The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-19
OVERALL AND SHIRT CO.
BIG GARMENT CONCERN
General Line Of Manufacturing in the
Field is Oone-Modei Plant Which
is Conducted in Admirable Way
Union Made Garments.

One of Pichmond's many prosper
Gus industries. and which is helping
10 make a reputation for the city as
business center. is the Richmond
Overall & Shirt Company. located on
South Seventh and II streets.
This company has the distinction Of
being the only garment making con-
Germ in Richmond operated entirely by
union labor. In the manufacture of
garments it is recognized fact
throughout the entire country that the
best examples of workmanship are
turned out of the shops employing
union labor The Garment workers
union is one of the strongest in exist
ence. and the most competent workers
are 10 be found within the ranks of the
organization
The manufacture of working mems
garments is an industry which has
prospered greatly during the past few
years. and perhaps no branch of indus
try has more generally felt the general
prosperity of the country than the
garment makers. The more working
men employed the greater is the de-
mand for overalls and shirts.
In the case of the Richmond Over
all & Shirt company this demand is
so strong that the output of the fac
tory is sold ahead to the first of next
I April, and the plant has a capacity of
I 200 garments a day. Over 80 people
are employed by the company, and
the mechanical equipment is up-to
date and complete in every respect.
The factory is located in a substan-
tial brick building of sufficient size to
permit expansion such as the bust
ness will ultimately demand. At pres
ent it is the heaviest that it has been
in the history of the industry, and de.
mand is becoming greater each day.
\ Under the management of Mr. r. A.
Colvin it was originally established
nine years ago in Greenville, Ohio. At
ter operating there for four years the
demand for the product became SO
heavy that it was necessary to In
crease the capacity and. in order to
do this Mr.. Colvin mc-ed the business
4 to Richmond, and the present com
pany was formed
Mr. Colvin is President and General
Manager of the concern. He is promi
nent in manufacturing circles. The
concern holds a membership in the
Union Labor Association, an organiza
ton composed of the manufacturers OF
union garments. and he is member
of one of the important committees
of the association. He has the reputa
tion of being a man who knows all the
ms and outs of making working mems
garments, and the success of the bus
mess under his direction moro than
justifies the reputation he bears.
The Vice President OF the company
is Mr.. Henry G. Starr, one of the best
known capitalists and business men ir
Indiana Mr. Starr is an attorney. but
he is financially interested in mum
Der of business enterprises OF which
the Richmond Overall & Shirt Com
pany is not the least.
j. F. Bartel, secretary-treasurer o.
the company is well known in Rich
mond business circles. He conducts {
large retail grocery store, to which hi
has given his personal attention, ant
achieved great success.
The output of the Richmond Overall
& Shirt Company is sold all over the
country, though the greater part of il
is shipped west of the Mississippi riv
err