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To make a long story short, he was offered, in 1904, finan- cial and operational control of the company. Two former schoolmates at the old St. Louis Manual Training School joined him in the business-Harry M. Pflager and George K. Hoblit- zelle. It was this team of three that built the business. Howard was the salesman, Pflager the technical and production man, and Hoblitzelle the specialist in finance and business policy.
The smooth, comfortable ride of the modern railroad pas- senger car is the direct result of General Steel's historic devel- opment of new designs of trucks with cast steel frames and bol- sters.
After World War I the company's engineers designed an entire underframe structure for a steam locomotive in one piece. The next step was to produce a one-piece locomotive bed with cylinders, steam chests and saddle cast integral. The first such locomotive bed was furnished to the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis in 1926.
During the same period cast steel underframes and trucks were developed for electric locomotives and underframes were developed for various types of freight cars such as ore, sulphur, gondola, tank, hopper, flat and depressed center cars.
Despite the success experienced with freight car products. General Steel's management recognized that the company could not depend on its railroad business to keep it going as in the past. Accordingly, the company acquired in 1955 the National Roll & Foundry Co. near Pittsburgh which produces cast iron and steel rolls. A few years later an electric foundry was established at Granite City for producing special alloy wear resistant castings to the mining and crushing field. Then in 1960, General Steel purchased the St. Louis Car Co., one of the foremost builders of railroad and rapid transit cars.
Having met with success in these ventures, General Steel Castings Corp. has outgrown its name. Since there was continued activity toward further diversification, it was decided, effective May 1, 1961, to change the name to General Steel Industries, Inc.
Standard Oil Co .- A conviction held by no means by all of our Madison County residents-that the automobile was here to stay-was the motivation for the founding of the Standard Oil Co. at Wood River early in the Twentieth century.
In 1906 three men, W. P. Cowan, Dr. William M. Burton and J. E. Evans, walked over the watermelon, wheat and corn land that very soon was to become the site of one of the giants of our county's industry. The 600-acre tract was purchased, con- struction began, and families moved in. Before long, Standard Oil had a plant and Wood River was born.
By the end of 1907 the plant was running crude oil. Frank J. Gainer was the first timekeeper. He served almost 50 years. At first there were only three men on the payroll but shortly there after, there were 400.
Common labor in those days drew 171/2 cents an hour; a foreman drew 25 cents. Shifts were 12 hours long, and each shift worked all 24 hours every second Sunday. Chief products at first were kerosene, fuel oil, paraffin, coke and asphalt. Be- fore long, gasoline was king.
Standard Oil, and consequently Wood River, saw lean years in the depression, fat years in World War II. The refinery grew to 745 acres and to a running capacity of more than 50,000 barrels of crude oil a day, with a payroll of 1500.
Standard Oil has been like a godfather to Wood River. The two have co-operated remarkably well through the years, and both have prospered.
Shell Oil Co .- Founding of the Shell Oil Co.'s Wood River plant coincides with the start of World War I in 1917. The Rox- ana Petroleum Co., later incorporated into Shell Oil Co., started construction on a 180-acre site on the east side of what is now route 111. Crude distilling operations were begun in September, 1918.
In the first year, about 7100 barrels of crude were handled a day, about 4 per cent of the present figure. Six modern homes were erected on the grounds for a supervisory staff.
Meanwhile, 50 cottages were built north of the refinery for employes, and these homes became the nucleu's of the present village of Roxana
During World War I most of the employes lived in Alton and rode the interurban to llartford, about a mile from the re- finery. They covered the remaining distance on foot. Old timers recall that in bad weather considerable fortitude was required to walk the distance; sometimes they preferred, instead, to stay at the plant overnight.
Through the years the refinery has expanded and devel- oped scores of new techniques for refinement of crude oil. It is proud of the fact that it was one of the first manufacturers of 100 octane aviation gasoline, and that it was the first petroleum refinery to win the Army-Navy "E" award in World War II.
Laclede Steel Co .- Named in honor of the soldier-engineer who helped found St. Louis, the Laclede Steel Co. has grown from its modest origin in 1911 to a firm of more than 4000 em- ployes. Its first plant was a rail re-rolling mill in Madison that produced reinforcing bars.
The story of Laclede Steel is essentially that of its founder, Thomas R. Akin, who served as president, treasurer and direc- tor until his death in 1945. Since then his son, W .M. Akin, has directed activities and operations of the company as its presi- dent.
Laclede produces a substantial proportion of the highway and building steel used in this country. All of the major high- ways and many of the public and private buildings in the met- ropolitan St. Louis area contain Laclede reinforcing and con- struction steel.
