Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-16
QUARTERS.
oTTuMWA BRANCH OF INTERNA
TloNAL HARVESTER CO., OF
AMERICA A BIG CONCERN.
Main Offices and Repair Rooms OF
West Main Street Are Spacious and
Excellently Equipped-The Repaik
Room Best in United States.

There are many Ottumwans, per
haps, who are unaware of the tremen,
dous change the consolidation of the
five large harvester companies,
which are now known as the Internal
tional Harvester Co. of America, has
wrought in this city. This mammouth
concern now operates one general of.
flee, an eXcellently equipped repair
house and three warehouses in OF.
tumwa. Its branch here is capable
OF handling and housing at one time
at least 100 cars of harvesters and ap.
proximately $4,000 repair parts.
"A. H. Leimbrook, formerly with the
Champion division at st. Louis, Mo-,
is general manager of the local branch
and he has associated with him a corps
of efficient men in the harvester BUSH
ness. Mr.. Leimbrook, although an OF.
tumwan but short time, has a great
faculty of making friends.
The Repair Room.
Your repair room is without doubt
the finest equipped in the United
States" was the verdict Of r. M,
Fisher, general travelling man Of the
international company when speaking
with Mr.. Leimbrools on a recent VISIT
In this city. The repair room Is In
deed a remarkable department. II Is
entirely different from the company's
other repair rooms, the idea being con
ceived by one OF the Ottumwa EN-.
ployes.
1t is situated on the first floor of
the main Office building, 123-125 West
Main street. The room contains Ave
sections, In which are bins numbering
up to 5000. Three of these sections
are used for repair parts Of the Nc
Cormick machines, one and one-half
sections for Deering repairs and the
| largest section and remaining half
section are used for Champion, Plano
and Milwaukee repair parts The re-.
pair room covers the whole first floor
OF the building and its capacity is go.
900 pieces. Geo. Miller and George
French have charge Of this depart
ment.
Elegant Offices.
1 General Manager Leimbrook and his
assistants are situated in elegant Of.
fees in the front part of the second
floor. The Offices were just recently
completed and present an added beau.
ty in their newness. They ara
spacious, well lighted and are SO sit.
Mated that everything pertaining to Of.
i flee work is convenient.
!. The, Offices consist OF five rooms.
4 Mr.. Leirlbrook has a private office,
opening into tHe offfIcS.ss. assistant
general manager{ H. Il. Larrimesir ssHd
the main office. In this are situated
Charles q. Holmes, hookkeeper and
cashier; G. w. Henderson. assistant
bookkeeper and cashier; James v.
Curran, office assistant; L.. w. Suits
| shipping clerk and Miss Daisy Rees
and Miss Lucetta Schenck, stenograph-
ers. There is also travelling mems
writing room and public reception
room. Provision has also been made
for supply and cloak room.
4 The Display Room.
To the rear Of the offices a large
space is used for displaying the five
different makes of machines handled
by the international Co. The entire
basement Of the house is used for the
| storage Of mowers The display
room is in charge Of local sales mans
ager, Peter Leinhauser. The three
warehouses are the old building for.
merly used by the Mccormick Co. on
Commercial street, the Deering or
West Main street and the Plano OF
South Market street.