New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

| Importance Of Long Island City manu-
| featuring centre is that of the John Thomson
Press Company. which is housed in a commodious
two story and basement brick structure at the
junction of OF the towns great thoroughfares,
Mott and East avenues; :he mere money value of
this factory. with its complement of up-to-date
machinery and appliances. may be approximately
estimated from the fact that fire insurance OF
quarter of a million dollars is carried upon it, The
business established thirty-fve years ago; its
product is the weIl-known Colts Armory" job
presses. enIbOssing presses, and machines for cut
ting and creasing paper boxes and it ships these
not only throughout this continent, but in fact all
over the civilized world In the manufacture OF
these machines IL employs the services of some one
turns out about two hundrd and fifty thousand dol
lars worth of goods annually
FUEL AND BUILDING MATERIALS
One of the important and alert firms in the As
toria section OF Long Island City Is that OF Clonn
& Messenger. dealers in coal. wood. brick. lime
and building materials in general (which is the
speciality. The office and YARD is located the
Boulevard. at the foot of Cornelia street
This firm was established on March Il. 1890, when
the business bought from the assignee of
H. H Rapelyea 4 Co. of which Mr.. J. z. Clonin
the manager and bookkeeper. BY earnest de
sf6n nosiSn 70 @ ne PeST n bs aN 8t drns the
last seventeen years. In addition 10 local business
Inaterl Sbppnes iSr Ne" 4ii a@r ana Tmorv % The
Iero oedct oe ne Parental School in Jamaca
Long Island, and many others. which shows that
Taes ths rm IN hep If In ne Mr. conn - IS We'll in
eTdng matsT sge5 oenS ef Ee Yor of h
he president two years ago Mr. John Mes
of 3his partnership. was formerly in business in
Manhattan, and is very popular in building and
WELL EQUIPPED COAL POCKETS
One of the landmarks of the Astoria section is
the coal pockets of the Boyce & Barnes Company,
at the foot of Main street Here seven years ago j.
A Boyce one of Astoria's pushing young men,
who has risen from the business ranks by his own
TaI hA
Mencken. Shortly afterward the present building,
1870 feet long 80 feet wide and 20 feet high with a
modern ideas with all possible mechanical con-
sennomicaIlv The business of $500 tons year
done by Henry Mencken has Increased &c, 70 large
year. This firm supplies the principal factories IN IN
Ions Island City and Is N oToe 10
The Long Island Contracting and Supply Com
padyezs 81 is also indicative this enterprise
and is now CARRYING on some OF the largest pubic
hip NJ Bovce also owns valuable piece of water
front property within rt1 6Gk g lots OF MS With as5s 5 C5 feet Of
waterfront. with stone nuikneao' & WneTS Ts thf ne
is feet
HOSTING BUCKETS AND BLOCKS.
The G I. stuebner Iron Works. established in
Long Island City since 1879. manufacture hosting
buckets and blocks. industrial cars and railways.
steel wheeIbarrows and several other labor saving
mechanical appliances. Their Excelsior Bottom
Dumping Bucket is quite extensively used, is par
ticuary adapted 70 the handling Of concrete En- mud
growing demand for clean dumping bucket the
panSanica prnSplis ingenious the Weight Of the charge
in the bucket keeps the bottom in place and only
pull on the handle bar-dumps this bottom and
place Pnn ,n''ne'A'e'' 50 ~"s .s~s - -, s.
ner has recently patented his Adjustable bottom
eonTved 70 discharge its load by degrees adjust
aba pins aaah side being provided for that