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The Weir Pottery Company was incorpor- ated September 28, 1899, by W. S. Weir, W. W. Mccullough and D. S. Hardin, for the purpose
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of manufacturing a stone fruit jar patented by Mr. Weir, and which for a while had been made at Alexis. The capital was $25,000, but in December, 1901, was increased to $80,000. Up to the time of Mr. Weir's death in Decem- ber, 1901, he was president of the company, with D. S. Hardin vice president, and W. W. McCul- lough secretary and treasurer. After Mr. Weir's death, Mr. Hardin was made president and W. B. Weir vice president, Mr. Mccullough continuing as secretary and treasurer. The fac- tory was erected in the fall and winter of 1899-1900, and the plant was put in operation in February, 1900. The main building was 80x80 feet, four stories high, and made of brick. Work started with four kilns, but three additional were added the following summer. The entire plant, except the office, one ware- house and a new pattern room not yet occu- pied, was destroyed by fire the night of May 29, 1902, entailing a loss of $60,000. The plant was rebuilt during 1902 with increased capac- ity. At the time of the fire the company was employing about 135 men, and had four men on the road.
The Monmouth Plow Company was organized in 1901 to manufacture a plow designed by W. T. M. Brunnemer, formerly of the Weir Plow Company, of Monmouth, and later with the Bradley Company, of Kankakee. The com- pany was licensed by the secretary of state December 14, 1901, with a capital stock of $100,000, and F. E. Harding, J. S. Brown and T. H. Spicer as commissioners. November 30 a temporary organization had been effected and directors elected, but the permanent or- ganization did not occur until December 30, when directors were chosen as follows: W. T. M. Brunnemer, T. H. Spicer, R. Lahann, James French, J. S. Brown, William McKinley, J. D. Lynch, R. R. Murdock and John M, Tor- rance. The directors elected the following of- cers: President, J. S. Brown; vice president, James Frencn; secretary, T. H. Spicer; mana- ger, W. T. M. Brunnemer. The site of the old Weir plow factory was purchased January 2, 1902, and March 14 work commenced on the buildings. The main building is 300x80 feet. the east half being three stories high. .
The Maple City Soap Works was incorpor- ated in May, 1890, and succeeded to the man- agement of the soap factory started by Joseph Pease & Son in 1885, and later sold to Beedee & Wiley, William Hanna was the principal
stockholder in the company, and its president, with E. C. Beedee as vice president and general manager, and W. T. Wiley as secretary and treasurer. For ten years the old academy, the first building used by Monmouth college, was used as a factory, but during the year 1900 a fine plant was erected on the south side of the Burlington railroad tracks, and extending from First to Second streets. It is a four-story brick, the main building 162x112 feet on the ground, with an office building 46x36, and an engine house 50x64 feet. It has a capacity of from 1,000 to 1,200 boxes of soap daily. The com- pany makes a specialty of what is called the White Bar Self-Washing soap, but also manu- factures large quantities of other grades of laundry soaps and several brands of toilet soaps. J. Ross Hanna is now president of the company, Mrs. W. D. Brereton vice president and J. F. Merredith secretary and treasurer.
The Monmouth Pottery Company was incor- porated in October, 1892, by William Hanna, J. Ross Hanna, W. D. Brereton and D. Melcher, with a capital of $50,000. The company organ- ized by electing Wm. Hanna president; J. R. Hanna, vice president; W. D. Brereton, secretary and treasurer; and D. Melcher, general manager and superintendent. The triangular piece of ground between the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Iowa Central tracks, just east of Third street, was secured, and on it was built "the largest stone- ware pottery in the world." The main build- ing is 248x84 feet, and three stories high, con- taining the turning and drying departments, and the kilns, about a dozen in number, are farther east. A fine brick office building stands at the east end of the grounds. The factory began operations during the spring of 1894, the ware being burned with oil. The product includes crocks, jugs, churns, jars up to sixty- gallon sizes, and various other stoneware goods. The plant has a capacity of 6,000,000 gallons of ware a year, and regularly ships an average of two carloads a day. The company has a trade which extends from the Atlantic to the Pa- cific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf. Some shipments have been made to the Sandwich Islands. The main building was destroyed by fire June 1, 1897, with a loss of $12,000, but was immediately rebuilt. The present officers of the company are: J. R. Hanna, president; Mrs. M. J. E. Brereton, vice president; W. D. Brere- ton, secretary and treasurer; G. E. Patton, su-
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perintendent. The factory employs about 150 mnen.
