The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-03
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ENTERTAINS WELL
One Hundred Present at Friday Night
Banquet and All Help in En-
tertaining Guests.
DENlsoN BEGINS TO DO THINGS
George Naeve Presents Figures Show.
ing Up Denison's Factories and
Business Industries.

ing Up Denison's Factories and
Business Industries.
The banquet given the Chicago &
Northwestern division officials by the
Denison Commercial club Friday even
ing was a success in point of attend
ance, the many good talks at the club
rooms and the supper at the Hotel
Denison. There were about one hun
dred in attendance, ana the expression
was general that the occasion was the
means of accomplishing some good.
Those of the Northwestern division
officials present were: Superintendent
Hammil, General Freight Agent
Oheseman, Trainmaster Pike, Harry
Mahoney, who looks after the inter-
ests of both company and shipper in
seeing that shortages and losses do
not unnecessarily occur, and Agent
Wood
AS president of the Commercial
club, c. l.. Voss presided at the meet
ing, and after all had been introduced
to the guests, called upon Carl F.
Kuehnle, who, in his usual manner,
welcomed the visitors. In doing so
Mr.. kuehnle called attention to Den
ison's present advantages, her future
prospects and pointed out some mat
ters the Northwestern ought to at
tend to, both for the good of the com
pany and Denison.
Mr.. George Naeve was next intro
duced and gave the visitors and the
members OF the club some informa-
ton that caused them to set up and
take notice at once. Mr.. Naeve had
taken considera BILE time and did ener,
setic work in getting exact figures in
regard to what Denison had been do,
ing the past year, and his efforts
caused amazement. No one had ever
taken a thought as to what our little
city and her enterprising places OF
business had really been doing. The
speaker called attention to ''Deni-
sons Factories and Industries" as fol,
lows:
1st. John FaStje'S furniture factory
employs to 10 men, making the very
best quality of special furniture bank
and office fixtures. This plant should
be increased to employ at least from
rs to 30 men.
I'd. Denison Bottling works EN-
ploys from to 10 men. Manufac-
tured last year and shipped out 20
carloads of soft drinks.
ID Geo. Menagh & Company's
Touring mill made last year IS car
loads of -four Some of it was sold
for the home trade here in Denison.
but most of it was shipped out to
other points.
4th DensOn Brick works employs
from 80 to 40 people. Manufactured
last year one and one-half million of
brick and shipped out to other points
80 car loads This plant could be in
creased to manufacture from three to
four million brick year and ship out
at least 175 car loads, but in order to
do so. they must have sidetrack
from the Northwestern main line to
the yard.
5th Fairmont Creamery company
employs 40 men. Last year they
shipped in 130 car loads of cream and
other material, and made and shipped
out 100 car loads of creamery butter.
put up new brick building in the
near future and increase the capacity
of the plant.
e 9th. Nicholson Produce company is
one of the largest cold storage plants
in the state of Iowa. They employ
from 35 to so people. Last year they
manufactured 1900 tons of artificial
ice This company started in bust
ness in April. 1909, have been running
two years, and during that time have
shipped into Denison 800 car loads of
butter. eggs. poultry, etc, placed them
in cold storage in their plant here,
and shipped it all out again during
this time, and paid out for freight
100000 Recently this company has
increased its capitalization from $15,-
900 90 to $1OO,O00.GO, and have added
a creamery and ice cream factory to
their plant.
In the year 1910 there were shipped
into Denison 1,475 car loads of mer-
chandise, coal lumber, building ma
terial. autos, farm machinery. etc.
The above figures for amount of car
loads shipped in and out do not in
clude any of the live stock shipped IN
and out by our farmers tributary to
D,n:S,n DepisOn shipped out in the