The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-09-20
From tie n. ". .4drsrtiser.
MOLINE, ILL.-lTS MANUFAC-
TURES, &c,

TUNES, DC.
A few days since we made it convent
ent TO visit our pleasant, sister town OF
| Moline, and we cannot forbear noting its
extensive manufactures, business, pros
poets, DC.
This enterprising place, although il has
been greatly retarded in its business opera
tons the present season in consequence OF
an extensive break in its eastern dam, has,
notwithstanding, been doing quite prosper
GUS business, its various mills aud workshops
giving active employment to large number
Of citizens and laborers. In consequence
of the break alluded to above, we were
obliged to use boat to cross over to the
| Mississippi Mill, so called, which is on the
western side 81 Rock Island, on dam built
from said Island, to smaller one in the
Mississippi river. Here, Mr.. Il: Pitt. has
large three story building, 10 the lower
part of " hich we noticed one Of Woodworth's
Planning Machines at work dressing floor
ing and siding, in fine style, tongueing and
grooveing tho former during the same OPP
Grafton. These Machines are owned by
Cbas. Atkinson Esq. There were also up
right, circular. and boiling saws at work,
cutting timber into boards and planks, and
the slabs into laths, all dancing merrily as
propelled BY the great Father Of Waters.
Mr.. Pitts cuts up 10000 feet OF lumber and
10000 Iaths per week, and that portion
which does no. find ready sale at home, ie
RATED and sent to St. Louis, and the inter
mediate ports. NLA.R-Seazs. has charge
of the entire concern, and the way we saw
him drire things. set him down at once, as an
energetic, go-abead sort Of man. The
upper stories We found, occupied as Bed
stead mandatory by Dimock s. Pitts, who
carry on the business quite extensively
turning out from so to 100 per week, which
are shipped up and down the river to vari-
Gus points, a. ordered. They also do Gus
tom turning, 10, chair stuff, &c; oil the
machinery about this establishment is Of
the mos. approved and neatest construction.
D. c. Dimock has charge Of the latter con-
cern-he is an ingenious and enterprising
Yankee OF the right stamp, and the proba-
bility is that he might turn "wooden nut
megs' and Bacon Hams with pretty good
success. We did not learn the number Of
men employed, but saw quite number en-
gagged in the various departments, saving,
turning, boring, mortising, vanishing, put
ting together, &c, each busily engaged in
his own peculiar department.
i Being here about half a day, we traced
our steps back to the opposite side Of the
island, where we next stepped into fine
large Mill owned By Spencek II. White
In the upper story of this mill were upright,
circular and boiling saws for cutting lumber
and la,hs capable Of doing as much as any
other mill. A part Of this floor is occupied
BY one Of Daniels Planning Machines own
ed by Messrs. w A. s. Alonzo Nurse, the
enterprising Tanning Mil Makers, who
drive their business very extensively. The
boards for their Mills after first being kiln
dried are here planed, and then prepared in
the room below, where we noticed some
eight or ten circular saws with other ma
chimes of different construction, remaining,
morticing, matching, turning. beveling, &c,
all in full operation, making tremendous
racket, and turning out everything by ma
chinery, even to cutting the circular air
holes, al! ready for the finishing shop, where
we will now take our readers. This is a
large building, where the materials are
sent to, from the mill. and put in proper
shape to be carried on, into the world as
"Nurses' Premium Tanning Mills" said to
be the best in the West. Connected with
this shop they have Painting and Black
smith shop, expressly for their own business,
and close BY we saw woman weaving
wire screens for these mills. They have
also large and extensive store, a. which
we made few purchases at rates quite
reasonable.
1 They informed Us that in their business
they employ 80 men, one woman, and three
bows, beside clerks, travelling agents and
proprietors. and that it gives support to %
families. Their Mills are shipped to differ
en-, points on the Mississippi, Illinois, Cedar,
Town, and Rock rivers, from which points
their peddlers carry them into the interior
and dispose Of them. During the peddling
season they furnish go to 70 Mills weekly,
and are preparing the materials BY whole
sale to other Tanning Mill makers, all
ready to be put together. They employ | ]
men in their pedding operations.
If they do not raise 'the wind" it will not
be for the want OF exertion and enterprise
on their part.
Messrs. Chamberlain, Dean. &C., have a
foe Milin the middle Of the stream, which
has done nothing since spring, but which
will be in operation again as soon as the
dam is repaired. This Mill ia capable Of
cutting 100000 feet oflumber and .O00,-
600 lath in a season. This company have
! store for the sale of merchandise.
Messrs Stein & Overmeyer occupy q
| mill on the main shore OF about double the
capacity Of the mills last mentioned, with
| which they have connected two double
Cnrding Machines and one run Of stone
| They grind ahoiu ~ bushels Of Whe Al