Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 29

APRIL 10. ih'iA wjianuPactTj wqcenter Pelillemun': "id ti.is riv. r. at Ih-Uh Pap.r "ltimJ I'-l or two are th. boil, rs "I Wis.

A Job the thc "rT'fS under Catholic s.niin.ry i Sr. Paul, hi, J. J. P-g ''V' I S- Xt 1. Paul t.

Lumber when i xi" mil as a i. 11 Ar is the. work i.esu.., uy tj tho iulracau of ths formed, which toiitinu when th; once! a v. as in the namn rnKino Is up to the rvqulremeata Km t'laii -r r. a smith throuicb factory of Carving yllt.

comiany Is over by' C. rlell, Bui.erliiteri.Unt, wlio haH I ihe orks. was a 0 I Northern bud.Ur.g. S. Vaul; present ollleers of co biikwuo.l, president; rfss comy a number of minor 2 Ions, of half-Inch 1,1 North Star Shoe Company's i.

lag, president; 1-J. L. emeiiaiiifi thu Ktart. Tht- aro K. J.

I'heli( presM. nt and F. II. Barnard, vie. -or.

sl l. of- nn.l I and dmi I -v and (. Th -y built a wrung Iran i.m I'lTY oil VI CM'A treasurer. WOIIKS, Mr been Hour mill m.u.h.nety a friction ciutch duIL-v. t.

1. ing ten boilers ever out in sm, A MU HIM: Alihuieh smoke stack for the Washburn A live years ill. 1 from a mndeBt hetrtn. Jvelley. in ciiam.ter, me one of the 1.

tins city. Anions the let Island Ively used In its factory nn.l It oy f'-i-t high and f. et In dijmct.r. TU C'MII V. I feet high and PI f.

et In dumet. r. Ti es ar, area of ru high ln thu linn. ig has b. developed one of the most in--sting, thriving and progressive iron in.

imilUinK and frt contributed a fair share to the uu Tt, of tll- flumes, of the new IMi.iei contributed a fair share to the cons of til-- Ilimiis, of the new I by e) f.r an -ialty had lTi at-voted par-f mill was in the ti i ion or the Urtn was ulariy to the manufacture 1 JUO. blng is a.so done by thf.i concern as they are so handy to tha big lumber mills and factories at Camden Place. j. "Hiii Jilnery in Is a ts-lncli a round in. thick.

A smaller a.ljoln-etiam-of iho manufacturing plant In Minneapolis is, pnbtbly, that of Thra- hit ine con ernhrac.fl th ib irtm-nts enoUrtf, Whleh uml asMi-mlilinjj Jenurtment. inai hiiiety. The oriL-itial idant able of iuiik Inn In a sheet. punch, hi. Is dam.

or some time slderalle attention has been pi manufacture of an engine and Within a ft we. t.l Vl una ouolline; imm-fliately on tlie for all or. ho iry work. of Sec-It consisted Minneapolis. It is the larg.

st in tnd also th-' largest in number of mployed. Although a large amouol puncin a one-Inch bo! in steel nt avenue and siren, of a machine shop and HI MlM lliov OHK. ij ana was eonsiden quite ness increased complete in its day. IJusl-and other hnii.to..,.. Minneapolis iin ha the making roneern mom extensive lib-tries in the Northwest.

In tho Flour City ornamental Works was established at avenue south. The business and quarters were found at Twelfth 11 venue south and Fourth street, but this also became too cramped so that a building was erected at 117 Third street soutn. last fall, which is likely to be the permanent home of this concern. Artistic wrought iron In all its departments is the sptvialty of this Institution. The list of branches Is very large.

It Includes bank and office tixtures, passenger elevator enclosures fur office, buildings, wrought iron stairs ard railings, ornamental or operation plants hay" been furnished for crcam-ries in New Halem, Green Island, Hem' -rson, lielano, Irayton. and one plant is about ready to go to Kden Prairie. The Maine-apolis Iron Vorks has on hand pr-bahly the larg-st stock of loiler flues to be found in the Northwest. in the nit ,1 i Work. Smith Ki.Wxun.

i.r.i- oooeo i.j piant until now It t-cupies about a tmarier of a block. In Is-ei a fotin-lry was erected on ad- lll). T8. Iilanl o.u i OH.I.ETTI AM F.VCTl'RIXQ COMPAXY. No better evidence of the revival ot liada In the United States at this time could be asked than Is to be found In the busmesa of tho Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing company.

