The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-09-26
A HOMElIhDUSTRY PEOPLE
KNOW LlTTLE2ABUU |

Or late there has teen more or les ;
talk OF Canon City as manufacturing
town. Many people deplore the fac.
that Canon City does not support
more manufacturing industries. They
state that Canon City would be s far
better iowa if more manufacturing
was done here.
But still with all this arguing. thee
are many who do not realize that Can
on has some big plants that employ
mnay men and leave a great deal Of
money in the town There is the Dia-
mond Fire Brick company. the cau-
ming Factory. the Zinc smelter, tho
Arkansas Valley Light and Power
company. numerous coal mines and
ether plants that people are wont to
forget about,
One of these plants tnat many people
do not give proper credit is the Canon
Foundry and Machine company. thit
operates large and well equipped
plant situated on the corner OF Tentn
end Water streets. An outly of nearly
$4,000 was necessary to build ani
properly equip this plant when It was
started about eight years ago.
Every year since sums aggregaiinr
from one thousand TO three thousand
dollars have been expended in keen
ing the plant in first class shape. ia
installing new up-to-date machin"rr.
end in launching new departments, So
that today the management OF the
foundry say. and say 1t safely. We
can make or duplicate most any piecs
of machinery or metal work that any
one else can"
John A. Marsden. William Dollar
and F. 4. Ellison are the men inter-
ested in the Canon Foundry and Ma
chine company. They mango the plant
themselves and oversee every piece
of work that goes olf of the shop.
Mr. Marsden. master moulder. las
charge of the moulding department
He served his apprenticeship when
boy and for years was foreman OF fif'y
or more men in large foundries where
he learned the intricacies of the ira o
His large experience enables him 20
produce every kind of moulding Or
casting satisfactorily and VITA
promptitude He has skilled force
Of men under him who have been
trained to handle their work efficient
ly
ANY kind OF casting can be produc-
ed: Phosphor, Silicon and Aluminium
Bronze. Brass and Iron Castings. m
fact. any shape from any metal. Be
sides this. models. patterns and ever--
thing In this line are made
They also make irst-class hard
ened babbit for heavy machinery and
high speed motor bearings which they
absolutely guarantee. In addition
they make a first-class babbit for all
general purposes
The average citizen says. Yes. /
know they do all these things but they
don't apply to us. Big plants have
this kind of work done. not the indi-
yidual" This is true. OF course. but
the average citizen will be interested
to know that they also make a spe-
cialty of small work. such as casting
stove legs. stove tops. in fact. any
part OF stove or anything about the
house or store OF this nature. They
duplicate the parts broken and do any
and all kinds OF this work. What is
more. their prices are remarkably
reasonable
Mr.. Dollar and Mr.. Ellison super
wise and work in the machine shop
where they handle all kinds OF repair
ing from an automobile to traction
engine. Nearly all of the heavy work
about automobiles in which new parts
have to be made or other parts re-