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STANDARD WHEEL COMPANY..M I .U l I REDur to mot with favor muI ave oxi el tenheftF!IUHI1 Vi ilfeature worthyofmerit in orcfet that any given product should t intinueexistent«jinmofir. \. and there lt;*teliene t in the cv art(*f* * net t*manufacturer. »if,**rdavfUS*fulntw ill \h* seruminvariable barometer whcliddecrees make and unmakton atinstitutionsthlt;Flautel'ion wiili thi* e aid mark the name of what is probably on* .f the* laig*CitSnl.■wmust be ex-by that in con-i * Amanufacturing * mcerns in the world,n nely that ef da Standard W heel Company, whose home ofhc »* and factory are located at Terra Haute, Ind., and whicfm *r 9 ** ftwfuIt entetofseven aitoffice ders; vx hitu v branch manufacluring concern* that are tribntary to th** main and hamerra ILiute. Satidusk v is fortunate in having one *»f these great rnanufac luring plant* lo* ated within its bortunapolb, Fort WavmKalamazoo. Ottaiva am: Miamisburg arc*tes «*f tin otl ei brant h houses»f humo establish lt;* gieat rnanufac turing plant, employing hundreds of*n thought.plant that is today in existenceI he Standard Wheel company isI'he growth of the Standardone of thed artisans, i* on* *f th* greatest achievement?great modern factory larked w ith a distinctpi * *g I css,the lt;hat a* ter ofthroughout the history of tinnpth*e most *el company hashas beenj ty jm*s of t fiedwavsIsen*concern the same management has been in control and a religious regard forgooci* which they have placed on the market, building their reputation on the principle of producingIt has b*nothing that did not possess every essential of excellence, has been their polic y* n this prim iple v\ hie h has madethe* reat ion of the if wares world wide.Kven with the* best article* that can be produced, there* are other necessary e lements that must enter into thcsuccessfuplae mg of good* in order to obtain their wide and general sale, integrity, push, entc rpri*e anelSin h are* the e on-«and environments of tne ?.I he* « volutton of the v\ he **I Co.bom the* cumbersome solid disk of wood that in.irked the advent of that useful articlespoke affair of the present day, this same pro-av\ay ba« k in days almost mediaeval, up to the nicely graduated s «ess of evolution would readily mark the* periods of advancement in c vehicles is a branch of industry to which all Americans can look to with pride and satisfactionon lor centuries Inn k.iniacture ofNot alone does American*tec m with satisfaction over the* supe riority of i home product, but this fact »s realized th* world over. In the make-ip of all vehicles (1**111 the heaviest down to the lightest, theis the paramount feature of importance.aMr. W. 1\ S. i^penc * 1, ailhoug -try.acts of w heels aWgirded as skilled lalror• total of some 8000 w heels.IIVsIfv fus year say uteranchain being only a* strong as its weakest link, so is the usefulness of a vehicle entire ly dependent Uf*on the* honesty of the make up of a whee l. I he* hr.inch Sandusky factory ef the Standard Wheel Co. compare** well with the (rest in the counis some 35catthe business, and he* has lt;harge of the running and output of the local concern.The capacity of theplantthe Pacific coastwheel, Warnertotal*»f about1 |00 A *i* * ! hi 1the* tenhour*i vvMr.Speru erin estimating tl• outputof the*se■Is.lt; )f t hiimmefi* *■ pr odu** a verylargeptwork. In the- neighborhood of 17S men me* constantly employed at the local concern, and, with few exceptions, all of the help is re-Mitptit ed the* s«-yen mauuf.it tming plants in question said that the probable average output would exceed 2000 sets of wheels a day; this would makeifge pi iportion is shipped into England, continental Europe and Australia, while American trade is supplied in every quarter fiom Maine tc ■»yl * e Is jv the lt;Merit »»f what you might call th* rejKitoire of the Standard people, and they could le graded as follows: The Banded Hub wheel, Woodand the Sarveii Patent Huh. * *i/* s then at* enabled to make anything from a heavy truck wheel vyith a spoke down to a inch spoke affair used in the making ed light sulky work.Three of their emu institutions in Tennessee, in ti nap* of spoC* and rim factories, supply them with an unlimited stoc k of the very best grade, while every one of their seven factories is supplied with themost modern machinery that ingenuity can afford to the furtherance of perfect work in their line.Four different’ \ le*s or graei*The official personnel of the company is .»v foi1, yes; C . Fairbanks, jPttsident; I harles Minshall. Vice-president and General Manager, and E. M. France, Secretarysurer.won for itself the name of building a wheel prod..* t tl it successfully meets the* most rigid kind e»f competition, its name and guarantee being a sufficient passport for the most critical buyer.The company has
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Sandusky Morning Star
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Mon, Aug 03, 1896
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