Their foundry tonnage for last Feb-ruary was the heaviest la the history ot their business and the contracts for which will bid during the month of April aggregate aa amount greater than during any month since tho lnstitMim V1 utl? -ent in ih in i ni ine rale or il pumdien to the minute. A rotary bevel shears novels the of a plate for convenience In double-amiou shears cuts -el Vinco In thl-kness. The rolls take one-Inch Bteel Killer plate 10 feet wide. The pnuematie Hammers, with which the nhop Is supplied Hlrike blows per minute and make a deafening racket. The Xieoilm Island Hoiler works make 1,0 sp.

elulty of any articular ir.ak of toiler l'-tnK prepared to manufacture all of the j.o.eni. IO parent plant, which Is known of lumber goes Into its varii-1 products, this factory may safely be counted In the iron Industry of Minneapolis. Some, idea of the magnitude and of this Industry to Ihe Northwest may bo Inferred by the ttitement that It annually receives ebout 1,00) carloads of the raw materials, including fuel, and shies all ove the West and Northwest, 7'M carloads of its finished product. It requires annually 2.0t) tons of pig Iron for its castings, 1,300 tons of steel far the boiler and machine shops, Sou tons of re as inn largest in the city. It Is imply pro- vuea with cranes for li avy casrines and has two cupolas meltlns the iron, one "nil, at 'i.

rub avenue north an.i First "Hen In the tiiMory of business has one been able to do what was ii in imu Mln lls nitons found It advantaoun to have its machine ho, tht. capacity of 2') tons the other with a 12 tons TI1K MIKTHW I-'OlMSUy. The mcst commodious and foundry plant in Minneapolis is geiieially conredeu to be that of the Northwestern foundry. Tenth avenue south an I Third ami plain iron doors, wrought iron signs. en mer vanerf.

iron crestir.gs. ornametal ucsiiMlK. JiUt It hlis llu In the machine shop and be-t ma -bin, in Feme of the largest p. be Jished. i-hl, i inm i i nii as th lei.utatlon liv IIS found, AmoiiB Worka.

those which attract par pressure hollos, which are supplied to th- lircest steam using -onct-rns In the North- ticular attention is a monster planer capable of taking a piece live by six feet and 'a iiiinn can lift mar oil rv.e. 1 4 "nirv tin. Ihe origin of the present corporation la raced back to the foundry run for many years by Phillip ln th mn ent corporation was established and the control of the company passed into the hands of L. S. Gillette and P.

W. iUrtog ibis continued until lsau whn reet in lellifth. A irla.o applied, but a few will iron ences ncaj-Katesesse-- Same of the work done In this city by the Flour City Works Is as artistic as can be iound anywhere in the Inlted States. Among the b-atl ng Jobs are the elevator stair railings and bank rrxtures of the Phoenix building; also, the Reeve biululng the oncida Hock, the Landour artel. Ml in Minneapolis, the U.nsdale office in Duluth.

the in. re asylum at Fergus lathe for turning 11 accommodate a pulleys ami fly wheels Ctlaract and extent of wheel fei-t diamet r. 1 his l.s iirobible liou-e tollers for 'new courU XD.eIi)rjri -st la I he a Northwest. A of P. VV.

Hersog was aeeiuiri.l erseig was acquired by lieO horsepower boilers for JSoston Two Hlock. Qeorg Frank .1. M. Gillette. i Bier 10s.

no, iiome mr the Feeble Minded at time that th. Tliree horsepower ariell i boilers for Minne- rarinatnt and the Manual Training hool. eompany prepared to extend Its huln.aa at 1 ie. Wis. company.

Three horsepower yman. Partridge (' l.oll.-rs far which up to lsw had been confined largely foundry and machine shop werrk nan OWn inherited trnm no itj horsepower boll. ers fir (Ilueck's Phillip pi ess. ior ntting cranks on shafting for heavy saw mill work, l.s capable of exerting a pressure of tons. Thi- Is i -ir-ticularly handy when a broken shaft com, into the shop to be I iced, as the pre-s is as available for separating the parts as for putting (hern together.

During the time that this nw-ern has been in the saw mill machinery hiHir-cs the art of making lumber saw has undergone several revolutions, ard the machinery has had to keep -j -hrit have, always kt pt in the front is perhaps most readily demonstrated bv the fact that xierzog. lerxog. No change has oecured In the per-lonnW of the cortMiration pi.ni ih.i i.rewim,' comj.any. -Vine boilers of variuus ashl.urn comi any. for One specialty made by the Flour City Ornamental Works is wrought Iron crosses for marking graves in cemeteries.

Those take the plae of the conventional stone monument and are sold exclusively to Germans. The custom Is very common hi the old i iuntry nd the German Immigrant is glad of an opportunity to honor the eb-ad in the dear old country way. These iron rros-Bfs run from four to six feet in height and may be either plain or highly artist according to the price. The usual cost 'tie ') horse fl moocm way witb no int. n-l' enter into the f-neral trad-.

In the It has crown Into one of the mom sive Institutions IH (, ln Vu. uU iU-h and mill there are tun- of Hie Iron A. Wilkinson, is a know in aw mill trade to be the 'icsiifin-is at, I inventor- of ttie I nite, reputation anions; saw mill I'sl and bis muchlneiy is known all (he American continent and as far as Mr. Wilkinson has been with ihe "lei Iron Works practically from tbe It wan In itm-nuity which to branch out extensively in Ihe mill machinery. It Is line (hat the Olamond Iron Works 'ado Its mark, eoverln in its products every machine about the -nw mill arid in Kivhik el" wh it Is universally acknow ledH-d She b-m n.jchiii.-H xtant.

