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D. A. Cameron has now some 15 producing wells in the Chester Hill district with an output exceeding 100 bbls. per day. Mr. Cameron has some 5,000 acres under lease and as his test developments cover several farms, in a steadily produc- ing vein, a competency is assured, He runs from three to five strings of tools, makes his business quarters at the St. Cloud Hotel, and is one of the factors in Marietta's success.
The National Supply Co., with headquarters at Toledo, O., and Pittsburg, Pa., is a consolidation of the old National Supply Co., Buckeye Supply Co., Union Supply Co., Shaw, Kendall & Co , and other smaller concerns. It was incorporated in 1893 and the present capital stock and surplus is $1,500,000. It has branch stores in ev-
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ery oil region in the United States, aggregating 50 or more. The officers are J. L. Wolcott, of Toledo, Pres .; H. M. Wilson, of Pittsburg, V. P .; Wm. Hardee, Treas .; W. C. Hillman, Gen. Mgr .; J, H. Barr, Sec. The Marietta store was opened in July 1895 under the management of John Kaiser who for six years prior, was with the Oil Well Supply Co , and is among the most active developers of Marietta enter- prises. Geo, B. Eyssen is the efficient and active field man of this vicinity. The general ware house, which is owned by Gracey and Kaiser, is located at 134 Second St., along the Penn. R. R. tracks. The cordage and engine ware houses and the pipe yards. coyering several acres, lie along the same tracks between Sixth and Seventh Sts The principal factories of the company are located at Toledo, Pitts- burg and Buffalo. The Marietta house can furnish any article needed by oil men or gas water and steam fixtures and assists in making this an important centre for oil operations.
Oil Well Supply Co .- The Eaton, Cole & Burnham Co. were among the first to endeavor to meet all the requirements in drilling tools, gas pipe, etc. for oil men. It was incorporated in 1877 as the Oil Well Supply Co and the capital stock at pres- ent is $1,500 000, with headquarters at Pittsburg. It has probably half a hundred stores and manufactories scattered throughout the oil regions. The officers are John Eaton, Pres .; Kenton Chickering and E. T. Howes, Vice Pres .; Louis Brown, Treas .; J.C.Palmer, Sec. L. P. Hill, the Marietta manager has been with the com- oany some 15 years and in 1890 took charge of the store here, which is located in the Register Bld., illustrated on page 35. We have not space for details, but suffice to say that the Oil Well Supply Co. furnishes everything in supplies for oil and gas wells, pipe-lines, refineries, steam, gas, and water plants, and is one of the factors n making Marietta headquarters for oil men in this section.
The Crescent Supply Co. was organized Nov. 1897, by W. T. Schnaufer and H. G. Chamberlain, both of whom have been actively engaged in the producing and re- ining business in Marietta for the past fifteen years. This enterprising young firm occupy practically all of square No. 7, West Marietta, bounded by Harmar, Fearing,
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T. C. Linger has been connected with the company for the past three years as book-keeper and is assisted by Oren Moore as stenographer. Charles Hyler has charge of the manufacturing department and has had long experience in this line of work. The Crescent Supply Co. is represented on the road by J. C. Walker, E. R. Heermans, W. H. Canterbury, and C. S. Lucas, who look after the extensive and growing business of the firm in Ohio, W. Va. and adjacent states.
The Ohio Valley Supply Co. was organized Jan. 1, 1900, with a capital stock of $25,000, for furnishing everything demanded by operators and producers, suc- ceding the Westerman & Detlor Co., who had conducted a general machine shop prior. The company purchased a lot fronting on Third St, near the Ohio Riyer, 200x180. Machine and blacksmith shops, warehouses and other buildings have been erected, making a complete supply plant. Some 15 men are given employ- ment. The officers are W. E. Detlor, Pres .; M. J. Peters, V. P .; F. F. Howe, Sec .- Treas .; W. H. Westerman, Gen. Mgr.
