The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-05-19

will employ ABOUT e"eh't ""'-' 49, 49,
gac,ure fifty threshing machines oeslaes
seed drills, &c, sc. Capital invested 3D.
coo.
THE Agricultural Implement Factory OF
Messrs. Davis. Watson & CO., near the above
during the present year WIZ
employ about fifty hands and manufacture
from one hundred to two hundred threshing
machines.--Ep GAz.
Pioneer Saw Mil. by Burnell, Giliet y
RI This establishment runs two muiey
and Two rotary saws, cue single machine,
txo ls.h saws, sash and door machinery,
&c. The following are their figures:
Lsmbe, manufactured teet s,6S9oee $50 ssos
Shingles ~ ~ go, = poa
lsTh i9pon
T2tal valusof manufactures sh',s"'
There are abou forty hands employed .,
Ithis establishment, and the capital invested
| fxh;cb includes their years purchase OF
| !, gsyis stated at Slso,ooo.
| Planning Mill and Furniture Factory, by
RurneH. Gillet & Co.-This establishment
rms four planning msehines, (three Daniels
a ma one Fjsk,s pateni) and an endless num-
har az small saws II has been in opera
ion bu, six months, during which time they
nave manufactured to the amount OF about
Il 900. and employed about thirty hands
1 Capital invested $4,000.
/ Saw and Planning Mills, by ], NJ. Cannon,
This estabtablishment runs tive upright
saws and ono rotary, enc sash machine, one
Hath saw. one shingie machine, CIV oods
patenil one plsning machine, tNoreross
snd several siding saws. Fltty-t&o hands
are employed. The following figures we
copied from their books:
Ia ne>r suAnaiasiured feei 49,.
shingtss No $500 ,caa
lsia i,eW''"' -, o,s "a
yalae ofiAe aanre ,,;,t ~ 80 N
Van. 81 4ozasfaetatess = fiasihs 'lAs .''Noioe
Total yala. OF na saiaciuits sSi,-lssss
! The capital invested at this establishment
was given at $4,000
! The Mccarthy Saw Mill, BY n. Kendall
a. Co. During the past year this mill has
run bal liule; but during the present year
they expect 10 manufacture ZoAoo teet per
dsv. Capital invested, $4,000
Saw Mil. Stave, Lath aad Shingle Facto
~ by Renwick & Son.-This establish
menthas upright and rotary saws, one staye
machine, one iath saw and one single ma
chine. During tue past year il has run but
twenty weeks, employed thirteen hands,
and has manufactured as follows:
Lumber ,set i., ~, o.
Lsth No. i'.oe;o"u
shIngle Machine per dsy, No. shingles ie,sog
ss 80 yayss,sS 5000
planning Mil, Sash, Door and Blind Fac.
tory. &c, by Cotes & Davies. This mill
has two first class Woodwork planners, ca
! pable of dressing $4,000 feet OF lumber pei
Idsy Of ten hours. The amount Of lumber
} dressed was not received. The following
, figures represent part Of their business:
sa.b Doors and Blads ufs st5red ia 1855 $3.50
lC.eitsi isves,ed ia md and iuatef yards ieeoo
: FIGURING Mill, by Burrows e. Prettyman.
This mil! has FIVE run of large bnrrs, and
the building is so feet by 10, four storie:
! lhigb, During the past ten months the fol.
lowing are the operations Of the mill:
Irinar manufactured bbls7o,e0,
lValns of same s1sU-sOs
Capital invested 1eVS.
NJ. hands employed
Saw Mill, Planning Mil, dc, by Bosworth
& Allen.--Ihis mill has rotary and siding
saws, lath saws, &C., &c; but on account
Of the absence oil the preprietors, their fig-
ures could not be obtained
: Carriage Factory, by Andrews & Shell
ley.-This factory employs about 50 hands
J and turns out very superior carriages, bug.
J r;es. hacks, &c During the past year
hey have manufactured about $4,000
, worth OF carriages. Capital invested $780,
600
Carriage Factory, by Hager & Weber
This establishment employs eighteen hands
tand has manufactured during the past
wear, about 100 carriages, &c. Figures re-
fused.
Furniture aud Mattress Factory, by A
Mcneil a. Brother.-Tbis establishment j.
engaged in the manufacture Of al! kinds o.
furniture, &c. The following are the ig
ures OF the business for 1855:
Furniture manufactured 1o,eol
, capital invested 'u,out
No. hands employed
Plow Factory, by Bechtel, Skinner 6
Burris This is the nucleus Of large es
Establishment. The following are the figure:
&C., for the past year:
: Pgows manufactured 300
Value efsEu3 sStoJ
IEapilsl invested l5-oo
I HANDS ehPiosrd .
Rope Factory, by Joseph Smith.-Tht
walk is 275 feet long. They have not ye
} fairly commenced manufacturing. Capita
Invested $1,000.
Soap Factory, by Arndi g. Co. (three
separate establishments. During The pas
wear the manufacturers amounted 10 $50,
. 900. Capital invested $4,000 About !:
hands are employed.
Furniture Factory. by NJ. DessaiRt.--
; This establishment is but recently erected
! They will employ about fifteen hands Cap
tal invested $4,000,
u Mr. Dessaint now employs thirty hands
Ed. Gaz
II There are seven wagon shops which EN-
ploy altogether probably thirty-fVe hands
: and manufacture and repair wagons 10 the
value Of about $4,000. Total capital in
} vested probably $1,000.
There are i've brick yards in and around
t,he city. which have manufactured probably
. about 1900 900 brick during the past wear;
E. 5ut il is q difficult mstter to get the amount
| If brick manufa ctured, as in many cases
where the buildings are erected tae builder
: makes his own brick on the spot where he
{ Dailds, from the clay which he Dig out Of
] his cellars.
, Last season there were thirteen brick
yards in and around Davenport, and then
! could not supply The demand. This year,
we presume, the number will be increased
I-ED. GAz,
The following is recapitalatIon Of the
manufactures, &c, Of Davenport:
4 Haras tapitsl Value Of
! Employed. Invested. Manu- iacturss
Saw Mills, Planning
! Mills. dc lte s-'11t.V ssV-,1 "
FIGURING Mills so'oV1 's1'9
FoandIlBs, ese - ~"'V" oisoDV
Agricultural imPie ,
mepts- PloEs, &C 40 su'nOU 5s,bOe
Enyrfture DE q 1000 10000
Carriages, DC $500 sSOO
soap Factories ~ igFV1' J'-Vp
Rope 4f''' -
BrIck 'e'"'