'HI? the first Of these to be mentioned Diamond It Is cast base id has the U'lilK havieK Its 1 roi's ri by vith take tip, thus d.unjcf Whl.il dent to near drive. The teed rolb iked wit), -eiiitii; the injury to the liurib-v pliWe bolb-r far Minneapolis Furnilu Comnanv THE NOP.THWKSTKP.N' KOUNDUY. lb, A. Loyne was taken in. The is now officered as follows: t.

Gillette, president; George M. Gillette secretary and treasurer; F. J. Llewllyn' vice president and chief engineer; Peter Lees, superintendent; A. Y.

Boyne. manager br dge department. plant for St. Complete steam boiler lllialre Lumber Company. Iron, tons sheet and 7 niso tons liilU, woik for the new n.

saw mm iu and mills in the Northw. st have not huge en i i.shburn Of the work on hand whll strcet. S. T. l'erguson.

proprietor. This institution is one of the oldest in the city, it was 1 in isTI and has been Et-ai iiy growing in importance and facilities well as reputation until is probably 1:0 oth.r Iron walking institution in the city that is so universally known. lined bar Iron, Vt) tons of tens of malleable castings chains. These immense e.uantitics steel, which only he of supplementary material n-a great plant. I was looklntr with Mr.

Urns. 1 ot iron and great amount ct ssary about arc made into nis esianiisiirnetit name the following: the Standard tanks for 1 Company, St. 'aU. 1 "'on Jron works. Vhc Cnion Iron woiks lias piaced em the market two machines wba-h have siiecialties and whi, place them in th- front rank arr.on, m.t-.in.

rv makers. Or.y of these is their iron C.ar.g mill, a decided advance ow-r ev. i -thing is, its It wes bu.it aftea (, aunoiijn one order ran up to K.Vi. On the Iron ctoss is fastemat I a German porcelain name plat" Into which the usual iption has be en burnt, making It last while the plate remains whole. The crosses are to a pluni-.

bawo slate wiiecr. wh.on is burnt into tho 1 iron. Insuring from rust. are shipped all the West, as far South as lexas an, I extensively Into the Dakota, Previous to lir. liei-tcl with the Monit, number of years.

He mer 'aai ii, noli, tor for A'4-ika Ferguson wis en ur Plow wenks for withdrew from th the following products: Minn" tien engines. Columbian Victory 1 'inyee-Woodbury horse oo.ve eis, Farmers' stackers stack, is, bagg. is, wMghcrs, wa 1 olis senar; self a utoi ..11 loa trac-ltor-a 1- Ci'tiC. hoii- for I'ananna Ch ef, for ip- st i.iy of mills and it ijibi aci uuMiii.ss in tnat year ar.ei a partnership with (Jt-cgor Alenzel, the tirm ing known as Menzel fi Ferguson. con 1 1 uel in bu.inesa from Wk to wh.

a year and formed Otie marine Alaska. Tw mar in ult Kte. One ma rim far! ail tl.at Is thi Tkij pt iiti! e-itra stren boii rs for Uiiier for Ft wiii-iever ine Germ ins have scttl-d in colo- of maciiin.s. l.ra-ny srr.t.-.l. with irnproyel i of 1 succeed, uml-er the on natoi-al cu Ac: Mr.

Duri: at extta heavy t-as a (on ar tins eriod tins 1 h.s cjnc, also do-s an extensive busi- lias no eiu.i on hi- m.i, feature of this ma, bin, 'th' belt This Is Mlntietnnka. This does not but gives -t. Tills the i triply include all the work The factory of the Glllctte-Hetzo? Manufacturing Company occupies three blocks from thxth to Ninth avenues southeast, between Second street and the Great Northern tracks, it is in -11 the largest and most conveniently plant to bo louitil in the Northwest. Its machinery is ail modern in de-sign, and the very latest and lest that money eould buy. A hit of story shows how a happy experiment led th concern from its modest start In the oid H.

rzog plant to branch out step by until it is now th- icre-st in tile Northwest. spiotih aftir the interests of w. had be -i quired by Llcwclhn Lees and 1-lele, they made a bid for in, erection ..,0 train sh-d at the Duluth d-p d. It is true lhey l.a 1 no plant to da work in, tnR when the bids were Ihe Odlett Heizog Company ware the lucky men. So they prepared at nice to invest about Ml.uw in a plant for the purpose on Sixth avenue southeast and Second street.

They completed the Duluth contract, but so rat, id did their business grow that instead of Investing In a plant at their present location, they put jn during the years isai und KrJ something Ilk- es a fair ind-x of eharao-nt of one jirogrev-sive to l-iund l-i ne ss in ornamental wrought lion ft nc. s. Cue of its iiti, st jobs in this line was the gate at Hlghi loft. F. 11, Pcay -v's at tonka.

