The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-10

the new wrapper to connect It with the
Simmons family except a portrait of Dr.
A. O. Simmons.
In 1880 the company purchased NOEL
rees Wine of Cardui. 1t was entirely
unknown to the trade. but had been sold
to some extent In a few localities. being
put UP in very crude style In six-ounce
bottles to retail at 81 each. BY guaran-
teeing a cure in every case the sales
amounted TO about twenty gross the first
year. Gradually, day by day. month by
month. and year by year. as a result of
close study. hard work, liberal advertis-
ing and the employment OF the best men
to be found and d thorough organization
in every department the business of the
Chattanooga Medicine Company has eX
tended into new territory and grown to
its present enormous proportions. In 1892
n branch Office and warehouse was To-
Gated at ST. Louis and another branch
was established in San Francisco in 1900.
There has never been a month since the
organization of the company when the
sales We're not more for the same rnontr
the previous year and never a year that
they did not exceed the previous years
record.
The Building.
The entire plant of the Chattanooga
Medicine Company, then located near
Main street, at St Elmo, was destroyed
by fire In November 1890. Rebuilding
promptly begun on the site of the
present plant. A few weeks before the
new st. Elmo building was completed
the temporary quarters of the company
were burned and 1t lost every dollars
worth of its tangible property. Additions
have been made to the plant almost
yearly the latest being the fine pressed
brick Office building completed in May
1902. This building Is two stories with
basement so by 100 feet, with ell % by
IS feet. and gives 13, $50 square feet of
Y1,-i tip oil IN,
the windows insures even lighting
throughout the building, and the Sturdi-
want fan system heats the building in
winter and cools it in summer The ca
pacity of the offices Is fifty desks. and
that numbcr of Office sstsnts are re-
CURED 10 conduct the business of the
company.
The main building of the plant Is three
stories OF 200 by 50 feet dimensions Here
the medicine is made, packed and shipped
the sub-station of the United States post
office established by the accommodation
of the Medicine Companys mail is To-
Gated, also part of the binding ma
chinery. which cannot be accommodated
IN the printing building adjoining which
is 40 by 1855 feet IN size
The printing department ia the largest
in the country used for the advertising
of one business. Nine great automatic
printing presses are in constant opera
ton. and the latest improvements in
folding, cutting and stitching machines
are constantly being installed The en-
deavors of the superintendent have been
given to the production of a modern
printing plant of an annual capacity of
5o.0o0.m0 books and they have reached
complete success in their undertaking
Several valuable machines used have
been invented by the superintendent and
their employees
In the boiler room annex are the great
100 horsepower Corliss engine, the two
100 horse power boilers. the 100 horse
power electric generator. the stationary
fire engine and complete machine shop
and woodworking plant. From the gen
orator the current is conveyed to motors
in different parts of the buildings all ma
chnery throughout the plant being OPP
Grated by electricity. The buildings. eX-
cept the office, are heated by steam.
Ingredients for the medical products
grown abroad are exported direct to
Chattanooga from London and Leipsi6
The companys plan is to keep a years