Arizona republican., 1899-07-21
ANOTHER BIG CONTRACT.
The Methods by Which Success Is
Reached

1t is mentioned elsewhere n The
; Republican this morning in connection
with the letting of the capitol building
: contracts yesterday that the contracts
7 for plumb ing, steam heating and gas
/ firing have been turned over to the
/ Scoville Plumbing company by MI
! Lowell, the general contractor THIS
/ is a bigger endorsement and better ad-
Yertisemenl of the ScOvilIe Plumbing
i company than if it had received the
contract direct from the commission.
In that case it would merely have been
shown thai its bid was the lowest. In
this case it is shown that MIR. Lowell.
who is an acknowledged judge of good
workmanship and who is bringing the
best available into the construction
Of the capitol building, believes that
the ScOYille Plumb company is ca
pable of doing the best work
The success that man Scoville has
made of the plumbing business and
the steam fitting business in Phoenix
is the most remarkable Industrial in
c.dent in the history of the city
There is no other business, indus trial
or commercial, that has grown SO fast.
1t has not been 50 many years since
ScOVille came TO town Plum bing was
not much OF an art then. 1t was done,
of course, but in a rather crude man
ner and wtthout great regard to the
sanitary side OF 1t. There were few
very good buildings IN Phoenix only
little while ago. Scoville brought
with him all the scientific experience
and skill that was obtetnable and was
equipped TO perform as up-tO-date +
job as could be performed in Chicago
or New York. He naturally began
operations in a small way. He wanted
to educate the people first. EdIcgsiOn
is usually a slow thing, bat Sc0vilIe
WIS such an expeditions teacher that
there was soon a great demand. no
longer for mere waste Gas and water
pipes, but for scientific sanitary plumb
ing in all its branches. ScOville was
prepared to meet the demand which
he himself had created, and artisans
of all kinds having anything to do
with the building trades stood around
and watched him grow They are
doing it yet and he is still growing.
That IS why he attracted the notice
CT Contractor Lowell. who wanted him
to do this work on The capitol build
ing tbs is how he got the big In
dian school contract and many other
extensive ones and this is why that
the later residence and business build /
ings of the better class in Phoenix
are not considered complete until the /
finishing touch has been applied by
Scoville
This growth has been more or less (
OF a strain upon him. but not an IN
pleasant one. It has been with salts /
faction rather than regTet that he has /
had to be continually employing moro /
skilled wcrkmen to meet the ever n |
creasing demand for scientific plumb !
ing. He has taken genuine pleasure |
in paying out vast sums for material, /
and without mUrmur he has been +.
compelled to move into his present /
enlarged quarters at 81 North First /
avenue. If say five years ago. some /
man had predicted that within the .
next five years there would be such a !
palatial plumbing establishment IN |
Phoenix equipped with a sock sufn- /
cient in quality to meet the require /
ments of che most up-t0-date modern |
res: dence. he would have been ac- |
cused of indulg.ng in q pipe dream. (
But it has all come to pass. How? /
That has been partially explained. /
but not fully ScOvilIe alone laid the |
foundation for his success. Then /
through the columns of The Republi
can he called attention to that fOun
da.iOn. He did his advertising judi
ciously, as he has done everything else
iuEi ciOusly So there he is today.
Not waiting around for work, but
hustling around to get the right kind
of men 10 do the work that IS finding
its way to No. d North First avenue