Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-02-12
A PROSPEROUS INSTITUTION.
What Push, Energy, Skill and 4
Thorough knowledge Of Bust.
ness Will Do.
The II. & A. McGregor Sash, Door
and Lumber Co.

The II. & A. McGregor Sash, Door
and Lumber Co.
Among St. Clouds most useful and
promising industries the H. & A.
McGregor Sash, Door and Lumber
Co. stands near to the top. Few of
our citizens, we believe, realize the
magnitude OF the business done by.
this firm and the benetitsthat result
from it to the city. 1t lis but three
years old, having been established in
1889 by Henry and Alexander Nc
Oregon, for years residents of st.
Cloud, and has rapidly grown from
small beginnings. The Messrs. Nc
Oregon started in a modest way,
but both had spent years in the
practical department. Of their bust
ness; they knew the working of every
machine with all the details of each
department, and personally took,
charge, laboring side by side with
their employees. Their business
almost at once outgrew their
facilities for handling it. The first
year it reached $4,000, the second
about $25,OOO, and the past year
nearly $4,000, and today they have
the largest advance orders ever on
their books and the most encourage
ing outlook. They have been CON-
PEELED to add constantly to their
plant to meet this increase in bust
ness until now they have one of the
largest and most completely equipped
factories north of the Twin Cities.
They run two full sets of machines,
SO that they can work on different
jobs without the delays Of readjust-
ing machines, and the power is
furnished by q new high-grade
engine, shut off from the working
department in a solid brick engine
house. Beginning on half lot,
33x132 feet they now own the full lot
and leased two more lots with a
large warehouse, and have stored
NO, 900 feet of as fine clear dry pine
lumber as was ever seen in St. Cloud,
Mr.. Henry McGregor having spent
most of the past month in the woods
selecting it, and they also have q
full stock of hard wood.
At this season of the year, mid
winter, when such establishments
are usually idle or closed for repairs,
the McGregor factory is running foil
hours and is employing II skilled
mechanics, all high-priced labor.
They do not confine themselves to
the home market, but a large part
of their business comes from outside
towns, which is dOubly beneficial to
st: Cloud. In various cities and
villages not only in Minnesota but
the Dakdtas and Montana can be
seen specimens of their work-fine in
side finish and fixtures for stores, etc.
while nearly every business house
in st. Cloud has samples Of their
artistic cabinet work. 1t rs such
plants as this that make "a prosper
GUS city. Factories that are founded
upon practical knowledge of the
business and honestly won capital
and TIRE built up by hard labor; that
are. not here for what profit there
may be in one or two prosperous
seasons, but will stay through good
and hard times, employ labor and
help pay the city y expenses. Here is
a good place for a little reciprocity.
Help what helps you. Whatever IL
paid to such an enterprise IL repaid
to st. Cloud workmen and by them
paid again to st. Cloud merchants.
st. Cloud Journal Press j. s ~.
The above firm has done much
work in Little Falls, and always
given the best Of satisfaction. The
counters and cases in G. III. Browns
handsome drug store were made by
II. & A. McGregor, and work Of
such excellence IL q recommendation
for any firm. They are now putting
the shelving and counters In Ken
nedy's new store in the Butler block.
They also had q large contract for
work on the interior Of st. Gabriel's
Hospital, and there, too. their work
was satisfactory III all respects. The
firm will give special attention to