In addition, many of Laclede's other products such as wire, pipe and tubing move regularly to all states in the union, to Canada, Mexico and overseas. The firm produces 620,000 tons of ingot steel annually, with yearly sales exceeding $65,000,000.
The Alton works was purchased in 1915 and at the end of that year the annual ingot capacity was 78,400 net tons. In 1916 the Valley plant in East St. Louis was purchased and its prin- cipal product was railroad car axles from steel made at Alton. The Valley plant was sold in 1925 and proceeds invested in a 10- inch continuous strip mill. Since then the company's operations and products have expanded to put it among the top-ranking steel makers of the nation.
THOMAS R.AKIN,FOUNDER
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SHELL CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ABOUT 1920.
Wood River-Construction of the Standard Oil Co. (now American Oil Co.) refinery here in 1906 and 1907 was the spark that touched off the founding and rapid growth of Wood River. By 1920 it was the "fastest growing city in the United States," according to the census of that year. Its 1960 population was 11,694.
By 1918 the Shell Oil Co., too, had its roots in the ground and thus two huge refineries were contributing handsomely to the economy of this thriving city. Meanwhile, Roxana, just across the street, was sprouting up.
These large industries inevitably attracted smaller ones and soon Wood River was one of the outstanding centers of man- ufacturing in highly-industrial western Madison County.
Nearby Hartford for many years was a dock from which river boats handled coal and supplies. In 1916 International Shoe Co. built a tannery in Hartford which for many years was one of the largest shoe tanneries in the nation. White Star Refining Co. was built in 1919. In 1941 the Wood River Refinery was founded,
and was sold to Sinclair Oil Co. in 1950. Wood River Township proudly holds the title of "Refining center of the Middle West."
A landmark of the township is the Union Tank Car Co.'s all-steel dome that houses a regional tank car repair plant. It is 380 feet in diameter and 120 feet high with no internal supports. Dedicated in 1961, it was raised pneumatically by a huge air-in- flated nylon bag.
The city has much to be proud of. Wood River Township Hospital (80 beds) was erected in 1947-49, the first township, tax- supported hospital in Illinois. There are three city parks and playgrounds, lighted baseball diamonds, a year-around youth program, and one of the largest outdoor swimming pools in the country (a gift of Standard Oil in the 20's.)
A short distance south of Wood River, near Hartford, is the point from which Lewis and Clark began their famous expe- dition up the Missouri River to the West in 1804. Wood River is rich in history but most significant is a history of its industrial growth.
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he pastor and members of First Evangelical United Brethren Church unite with all Christians of the area to thank God on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of Madison County for the wonderful blessings He has bestowed upon our community. With the Psalmist we say: "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy Name give glory. " The public is invited to attend all our service:
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ELM RIDGE-RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM ELIOT SMITH, WASHINGTON ST. MIDDLE ALTON, ILL.
Alton-The largest city in Madison County-acclaimed an All-American city in 1960-probably could make a very good case if it claimed also to be the wealthiest in historical lore. For here is a site visited by Marquette and Joliet in 1673, the home of the legendary Piasa bird, scene of the Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858, and of the Lovejoy anti-slavery riot in 1837.
Here, on the shores of the Mississippi river, landed hun- dreds of the pioneers whose descendants were destined to be Alton's giants in industry and business and the professions. Here, also is the city once chosen to be the capital of Illinois, only to be bypassed later when Springfield prevailed.
The Alton of today with its population of 43,047 (1960 cen- sus) has as some of its leaders the descendant of pioneers. But with them are thousands of others who were attracted by the city's industries. From the fine homes in Fairmount, on beautiful, broad Henry Street, in so-called Upper Alton and else- where down to the more modest neighborhoods come a hetero- genous populace that has helped make Alton a prosperous, rap- idly growing community.
Industries that have contributed to Alton's well-being are many. Some of the larger ones, past and present: Owens-Illinois Glass Co., Laclede Steel Co., Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. in nearby East Alton, Duncan Foundry and Machine Works, Inc., Beall Bros., Alton Boxboard Co., Mississippi Lime Co., Sparks Milling Co., Standard Tilton Milling Co., Luer Packing Co., Alton Brick Co., and C. F. Sparks Machine Co.
Shurtleff College opened its doors in Alton in 1827 and from it have come thousands of alumni who remained in Alton the rest of their lives. The college closed some years ago and
its campus has since been taken over by Southern Illinois Uni- versity. Nearby are the Western Military Academy and Alton High School.
Progress has come to the city in many ways. The Lewis and Clark bridges over the Missouri and Mississippi rivers were completed in the late 1920 s. They are named after Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who headed the famous expedition to the northwest in 1804.
