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Book Title: Memoirs Of The Ohio Valley, Vol. 3

    The S. Obermayer Company, of Cincinnati, the largest foundry supply house in
the world, was founded in September, 1874. on a very modest scale, the original
building being not more than twenty feet square. This building was a frame one,
and located on the east side of Broadway. Only one man was employed, Mr.
Obermayer looking after the finances and selling of the finished product which
was ground coal for use in mixing with moulding sand. As the business expanded
larger quarters were secured on Gest street, along the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton railroad, and Mr. Obermayer, taking a partner, changed the name of his
concern from The S. Obermayer & Company to The S. Obermayer Foundry Supply
Manufacturing Company. A large plant was erected and. the volume of business
greatly expanded so that the goods became known to every foundryman in the
country. A disastrous fire destroyed this new plant, but another one was erected
on Evans street, south of Eighth, with a capacity six times that of the old one.
In 1887 a large warehouse was built with a storage capacity of 20,000 barrels of
foundry facings. In 1891 the company was reorganized, the present capital of
$500,000 issued and the style of The S. Obermayer Company adopted. Employment is
given to a large number of men at the Cincinnati plant, but the company has
other factories, the one at Chicago employing 250 men; that at Rillton, Pa.,
employing 150 men; that at Pittsburgh, Pa., fifty men; and the one at Newark, N.
J., twenty-five men. In addition branch sales offices and warehouses are located
in all the principal cities of the United States and Canada and other foreign
countries. It is at the Cincinnati and Chicago plants that plumbago and foundry
facings of all kinds are ground and refined. The plant at Rillton, built in
1893, is for the manufacture of sea coal or bituminous facing and cheaper
foundry blackings. It is located at the tipple of the Westmoreland mines which
produce the best coal for gas and facing purposes. Although Mr. Obermayer died
in September, 1898, he had so admirably organized his business and force of
associates that the company lives after him and is a strong factor in the
industrial life of Cincinnati and other large cities. He not only knew how to
manufacture the best in his line of products, but also how to sell at an
advantage and so imbued his fellow workers that the plans he laid so carefully
still prevail. Lawrence A. Gosiger, secretary and directing manager of The S.
Obermayer Company, was born at Cincinnati, June 12, 1884. He attended the
primary schools and St. Xavier College, and was graduated from the latter in
1900 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His business career has been spent in
the employ of his present company and his faithfulness and capability have
received practical recognition in his successive promotions to his present
position. A man of many responsibilities Mr. Gosiger finds his time pretty well
occupied, but he maintains membership in many business, social and fraternal
organizations.

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