The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-05
Factories at Edwardsville Will BE
Turned Over to Four Newly In
corpOrated Companies.
WILL BE RUN INDEPENDENTLY.
Extensive Improvements to BE
Made, Which Will Increase
Output - Total Capital
Involved, $16O,00G.

Four companies which filed articles of In
corporation at Springfield, ILL.,. Tuesday Will
absorb the manufacturing plants Of the y.
o. Nelson Manufacturing Company at Ed
wardsville, ILL.,. the latter company retiring
from the field to ccnfine its energies to the
jobbing and plumbers supply business at
Eighth and ST. Charles streets, this city.
The transfer Of the plants is a surprise TO
the business community. and much interest
attaches to 1t both here and at Edwards
viIle because OF the cooperative plan on
which the Nelson company has operated for
a number of years. as well as because OF
the number OF skilled wcrkmen Interested.
and the volume of business done = the va
r!ous enterprises.
The new corporations are;
The Leclaire Manufacturing Company.
capital. $4,000.
The Illinois Marble Company. capital. sl5.-
CO.
The Edwardsville Brass Company, capital.
$4,000.
The Bisnall & Keller Manufacturing Com
pany. capital. $1,000.
Each of the new companies will be op-
Grated independently, It is stated. disposinS
of its goods to whom 1t may see fit. and
having no connection with the Nelson Com
pany which has hitherto disposed of the
output of all four of the plants. II is re-
ported that some of them viii be extern
sively enlarged in the near future, and the
transfers are looked upon with favor by
Edwardsvilie business men.
Two large new mills FOR saving marble
into slabs have been recently added TO the
plant of the Illinois Marble Company. ad
ding considerably to its output, and II Is
expected that a bath tub factory will be
installed in the plant in the near future
The incorporators are W. ]. Held. W. Il.
Raymond and W. Z. Wheeler. Jr.
The Leciaire Manufactu Company will
continue to make hardwood manteis. fancy
turned work. Office and bank fittings. and
similar goods. Its incorporators are Charles
Nugent William ]. Kennedy and W. T..
Wheeler. Jr.
The Edwardsville Brass Company makes
nearly everything that is cast in brass and
the plant has hitherto done an extensive
trade. Its incorporators are c. H. Harkins,
L. ID. Lawnin and W. E. Wheeler, j.
The Bignall & Keller Manufacturing
Company's plant has heretofore confined its
attention to the manufacture Of certain
patented machines for cutting and fitting
iron pipes. 1t is thought additions Will be
made to the plant. The incorporators are
Ralph McCarty, William Shaw and L. d.
l.awnin.
OF the incorporators Of the new companies
Messrs. Nugent and McCarty. are 81. Louis
business men. and Mr.. Lawtin is secretary
of the Nelson Company.
When asked yesterday TO make a state
ment concerning the transfer Of the four
plants AFR. Nelson declined to do so. saying
IL was purely personal business matter.
and that he was averse 10 newspaper noto-
rety In any form. He would not say
whether he retained any interest In the new
corporations.
Mr.. Lawnin was also noncommittal but
stated that so far as he knew the changes
would have little. IL any. effect on the run
ming Of the plants.
The n. o. Nelson Company still retains
It's pump factory at Mound City. Ill.