BIO: William A. GARTSHORE, Beaver County, PA
  
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  BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
  of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
  Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 281-282.
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  WILLIAM A. GARTSHORE, a progressive and enterprising citizen of Aliquippa,
  Pa., whose portrait is shown on the preceding page, is superintendent of the
  J. C. Russell Shovel Company, one of the most flourishing establishments in
  Beaver county. It was one of the first plants to locate at Aliquippa, which
  is admirably situated in the famous Beaver Valley and on the Ohio River, -
  extending to the tracks of the P. & L. E. R. R. It was organized in 1892 by
  the gentleman named above, with others. The following are the officers: J. L.
  Cooper, president; William A. Gartshore, vice-president; E. H. King,
  secretary; and J. J. McKee, treasurer. They manufacture shovels and drain
  tools of all kinds, which are shipped to all parts of the country.
  
  The process of shovel manufacturing is a very interesting one, and these
  works are of a modern type, the latest machinery and improved methods being
  employed under the personal supervision of Mr. Gartshore, who has had many
  years of experience in that line. In the main building, whose dimensions are
  
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  240x80 feet, all of the shovels are made. A solid bar of steel is heated and
  passed between rollers of great power, and there the first rough shape is
  made; it is then pickled, placed in proper dies, where it is cut and trimmed
  to the proper shape, and then taken to the machine which forces the handles
  on, and rivets them in place. They are then polished, taken to the shipping
  room, and thence sent to all parts of the world. While this meagre
  description makes the process appear simple, the opposite impression is
  conveyed upon a visit to the factory. There the ponderous machinery with its
  immense fly wheels, rapidly revolving rollers, gigantic presses, and
  intricate machinery of various kinds, compels a respect for the shovel, which
  was not felt before seeing this useful implement in the course of manufacture.
  Adjoining the mill is the machine shop, with its full equipment, and on its
  other side is the drying room which is used to dry handles. Mr. Gartshore,
  the gentleman in charge of this important plant, is a man of wide experience
  in his business. He is held in the highest esteem by the men under his
  supervision, and by his associates, and he deports himself toward everyone
  with the greatest kindness and consideration.
  
  The subject of this sketch was at one time a trusted employee of Hubbard &
  Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., and had charge of their shovel works, for a
  period of eight years. He faithfully discharged his duties to the best of his
  ability, and it was with regret that they permitted him to resign, in 1892,
  when the J. C. Russell Shovel Company was organized. He became
  vice-president, and a director, of the company, and has put forth his every
  effort to make the venture a successful one.
  
  In September, 1888, Mr. Gartshore was united in marriage with Miss Laura
  Dunhorn, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. They have two children, - Laura and Park.