The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
Troy's Immense Manufacturing Enterprisec

Troy has enjoyed the advantages of splendid and magnificent manufa curing enterprises for many years; the Troy Fer t1lizer Company having been organized some years ago and has been in operation tor all that time. with home capital and managed by home talent. The capital invested in the enterprise has made good returns and amply proved the business capacity od the managers. The Troy Fertilizer Company had a capital of sl5O,- poo. paid up and its products have been Bold in all parts of the South establish Ing reputation for soundness and rela- bilfty surpassed by no other similar con- bern in the State. They manufacture potion seed oil, cake, meal linters and hulS, smphuric acid and acid phosphate and its brands of goods are the Troy Per feet, Farmers Alliance and Nancy Hanks Guanos and Humes' Ammoniated Dis Bolved Bones, which are very popular for being always just as represented, and the very best fertilizers on the market. The officers of this company are Colonel O. c. Wiley, president: L. H. Bowles. secre- tary; J. c. Henderson, treasurer, and has among its stockholders some of the foremost cdtezens and leading business men of Troy. The old concern has gone elong prospering for years and now the demand has far overleaped the supply
 
 1t has been found that the capacity did not meet the requirements and in 1902 another company was formed which had ample capital and which was determined to meet all the demands and have plant that could not be surpassed if equalled in all the South. It was composed of many of the same men who had been instru- mental in the founding and running the old plant and they knew what was want Rnd iv,Hya ant fnr their capital. and were keen to build a fertilizer plant that would 'stagger com petition and come up to the promise of the increased trade of the future-hence the new plant sprung up like magic and h now in full operation, a fact that all the people of Troy, even do not know.
 The Standard Chemical and Oil Co.
 The Standard Chemical and Oil Com pany was organized March 2. 1902. and has recently completed at cost of $2oOO one of the largest and most up-to-date fertilizer and oil mill plants in the South. The plant is located two miles northeast of Troy at the junction of the Atlantic Coast Line and Central of Georgia Rail- ways both roads entering their yards. The location is an ideal one. being be- tween the two roads and every facility Is offered for the output of the immense plant had the good fortune to go through the new plant very recently ana to say I was amazed at the magnitude and capacity will put it mildly. The buildings and machinery cover several acres Of ground, all put up in the latest ard rrost modern style and of the most substrrtial workmanship and best mate rial. with the most modern and up 10 date machinery placed by experts the masonry and cement and brick work can't be bea:en anywhere in all the country The work is here to stay and the capa- citv 7s the pIant is of such proportions that 1t will he able to meet all require mentz fer many years to come The new works have been in operation since Jana r and both the oil mill and terti- If,.,- de.ortments are being run to their fur caracity and their products are being dispes q of as rapidly as they can be turned out The plant has capacity or 5o Haa tons of fertilizers per annum and o5 ooo tons of cotton seed meal The manifold benefits to Troy of this new enterprise are difficult to foretell and its