The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-11-07
FURNACE FACTORY
GROWING NICELY
PLANT SECURED BY COMMERCIAL.
CLUB A SUCCESS.
GOODS GO AROUND CAPE HORN.
Deliveries to Pacific Coast Made BY
the All Water Route Factory Is
To Be Greatly En-
iarged.


with continuation Of the present
very satisfactory business and the nat
lral increase of the demand for our
goods, the Interstate Manufacturing
Company will have to enlarge it's quar-
ters next year to take care OF its busi-
ness" Thus answered Mr.. Stewart
w. Jameson. secretary and general
ing Company. to question put by
Herald reporter. Our business this
season has been far ahead of expecta-
tons and has been really surprising.
While the greater number of orders
have come from points In Iowa and
Nebraska, we have placed orders this
season in eight different states, and
the furnace made in Oskaloosa' has
been set up from Salem, Oregon. ON
the west, to Milwaukee on the east, and
from Minneapolis on the north to st.
Louis on the south The fame of the
goods has even reached beyond the
equator, and we received a letter of
INQUIRY this week from Johannesburg,
South Africa. We are now getting
shipped to Salem, Oregon. for points
IN the Pacific coast, for next seasons
trade
Yes, said next seasons trade.
Fhe shipment is to be made BY water
ind the goods win be landed at their
destination at less freight cost than
he charge by rail amounts to. The
1,
oosa to Davenport and thence by the
Mississippi to New Orleans. Here the
reight win be transferred to an ocean
going boat and will be taken around
he horn and north again through the
Pacific ocean to the destination via
San Francisco. The railroad rate from
oskaloosa to Salem is about three dol
lars per hundred, and this with local
,harges for short kanlH brings the
,reight charges beyond all reason. The
freight charge by boat is much less"
In addition to the hot blast furnace
that is meeting with great favor at
1.-THE hands of the public, the factory has
been turning out a hot water heater on
special orders. The factory has also
commenced the building of hot blast
stove made after the idea OF the fur
lace and it will be winner wherever
| t is tried 1t is a fuel saver and will
give satisfaction with either coal or
| wood. The furnace patents are used
IN the stove and a lining of fire brick
S an additional novelty. The she'll
will be of sheet metal and a small
stove will do the work of larger Stoves
Of other makes.
The building of the stoves will be
lpon a wholesale plan and more fac
ory space will be required. More bus
ness for the factory means that more
employees will be needed The output
Of the shops will be more than double
that of today and the pay rolls will be
greatly increased.
| Oskaloosa got good thing when its
Commercial Club found the Interstate
Company Mr.. Jameson says the fac
sory is now doing all it can and that
the season is not yet past. Orders are
coming in every day. He has no fault
% find with local patronage, About
twelve of the furnaces have been in
tailed in Oskaloosa homes this season
md this is far greater number than
was expected this season by the man
lgement The furnace is greatly liked
wherever it has been tried and one
IN town means that more orders will
: rollow. This was the case in Omaha
An early order was placed in that city
and has been followed by many Others
in the face of the warmest kind OF
competition.
Mr.. Jameson is an active and enthu
siastic worker who thoroughly believes
IN his goods. He is energetic in get
ting the goods distributed and is MOI
satisfied with the present capacity o
the factory He is ambitious anC
! wants to see a great institution come
! out of the present possibilities The
adding of the manufacture of the new
3 stove to the present work of the fac
tory will be great start in this direc
r ton, 1t is not improbable that within
Q few years Oskaloosa will be the hom
Of one OF the largest institutions OF tn
kind in the land. The start is neces
Is sarily slow, but growth Is promise
Is along several lines and plans to az
. commodate that growth are alread
y maturing
IOWA FARMER FAILS.