The Monmouth Coal Company was organized by representatives of what are known as the Hanna factories in Monmouth for the purpose of securing a sufficient supply of coal for those institutions. It was incorporated in the sum- mer of 1901, with J. R. Hanna as president; W. J. Spencer, vice president and general man- ager; C. C. Merrideth, secretary, and W. D. Brereton, treasurer. Property was bought near Canton in Fulton county, and mining opera- tions began there in October, 1901. Quite a town has been built up at the mine, and it has been named Brereton in honor of one of the owners.
The Monarch Coal and Mining Company was incorporated in June, 1898, by W. S. Findley, O. S. French and John Joss, with a capital of $5,000. The company purchased and operates a coal mine near Farmington, Ill.
The Pattee Plow Company manufactures two or three different styles of plows but makes a specialty of the New Departure tongueless cultivator, invented by J. H. Pattee and patent- ed in 1872. The Pattee Brothers commenced the manufacture of their plows at Buda in Bureau county, but erected their plant here in 1875. carrying on the business at first under the firm name of Pattee Bros. & Co., the firm being com- posed of J. H. and H. H. Pattee and I. P. Pills- bury. The Pattee Plow Company was incor- porated in 1881 with a capital stock of $10,000. J. H. Pattee is president, and H. H. Pattee sec- retary. The factory lies south of the Burlington tracks and west of South D street, the build- ings covering some four acres. The company employs from 125 to 150 men.
November 23, 1892, James Milne & Son, of Scotch Grove, Iowa, purchased ground in Clark's addition, east of South Ninth street and north of the Burlington tracks. Here in 1894 the firm erected a plant for the manufacture of stump-pulling machines. The firm reorgan- ized after coming here, and on December 27, 1894, was incorporated as the Milne Manufac- turing Company, with a capital of $30,000. The incorporators were James Milne, J. J. Milne and Mrs. Margaret McQuiston Milne. The com- pany sends its machines all over the country and to foreign lands.
The Monmouth Brick Company was formed in July, 1891, and soon afterward buildings and kilns were erected on a plat in Sipher's addi-
tion, between Girard and Franklin avenues and west of C street. The company was reorganized and incorporated in May, 1895, with a capital of $10,000. It is now employing about sixteen men and has a capacity of 15,000 brick daily. The officers are: J. W. Sipher, president; L. L. Wall, vice president and manager; J. D. Dif- fenbaugh, secretary; E. C. Linn, treasurer.
The Maple City Cigar Factory is the out- growth of a small cigar factory established by Reimer Lahann in 1860. He had no capital and worked alone in his shop during the early period of its existence. The fine quality of his product, together with his indomitable en- ergy, caused a gradual increase of the business, until at the present time eighty men are em- ployed and the factory has an output of 3,500,- 000 cigars per year. January 1, 1896, Mr. La- hann turned over the business to the Maple City Cigar Company, incorporated with a capi- tal of $10,000. The new company was com- posed of R. Lahann, president; A. R. Lahann, vice president, and W. G. Xander, secretary. February 26, 1900, Mr. Lahann disposed of his interest in the factory, and the company was re- organized with R. H. Truitt, of Chillicothe, president: E. B. Colwell, vice president; and W. G. Xander, secretary and treasurer. The company adopted the profit-sharing plan in May, 1900, and on January 1 last distributed $1,000 among its employes, each man receiving a divi- dend of about three per cent. on his year's sal- ary.
In May, 1899, a book bindery carried on by D. E. Woodford at Galesburg was purchased by Monmouth gentlemen, and the Military Tract Bindery Association was incorporated by M. Brewer, F. W. Harding, I. A. Ewing and oth- ers, with a capital of $5,000, to carry on the bus- iness. The business went so rapidly that the capital was increased in May, 1902, to $10,000. The bindery is located in the Patton block on the north side of the square, and employs from six to ten hands.
