Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-05-12
CUSrER'S FACTORY.
Prelmlnaries Completed, and the Main
Building Now in Course Of
Construction.
Will be Ready to Receive the Machin
cry, and in Active Operation
on or Before July ID.

The establishment of a plant at this
place for the manufacture Of divers ar
ticles of commerce, embracing lubricants
in their various compounds. waterproof
blacking, mineral paint, etc, has Tor
some time been fairly assured, but not
until last Tuesday, after the arrival OF
Vice President and General Managar
Hanna was the arrangement OF the
plans ia all their various details fusts
perfected. The company engaged in
this highly promising enterprise is
known as the Akron Mining, Milling &
Manufacturing company. Following are
the names embraced in its official di-
rectory:
President, Henry Robinson, Akron.
Ohio.
Vice President and General Manager,
J. Warren Hanna. Wabash, Ind.
Secretary and Treasurer, II. B. Man
ton, Akron, Ohio.
Board of Directors, Henry Robinson,
J. Warren Hanna, II. b. Manton, Z. L.
Day, and II. II. Francis.
The site Of the Plant which embraces
six lots of 50x150 feet each, which are
most eligibly located near the railroad
track, between End and 3rd, and front
ing on Washington street, have passed
to the possession of the company, and is
now the scene Of active operations, q
force of men being busily engaged in ex-
cayating for the 25xl00 foot basement for
the main building, which will be of the
dimensions of 75xlO0 feet. An annex,
the dimensions of which have not yet
been decided upon, will be erected,
which is TO be used exclusively for the
manuf cture of mineral paints, and
there will also be erected an additional
building to be used for the purpose Of
an engine room. 1t is the purpose Of
the company, in addition to the manu-
facture of all articles of commerce that
can be produced from the prolific
mineral region in which their plant is
located, to extensively produce ground
WASTE mica, for which product there is
a large and growing demand in the east
for the various purposes for which it is
used, and also to purchase the better
grades of mica in the rough state which
will be cut and shipped to the eastern
markets.
All boxes required in putting up the
various products. as well rs shippiae
cases, will be manufactured here, which
will add materially to the number OF
men that will necessarily be employed
by the company. General Manager
Hanna is the inventor Of the lubricant
compounds which will be manufactured
here under his sole supervision, no other
person having any knowledge of the
formula by which it is compounded
The total number Of men to be employ
ed in the factory can not be definitely
determined at this time, but that the
establishment Of this plant will be the
means of furnishing employment direct
ly and indi ectly, for large number oI
persons there is no shadow of basis upon
which to build reasonable doubt
1t is expected that the building will
be completed. and ready for the placing
of the machinery in 80 or 40 days, and
that the plant will be in active opera
ton in about 90 days. The company
will also put in an electric light plant
having secured franchise from the city
and already nearly four hundred lights
(incandescent and arc) haye been sub
scribed for by he citizens. Mr. Hanna
will leave here on Monday next foi
Chicago, where he will meet Mr.. Ro
bertson and other members Of the boart
of directors, where the necessary ma
chinery, in which will be included 20,
horse power engine, will be purchased
and shipped in time to reach this plac,
on or before the completion of tn
buildings in which it is to be housed
Mr.. Hanna will return to Custer will
the machinery, and later on will b
joined by his family, who with him vii
make this city their permanent resi-
dence.
The CHRONICLE cannot adequately ex
press it unaIloyed satisfaction and su
preme qualification at the brillian
outlook which Custer unmistakably ha
at this writing, and it unites with il
numerous enterprising local readers il
the earnest hope, that this innitia
achievement may be as the enterin
wedge to still more brilliant accomplish
ments in the future, which may in du
time place the Pioneer city upon tn
highest plane Of commercial success
through the utilization of her matches
resources and surprising advantages.
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