Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
MACHINE SHOP AND
FOUNDRY IS BUILDING
Machinery Here to Equip Factory for Max
ing the MCGuire Steam PIOw for
Work in SagebruSh

There could not be greater assur-
ance that a machine shop and foun-
dry is to be erected here than the
arrival last week Of three carloads
of machinery, material and tools
for the new enterprise. And serv-
ing further to dispel the doubt that
the new institution would really
be built here was the arrival also of
the working force that is to be
employed in the shops and foun-
dry rooms of the Mountain Home
Manufacturing company, soon to
be built.
The enterprise which means SO
much to Mountain Home as man
ufacturing town, had its origin in
the visit to this city of Mr.. ]. w.
Mcclure of the MCGUIRE Steam
Plow Co., of Minneapolis, early in
January of this year. For years
Mr.. MCGUIRE has been manu-
facturer of steam plows for use on
the prairies of Minnesota and
North Dakota, and through the
efforts of ]. II. Garrett he was
induced to come here to investi-
gate conditions with regard to the
construction of plow that would
successfully operate in the sage
covered plains of the great Snake
river valley.
The Investigations of Mr.. Nc
Guire at that time convinced him
that the method to be used in clear
ing our fertile valley was first to
clear the land of the brush before
attempting to plow, although he
had faith in being able eventually
to build plows that would operate
in the brush as successfully as any
thing yet designed for the purpose.
Convinced that the opportunities
existing here Tor the sale of a
successful steam plow were as
great as in his former location,
and noting that Mountain Home
was situated in position where an
foundry business might be estab-
l s ied, Mr.. MCGUIRE returned to
Minneapolis and interested cap
italists of that city in the project.
A proposition was submitted to
the business men of this city
through the Commercial club and
a bonus was raised in a single
day sufficient to secure the insti-
tuition for this place.
At once the machinery of the
factory engaged in the manufacture
of the MCGUIRE steam plow, and a
complete machine shop and foundry
outfit in addition was loaded on
the cars and shipment made from
Minneapolis.
Beside the machinery in question
a 32-horse Reeves blowing engine
fitted with a MGuire steam plow
of ten bottoms was shipped, and
this rig is now here being fitted
for the work of rendering the sage
brush plains to the use of man.
The company will operate this
plow on contract work during the
summer, and with it Mr.. MCGUIRE
will make his experiments to de-
termine what is best fitted for the
work in hand.
For the clearing of the heavy
brush Mr.. MCGUIRE intends to use
a combination of railroad rails for
the present, using the big traction
engine which has ample power.
Since his visit here last winter,
he has designed for use with the
traction engine machine that he
expects will clear a swath through
the brush to the width of sixteen
feet. He is not yet ready to exhib-
it the plans for this machine, but
it will be Duilt in due time, and a
patent secured.
A site for the buildings of the
new concern has been secured on
the Short Line right of way east of
the track and south of the Idaho
Commercial company's warehouse,
where work on building will al
once be commenced. The main
building, to be used as the machine
shop, will be 4Oxs0 feet in size,
and wing 4Ox4O feet for the foun-
dry work. The contract for the
erection of the building will be lei
today, and the structure will be
of brick or concrete blocks
The company will engage in the
manufacture of steam plows and