The Monmouth Box Factory was started in the spring of 1893 by T. W. Beers, E. C. Means and W. Riley in a building on Mr. Beers' prop- erty on East Broadway. H. C. Davies is now the proprietor of the factory, which is located in the old overall factory building on East First avenue. It has a capacity of 400 boxes a day, and makes all the boxes for the cigar manufac- ers of the city, and also some for other cities.
Other industries on a somewhat smaller scale
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than those mentioned at length are McIntosh & Sons' machine shop and foundry; W. E. Greenleaf, cigar manufacturer; the Monmouth Cigar Company, the Cuban Cigar Company, and others of lesser note.
The Monmouth Electric Light Company was licensed to incorporate July 17, 1883, with a capital of $30,000. The incorporators were W. H. Gillett, D. Greenleaf and I. T. Brady, and the company organized by electing F. E. Harding, president, I. T. Brady secretary, and F. W. Harding treasurer. The company got no farther, and in November, 1887, the present company, the Edison Illuminating Company, was incorporated by H. H. Pattee, N. A. Scott and W. B. Smith, with a capital of $10,000. The company put in the plant, which with later additions does the street lighting for the city, lights many private residences and business houses, and furnishes power for machinery of various kinds. The company is now owned by the Ferris Brothers and is under the manage- ment of Robert J. Ferris.
In the fall of 1874 the city council granted to the Western Excelsior Gas Company the ex- clusive right and franchise to manufacture, sell and supply gas for the purposes of light to the citizens of Monmouth for the term of thirty years. Under the terms of the franchise the works had to be in operation by October 12, 1875, and this not being the case the franchise was forfeited. The Monmouth Coke and Gas Company, which had been chartered in 1867 with a capital of $20,000, was then revived, and in January, 1876, the council granted this com- pany a franchise. The directors of the com- pany were: Draper Babcock, president; J. J. Glenn, secretary; W. B. Jenks, treasurer; C. Hardin, Wm. Laferty, S. Douglass, George Babcock. Soon after securing the franchise the company reorganized, incorporating the Monmouth Gas Company, and turning over to it the. rights and franchises which had been granted to the Monmouth Coke and Gas Com- pany. The new company erected the plant yet operated in this city. Fred Spencer is present manager of the works.
William S. Weir, Sr., father of the late Will- iam S. Weir, the Monmouth manufacturer, came to Monmouth in 1838, and put up a wool- carding machine on the block south of the present waterworks plant. The machine was operated by power secured from the little stream that then ran through that part of the
city, but has since been turned into a covered sewer. When the water was low, power was furnished by an ox and treadmill. Soon Mr. Weir went to Hale township where he and R. S. Joss managed a carding and fulling mill on the property of Thomas Paxton, Mr. Weir later going to Little York and carrying on the same business for a number of years. Mr. Joss came back to Monmouth in 1842, and built a carding mill on the corner of East First avenue and South Second street. This mill was operated first by treadmill and oxen, but in 1856 he re- fitted the mill, putting in steam power. Looms were also put in and for years Mr. Joss manu- factured woolen cloths. The competition of more modern machinery caused Mr. Joss to close the mill, and for a long time the machin- ery stood idle. It was finally sold, and the building was used awhile as a carpenter shop, then as a feed mill and store. It was destroyed by fire October 3, 1901.
Among the factories in Monmouth in bygone days were: William Y. and Hugh Henry's carriage factory (later Henry & Morgan's) on South Main street, north of the present loca- tion of the government building, in the '50s; N. and J. Carr's plow factory, on the opposite side of the street, also in the '50s; Roberts, Dunn & Co's sash and blind factory, on South Main street near the railroad, erected in 1865 and destroyed by fire in September, 1869; Park- er & Seibert's soap and candle factory, in 1867; J. H. Frymire's tannery, near the old depot,. in 1861; W. L. Hopper's plow factory, in the '60s; the Pattee Star flouring mill, burned in February, 1879; W. W. Church & Co., manufac- turer of wagons; Palmer & Brady, cultivators; The Monmouth Manufacturing Co., making W. A. Dryden's cultivators; and Joss & Milliken's woolen mill; the Economy Implement Co., in- corporated in 1890; the Monmouth Blanket and Saddlery Co., in 1895; the Monmouth Cream- ery, in 1886; the Sherrick Cleaver Co., in 1890, and the Monmouth Road Cart Co., in 1888.
