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BARBER MATCH COMPANY, AKRON, O.
THIS company was incorporated in 1867. though originally started by Mr. George Barber in: 1847. The officers of the company are, O. C. Barber, President; James Hop- kins, Secretary ; J. K. Robinson, General Agent; and their capital stock is one hundred thousand dollars. This fact one would little dream of-that so much money could be invested in manufacturing an article of such trivial value, yet in momentous use on all quarters of the globe. This company turn out six different kinds of matches, which are put up in twenty-five different kinds of packages; and to show our readers how care- fully disciplined the works are, we have only to say that, in twenty-eight years' experience, they never had an accident from fire.
Matches, an article indispensable, come so easily and used so often, that few, if any, ever stop to consider where they come from and how made. Now we assure our reader that the machinery for their production, together with the manufacture of the boxes in which they are packed, are of the most intricate and technical nature. The lumber, which is the " backbone " of matches, is sawed into lengths and brought into the building to season, after which it is cut into blocks for the different machines; and in this factory one of these cutting-machines for making block-matches has been attended by the same workman for over twenty-five years, and cuts fifteen million matches daily. After the blocks have been cut, the wood is again thoroughly dried and heated over fires, which causes expansion, before receiving the "sulphur-bath," and afterward the combustion. The room in which round sulphur matches are made is 50 x 60, and entirely fire-proof. The room for parlor matches is the same size. The machines in this department cut the matches from blocks of wood and set them in perforated trays at the same time, and in these trays they are dried and dipped without handling. Parlor matches receive no suf- phur, but get an "oil-bath," after which a composition, which ignites with friction. After the matches are made they go to the packing-room, 100 x 50 feet, where they go into boxes and are cased ready for shipment, thence they go to the store-room, where . they are stamped as fast as sold. This little item alone costs them thirty thousand dol- lars monthly, all of which goes to the United States revenue; each one hundred matches by law requires a one-cent stamp. The machines for cutting and making paper boxes number four, each capable of turning out daily ten thousand boxes. They also make their own packing-boxes, having a room for that purpose 50 x 60 feet, with machinery to turn out four hundred to five hundred packing-cases daily. The room for storing paper boxes is 36 x 75, thirteen feet high, and the room for making boxes is the same size, and these departments alone give employment to sixty hands. Among the features of the establishment is a fine machine-shop, in which they build and repair all their own ma- chinery; and have a printing-office, in which they do all of that required in their business. Every precaution is taken against fire. Few companies conducting a business of as large proportions as this make less display or move so quietly forward, and the gentlemen at the head of it are progressive and enterprising.
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FERDINAND SCHUMACHER, AKRON, O.
THE above-named gentleman is the proprietor of the Empire, German, and Cascade Mills, and as a truly representative branch of industry, so clearly indicative of the pro- gress and extent of the agricultural interests tributary to Akron, we select the above mills. Mr. Schumacher commenced business in 1852 on a very small scale. How well he has succeeded may be inferred from the fact that he now owns and operates three of the finest mills in Ohio. Recently he has enlarged the celebrated EMPIRE BARLEY MILLS, making it a six instead of a four story building, and furnishing it with a double two hundred and fifty horse-power Putnam engine, thereby doubling its capacity as well as size. The building, a fine brick edifice, covers an area of eighty-seven by forty-three feet. The mill has a capacity of one thousand bushels of barley per day, transforming it into twenty different grades of pearl barley, and employs eighteen hands. His GER- MAN MILLS, a fine seven story building, is furnished with a beautiful engine of the Putnam pattern. It is used for the manufacture of oatmeal, cracked pearl wheat, hominy, etc., and is fairly crowded to its capacity (one thousand five hundred bushels of oats per diem) by the constantly increasing orders for his superior brands, employing twenty to twenty-four hands. Whoever tarries at Akron for a few hours will be profited by visiting these mills, which stand up majestically at the depot, among the prominent institutions of the city. Order, system, and activity are manifest every-where, and a daily procession of farm-wagons pass before the doors of the establishment, unloading grain. The CASCADE MILLS in the Cuyahoga Valley, being run by water-power, are used for the manufacture of farina, Graham and family flour of choice quality. As to the quality of all his goods we need not speak; that they are the very best, is attested to by the many thousands who buy none other; nor is his reputation local. His brands are . known all over the United States; and the proprietor of these mammoth establishments has a reputation of which he might well feel proud. In the process of manufacturing, the greatest cleanliness and purity is observed, and whoever eats the productions of the Empire, German, or Cascade Mills, may know they are partaking of the purest and best. To build up such a reputation, it has taken years of perseverance and energy, coupled with experience. Mr. Schumacher has proven himself "panic-proof;" and his articles of diet, barley, oatmeal, cracked pearl wheat, farina, hominy, etc., have become house- hold words, even to the uttermost parts of the land.
