The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-26
FORCED TO COME.
Final Decision OF the Osborn Harvester Com
pany to Locate ut Wichita.

Saturday last it was finally decided by
the ID. NJ Osborn Harvest Machinery com
pany to locate in this city, and at once,
with branch and distributing house,
such as William Deering and the Acme
Harvester company have located here.
During all last week W. L. OIlnger, the
general southwestern agent, whose resi-
denee is in this city, was at Kansas City
in consultation with members of the firm,
and returned Sunday morning.
An EAGLE reporter hearing that Mr..
Ollinger was in Kansas City connected
with the proposition to locate here, inter-
viewed him on the subject. Yes" said
he, it has been finally decided to
locate a general branch house
here on precisely the same
footing that Deering has located here. Il
is a very hard matter for meto get build
ing, but of course l must and will have
one, and our branch house will be in opera
ton here in plenty time for the harvest
trade The fact is I knew some time ago
that we must locate here and I'll tell you
now they must all come to Wichita. 1t is
not matter of choice with them, but on
the contrary it is a matter of necessity;
they are forced to come. In conversation
with the general agent of the Mccormick
company the other day, l told him he
must have a branch house in Wichita or
be in the soup, and he replied that mas
much as all the others were flirting with
the Peerless Princess they must too. Mr..
Ollinger also is authority for the state
ment that Oliver Brothers, manufacturers
and patentees of the chilled steel plows, of
South Bend, Ind, the largest plow COM
pany in the United States, are coming
here. He was told this by the
general eastern manager of the
company while in Kansas City.
In fact the principal topic of discus
sion at Kansas City among implement
men was the probability of Wichita be-
coming the agricultural implement center
of the west Or course the Kansas City
houses don't like it but they thoroughly
realize that Wichita is their most Tormida
BILE rival at present. In fact few of them
deny that Wichita is the coming farm
machinery city.
The building up of an agricultural i'm
plement market here would progress with
greater rapidity had it not been for lack
OF storage room. Several pillow, rake, Guilt
vator, etc, firms are intending to locate
branches here in the near future if they
can get suitable buildings.
Speaking about building in connection
with machinery, there are now couple Of
gentlemen, residents of another state, who
are contemplating large imple-
ment transfer house here. In fact
dirt is liable to begin to fly
on it any day and it may be done possibly
in time to accommodate the Osborne
The contemplated building
will be 100 feet wide, about 40 feet long,
three stories high, built of brick and stone
and with two railway switches entering it
from the track of one of the main lines.
Mr.. Ollinger says that the ope ming of
Oklahoma and the probable opening of the |
strip and the other Indian reser- |
yations is the real cause of the stampede |
Of the implement houses to Wichita. He !
says that Kansas City was entirely too far |
away from the great harvest fields of the |
southwest and that 10 Kansas City |
houses can sell in Southern Kansas and |
Oklahoma in competition with Wichita |
and that for that reason they must come |
here or give up the trade.
When the house is in running order |
here which will be inside of forty days at |
he outside, the Osborne company will |
Put five travelling men on the road to rep
resent the Wichita house alone.