Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-19
COTS
GETTING READY TO
TREbLE|T OUTPUT
NEW OTTAWA INDUSTRY MAKING
RAPID STRIDES FORWARD-MA-
CHIMES AMONG THE BEST ON
MARKET.


featuring line is rapidly coming to the
| front and inside of six months or a
year expects to be employing from $50
to 300 workmen.
This company is capitalized at
$3.50, 900 and otiicered as follows.
President and Manager-C. NJ. Bart
holOmew.
Treasurer-W. II. BlencOe, Chicago,
Secretary-O Wolff, Chicago.
The company maintains two offices,
one in Ottawa and general Office and
show room in the Republic building in
Chicago. This concern had been in
operation for some time before coming
to Ottawa. II had a number of con-
tracts for talking machines and found
it was necessary to secure larger quar-
ters to supply the rapidly increasing
demand for machines Negotiations
were opened with the Merrifelds of
| this city and the Merrifield Piano fac
tory was purchased. This plant was
splendidly arranged for the use to
which the new company wanted to put
1t and practically all the old machinery
used in the manufacture of organs and
pianos are being used in the manufac.
ture of pianophones. The several de-
partments of the big factory are now
in full operation. The wood working
department where the work is cut and
mortised preparatory to going to the
assembling room. The finishing, the
painting rooms and polishing rooms
are busy places at this time. The fac
tory is turning out seventy piano.
phones a day and expect to turn out
from three to four hundred before
the close of the year.
Manager Bartholomew at the pers
ent time is negotiating for contracts
that provide for furnishing machines
. to the number of $4,000 each and
these are secured the working forc'
will be Immediately tripled At thu
present time there are 65 workmel
employed in the plant. The factor,
is being well stocked up with fine
woods that go into the manufacture
of the cabinet and the several kinds
of veneer including mahogany, Cir
cassian walnut, native walnut and oak
These are the standard veneers and
they are finished in any way that the
wholesalers desire AT the present
time four models are being made
These range in price from SOS to SIPS
or $G5, SIS, 800 and $125. respectively
The 500 and $125 machines are beau
tifully designed and are equal, II not
superior to any machine on the mark
ct.
The company will, when Its plant is
in full operation, manufactur IL mod
els ranging in price from $65 to $3.50
In addition to these there will be a
grand pianophone at a price OF $500.
Manager Bartholomew does not hesi
tate to say that his machine Is the
best on the market and he has good
box is made in one continuous piece
so that the sound waves are cOntinu
GUS and uninterrupted All the rein
ing little attachment found on othel
high priced machines are made par
of the regular equipment OF the piano
phone.
The cabinet Is made out of the bes
of woods and Is so mortised togethe
that if all the glue gave way the cab
met would not fall apart like som'
furniture that is exposed to the dr..
heat.
The higher priced machines Will b.
equipped with an electric motor 81
: that all one will have to do to hea
l CALI Curchi or some Of the other moi
ables is to press button and tn
; concert begins.
: Every mechanical device In tn
II manufacture of the pianophone wit
$ the exception of the electric motor WI
e he manufactured here including the rt
u producer and sound arm. The repro
II ducer will play and recrod and can D
II easily adapted to play Victor Patli
or Edison records.
Seventy.nve finished machines pc
day is lot and means good pay an
N higher wages to skilled workmen an
al desirable citizens.
D. Arrangements are beign made al III
al nresent time for opening OF demol
ID stration and salesroom down town SIN
e. liar TO the one in Chicago. Manage
10 bartholomew announces that he ha
Is practically closed arrangements l'
I'd ,u,ch a room. When the display roo
o, il opened the public will be invited
10 free concerts given on Ottawa's ne
lc musical instrument 1t was DelelVe
at first that there would be MOI
or than sufficient room for the accomnl
N. dation of the pianophone compan
bnt even at this early period II
seen that such will not be the cas-
Worknen have been engaged for son
N. time passed, clearing the yards OF o
rubbish and removing the old and uf
m less buildings. One three story bull
he ing. which was utilized by the We
". ern Cottage Piano company for so
III mill N to be torn down. The buildil
is frame construction and the Pial