History of the Geiser Plant at Waynesboro, Pa., in 1903
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September/October 1993
Russell E. Sams
The Peerless separator is made with a twelve-bar cylinder of
channel iron in the shape of the letter U, filled with hard wood,
to provide elasticity. About eighteen inches behind the cylinder is
a grate so constructed that all grain thrown against it is
deflected in a downward direction. The Geiser Company claims that
95 percent of all the grain goes down between the concaves and this
grate. The cleaning device is a system of rolls, combs, and
vibrating racks. The machine is built without riddles or
sieves.
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In addition to traction engines and separators and their
attachments the Geiser Company builds clover hullers, saw mills,
and steam plowing outfits. In the latter class of machinery it has
excelled all competitors, and its gang plows are known in every
agricultural region of the world.
The business of the Geiser Company is in excess of a million
dollars per annum. This year the company has shipped 1,500 carloads
of machinery and material.
The company covers practically all the thresher territory in the
United States and maintains branch offices and large warehouses at
Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Ind.; Louisville, Ky.;
Kansas City, St. Louis and Springfield, Mo.; Minneapolis, Minn.;
Des Moines, Iowa; Fargo, N.D.; Lincoln, Neb.; Williamsport, Pa.;
Baltimore, Md.; Auburn, N.Y., and Lake Charles, La.
In addition to United States territory supplied by this company,
it does a tremendous export business, which is increasing every
year. The principal countries to which Peerless threshing machinery
is exported are Russia. Bulgaria, Roumania, Greece, Turkey and
South America. The chief field of export for gang plows
manufactured by this company is Egypt, where they are a common
sight, especially in the valley of the Nile.
Within recent years large additions have been made to the Geiser
plant and the output practically doubled, yet notwithstanding the
expansion of the works are taxed to meet the ever increasing demand
for Peerless machinery.
The official force of the Geiser Manufacturing Company is
composed of the most part by young men, full of faith and
confidence in the products of their great plant. They fully realize
the necessity for further expansion and are already discussing
important plans for more buildings and a larger output. The present
officials of the company are D.M. Good, president; A.D. Morgenthal,
vice president; J.J. Oiler, treasurer and general manager; J.
Mid-dower, secretary; J.R. Oiler, superintendent; George B. Beaver,
purchasing agent and a director in the company.