Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
Andrew j. Ross
InOenfOr

Andrew ]. Ross, president and treas
urer of the Ross Oscilating Pump
company, also the inventor of the
greatest pump in the world, was born
in Trumbull county, Ohio, May s. 1856.
For 40 years he has been close to the
heart-throb of machinery. When IL
years of age he began firing a boiler
in Lawrence & Whites glass house,
Pittsburg, Pa. He served his appren-
ticeship as a steel Zimmerman in
Parks Bros. and Company Steel works,
Pittsburg, Pa. For a number of years
he followed the water and oil business,
being connected with the Great North
ern railroad the S. c. Austin Manu-
featuring company of Chicago, Rogers
& Ordway of st. Paul, Minnesota and
for a number of years having full
charge of the installation of water
plants for the Fairbanks Morse COM
pany of St Paul Mimi. Immediately
after this he came to Jewett & Blodg
ett, of the Kern Valley bank, of Bak-
ersfield, Cal, also heavy oil producers in
Sunset, California, where he was en-
ployed five years, having full charge
OF the production of their oil wells.
While engaged with these people he
necessity of pump which could ham
die these heavy fluids. At the present
time this pump is pumping II gravity
oil without heating-fOrcing it to an
elevation of &C feet through 800 feet
of Ia inch main, at the rate of fifty
barrels per hour. 1t has been working
IA months, and is doing what no other
pump has ever done. Mr.. Ross carried
this invention in his bosom % years as
a secret, and until the last few months
has kept from the world one of the
greatest mechanical inventions. Mr.
Ross is man of integrity, with high
moral and religious principles, a man
who not only is cOnqueror Of the me-
chaPical world, but has a great heart
in him, and is constantly trying TO en-
courage the poor and the struggling,
and give every man chance to better
his own circumstances. He is a man
of true business principles.
The Ross Oscillatins Pump company
has purchased the patent right for the
United States and Onc-half interest in
the foreign countries. We Incorporated
January 16, and have sold over 100 600
shares of stock We have purchased
the best machinery that money can
buy, which will be ready for installa
ton as soon as the factory is COM
pleted, which we expect to accomplish
about March 10, at which time we win
be enabled to supply the eVer-mcreas-
ing demands for our pumps. our prog
ress has been phenomenal The rec
ords we have made will stand high i'm
Wall street We are not promoters
The secret Of it all is, we have an cX-
traordinarily good thing, The indica-
tions at present are that we will be
compelled to take our stock from the
market very soon, as men with mill
lions are after us and may furnish all
the money we need. If they do, not
another share will be sold. Many have
been awakened to the value of our Of
fer, and have tried i'm vain to get stock
at 25 cents, only to find to their dis
appointment that they We're too late.
Now we give you fair warning. Your
only safe way TO get stock at so cents is
to write. call or wire at once for your
reservation, pending investigation.
ROSS OSCILLATING PUMP co,
3OH-5-6 Merchants Trust Bldg.
Los Angeles, Cal
Phones: A96O5. Main 5623.