The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1920-09-24
Louisville Prospers
Under Prohibition
Many New Industries Supplant
Former Distillerics; A
Formidable Array

mat ionipiAdit IDS hfipAN anu AAp'
harmed industry. The experience OF
Louisville is similar to that Of Peoria
and other cities in which the liquor
traffic formerly occupied an impor-
tant industrial positions
Louisville, Ky, August III
(SpeeiaD-The great fund OF capital
invested in the distilling industry in
Louisville in bygonc days is beoom-
ing a potent factor in the develop
meut of the Kentucky metropolis in
other lines of manufacture This is
one OF the outstanding features Of
Iouisyille's present growth. Not on
" millions OF capital formerly invest
cd in distilling and subsidiary indus
tries is finding lis way into new forms
OF industry in Louisville. but men
once the heads of the whisky manu-
featuring business there arc rapidly
taking official positions in other in
dustrial corporations.
At the offices of the Louisville In
dustrial Foundation. the Board OF
Trades milion-dollar factory pro-
motion corporation, it is pointed out
that many distillers have already i'll
vested heavily i'll new and old Louis
vile factories, and that large num-
Der of others arc seeking to invest in
legitimate and promising enterprises
in need of new capital
Some of the industrial enterprises
which Louisville distillcrs have
launched since their business was
terminated by federal enactment need
only to be pointed out 10 show the
transition i'll The manufacturing |
growth of the city that has been
created by the adjustment OF what
was formerly Louisvlle's second in
dustry in point OF value of manufac.
tured product.
Henry W. Imordc, former secre-
tary OF the Reagan & Imorde Distill- !
ing Co. is now president of the $685. |
900 Simpson Computing Scale Co,
one of the city's thriving new indus |
tries engaged in the manufacture OF
scales, which he helped launch.
Peter Lee Atherton, formerly ono
of the heads of the Atherton distill-
ing interests in Kentucky, has become
the head OF the Prestonia Manufac
turing Co, a new $l,000000 corpora
ton engaged in the manufacture OF
graphaphone cabinets. He was a
leader in organizing this company.
X. L. Wathen & Sons, who once |
advertised as "a family OF distilers
for more than 100 years arc devot-
ing most of their time to the Wathen !
Milling Co, who advertised their
modern new seven-story factory |
building as the Finest Mill in Dixie
Authorities say that nowhere in the
country are there finer mill buildings |
than those of the Wathen Company |
II. l.. Wathen is president; |. &, Wa !
then, Jr. is ce-presidcnt, and Q. |
Fl. Wathen, secretary and treasurer
At the head OF the new $5,000,000 |
Chemical Fuel Co. OF America, Il |
Louisville corporation, producing tri-
oxyalcne, motor fuel advertised as !
a substitute for gasoline, is W. a.
Thomson, whose business prior TO
Prohibition consisted almost wholly !
in the sale of grain to distillcrs.
L. Weller & Sons, distillng cor |
poration formerly owned by b. +. ,
Farnslcy and Alexander Van Wrinkle,
have invested 100000 recently i'll the !
Red Chief Manufacturing Co, and as
head officers of that company arc TAX
ing steps to develop largely both the
domestic and export business OF its |
products. corn-shcllcrs, feed grinders,
table mill separators and automatic
wrenchcs.
Roscnbaum & Son, once distillcrs,
are now manufacturing clothing |
under the same name. their company |
being capitalized at 100000.
The. !. r. 5. Brown < Son distilliug |
interests now have $4,000 invested in
the new Buzz Engineering Corpora
ton, a Louisville factory engaged in
the manufacture OF conyeyors and |
pumps.
Ed. NJ. Flcxncr, once president OF
the Pleasure Ridge Park Distilllng
Co. is now head Of the 100000 Can
Conservation Co.
w. O. Bonnie, .Ir., formerly OF Bon
mic Bros, distillers, has become head |
OF the 100000 Louisville Aluminium
and Brass Foundry, who have just |
opened temporary plant at Brook |
street and Eastern Parkway, and OK
poets soon to build a new plant.
The Bonnie Bros. interests are also |
backing the new Kentucky Color & !
Chemical Co, which will manufacture |
pigments for paints. etc.
Owsley Brown, former president
and A. L. Hinzc, former secretary OF /
the Rrown-F orr1lan COMPANY distill. /