The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-01
CITY,s SPECIAL FACTORIES.
Of Various Kinds, but All are Prosper

The independent or special factories erected and equipped for the making of some special article have been singu- larly successful in Montgomery. The success of these institutions has not been confined to the prosperous twelve months which have just passed but it has been with them since their estab- lishment.
 There are distinct and impressive reasons for this. First Montgomery is a large wholesale market. Its trade territory is broad and expansive. The special manufacturer is assured at the outset of his enterprise that he will have a broad field in which to push his goods.
 Moreover power is cheap in Mont gomery. It matters not if the manu- facturer wants to run his establishment by steam or by electricity, power is to be had at a low figure. And labor Is not dear. Living expenses in this dis tinctly agricultural city are low and 1t has never been necessary for labor to make exorbitant demands upon capi- tai.
 One glance at a railroad map will give another impressive reason as to why the special factories have suc- ceeded. The town is great railroad center. On a railroad map the city is a hub with a full quota of railway lines radiating in every direction. The rail- road facilities are all that any shipper could desire.
 It needs only energy, some business ability and some capital to establish and successfully maintain a factory or the manufacture of special articles.
 How Special Factories Succeed.
 The success of the pants factory of the firm of Steiner, Lobman and Frank Is evidence of all this. The factory was started ten years ago as dis tinct and separate institution from the large wholesale business of that firm. In ten years 1t has doubled it's value, its business and its equipment. This was done in the face of the fact that the establishment of the enterprise was wholly an experiment.
 The plant is located on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and has a capital stock of s35,000. In the factory over a hundred hands are employed. The fac tory turns out pants, shirts. overalls. etc.
 "The year just closed has been a most prosperous year for us said AL derman Nathan Lobman, a member of the firm. "We did an excellent busI- ness and the prospects for the coming year are very flattering. The fall trade
 
 up unusually well. We are getting a wealth of orders In fact our plant is behind with the orders that have come in. It Is impossible to fill them as they come in."
 But then the increase of our busi- ness has been steady since the factory was established ten years ago. At that time the enterprise was wholly an ex- pertinent and we were by no means en- couraged by the predictions that were made concerning 1t. The factory was never in a more prosperous condition than it is today"
 "Our market is a wide one. We sell goods in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Much of the material that we use in our factory comes from Columbus, Georgia, and a great deal is shipped to us from North and South Carolina. Our jeans comes from Tennessee and the cashmere we use is necessarily bought In the North"
 The Modern Equipment.
 We use the very latest modern ap- pliances in our work. For instance we have an electric cutter that is ca pablo of cutting hundred pairs of pants at one time. We have too the latest presser, a system of pressing irons which are heated by hot air. Whenever we hear of the appearance of a new machine on the market has been our policy to have one put in our factory at once.
 Montgomery is a fine location for a factory such ours. The railroad fa- cilities are very good. The freight rates are the only objectionable feature to the business they are too high. We are apparently given a' rate based on river competition, but in reality we do not