Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-11-04
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
AT THE kAUDY MFG. co,

| One Of the leading industries of
this part of the state is the Kaudy
Manufacturing Company of this city;
comparatively new concern, yet one
which is coming into prominence
with such rapidity that the people
of Grand Rapids are beginning to
class the company among the largest
contributors to the rapid industrial
! growth Of the community. Four years
/ ago next June, G. J. Kaudy came
to this city and took charge of the
plant, and since that time the addi-
ton of new equipment and the ma
terial enlargement of the factory have
! increased itswork capacity to fully
twice what it was only few years
try is fully proven by the fact that
last year the demand for the Kaudy
fixtures was so great that it was
found necessary to cancel large
number of orders which were sent in.
About the middle Of September,
! 1909, a general improvement of the
factory was begun, and today visit
ors in that vicinity may see a mark
ed improvement about the building
and grounds. A new roof and a few
coats of paint have made the ware
house far more serviceable; a coal
shed has been built to contain two
carloads of coal, and the office has
been remodeIed and moved to a more
| convenient location.
A large two-story addition has been
annexed to the west end of the fac
tory, and iby this increase of room
the company has placed itself in
position where it is able to double
the past output. The main purpose
of the construction of this annex is
to make more cabinet room down
stairs and to provide place upstairs
| in which to store the finished arti
Gle for display The cabinet room
factory in which the different parts
are assembled to form the complete
down stairs is that portion of the
fixture, and since the enlargement
of this portion, enough more cabinet
makers may be hired to double the
past output
The Kaudy Manufacturing Company
is making plans for the manufacture
of quite an extensive line of Lceless
Soda Fountains for next season.
The Company is in possession of
prints of some Of the finest Iceless
fountains on the market today, and
it is in tending to turn out finished
article which will be as good as can
possibly be obtained elsewhere.
One hundred library tables of the
mission style of old English finish
are complete and ready for shipment
this week. The manufacture of this
style Of tables has been heretofore
practically unknown in this vicinity
and it would pay any visitor to take
especial notice Of that particular
piece of furniture.
All kinds of marble work is manu-
featured by the Kaudy Co., marble
fixtures being especially suitable for
bank anddrug store furnishings.
Some of the finest South African
mahogany has recently been import
ed and is ready at any time to be
used in the manufacture of mahog-
any furniture. The wood presents
a beautiful appearance as it lies
there even in it's unfinished state.
and the fact that the material costs
as high as five hundred and fifty dol
lars per thousand feet is enough to
prove the superior quality of the
wood. The Company is now in pos
session of about one hundred twenty
mahogany boards, each two feet wide
and ranging from twenty 10 thirty
six feet in length
A short description Of this sort can
hardly do justice to the excellent
work which the local Company is
doing, but if the reader would like
to become better acquainted with the
matter it would pay him to spend
an hour at the plant. 1t seems that
today people in their efforts to Sc
cure the best goods on the market
are too apt to overlook the fact that
the Identical article for which they
are sending can be provided for them
right here at home by factory
whose aim it is to please their
customers by giving them the most
excellent service
The LOS ANGELES LIMITED