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E. Bement's Sons
 Considered a fine stove that heated
evenly and conserved fuel, this Bement "Palace Oak" parlor stove also features
an unusual decoration. The copper figure represents Christopher Columbus planting the flag in
the New World. Bement may have exhibited its products at the Columbian Exposition in
Chicago in 1893.
In 1897, E. Bement & Sons reorganized as E. Bement's Sons and employed 396 men and
four women in a sprawling factory at Grand River and Ionia streets. Its average monthly
payroll of $14,300 was by far the city's largest. Bement's diverse product line—including
Palace stoves, Peerless plows, harrows, bobsleds and road scrapers—was marketed
worldwide.
 Three Bement brothers, Arthur, Willis and Clarence, shared oversight
of the company their father had founded. In addition, Arthur served as vice president of
the Lansing Improvement Company and Clarence represented the 4th ward on the board of
education. E. Bement's Sons went out of business in 1907. Most employees were able to find
work in the rapidly growing auto industry.
Other manufacturers and dealers of agricultural implements and stoves in 1897
Lansing included:
- Alexander Furnace and Mnfg. Co., west side Mill south of Michigan Ave (also/or, south
side Mill, 2 s Michigan Ave?)
- Aultman, Miller & Co., Agricultural Implements, 702-704 Michigan Ave. e.
- Central Implement Co., ?
- Garber Bros, Agricultural Implements, 407-409 Washington Ave n.
- Lansing Implement Co., General Agents—Implement Specialties, 315 Capitol Ave. s.
- Lansing Wheelbarrow Co., corner Cedar and Saginaw
- Maud S. Wind Mill and Pump Co., 213 Cedar n (w side Cedar
between Shiawassee and Condit)
- Michigan Supply Co. (E. F. Cooley, propr) (sales of pipes, fittings, windmills, etc.), s
w cor Grand and Ottawa
- Walton A. Newton, Agricultural Implements and Carriages, cor Michigan Ave. and Grand
- North-Molitor Manufacturing Co., Mfgr. Agricultural Implements, e side of Grand between
Ottawa and Shiawassee
- Rork Bros. (James, Michael), Windmills and Agricultural
Implements, 113 Franklin e.
- J. C. Stone, Manufacturer Safety Chimney Thimble and Stovepipe Fastener, 115 Washington
Ave. n.
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