The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

where the records OF service vary from
four to eleven years.
feats. the Broderick & Bascom Company
Is paying particular attention TO the man.
ufacture of ropes for aerial tramways,
providing cheap. transportation across
mountainous regions. celebrating space
and annihilating time. h ompany has
been successful In the operation of a tram
highest known altitude in the world.
Specially trained engineers are employed
for carrying on this branch of the work
and are prepared to go into any part OF
the wcIld on tramway contracts.
The Frederick x Bascom Rope Com
pary was launched as q partnership firm
IN 1910. the successor of the Old st. Louis
Railroad Supply Company in the wire rope
line. The company was Incorporated In
iSS2, with John !. Broderick as president
and Joseph ID. Bascom as secretary and
treasurer, the same men still holding the
same Offices after a quarter of a century
of unbroken progress and success. When
they started In business they had only the
second floor of the building on Main and
ing. they moved 10 12S North Main street.
and in 1880. their growing business de-
handing larger quarters. they removed to
!ei.70S North Nam street. The cyclone OF
1895 DESTROYED their factory. but the fol-
lowing year found them in still larger
quarters at 500 North Main street. During
the next few years the output of the firm
came SO prominently before the engineer
ing world that the business demanded
modern and extensive quarters. The head
quarters wer then established where now
located. at S05-S09 North Main street. The
big factory stands on Main street. from
Main to the Wabash tracks. and extending
from May to Douglass streets, the build
ing being 6ioX:'n feet in dimensions. Here
200 skilled mechanics are employed.
A. Lcschen & Sons Rope Company.
Among the many particularly meritori-
Gus manufacturing establishments Of St.
Louis which have been SO in
enhancing the reputation of the city. not
only all over the Western Continent. but
European and Asiatic countries as well, is
the firm Of A. Leschen G. Sons Rope Com
pany. which was founded in 1857 by Adolph
Leschen. and later on becoming the pres
ent corporate title. AS is usual in large
enterprises. the beginning was very small;
year after year saw the business gradual
ly grow. until now it is one of the leading
rope companies of the United States. They
own thirty-one acres of land in the north
western part of the city, near Hamilton
and Mafftt avenues. on which is located
their immense factory. which was erected
last year. This building is as near per-
lection in equipment and construction as
modern progress and methods can make
II. h machinery used in the manu-
featuring of wire rope is the most up-to-
date o~btainable.
Their chief manufactured product is wire
rope of all descriptions. They are the ex-
elusive and sole manufacturers of the
Hercules wire rope, which is. without
a doubt. the strongest and toughest wire
rore made. They manufacture this we'll
known brand with a colored strand as a
mark of Identification. so as to protect
the consumer against inferior grades. On
his they have a trade mark for their own
protection.
They are also sole manufacturers of the
patent fattened-strand wire rope, which
is being used now by all of the larger
mining companies for hosting and on the
haulaEe plants. This make IS also being
used on the elevators in the largest build
ings in New York City. Philadelphia, Chi
ST. Louis and other large cities. An
other branch of their business is the man.
and erection of aerial vire-rope |
and during the year 1902 COM
oleted the installation OF one line over |
miles in length at Grand En- |
,ampment, Wy. which is the largest WIRE
rope tramway in this country.