The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-04-28
IT IS A. SUCCESS.
THE CORVALLIS C. & w. CO. ENJOY A LARGE
TRADE WHICH IS INCREASING.

have proven successful in Corvallis i,
gives us pleasure to note that the Cor
'aliis Carriage and Wagon company
not the least of them. This COM
pany is strictly first class home en-
terprise, organized and owned by t
few of our successful business men
One wear ago the first vehicle Of thi.
company's manufacture was put or
exhibition here, and quickly, like
many more of its fellows, found ready
purchasers. Many of our shrewdes
business men doubted the wisdom o
the venture of erecting and oper-
ating carriage works. In fact it seem
ed incredible to them that fine car
riages of all kinds could be made ii
Corvallis. To them it seemed gI-
gantlc undertaking fraught only witt
loss and disaster. Others though,
that there was bare possibility of its
being success III a small way, while
few of the more sanSulne ones sub
scribed and paid for it's original capi
tai stock. The years business has de
monstrated the soundness of the judge
ment OF the latter.
Under the capable. conservative and
energetic administration of its board
of directors, coupled with intelligent,
untiring and economical management
of its superintendent, John Sticker,
who knows all about what constitutes
fine carriages, the enterprise has been
a success from its inception, and is
now fast obtaining recognition as one
of the institutions of which the whole
state of Oregon, and Corvallis
especially is justly proud. For
six months and more last pas5 this
company has carried Oh its pay rolls
from forty to sixty five nnen, and has
paid them IN wages from $4,000 to$3,-
500 per month. A large portion Of
this money has been spent here among
our own business men. Two Of our
largest merchants told the writer Of
this, that had it not been tor the mon-
ey paid to them monthly during the
past winter, resulting directly from
the Carriage Co.'S monthly disburse-
ments, it would have been extremely
difficult for them to meet their bills
with their wholesale houses. No one
Can measure the benefit this factory
is to Corvallis. When one hundred
and fifty men are employed III these
works, a number which will doubtless
find employment there during the COM
ing year, and ten to fifteen thousand
dollars paid monthly to these men
who all live here and many of them
owning their own homes, then our
people will begin to realize what the
Corvallis Carriage Co. has been, and
will continue to be for Corvallis and
the state at large. THIS company is
in daily receipt of orders from Idaho,
California, Washington and Oregon
for its goods and many Car loads are
now moving over the different trans
portaLion lines to the different dealers
who sell the Corvallis rigs only. Ey-
en- to see one of the Corvallis buggies
makes the grey boards wish they were
young again, that they might have
the exquisite pleasure of taking
drive with their best girl
in one of this company's rigs, up
holstered and finished in the highest
style OF the art. In these turnouts are
combined elegance, strength and dur
ability. None but the choicest ma
terials enter into the construction of
this cempany's vehicles, and they are
uniformly finished by skilled workmen,
each being i'll his separate department
an artist of the highest type. 1t is to
be hoped that our citizens will aid
this company in every way possible
md take such deep interest in it that
it shall not lack for capital sufficient to
obtain the best results possible. The
stockholders and directors are highly
delighted with the showing the com
oany has made and are more than
,leased with the years results.