”DUST BLOWERS.

The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company was incorporated February 4, 1888, with an authorized capital of $25,000—Wilder D. Stevens, President; Joseph B. Ware, Vice President; George G.Whitworth, Secretary; Sidney F.Stevens, Treasurer. They manufacture Barbour’s patent dust arrester and furnace feeder, by using which the owner of any wood working mill may economize in expense, utilizing the dust and refuse of the several machines and conveying it in a steady stream under the boiler. The factory, giving employment to some twenty-five men, is situated on Mill street, near Bridge.”

Reference Data:

History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, by Albert Baxter, 1891, page 500