The Republican., 1888-05-19
Wrought Iron Ranges.

Every thrifty city is constantly ad.
ding new and important industries
to those already in operation. One
of the recent additions, as well as one
of the most important, is the manu-.
facture of wrought-iron ranges for do.
mestic and hotel service. Before 1881
there had been various small estab-
lishments, but their work was onIy
of limited extent and had not assum-
ed proportions sufficient to warrant
any extended notice. In 13S3J
ever, the Wrought-Iro Range9urf-
pany, of st. Louis, assumed such
proportions as to make it Oneof the
most important business entrprlses
of the city, and the most extnsIVe Oh
its kind in the entire countf.
The success achieved by his COM
pany is something phen'menal In
the manufacturing indusUes, They
now employ a capital cf 100000, and
give directly and iniirecly, employ
ment through their Owpand various
other concerns which are engaged in
making its special castings and pat
terms for constantly neU-devised I'M
provements to learly 1,5O0 people.
In 1888 the sales of the company eX-
ceeded SS00,00C and the year 1854
will show totalsales Of 81 400, 900. All
the city trade is done through the
Simmons Hardware Company, and
the trade for The rest of the country
remains in The hands of the manu-
facturers.
The advantage possessed by the
range manufactured by this company
arise from two principal causes {; the
quality of the material used in con-
struction, and the arrangement OF the
completed work, in its relation to
heat and draught, Every one is OF
course aware of the superior advan-
tage possessed by wrought oyer cast
iron, in its power of resisting the de.
structiye effect of fire. In construct.
ing these ranges nothing is used but
the very best quality of retlned char
coal iron, either wrought or nastea-
BILE, and in 1888 thore were used W
them 100000 pounds of wroleS
and an equal quantity of malleaOie
iron, together with cast-iron for nom
exposed parts, nickel plated work,
and riyets and bolts in proportion
In 1884 the weight of material used
will be doubled. In the manufacture
of the Wrought-irOn, before it is de-
livered to the factory for use in max
ing the various parts of the range,
the utmost advantage is taken of the
best scientific and practical knowl-
edge in producing a material of close
fibre, thoroughly annealed and tem-
pered by various processes, so as to
make it perfectly homogeneous and
practically indestructib!e but, be-
yond this, all the parts of the range,
which are exposed to the direct action
of fire, are lined with asbestos, and
thus made still more unassailable to
the action of great heat, or its oppo-
site sudden cold. The fire boxes are,
moreover, lined with adjustable iron
tiles in sections, and the draught is
so arranged that there is a constant
flow Of fresh pure air from the out
side of the tiles, and thus combustion
is kept up to the maximum without
any possibility of injury to the struc-
ture OF the range,
These being the facts. it is not sur
prising that the public at large have
shown their appreciation of the won-
derful improved ranges placed at
their disposal, and it cannot fail to be
the fact that the business will grow
in proportion much greater than in
the last two years, and thus make 81
Louis the great center of the United
States for the supply of the best
wrought-iron ranges the world has
ever known.-S. Louis Globe Demo.
crdt, Jo01e 10, 'S4.
The above company will canvass
this neighborhood for the sale of their
ranges, commencing next week.
They have rented a wareroom in the
REPUBLICAN building and will run
teams in every direction for the de.
livery of ranges sold by travelling
statesmen. These men come here
from Fairmont, w. Va, where thew
have been stationed for the past five
months, and where they are highly
spoken of as perfect gentlemen.