The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-31
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]. w. Sanderson VIII Handle
Contractors Supplies.
HEAVY IRON AND TIMBERS
New Yard viii be Opened by
March |.

BY the first OF March Wichita will have
an industry along an entirely different
lire than heretofore taken up by the
business men OF this city. BY that date
J. W. Sanderson viii be ready for bus
mess in his yard on North Santa Fe ave-
nue., where he viii handle heavy bridge
and building timbers and building iron.
He will establish a saw mill for both
wood and iron work and viii make this
city headquarters for all Of his contracts
that he may make for construction work
in this section Of the country.
Mr.. Sanderson is a contractor from
Burlington. Iowa, and in short time
viii move his family TO this city and
make It his home. He will bring the
greater part of his interests in the con-
struction line from his Iowa home to this
city. Mr.. Sanderson has one OF the larg-
est yards for handling heavy iron and
building material in Iowa. and all of this
viii be moved to Wichita, and at that
time Wichita win have the only yard car
rying this class of goods in the state.
with nothing nearer than Kansas City.
and then all Of the heavy building mate
rial for the construction work of the big
buildings in this city and in the territory
tributary TO Wichita will be supplied
from this yard.
The contractor will be able to secure
from this yard an ''I' beam of any length
and cut into any shape. The big beams
will be shipped to the yard from the steel
and iron works and viii be cut into the
right lengths that will suit the builder.
Then the yard will have all shapes and
sizes of heavy timbers. such rs are used
in the big implement houses. and also on
bridge timber.
Mr. Sanderson has been making the
final arrangements for the shipping Of
the timbers here for the past few days
and he has called on several OF the con-
tractors for construction work of some
buildings that are to be built here at an
early date with view of getting their
contracts for the heavy timber and iron
work, and he has met with considerable
success He was questioned very closely
by the contractors as TO the time when
he would be able to furnish the goods
and he assured them that he would be
ready for business March LIST, and posi-
bly, sooner.
The stock which will be carried in the
yards will cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000. This also includes the machin-
cry for cutting the iron and wood into
the proper lengths, and the yard will en-
ploy about fifteen men.
MIR. Sanderson is the man who built the
ingalls, school, and at that time when ne
was in the city a great deal he liked the
way buildings were going up in this city
and in the surrounding towns, and IL
was al that time that ne decided to come
here and make this city his home. He
employs during the building season about
a hundred men. and as he makes con-
tracts in all parts of the country this
city will be the headquarters of the en-
tire outfit. He became acquainted with
a number OF business men while in the
city last summer, and has made some
heavy investments in real estate since
first coming here.
The new yard will be located just above
First street. He purchased the strip Of
ground between the Rock Island and
Santa Fe tracks. It will be accessible
from either of them and he can load his
goods onto either of the two roads and
also on the Frisco. and but short wagon
haul will be necessary to handle the
trade that may come In over the Missouri
Pacific lines.
This line Of business is something that
has never been tried in this city, but
builders from all parts of southern Kan
sas and Oklahoma Territory say there
is no reason why II cannot be made sue
cessfui. as at present it is absolutely
necessary for them to send to Kansas
City to get the goods that could be sold
In this city. 1t will be a great saving
of time and freight to the contractors OF /
this city, southern Kansas and Okla
homa.