Source: Rockford Morning Star-Register “Century Plus Ten” Edition March 19, 1962
grinders
Mattison Machine Works – 1950
Shoudy Manufacturing Company – 1891
Shoudy Manufacturing Company. This business is conducted by Israel Shoudy, with an invested capital of $10,000, and was established in 1888. Tank heaters, feed cookers, grinders, lawn mower attachments, and all other specialties are manufactured, with a force of ten employees. The business will foot up to $10,000 a year, with a pay-roll of $3,000. The building occupied is on South Wyman Street, on the water power, is of frame, 30×60′, two stories high, with a 30×40′ wing.
Source: “Industrial and Picturesque Rockford,” by Eugene Browne and F. Ford Rowe, 1891.