Civic Memorial airport, a few miles east of Alton serves the city's needs for air service. Dam No. 26 by the federal government in depression years created Alton Lake which has given enjoyment to thousands of the area's boating enthusiasts.
Alton has three fine hospitals: St. Joseph's, with a spacious addition constructed some years ago; St. Anthony's, and Alton Memorial, built in the late 1930's as a gift from the late Miss Eunice Smith of Alton and her sister, Mrs. Pascal E. Hatch of Springfield. Their father was William Eliot Smith, a founder of the Illinois Glass Co., now Owens-Illinois.
At nearby Godfrey is Monticello Seminary, founded by Capt. Benjamin Godfrey, and up the river a few miles is Prin- cipia College, at Elsah.
Within the past four years Alton has gone through a bitter dispute over city government. The city manager form was adopted in 1958, and four years later the citizens voted to re- turn to the aldermanic form. Prior to the latter vote, a large percentage of the city's policemen went on strike and city coun- cil meetings were punctuated with heated exchanges stemming from proponents and opponents of the city manager system
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The Bank of Alton
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THE model LADIES'READY-TO-WEAR STORE
HO 5-2813 217 Piasa Street
Alton, Illinois
60 YEARS OF BANKING SERVICE
Fulton Banking & Trust Co., "Wedge Bank" to its many friends and customers, is celebrating its 60th Anniversary of serving the Alton area. Sixty years of successful banking, through two World Wars and several depressions is an accomplishment of which we are proud Age or years of service, however, has little meaning in todays world - What we do tomorrow is more important.
On this our 60th Anniversary year we rededicate ourselves to the policy of providing our friends and customers with the best in sound banking practice.
Wedge Bank is a bank for all the people, and the officers, directors and all members of the Wedge Bank family invite you to make Wedge Bank your banking headquarters.
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SANDER'S SURGICAL APPLIANCES
201 MARKET STREET AL TON
Following are citles and villages of the county and the dates of incorporation.
EDWARDSVILLE-February 23, 1819, May 30, 1837, Sep- tember 23, 1872.
ALTON-January 30, 1821. September 11, 1877.
EAST ALTON-May 4. 1894
WOOD RIVER-June 16, 1911.
HAMEL-February 19, 1955.
HARTFORD-March 9, 1920
ROXANA-April 7, 1921
BETHALTO-April 19, 1869, April 23, 1873.
GRANITE CITY-March 9, 1896.
NAMEOKI-March 8, 1917
VENICE-February 5, 1897.
MADISON-November 2, 1891
WORDEN-October 22, 1877.
GLEN CARBON-June 6. 1892.
TROY-February 18, 1857, April 12, 1892.
MARYVILLE-June 4, 1902.
COLLINSVILLE-February 15, 1855, October 1, 1872.
LIVINGSTON-November 15, 1905.
WILLIAMSON-March 14, 1907.
NEW DOUGLAS-December 16, 1874.
GRANTFORK-February 18, 1886.
ALHAMBRA-April 5, 1884
MARINE-March 8, 1867.
ST. JACOB-September 8, 1875.
HIGHLAND-February 14, 1863.
Names make news, it is said, but how did our townships get their names? Here are the best answers available:
Alton-For the city which was named in honor of Alton Easton, a son of Col. Rufus Easton, the city's founder
Foster-For Oliver P. Foster, an early resident.
Granite City-For the city, which derived its name from granite ware, a product of its first factory.
Godfrey-For Capt. Benjamin Godfrey, a pioneer. Wood River-For Wood River, the stream passing through the township.
Venice-For the city, which was named by Dr. Cornelius Campbell of St. Louis, presumably after the city of the same name in Italy.
Edwardsville-For the city, named for the first governor of Illinois territory, Ninian Edwards. He lived in Edwardsville. Chouteau-In honor of the French settlers who were in the township prior to 1800.
Nameoki-An Indian word meaning smoky. Selected per- haps because of smoke from forges of the monks on Monks Mound or because of mists hanging over the bottoms.
Collinsville-For the city, which was named for its found- ers, four Collins brothers. Moro-Presumably the name of an early settler.
Fort Russell-For Col. William Russell, commander of Fort Russell just north of Edwardsville a short distance west of Route 112.
Omphghent-For the old Omph Ghent church, built by early settlers.
Hamel-For Jack Hamel, an early settler.
Pin Oak-For a grove of pin oak trees that early settlers found.
Jarvis-For a widely known family of early settlers.
Olive-For several families of early settlers.
Marine-In honor of several retired sea captains who set- tled there.