Marietta Torpedo Co .- As continued oil developments in this city necessitate prompt supplies the above partnership was formed in 1897 by A. J. Bankson and others for the manufacture of Nitro-Glycerine Explosives. The company at once went into a good trade and had established branch offices at Malta. Corning, Woods- field, Joy and Chester Hill, O .; also at Cairo, Parkersburg, Sistersville, and St. Mary's W. Va. In fact orders for this line any where within a radius of 100 miles receives prompt attention and latest methods in shooting are observed. The main office is at 110 Front st. and not in the Register block as our illustration inadver- tently shows, the factory being some two miles above town. A. J. Bankson has long been engaged in the Penn'a oil field, coming from Warren to Marietta, three years since to establish this business. N. Francis Sec .- Treas. resides in Titusville, Pa. but comes here each month to check up accounts. This firm adds its mite with others in the general prosperity of Marietta and in making this place a veritable oil centre.
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Milliken & French, manufacturers of nitro glycerine torpedoes, is an incor- porated firm with the main office at Sistersville, W. Va. The officers are T. F. French, Pres .; J. B. Milliken, V. P .; W. G. Agnew, Sec .- Treas. The Marietta branch office is located at 107 Greene St. and gives employment to some 15 men. The average business in the Marietta field runs from 75 to 100 shots per month, using an aggregate of more than 25 tons of this powerful explosive per year, which is principally manufactured near Belmont, O. Mr. French has been handling tor- pedos continuously for 25 years, and Mr. Milliken has been engaged in its manufac- ture only two years less. While it is very generally considered an extra-hazardous occupation, these gentlemen look upon it as coming in the regular line of duty and are inured to the daily acquaintance of this dynamic force, with the graceful ease of the snake charmer. Frank Davidson is a trusted employe and head shooter for the company in the Marietta field. The firm furnishes any thing in the torpedo line, covering the field from Pittsburg to Parkersburg.
Eureka Torpedo Co .- Marietta is an important centre for torpedo operations and the above company was formed June 1898. The shells are made in this city and county and the factory is at Duck Creek about three miles above Marietta where this necessary explosive is manufactured and kept in quantities sufficient to meet the immediate demands. The president of the Eureka is W. E. Goodrich, superin- tendent of the Southern Oil Co ; J. F. McIntire, treasurer is engaged in oil produc- ing and real estate; while E E. Delp, manager is from Penn'a but all are now iden- tified with the upbuilding of Marietta and pay out liberal sums for wages and material. thereby contributing towards the city's continued prosperity. The office is on the ground floor at 209 Greene st. where any order in the torpedo line is promptly attended to.
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The Leidecker Tool Co., whose plant is located on Second St. between Greene and Butler, dates from Jan. 23, 1891, when it was incorporated under the laws of W. Va. To-day its products are known all over the southwest oil developments, ind even in the Pennsylvania oil fields. The company has recenty made shipments o California and foreign countries It employs over 75 hands, mostly skilled lacksmiths and machinists. The equipment include the most modern appliances, or this line of work. The equipment includes five large steam hammers, one of hem, weighing 52,000 1bs. The company has a branch plant at Sistersville W. Va or repairing drilling and fishing tools, the works there affording employment to bout 15 men. It also has branch shops at Mannington and Salem, W. Va. Inall,
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Illustration on page 55 shows the city's new High School in process of build- ing. This will have a handsome Bedford stone front on Scammel st. and the sides will be of pressed brick trimmed in Greenfield limestone, the structure costing about $40,000. The basement, besides closets, heating and ventilating apparatus, will contain office rooms for the board of education and capacity for a 40,000 volume library, in addition to Physical Culture Hall and Class rooms. The first floor bas five class rooms and the superintendent's office, which is connected by electric bells and speaking tube with each teacher's room. The second floor has two recitation rooms, Physical and Chemical Laboratories, and a large auditorium which will seat about 800. The stage is arranged with sliding doors and can be used as a recitation room if so needed. Altogether this building will be an important addition to the ed- ucational facilities of Marietta and one in which her citizens feel a just pride.
