Waterloo wholesale houses show gain in business through territory
A Waterloo survey notes growth in wholesale and jobbing sectors, aided by rail and trucking. It highlights food distribution from two large grocery houses and fruit firms, a major hardware warehouse, and about 800 traveling salesmen fueling regional reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Knights of the Grip
George W. Huntley
Cutler Hard Ware Company
Travelers’ Protective Association
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co
Iowa
Wirt FP. Hoxie
Tiny Gag Engine Sales Quadrupled by Ada Mfrs
The Associated Manufacturers and the Town Dairy Separator company report quadrupled sales of a small quarter horsepower gas engine in 1928 used for washing machines. The firm also makes a small power unit for cream separators and milking machines with strong demand. Harold B. Plumb notes rising production of cream separators and gas engines. W. W. Marsh is president. The Iowa Dairy Separator company, a Waterloo staple, employed about 1,000 workers last year and contributed to local industry. Boston plans a new lunch-counter unit after a peak year serving 25,000 patrons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Hope C. Martin
Martin Was
Associated Manufacturers
Town
Nlso
Harold B. Plumb
W. W. Marsh
Iowa Dairy
Fairview Cemetery Becomes Self Owned Foundation Trust
Waterloo Fairview Cemetery, once financed by bonds and stock, has paid all debts and now owns itself. A court appointed board of trustees will oversee funds from lot sales for upkeep, improvements, and perpetual care, with future projects including a caretaker’s house and other enhancements.
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Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery Association
Grout
WN. O. Munger
W. W. McFarlane
A. J. Edwards
Albert, Sohner
Franklin C. Platt
H. W. Grout
F. F. Peek
Henry Everly
Ashley Dunham
J. D. Liffring
C. F. Altstadt
Will Lane
Building expansion by Altstadt and Langlas Bakery in Waterloo
The Altstadt Langlas Baking Co expands with a 25000 dollar building program adding a 42 by 48 foot cake department and a 30 by 70 foot loading addition driven by rising demand and highway growth. The plant now employs over 100 people and ships daily within a 50 to 60 mile radius by 12 trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Altstadt & Langlas Baking Co
Jonn G. Miller Construction Company
Altrtacht & Langlas Baking Co
Waterloo
F. Altstadt
Altstadt
Att Stadt & Langlas
Express
Galloway marks silver anniversary with big ad plan
Galloway company, Westfield addition, marks 25 years selling farm implements by mail. Cy Butler, president, notes growth to the largest exclusive mail order implement house. Silver anniversary catalogs go to farmers nationwide, with gifts of silverware. Advertising budget for 1929 set between 125000 and 150000, including color ads in top farm papers. New Masterpiece cream separator debuts with ball bearing construction and built in spindle. Factory runs double shifts as demand rises. production now catches up.
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Henry W. Grout
Waterloo Fairview Association
Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Avenue
Park Road
Mason Hale
Waterloo
Hele
Crouse
Curtis
Waverly
KB. W. Grout
N. ©. Munger
Grout
Munger
Waterloo Fairview Cemetery Association
Gallo Way Company
Westfield Addition
Cy . Butler
William Galloway
Pioneer
Jamniversary
United States
Galloway Company
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Salts
Butler
Une
Galloway Company Considers Pacific Coast Expansion
E Butler, president and General manager, returns from the Pacific coast after surveying opportunities to open a branch or warehouse connections. The firm already has strong direct US sales and growing export volumes for its Jiffy lime spreader attached to manure spreaders with revolving fans.
Roses Bloom All Year at Sherwood Greenhouses
The Sherwood Greenhouse at 500 Conger Street in Waterloo, established 1883, covers 75,000 square feet of glass and employs about 200 people. One third of space grows roses with 180,000 blooms yearly, and 12,000 camellations yield 216,000 blooms. The operation, a wholesale and retail floral business, serves weddings and funerals and is a member of the Florist Telegraph Delivery association.
