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Portrait
and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois,Containing Biographical Sketches of
Prominent and Representative Citizens, Governors of the State, and the Presidents of the United States.
(Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), p. 195.
Transcribed by Judy Rosella Edwards.
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THE EFFINGHAM
PLANING MILL is one of the important industries of Effingham. In January, 1893, it was incorporated as a stock
company under the name of the Effingham Planing Mill, with a capital stock of $25,000. Its officers are: Calvin
Austin, President; Edward
Austin, Treasurer; and
Harry B. Austin, Secretary and Manager. They are dealers in hardwood lumber, white wood and pine lumber, sash,
doors, blinds and mouldings. They also manufacture doors and window frames and do general job work in the line
of building. Their business was established in February, 1892. The company's mill, which was built at that time,
is situated just north of the Vandalia Railroad shops, and in dimensions is 216x44 feet. It also includes the Effingham
electric-light plant. Their power is furnished by a ninety-five horse power engine and the mill is complete in
all its appointments, being supplied with the best modern machinery for all sorts of woodwork pertaining to the
erection of fine buildings. Particular attention is paid to artistic interior finish work, and a specialty is made
of fine wood mantels. The erection of the plant for this company and the management of its business has been under
the immediate direction of H. B. Austin from the beginning.
Although
at this writing the business is but a year old, it has developed a trade of nearly $100,000 for the year. It has
been so very successful that it has far exceeded the expectations of its proprietors and has come to be one of
the leading industries of Effingham. Its proprietors and manager are thorough mechanics, and in connection with
the business above described they also do contracting and building on quite an extensive scale. The fine finishing
material used in the elegant residence of Calvin Austin, and in the new bank block and opera house known as the
Austin Block, is from their works.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and
Richland Counties Illinois, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Governors
of the State, and the Presidents of the United States. (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), p. 398. Transcribed by
Judy Rosella Edwards.
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