Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-01

/ every year ana Iney are SIHppsu u
| points III British Columbia and the
south, and from ocean to ocean. The
one being erected then in the other de-
| partment was to be shipped to the coal
mine owned by Democratic Candidate
| Phillips. who usese them for pumping
and hosting. this being the third engine
| he had ordered. The Lennox gasoline
engine is the simplest of construction OF
any gasoline engine on the market; 1t is
economical of operation and is guaran-
| teed to outlast at the same work the
| best steam engine ever made. The en-
| gines are now used for hundred differ
ent kinds of work. from portable engines
erected on trucks to operate wocd-saw-
| ing outfits, we'll drills and threshing
lmachines to the small uprights designed
Especially for pumping, feed grinding
and farm work of all kinds The Lennox
is the first gasoline engine that has
worked as readily in cold weather as In
any other, hence it's adaptability to out
door winter work.
From the moulding room one is led to
the erecting room, where the great
seven-ton shears are put up. These
monstrous machines are. a wonder in
their power and ingenious design. To-
day they are used In all the great ship
building yards, locomotive works, boiler
shops and leading foundries Of this
country and Europe. Among the great
foundries of the world the Lennox shear
is known as the only successful rotary
shear ever made and for it's inception
Mr.. Lennox is entitled to admittance to
the ranks OF the worlds great inventors
s,,t.
chine shop and the din of revolving ma
ohinery is deafening. This building. $50
x50 feet in size, contains over $4,000
worth of special metal working machin-
cry. Here fifty men are busy every
working day making the various parts
to the engines and machines. One man
simply makes special tools for the 9th
ers to work with. Three other men are
at work on the largest lathe in the state
of Iowa. Upstairs, the building is two
stories high, one workman was seen cut
ting cogs in a piece of steel to make a
gearing. Mr.. Lennox explained that at
first several gears were made of iron,
but he didn't like them, so his workmen
was making others of steel. Every de-
tail of machine making in this shop is
under the trained eye OF the mechanical
genius that conceived and designed
every part.
L Crossing an alley one enters a large
two-story building that resounds to fifty
hammers. Here the tin work on the
furnaces is done and the supplies stored.
On the lower floor a six-horse portable
gasoline engine for wood saving was
just set up for shipment to British
Columbia, it being the third order for a
similar outfit sent to the one town. Next
to 1t was neat little engine for farm
pumping. etc. The LennoX engine is
gaining a wide sale among farmers.
This would ordinarily complete an
hours tour of the four large buildings,
but 1t has already been seen that the
present plant must be enlarged, so Mr..
Lennox is ready to point out the loca-
ton of new buildings already planned.
His factory must turn out at least 1000
furnaces next year to meet ordinary de-
mands. The orders now coming In for
rotary shears aggregate $1,000 to $4,000
worth OF constructing per month. And
the gasoline engine business Is growing.
The Lennox foundry is one of the big
sights of Marshalltown. It is reaching
out until there seems to be no end to its
growth, all due to the genius Of one re-.