Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-23
FACTORY DISTRICT
GROWING FAST
Leading Industrial Plants Show
Substantial Additions and All
Plan New Buildings
EXPANSION IS THE SLOGAN
Business of tho Past Season Has Been
Record Breaker and Prospects Are
Bright for Large Increase in Output
and Working Force-Bussy Factory
Will Employ Many Moro Men.

The year 1909 is going to see big
ger things for the factories now in
Marshalltown. Preparations for them
can be seen today in the factory dis
trict. Two prominent factories report
about the same volume of business for
this, compared with last year. All the
others a substantial increase, and in
at least one instance a trebled output.
of product for 1909 than in this or
previous years. If the factory stua-
ton in Marshalltown may be sized up
by the dozen leading industrial plants
of the city it is an extremely crafty
! ing and highly prosperous condition.
Growth. the prospect of further growth,
orders piled ahead of capacity, intent
to increase working force Immediately
or in the immediate future, are part
of the prospects held out in the factory
! district. And there Is promise and
I prospect OF new factories and new in
I dustries for the employment of more
labor. There is nothing approaching
boom conditions: Marshalltown has
| happily steered clear of booms: but
there is everywhere evidence of
healthy industrial growth, solid bus
| iness-lille and satisfactory.
Packing Houses Building.
| At the Britain e. Co. packing house
a new fertilizer building, a new dry
sailing house, new killing floors and
new four-story rendering room have
been added. The capacity of the rend-
ering establishment has been doubled.
Plans are we'll upon foot for important
additions to the buildings and the
plant in general. 1t is planned to erect
a four-story warehouse next spring,
and to double the plants capacity In
| crease of business this year has been
! so per cent over that of 1907 Twenty
| five per cent more people have been
| employed and a further increase of
perhaps 25 per cent in the working
force is certain during the winter
months. Two hundred and fifty We're
| employed last winter and the busy
season of this year will see at least
+. 33 1-3 per cent increase over this num-
Der.
Durham Company Wants to Build On.
The9C. A. Durham Steam Trap
company has within the past few
4 weeks made additions to it's equip
ment in the matter Of milling machines,
/ engine lathes, etc, and will add to it's
present force until 1t is running full
handed. At the Durham company
plans for new buildings and additions
to the plant and, working force are
being considered for 1909.
Furnace Company Expanding.
The Lennox Furnace company re-
port busy season and will ship to
points in United States and Canada
900 furnaces during the current month
alone. Prospects are that the output
for the coming season will be the larg-
est in its history The offices OF the
company is now being remodeled and
enlarged to meet the demands OF the
business and plans are being formu-
lated for adding new departments tc
the business next year.
TroweI Factory Will Double.
The Marshalltown Trowel Works
! company will enlarge it's plant nex'
spring by the addition of brick build
ing 16O feet by ninety feet. This is one
of the MarshalltoWn factories which Is
growing in a manner gratifying to its
proprietors and the city of Marshall
town. Heretofore It has made onl!
nlasterer's trowels Of a superior quail
Nv. known from the Atlantic to the
4 Pacific. 1t has now added a depart
ment for the manufacture of bricl
trowels as well and will construct this
article from the bar to the finished
product. 1t has doubled its working
force within the past thirty days ant
is at least two months behind on or
ders. 1t will make further additions
to the pay roll within a short time. Th'
Trowel Works reports the best bus
mess it has ever enjoyed despite TIT
approaching election and the effects o
last years panic.
Overtime on Pitless Scales.
The Lennox Machine company i
selling more gas engines this year
shipping engines to Canada and tn
: big shears which are special produc
$ of the factory, to various points In TN
east, one having been placed in the
J S. navy yard at Portsmouth, N. H.. re
Gently It reports itself away benin
on orders for Pitless scales and i
working men overtime. Recent change
: rhave added much to the capacity Q
4 the factory, engines and boilers Q
double the power have been substl
tuted, new lathes and various equip
ment purchased and placed. cor
y huslling machine not yet on the mar
ket has been constructed at the Len
nox Machine factory and is being trie
out. which may yet develop into
new and welcome addition to the in
dustrial forces Of the city.
Pottery Will Double Its Force.
The Marshalltown Pottery Work
has installed and is installing machin
cry which will completely double it
producing powers. The company wi
make double the ware when the plan
shall have been finished, in about
s week, and will increase its Workln
force at least 40 per cent, employing
hundred or more people, Prospects al
excellent 1t is also behind on order
and looks forward to q year of eS
= tremely good business.
Great Grocery Mills.
One Of the new and big things In tn
factory district is the old Glucose plar
reformed into the Western Grocer
Company Mills Here are the coffe
roasting plant, the canning and pack
= ;po, Mo nfs Of tho hio Western Grocer