The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-06-21
The Minnesota Screen Company Fac
tory Bee Hive of Industry-Large
Orders Being Turned Out Daily
Will Increase Its Capacity.

OAS VI Tue pussy duu tuTlV1uS IN
FAINT industries of Virginia is that of
the Minnesota Screen Co.. it's fac
tory and. business Office being located
near the tracks of the Duluth, Mis-
sabe & Northern railway on the Gill
bert road. The factory has been in
operation only a little over a month
and is already turning out more work
than was anticipated by the members
of the company, it having received
but recently a large order from the
Fitger Brewing company Of Duluth
for screen doors and windows with
which to supplysits many buildings in
the range towns. Besides this order
the factory is busy getting out num-
erous orders for other concerns in
Virginia and number of other range
towns. About fifteen hands are now
employed about the factory and the
management expect to add to this
number within short time. Eleven
machines are kept running turning
| out this class of work and three ad
ditional machines have been ordered
from the factory, which are expected
here within few days and upon
their arrival will be Immediately set
in motion. John F. Mitchell, former
ly proprietor of the Mitchell hotel
in this city, who is in charge of the
plant as its manager and superin-
tendent, says that they are about
three weeks behind on orders and
more are coming in daily. He says
that the factory is turning out the
best kind of work and is supplying
the market with it's wares at a price
to compete with any of the big fac
tories in the large cities.
"A new boiler house is being erected
| by this company which is of solid
brick, 32x19 feet in dimensions. Work
on new dry kiln will commence
soon. This building will be 20x22
feet and built of solid concrete, max
ing the same practically fire proof
The capacity of this plant is about
200 screen doors and windows per
day.
Later on in the season when its
orders for screens is completed the
company will add to it's manufacture
doors, window frames and all inside
wood finishings, and together with
these and the screen doors and win.
dows it is expected to keep the fac
tory in operation the year around
employing a larger number of mer
and adding to the large pay roll
which is disbursed in Virginia every
month.
The Minnesota Screen company fac
tory is destined to become grea1
factor in the manufacture of screer
doors and windows, window casing:
and all finished wood work of a like
nature, and it is hoped that the patri
tic citizens of Virginia will see to il
that none of their orders for such
kind of work go out of town. The
company has started in on a small
scale, but from the orders being re.
ceived and the satisfaction expressed
from those who have already used its
products, this factory is destined tc
grow and grow until it becomes one
if not the largest, manufacturing in
dustries in the northwest.
The personnel of the company is
composed in most part of Virginians
for which reason it makes it all the
more necessary that Virginians as a
whole should give it their patronage
and boost it to their best endeavors
The officers Of the company are: M
L. Matheson, president; August De-
Noble, secretary; Elmer Matheson,
treasurer, and John F. Mitchell, SUI