Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15

at Ihe hayward yesterday for q pleas
ure visit in Los Angeles and she plans
to pass the greater part of the winter
here.
Until a little over three years ago
Mrs. McKelvey knew little of business
except as her husband, who was one
or the pioneer concrete men i'm the
country, had taught her In discussing
MS own business affairs with her. For
three months before he died Mr. Me-
kelVey was Ill and IL was necessary
for his wife to transact all his busi-
ness. At that time he had some lsrge
contracts on and she spent most of
her time at the office taking up his
work just where he had been com
PEELED to lay it down. When he died
she became president of the company
and since then has regulated the en-
tire business of what is perhaps the
largest concern Of the kind in America.
For thirty-flve years Mr. McKelvey
was one of the best known concrete
men IN the country and It was i'm this
way that he drifted into the manufac-
ture of concrete machinery. He found
what was needed and invented machin-
cry to fill the wants, patented them
and then opened a factory for the
manufacture of them.
The company now has q main office
anu ltitlOIy III NsDlCaRO, WIN offices
in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and
other eastern cities, and with agencies
all over the world The machinery
turned out of the Chicago factory is
slipped to almost every part Of the
civilized world ana at home and abroad
1t Is being used extensively
Mrs. McKelvey has had during the
last three years experiences such as
fall to few women. Last year the
strikes in Chicago affected her work
to a great extent and some of her
contracts were fulfilled under great
difficulties.
THE strikes in Chicago are q terri.
hle thing and In almost every line OF
work we are bothered by them" said
Mrs. McKelvey. I'VE no sooner get
everything running smoothly in one
department in Chicago than there Is
strike in some other department
1t retards the growth Of the city and
necessarily retards the growth of the
industries.
Last summer when the mechanics
were on strike I had to have some
of my machinery taken from the fac
tory and shipped under police protec-
tiCn. There We're pickets on every
corner who were only awaiting for a
chance to shoot men VINO would handle
the machinery. No city can really
attain to its best under such conditions
as those.
II love Southern California and
come out here for recreation, though
sometimes combine O. little business
with my pleasure.
1.-The concrete business Is still in its
infancy and l believe that each year
the quantity Of concrete used will in
crease. Fourteen story buildings are
being erected entirely of concrete, and
in Europe. where it's use has only
recently become general, it is very
popular"
Come In Private Car
A party of prominent eastern CAPT.
talists who arrived in a private car
over the Southern Pacific late last
night and registered at the Alexan-
dria hotel includes Charles Gates, son
of John Gates, the steel magnate; Or
son G. Wells, who is right hand man
to John Gates, and James Hopkins
vice president of the Diamond Match
company. Mr.. Gates is accompanied
by his wife, maid and valet.
Alaska Man Visits Los Angeles
James H. Rogers, traffic manager O.
the White Pass & Yukon route, will
headquarters in Vancouver and Skag
way, Alaska, arrived at the Alexandra
yesterday.
Mr.. Rogers came to consult with G.
w. Ross, who has just been installed
in the local office, with regard to inter.
eSting the winter visitors to Los An
geles in extending their pleasure tours
to include the White Pass and Yukon
trip next summer. 1t is his first visit
to Los Angeles and he expresses him
self as delighted with everything he
has seen so far.
to see much of the city, but do not in
tend to go away until / have done so,
for have always wanted to come here.
Several times before have started in
this direction, but never got any farther
south than San Francisco.
ALASKA tourist travel last year was
almost killed by the San Francisco
disaster, but this year we expect to
have great crowds of fasteners, and
tain great many. There are many
people who come to Los Angeles for the
winter and are glad Of the opportunity
to come north and pay Dawson and
the surrounding country visit when
summer comes"
Personals
A party Of prominent Salt Lake and
Rhyolite people who arrived at the AL.
exandria yesterday for weeks pleas
ure visit include DR.. and Mrs. Jack v.
Kieth Of Salt Lake, Col o. Whitti-
more of Salt Lake, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Curtis Mann of Rhyolite, and Mrs. Tom
Blyth and Miss Bella Blyth of Salt
Lake and Butte, Mont.
c. w. Condor of Oswego, Kas., presi-
dent of the banking firm Of C. w. Con-
don & Co. of the State bank, arrived
at the Alexandria yesterday.
John j. Ryan, a prominent theatrical
man of Cincinnati, is at the Alexan-
dria, accompanied by his wife and
daughter.
Mrs. c. w. Sexton, wife of the presi-
dent of the G. w. Sexton Insurance
company of Minneapolis, and A. F.
Matschke, the other member of the
firm. and a party of trends are at the