The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-02-01
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n When MilWaukeeans take q run over
to Cairo, Egypt, and the Pyramids here
after, they will be enabled to make the
journey from Cairo to the mysterious
chinery, electric appliances, ETC., for this
line We're largely furnished by Milwau-
kee, concerns, and Cream city people con-
sequently can make the early morning
run Of sixteen miles, from their Cairo ho-
tel to the foot of the Pyramids and back
in time for an Egyptian breakfast, with
sort of proprietary pride which always
seems to settle on a person who discov
crs, when far from home, that something
about him was produced in his own town
or country.
Steel Fittings Made Here.
All the necessary gears and pinions--
important steel factors nowadays in
every well-c0nstructed electric railway
in use on the road from Cairo to the
Pyramids We're made by the Falk COM
pany Of Milwaukee, which is now one of
supply manufacturing concerns in the
country. Few Milwaukeeans are aware
of the extent and Importance of the work
carried on at this factory down ''in the
bottoms" a short distance from Merrill
Park station on the Milwaukee road.
waste of swamp land and tall grass and
weeds, has sprung up during the past
year manufacturing plant costing
100000, which not only makes all kinds
of cast-steel specialties for electric roads,
but also manufactures by the thousands
"knuckles'' for the Milwaukee road, the
Burlington, the Great Northern and other
and putting in electric rails, joints. COM
bination switches, frogs, ETC., and also
making continuous rails. under the Falk
welded-joint patents, which are now in
demand all over the country.
At the general office of the company,
for special street railway work from ev-
cry civilized country on the globe. The or
derS are for piniOnS, gears and all kinds
of steel specialties for the modern cleo
trio road. and the demand for supplies is
so great that the present capa city of the
works is sadly taxed. The Falk com
pany also makes business of construct
ing electric lines, and has just completed
the work of transforming the old-time
mulecar and cable lines Of Kansas City
into modern electric system. 1t also
has construction contracts for new roads
in Augusta, Ca; Davenport, Ia; Lin
coin, Neb.; Canton, O., and other cities
try. On outside construction, repair and
special work the company employs about
1000 workmen, and at it's busy plant in
the Menomonee valley 300 skilled work
men are regularly employed.
Owns Valuable Patents.
The company owns number of pat
ents for railway car "knuckles." or coup
ling devices, and q part of the foundry
is busy night and day turning these out
for the large systems Of steam roads.
The Falk company's open-hearth steel
foundry is the largest concern of the
kind in the West with the single excep-
ton of similar and slightly larger plant
at St. Louis. and the Milwaukee concern
is now turning out between 10000 and
10000 pounds of high-grade steel cast
ings day. In order to keep up with
demands made upon the company work is
under way night and day. Castings are
being made here for concerns as far East
as Pittsburg, and so far West as the
Pacific coast. The present plant, which
was completed only last year, is one of
the most modern, best lighted and per-
fectly arranged in the entire country.
Busy Factory District on South Side.
The south side "iron factory district
is just now buster than ever before and
almost every plant is running overtime
and more than full-handed. Especially
| is this true at such factories as the Allis
| works. the Nordberg plant, the Filler &
Stowell establishment, the Northwestern
Malleable Iron works, the Vilter Manu-
featuring company's plant, the William
Bailey Il Sons company, Gardiner Camp
bell company, the J. G. Wagner Bridge
works, the Western Malleable Iron
works and other concerns in lines along
! which Milwaukee now leads almost every
civ in the country