The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-05-22

minute. This makes It possible to sup
ply the best kind OF harness at min
imum rate-the greatest cost in the
actual manufacture Of these articles
being that Of labor.
The collar factory is one OF the at
tractive places OF the institution. Here
horse collars are made at the rate Of
1000 dozen a year Machines for all
features of the work have been in
stalled and are operated by experienced
men The cutting employs one man
constantly. The stufflng is all Of rye
straw raised especially for the purpose
near Fargo. This department of the
work is done by a machine which
drives the straws into the collar, MAX
ing 1t smooth and Arm. In all about
ten different kinds of special machinery
are used in addition to the regular
tools used in a saddlery.
This factory supplies its share of
the trade in the territory comprising
North Dakota, western Minnesota,
South Dakota and eastern Montana.
Four salesmen are employed on the
roal selling the goods to the trade.
In addition to the regular factory
work the corporation also does job
bing business in all kinds of horse
collar and harness supplies. This de-
partment handles saddlery hardware,
robes, blankets, sweat pads and almost
everything used by horses in the coun-
try.
The Bristol G. Sweet Factory.
The Bristol & Sweet horse collar
and harness factory is in every way on
a par with the best to be found in the
country. For its high class goods and
reasonable prices has also won for Il
a reputation in the vast territory COW
cred by Fargo's nanufa cturing insti-
tutions. From this factory goods are
shipped to all parts of North Dakota,
South Dakota, eastern Montana and
western Minnesota. This territory is
covered by five salesmen about once a
month.
The factory is located at III and 119
Broadway in a fine three story brick
building with a full basement. About
10000 square feet Of floor space is
occupied in the manufacture OF horse
collars and harness. The corporation
owns this structure, which was built
especially for the purpose, offering ia
CulLlGS IOr the LldhllS VI LAiS SPSCAeii
kind Of goods that cannot be surpassed.
This corporation is one of the leading
factors in demonstrating that Fargo is
good manufacturing center. It's offi-
GERS are John Thomas, president; F. A.
Bristol, secretary, and w. D. Sweet,
treasurer. Organized in 1881, it started
business as one of the pioneer manu-
featuring concerns of Fargo. That it
has thrived from the beginning is fully
demonstrated 1t erected it's f1rst
building in 1892 on the site Of the
present factory. This building was
burned during the great fire of 1893
when the business portion of the city
was swept out Of existence. The en-
bers had hardly cooled when rebuild
ing was started and the factory occu-
pied that structure the following year.
Then again in 1906 the fire demon Wis
tied the plant and totally destroyed 1t.
None daunted by this chain of events
the corporation Immediately started
buildingythe present structure on even
greater lines than before-realizing
that expansion would be necessary.
The men at the head of this institIi-
tion are among the prominent workers
for the development of Fargo. Like.
the other manufacturers they believed
in the city. The concern is largely
home capital and Mr. Bristol and Mr..
Sweet own their own homes in Fargo
They are here to stay, Both have been
prominent in the affairs of the city.
Both are active workers In the COM