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TAPLIN, RICE & CO., FOUNDRY AND MACHINERY, AKRON, O.
THE officers of the above company are J. B. Taplin, President, and Henry Perkins, Secretary. This company grew out of the firm of Taplin, Rice & Co., who originally started the business in 1861, and was incorporated in 1867, with a capital stock of $100,000, for the purpose of manufacturing stoves and general foundry and machine work; and in the manufacture of their specialties we can say that this house is really a representative one in their great and growing industry. In the manufacture of stoves for soft coal they may have rivals, but no superiors; and the pattern-shop, which is under the superintendence of Mr. Geo. Wellhouse, has paid special attention to the production of cooking and heating stoves for the burning of soft coal, he having obtained several patents, under which Taplin, Rice & Co. are working. Among their well-known stoves are the celebrated "Iron King" and "Commodore" cook-stove, and "Climax " base-burning, soft-coal heating-stove-they making their own patterns for all their specialties.
In machinery, they principally make stationary engines, mill work, and sewer-pipe machinery, including grinding apparatus and presses, they being at all times prepared to make contracts to build, and- put up entire, the machinery of sewer-pipe works. This department is under the entire control and superintendence of Mr. O. Barber, who personally manages the erection of such machinery; and having grown with the sewer- pipe business from its infancy, being situated at the very doors of the largest sewer-pipe manufacturers in the State, they thoroughly understand the requirements of the business, which certainly is an argument in their favor, and gives them precedence over foreign machinery manufacturers. The foundry is capable of turning out heavy castings, they at present having one in course of completion-a main-line shaft and pulley-weighing five and one-half tons. The buildings are especially adapted to the business, having been built as their growing trade requirements demanded, furnished with the finest machinery, which is propelled by a fine 40 horse-power engine. In all, they employ 75 to 100 men, and the works occupy an area of 330 feet front by 200 deep, mostly covered by buildings. The trade of the firm extends over Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin. We need scarcely refer to the standing of the company; that speaks for itself. 'They never having failed to live up to the spirit as well as the . letter of their contracts, is the basis of a business confidence which is wide-spread as the extent of their trade.
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JOHN BALL & CO., PLOWS, CANTON, O.
IT is a remarkable fact, in connection with the various modifications of plows now in universal use, that those manufactured by John Ball & Co., Canton, hold the highest rank in simplicity of construction, perfection of work, and general durability. The wide reputation of these plows renders it unnecessary that we should say much about theni, as the "Red Jacket" is a household word wherever these plows are sold, in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. All of these plows are manufactured in Canton. The factory is com- posed of a molding-shop, 35x85; grinding-room, 50 x 50; engine-room, 16 x 30; storage- rooms, 150x25; and the main building, a fine two-story brick building, 70x 35 feet. They produce 9,000 plows annually, which gives employment to thirty hands. The company was incorporated in November, 1869, with an authorized capital of $100, 000, $30,000 of which has been paid up. The officers of the company are, G. Cook, Pres- ident ; Albert Ball, Superintendent; and M. B. Cox, Actuary. To own such a business, it has taken years of energy, coupled with experience, which allows them to enter into competition with any in the market. Such sound institutions bring wealth to our State.
