The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-25
LARGE BUSINESS.
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The Chicago Lumber Company
Of Topeka, Kansas.
Robert Pierce the President
and Manager.
This Concern Provided the Lumber
for Many Of the New Buildings
Constructed in Topeka
This Year.

a business concern under the ever
watchful eyes Of an intelligent and act
i've management can be SO conducted
as to become a pride to the community
and q synonym for enterprise. Topeka
has a large number Of such firms. They
never sleep" The very atmosphere
around them is charged with electric
ity. for they keep the wheels constantly
going. IT'S the pace that kills." and
the firm with the melancholy, sluggish
temperament looks on in despair. It
can't keep up, the pace would wear it
out.
An enterprising firm can, by the good
quality of the wares dispensed, by just
dealing, and a lively use of its ener-
gies in securing business, establish a
name that in itself has a power to at
tract business. There is a good deal in
a name after all. The Chicago Lumber
company is such a. firm. It's name has
become so associated in the minds of
the people of Topeka and Kansas for
enterprise and push, that its influence
is powerful.
There is one little technicality, how
ever. which the citizens of Topeka,
should resent-the Chicago part of
the name. You see the company hus-
ties around here getting our business,
and then gives Chicago the credit for
it.
The Chicago Lumber company sup
piled the building material for a large
structures built in Topeka this sum
mer, among them the Culver & Bailey
building, the Smith company building,
the Merriam building and the State
Journal building. AS it was most de-
sirable to the proprietor of the latter
building that the material put into it
should be the best procuFable, 1t can
be said with satisfaction that what
they supplied was in every particular
first class. The Chicago Lumber COM
pany has a branch Office and yard at
Alma, Kan. Most TopekanS probably
know, but it may be well to explain to
those who don't, that the Chicago Lum-
Der company is q strictly home cOmpa-
ny. After the death last summer of NJ.
T. Green, the senior partner, of Chica-
go, Mr.. Robert Pierce bought his part
ner'S interest and organized a stock
company of which he was made presi-
dent, Mr.. John NJ. Currier secretary,
and E 3. H. Remley yard manager
Joseph Eek. the manager and partner
of the company's interests at Alma, is
also mayor of that town.
The company does a large railroad
business, that is, in the way of furnish
ing the material for depots, round
houses, machine shops, etc. Among
those of recent construction are a ma
chine shop at Argentine, a round house
at Moline and a depot at La Junta
Most of the timbers furnished SO far
for the Kansas river bridge were
bought from Mr.. Pierce.
The company is the sole agent for
two fine cements: Agatite Cement
Alsen's Cement, an imported German
cement, with which the Worlds fair
was largely constructed. The former
cement is earning a good reputation
wherever used. The state house is
plastered with it. It has splendid ad-
hesive qualities. It will stick to wood
stone or brick without the aid of hair
or any other substance. Alkali has no
effect on it. A large number of build
ings in Topeka are pIastered with this
cement.
Mr.. Pierce has had the company's
buildings and fences nicely painted
this summer. He believes in having
things neat and clean. The writer was
much amused at large black cat
painted on the front of the Office and
asked President Pierce wherefor it was
there He said that it was the sign,
grip and pass word of the Order of Hoo
Hoo's, an associa ton composed of lun-
bermen of the United States and Can
ada-purely social in its relations The
order now has about 10 900 mem berS.
It is expected that a concentration viii
be held in Topeka during the Fail Fes-
tivities, when several lum bernen from
various parts of the state will be taken
into the order. The ceremonies will be
conducted by the officers of the Kansas
City association. The writer has a sus-
picion in his mind that Mr.. Pierce Sc
cured this meeting Of the Iumbermen
for Topeka. However that may be,
Mr.. Pierce is an interested member and
will do the best in his power to show
Topeka favorably to the lumbermen
visitors to the Fall Festival.