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Ginder / Customer base has expandedFROM PAGE D1“We started getting more into construction because the farm economy wasn’t real good. We lose farmers every year,” he said. “We kind of had to go where the work was.’*All kinds of devices use either hydraulic hoses or steel lines, Alan Usher said. Sometimes some of the devices the business works on are so old, the original manufacturers are long gone and parts have to be fabricated by hand instead of ordered.Not only has their customer base expanded, their original building has been added on to three times, Alan Usher said. The parts department is locatedin what used to be a cafe next door to the shop. The cafe was a popular coffee break and dinner spot back when Ninth Street, which is part of Old U.S. Highway 81, was the main north-south highway through the city.“There used to be trucks lined up — up and down the street,*’ Jim Usher said. “All the guys would take their coffee breaks there. We bought it about 15 years ago and connected the two buildings together and moved our parts over there. We were running out of room where we were at.”• Reporter David Clouston can be reached at 823-6464, Ext 131, or by e-mail at sjdclouston @saljournal.com.
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Salina Journal
Salina, Kansas, US
Sun, Mar 09, 2003
Page 14
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Salina P.
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