Considerable pork packing was done in Mon- mouth in the early days. Among the packers werè N. A. Rankin, who commenced operations November 13, 1854, E. C. Babcock, and Arms- by & Massie. The several packing houses killed and cut up 8,300 hogs in 1852, all raised in War- ren county. Hog raising was then in its in- fancy here, there being no way to get the fat porkers to market. The historian has no sta- tistics of business at later dates.
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CHAPTER XXXI.
Monmouth well Supplied with Secret and Fra- ternal Orders-Masons and Odd Fellows Have Several Different Organizations-The Insurance Associations-Old Soldiers' Soci- eties-Colored People's Lodges.
Monmouth Lodge No. 37, A. F. and A. M., was instituted October 6, 1846, with fifteen charter members, though it had been operated "under dispensation" earlier than that. De- cember 14, 1843, Grand Master A. Dunlap and Grand Secretary W. B. Warren granted per- mission to form and operate a lodge, U. D., and the first meeting was held December 28 of that year with the following officers: I. W. F. Ed- mundson, W. M .; B. Hibbard, S. W .; John Miles, J. W .; Samuel Webster, treasurer; and Daniel McNeil, secretary. When the charter was granted by the Grand Lodge meeting at Peoria in 1846 the lodge organized with the fol- lowing officers: Geo. C. Lanphere, Worshipful Master; Samuel Webster, Senior Warden; John A. Young, Junior Warden; Daniel Mc- Neil, secretary; Simeon Scripture, treasurer; David T. Cohen, Senior Deacon; Henry A. McCartney, Junior Deacon; Daniel Markham, Tyler. The other members were John H. Mitch- ell, James H. Stewart, John Lee, Benjamin Hibbard, John Miles, Samuel Boyles, John A. Smith. None of these charter members now remain in connection with the lodge, and it is probable that all are dead. Since the organiza- tion not less than 700 Masons have been initi- ated in this lodge, and they may be found in almost every state of the Union. The present membership of the lodge is 112. The principal officers are: Doran Van Nuys, Worshipful Mas- ter; Lewis H. Hanna and R. L. Russell, War- dens: D. D. Dunkle, secretary; D. D. Diffen- baugh, treasurer. The first home of Monmouth Lodge was in a dingy back room in a two-story frame building owned by Billings & Marks, and located on the north side of the square. In 1854 the location was changed to another back room in a building owned by George D. Cran- dall on the east side of North Main street north of Archer avenue. In 1866 the membership had grown so that larger quarters were needed, and lots were purchased on South Main street. Owing to the great expense of building, how-
ever, the lots were disposed of, and a contract entered into by which a three-story brick build- ing was to be erected, the third story to be paid for and used by the Masons. The project was carried out at a cost of about $6,000 to the lodge and the hall remains the home of the Masonic fraternity of Monmouth. It is occupied by this lodge, the Royal Arch chapter and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Warren Chapter No. 30, Royal Arch Masons, was instituted October 2, 1856. The first offi- cers were: David B. Rice, high priest; Wm. A. Seaton, king; Samuel Stanley, scribe. The present membership is about eighty. D. D. Dunkle is high priest, having served in that office for twenty-eight years; R. H. Scott, king; L. D. Robinson, scribe; A. J. Ebey, treasurer; Lewis Daily, secretary.
Monmouth Council No. 14, Royal and Select Masters, was organized December 27, 1863, with forty or fifty members. It was afterward re- moved to Galesburg.