Silver & Deming Manufacturing Company, Salem, O .- This company was incorporated July 1, 1874, with a capital of $150,000. A private firm, out of which the present company grew, was originally started, in 1854, by Silver & Dole, which firm, in 1856, changed to Dole, Silver & Fitch. In 1858 Dole & Silver became their successors, and in 1865 Silver & Deming, which gave way to the stock company in 1874, the officers of which are, A. R. Silver, President and Superintendent; J. Deming, Vice- President and Treasurer; E. W. Silver, Assistant Superintendent; and W. F. Deming, Secretary. The works, which give constant employment to seventy-five hands, cover an area of 180x45 feet -- two-story brick buildings, with two L's, 125 x 40 and 125 x 75 respectively-and turn out patent labor-saving machinery, including spoke-tenoning machines, 'hub-boxing machines, power meat-choppers, hand meat-choppers, saw gum- mers, meat-stuffers, horse-powers, fire-upsetting anvils, water tweer-irons, Dole's patent hollow auger, Dole & Deming's patent boring machine, Wharton's patent adjustable clamp, Silver & Deming's feed-cutter, improved horse power, with drag-sawing machine attached, and other valuable inventions, making it one of the most complete establish- ments of the kind extant, producing, as it does, $150,000 worth of machines annually, which are shipped all over the country. To own such a business, it has taken years of energy, coupled with experience and ability, which allows them to enter into competition with any market.
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Amos Rank & Co., Salem, O .- This firm are successors to the AEtna Manu- facturing, and are manufacturers of "Atna" Mower and Reapers, " Ready" Mowers, Rank's Grave-guards, Novelty One-horse Sleighs, Santa Claus Coasting-sleds, etc., and were originally established as early as 1864. The double-speed " AEtna" Mower and Reaper has been a great favorite for many years, and the last season the firm have been kept busy making for the Pacific coast trade alone. They claim for Rank's "Ready" Mower, which sells for the low price of one hundred dollars, the lightest, simplest, strongest, and cheapest mowing machine made. The tongue is attached directly in the center, hence true center-draft. The inside shoe is in line with the driving-wheel, and the main and coupling frame are of wrought iron, the machine intact weighing only five hun- dred pounds. Rank's Patent Grave-guards are intended for guarding the graves, also for the receptable of head and foot stones. They are made of metal, cast in suitable molds, painted or enameled, as may be ordered, of different styles and sizes. The firm pub- lishes a catalogue, with designs, that will be found useful to those in search of any thing of the kind. Prominent among their productions is the Novelty One-horse Sleigh, con- structed with continuous runners, shaped in a graceful bend, having their open ends behind, the upper members of which form a support for the body and seat; and a set of springs are interposed between the upper and lower members of the runners, at their free ends, to give it an easy and graceful movement.
Excelsior Fertilizing Works, Salem, O .- These works are owned and operated by Mr. Lewis Schilling, who commenced the business in 1869; though his present mill was not erected till August, 1874, which has a capacity to turn out five tons per diem acknowledged by all to be the finest fertilizer extant. In fact, he manufactures the only clean, pure, odorless ground-bone manufactured in the world. There is no filth about it. It is simply clean bone. Ladies use this bone for house-plants; gentlemen for their lawns, trees, shrubs, and gardens; gardeners use it for truck-crops; and farmers use it for all grain, root, and grass crops. Parties needing information regarding the restoration of exhausted soils will do well to confer with Mr. Lewis Schilling.
Edwards & Morlan, Salem, O .- Martin L. Edwards and N. A. Morlan, under the above firm style, commenced in the Spring of 1873, after an experience of eighteen years in the business, to manufacture butchers' tools, such as Edwards's Patent Meat- chopper, Edwards's Improved Meat-stuffer, Power-chopper, Morlan's Improved Tincture and Lard-press; the "Family Gem" Meat and Vegetable Chopper, for families, hotels, boarding-houses, restaurants, bakeries, and are useful for cutting hash, mince-meat, cab- bage-salads, pie-material of all kinds, cocoanut, fish, pickles, etc .; Morlan's Patent Uni- versal Self-feeding Drill and Improved Blacksmith's Drill, Edwards's Improved Hollow Auger, Parallel Vise; Howell's Patent Calk-sharpener, for sharpening shoes while on horses' feet; also manufacturers of Lee's Lightning Fodder-cutter. That these produc- tions are well known and appreciated, we have only to say that their second year's business was double that of the first.
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BUCKEYE ENGINE COMPANY, SALEM, O.
