Sumner County KS Manufactories and Products of Industry
List of Manufactories and Products of Industry

 

Name of Company

Name of Business, Manufacture or Product

Capital

Motive Power (if steam, No. of horsepower)

Average No. of Hands Employed (males above 16 years)

Total of Wages for year

Number of Months in Actual Operation

Kinds/Quantities of Raw Materials

Values (rounded to dollars)

Kinds of Products

Quantity of Products (in pounds)

Values (rounded to dollars)

Aetna Milling Co.

Flour, Meal and Feed

$50,000

Steam (100)

15

$6,840

9

Wheat (185,000 bushels)

$83,250

Flour

7,400,000

$77,700

Corn (12,000 bushels)

$5,250

Meal

650,000

$7,150

Fuel (1,000 tons)

$2,700

Feed

3,720,000

$24,000

Bags

$5,000

Misc

$2,000

Hunter Mill and Elevator Co.

Flour, Meal and Feed

30,000

Steam (65)

16

$10,500

12

Wheat (270,000 bushels)

$121,500

Flour

11,000,000

$110,000

Corn (150,000 bushels)

$67,500

Meal

8,000,000

$80,000

Fuel (2,000 tons)

$3,600

Feed

5,500,000

$35,750

Bags

$7,500

Misc

$3,000

Sasher and Schonest

Wellington Carriage Works; buggies, carriages & repairing

5,000

Hand

8

$5,000

12

Iron

$3,000

Carriages

$10,000

Paint, Leather, Wood

$3,800

Repairs or Blacksmith

$2,500

Coal

$200

F.M. Penniwell

Wellington Marble Works: monuments, tombstones, etc.

2,000

Hand

3

$1,170

Marble

$3,500

Monuments

Stone

$500

Tombstones

$6,500

T.B. Marshall

Cigar Factory; cigars and smoking tobacco

1,000

Hand

3

$1,400

Tobacco (1200 pounds)

$900

Cigars

50,000

$10,000

Boxes (1000)

$500

Stamps

$5,000

F.M. Price

Cigar Factory; cigars

200

Hand

1

$450

Tobacco (300 pounds)

$200

Cigars

12,500

$2,500

Boxes (240)

$125

Stamps

$1,200