THE MOLINE SCREW COMPANY

Was incorporated in the fall of 1884, with a capital stock of $20,000. C, H. Deere was elected President; T. B. Carson Vice-President; H. L. Bullen, Secretary. The works were erected during that fall, the company commencing business on Jan.1, 1885. The main building is 64 feet square, three stories high, of brick, thoroughly and substantially built, with a boiler house and engine room, 16x32 feet. The company employ 15 men and manufacture iron wood screws of various patterns and sizes. While in operation but a few months, and that during a period of depression in manufacturing industries, the company have developed a fair business and have made a good showing as to product and quality of work. This is the only establishment of the kind in the Mississippi Valley north of St. Louis. Its founders are men of well known enterprise and responsibility, and it is only a question of time when it will rank as one of the important industries of Moline

 

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