Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20

Carries large Stock
The local hOadqua!teta. al i0i Lin
coin. II In a building with outside Ill
mcnslons II sOx93 feet. with two sturic
and d basement. The basement Is called
th, Yverfluw" floor. and la II are
stu.,a tenS 81 thousands Of parts OF
various kinds uf machinery. carluadt
u canvas. and all manner Il things f0
which no place can be- found ON IA,
two upper floors The ground floor 10
occupied principally by spare and re
pair parts: Mr.. Fisk estimates that 4
contains more than 100000 worth ol
nuts bolts aud screws and repair uno
replacement parts Tho top floor l.
occupied by the offices # the local 1T
ficials. and by spacious business offices
wherein force II sCnoguphrrs ant
clerks are busy with tremendous vol
umc of correspondence which the of
flee carries IN. even In the duh s,asun
TN this floor also ~ the sample"
room. which II intended Tor the display
of the fiftyf0ur various types 81 mrn
machinery which II handles. but which
II nearly filled az present with an oy
crflow 81 parts and machines which
cannot be- accommodated ELSEWHERE
The advertising department ~ also 60.
this floor. and Is wen stocked With ~
oraturc concerning thcA various lines
handled by the company. There ~ ni
NJ Il large warehouse ON Grant street
at Tenth. fronting along the Santa ~.
which houses about sixty ADDITIONAL ear
leads Of machinery.
There are, normally about fifty en-
pluyos attached tu the local branch
and during the busy season the number
at times reaches hundred az more
Sixteen travelling statesmen also make
th'ir headquarters In Amarillo and FRAY.
81 In all directions through the sur
rounding states. Mr.. Fisk believes In
Amarillo and In the Panhandle. Plains
country himself. and he says h. won't
have salesman ON his force who
doesn't believe the came way. and inn
presses his belief upon all with whom
he comes In contact. The effect Of six
teen such men constantly preaching tn,
gospel Of the greatness o. the COMING
Amarillo can be- no small one
The United States IT. dotted with IN,
factories at the lnternatiodl Harvest
cr Company. but the greatest uf them
Says Mr.. Fisk. viii be. when IL Is com
plctcd. the motor truck plant now be-
ing constructed at Fort Wayne. Ind.
ana. which will cover il0 acres and D.
by far the largest plant Of it, kind H.
the world. Other factories ~ the com
pany are located at various places from
the Atlantic To the Pacific. Regard
ing the possibility of factory of IN,
company being established In Amnril
10 NJ some time IN the future. Mr.. Fis'
says that OF course he is not qualific,
20 speak for the company as that Is onl
81 the matters over which he woull
have no control. but he iniimatcd tina
with Amarillos natural gas resource
It was not impossible that a factor,
might in time. be established here
The local manager asserted emphatic
ally. however. that new quarters fo
his branch would be- built prohabl,
vi,iln the next two ur three years
and that building much larger ihni
the pics nj enc would be erected: ON
IN Keeping with the tremendous busl
ness which the local branch enjoys. an,
large enough, also tu take care of tn
,ytuuslun which may reasonably h