use of artificial ice has long since passed the experimental stage and the industry is recognized as a necessary one. Both in the ice business and the produce packing end of the business the company employs the most sanitary and up-to-date methods. All dressed poultry and eggs are transported to the eastern markets in the company's own refrigerator cars, which proves that Central Iowa Poultry and Egg Co. is one of the strong institutions of the State. An average of forty or more men are regularly employed during this season and the volume of tonnage handled is immense. Some idea of the magnitude of this business can be gained when we mention that their disbursements for the year from the local office are near the $ 400,000 mark.
The business done by the produce houses here is not grasp- ed by many people, but an idea of the extent of it may be gained when it is known that together the houses pay out in this locality a MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, which means something to the community and entitles them to be classed as among the most beneficial of the industries of the city.
The Purity Ice Cream Company.
The Purity Ice Cream Company, which is managed by Walter S. Day, is one of the thriving con- cerns of the city. The purity of the product entitles the factory to the name it bears and has won for the concern a large business both at home and in the territory tributary to this city. The company employs a number of men at good wages and its business is constantly on the increase. It deserves mention with the concerns which are boosting Atlantic every day in the conduct of their business.
The Atlantic Bottling Works.
John Fuhlendorf, who operates the Atlantic Bottling Works, sells his products everywhere in this territory where good goods are demanded. He makes an extensive variety of bottled goods and the reputation they enjoy for excellence is the best evidence of their superiority. Mr. Fuhlendorf, who is the owner of the building at Third and Walnut streets, occupies the rear of the first floor of the building with his factory and he is enjoying an increasing patronage as the years go by, a |
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patronage he has earned on the merit of his goods. He employs a number of men and his payroll adds to the grand total which is spent here by laboring men.
Simmons and Jobes.
This wholesale grocery concern, while not a manufactory, is bringing a lot of money to Atlantic for goods sold in the territory and contributing in no small measure to the prosperity of the town. A number of people are employed and the concern is a good one for the town. J. H. Simmons is president of the Company and handles the selling end, while F. J. Jobes is the secretary-treasurer and handles the clerical work and credit end of the business. The company occupies the major portion of the ground floor of the Fuhlendorf building on Walnut street and its business is forging ahead with rapid strides, keeping pace with the town and its progress.
The Atlantic Brick and Tile Company.
The Atlantic Brick and Tile Company, operated by Chas. E. Taylor, is turning out a higher grade of product than was ever turned out by a brick yard in Atlantic before. The pay roll of the company is a good sized one and the product is sold in a large territory. Particularly in the tile business has the company thrived and the tile made at the brick yard, which is west of the city, is of a superior quality. Mr. Taylor is a "live one" and is doing his full share towards the up-building of the town and county.
The Brown Nursery.
I. N. Brown, who conducts the nursery east of the city, is making that business larger with each passing year. Mr. Brown does an extensive business, with principally a mail order patronage, and his goods are known wherever good goods are demanded by the people. In the conduct of the business he is ably assisted by his wife, Mrs. Ella Brown, who has been largely instrumental in the success of it. Many different varieties of plants are handled and sold and the concern gives employment to forty people in season. All the money brought in by the nursery is money which would otherwise not be spent here and it adds materially to the prosperity of the town. |
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The Hillside Nursery.
L. Fancolly operates an up to date nursery, east of the city and his goods have a reputation enjoyed by few. The business is growing by leaps and bounds and Mr. Fancolly has the habit of selling the kind of goods which make regular customers out of everyone who buys once. He employs many people in season. In the conduct of his business he is assisted by his son, Roy Fancolly, who is a good nursery-man and a genial gentleman.
The Wilken Monument Works.
This is one of the best marble works in the territory and its wares are found in cemeteries in a dozen or more counties in this part of the state. The best evidence that Mr. Wilken sells good goods and sells them right is the fact that for several years he has employed no agents, but has depended on the well known superiority of his work to sell it. He runs an up to date business in an up to date way, and is one of the progressive men of the city.
The Atlantic Gas Company.
This concern operates a thoroughly modern gas plant here, in keeping with the thriving town in which it is located. The business has increased nicely, employment is given to a number of people, and during the past few years much money has been spent for new mains, improving the plant, etc.
Other Concerns.
Besides those enumerated above there are many other and smaller concerns in the city. The Walner, Gillett & Peterson and H.C. Gillett cigar factories, the Burnea wholesale and retail department store, the machine shops, the automobile garages and many others, all paying out money which goes into the pocket of the merchants and all boosting for the town where they do business.
Atlantic wants more factories. She is prepared to offer then advantages in the shape of good shipping facilities, freedom from labor troubles, coal at a reasonable price and power at a reasonable rate. That she will get them is evident from the friendly letters and expressions of favorable impressions of the town, from those who seek locations and have inquired as to this city as a place to operate.
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