The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-09
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Oct. 20, 1910

sights ever presented 10 ule Wow " ny Wy
Richmond public people getting their
shoes shfned BY automatic machinery
For more than half century men in
various sections of this country and other
countries have striven to produce such
phenomenon. Richmond has to its credit
the distinction, however, of being the
birthplace of this wonderful machine, that
has for the past ten days attracted so much
attention, and given daily to hundreds an
exhibition of an inanimate thing working
with what appears, at FIRST sight, almost
human intelligence.
In this machine, which automatically
cleans and shines a pair of shoes in one
minute, we have another wonderful Illus
trarion fthe ingenuity OF man.
While this automatic, electrically
driven shoe shining machine excites the
curiosity of the public-and is well worth
the time required to see and test its merits
and appeals strongly to the public GU
riosity, yet, to the thoughtful business man
it means much more than this.
To the business man and business life
of Richmond the exhibition of this ma
chine means much more than would APP
pear on first thought.
The Virginian stands for the upbuild-
ing in Richmond of whatever will add to
her progress, expansion and development;
and from the men behind this enterprise
we have gathered many facts that indicate
substantial growth in the manufacturing
life of the city.
When we stop to think that more
than fifty thousand men and boys through
out the United States are annually engag-
ed in shing shoes, we can at once see what
a.Wide field awaits the operation of ma
chine that does the same work just as well
or even better in one-sixth of the time, and
at practically one-half of the cost.
The men behind this enterprise are
for the most part Richmond men, and it
mentioned by name here would be recog-
niZed at cnce as among our most SubStan-
tial and progressive citizens OF high
character and sterling integrity. Through
their activity and perseverance this inver-
ton has been brought to degree of per-
fiction that has characterized few new in
venticns on their first introduction to the
public.
Fully approaching the value of the
invention, and having assured themselves
of the practical working capacity of the
machine, they will as soon as practicable
establish factory here in Richmond to
manufacture the machines in large guam
titles. Several slot machines have been put
on the market in late years of much less
practical value, as a useful invention, than
this one, and yet they are now being man
ufactured by the thousands annually in
large, we'll equipped factories; employing
thousands Of skilled mechanics and scores
of highly paid experts. The history of
these Slot machines fully ustif1es the men
connected with this enterprise in their am
bition to build here one Of the largest and
best equipped factories in the country for
the manufacture Of thousands Of this, the
first real utility nickel-in-the-slot machine
ever invented.
A few years ago, when the first Ma
tonal cash register was constructed, it
would have been impossible to make man
f 5elieve that Dayton o., would one day be
the home Of the best equipped factory in
the world, costing $4,000, 600, employ
ing many thousands of sklledsmechanics
and turning out complete cash register
every minute and half during the work.
ing day of nine hours, and yet today such
is the case.
The patent rights to this shoe shining dTt
machine are owned by Richmond cor
poraton, chartered under the laws OF the
State of Virginia. The officers of the cor
poration are Richmond men, who are en-
gagged in the serious business of building
wisely and we'll great manufacturing en-