They recently l.tnit a lor a ry at Alexandria and they have an i.ialer far another al Willmar. In fact the held in whii ii they have g.s'.e seems 'lU-Tiy. ter and i aooiis iron takti butf.ers, et, a so fuse by sniok- sua "A '1 oy patent and l.s machine, particular ialty i imond Iron works l.ira.T ti' ld of K- Tliis pulley has friction cluichcs. i -truelloo and ease -rati In every Idiey lii to be foiind i "team plant of cupy- aim luoy are gradually oc ini; iti Mr. Pros.

prnpiictor of t' Island Works, has hi-up from the bottom. He learned as a la the MMwauk. sn s.rving bye He work- a rd a-i -M. ill int-r-. ral m-'-h-inies fnetion clutch a place utiiijije 1 its mpllelly -e Is al.soblt-.

ii st every IvINN MID PHFSS OK a journeyman In the bail, shop of M. W. Flo iy all ur City hay presses are sol 1 cxtcnslye-I over the middle arc. of the Cnlte 1 as far east as Pennsylvania and hoot the West and i was 1 -nt l'ey in the i.i.-nu tor tiye y. ars.

and years partnership. Lin In which Mr. Pros was the partner. In Januaiy Mr. pr, sole nropro-tor of the.

leant which worked i long to build up. to the Rocky mountains. They are as tas as we-ll known in Texas and ae Dak hit 1 the equipment of modem iKil ii idnery 14 are named. is I a here the Iok, "rem th- I brush. -d etc.

This faetoiy is only 1 lie of the most I and best eipilpp -1 111 the Stat, s. but its location at inn, the center of the great Northwestern nr.im h. It. has given it tlie spur hich has f. iv.

II to fully appreciate til- of at; id. al outlP. The olis tl.i eshcrs are designed for the northern s-1 tien where late i-iarv-sts and early t. rs leave .1 narrow maigin for the farm, to the lest results from his gatheied clop. They have mil the requirements of at.

exacting home trade and have more then held own in an enlarged market. In such a brief review as 1 am enable I to give there is no opportunity to tak. up in each of the products of this comiany, but some slight explanation will be. i'opneiated. Kver since the advent of the tiaction engine as motive power for thrc-di-Ing.

the Inventive tal-iil of the various thr, shlng machine manufacturers has been dir. toward improving the separator, which, of all farm mi hilieiy. has the most varied and difficult work to p. rform. V'an-1 us devices have had their day and gone.

Vibrating machines with separating or agitating pans are now In general use. Th -v have pi oven better separators than 11, others, but in threshing fast they move the straw too slowly, and when the straw piles up separation fails to take place In the Minneapolis Threshing Machine company designed the Columbian Victory separator, which has proven such a marked success. It moves the straw to the rear as rapidly as it passes the cylinders, agitating from beneath The straw can 1 wind as in some others. This machine has been on the market for live years and sold throughout the West from Texas to Manitoba, with the most gratifying results. This is one of the products.

It is one to a steady effort to tend ,0 on- which they 'lhey are a development uf'l the business. part, ef a saw mill et at.d dr.pplng. Is I Up haui-up sll.l 11M gru.l.-r iteit sotne years ex- ana cue contract brought nn.vhe until to- perience- In hay-press buikhmr and tbev nr. VI H(; MllllHH tl I it Hay the Gillette-Herzog Manufaeturirir Co-n. I net ti.

of the 1 'in machine or has no! im- 1 oe bundling of th- lemb. minor speeali i--s 5V 5. 1 r. Among In which trctal inm works rnav '1 n-itenl saw. in.

l.any gets applications from Mexico, uu ilea and the Hawaiian Islands for bids ,11 work. Hardly a state West of Indiana, runmng fmm Iuislana to the Canadian boundary, that his not bad one or more Gillette Horsing contracts. No attempt at listing these Jobs wlH be made hut a few taken at random will show their eharticttr. Steel stand pipe. Ik) feet high, feet diameter, 211,11) gallons capacity.

Alexandili. Ll. has done eat riait" 'll ItlNfi 'OUI'WV, Til- Strong Northway f'ompany was organized in January. 1 purchased the Minneapolis plant of what hid l-en the Wilford which, aft.r a successful career In Minneapolis, induced to extend Its business and establish a factory at Jot Ian, Minn. The Inter vetiuire proved unsuccessful, and the i ex Ih poll tir- er lb- log rldi.s as the ban-aw trltnn off th" slabs and pti as nearly perfect as mat hinery can be made.

