STEPHEN
M. GOULD is the manager of extensive industrial interests
at Shawnee, being the superintendent of the Ohio Mining &
Manufacturing Company, of New York, which owns an extensive
plant at Shawnee for the manufacture of pressed and ornamental
brick. In teh control of this large enterprise Mr.
Gould displays superior powers of management, keen business
insight and capable control and well may he be numbered among
the leading representatives of industrial circles in Perry
county.
Mr. Gould is a native of Norway and is a Norwegian and
Scotch descent. By his parents he was brought to America
in his boyhood days and was reared upon a farm in Iowa, but he
preferred other business than that of a farm and after attaining
his majority put aside the work of field and meadow to enter
other lines of life. He came to Shawnee in 1896 as foreman
of the plant of the Ohio Mining & Manufacturing Company and
acted in that capacity continuously until November, 1899, when
he accepted a position in Colorado. There he remained
until October, 1900, when he was recalled and became the manager
of the present plant and has since served in that important
position. The plant was established in 1896 and has a
capacity of forty thousand brick per day. Employment is
furnished to eighty men exclusive of the miners. There are
ten coal diggers in the coal mine and twenty clay diggers,
making one hundred and ten men altogether. A large
quantity of pressed brick is daily manufactured, and all lines
of fancy brick, of any color and any shade are made. The
product is shipped throughout the country, there being a good
market in thirty-one states and one hundred and thirty-one
cities. Large agencies have been established in all the
principal cities of the United States. Mr. Gould
came to his present position well equipped for his responsible
duties by practical experience. He has been engaged in
brick-manufacturing for fifteen years, principally in Iowa,
Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri. He then came to Shawnee,
and his supervision of the large plant of which he now has
charge is one which gives entire satisfaction to the company
which he represents. His practical knowledge of the
business enables him to carefully direct the working of this
large establishment and under his supervision the business is
constantly increasing, both in volume and importance. He
has the entire management, including the manufacture, the
purchases of materials and the sales, the therefore its
profitable and successful conduct is due entirely to his
efforts.
Fraternally Mr. Gould is well known and is a
valued representative of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias
fraternities. During the years of his residence he has
become quite widely known in Perry county and has gained a very
desirable reputation as an enterprising and reliable business
man, while outside of the office he is known for his genial
disposition and many admirable qualities which have gained him
warm personal regard. On December 7, 1893, Mr. Gould
was united in marriage to Miss Jettie M. Doty, of
Van Meter, Dallas county, Iowa. |