The Monmouth Consistory, Ancient and Ac- cepted Scottish Rite Masons, was organized De- cember 28, 1866, the principal officers of the four bodies being as follows: Lodge of Perfec- tion-A. H. Holt, Th. P. grand master; A. H. Swain, H. of T. deputy grand master; James Hill and P. Baker, grand wardens; G. R. Bar- bour, orator; S. Gamble, treasurer; A. G. Gib- son, secretary. Council of Princes of Jerusa- lem-James Hill, M. E. S. P. grand master; A. H. Swain, Gr. H. P. sub deputy; P. Baker and J. W. Brewer, wardens; A. G. Gibson, secre- tary; S. Gamble, treasurer. Chapter of Rose Croix-A. H. Swain, M. W. and P. Master; James Hill and A. H. Holt, wardens; P. Baker, orator; S. Gamble, treasurer; A. G. Gibson, sec- retary. Consistory of Princes of the Royal Se- cret-G. R. Barbour, illustrious commander-in- chief; A. H. Holt, illustrious first lieutenant commander; J. W. Brewer, illustrious second lieutenant commander; James Hill, orator; H. J. Ewing, grand chancellor; A. G. Gibson, sec- retary; S. Gamble, treasurer. The Consistory surrendered its charter December 2, 1872, thir- ty-five members affiliating themselves with the Oriental Consistory of Chicago.
Trinity Lodge No. 561, A. F. and A. M., was instituted June 27, 1867, with sixteen charter members. The first officers were: Joseph Hill, worshipful master; J. N. Reece and E. C. John- son, wardens; S. Gamble, treasurer; G. R. Bar- bour, secretary; A. H. Swain and L. Stanley,
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deacons; C. Coates, tyler. This lodge gave up its charter July 28, 1886, the members going in- to Monmouth Lodge No. 37.
A chapter of the Eastern Stars flourished in Monmouth in ante-bellum days, and continued until fire destroyed the Masonic hall in 1866, when the charter and paraphernalia of the chap- ter were burned. The present chapter, which is known as Monmoutn Chapter No. 277, was instituted August 8, 1894, with thirty-two char- ter members. Mrs. B. A. Miles was the first worthy matron, with Mrs. Louisa Sawyer as assistant matron, and D. D. Dunkle as patron. The worthy matrons following Mrs. Miles have been Mrs. Louisa A. Sawyer, 1896; Mrs. Nettie Emert, 1897; Mrs. Susanna F. Webb, 1898; Mrs. Sarah A. Dunkle, 1899; Mrs. Mary Jeffreys, 1900; Mrs. Susannah F. Webb, 1901. The present membership is eighty, and the officers, are: Mrs. Susannah F. Webb, worthy matron; D. Q. Webster, worthy patron; Mrs. C. A. Mclaughlin, associate matron; Mrs. Mary Jeffreys, secretary; Mrs. W. H. Mull, treasurer.
ODD FELLOWSHIP.
Warren Lodge No. 160, I. O. O. F., was insti- tuted in October, 1854, when William Round- well of Peoria was grand master of the order in Illinois, but no work was done until January 10, 1855. There were but three Odd Fellows in Monmouth-Elisha W. Nye, George McEwan, and Francis Hohenadel-and to make a quorum of five Chester Palmer and William B. Jenks went to Galesburg and were initiated. They immediately took their withdrawals, and in company with the aforementioned three organ- ized the lodge. The officers elected were: Eli- sha W. Nye, noble grand; George McEwan, vice grand; W. B. Jenks, treasurer; Chester W. Palmer, secretary; Francis Hohenadel, warden. The evening of January 10, 1855, the following were initiated into the order; '1. O. Hamsher, Jacob Krollman, Charles Jamison, James D. Mackoy, Alexander Tailor, Harvey Black. Mr. Krollman is the only one of the first members who remains in connection with Warren lodge. The first meetings of the lodge were held in the Masonic hall, then on the corner of North Main street, and Boston avenue. In the fall of 1867 it moved to a room in the third story of a new brick building on the south side of East Main street just east of the public square, where its home was until the big fire of 1871
which destroyed the building and burned the lodge records. Afterwards rooms were secured in the Wiswell building on the north side of the square, which were occupied until February 18, 1902, when elegant quarters were dedicated in the Pillsbury & Sawyer building, also on the north side. The present membership of the lodge is 125, and the officers are: Will Taylor, noble grand; Frank Hermann, vice grand; P. C. Hansen, secretary; K. T. Watson, financial secretary; J. J. Kobler, treasurer.