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Waterloo
Médicine Hat
Charles Sherwood
Conger Street
Town Dairy Separator Company
Sherwood
Florist Telegraph Delivery Association
England
Sherwoods
Fourth Street
Siegel Battery Co plans new factory expansion
Siegel Battery Co plans a separate factory next summer as output expands. Under general manager David Siegel the firm, auxiliary to Siegel Auto Supply at 601 Commercial Street, saw battery production rise 200 percent in 1928 from 1927 with 112 batteries daily in the past six months. The proposed plant would process 500 to 600 daily, shipping Waterloo made batteries to dealers in Town, Illinois and Missouri with a new shipment to North Carolina.
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Siegel Battery Company
Siegel Auto Supply Company
Commercelal Street
David Siegel
Stegel
Illnois
Missouri
North Carolina
Memorial Park Cemetery to be Waterloo's new resting ground
Memorial Park Cemetery on Hudson road outside Waterloo limits will cost about 100000 and cover 42 acres laid out as a park with sloping lawns, a fountain, wide drives and shaded walks. Landscape architect Philip Troeger directs work. opening planned for midsummer with perpetual care via a local bank trust fund.
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Waterloo
Memorial Park Cemetery
Hudson Road
Lmits
Memorial Park
Philip Troeger
Chicago
T. B. Walton
Memorial Park Cemetery Company
A. A. Zimmerman
Marsh Place
Chamberlain Machine Works Expands Production Upwards
Chamberlain Machine Works reports a 60 percent rise in production with $11 000 in new building costs and $20 000 for equipment. A 50 by 80 foot unit nears completion and another unit at 2500 Fourth Street East bears the plant’s growth. The firm, led by Floyd L. Chamberlain, has doubled employment to 120 and develops an oil less bearing from a mica ore source near Phoenix.
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Chamberlain Machine Works
Fourth Street East
Waterloo Engraving Plant Expands Reach and Staff
Waterloo Engraving & Service Co operates the sole engraving plant west of Chicago with its own electrotype foundry. In the past year it did 75 percent of business outside Waterloo and 60 percent outside the state, expanding production and adding a Minneapolis branch. Gwynne Weston is president and manager. Frank J. Weston is vice president. Wells Barnett secretary. Weston-Barnett, Inc. is an affiliated agency with offices in Chicago and other cities.
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Chicago
Waterloo Engraving & Service Co
Waterloo
Gwynne Weston
Minneapolis
Quincy
Middle West
Frank J. Weston
Wells Barnett
Weston- Barnett, Inc
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Wells A. Barnett
Weston-Barnett, Inc
Harry B. Kiester
Black Hawk Coffee and Spice Co Plant In Waterloo
Waterloo industry imports raw coffee tea and spices from Brazil Japan and China and roasts blends at 412 14 Sycamore Street. The plant handles 500 pounds roasted at once with two ovens cylinders each 250 pounds and uses suction cleaning and automatic grinders. Teas and spices are blended ground and packed for a wide trade area. The firm founded 1900 by Woodruff and Westfall now operates with ten traveling salesmen across Iowa Minnesota Nebraska South Dakota and parts of North Dakota.
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Ceylon
Japan
China
Waterloo
Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Co
Sycamore Street
Black Hawk Coffea & Spice Co
Woodruff & Westfall
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
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California
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
J. Frank McSweeney
Gamble-Robinson Company
Smith, Lichty & Hillman Co
Fowler Company
L. &. Fowler
Smith, Lichly& Hillman Co
Tiny Gag Engine
Ada D
Boston
Mass
Altotact and
Langlas Bakery
Mother’s
Altstadt & Langlas
Galloway
Sherwood Establishment
Siegel Battery CO
Chamberlain
Suro
Chamberlain Company
Phoenix
Ariz
Imade
Floyd L. Chamberlain
West
Druent
Arona
Opige Jobber
Black Hawk Coffee
Independent Electric Co
Jefferson St
Waterloo, Iowa
Carl H. Moline
Commercial St
L. E. Glaza Company
Commercial Street
Johns Manville
Waterloo Roofing & Supply Co
East Fifth St
Waterloo Insurance Agency
Lamar J. Duke
Mgr
Lafayette
Fred W. Andres
T. Mgr
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