The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-20
WINNING WICHITA.
A Peerless Princess Institution Secures FIT J
Thousand Dollar Contract.

Yesterday Wallace Stewart, OF the Stew
art Iron works of this city. telegraphed
his brother from Salt Lake CITY, stating
that he had secured and signed a contract
there for fifty carloads OF architectural
iron supplies. which would amount 70 no;
less than $4,000 The supplies are for the
new $500, 900 court house and city building
of that city. The success OF Stewart Bros.
is surprising their best friends and the
most enthusiastic admirers of their
business capabilities 1t seems that
they have n corner on all the
iron contracts for the west, for
they get contract every time they go after
il, regardless of competition. 1t may
seem strange to some that the Stewart
brothers can compete successfully with the
greatest iron works in she west, but TO
those who know anything about the Stew
art Iron works it is not strange a. all In
the first place they are the finest and most
extensive manufacturers OF architectural
iron WORKS between ST. Louis and the Pa
cific ocean, and they practically have the
trade of ali that territory in this particular
line They ship goods and fill contracts in
Texas. New Mexico. California, Oregon,
/ Washington, Nevada, Utah, Colorado.
Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and to some
extent in the two Dakotas They have an
immense trade IN Texas. California
Colorado and Utah for it seems st the
present time there is good deal OF build
ing going on in these states. An idea Of
the character of their work can be gathered
from the fact that IL took one skilled man
| Just two years to make a model for their
celebrated iron door columns, which are
said to be among the finest designs in the
United States from an artistic standpoint.
Nobody can form even an idea OF the eX-
tent of the business of Stewart Bros. Iron
works till he visits them on South Wash
! ington avenue 1t is Hi immense institu-
ton and nothing could be compared TO il
but bee hive Everybody there is busy
and from the moment one enters at the
door of the Office till tour of all the de
partments is made, he sees nothing but
industrial curiosities which would require
dozen columns of the EAGLE TO describe.
They have machinery there that is capable
of cutting bar Of iron as round as mans
arm with as much ease as tailor cuts
silk thread with his shears. The fence
manufacturing department is very inter
esfing from the place where the rods are
cut to the paint watts where the fence Is
completed in sections ready for delivery
and use. Aud, speaking of fences, the
Stewart Bros. have invented something in
this line which will revolutiOnize the
fencing business in the United States.
They received their patent for 1t last
Thursday and will commeUce murufactur
ing at once. It can be made and old much
cheaper than a wooden fence and ten times
as durable. TO give an idea of the in
genuity of the invention. the patent
| office returned their first application
for a patent saying that the fence could
not be manufactured, but Stewart Bros
with their characteristic enterprise and
energy and get there" made fence at
! once and sent it to the patent office where
its simplicity startled the oldest attaches
/ of that institution. \ 14-year old boy with
the Stewart Bros patent can make more
of this iron fencing in thirty minutes than
! a carpenter can make the same amount of
wooden fencing in day. Space forbids a
/ DESCRIPTION of the invention but it will be
attended to in future issue of the EAGLE.
! Stewart Bros. manufacture the following
/ line of goods: Iron columns. house fronts,
/ glfGefS. lluJeiS, Sins, ucoiiS'
gratings stirrups, anchors, Truss
rods, fitch plates, :. roof trusses,
awnings, brackets, ratings, iron stairs,
| iron fence, sash bars, balconies, cresting,
| iron doors, shutters, fire escapes hitching
| posts, tree guards, verandas, vases, window
/ guards, cistern covers, sash weights, CRATE
/ bars, bolts, stable fixtures, coal hole COW
| ers and all kind of iron work.
! The contract which has just been closed
will necessitate the employment of
! several more men and will
! keep them busy all spring and summer.
/ In fact, the orders have been pouring IN
| on the firm so fast recently that they are
carrying standing ads. III eastern papers
/ for iron workers and will give work co all
! the competent men they can get. The
! contract which they have just secured Is
] the largest contract ever given to a Kansas
! iron manufacturing company to go out
! side of the state The buildings will be
! fire proof Everybody who knows Stewart
/ Bros. will be glad 10 hear of their success.
! They are fine fellows personally and are
I not exceeded by any firm in the state, of
! any character, for business ability. This
! is demonstrated by the fact that they meet
the largest iron companies in the United
! states in competition, and where there is
! no advantage on either side they invaria-
| bly, knock the persimmon. 1t Is typical
! Wichita industrial institution, and every
| citizen OF the Peerless Princess is proud
| of its success.