Washington, Putnam and Willard have annex buildings, which with Pike, Greene and Fultonberg make 12 school buildings and when the new High School is completed will be fully adequate for the present need; but with Marietta's rapid growth the board find it necessary to erect a new building nearly every year.
the plant is the most complete of its character in this section. The corporation comprises J. J. Leidecker, W. B. Hays, G. T. Braden, and L D. Shryock, the local plant operating under the direction of the latter. All of the gentlemen are influ- ential in business circles and have had varied experiences in the oil fields, and these works contribute in a most important measure to the name and fame of Mari- etta, as a leading center for the manufacture of oil well supplies The plant has recently been equipped with machinery for manufacturing casing elevators of all kinds and general drop forging connected with the petroleum interests.
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River Gas Co .- Natural gas coming to the surface at Burning Springs, W. Va. and other places throughout the U. S. excited the amazement of the curious, and superstitious before the Revolutionary War. Gen. Washington in locating a military grant in 1775, set apart a square acre of land at the "burning spring" to be reserved for the public forever. Capt. Jas. Wilson at Charleston W. Va., struck a gas vein while boring for a well in 1815. It was put in use for fuel at Fredonia, N. Y. in 1822, and in 1841 Wm. Tompkins, while boring a salt-well at Burning Springs W. Va., struck a vein which he used in evaporating salt water. Two years later Dickinson and Shrewsbury, near the same place, tapped a gas reservior at 1,000 ft. in depth, which forced a thousand pounds of auger poles and tools out of the ground and made a salt water geyser. In the decade of active oil developments enough gas was allowed to go to waste, to have furnished fuel for the entire country a year or more. When its inestimable value as fuel was learned and the ease with which it may be transported to metroplitan cities a hundred miles or more distant, in pipe lines, its commercial worth was solved and soon it became one of the great factors in the industries of the oil regions. The summit of secondary anticlinal wayes ap- pear to be its greatest store house, but more or less is found in every oil field, so that its formation is believed to be intimately connected with that of oil, in the Earth's great laboratory. The River Gas Co. is the result of the consolidation of the Mountain State Gas Co. and the Union Gas Co,, and has been in operation since 1893. Natural gas is supplied both as an illuminant and fuel, and as its mains ex- tend all over the city, gas is found in use in nearly every residence and business house. Many of the factories also use this cheap fuel. The gas comes from the local oil fields where it is produced in abundance. F. L. Reed is the agent at Mar- ietta office, at 305 Second st. E. Strong is general manager at Oil City assisted by John Tonkin.
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The Marietta Fuel Co. was started in 1896 by C. J. Van Valey and F. P. Morse, F. L. Alexander later becoming a partner. In 1899 Mr. Morse sold his in- terest to the other partners. The Fuel Co. controls the output of several mines and hand'es all the Federal Creek coal that is used along the T. & O C. Ex. Ry west of Marietta and in the city. This is an excellent cokeing grade of bituminous coal, a strong heater particularly valuable for steam and domestic purposes. Under the style of
Marietta Plaster Co this firm does a large con- tract work in house finish ing. Within the presen' MARIETTA PLASTER CO, year the members of thi: firm under the style of the Marietta Plaster Co bave purchased McMillen's pat ent for the Egyptian Har Wall Plaster. which i made from Virginia gyp- sum combined under a sup erior chemical proces: which makes an ideal finish that will not check or crack by ordinary means and re- mains unaffected by time or the elements. This plas. ter has many advantage: over the old styles and makes an excellent surfac for exposure or for decorat- ing. To keep pace with its increase the Plaster Co. has recently purchased the J. C. Cone flour mill plant on the west side illustrated herewith, and converted it into a plaster mill. This gives facilities for producing 200 sacks of hard wall plaster per day and adds its mite to. the industrial output of Marietta Both partners are natives of this county, Mr. Van Valey having formerly been operator and ticket agent here and Mr. Alexand- er still officiating as auditor of the T. & O. C. Ex. Ry.
There are scores of oil producers. operators, contractors, and various other lines in that interest deserving of notice some of which will be mentioned in later pages. Tank builders will be noticed under wook-working industries.
· Manufacturing Interests.
