The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-13
Citizens Declare S. s. l. A.
Leads City in Locating
Profitable Factories and
Booming Richmond.
NEW PLANT OPENS
Adding and Listing Machine
Company Announces First
Shipment of Goods Within
Three Weeks.

Within three weeks, the new pro.
duct Of the Richmond Adding and
Listing Machine company will be on
the market, said Wilfred Jessup. an
official of the company at the banquet
held in honor of the dedication of the
factory which is now in operation. Be.
cause it was impossible to make an in
spection of the new factory, owing to
the fact that the machine is at present
In an experimental stage In which
many of the methods of manufacture
must be held a secret, it was decided
by the officers Of the South Side I'm
provement Association and the Off
GERS of the Adding Machine company,
to hold the banquet in the banquet
hall at Beallview.
'Tt ia the faith that the company
holds in the South Side Improvement
Association that caused us to locate in
this section of the CITY," said Mr.. Jes-
sup. We found that we could do no
better than locate our factory here.
In three weeks there will be one Of
our machines in every bank in the
city and within three years from this
time, it will be shown that our factory
has been the most successful in the
city"
Employs Twelve Men.
Mr.. Jessup said that at present, only
twelve men were employed but all of
these men are expert mechanics and
will make their home in Richmond.
Works Manager Sweet. who invented
the machine, which when put on the
market will revolutionize the adding
machine business, has moved to this
city and will make his home here. He
has been at work twenty years on the
machine and has utmost confidence in
its possibilities. In addition to all the
work done by the adding machines
now being manufactured, the new ma
chine in practically one operation,
will add, subtract, list, sub-total, multi
ply and divide. Mr.. Jessup said that
1t is a machine that is available to the
ordinary merchant of ordinary means
and is not designed primarily for
large banking institutions alone.
Rudolph Leeds was called upon to
give a short talk in which he recalled
the work done by the South Side I'm
provement Association for the ad-
vancement of the industrial life OF
Richmond.
while other cities feel the effect Of
financial depression said Mr. Leeds,
Richmond has not been affected to
any great extent Besides this, she
manufacturing war supplies. We can
turn our wheels in Richmond without
taking blood money This is more
than practically any other city the
size of Richmond can say" remarked
Mr. Leeds
Lauds S. S. |. A. Work.
THE South Side Improvement AS
sociation has done more for the city of
Richmond than any other organization
In the city. While other industrial and
commercial organizations in the city
are arguing over small questions of
little import to the city, the South
Side Improvement association is dis
cussing the bringing to this city of
factories and homes that go toward
building up the city If the present
Gaar-Scott factory were located in the
south side, it wouldn't be idle now
he said. When it comes to landing
industrial prizes. the whole city has
to take its hat off to the south side"
Adolph Blickweled president Of the
association. expressed the pride With
which the improvement association
greets the new company He reviewed
the work done by the association since
its beginning eighteen years ago OF
seven original charter members. eigh-
teen years ago. only two are now liv-
ing. They are Adolph Blickwedel, the
present active president. and August
Sturm. Both of these men were pres
ent last evening
Since the South Side Improvement
a association was organized we have
brought eight factories to this city"
said Mr. Blickwedel In 1899 we foster
ed the movement for the Seventh
street park and we got it. Besides
bringing all these factories here. we
bought Beallview park. which consists
Of $50 acres"
Banks Conservative.
Paul Comstock pointed out the great
future before the association is it's
of bringing new industries
to this city. William Kelly in his short
talk, said that the only reason Rich
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