Monmouth Lodge No. 577, I. O. O. F., was organized May 18, 1875, with twenty-three char- ter members, as follows: L. S. Holden, noble grand; John B. Weir, vice grand; Isaac Marks, secretary; Peyton Roberts, permanent secre- tary; R. Lahann, treasurer; r'red Rozenzwig, Aaron See, N. J. Nelson, J. H. Shippey, Kan- som Doney, Sr., H. M. Rulon, T. H. Johnson, J. G. Madden, Peter Smith, M. Miller, S. D. W. Green, W. L. Chapman, J. W. Sipher, E. G. Bowman, J. F. Rulon, M. Nusbaum, Joseph Bolack, Wm. Driggs. The lodge had its first quarters on the south side of Broadway be- tween the square and First street, then for a while was on the north side of the street. For the past ten or twelve years it has occupied the third story in the Woods building on we corner of South Main street and the square, where commodious lodge rooms have been fitted up.
The lodge has a membership of 140, and has since its organization admitted over 600 persons into the order. The present officers are: : L. F. Dungan, noble grand; Thos. Young, vice grand; Fred A. N. Ahlstrand, recording secretary; Ed. L. Montgomery, financial secre- tary; A. D. McIntosh, treasurer; C. S. Eby, J. P. Jones, J. Van Steenwyk, M. H. Lehman, C. Roadhouse, trustees.
Friendship Rebekah Degree Lodge No. 22 was instituted August 11, 1870, two years after Rebekah lodges were authorized by the Sover- eign Grand Lodge, so was one of the first lodges organized in Illinois. It had twenty-six charter members, as follows: James G. Madden, George A. Sampson, Isaac Marks, William Greene, J. W. McGrew, C. L. Bancroft, R. Y. Frew, Ran- som Doney, F. H. Rulon, John H. Baldwin, John H. Richey, James H. Herdman, A. H. Tracy, J. W. Gosslee, Anna M. Sampson, Nancy G. Marks, Sarah J. Green, Louisa A. McGrew, Louisa Bancroft, Anna Frew, Hannah E. Tracy, Ella Rulon, Anna Baldwin, M. F. Richey, Har- riet E. Tracy, Sarah J. Smiley. Fire destroyed
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all the lodge's possessions, but the members took up the work with more zeal than ever, and on April 27, 1883, the lodge was reorganized, and the following officers elected: Mr. Hampton, noble grand; Mrs. Buffington, vice grand; Mrs. Little, secretary; Mrs. Pebbles, treasurer. The present membership of the lodge is seventy- four, and the officers are: Past novie grand, Mrs. Maude Hermann; noble grand, Mrs. Zina Sodeburg; vice grand, Mrs. Maud Wilson; recording secretary, Mrs. Hattie Miller; finan- cial secretary, Richard Watson.
Rebekah Degree Lodge No. 128 was insti- tuted August 31, 1883, with fifty-nine members and the following officers: James Smith, noble grand; Mrs. A. D. McIntosh, vice grand; Mrs. Jos. Grier, secretary; Mrs. J. R. Baker, treas- urer; F. A. N. Ahlstrand, warden; Mrs. Chapin, conductress; Jos. Grier, outside guard; Mrs. Mattie Emert, inner guard; Mrs. W. W. Brooks and Mrs. G. R. Peterson, supporters to noble grand; Mrs. R. Lahann and Mrs. J. Cottrell, supporters to vice grand; L. S. Holden, chap- lain. The present membership of the lodge is twenty-six, and the officers are: Mrs. Alice Smilie, noble granu; Mrs. Mary Jacobson, vice grand; Mrs. Robert Jeffrey, recording secre- tary; Miss Katie Jacobson, financial secretary; Mrs. A. D. McIntosh, treasurer.
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