. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. ore is^ electriclighted and steam hi-ated. It is one ofthe neatest and most stores in tliis section ofthe THE IMPLEMEMT BUSINESS Since l?iunching Into business in1SS2. Mr. Welch has, aimed to carry•o complete line of he leading makesct farm implements and was the dis-tributer of the Hrrvestingmachinery in this section for a num-ber of years. Binders, mowers, grain-drills, plows, harrows, wagons, bug-gies and supplies have been connect-ed with this line. At present he isagent for the famous Studeba
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. ore is^ electriclighted and steam hi-ated. It is one ofthe neatest and most stores in tliis section ofthe THE IMPLEMEMT BUSINESS Since l?iunching Into business in1SS2. Mr. Welch has, aimed to carry•o complete line of he leading makesct farm implements and was the dis-tributer of the Hrrvestingmachinery in this section for a num-ber of years. Binders, mowers, grain-drills, plows, harrows, wagons, bug-gies and supplies have been connect-ed with this line. At present he isagent for the famous Studebaker, wa-gons and carriages. THE LUMBER BUSINESS Since taking up the lumber businessMr. ^^?elch has carried a full line ofrough. and dressed lumber, sash, doors, moldings, etc. The lum-ber yard extends back to Market street, or in other words, the busi-ness establishment extends fromShirley to IMarket street, coveringabout )00 sq. ft., of s]jace. GARAGE AND PLANING MILL Mr. Welch started in the automo-bile basiness in 1909, having erected. 0) pq a 543 a building- 3Gx60 feet -djoining hislumber yard. A garage and repairshop haiS been established for thisbusiness. A planing mill was also in-stalled last year, which has done con-siderable work, the planes, saws andother machinery being run by an elec-tric motor. By the means of thisplaning mill, he is able to turn outlumber worked into various COAL BUSINESS Mr. Welch entered into the coalbusiness in 1895, and since that datelias been one of the chief distributorsof this commodity in this coal yard is located to the eastend of town, and a siding has beenlaid, so that both P. R. R. and E. cars m;y be transported and thecoal dumped. Later, a line of sewerpipe, wall plaster and cement havebeen added to the business. -THE TvlOUNT UNION TIMES Mr. Welch came into iiossessionof the Mount XTnion Times in 1892and the present man.^gement, A. S. &C. H. Welch have been in chargesince Sept. 12, 1900.
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