. Story of Lee County, Iowa. in the vicinity of the city, established in 1867. Inthe last named yards the Reichelt rotary pressed brick machines areused. These machines are manufactured by Reichelt & Willmes-meier and shipped to brick makers all over the country. The capac-ity of the Stellern plant, when running full time, is 25,000 brickand tile daily. That of the Reichelt plant is 10,000 brick and ^.000feet of tile. About 1870 Soule, Davis & Company began the manufacture ofchairs in connection with their farming tool works. In 1876 thisbranch of the business was reorganized as the Fort Madis
. Story of Lee County, Iowa. in the vicinity of the city, established in 1867. Inthe last named yards the Reichelt rotary pressed brick machines areused. These machines are manufactured by Reichelt & Willmes-meier and shipped to brick makers all over the country. The capac-ity of the Stellern plant, when running full time, is 25,000 brickand tile daily. That of the Reichelt plant is 10,000 brick and ^.000feet of tile. About 1870 Soule, Davis & Company began the manufacture ofchairs in connection with their farming tool works. In 1876 thisbranch of the business was reorganized as the Fort Madison ChairCompany. The original half-dozen patterns were increased toabout one hundred and fifty dififerent styles and employment wasgiven to 150 people in the factory, besides home employment wasgiven to quite a number of boys and girls in caning the seats andbacks at their homes. The market for the products covers the wholeSouthwest and the annual product amounts to about one hundred andseventy-five thousand PINE STREET, LOOKING SOUTH TO THE RIA^ER, FORT MADISON
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