The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-01
AS BUSY AS A BEE
An Inspection of a Hive of
Industry.
In THE HEART OF THE CITY
The Extensive Plant of Kelly d Co , as Seen by
Herald Reporter-A Model of
Enterprise.
IN THE HEART OF THE CITY

Il QlQn I know there was anything OF
this kind in the city, +" was the remark over
heard by HERALD reporter, as he stood
near visitor to Kelley 81 Co.'s establiah-
ment, on the solid floor of the basement, in
the rear of 81 West Second South street.
The sentence was addressed to one of the
firm.
That's remark we hear nearly every
day. reloined the gentleman of the house.
''The fact isl he added, ''there are very
few, outside of our immediate customer
and friends, who are aware of the existence
OF so extensive a plant as this. The
metamorphosis from the unpretentious
showing made less than three years ago BY
Kelly & Stevens, little later by Kelly &
Co., (when John E. Evans joined forces
with them, and still later, by Kelly & Co.,
incorporated, has been such that the gen
eral public have not had chance to realize
its magnitude"
The visitor and newspaper man looked
around, and both ventured the assertion
that the outfit was nearly complete one
The attachee of THE HERALD continued:
as this all Kelly & Company'sr'
"Everthing," was the reply, ''the ground,
the building and its contents
Then the man OF items had his curiosity
aroused, and he took a stroll about the
premises, chaperoned by member of the
company. They took in" the wonderful
little motor, which does service for a small
army of eighth medium Gordon presses. a
quarter-medlum ditto. pony Campbell, a
55X31 Huber press (the largest bed in the
country, monster Campbell photographic
press, a full-sized Law paper cutter. and
q wires tretcher, and when he had Toasted
his gaze he CALCULATED: "She's daisy"
Inquiring into the business of the firm.
the news gatherer was informed that since
the acquisition of the lithographing plant,
the force and output of the establishment
has been nearly doubled. The class of work
they Were turning out in that department
being such that 1t advertised itself as mum
Der one. Their orders for litho Jobs. some
of which had accumulated while the plant
was in transit and being put in place, were
numerous and all from first-class business
houses, ana indicated that it would, ere
long, necessitate an increase of the facih
ties by the addition of still another press
''And how is your job printing depart
ment faring since this additonan the news
paper man asked.
Here's MIR. Evans said the chaperoner.
task him.
The query was repeated, when the anti
mony manipulation of the concern re-
sponded: "Well. it's wonderful where it
all comes from, but I've got enough work
before me right now to keep all my presses
going for week without taking IN another
Job. And the secret of it is, we've never
since | came into the firm, two years ago
last August, had solicitor out. think we
are doing about as well as can be expected
under the circumstances Since we moved
into our new quarters here, we have been
able to handle our work better, and we are
now fixed SO that we can turn out a Job on
short notice."
"Your facilities seem to be excellentlv
adapted for the class of work you don sug-
gested the reporter
''Our aim has been and will continue to
be" said MIR. E., Ito give our customers
what they want. Whether it be an 500
PACED book or milk ticket, a mammoth
ledger of uble-double DENY, ruled to or
der, fourleaved pass book, or tab of
scrlbblng paper, we endeavor to give en-
tire satisfaction
lis your trade confined to Salt Lake
city!" inquired the interviewer
Il should say not, y was the reply: 1--WE
have and fill orders from Idaho. Mon
tsna,'Wyoming, Nevada and all parts of
our own territory
what have you got up stairs.',
''On the floor next above is our book
hindery, two ruling machines, ponderous
machine, Howe scales that Will weigh
1000 pounds; stock room, where is stored
an immense quantity of paper of all grades,
ruled and plain, envelopes, cards. and so
forth, ready to be converted into stationery
or advertising mediums for anybody who
wants; the business office of the firm, and
the private Office of Mr.. De Bow, who
manages the litho. department"
''All on one foor!"
''You must remember the floor is nearly
sixty feet square. Oh, and | almost for
forgot" continued Mr.. Evans, there's an
elevator for the use of the establishment.
do you do anything else beside Job
printing!"
Eyes. we print daily paper, two week
lies and custom work for for other houses
who have not the press capacity"
How many are employed by you?',
asked the Faber- pusher
& .'Our weekly payroll has forty four
names on it, and the prospect is that it will
be greatly increased shortly. In this con-
nection l am led to remark that att inter
walls the papers give, as an item Of news,
the intelligence that some party in the east
will establish a mandatory of some certain /
description here, employing forty OF fifty
hands, and specified amount of
capital, and ask ing what bonus
the citizens will raise to induce
them to come. 1t is good indication
of the commercial future of the city when
such plant as this is in operation here, |
owned and managed by old residents. and |
words were emphasized by the speaker
with good deal Of pride.