These presM's are made by the Klnnatd Press company, whose plant is at Hryant and Forth-fourth avenues north, near Camden place. one of tile best quipped iron work. tig establishments in the pit" The Kiniiard Press company Is the outgrowth .1 partnershiti consisting of O. R. Kinuard anil Alb, rt Haines, ho in V2 started making the Kinnnrd press in a factory at N'icoll, avenue and Twenty-iiiiuh Th-.

business grew and In 1.S.H) it was d-fided to establish a hinge plant at Ihe present, location. A brick faetoiy was erected. of a foundiy by feet, a machine shop the same and a wood shop the same size, vyitli a setting up room, a by t. Th. re is a Is.) an engine room, blacksmith shop, and a C.lass Block.

Miniicapo.is, steel eoii-strjc- lompany became insolv l-IOIltllUSOIl 3 lion exterior tien. 1 Iron and -nt. ill" strong Com prc- to take up Ihe business formerly 1 I pr Rum river, St. for Si 311 City fct Steel hl-rhway bridge Francis, Minn. Train shed.

3 la by Terminal Warehouse Steel lower anil 1 Waseca, Minn. Kiectrolj tic building, in iiiusnefi transfer Is probaldv huinin-iike atauit a saw-filch Is tilied with maehln-i'he transfer takes the place of two It acts autoniatleally. As in. sawed passes over the roiis it mr.kei a stop projects atemt ibove the rolls. This stop turns on to a cylind.

r. hich operates wo that throw the lumber in fi.un 0f er man. This machine places the mole accurately where It is w.mtel ,) could do n. Th- action of vice so p-rf. that it will i by a four-inch strip as readily as car.t.

A Is not considered 0 1. lank, SJ feet high, lit Lake City Cop- ionductel by the- concern. W. P. Northway, for 17 years in the Hour mill machinery business in Minneapolis, one of the best known mill builders in Northwest, assumed charge of the practical v.ork in the an I A.

W. Strong became the financial num. The work of the Strong Sr Northway Company is In the line of flour mill They furnish all kinds of mill lion i or neral supplies, or tie I'd to build a flour or meal mill cora- plele, Tliis company dots a large trade In TNION IRON WORKS I RON FRAME OA N(j NI LLS. oscly to its one line, foundry work branchts It has never gone off issues steady success is largely tt ibutable to lis maita circulation bearings; the McKvllla illation mechanism for the sash, the ever Invented; fe.m continuous and Va ie hie. the feci orks bein.r ahoen iler cl in all it upon si, per hups lloor rolls, evctla ung.y at It brings sue- c.ou 111 oaaiii Slgnt; nas steam movable in either din c-ti and wnnout tins minor devices for the safety the and convenient control of sawrniil ry have been placed the market concern, including the Pniv.

rsal '-racket, the- Wilkinson st-am er. I Unmoral steam jui.ip-siw, pattnt steam slt.d lifter, the nil. lever guard, cushion er valves. irticular rr.aik.-t f.jL- lm ts er the West and South, wherever sav.cd Into lutntxr. The Dinmonel machinery has a national reputa-Is Is due largely to the excellence atious machines produced and aiso press i Keeping CSS." 1 ..1.

1 1 managed. DOrpLK OAX.5 KDGnit. Another machine which has won Ing place In saw mill equipment I'nlon Iron Works' new 'Double a. le id-is U.i ng c.uger, v.nieh has been on the market for several It is easily the hesi ma "the distinctive the Northw Foundry includes structural Iran and every speci.s of foundry particularly tastings. The line osr.biaecs beams, girders, iron stairs, sidewalk lights, roof tiusses, tire escap.

iron columns, store fronts, sfver cm water pipe -ial castings, stable fixtures, 01 drinking fountains, etc. Like in nenriy ell branchi cf the iron business, the trade varies really. Sometimes there is gr lush in building, which calls for structural iron. Again, is activity in same of its 1 il ever ma le. an i its sales e-hlne i ve tiiink lany, wrote "Th 7 d-monstrated that saw nun so.

Toe II. C. Akei.y Lumber a letter praising the machine, to the Cnion Iron oi ks us follows: large i-dg. we lave in our mill 1 the ame as you are t.o.v niakin is a in. ou.er an i His rush is ln that direct Daibp- tlie pact three or four ears Icsii was dull in la arly ever line, but it wonder to all who it work.

One circular and ne-h ilf of the liter cuts I 'e act that one of the- main features usir-ess is th' dehlKiilnii and ton. i of saw mills, in this Ibid Mr. ui. the superintendent, has few rlv-IHamond Iron works contracts to i and build saw mills comid -te at the most successful modern mills It by Among these, may be ,1 the K. W.

lia. kt.s Lumber column I tv tills cite, the mill of the Lumber company, of Mason, and that of the Johnson and Ih ci inpany, of Cloquct, miiis are absolutely modern in evry r- and -iJ-tU A comi.lete mil! idant by the Diamond Iron Works on. India, two years hko and last feet of lumber every 10 hours. it vv ill I ti' STRONG AND NORTilWA FKlaD MILL dressing toils for flour ard oil meal mills throughout the Northwest. Put they make coio-w ise oui ot sma oes.

