Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-11-20
GUSTAFsON BROTHERS
Have Started Large Plant In Operation
Under Favorable Auspices.
Chattanooga Times.

Under Favorable Auspices.
Chattanooga Times.
One of this city's latest and best ac-
quisitions in the line OF new industries,
is the Gustafson Manufacturing com
pany, which has removed to this city
after having been located at Sequachee
since 1896 ComiLg with well-estab-
lished trade, large corps of experience
ed workers, together with the manage
ment of the company, who are men of
thought and action, the plant is valua-
BILE addition to the manufacturing inter-
ests of the city.
The Gustafson company purchased
building formerly occupied by the
Chickamauga foundry, which is one of
the best manufacturing sites in the
city and after remodeling and moving
therr machinery into the plant they
have transformed the old building
which has been vacant for so long
time into one of the best workshops in
the city.
The specialties of this company are
mining and furnace equipment and min
ing cars of all descriptions, furnace tuy-
eres and coolers and many other articles
of this nature are made complete The
company constructs its cars without 60
ing outside its own plant for anything
other than the material, and this, after
going through the woodworking shops
for the bed of the car and the foundry
and pattern shops, thence to the ma
chine room, as is the case with the
metal portions of the cars, is fash
ioned into mining cars of national re-
putation.
The members of the company are A.,
s. and C. J. Gustafson, one Of whom at
tends to the business department of the
plant and the other to the mechanical.
G. j. Gustafson is an expert mechanical
engineer, having learned his trade in
Europe and having ever since practic-
ed it in all the largest cities in the
United States, He designed the first
ten-wheel locomotive used on the Bnrl-
ington route and which was one of the
first ever used. Since his career as a
manufacturer be has invented a large
number of car appliances, all of which
are protected by patents and made ex,
clusively by his company.
The Gustafson brothers commenced
with but few hundred dollars capital
and now have a plant worth about a
bout SIS, 900 and an established trade
extending to the furthermost boundar'
les of the United States and Mexico and
| Canada.
When questioned by Chattanooga
Times representative yesterday as tC
the prospects and plans for the future
Mr.. Gustafson spoke most enthusiast
callY and confidently expressing himsel
about as follows:
well, in the first place we are going
to grow and develop until we spread al
over our present grounds and perhaps
further. We are adding one or two mel
to our pay roll every day and mean t.
keep it up. Our line of manufacture il
so varied that as the demand for eacl
line increases additions will have to b,
built and we will commence our build
ing of additions early in the sprinl
when we will build large woodworking
shop. Our other plans cannot be mad
public at present but involve larg
expenditure and are very extensive.
1--WE have all that we can do to fill Ou
orders and are now supplying the ma.
ority of the large mines of the sout
with their mining machinery. Chatta
nooga is an ideal maq turing city an
has a great future and we have righ
TO congratulate ourselves on our presen
superior location"