The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-12-16
Two or Three New Plants Have
Been Started During Year
In This City.
Progress Made by Industries Estab-
Iished and New Ones in
Prospect.

The Gazette is pleased to see the
various manufacturing and other
enterprises prospecting as well as
they are doing here. Everybody
hopes to see the time when the
whistle of mills and factories will
echo down the Redwood glens and
into the Minnesota valley. For a
good many years about the only en-
terprise that was doing anything
was our mill and electric light plant,
but others are slowly getting start
ed about us.
The present year has seen a great
development in 1.-THE creamery here.
Mr.. Stensvad. the local manager and
owner, has made wonderful pro-
gress during the last year. Starting
here in the dingy and lonesome look
ing barracks south of town early in
the season he bought the large frame
store building on Mill street and fit
ted it up with new and up-to-date
machinery, put in sewer connections,
enlarged the basement and started
in to manufacture on more gener-
al scale than had ever been attempt
ed in the county And he has made
decidedly good in his venture. Cream
is coming in here from miles around
and considerably force now draw
weekly checks at his office. There
is not in this section of the state a
better equipped plant than the one
here and Redwood Falls has a right
to be proud of this new acquisition
tie her business interests.
Late in the summer the cement
plant started operations in the form
er creamery, where a force of about
twenty men were employed in and
about the plant until recently. Near
ly all the tile were purchased as
soon as made and the new company
made an enviable record for quality
of work and promptness in filling or
ders. So great was the demand that
many tile were shipped in from the
factory at Fairmont. The company
has purchased lots in Western addi-
ton and barring the unforeseen ex-
pect to go into the business at this
point far more extensively during
the coming season.
Japs, the foundry man, never
makes much fuss but has kept his
plant at high pressure during the
year. This foundry has had a very
large business on threshing machine
repair work during the past season
and machines have come to it fol
many miles around. The business
is growing and we expect before
many years to see a large building
necessary to accommodate the grow
Ing demand. upon it.
Burmeister & Wherland are hust
ling on their electric light and pow
er plant. Notwithstanding Bur
is always the busiest man in towr
and Wherland is in love. everything
has been rushing about their Office
Morton has agreed to help the new
company literally in the matter O.
patronage and North Redwood ha
beaten the record Of villages of it
size in contracting for lights. Be
fore the next season is old the new
company will have the Redwood
fully harnessed and all the powe
utilized. 1t will be a busy plac'
around the mill. dam and powe
house next season and large in
crease of working force is assured
"Tobe" Wilcox is almost a factor,
in capacity for work in himself
While he simply aims to sell machin
cry, he is saving wood and shipping
it in and out feed until his place is a
busy as fair-sized factory. Dur
ing this summer he has built severa
cement buildings and additions ant