South Bend News-Times, Volume 38, Number 93, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 3 April 1921 — Page 8

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The O'Brien Varnish Company is a pioneer industry of South Bend and the St. Joseph Valley and one of the oldest varnish houses in America. From a modest beginning under the direction of the late Patrick O'Brien, the Company has developed a varnish business which is second to none, and its products include a complete line of Architectural Finishes for the home builder, Automobile and Coach Fininshes, and specialties for the manufacturing trade. The O'Brien Varnish Company's plant occupies approximately five acres on Washington and Johnton Streets and is a model of efficiency. I lie policy and progress of the Company is now under the direction of the sons of the founder, W. D. O'Brien, President, and G. L. O'Brien, Secretary and 1 reasurer. Liquid Velvet, which is illustrated below, is a nationally advertised brand, through which the O'Brien Varnish Company has attained prominence in every section of the United States, as well as in many; foreign lands.

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J Iu"- r;i.nt :iiil ;iniiy!i' Will Ik (.ivcii Auny 1y 1 ortli Store. Liquid Velvet is fl.U wall finish similar in type to an enamel, except that it dries without lustre, and provides a finish for interior walls and ceilings that is rich, dignied and pleasing to the eye. Most people prefer Liquid Velvet because its unusual qualities guarantee genuine economy. Liquid Velvet gives an immaculate smooth and washable finish to any wall and ceiling. Its economy in use makes it available for every grade cf work from the modest to the sumptuous. It is the distinctive finish for the fine interior decoration. Liquid Velvet and other O'Brien products, including Master Varnish, Pyramid Finishes and Flexico White Fnamel will be displayed in our windows during the coming month and will be released as presents during April. The Liquid Velvet and Varnishes to be distributed in this way are sufficient to completely rcfinish any modern home, and the O'Brien. Varnish Company will be glad to furnish any further information people may desire in connection with their decorating problems.

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The Perkins windmills and tanks have been familiar to this valley for above 50 years. Charles Arthur Carlisle, Sr.. Charles A. Carlisle, Jr., Woodson Carlisle and Edward Williams noV own the Perkins Company and arc making modern history with this business. They have produced an article which is a boon to farms and farmers, an article which gives a humanitarian touch to the winter watering of stock and from an increase in production standpoint "the year round stock tank with builtin heater" keeps the cows drinking enough water in cold weather to make the desired quanity of milk. Every farmer knows that milk is more than 85 rc water and that as soon as the cows begin drinking less water on account of its chilling effect during cold weather, the flow of milk will diminish. Most milk shippers and some of the more progressive farmers are already using heaters in their tanks. Until the advent of this new YEAR ROUND tank it has been necessary to use the only type heater which was offered, namely, those of the submersible style. These heaters are hard to fire, difficult to clean and are not effective heaters they must be removed and stored every season with the attendnnt danger of damage, not to speak of the bother or reinstalling each winter. The heater in this new Perkins tank is based on the idea used in the old Scotch marine boiler admittedly the most efficient boiler designed in this boiler the fire was placed inside a large fie tube so that every bit of the heat was available this same principle is used in the YEAR ROUND tank. The heater is made of galvanized sheet steel which readily transmits heat and is entirely surrounded by Hater so that every bit of heat value h derived from fuel burned. The feed door is located in the side or the tank and the heater is racily fired ar.d cleaned, with no chance of dropping ashes into the water as l the case with the Mibmcr-ible type. Airy kind of fuel may be burned from corn cobs to coal, and no v 1.1" 11..

matter what hiel is used the tire win start quickly and burn rapidly by virtue of the oneway draft.

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The tank is made of heavy galvanized sheet steel, reinforced at top and bottom with a stiff angle band which extends all the way around vertical and horizontal stiffness is secured

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dorsement of professors of agriculture in leading universities.

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P. s. The new PERKINS AEROLECTRIC the farm light and power plant driven by the wind is being demonstrated daily at Misha-

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cave Your Sales Checks During Ellsworth's Golden Jubilee Year 1921

In order to fittingly celebrate our Golden Jubilee Year our 50th year in business we are boosting the St. Joseph Valley and its manufacturers. h nrh mnnrl: avp bnvp n disnlnv nf flip mnnnfnrhirprc nrnrli lrfc

in our windows and on the floor of the Store. ;

This month's display consists of almost 100 articles die prod nets of the O'Brien Varnish Company, Perkins Windmill Com-l

pany of Mishawaka, Udell Rubber Company, Johnson Motor Wheel, Singer Manufacturing Company; Philadelphia Candv

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In the olden days this valley was covered with a vast amount of hardwood forests oak, maple, walnut woods that cabinet makers need most for their work. The great International Singer Sewing Machine Company had a bright young man in its employ in 1 868, an Empire builder, his name was Leighton Pine. Young Pine had the vision and he brought a branch of the Singer plant to this valley which he learned to love. With the assistance of Hon. William Miller, father of E. H. Miller, head of the American Trust Company, land on the east side of the river was procured and a cabinet plant was soon started which grew and grew until in 1902 larger capacity was needed then Leighton Pine's loyalty to South Bend was displayed when due to his sole efforts, against very strong opposition the enormous factory was built in the west end of South Bend and today the cabinet work and castings for over three-fourths of all the sewing machines in the world are made in South Bend. The daily output is, consequently, the largest of any manufacturing establishment of its kind. South Bend owes much to Leighton Pine. Over one-half of this cabinet work is packed in boxes in the unfinished state and shipped to The Singer Company's European factories, the principal one being in Scotland, where the final staining, and varnishing operations are completed. There are about 15,000 workers in the Scotland plant. Part of the finished cabinets are shipped to the factory in New Jersey, where the sewing machines are mounted and crated; and in turn sewing machines from the factory in New Jersey are shipped to South Bend, where they are assembled to cabinet work and stands and crated for ship-

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llils Singer Setving Machlno Will be GIrcn Avr&j bj Tho EHrvrorÜi Storf ment throughout the United States, also carefully packed in boxes for shipment to China, Japan and the Philippine Islands. Interesting facts In connection with the Singer Corns

pany and the South Bend Plant are given below: Number of employes About 3,000. T . i i rr:

lotai ground spaco u acres r Total floor area of buildings 1,350,00 square Total length of buildings, if they were placed end end 8,040 feet (over I Vi miles). Total length of floors, if they were place3 end tcc 1 9,620 feet( over 3Vz miles). , ( Railroad track inside of ground35 miles. Power Plant 2 4,00 horee power Turbine Electrfov craters. Power Plant T 400 horse power Turbine ElectrlcC' crators, Power Plant 1 100 horse power Turbine Electric) Ch crators, k vfflW . Power: Plant 6250 horcpowSpILerlUt (t '

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Fifty Boxes of Candy in the next release; a: five poun9 box, a four pound box; a three pound box and forty-sevenA two pound boxes of delicious Chocolates are in the win- M

dow. These were sent over from the Philadelphia Candy j

Manufacturers by our neighbor across the way, Mr. Jus

tice Poledor, and the contents of the boxes attest the good

workmanship of these workers in sweets.

1 lie x uiiau.pxi.a uiuiv- uwuiuivnu liiurwiii uaiivijr 4 f South Bend in the year 1 901 and the growth of this busi- )

ness is a monument to the hard work of its owners who 1

have built up a splendidly successful business. The name "Philadelphia" was given the business because of .Mr

Poledor's starting his business career in that city, where j he saved enough money from his early efforts to get iv

start. He showed splendid business judgement when

picked out South Bend for his business.