pu 100 up within a few months so iv-neiul revival is laing 1 xp. 1 ieaceii. There is quite a demand at ore-ten. r.e mental in.n va the tor No: timbers up to 8x12. the saws takin plunks from two sides of tlie cant in ihe cant is too huge for timi.T you tend to make." a particular spc-ialty of dressing the rolis western l-o'indry is very cimpiete, ci ing it.

my styles and sizes. They ar. lacg-iy 11 Ic.w.is and in cemetery prop icai, aou arc very i-tTectivc when planted and trimmed. Resides a large line of jobbing, consists of heavy and it foundiy and almost ev ry species of maehim woik, the I'nion Iron Works docs a amount of dressing of rolls for llojr w.m-.i work shot, large no. i 1 course, the main business cf th! of any otht io: miry, is to make as Js.

iron and for a lirgc rang; misceihtiteous purposes. One of the jjbs of I old, came for another mill like On th Pacific coast a large uum- mills are also In operation, i I Iran Works also does nn loess In irratn elevator make a large lino of every-d in this trad. Including lCilleys, rope sheaves, 'I hey have made a special foa- ')' i A V.1' Jit I -t 1 ior mips. As lar as 1 was aide to learn, they are the only concern miking a specialty of this work, and they have had Httccuss in tills field. One sf.eeial product of the Strong Northway Company, and one in which particular pride is felt, is the Northway Hour roller corn and feed mill.

This mill is run exclusively by belting, there being no gears 011 any of the roiis. The points claimed for the belt-driven mills over others are: Noiseless; more even grinding; the differ-criliai ppeeels can be cliang.il easily; the wear on the rolls can be taken up, and minimum ln repair of The plant of the Strong Northway Manufacturing Company is at Fifth avenue south and Second street, occupying two Hoars of a commodious brick building. The olticers of the company are: W. P. Northway.

president; Robert S. Northway! vice-president; A. W. Strong, secretary and treasurer. The motto of their business Is "Good Work and Prompt Service." I'pon this basis they have enjoyed a good, prosperous year since their organization.

mat ninery tor mov nir cars na.l 11. inn wane 1 went thiough the foundry wilh Mr. Feicufion was a lot of casting for the Minneapolis railway, consisting of car siloes and round caps fur electric pel. s. This covend or.e department of the ucik out out in the yard I found consid, raiiic activity in architectural iron.

There w.r. beams and columns, a pile of them an One lot was for a builtlin- at Milhank, S. D. another for a big s' -ie building at Great Falls. and il ihe market a Standard ear TJIUKSIUNO MACH1NK COMPANY'S LA RG Ii Ti I RFSI 1 1 OCTFITS ON A LAKG RIC P.IVMH It consists of 2.

feeder and a engine, a Columbian vlclory separator. '-horse power Minneapolis straw-burning traction Aanneapolis pneumatic straw mucker. Minneapolis strong, admirably adapted to th he business and readily coutroib also reci-ntly lioughl out and in endless cable rj stein lor traus-nd switching cars, which is attic attention not only of elevator of warehousemen generuly. onr Plants was insialled in a largo avo- anotner lot tor a budding on N. collet title, Minneapolis.

which alone would this factory a first place among farm implement producers. It T1IK K.Kil.K IllOX WORK. One- of the busiest Jobbing shops in Minneapolis is that of the Magic Iron Works, V. S. Hall, proprietor.

Mr. iiall is probably as well known as any mechanic in the city. Ho has been at work about the nulls tor the past 20 years, and has run a business of his own ever since the great mill explosion. The works are at Fifth avenue south and Second street and are capable of working a) men to an advantage, about 20 be.r.g at work tliis Mr. Hall makes no stock product, doing strictly a Jobbing business, making shafting, pulleys, gears, hangers and elevator and mill work generally.

Considerable attention is devoted to repair work. One of the principal Jobs which this works has recently completed is corn starch mill built for the Douglas Milling company of Agnus Calient -s, Mexico. Mr. Hall built all the machinery according to plans and speclilcations and went to Mexico to sec that it was properly set During the past few months he has had some extensive jobs from the grain elevators, and some important mill machinery repairs. He has recently undertaken considerable work for the Willford Manufacturing company, which was burned out not long ago at Jordan, Minn.

Mr. lull prides himself upon the promptness with which be carries out an order. He seldom fails to deliver any work, be it large The plant of the Northwestern foundry as stated bef c-e, Is at Tenth avenue south and Third street. It occupies a full half of one block and a triangular piece adjacent to the Milwaukee track. This ground is admirably adapted for the convenient handling of heavy eastings at the minimum est A hi rat superior lecentlv and ened the way for an extensive in this line.

at of the Diamond lion works -hotit a city It consists oi' mop, pattern and foundry of the concerns of which Minuo-cvery r'ght to feel proud. JOT ISI.A.M) IIOII.KH WOHKS. IHI-: IM( IKO WORKS. Tbe I'nlon Iron Works is one of the pioneers in the iron trade of tho Northwest. J.

