The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-01-09
MILLER FOUNDRY
SELLS ITS CANTON
PLANT LAST WEEK
New Company Organized to
Take Over Foundry Wv Her
cules Motor Co. Officials Fig
ure in the Deal.
WILL GREATLY ENLARGE +
IT'S PRESENT OUTPUT


WILL GREATLY ENLARGE
IT'S PRESENT OUTPUT
The Henry Miller Foundry Co.
has owned two foundries-the one in
Medina and a second at Canton. The
Medina plant has been good busi-
ness proposition but the foundry at
Canton has given the head Of the
company many wakeful nights. For
some months past the directing head
of the foundries, CT. Miller, has been
confined very closely to the Canton
foundry in an effort to get the maxi
mum product from that foundry. The
news of the sale of the Canton foun-
dry, because of this fact, will have
no strange sound to those who knew
of the unsatisfactory conditions
existing. Sundays Canton Repository
carried the following news story:
The Canton branch of the Henry
Miller Foundry company was pur-
chased Saturday by group Of Can
ton and out Of town manufacturers.
Among the purchasers are H. III.
Timken, president Of the Tinkem
Roller Bearer company; ]. G. Ober-
nier, factory manager Of the same
plant; Charles Bapugh, secretary,
treasurer and general manager Of
the Hercules Motor Manufacturing
company; Gordon M. Mather, Of To-
ledo, vice president Of the Hercules
Motor Manufacturing company, and
r. w. Gallagher, Of Cleveland.
The foundry was closed Saturday
non and win remain closed until
Thursday morning, when operations
will be resumed again. While the
foundry is shut down a complete
invoice Of materials on hand and Of
the machinery now in use will be
made by the new owners. The foun-
dry is to be operated by q new COM
pany, which is being organized at the
present time. The new concern will
be known as the Motor Casting COM
pany. The price paid for, the foun-
dry was not made public. n
AT the present time there are about
200 men employed lat the plant and
according to the purchasers this num-
Der will probably be- doubled in the
next few months. i, The new officials
expect to materially increase the pro.
duction at the foundry within a shori
time and to greatly increase the
equipment ,% es
Starting Thursday, when the foun.
dry will again resume operations
only automotive grey iron castings
will be produced. 1t is expected thai
most of these will be made express
" for the Hercules Motor Manufac.
turing company. ~,
Things are running as usual arounC
the Medina foundry and little il
known here ofthe Canton deal. The
usual force Of men are working ant
castings are being turned out al
usual. N
There are rumors, however, that
there is soon to come a change il
the product here. The foundry has
been running more or less on com
mercial castings machinery parts
It is said that the Medina foundry
will change to stove castings almos
exclusively in the near future. There
is big demand for these castings
in fact demand for these second tt
none, and it is said tina working full
capacity the Medina foundry vii
not be able to turn out the produc
that the demand calls for.
al VI i q q .
There is, too, big demand for ma
chinery parts, for which the foundr.
now holds small contract. Thes'
machinery parts are then "ma
! chined' in the Medina Machine Co.
plant and when shipped out from
here are ready for use in the build
ing of machines for which they ar,
made. Working together in the pas
I the foundry has made the casting
and the machine shop has completes
the work of making the casting
ready for use, in this way one helping
the other. What change in opera
tions will mean to both only tim
will tell.
The one big drawback in manu-
facture today is the securing o
sufficient steel. Iron for castin,
purposes is not plentiful but witt
steel the dearth is even greater. Bot
the foundry and machine shop ar
running full blast at this time, witt
favorable outlook, and it is the be
lief of those in authority that tn
year 1920 will prove very favorabl
to the two big Medina industries an
that both viii show a big forwar
/. movement.
The selling of the Canton plant vii
not lead to many changes in tn
plans in the Medina plant, it is sale
It will, however, give the manage
ment Of the Medina plant free han
and in this way may add somewha
\ to the success of the local plant
z With the success Of the past to bull
upon there should be an even create
future for the local foundry, and
will require but small stretch of tn
imagination to make such prophecy
Greater things are planned for tn
future than in the past, and with tn
nest endeavOr of the managemen
centered, on the plant and its busi
ness in Medina a more prosperou
business VIII ne looked for in 1872
than ever before.
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