A L Johnson

A L Johnson
A. L. Johnson & Co., Hard Wood Lumber The energy and ability displayed by the representative houses engaged in this important department of our commerce conduces largely to the wealth, material prosperity and thrift of the progressive city of Muncie, which on account of its natural advantages as the geographical center of a fine timber district and its acquired facilities for intercommunication with the consuming centers of the Union, has become a most desirable market and distributing point, especially for those varieties of hardwoods indigenous to this section, such as oak, ash, hickory and Walnut. The leading house in this section making a specialty of buying, selling and manufacturing hardwood lumber is that of A. L. Johnson & Co., with offices, yards, and Mills at Muncie in the branch establishment at Montpelier, Blackford County, where the busi- ness is conducted under the same firm name. At the former place an average force of 30 workman is employed, with a monthly payroll of about $1000, and at the latter point 20 men with salaries aggregating $600 per annum. The yards and Mills it Muncie cover ground space of about 5 acres, and an average stock of 500,000 feet of sod lumber and 300,000 feet of round logs is carried. The mills in this city are thoroughly equipped, six saws now being in constant use with a daily capacity of 25,000 feet, and special machinery has recently been introduced for the manufacture of round handles of every description. This representative firm transacts an annual business of fully $125,000 handling annually more than 5,000,000 feet of lumber, which is principally shipped in large lots to Eastern cities. They make a prominent specialty of car timber and material, supplying several of the most important car manufacturers in the United States. Mr. A. L. Johnson is a native of Herkimer County, N. Y., Though his early life was spent in Ashtabula County, O., where he was engaged in the milling business, and he removed to Indiana in 1873, founding the present house in this city in 1879. Although yet a young man, having been born in 1852, he has exhibited a degree of enterprise and ability in the management of his extensive interests entitling him to a prominent rank among the self-made men and successful merchants of central Indiana. Mr. Of. Him. Tyler, and accomplished bookkeeper and accountant, has charge of the office and clerical department, a position for which he is imminently qualified by education and experience. Mr. J. C. Wood, the present efficient foreman of the works in this city, has been associated with this house for the past three years and is fully conversant with all the details of the manufacturing department.
Manufacturing and Mercantile Resources and Industries of the Principal Places in Wayne, Henry, Delaware and Randolph Counties A Review of their Manufacturing, Mercantile and General Business Interests, Advantageous Location, &c Including a Brief Historical and Statistical Sketch of Their Rise and Progress Resources and Industries of Indiana, Part V

A. L. Johnson & Co., Hard Wood Lumber

The energy and ability displayed by the representative houses engaged in this important department of our commerce conduces largely to the
wealth, material prosperity and thrift of the progressive city of Muncie, which on account of its natural advantages as the geographical
center of a fine timber district and its acquired facilities for intercommunication with the consuming centers of the Union, has become a
most desirable market and distributing point, especially for those varieties of hardwoods indigenous to this section, such as oak, ash,
hickory and Walnut. The leading house in this section making a specialty of buying, selling and manufacturing hardwood lumber is that of
A. L. Johnson & Co., with offices, yards, and Mills at Muncie in the branch establishment at Montpelier, Blackford County, where the busi-
ness is conducted under the same firm name. At the former place an average force of 30 workman is employed, with a monthly payroll of about
$1000, and at the latter point 20 men with salaries aggregating $600 per annum. The yards and Mills it Muncie cover ground space of about 5
acres, and an average stock of 500,000 feet of sod lumber and 300,000 feet of round logs is carried. The mills in this city are thoroughly
equipped, six saws now being in constant use with a daily capacity of 25,000 feet, and special machinery has recently been introduced for
the manufacture of round handles of every description. This representative firm transacts an annual business of fully $125,000 handling
annually more than 5,000,000 feet of lumber, which is principally shipped in large lots to Eastern cities. They make a prominent specialty
of car timber and material, supplying several of the most important car manufacturers in the United States. Mr. A. L. Johnson is a native of
Herkimer County, N. Y., Though his early life was spent in Ashtabula County, O., where he was engaged in the milling business, and he removed
to Indiana in 1873, founding the present house in this city in 1879. Although yet a young man, having been born in 1852, he has exhibited a
degree of enterprise and ability in the management of his extensive interests entitling him to a prominent rank among the self-made men and
successful merchants of central Indiana. Mr. Of. Him. Tyler, and accomplished bookkeeper and accountant, has charge of the office and clerical
department, a position for which he is imminently qualified by education and experience. Mr. J. C. Wood, the present efficient foreman of the
works in this city, has been associated with this house for the past three years and is fully conversant with all the details of the
manufacturing department.

Manufacturing and Mercantile Resources and Industries of the Principal Places in Wayne, Henry, Delaware and Randolph Counties
A Review of their Manufacturing, Mercantile and General Business Interests, Advantageous Location, &c
Including a Brief Historical and Statistical Sketch of Their Rise and Progress
Resources and Industries of Indiana, Part V