Arizona republican., 1917-04-08
LOCAL PEOPLE
IN IMPORTANT
hFF|L|A ION

The imp rtance Of future Arizona |
flaming and mining IS indicated by !
the affiliauon Of the SchweitZer Ma /
chine company Of Arizona, ard the /
Western Gas Engine col poration OF !
Los Angeles. for engaging IN the |
manufacture, marketing and erect |
ing Of Gas and oil engines and the |
distribution by direct factory rep |
resentatives Of all kinds of mining. /
power and irrigation machinerT The !
new corporation will have capitali- |
cation OF Ealf 4 million dollars.
The list OF officers and directors
Of the new company has not been
announced Among the principal
stockholders will be found such mer
as Lyman Stewart chairman of the
bcarG OF directors Of the Union OIL
company, and A. c. Stewart, inventor
Of The Stewart carhuretor Mr..
Schweitzer viii be general manager
and as such viii nave fun control
over the entire organization in both
its manufacturing and marketing
hr .rCAes. re has not definitely de
ciGed where the general offices will
be, whether in Arizona, California
or elsewhere but that Tucson has a
fair chance Of being selected.
The company has offices in Los
Angeles, San francisco, Tucson and
Phoenix and win place them in at
least half q dozen other cities where
conditions and mrakets justify. At
the prceen- lime the manufacturing
department. formerly the Western
Gas Engine corporation Of Los An
Feles IS working two nine-hour
shifts of 100 men ana the Scheitzer
company are employing more thar
r pCrSons.
The automobile repair and build
IN, ha
continued under the efficient fore
manship OF Fred Huck. Tire and
supply agencies will be Continued
posi-. ~ on a larger scale. The cleo
treal department will be Continued
and enlarged.
it is not Mr.. Schweitzers inten-
tion to cut down N any Of the de-
partments, but to increase all OF
them and expand the entire business
The facilities and capacity of the new
organization and the fields in which
IT vii loperate
schweitzer Success
PROBABLY no other commercial in
stituti0n in the state has had such
phenomenal growth and success as
the SchWeitzer Machine company 1t
began its career three years ago
wien on January / 1914. Nh Sch
weitZer, who was then in the en-
ploy of The f. konstadt company,
took over the machine department
OF that firm. Only a dozen persons
were then employed and the business
WAS practically confined TO automo-
bile repairs and general machine
work
Insight Into Future
With keen insight into .the fu-
ture, formidable faith in Arizona
al, d = q i a tin ent usiasrn, Mr..
SchweitZer saw an exceptional oppor-
tunitv in the mining and irrigation
machinery business, and was quick
10 take advantage of it by securing
the agency for engine, pump anu
similar equipment suitable for farm
ing and mining purposes. Gradually
thsse lines were increased and the
machinery departments, aftey once
getting u firm foothold soon adj
Vanced by leaps and bounds until it
became one of the chief factors in
this growing organization.
Among The more important agen-
cies secured for his company during
its earlier history, by Mr.. Sehweitzef
Nasthat of the Western Gas and Oil
engines and mining HOSTS, manufac-
tured by the Western Gas Engine
corporation of Los Angeles. The sue
cess with which his engine was mar
Neted by the Schweitzer company
was quickly noted by the manufac-
ture-s and in d very short time they
prevailed upon Mr.. Schweitzer To-
take the entire state OF Arizona az
their special representatives. Many
power plants were contracted for
and installed, among them plants of
LAT &c horsepower, which required
srecial designing and building In
ali these the engineering ability and
experience of Mr.. Schweitzer were
found most helpful and necessary.
AffiIiation Desirable
IN this manner the Schweitzer Ma
chine company and the Western Gas
Engine corporation were drawn to-
gether and their relatiorns became
mere close and binding, until it be-
came apparent that an utilization of
ne two concerns, whereby the
knowledge experience and ability of
Mr.. Schweitzer could he had by both
in the FORM Of one company was de-
siraDie. The reorganization of these
two companies into one organization
in the result
GERMAN INSURANCE SAFE
TPapuhlican eased AVire1