Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-19


their own manufacture at the PARROT mill.
The Columbia rolling mills were situated
near georgetown and were the property OF
George French. They turned out rolled
IRON OF all descriptions.
IN May, 1877, the Washington knit
stocking factory went into operation and
manufactured cotton and wooden panta-
ICONS, waistcoats, stockings, drawers,
etc. isaac Keller wassth proprietor.
The Columbia mills went into operation
ABOUT the same time, George johnson,
proprietor, and manufactured wooden
Inc window glass factory Of A. & G..
way was established in Washington in
ISlo, at about 18th street, on the banks
oI the Potomac. An average of 5000 boxes
od grass per year were produced. each box
containing 100 square feet of glass;
paper mill on Rock creek was offered
toi SAFE In december, 1921; also flour mill
oeionlsihs TO the same property, and a
Woo,en factory adjoining. The flour and
"ouien mills cost $4,000.
IN FEBRUARY, 1924 Popes patent thresh-
ing machine, adapted to hand or horse
poWet, was manufactured. This machine,
WIN the power of one horse and one man
" ieed IT, could threSh with ease eight
bushels of wheat per hour. Patented by
Joseph Pope of Massachusetts,.
Neorse Z. Bomford had a large Touring
mill IN Georgetown burned down in 1914
Upon It's ruins he erected a cotton factory
WIN Water-wheel thirty feet high. The
puiiding was four stories high, had 5000
splndles and 100 looms, and furnished en-
ployment to about 100 laborers To en-
courage the industry the corporate au-
thor1t1es of Georgetown exempted the
machinery from taxation.
AT the same time a Mr.. Davis had a
hourlng mill in Georgetown, grinding from
300 to 400 barrels of flour per day.
ShipbuiIding Plant.
EARLY in 1851 George Page began the
building of snips in Washington on the
at Of OF Tn, he
mad built steamboat $50 feet long and
A-foot beam, and also another 175 feet
long with 24-foot beam, which was named
the William Selden, was a fine boat for
those times and beat a New York steamer,
George Washington, from Piney Point to
Washington.
I'm 1852 there were several important
manufacturing establishments in full oper-
alton in Washington, furnishing employ
ment to large number of workmen, con-
centrat1ng considerable capital, and build
ing up a home market over the country
for our produce.
In 1856 Messrs. Coltman & Duncanson,
VINO were well known and highly esteemed
by the citizens of Washington, erected the
Metropolitan mills near 18th street bridge.
Their building was large and commodious,
and their engine fine piece of machinery
In 1850 Alexander Rutherford had an
establishment, called the Pioneer Steam
Marbel ?. Brown Stone Works, on the south
side of Pennsylvania avenue between 18th
and 18th, which was the first of it's kind,
although Mr.. Rutherford himself had been
long time in business in the city.
During the war there was very little
done in the way of establishing manufact-
ureS.
I'm January 1865, Geo. Hill began the
manufacture of paper at the foot of Poto-
mac street, Georgetown, on an extensive
scale. He had machinery worth $4,000
also a three-story brick structure 4Ox95
feet in size. Mr.. Hill had previously had
at
bridge and at Cabin John branch.
I'm August, 1866, VIM. Stickney began the
manufacture Of envelopes at 375 D street.
near It'll street. The machine used was
that patented by Mr.. Negbaum of New
York, August %, 1863 1t was the first used
in the manufacture of envelopes in the
United States Everything was done in
this factory except cumming. He had four
envelope machines, each making four diff
ferent sizes of envelopes, so that they
could make sixteen different sizes at the
same time.
For one reason and another every one
Of these establishments has gone out Of
business, and been discontinued
Census Office Statistics.
Mr.. Warner spoke of the statistics re-
Gently given out by the census bureau in
regard to the manufactures in the District,
and said most of the business houses men,
toned in the census report are so small
that even to the casual observer they
would not be looked upon as manufacture
ing establishments of any magnitude.
After giving reasons why the business
men of Washington should at once begin
to endeavor to bring about a change of
existing conditions Mr.. Warner continued:
''Washington would be favorite market
from which a multitude of people would
buy their goods, because it is the national
capital.
1.-THE stamp of Paris makes any article
precious to Frenchman. London, Ber-
lin, Vienna, Budapest, st. Petersburg and
other large capital cities are giants in the
Industrial world, and the leading mer-
chants and manufacturers have amassed
great fortunes.
Business makes thousands of men great,
government offices very few. The brain
seems to expand most rapidly as it is used
in devising schemes and enterprises.
Andrew Carnegie's Energy.
ANDREW Carnegie helped make iron and
steel, business responded to his energetic
touch and made him great. His fortune
made it possible for him to Guido his
state in benefactions and rival the gen
eral government in the extent Of his plans
for the improvement of his fellow-men.
"The Rockefellers have developed mag
nficent talent because they applied them
selves to the production and Improvement
of coal oil, as well as many business pur-
suits Their generosity and public spirit
have grown with their means. They can
now found churches and colleges with
which to bless their fellowmen.
~ Pierpont Morgans business expert
ence Widened his thought and desires until
today he is the leading fnancier of the
globe with a reputation far higher than the
old house of Rothschild.
Jacob Tome our Maryland neighbor,
built up a great fortune in the lumber
business, and when he passed away left
the larger part of it for the establishment
of a school that shall help educate men
and women for all time to come for useful
lives.
Il might cite the careers Of hosts of
men like Peabody. Montefore, Stephen
Girard, Peter Cooper, Slater, Fayerwether.
I can visit almost every community of any
size in our land and point you to some
important lasting and permanent improve
ment made by men successful in business.
1--WE want such men. Corcoran and
Shepherd have given this city lasting monu-