Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-04-23
BIG PLANT IS DOING
A DEAL OF WORK.
Great Industry in Americas
Enlarges.
REsuILDs ALL KINDS ENGINES
An Important Industry is That of Saw
yer s. Sons-Working Space Great
ly Enlarged - Plant Four Times
Original Dimensions.

Among the important manufacturing
enterprises of southern Georgia none
other equals in scope and completeness
the great plant of w. FL. Sawyer & Sons
in Americas, which, with modest be-
ginning, has already increased to three
times its original size.
It is an industry of which any city
would be Justly proud.
It stands today an enduring monu-
ment to the tireless energy of the men
behind II, while it's record for excellent
work, quickly executed, is one of which
the company is proud.
But the enterprise will be pushed
forward to greater achievements IN this
field of usefulness.
Though established only three years,
Its growth has been rapid and subatan-
tial. From q small working force OF
two or three employees the plant now
employs large force skilled artisans
in it's machine shops, wood working
and electrical departments.
Four times the working space is re-
quired than four years ago.
The plant does all kinds of heavy
forging and fine machine work. Even
locomotives are entirely overhauIed and
ebuilt, and turned out spick and span
as when first constructed.
SawmiIl engines, boiler building and
all such heavy work is handled by
skilled workmen
Among some of the larger contracts
awarded Sawyer & Sons recently was
the placing of the ponderous machin-
cry for the Virginia Carolina Chemical
Co.'S. plant here, the Fitzgerald Com
press, the Farmers Oil Co. at Dawson
and others of like nature.
Just now the company is reconstruc-
ting the large ice factory of s, r. Sims
here, putting in new complement of
machinery which will increase the Ca
pacity from 20 to SO tous daily,
Work of this nature demands the
painstaking care of the best skilled
workmep, this and is being thoroughly
done.
A recent addition to the plant is an
electrical department, in charge of Mr..
Hunter Hogue, recently of Atlanta.
All manner of electrical wiring will be
done, and anything in the way of cleo
trical supplies from push button bat
terry to material for an electric plant
can be had.
This feature is very important one,
as the rapidly increasing demand for
electrical appliances renders such an
establishment here necessity.
A ring at phone 1888 will get your es-
Inmates on all electrical work. Mr..
Hogue Is in charge of this department..
In connection with Mr.. j, Ell. Full
ford. the Messrs Sawyer have patented
a machine for sacking fertilizers, cot
tonseed meal. grain, etc. weighing
the contents as 1t is sacked Already
the company has placed these machines
in all the larger factories in this Sec
ton of Georgia.
w. Ell. Sawyer & Sons will manufac-
ture these machines extensively here
as their patent is declared to be the
best device of its kind ever used,
The company is now completing an
other large addition to its plant, 40 by
100 feet, and is prepared to spread
further as necessity requires. It is
modern and up-to-date in every partic-
ular. and every character of work is
handled there quickly and satisfacto.
rily.
1t is such men as these, and such An
enterprise that build up city.