Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-21
NEW MANUFACTURING
PLANT ASSURED

The proposition submitted 10 the
Merchants & Manufacturers asscoia-
Lion by G. n. Prentiss to establish
a manufacturing concern In this
city seems TO have met with the
approval OF the business men OF
this city. In tact, We are authorized
to say that the new enterprise viii
positively come here.
The idea is TO incorporate a com
pany for $4,000, OF which $4,000 is
to be raised in the city.
The company viii manufacture por-
table automobile cooking stoves and
stoves Tor campers and motorboats.
Other things manufactured viii be
horse drawn and hand drawn poba-
to planters and potato diggers. Be
side these, am automobile gasoline
gage, chairs and other novelties Will
be manufactured.
AS the same machinery is required
for the manufacture of all these
things, it viii not necessitate the
making of extra dies and tools.
Every article made will be pat
ented and the company viii either
work ON royalties or own the pat
ents outright.
Letters on file at the secretarys s
office show that there lis now a
big demand for several of the arti-
cles that it is proposed to manufac-
ture. a.
There will be a large export bus
mess ON the stoves during the win
ter months and the plant can be
kept running at full capacity in TAX
ing care OF the southern and Califor-
MA trade
The potato equipments will be rea-
dy Tor sale in the early spring so as
to catch the early potatoes in the
south and follow the planting Up I'M
iii it reaches the highest northern
point.
The U. S. Agricultural reports
shows that there are 50O,OO0.O0O bush
els OF potatoes harvested in the coun-
lry and there is every reason to be-
leVe thc. with labor saving ma
chinely, there will be a still larger
yield ana the manufacture OF potato
farm machinery will soon equal that
OF the implements for IN eharvest-
ing of grain.
The brnging Of this manufacturing
plant to this city will mean that
within the course OF two or three
years between two hundred and three
men viii be employed which
viii add considerably to the money
spent - city Tor the various nee
essities OF lite.
Popular Mechanics for September
contained cut and description OF
the stoves and this has brought
many inquiries through the offices
of the magazine as the name OF the
was not given in the
article.
Motor, the automobile magazine, al
SO gave quite little space to des-
cription and the feasibility of these
new Inventions
The stoves manufactured are com
pact folding gasoline stoves meant to
be carried and operated on the run
ming board OF the cars. There are
several sizes made for different siz-
ed parties. Everything folds UP COM
pactly and with the stove is includ-
ing a itchenette outfit consisting
OF practically everything necessary TO
cook first class meal and.alsc. .pla-
ces to carry such things as tea, cof-
fee, sugar, etc. One of the stoves
is 1t with AN oven and it is actual
ly possible to bake bread in this
oven.
In Colorado and other western
states, people who own automobiles
go ON extended tours and
camp by the Wayside. 1t is for such
people that this stove is intended.
1t is also an excellent stove or the
motor boat and for camping parties
as it takes up very little room and
can easily and quickly be set up
ready for use.
Two OF the stoves are on exhibi
ton at the office OF Gerald Fritzsing-
er, secretary OF the Merchants &
Manufacturers Association in the
block.
Arrangements ~e under way for
the leasing of the Whipperman build
ing on the Green Bay and Western
tracks.
Quite a little of the required
stock has been subscribed and the
rest can easily be disposed of as
there is a demand for it outside the
city.