The Washington bee., 1909-09-04
Man Of The Hour

and Storage companies III
Ohio's Capital-A Case
Where Pluck and Ener-
gy Won Success
Columbus, O., Aug. 3I.-With the
growth of every city its businesses
grow apace and with it, and no more
fitting example of this is noted than
the remarkable forging to the front
of the E. F. Ward Transfer and
Storage Company, whose stables and
storage houses are located on the
East Side, and which thriving section
of the city has witnessed this growth
from a one wagon line to its present
proportions, with many wagons and
a fine large storage warehouse, hre
proof and devoted exclusively to the
storing of household goods.
These buildings are located IN the
square bounded by Champion, Frank
lin. Dryden, and Sherman avenues
and are remarked every day for their
cleanly appearance and well kept
surroundings.
There are three vital essentials in
the storage business. First, FIRE pro-
lection, necessitating an absolutely
hreproof building; second, cleanli-
ness, and third, honesty and reliabil-
ity on the part of the owner OF the
business.
The Ward Transfer and Storage
Company has gained and kept its Gus
toners mainly through a thorough
desire to follow to the letter the three
principles stated above, and the fact
that the business has grown to such
large dimensio.}s in 50 short 2 n1e IS
sufficient evidence that their many
patrons have been thoroughly satiSf-
ed in every particular.
How long have you been in the
transfer business?' was asked of Mr..
f. E. Ward, president of the COM
pany. Said he, "Well, about 10 years
on my own account, though of course
YOU might say that | have spent my
entire life in it, for my father before
me was one of the best known men
in the business. l was virtually
raised in it.
My father was in the business for
many years, in fact, it was just after
the war that he entered upon his du-
ties with the widely known Columbus
Transfer Company, where he was for
many years in the capacity of fore
man and where it was his duty to fix
all prices for the handling of freight,
merchandise, etc, to and from the
depot and other parts of the city. Be
fore that and during the Civl! War
nv father was engaged in business
with my grandfather, who had gov
ernment contracts for hauling pro-
visions to the conmissary of Camp
Chase, the old army post located
few miles west of the city.
Comparing our present equipment
with that of the old days, it seems
almost incredible that we could have
accomplished as much as we most
certainly did, but then, it was Drawn
first and brains and machinery second
now, of course, with the onward
march of new and improved methods,
all that has changed, and mere
Drawn and personal strength becomes
of lesser Importance, although it
comes in mighty handy now and then.
have attempted to keep abreast OF
the times in the matter of equipment
facilities and although it has taken
large capital to do this, firmly be
lieve that it has paid and paid well.
Take in the case of my storage
warehouse, and in which, by the way,
l store nothing but household goods.
When l built that building my fire
insurance rate was reduced to a min
imum. and no one in the city has a
lower rate. in addition to the per-
sonal gain, give my patrons a grear-
er degree of safety and my organiza
ton becomes that much stronger and
sought after"
awhile the storage and transfer
ends of the business are the domi-
nant factors, yet there are other
branches that deserve especial men
ton. Take the shipping and Grating
departments, where household goods
are prepared for shipment. This, by
the way, is a most difficult class OF
business to handle, since it requires
the utmost skill to prepare glass and