The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02
0aar, Scott 4 Company Start
ING IN q Most Humble Man.
ner Has Grown In a Most
Wonderful Manner.
SENDS ITS PRODUCTS
ALL OVER THE WORLD

tina-Mow Making Big Ad-
dition to Plant.
Three quarters Of . century ago
Mr.. Isaac q. Jones, one Of the Arst
manufacturers Of Wayne county.
bought Q small one story brick build
ing on North r street, established q
business and calling It the Spring
Foundry" began manufacturing
stoves. Much Of the work was done
By the proprietor himself. but . few
woskmen were employed.
This was the humble foundation OF
0aar. Scott 4 Company Of today. the
greatest threshing machine factory In
the world, whose products reach i've
continents Of the globe from the hot
Pampas Of the Argentine Republic to
the wide prairies Of the United States
England and the narrow flood plains
Of the Nile. 70 the steppes OF Russia.
and the broad dreary wastes Of 81.
boria.
Isaac Jones and his little corps Of
wogkmen built dam near the stove
foundry. ct the top OF the whitswatsr
gorge and . pond was formed from
waters OF . spring located near
NintA and North r streets. This
water formed the 0rst motive power
Tor the company. which was destined
% become known In every agricult.
ural country on the earth.
Pounded In 1864.
The ~opfing Foundry" was founded
61VGnty.throe years ago. In the au-
toDn q 1884. The little institution
eaplaly Increased IT. business and
Drovea Q money mailing investment
1ee ~ owner. However. after several
additions 70 the number Of men en-
ployoA, the entire establishment was
0ol1 n 1850 70 Tease n. Hutton and
1oAa T. Hutton.
9Ale Was the real beginning Of the
DeoDoot 0a1ufAetory. % this arm i'm
(no11aAolx beGaa the manufacture Of
nAeoohln9 0aohineo and mechanics
hmpaoyea q the factory constructed
~ turned cut tAo 1rst thresher that
Wao ever built In Indiana and one Of
~ 1fst In The then primitive west.
Anoag the 0rSt operatives at the
0ew concern. continuing under the
aano oe the sepeing Foundry" were
Jonas 0aar. the chief machinist:
Ahgam 0aaf: the carpenter and mill
wright James n. 0aar. Q machinist
aAA Wllham q. Scott foreman Of
the NEEDING department From this
1uelous grew the present company.
The First Thresher.
These men built the hrst threshing
machine. The thresher was Known 40
. char pilsr." or ''groundhog." 1t
slmply threshed the wheat and was
opegatsd By horse power. Realizing
that the untried i1eld which they
were about to enter was one full Of
bueaneee opportunities. the Arst ma
chine WAS put on the marAot Of Indi-
ana IN 1874. This continued to the
chief output Of the factory until lsAS.
During these seven ysars the industry
was growing and the force OF men
was gradually incrsasing. until at the
close Of 1o4e there were nearly any
Aen building threshers.
IN 1SlS the scope OF the machines
was enlarged and during this year an
improved Orain separator which
threaded the wheat from the shock
and separated Il nom the straw which
was deposited ON the ground to b
"bucked" away. was constructed By
the mechanics and put ON the market
eoon after.
Ten years after the factory WAS tax.
% over By the Huttons. the pioneers
Of he threading machine industry In
Indiana. Jonas 0aar. Abram 0aar, J.
-. 0aar and William q. Scott, Dur.
chased the Institution and former q.
company under the name OF "A. 0aar
. Company. Spring Foundry and Ma.
chine shop. Manufactures Of Thresh.
Ing Machines. Steam Engines. ETC."
Firm Incorporated.
Under this management the com.
pa1y oooa grew out OF its swaddline
clothes and WAS Increased With new
0ullG1nea. warehouses and additions
a lnnd nom time to time. In 1870.
tAiyty-one years after the Gears took
coatrol. the Institution WAS incor.
poeatsd under the arm name OF Gear.
0ceet = Company. Abram Gear was
The orst president Of the corporation;
J. y. 0aar. vice preG1dent and VIII
Han @. Scott SECRETARY and trsasur.
q.
O. he death Of Abran 0aar In 1854
Ja1ee - 0aaP snoceeded 10 the pres
Seeoey q IL company. On the death
q ~. 0aaP IN 1901. Howard Camp
beu beca0o prool1ent and general
nAnAger: which once - holds at u
DreeooA tina 3. q. otrattan. u. sue
coooo1 Wlltan q. Scott deceassa IN
aev1s . seeretAsy. 1he Other o@csrs
= ~ Drooent tino aro Prank Land.
~ NJ ueeddsat. william II. Camp
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