The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-10
Richmond Make
Of Gasoline Engine
G. B. Ford Company Exhibiting
at State Fair Only Gasolcncr
Made in Virginia.


the exhibition OF the products. manu-
4 features and other resources Of the
stnte Exhibitions from other States
lInre. OF course. Invited and they come
and are enjoyed.
i In the machinery show ut tile State
! Fair now going OH. n Richmond manu-
factory. tho c. Il. Ford Company, In
4 corporntcd. are the exhibitors of the
only gasoiene engine made in Vir-
lginia: and, for the reason that Mr..
tford. the designer. mako II study of
! the peculiar needs OF the Virginia far
! mcr and others needing such power,
HI is better adapted to the needs Of
1.-THE Southern farmer than any engine
/ on the market. 1t is known as tho
| Ajax; is of four-horse power. and is
] simplicity Itself. with perfect safety
combined and does superior work In
saving wood, pumping water, cutting
feed. slielltng corn rim operating any
farm or household machine to which
u belt cnn be attached.
The c. Il. Ford Company have their
factory and machine shops. at Eigh-
teenth and Dock Streets (thc TrigE
lShipyard). They are engineers, ma
chinists and bOiler-makers. doing a
general machine contracting business.
llCiI AtICIltAlSS hic aLIpIc anu AhSy
are ever prepared to build by con-
tract stationary engines. engines for
steam shovels. paper mill machinery
cotton mill machinery and@t now
famous Ajax turbine water wheel. Oth-
er machinery of 81 smaller kind they
contract to build.
Boiler Dnildine.
In the boiler-making department.
~, F. -
kinds descriptions and sizes. They
also manufacture tanks and smoke
stacks. While in the matter of good
work and true work the company
makes n speciality of every product of
the extensive shops 1t may be said in
certain sense that the building Of
smokestacks and tanks is a speciality.
inasnucf as 1t can be stated as fact
to be substantiated by the records that
they sell more stacks and tanks than
any concern in the State of Virginia
Their trade En- these goods extends from
Washington to Georgia.
boiler Stay Bolts.
But If the Ford Company have any
one specially that lays over all others,
1t Is the manufacture OF their superior
threated boiler stay bolts. This COM
pany, by the way. is the only concern
in the entire South that manufactures
boiler stay bolts. Until they embarked
in the business the manufacture of this
Indispensable article was monopoliZed
by the territory north of Philadelphia.
They sell these superior goods, which
are used in building and repairing
boilers, in every Southern State and In
nearly all of the Northern States; as
far West as Detroit. and from Boston
to New Orleans. The superiority of
product Of their factory gives them
this vast trade in boiler stay bolts.
Other Depn tlnents.
Another speciality Of the Ford Com!
pany is their frictionless dry-kiln
trucks for lumber mills and lumber
manufacturing establishments. These
| trucks have steel roller bearings. are
| lighter than the old-fashioned kind
| and being practically indestructible
| they are immeasurably superior ia
| the wooden truck, and in the end much
| cheaper.
The company does a large business
with the railways centrinE in this
| section in manufacturing for them res
| pair parts. They also build for rail-
| ways hydraulic pit jacks. One is now
| being erected in their machine shops
| for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
/ Company.
The company does an immense repair
business, their factory being amply
equipped for first class work In the
| repair of boilers, engines and ma
4 chinery of all kinds.
But this story was started to tell OF
| the Ajax gasolene engine. the only en-
| CINE OF the kind manufactured
lin Virginia, and It's home is
| in Richmond. 1t is probable
that many Richmond people are not
aware that such n machine is made in
this city, but by degrees the truth will
dawn upon the people that they need
not go beyond the capital city to find
anything they want in any line of
| business or for any uses.
| The day has come when the gasolenc
| engine has become u farm implement.
and they pre being made to take the
! place Of the laborer and horse power to
run all manner OF farm implements,
| such as threshers. corn-shellers. churns,
| feed cutters, wood saws and we'll
pumps, and in fact, pretty much every
! thing. The time may soon come when
| the gasolene engine will be running
| plows II SO. it may be set down as n
\ safe guess that the c. B. Ford Com
pany will be among the first on the
1 market with Easolene plow.
SPARK FALLS INTO POWDER