The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-06-16

ia perfect device for the work II is
| intended to do and will be a great
addition to the concrete manufactur-
ing establishments Of the country. AL
ready a number of the larger insti-
| tutions are using the machine with
great success and 1t is being sold all
over the United States, Canada,
Alaska, and parts of Central and South
America. The officers are Geo. A. An
derson, president; and c. r. Chain,
| secretary.
! Both of these institutions are doing
great work in advertising Fargo all
| over the country Thousands Of cir
culars and advertising matter are
sent out to all parts of the country,
all bearing the name, Fargo, N. D.. as
the manufacturing center where these
products are made. The machines also
show that they are made in Fargo.
1t is things of this nature that bring
the attention of thousands of people
to the fact that Fargo is a large and
! thriving city--one that is a manufac-
turing center. In the words of one of
the prominent business men of the
city. "such things make people know
that Fargo is on the map"
The Fargo Carpet & Rug Co.
There is another thriving industry
which has been making a success of
manufacturing in Fargo for several
years, This is the Fargo Carpet e.
Rug Co., located at 107 Eighth street
south.
Employing six people the year
around, this concern supplys portion
of the surrounding territory with rugs
a ntLar PInov npuarfpors 4 al
lizes on making r, s from old car
pets and the cleaning of all kinds of
cloth materials used in the houses of
the people of the city and neighbor-
ing towns. Recently a vacuum clean
ing apparatus has been purchased and
is doing a good business cleaning
houses by this sanitary and effective
system.
All over the territory it supplies, the
| Fargo Carpet & Rug Co. has won a
reputation in the making Of rag car
pets and rugs from old ingram and
other carpets. This is it's special
! line. For this work it is well equip
ped. The factory contains four fine
looms for weaving as we'll as clean
! ing and renovating machine.
| This corporation is composed of
prominent people of Fargo, who have
had much experience in the work in
which they are engaged. They are d.
H. Stow, president and general man
ager; S. B. Babcock, vice president:
DIR. E. r. Basye, treasurer; S. Ger
trude Richardson, secretary.
Gas and Electricity.
In Fargo gas and electricity are ex-
tensively used in the manufacturing
concerns. With about two or three
exceptions, the power used in all Of
Fargo's factories. is electricity. That
is the reason there is so little smoke
flying in the air for as large a man
ufacturing town as it is.
All of this gas and electricity is
! furnished by the Union Light, Heat &
Power Co. The products manufacture
ed by this concern is the real power
basis of the factories of the city. With
lines for conducting electricity to all
parts of the city and gas mains for
conveying this product to all Sec
tions, the Union Light, Heat & Power
Co., is in a position to furnish all
the power required for the manufac-
turing institutions of Fargo despite
the fact that they are numerous
This company has most complete
I.electric plant on the Northern Pacific
tracks just opposite the depot of that
road while on the west side of the
city is established a fine large artifi-
cial gas plant having a capacity that
will meet the requirements OF the city
for several years.
i The Union Light, Heat Power
Co, employees on an average of eighty
men the year around in its two fac
tories. or this number about twenty
eight are employed in the gas plant
and the remaining fifty-two in the
electrical power house. To these are
pai1 large annual salary as they