K. Deiekwood, the president of the cor- 1,1 track runs Tenth avenue south the foil 1, across of the series i.uiauoii, siarieu in a small shop on -t west side of the river, about Second sttVi and Ninth avenue south, away back In 1S72 big warehouse about 100 by .0 feet. Tlie fact, try is very conveniently planned, has convenient trackage and is up to da; in every way. The principal business of the Kinnnrd Pr.ss company is about equally divided between their celebrated hay press and a line of gasolli engines hich has been on the market about two years and has had a most gratifying sale. The Klnnard press Is not onlv used for hay but it is admirably adapted' for pressing cxcelsiir.

A number of these presses are now so employed and are giving good satisfaction. The Klnmird press is nianti-faelured In four sizes; all upon the same principle, however. The largest press Is the Floi.r City Standard, pressing a bale 17 by 22 In, lies and run by six horse power. It weighs il.iHO pounds. The same press is also made to press 11 bale 11 bv is.

The Hour Clly Junior press is a lighter machine, although It presses bales of the same as the heavier, the difference be-ing In Ihe capacity. grounds, and along this track Is a of for the storage of mafer track scales for weighing material ing or going is one of the economies' vi-ment cranes for loading and unh the heavy iron enabbs the Northw Is the basis of all others. The traction engines which accompany the separating are alnies! us well known. They are built both simple and compound and either wooil or coal burner or straw burner. They are modern and absolutely up-to-date as llnj word "Minneapolis" implies.

The horse power and the several uixil-lliarics aie of Interest principally to tho threshing machine man and the farmer. The wind stacker Is, aside from its great ntllily, a very interesting and novel device. It blows the straw out on tln stack, piling it at the will of the operator ami making perfect stack without tlie touch of a hum in ban I. The Minneapolis Thrashing Machine Company was incorporated In ls7 with a capital of Its capital has been Increased from time to time until now It Is The plant also has been added to from time to time until now it covers 25 acres, em iiil. a Cillll- C.m-lading 1 stern per company, about 100.0.

square fee' In area. This was one class of work wrh-ii this ce mpany took up. Put they were 1-1 into a specialty which protula-s to give then more business than tiny other. It is tha building and equipping of smelters and or reduction plants eompl.t.., except the machinery. For eight years this line has le-ecived special study ami attention and al a result 11 per cent of the contracts which the Gllleite-Herzog company secures are iiM.n their own plans.

They have the best mining engineers retained for this work and have been exceptionally successful. Aiuonir mime of their work in this lino Is included a considerable portion of the plant of tin. Anaconda Copper company, at Anacoiiela, and also the plant of the Huston anil Montana company, at Great Falls, the complete equipment of the Putle ami Host, ,11 nnd the Colorado Mining and company, at Putte, tho Suit Lake Copper and Mining company of Lake City, ft oh. Since last October they have built the Golden Gate mill of the De Im Mar's Mereur mines, Mcrcur, I tah. the largest iyanid plant in the Ills business then was largely in connection with the manufacture and repair of Hour mill machinery.

It will be of interest to many to learn that Mr. Lockwood corrugat- ills not only holds its own with working points, but Is actually a loading position in the mun- steam iMillers. Wm. Pros, the of the Nicollet Island Poller ims that he turns out boiler lot.i.u, 10 tio business ith the lowest expense. What in true eu aim umsneii the nrst set of chilled iron outsiiie uie luuniiry is unite nppar roils tor tlie Hungarian process of milling ent on the Inside, rior to any that can be had for money in the Northwest.

His is. jue lounury proper is 60 by feet divided into two parts, the cupolas occupy elude the largest users of steam or small ut thu time "nominated in the bond." bracing a wood factory, machine shop, foundry, blacksmith shop, boiler shop, paint Ihe points in favor of a Hour City hav press as compared with others are summarized briefly its follows: Has per snop auu storage houses K.ouiio. a track for moving the molten metal or castings runs the whole length of the foundry door, The three cupolas have an easy welkin" capacity of tons of metal. Resides tho main building there Is a coal room, several pattern shops and pattern storage rooms and the usual auxiliary departments of a foundry, Including a building which two big lathes turn off the ends of tho iron columns, making them set true and ready for construction. Tlie foundry iiirnlshes employment to about 50 men.

nlthoinrh 1., 1 i ooiier plate work in Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota and he has now under way of marine boilers to be used ill he Yukon river, in Alaska. of the Nicollet Island Poller erected specially for the pur-hich It Is now being used. It is et, with an 4(1 by 40 feet with crane cupola 70 feet above the for the accommodation of the Iraulic riveter, it has a hasc-r the entire plant in which all and auxiliary machinery runs dow free headroom In the main lhe value of tile plant today is probably the amount of the original capitalization. There are employed at the works In West Minneapolis about Ml men ami in the ufllce, 227-9 First street north, Minneapolis, 20 men. This does not Include from 3D to 60 men on Ihe road.