In prior pages we have described several industrial interests directly con- nected with Petroleum and here we will make brief mention of iron, wood and other leading manufactories. Each succeeding detail in these pages brings evidence re- garding the natural advantages and surroundings of this city, and taken as a whole it presents a preponderance of testimony in favor of establishing diversified lines of manufacturing. Within a few years past the conditions have greatly improved. With cheap lands, good agricultural surroundings, timber, lumber, hides, coal, shale, stone, gypsum, and other raw material readily accessible and money easy to obtain there is no reason why a score of large industrial institutions should not locate here in the near future. Our city fathers should also make every reasonable concession to solid establishments already here as the large amounts which they disburse for wages go towards the permanent upbuilding of the place, and are a blessing to labor.
IRON INDUSTRIES .- Under "Petroleum Interests" the Leidecker Tool Co. and supply companies were given space. to show what oil has done for Marietta; but these also must be remembered as belonging under the present section as well.
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The A. T. Nye & Son Co .- A notable illustration, which demonstrates Mar- ietta's claim that this is a superior point for manufacturing success, is found in the above concern. Anselm Tupper Nye was born Nov. 9, 1797, in Campus Martius, and spent most of his life in furthering interests connected with this city. A foundry was started near the old Fort Harmar site about 1829 and its projectors sold out to A. T. Nye, Sr. in 1830, who associated with himself his brother Ichabod H. Nye and a nephew Rotheus Maynard, as A. T. Nye & Co. In 1854, the junior partners re- tired and A. T. Nye, Jr., born Dec 17, 1832, became associated with his father, the firm name changing to A. T. Nye & Son, the latter being the active partner from thence until his death Jan. 9, 1899. For many years he was president of the Citi- zens Nat'l B'k, and otherwise largely interested in the city's progress. Succeeding the death of A. T. Nye, Jr., the A. T. Nye & Son Co. was incorporated by his sons, G. L. Nye becoming President, H. B. Nye, Treas .; and A. T. Nye, (3d), Business Manager, all natives of Marietta and grand sons of the founder of the business.
In 1866 the plant was removed to its present site on the Point where it occu- pies an acre of ground, bounded by Muskingum, Post and Monroe sts. The build- ings comprise a large foundry, pattern shop, store-rooms, offices, etc. and the spec- ialties produced are the celebrated Leader Stoves and Steel Ranges with all kinds of stove hollow- ware. By prompt methods, honorable dealings, and the intrinsic value of its products this firm commands an extensive trade. Employment is given to an average of fifty skilled men, making a pay-roll of about $3,000 per month. Through the depressions within the past seventy years, this plant has never ceased to give employment to its men and annually forward about the usual amount of goods to its customers. It has continued under a direct line of family descent since 1830, its financial integrity is unquestioned and the A. T. Nye & Son Co. will doubtless remain in the future as in the past, in the front of Marietta's manufacturing success.
The Marietta Manufacturing Co. was commenced in 1856 by W. F. Robertson & Co. and has been operated as a foundry ever since under various firm names. It took its present title in 1890 and a year later was incorporated with capital stock of $75,000. The present officers are Alla Winsor, Pres. and Sec .; J. H. McConnell, Supt .; W. S. Dye, Treas. The works cover about an acre of ground, fronting on
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Fort and Putnam sts. and extending back to Franklin st. This is a complete foun- dry with pattern and machine shop and has made a single casting which weighed ten tons. The president is a native of the county and looks after the wholesale trade; the superintendent is a native Mariettian, for thirty years a machinist while the treasurer was also born in this county and has resided in the city for ten years past. The trade of the Marietta Manufacturing Co. extends well over Ohio and ad- jacent states the product being stoves and ranges, iron and brass castings, plows and repairs. In the well furnished machine department a specialty is made of compound and condensing engines, pumps, etc. for the steamboat trade. Fifty to sixty men are employed and this solid industry is an important factor in Marietta's growth and continued prosperity.
