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Show 4 . . THE H. C. BURKE MANFC. CO. Inui of tha Ilaniltom OIHa and Hasi nas, lllork. That Have H.en Orna- m.nt.d by Tliaiu. A TniF.s seribo recently interviewed ' Mr. II. C. liurke, the pleasant manager of tha II. C. Kurke Manufacturing Co., . at their mammoth establishment at III (South Thini West to obtain some information infor-mation regarding the home manufac- ture of building material, much of which is shipped tuto tliitt city froru eastern markets. "Is it triu'," vent'.iriHl Tin-: Timf.s man, "that the majority of t ho larger buildings of recent construction in this i city have been supplied with iron material from voiir estaliliHincnt?'' "Yes," remarked Mr. liui ke, "no did ell t lie iron work upon the new ( oiu-rneri-ial Hank building, tin; Hooper Work, the annex to the Walker opera house, .Seott-Auerbach building and many other buildings both in this city and at Offden. You see," continued Mr. liurke, "tliere is absolutely no necessity ne-cessity for going away from home for liuililiiiL material when the home market produce such excellent tiiftlitii'9 of materitil anil where also there are such excellent lacilities for handling thin branch of vork ns you lind we have here. We aro rushed with work at present, ayou will observe, nlid we are much pleased with the grand miccoms we have met with rijriuR the past two years." "What particular branch of iron work do you make, a specialty of" inquired in-quired the newsfjathrrer. "While we juish the steam Mono aw mills with all our might, we also do everythinfj in tho machine line nuch as sliam boilers, enirines. tumilis, tlevators and all kinds of power trans-. trans-. niitiiiiR machinery . la addition to this we iil;.ii manufacture and are headquarters headquar-ters for buililin;; material, Hin-h a:i columns, col-umns, lintens. Hills, iron or steel beams, and we are solicitintr trade in all of the above branches. Yon might say also that we make everything plain or or-tiinnenled or-tiinnenled pertain irifj to archilectural iron work." "You have another manufactory .besides tin one have you not Mr. liiirke?" "Yes." said he, "our establishment in St. Joseph, Mo., is the largest and best known factory of its kind in the state of Missouri. We have done work on some of the finest buildings in St. Joe, Atchison, Atchi-son, Omaha, Kansas City and surrounding sur-rounding towns and consider that our reputation is one of which wn may feel justly proud." " e always guarantee guar-antee our work, and unless entirely satisfactory we ask for no consideration i Our machinists are the best and most competent obtainable, our machinery is all of the latest and improved pattern, our facilities for handling iron work are unequalled, anil therefore we feel as though there is no work of any kind which we cannot successfully suc-cessfully handle and give entire satisfaction." |