firm, Mr.. LATER
ty. For both they hold the patent right for
the Northwest, covering six States and Terri
tories. The pumps are bored and shaped in
wind-mills are wholly made here, and the
firm anticipates sales the coming season
which will require quite extensive manufac,
turing facilities. One of the wind mills, a
twelve-foot one, pumping water from forty
foot well, may be seen in operation at Mr..
Keller's, 351 East Seventh. They employ at
manufacturing three men, and will have six
o. more the coming spring.
st. Paul Foundry and Manufacturing
Company.
This is a stock company, of which w. r.
Merriam is president, G. N. Parker being
general manager aud FL. w. Topping score
tary and treasurer. The company's works,
situated as above indicated, include machine
AMI blacksmith shops, moulding and finish
ing shops, pattern and paint shops, store
ROOMS and Offices, forming considerable
objection of buildings, to which will be add
ed this season a new foundry, 8Ox100 feet,
and two or three smaller shops. The bust
ness has been rapidly increased since the
stock company was organized and furnished
the large capital needed. A prominent part
of the business at this time is the manufac-
tnre of car wheels, for all the railways run
ming into this city except tho Milwaukee &
st. Paul. The new foundry building for
which the ground is now being graded will
be exclusively for car whools and is planned
for casting 80 wheels day. 1t will be fitted
with hosting apparatus operated by steam
and will have all the approved
appliances pertaining to the
mist complete of foundries. Car
wheels are turned out of every pattern in
use on our roads and are made under q pat
emit, for which this company owns the State
right, for preventing pitting on the face of
the wheel. The company has contracted all
the wheels it can manufacture for some
months to come, but it had the iron on hand
or contracted for before the rise il iron of
the last few months. Another prominent
f..ture of the business is the making of
steam engines. The company made and
sold last year 80 farm or portable engines
and will turn out as many or more this year.
OF stationary, horizontal or upright, en-
gines, the company also carries sufficient
stock to be able to outfit mill or shop, in
2l hours from receiving the order, with
boiler, engine and attachments. Some of
the portable engines were sold last year in
Kansas and Nebraska and two are in use in
Fort Assinibciue. A 75-horse power engine
from these works las just been put in at the
North Star Mills, this city, and during the
last year they have supplied engines as
follows: One hundred-horse power fer a
grist mill at Fishers Landing; 75-horse
power for grist mill at Holmes City; 25-
horse power for q railroad shop at Fargo;
100 horse power at Wadena; 25-horse power
at Carver; 80 horse power at Brainerd; four
smaller engines for grain elevators on the
Hastings & Dakota road horse power fol-
railroad shop at Breckinridge; 50-horse
power for the State prison; 50-horse power
for planning mill at Minneapolis, and %
horse power for saw mill at Minneapolis
Among the jobs on hand last week and ap-
preaching completion were two hosting en-
gines for the Northwestern Fuel company
to be used at Duluth, and 100-horse power
engine, which was being rebuilt for Capt
| Cutters saw mill in the Sixth ward. In
furnishings castings for buildings, columns
| CRATES, etc., these works are uuequalled in
the Northwest. Among late jobs in this line
was the casting of the 10 feet columns fol
| the new market house. The facilities fol
heavy castings were illustrated lately by Q
large coal hosting platform, which is going
to Duluth. In connection with this COM
pany, or relying upon it for his iron, one Ct
the contractors of this city offers to under
take any bridge building of iron or part
iron. Other castings at these works include
gas and water pipes, pillow castings, heavy
stoves, burning coal or wood, for shops and
engine houses, mill and purifier castings,
plates for straw-burning stoves, sleigh shoes,
stable fixtures, etc., and in the line of ma
chinery anything to be made of metal is
undertaken. The company owns the land
and buildings, has room for future enlarge
ment, with railway side track facilities, and
is one of the most prosperous manufacturing
companies in the West. To great extent
this prosperity is due to the management Of