Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-12-03
.S15,462,35S IS
CITY'S OUTPUT
MANUFACTURING CONCERNS OF
oTTUMwA PROSPEROUS
IN 1906.
WILL SHOW PRODUCTS
Forty Business Institutions Tomorrow
Open Doors and Their Works
Viewed - Ladies' are
Also lnvittd.

Viewed Ladies' are
Also invittd.
Few people realize to what extent
Yankee ingenuity is responsible for
the performance of this nation. That
1t does predominant in almost every
way Is familiar fact, but that it is
due to manufactured products is
shown by the government statistics.
The total value of farm products in
1904 was $1.S99, 379,652, while the to-
tai value Of manufactured products
was $7,409, .66S. Iowa is well up in
the list of states. the value Of the pro-
Ottumwa Is an important factor in
this result is shown by the value of
its products in 1906, $15,462,35S.
Plants Entertain.
Tomorrow forty of the plants the
names and locations OF which we're
published in Saturdays Courier, will
take pleasure in showing visitors ev,
erything of interest. People as rule
do not visit the factories. ETC., in their
own town, but when they, go to other
places, make an effort to do So Many
are deferred by the mo Admittance'
signs generally displayed Arrange
ments have been made for Ottumwans
to take the tour of inspection tomor
row, that almost everyone has intend
ed, but put off to future date. Every
one of the plants Is of interest wheth
er it be the pumping of the water sup
ply. the making Of cigars, the brew
ing of beer, the making of soda water
the printing of newspapers and books
or the cutting of stone.
The telephone companies will show
their switch boards. One who has new
err seen how the connections are
made between the thousands of lines
has something to learn.
The implement factories have many
ingenious machines for the making o.
the various wood and metal parts, the
painting Of them and their Assem-
bling and shipping. This year the Dair
has added the making Of moving ma
chimes to their other output, turning
out twelve completed mowers In {
day.
The Packing House.
The packing house every yea
since it's inception has added to it,
building and Is now one Of the larges
hog packing plants west Of Chicago. Al
many as six thousand head of hog
can be slaughtered and dressed in ;
day. and every detail OF the economi
handling of this quantity Is OF inter
est.
When the brick kiln of the Ottum
wa Brick and Construction compan.
was built at Fairview. it was the la1
gest in capacity nthe world. In tn
last year two planning mills have beef
considerably in evidence. L. r. Girls
man on the south side and the Ottum
wa Mill & Construction company. TIL
latter concern has made a specialt
of porch column, by patented de
vice for holding the parts together
and have had orders for twenty-nin
carloads in one lot and ten in ar
other.
The Iowa Steam Laundry is one O
the largest in the west and Is full Q
new devices. A hydraulic press 70
shirt fronts is one of the latest.
The Hardsocg Mfg. Co. and tn
Wonder Drill Co. have host of spet
ial machines.
Johnston & Sharp has been con
PEELED this year to build a new plan
to get needed room. The manner i
which strip of steel is turned int
| smooth hollow balls by a series c
| presses and grinding machines is Ii
tie short of magic.
Iron Works Active.
The Ottumwa Iron Works has RI
Gently installed a number of automati
machines of the latest pattern whic
operate with seemingly human INTEL
gence. The enormous engines % tn
Ottumwa Railway & Light Co. in ii
mower house are worth going miles
see. The handle factory Of the Lin,
say Mfg Co. on the south side, Is con
paratively new. The demand TO- picl
hammer and shovel handles is due /
the proximity OF the mines and thi
business is growing to large propo
tions. The Ottumwa Boiler Work
has many ingenious way OF aeccr
plishing results.
The Nichols Mfg. Co, make
mechanics square in manner that
unique. They sell these in every stat
in the Union and in almost every coul
ty of the civilized world. The 0ttun
wa Box Car Loader Co., makes
machine that is a revelation in itssl
The Bridge company which is in til
same plant, has numerous new m
chimes added to its equipment tn
year that are wonderful This plal
uses pneumatic tools to large extel
and the way that these can be handle
and the ways in which they can /
placed are particularly interesting.
To Keep Out Cold.
The Ottumwa Pad and Blanket CT
, is less than year old yet they ha,
mad orders for lots of FIVE car loads
their product. To see the felt shire
ded, the covering stuffed and the par
sewed. and the machinery employee
gives one new ideas as to mechanic
principles. Other lines made al