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Portrait
and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois,Containing Biographical Sketches of
Prominent and Representative Citizens, Governors of the State, and the Presidents of the United States.
(Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), p. 195.
Transcribed by Judy Rosella Edwards.
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THE EFFINGHAM
MANUFACTURING COMPANY was incorporated in April, 1889, with a paid-up capital of $20,000, for the purpose of manufacturing
furniture. J. A. Arnold was elected President; A. J. Worman Secretary and Manager, and L. H. Bissell Treasurer.
The first Board of Directors was composed of the following gentlemen: Edward Austin,
Henry Eversman, W. B. Wright, M. Deitrich, Albert Gravenhorst and Barney Mussman. The plant was built that year
and business was begun the following May.
The
factory buildings comprise one three-story brick structure, 80x40 feet, and a wooden building sheeted with corrugated
iron, size 70x50 and the same height as the first described. The mechanical department is in the brick building,
while the wooden structure is in use as finishing-shops, storerooms and office. The machinery in use is of the
best modern pattern and work of a superior quality is turned out. The annual output amounts to about $50,000, and
employment is furnished to about forty operatives.
Some
slight changes have occurred in the Board of Directors and list of officers. At this writing, J. A. Arnold is still
the President of the company, and Christian Alt is the Secretary, Treasurer and Manager. The Directors are: Edward
Austin, Joseph Partridge, Jr., William B. Wright, M. Deitrich, A. Gravenhorst and Calvin Austin.
Three salesmen are employed on the road, and the business is rapidly increasing. Its success has been assured from
the start, and while a comparatively young enterprise, its proprietors have good reason to be pleased with the
result. It is the important industry of Effingham, which is favorably situated for manufactures of this class,
on account of competing railroad facilities and convenient markets. The factory is situated in the eastern part
of the city, on the line of the Vandalia Railroad.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and
Richland Counties Illinois, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Governors
of the State, and the Presidents of the United States. (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), p. 519. Transcribed by
Judy Rosella Edwards.
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