The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-24

are bound with gummed cambria
tape.
A fibre board box properly made
will bear the weight OF man on it.
and according to the officials of the
box company the Keokuk product
will be properly made. j. H. Con-
way is the manager of the new COM
=pany, and j. NJ. Conway is the super
intendent. These men with Charles
L.. Miller will be the men in charge
of the plant They all came to keo-
kuk from Columbus, Ohio.
Everything Modern.
/ The building was equipped and
planned for the plant by Joseph
Loufek Of the Purity Oats company.
There are rest rooms, dressing
rooms, lavatories and toilet facilities
for the women and the men employees
on the first floor, and also on the
floor where the machines are. There
is ample provision for heat in win
ter and cool rooms in summer. Every
lprecaution is taken to make the fac
tory sanitary, clean and safe. There
are plenty Of exits from all parts Of
the plant, and the employees welfare
is one of the first provisions in the
plants program. AS an example
set of step and walk have been built
from Bluff treet, to accommodate
those employed at the plant who
live in this part of the city, and to
save them walking five or six blocks
out of their way.
IL ~ ~ c vN10 NJ iY,
operation by December l. 1t will
employ sixty people at first
4 Dross Plant is Added.
Another new addition to local in
dustry Is the dross plant of the
United Lead company. Here the
dross or scum from type metal is re-
claimed by an electrical process, and
shipped back to the type foundries.
The dross is shipped in to the plant,
but into big furnaces, and melted
and then siphoned into u1oulds. About
forty tons of dross may be smelted
per day in this plant.
This plant has been completed
within the last thirty days and is now
in operation
Another unit being constructed on
the United Lead company's grounds
is the carbide plant. Steel for it is
being erected now. This is the first
step toward the completion of their
acetic acid plant which will probably
be finished within the year.
Simplex Begins.
sr snas ast company ysas has @nes
operations. G. D. Scholl, formerly
with the River Smelling company,
has returned to Keokuk to take
charge OF part Of the Simplex sales
organization.
The Standard Four Tire company
is now working on cord tires. This
takes larger force of men than the
fabric tires.
The Pechstein Iron works has its
branch well established at the
Twelfth street foundry, where its
castings are being made.
A full force Of men is at work in
the Gas Tank Recharging company's
plant, and contrary to- some reports
there has been no cut in wages. The
bonus paid in hot weather which
was ten percent has been reduced to
five percent during the winter.
Then there is the Harrison Veneer
plant which has been operating for
three or four months and which has
plenty of material on hand for some
time. -
The w. J. Rees Brass foundry al
Third and Palean streets, and the
Contractors Equipment company at
Third and Exchange streets are two
more pretty healthy infants in the
KeoIxuk commercial world. The Fluid
Compressed Steel company is an
other OF the newer industries which
is on the. job. "A
Besides these, there are the Elec
tro Metals plant, Purity Oats com
pany and the J. G. Hubinger Broth
ers' company, all busy places, There
are others of Keokuk's Commercial
family, too. like the shoe factory and
garment factory. the jobbers and
wholesale houses which are manu-
featuring products to wear and to
eat that are running at top speed.
Another Grown Up.
Down in the Commercial Alley dis
trict is an infant industry that has
had a steady growth, the Iowa Can
company Machinery built in the
Purity Oats machine shops and in
stalled with an eye to the safety and