Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-23
At
THE STOVE WORKS

Weather permitting ground Will be
broken at the plant of the Danville
Stove g. Manufacturing Company to-
morrow for a general enlargement of
the works, which is essential to keep
pace with the growing demand for
Beaver stoves and ranges.
1t is a well-known fact that the stove
works with its present capacity last
year was unable to ill its orders. The
expansion will affect every depart
ment of the works. The foundry will
be enlarged by building an annex
eighty -four feet long and sixty feet
wide. To conform with the present
building the new part will be Of frame,
one story high The masons will be-
gin work on the foundation tomor-
row.
The maximum number of moulders
at present employed is seventy -four !;
when the annex is completed the num-
Der will be increased to one hundred,
which will far exceed the largest mum
Der of stove moulders ever employed
in Danville.
The increased number of moulders
will make it necessary to enlarge the
capacity of every department. OF the
works. Additional and improved mach
inery will be installed in the cleaning
room to take care of the increased pro-
duct. The capacity of the mounting
room will be doubled by adding anoth-
er story to that division of the works,
the five floors on the first story by the
change being duplicated by five other
floors for the mounters up stairs.
The capacity of the nickeling depart
ment will he increased coIrespondingly
while every department will take on
more men. The number of names on
the pay roll will be increased by at
least one third, so that in all some two
hundred and twenty hands will be
employed.
The material is all ordered and is
expected to arrive at the stove works
yet during the present week. All the
building will be done by the company
itself. under the supervision Of Fred
Montague, who for many years past
has been at the head of the carpenter
shop connected with the plant
The business of the Stove g. Manu-
featuring Company Is expanding not
only IN the sense that the demand for
Beaver stoves is increasing at home
and abroad but also that new lines of
stoves are constantly being added.
The Imperial Beaver" placed upon
the market last year was a winner in
every respect. The success achieved was
of sort to encourage the management
to embark upon another venture in the
line Of modern and improved heating
apparatus. An entirely new range,
therefore, called the Famous Beav-
er, is the result, which is at present
in the wood pattern shop, but which
will be ready for the market by May.
The new range will have the lift-otf
nickel feature which made the I'm
perial Beaver" so popular; it will be
a plain range of colonial finish and
will be i'll three sizes-l6. Is and 20
inch oven.
1t is pretty evident that the manage
ment a. we'll as the trade of the Dan
VILE Stove & Manufacturing Company
is in pretty safe hands. W. A. SechleT
has been successfully reelected as
general manager for several years past.
Among the sales agents also there have
been no changes and they are a. fol-
lows: Hon. James Foster, Danville
A. H. MacAdam. Philadelphia; K. T..
Edmundson, Pittsburg a. l.. Garfield,
New York. and " d. Ssyre, Chicago.
AT the present time Dsnville stoves
are sold in all sections of the United
States, as we'll as in Mexico. Cuba,
Porto Rico and China.