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Flowers Sanitation Company History |
| 1944 |
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Frank Flowers establishes business. |
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Rogers interest in the trash business started at 8 years old
when he was emptying barrels in the back of his dad's pick up. |
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Flowers Sanitation started with 2 trash trucks & serviced a
small area. Frank also at that time operated the Virden
Landfill west of town; that landfill has been closed for a
number of years. |
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| 1971 |
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Built a 48 x 60 2 bay shop at 900 W. Fortune St. in Virden
with a 12 x 12 office & sitting on 1 acre of land; this was
all done while still working for his dad. |
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| 1978 |
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Roger ran a small route for 1 year while working with his dad. |
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Roger's equipment was a pick up with wooden sideboards. |
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Roger continued to build his route for 3 to 4 years then
expanded with a '73 Ford trash truck & '75 Ford Pick up |
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| 1981 |
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November Roger bought Frank out: 2 trash trucks & backhoe;
went to curbside pickup |
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| 1983 |
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Roger bought his 1st new International trash truck |
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had a '75 Chevrolet trash truck and a '75 pick up with dump
hopper |
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| 1988 |
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Bought 1st used '79 Mack roll off truck with 5 boxes & went in
to roll off business |
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was promoted by Thermal Ceramics in Girard who encouraged
Roger to haul their trash |
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| 1989 |
- Put
1st computer in the office in Virden |
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| 1991 |
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June bought out Hartman Disposal in Carlinville |
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have seen 4 haulers come and go and we are still here and
growing strong |
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| 1992 |
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Roger bought his 1st new roll off truck & at the time he
bought this new truck he had been in the roll off business 3
to 4 years |
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| 1994 |
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Roger built new office - added 1 more computer |
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Roger bought his 3rd new roll off truck |
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| 1997 |
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Roger built a 4 bay shop & washbay south of the main shop |
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Roger bought his 4th new roll off truck |
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| 2003 |
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Roger bought out Charlie & Lucy Pocklinkton's Residential &
Commercial Route |
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Charlie later retired in August of 2003 |
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| 2004 |
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Added 3rd office personel & 3rd computer |
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Roger bought out Harold Ellingers roll off business from
Litchfield |
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Added another 4 bay shop to the existing 4 bay shop w/ washbay |
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Roger bought an additional 3 acres for container storage |
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| 2005 |
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Added 4th office personel & 4th computer |
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| 2006 |
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Added 5th office personel & 5th computer |
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| 2007 |
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Added shop expansion & kitchenette |
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Currently Flowers Sanitation employs 5 office
personel Monday through Friday 7:30 - 4:00. Someone is
always in office to answer phone calls, not an answering
machine. |
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Currently Flowers Sanitation employs 22
drivers/laborers Monday through Friday 6:30 to when the route
is done. This number of employees does include Roger who
is a working owner & drives his own roll off truck. |
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| 5 |
- Roll Off Trucks |
| 4 |
- Pup Trailers -
Capability of hauling 8 roll off boxes at one time |
| 5 |
- Garbage Trucks |
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- Pick Up Trucks for
delivery of barrels & pick up of appliances and so forth |
| 5 |
- Satellite Packers |
| 2 |
- Satellite Trucks
with dump beds |
| 1 |
- Hook Lift Truck -
Capable of servicing 10-yd roll off boxes |
| 250 |
- Roll Off Boxes |
| 500 |
- Commercial
Containers |
