Wichita eagle., 1888-09-11
WICHITA'S INDUSTRIES.
LARGER AND MORE DIVERSIFIED
THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER
CITY
In the Southwestern Coming Manu-
featuring City, for a Sec
ton Of Country That
Industries Desires.

Wichita's prominence as a manufactur
| ing and industrial city is not appreciated
in the least, even by people who are par
TALLY acquainted with her merits in many
other respects. At first thought it might
be said that manufacturing cannot be
made to pay here, for as many reasons as
one might thing plausible. The practical
application OF these experiments" in ever
SO many of the ordinary and some of the
unusual lines Of manufacturing has
demonstrated that such an opinion is in
correct. One thing which must be consid-
cred is transportation. 1t is much more
cheap to transport the raw iron in the pig
or the rough lumber in dimension stuff
than 1t is to ship the shapen, nanufactur-
ed, painted and constructed piece of ma
chinery or whatever else it may be- not only
because the bulk. is less, in the cruce
condition, but because the classification
and other restrictions by common car
rlerS are less on the manufactured article
than on the same material worked M.
The industries of Wichita are extensive
as well as diversified Among the differ
ent lines of manufacturing are, there be-
ing as many as six or eight in The same
lines, trunks, ETC. harness, publishers
and printers, book binders, lithograp piers,
harness and saddlery, vinegar works
cornice works, confectioneries. spice mills,
sash, doors, blinds. iron works and foun-
dry, planning mills, etc, cornice works,
Touring mills, leather and shoe findings.
saddlery. etc, planning mills, tents and
awnings, gas and electric light companies,
printing. etc, cigar factories, job printing,
etc, machine and boiler works, crackers
and candies, iron works, foundries, ma
chine shops. architectural iron works,
cornice works, stair builders, carriage
works. bottling works, marble works,
soap factories, car shops, broom
factories, boot and shoe factories,
pressed bricks, terra Gotta works.
steam stone works, artificial stone works
ice factory, electrical apparatus, fiavoring
extracts. slices, etc, shirt factories, steam
laundries, water works, repair shops, stove
repair shops, tool dressers, pump factories,
refrigerator factory novelty works, horse
collar factories, canning factory, iron and
wire factories, street lamp makers, tents
and awnings, piow works, paper box fac
tory, paint factory, roofing works, etc,
etc. All Of the above named industries
are in successful operation and many more
are rapidly nearing completion.
Chief among our large enterprises are;
The Burton Car Works, located at the
north end Of the city, consist of ten sub
stantial and conveniently arranged build
ings, thoroughly equipped with the latest
improved machinery for manufacturing
the great Burton stock car, the most com
plete comfortable and convenient stock
car for any and all purposes eyer invented.
The works proper, with tire lumber yards
cover thirty-eight acres OF ground. The
daily capacity OF the works is fifteen COM
plete cars per day. The company has
contracts for some 5000 cars. The capac-
ity of portion OF the works is twenty
four cars per day, and the entire plant
can be SO increased at little expense.
There at present three hundred and four
men employed, but that number will be
rapidly increased as soon rs the work on
the contracts begins, until nearly, if not
quite fifteen hundred men will be upon the
pay rolls of the works. The capital stock
is -, 100000
The great packing houses of the Jacob
Doid Packing company, north part of the
city, are as complete as any in the entire
country, and have been pronounced by all
experts who have examined them to have
the very latest and best appliances, known
TO the packing business. There are seven
buildings of stone, brick and frame rang
ing from three to ten stories IL height.
The smoke stack is the tallest in the
state of Kansas, being one hundred and
i,,h hn ,f h.,
plant is sufficient to handle 1000 hogs and
800 beeves per day. They will also do re-
filming and a general packing business.
The plant will be ready TO begin opera
tons in Il few more weeks. rs the immense
boilers, engines anu the ponderous ma
chnery are being rapidly placed in posi-
ton The Wichita establishment will be
under the personal management of Mr..
Geo. pcld. The Firm of Jacob Dold 81
Son owns other immense plants at Kansas
City, at Buffalo, \. \ and at Harrisburg,
Pa.
The Union Stock Nar,ls are south of the
Dold packing houses They are the most
complete Of the SIZE IL the west and nave
enclosed about twenty acres. The various
railroads have mace arrangements 10 stop
stock IN transit ana feeG them at these
yards, thus giving shippers the benefit
of a Wichita market. Every railroad in
the city has perfect and easy ACCESS to
these yards. They are managed 10y stock
yards men of experience.
The Wichita Watch company has about
its elegant three and four story
stone building on the West Side and is
only waiting the completion of its special
now being made to order and
which will turn ont the most perfect and
simple watch made in this country They
Will employ some 800 hands
There are number OF other very large
and complete manufacturing concerns en-
ploying from twenty-five to 100 men, but
they are too numerous TO particulariZe.