The cemcern Ina t. iiiiiuo in ine r.ortnwest. There was one set of rolls, cast at Ansonla, and corrugated at Paltimore, that ante-dated his event. The lirst rolls mado in M.hne-apolis were cast in one of the local foun-daries and tho process of chilling was not understood so that the rolls did not stand wear. They chipped out as though honeycombed.

After several attempts to use home castings they were ordered from Ansonla, where the foundrymen had hud in the making of rolls for paper manufacture. Mr. Lockwood was also tho first manu-turc-r cf middlings puriiiers in America, lie made the original La Croix purifier, famous In the history of milling beeauso ll opened the way for the greatest advance ln iniUin made for years ami also, notable as a leadnlg feature in the famous "purl-tier cases." In 1S79 tho St. Anthony Iron works, was burned down. It had been located on the Fast side mar the site of tho present Lnion Iron works, Main Mreet and Second avenue southeast.

After the flro Mr. Lock, wood associated himself with Mr. Uptan and Ny-berg and the co-partnership Lockwood. Upton and company WM ii --y season 100 men without any Increase coio.i see ill work in the equipment. MIVNKArOLIH IIU)N AVDUKS.

Tho Minneapolis Iron Works, D. M. Gil-more proprietors, has been under tlie present management since Previously It was controlled by the G. W. Crane Company.

The business of the Institution is very general. They make steam boilers, s-moke stacks, heavy sheet iron work of all kinds, including intake pipes, etc. Then they have a machine shop from which they turn out a line of small steam engines, all kinds of grain elevator machinery, horse powers, and a corn sheller which has attracted considerable attention, J. K. (ill-more Is manager of tho iron works, and Is building up a tine business.

The Minneapolis Iron Works occupy a quarter of the block at Fourth street and Ninth avenue south, and through the courtesy of the Northwestern Foundry they have trackage facilities on the Milwaukee road. During the administration of Mr. Gllmore the boiler business has been greatly built up. Among some of the Jobs during tha ei capacity; no elTort to feed it as compared with feeding a lever convenient for man who ties tho bale; does not have to be dismounted or the wheels sunk In the ground for operation-no denger to life or limb; no Jerk on horses operating it; can bo set on a barn fit. und operated.

Tho' Flour city gasoline engine has been on tho market long enough to demonstrate Its peculiar adaptability for all kinds of light work. The points of superiority claimed for tho "Flour Clly" are economy simplicity, reliability and durability. These' engines are built from 2 to 25 horso power capacity. They are used whenever a light and easily managed power is required, including grain elevators, npichino shops, printing offlces, small electric light plains! village water woiks, feed mills, etc. A large number ot letters from purchasers demonstrate that the Flour City gasoline world, costing about $12'.

.) for the building alone-. The cyanide plant of the Cocuitl Cold Mining company, Pland, N. I the plant of the Pastn and Pay Slate Mining company, of Hay State, Montana, are -two more. A telegram received Friday announced that they had sc. ure.l the contract foi the rebuilding of the D.

I), sm-iter, at Deadwood, S. D. Sugar making plants in Louisiana, and hydratic plants for tho production of Montana, and many others have been stn-eessf illy built by this company. As stated the foundry is devoted largely to railroad and architectural work. A large machine is kept busy finishing ornamental and structural iron, including stairs.

The plant of the Gillc tte-Merzog manufacturing company employs about on an average during eight or nine months of the year. It Is one of the great institutions of which Minneapolis is proud. dnery in this plant l.s as large lata as can be found anywhere, die riveter rererred to is a iffalr, alone Involving an It has compressing power and presses an inch rivet Into ie operation. A traveling crane As an evidence of what this concern may be called upon to do some statement of the work already done will bo of Interest. In structural Iron tho Northwestern foundry has contributed to the erection of the following buildings: Minneapolis court house and city hall; Lumber Exchongo, Guaranty 8' mock.

ing, llanlt of Commerce bulldlnD- Vt Peoria, 111., Kansas City, Council Rluffs and Mason City, and at Furgo, N. D. The otllcers of the Minneapolis Thrashing Machlno Company and its hoard of directors embrace a list of the best business men lit Minneapolis. W. 8.

Ucnton, of the Linseed Oil Company, Is president; H. C. Akeley, tho big lumberman, vice-president. The treasurer and general manager Is F. 15.

Kcnnston, J. P. Bushnell secretary and assistant treasurer and W. H. Ritchie assistant secretary.

On its board of directors are F. ll. Inslon, of Winston Judge Charles M. i'ond, W. 1 of 25 tons, handles the building, -rs with facility und ease.

Ones st boilers made by Ihe use of Italia block, Lindsey warehouse, building. KncilibniKh i.oa. Harrison Pepin Parker building, o. VV. Van DuZJn'.