The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-09
BURTON CAR WORKS
SOLD TO IOWA FIRM
A, C. Rudolph & Co. VIII
Move Big Factory Here.
FROM NEWTON IOWA
Threshing Machine Attach
ments Manufactured Here.
PRICE PAID WAS $4,000
For Five Buildings and Is
Acres of Land.
PRICE PAID WAS $4,000

Yesterday the deal was closed for the
purchase of the five buildings of the Bur
ton Stock car company and 10 acres of
land Located about the plant The A. C.
Randolph company of Newton, Iowa,
threshing machine attachment manufac-
turers, were the purchasers and the price
for the property was close TO twenty
five thousand dollars. The \. c. Ran
dolph company will have entirely new
machinery installed and the plant in OPP
Grafton within the next thirty days.
A. c. Randolph & Co. is firm estab-
lished lin Newton, Iowa, many years ago
and at present has a capital of one
hundred thousand dollars. They make
the famous Randolph Stackers which APP
pear with many threshing outfits in this
section, engine tenders. the Engel feed
mills, engine couplers and many other
attachments for trreshing machines and
engines Their removal from Newton
Iowa, was caused on account of the lack
of room in their present quarters and
they purchased the old plant of the Bur
ton Car Works outright in order to give
them buildings large enough to admit
OF a large increase in business and also
place them in city with superior rail-
road accommodations and right in the
heart of a territory which uses the great
er per cent of their product.
The company has disposed of all their
old machinery in use at the Newton
works and the contract has been let for
some time for the new machinery to be
used in their new factory. Everything
viii be new in the Wichita plant. The
machinery will begin to arrive within the
next ten days.
The Frisco railroad runs within a few
hundred feet of the buildings and while
the deal was pending the Frisco people
announced that they would put in a
switch whenever the company wanted it,
Yesterday the railroad was notified that
the company would make use of the
switch whenever IL could be put in. The
switch will be built as soon as material
and men can be brought here for the
work The purchase of the plant and
ground also included a right of way for
switch track from the Santa Fe4rail-
road. half mile away and this will be
put in during the winter.
The deal for this property has been
pending for several months but ii was
not finally closed until yesterday when
Mr. Randolph signed the contracts and
the deeds were taken out of escrow In
the National bank of Commerce. Owing
TO the nature of their business the Ran
dolphs asked that the matter be kept
quiet until after the first Of Septeul-
a.
Arrangement 10 move to this city Ten
days ago letter was received here an
nouncing that the company was invoicing
their stock and that they would be here
shortly to make final arrangements for
moving.
During the entire summer the company
has been arranging their business to
move here as soon as the summer rush
was over In their business the busy
season begins with the wheat harvest
and continues until the threshing ma
chimes have been housed for the winter.
The company employs one hundred
men the year around and during the
busy season this number Is augmented
by extra workers in various lines
The company will bring their stock Of
finished goods which they have on hand
and also as many of their present en-
ployes as viii move Possibly one-third
of their employees viii come to Wichita.
these being their experts in each DEPART
ment The others of the force VIII be
employed here. The company has COM
menced correspondence with the Frisco
railroad for suburban service 10 the shops
one train being operated each way al
night and in the morning 10 take the
workmen to and from this city. a very
low fare will be charged for this service.
The Burton Car Works were built sew
enteen years ago and at present consist
of five large buildings ranging IN siz=
from 7ox222 feet TO soxE50 feet, besides
store room and foundry. After being
erected they were used by the Burton
stock Car company but after few years
Of operation the machinery vas moved
to Chicago and the plant has remained
idle. There have been rumors Of sales
to circuses and factories but each time
the deals failed TO mstefialize. year
ago the buildings We're ordered torn
down and sold for what they would bring
The original cost OF the buildings was
two hundred thousand dollars.
Work has been done toward cleaning
up the buildings and things are in shape
now % receive rev machinery as fast
as il can be shipped 10 this city and IL
has been announced that some II the
machinery Is ready for shipment from
the mills
The deal was handled at this end b.
J. II. Stewart and 81 was through his oil
sence and work that the deal Was finally
eonsumatea and the operation OF the Big
plant secured. The rev company vi
have about twice the room here thss they
had in their Newton plant ard having
all nev machinery they viz Be able 20
make and handle their goods "a their
increasing trade demands