AMONG the largest in this branch in the State of Ohio is the Buckeye Engine Com- pany, of Salem, Ohio, who were incorporated December, 1870, with a capital of $250,- ooo. Its officers are, J. Sharp, President; M. Davis, Vice-President; T. C. Boone, Secretary and Treasurer ; J. S. Bonsall, Superintendent; S. Sharp, Assistant Superin- tendent. The company are successors to Sharp, Davis & Bonsall, who originated the business as early as 1851, on a small scale, compared with the present gigantic propor- tions. We present a fine view of their works on next page. That the reader may form some idea of the extent and character of their business, we have only to say that they employ a force of one hundred and thirty workmen, and turn out annually $240,000 worth of work, their trade extending all over the country.
Leaving the office, we were first conducted through the foundry, where all the molding and casting is done. Here is located a cupola, with a capacity of seven to nine tons. We next visited the cleaning-room, where the castings are cleaned. In this room is a large boiler, which furnishes steam for running the entire works. We next wended our way to the finishing-room, where all the castings are taken from the foundry and finished. The dimensions of this room are one hundred and fifty by fifty- five feet. In this room there are about fifty-five planers, drills, lathes, etc., used in the manufacture of machinery. The second story is devoted to wood-work, where all the patterns and other articles of wood are constructed. On this floor is also a large number of shingle-joiners, lath-machines, saws, and planers, finished and ready for shipment. We next visited the draughting department, where four hands are constantly employed draughting the various designs used by the company. From this we went through the pattern-room, which is forty by seventy feet, and where upwards of 10,000 patterns are stored. The next department that claimed our attention was the fitting and setting-up room, where all the various parts of the machinery manufactured by the company are perfectly fitted and adjusted, set up, and thoroughly tested before leaving the works. In .this room are also a large number of saw-mills, complete and ready for use. We next passed to the store-room, where are kept a large number of printers' engines (four sizes); farmers' engines, on wheels; and single machines (self-acting), which cut 35, 000 shingles per day, and is the only successful self-operating one in the United States. We next visited the constructing-room for machines, where we observed twelves engines, which were being set up. Prominent among their manufactures we may mention planing-mill engines, self-acting shingle-machines, printers' engines, saw-mills, shingle-joiners, lath- machines, etc. The automatic engine, manufactured by this company, has proved a grand success, and is gaining a reputation which is destined to become world wide.
This company will be, in the future as in the past, absolutely trustworthy under all circumstances; and those who are about to buy a portable or stationary engine or boiler, saw-mill, or any thing in their line, will do themselves injustice if they do not first exam- ine the merits of those offered for sale by the Buckeye Engine Company, of Salem, O.
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BECKEL HOUSE, DAYTON, O.
HOTELS.
Reibold's Beckel House, Dayton, O .- As a representative Western hotel we quote that of the Beckel House, of Dayton, Ohio, since 1872 under the sole proprietor- ship of Mr. L. Reibold, the prince of hotel-keepers. This has become the most favorably known first-class hotel in the interior of Ohio, and we can only except one as its peer on the borders.
Sumner House, Akron, O .- For many years past, Akron has keenly felt the want of a good hotel, which has at last been supplied by John Kolb, formerly of Franklin, Penn. The house contains sixty rooms, elegantly furnished; and the dining- room, 35 x60, is a model for comfort and cleanliness. Every sleeping apartment is supplied with electric annunciators, and the building is heated by steam throughout. Elegant bath-rooms, with hot and cold water, are at the disposal of the guests, and fine Brussels carpets adorn the luxuriously furnished parlors. The kitchen is furnished with Van's patent hotel range, broiler, and coffee-urns.
West House, Sandusky, O .- This hotel is one of the most substantial in the State, and the first five-story building erected in Sandusky, being built of Sandusky blue limestone. Its erection was commenced in 1848, though not completed till ten years later, when it was opened by the builders, W. T. and A. K. West, and christened as above. They continued the management till last Spring, when the owners and former proprietors leased it to H. B. West and A. W. Powers, since when it has been remodeled and refurnished. The table is the best in every sense of the word, a fact which can be attested to by the many thousands who patronize none other.
Ogden House, Canton, O .- This elegant hotel edifice, one of the finest in the State, was built in 1870 and first occupied in 1874. The house contains ninety rooms, and is furnished with elevator, bath and billiard rooms, and all the conveniences of a large city hotel. The dining-room is a spacious hall, 40x48 feet, with a 15-foot ceiling, and a seating capacity for roo guests. The table is in every particular all that could be desired, both in quality and the way it is served from the cuisine. We predict for the proprietor, A. L. Rothacker, a life-long and enviable reputation.