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Crown Casting Co. Started in 1899, by Porter & Ranger for the manufac- ture of soil pipe met with good success and a demand for its product, soil pipe, which is made principally from stoye plate, scrap and castings, Dr. O. A. Lambert Pres .; N. L. Williams, Gen'l Mgr .; Willis Morris, L. Edgerton and A. Wallace, pur- chased the plant from F. B. Ranger in May 1900 and incorporated with a capital of $50,000. Numerous improvements haye been added and more are contemplated to keep pace with orders. The plant has a side track between the foundry and finish- ing house. Cores and flasks are in line for Casting 1,200 ft. of 4 inch and 1,000 ft. of two inch pipe each day. In many places health boards have decided that iron pipes only shall be used within a building, as common sewer-pipe are prone to crack easily and make leakage of sewer gas into the premises, consequently this line of manu- facture is in the ascending scale and Marietta bids the Crown Casting Co. welcome among her numerous industries. The foundry and office is at Fort and Wood St. on the west side where some 25 men find employment.
Pattin Bros. and Co .- This company had its origin as Pattin, Hall and Pat- tin, which was formed about 1888. The Pattin Bros., W. S. and D. P., in 1895 bought out the interest of J. G. Hall, and since then the firm has been Pattin Bros. & Co. In 1899 a new plant was erected on Second St., to be run in connection with
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the west-side plant. This building is 60x120 and contains the offices, drafting and model rooms, as well as a very complete modern machine shop. The old plant, 160x163 ft., is used almost exclusively for foundry and boiler works. The firm does a general machine business, giving special attention to steam pumps, oil well sup- plies and apparatus. About 50 men are constantly employed and the weekly pay roll is about $500. The Pattin Brothers are native Mariettians and have long been identified with the city's advancement.
H. Strecker .- This boiler plant has been in operation since 1867 when it was established by Geo Strecker. He was succeeded in 1898 by H Strecker, the present owner, one of the present county commissioners. The works are located on Fort St. above Lancaster, and occupies almost an acre of land. When in full operation about 12 men are employed. Marine boilers are a specialty many of the large Ohio river boats having been fitted out here.
The Marietta Boiler Works. - For nearly a century, steam has been the prin- cipal basis of motive power, and, notwithstanding the encroachments of electricity, in many departments of industry steam will continue to be the most feasible power for another century. To confine it under heavy pressure requires good boilers and the above plant was incorporated in 1896, with $100,000 capital, all paid in. because Marietta was fast becoming a centre for diversified manufacturing. The officers are E. F. Hayes, of Chicora, Pa. Pres .; Geo. A. Schaffer, Jr. of Butler, Pa. V. P .; W. J. Marks, Treas. W. H. Larkin, Sec. both also of Butler, and John J. Fox formerly of Oil City, now residing in Marietta, Superintendent and Manager of the works. The plant is on Wayne st. between Seventh and Eighth, the yards extending back 700 ft. The main building is a brick structure 140x350 ft., which is fully equipped with the best modern machinery for boiler making. From 50 to 75 men find employment here and two large boilers can be turned out daily. The location is near the Ohio River and the plant has a private switch connecting with the Penn'a R R. so that shipments can be promptly made to any part of the country by rail or river. The
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W. W. Bowen & Co .- Among the recent iron industries of this place is the manufacture of steel ranges commenced Jan. 1900, by W. W. Bowen, who came to Marietta from Marshall Co., W. Va. He had been for ten years past connected with another tirm in the range trade and a year since decided to open up this business, which occupies the first and second floors of the building at Fort and Wood sts. il- lustrated on page 84 formerly used by Lobdell and others, now owned by the Paint & Color Co. The business is confined to the production of a domestic steel range of superior make known as the Marietta, which is sold direct to the farmes a number of salesman taking and delivering orders, which with the workmen in the shop gives employment to about twenty five men and adds its mite to Marietta's diversi- fied industries The business has increased with each month and bids fair to reach an important standing in the near future.
James Johnston .- In third story of same building with W. W. Bowen & Co. has been started with the present year a business of some importance-that of plating with bronze. silver, gold and nickel any desired article to order. Mr. John- ston has a gas engine for polishing, etc. and a dynamo for furnishing the electro plating power, with all other necessary apparatus. He does the nickel plating on stoves and ranges for Bowen & Co. and the Marietta Manufacturing Co.
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