Leef-For Jacob Leef, an early settler.
Alhambra-Chosen by Mrs. Louis F. Sheppard, whose hus- band platted the village of 1849. Mrs. Sheppard and a friend were reading a book entitled "Spanish Alhambra" at the time.
St. Jacob-For Jacob Schuetz and Jacob Schroth, early settlers.
New Douglas-Named by A. Foster, founder of the village of New Douglas, who selected the name to honor Senator Ste- phen A. Douglas.
Saline -- For the saline or salt beds found under parts of the township. Helvetia-Chosen by early Swiss settlers. Helvetia in the Swiss language means Switzerland.
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Alton Savings and Loan Association was Incorporated In 1904 with assets totaling $10,000.00.
Now 58 years later, in 1962, our total assets are more than $23,000,000.00.
FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE
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620 EAST THIRD STREET - ALTON, ILLINOIS Phone HO-5-4483
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Mineral Springs Hotel
Serving Madison County Since 1914
301 East Broadway
Alton, Illinois
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BIEDERMAN FURNITURE CO. Broadway and Piasa - Alton, III.
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That is how it was in 1836 when. on February 2. the Alton Marine and Fire Insurance Company started in business ....... Through mergers and consolidations, the little insurance office is today our FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. IN ALTON .....
So, measured in years, we are an old insti- tution with the stability, integrity and ex- perience that are the prerogatives of age ..... ... yet in spirit, we are young, enterprising. and aggressive and firmly believe that Madison County is at the threshold of greater expansion, development and new enterprise ... Certainly,we will be a part of all this
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FIRST National BANK & TRUST COMPANY IN ALTON, ILL.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Member Federal Reserve System
IN HONOUR OF THE SESQUICENTENNIAL
SHEPPARD. MORGAN & SCHWAAB CONSULTING ENGINEERS SPECIALIZING IN MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS
OFFICES: ID EAST BROADWAY ALTON, ILLINOIS TELEPHONE HOWARD 2-1213
BANK OF EDWARDSVILLE BLDG . EDWARDSVILLE. ILL. TELEPHONE 880-4332
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FAULSTICH CIGAR STORE 119-121 Market Alton Lou & Vic Schwegel
HOFFMAN FEED & SUPPLY 113 W. Broadway Alton
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THE CROSSROADS OF ALTON SINCE 1884
SNYDER'S THIRD AND PIASA · ALTON
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to thank the many friends who have helped fur- nish material for this condensation of Madison County history. Much of the information has been gathered from Brink's History of Madison County, the Centennial History of Madison County by W. T. Norton of Alton, old issues of the Edwardsville Intelli- gencer, the Alton Telegraph, and the Wood River Journal. We are indebted to Mrs. Maitland Timmermiere of Alton and Lesley Marks of Edwardsville as well as numerous chambers of com- merce and industrial concerns for their assistance.
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it occupies today Parce 1 Street at the corner of wale.
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served astil July 8. 1099. eben the Wedicom Comety Otate Bant pap Cuan lidated . to The Baat of Edvardaville sad D P L. Wadley became President Opoo Bim desta, Apri .5. 1901 tb offies eent to Jadte da H frome. vBo beld it motil way 31. 1917 Os Just 4tb f that year. The First National Bank Capital $50, 000 00) which bed breo founded lo 1897. ess absorbed by The Bass of Soverduville and Geo. # weyer was elected Presideo' of the consolidated le- otitetiom. isee he retired om July 10. 1933 Edo. m. Stolze succeeded bis. ar Stolze served oatii si. deata. December 1943. and eco socceroed by ". L. Hadley Vice President a grandaos of & # fest tor founder of the baos and its First Prraideot Leo O. Dustano bas
succeeded ur. Hadley. am President. alace Jam. 20. 1958
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THE BANK OF EDWARDSVILLE
W.C.Hadley & John Cook in front of the two atory building constructed in 1894 et Main & Center Streets.
Present home of the bank, acquired in 1916, is located at 102 West Main Street.
State Bank of Collinsville was granted a charter June 15, 1891. On Saturday, June 20, the bank opened for business in one rented room on Main Street. Mr. Hadley, President, Mr. John Cook, Cashier and Mr. William Hadfield, Vice President, were the first officers. Total Assets were $25,000.00. In 1916 the assets totaled $700.000.00. Today they exceed $7,000,000.00. Present officers of the bank serving the people of the county are:
President -George G. McCormick
Exec. V. President- irwin C. Maurer
Vice President- Mary Ann Meyer
Cashier Harry C. Schnuck Ass't Cashier- - Eugene J. Luner Ass't Cashier Charles Maurer
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