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THE BURGESS STEEL AND IRON WORKS, PORTSMOUTH, O.
THE above company are largely engaged in the manufacture of plow and agricul- tural steel, steel boiler-plate, steel tire, United States and Norway irons, sheet iron, boiler- flange and fire-box iron, and their extensive works are located at Portsmouth, Ohio. The officers of the company are, J. R. Williams, President; L. C. Robinson, Vice-Presi- dent; M. H. Ball, Treasurer; G. W. Meyers, Secretary; and the directory is composed of, including the above officers, C. Burgess, T. B. Ball, F. Thompson, and Geo. Davis, all nien of sterling reputation for business qualification's, and their works are among the largest and most important in Ohio. In the amount of its transactions and the area through which its productions are distributed, it is not surpassed by any other one. The premises occupied by the company consist of a number of buildings, covering, with the ground, four acres, on the banks of the Ohio and Scioto Rivers. The works consume four hundred thousand bushels of coal annually, which is consumed by the four steam- boilers and fires. These boilers supply steam to five steam-engines, which propel, among other machinery, two 2-ton steam-hammers, power-press and shears, and three train- rolls; and their goods are shipped from Massachusetts to Texas, most of their refined iron being consumed in New England, for the manufacture of guns, sewing-machines, and cot- ton machinery. This company will continue to give the same careful attention to all the details of the business which they have individually exercised in the past. They claim that, by giving attention to this one branch, they can turn out the best material, and superior to those who mingle with it half-a-dozen other specialties. The knowledge already gained by their thorough experience will always be at the service of those desir- ing to consult them. They pay particular attention to quality, and pride themselves on never sending out an inferior article. They are a large house, doing a heavy business, and one of the useful institutions of our State. That the reader may form an idea of the extent and character of the above works, we have only to say, they give constant employment to two hundred and twenty-five hands, and produce five thousand tons of finished material annually.
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BUILDING ON THE NORTH-WEST CORNER OF FIFTH AND VINE STREETS, CINCINNATI, OHIO.
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GAYLORD ROILASMILL CO.
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THE GAYLORD ROLLING MILL COMPANY WORKS, PORTSMOUTH, O. .
THE above company and mills, which are located at Portsmouth, O., were estab- lished as early as 1832,- and comprise a forge, in which there are engines, puddling- furnaces, run-out and refining-furnaces, nobbling or charcoal fires, forge-trains of rolls, squeezer, steam-hammer of great power, ore crusher and pulverizer, shears of capacity to cut plates ten feet long, etc. The rolling mills consist of engines of great power; plate and sheet mills of large capacity; bar mill, three train high; and two eight-inch grade trains, heating and annealing furnaces, hammer, lathes, shears, saws, etc. The steam, for driving the machinery in forge and mills, is generated in boilers over the puddling-furnaces, with a battery besides. A factory, in which are engine and boilers, rail- road-chair machine, railroad-spike and boat-spike machines, rivet machines, bolt machines, punches, shears, lathes, furnaces, etc. A large warehouse for storing iron, etc. ; a large store for sale of goods to supply their hands; office buildings, etc .; the whole covering 900 by 400 feet on the river bank, and fronting on Front Street. They manufacture boiler plate and tank iron, sheet, flat, round, and squares, and bands and hoop irons. Also railroad and boat spikes, railroad chairs, splice bars, and bolts, nuts, washers, and rivets. Make specialties in boiler plate iron and boiler rivets, and were the first manu- facturers in the West to make and stamp its tensile strength upon the plates, as per Act of Congress relating to marine boilers, and produce the same in grades from 60,000 to 70,000 pounds as minimum, which iron, however, runs from 60,000 to 80,000. They also make a specialty in first grades of bars, and all descriptions of iron where a high tensile strength is required for special purposes, using for such specialties the finest and best cold blast metals obtainable in Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabania, without regard to their cost. There are now more than one hundred and fifty steamers running upon the Western and Eastern waters, whose boilers are made of the Gaylord Iron. They claim great uniformity of quality in their products, particularly in boiler plates, for the reason of producing their own blooms, knowing at all times what stock goes into such blooms. The warehouse and offices of the company in Cincinnati are situated at No. 92 Broadway, between Third and Fourth Streets.
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