New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-03
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We find in an exchange very interesting account
of the manufacturing establishment Of Messrs Dur
zee, Jaques & Chairman, dealers in hats, caps and
straw goods, 10 Gravier street, New Orleans, and
Duryee, Jaques Co., ~ Chambers street, New York.
The house sundoubtedly the Oldest in its department
of trade in the United States having been established
more than fifty years ago. since which it has continued
its business uninterruptedly, with occasional firm
changes Its mandatory is probably the largest in
the world and is located where first founded at New
ark New Jersey, where operations were begun by the
founder, MIR. William Rankin who retired many years
since, but still resides in that town. hale old man.
near four score years OF age In 1885 the name of
the house was changed to William Rankin & Co. in
1910 it was again altered to William Rankin, Duryee
Co.. and in 1855 assumed its present title of Dur
zee, Jaques Co., in Newark and New York, and
Duryee, Jacques Il Chairman in New Orleans
Their New York warehouse, at u Chambers street,
is one of the most magnificent of the iron columned
stone fronts in that city, and four lots each
one hundred and fftyone feet deep by thirty wide,
the lower floors being devoted to specimen goods and
counting house furnishings, while the many other
goods in the hat, cap and straw departments. The
reporter of the paper from which we gather these
particulars paid visit to the factory in Newark,
and found that it comprised six large brick buildings
of five stories in hight, with number of minor
erections, covering wide area, the firm being the
largest owners of real estate in the city, In the va
rous departments OF the factory they give employ
ment to over six hundred male and female assist.
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the walls Of the establishment. 1t is said that this Ia
the only concern in the country in which the work of
hat-making is "begun at the begnning"-that u.s.
where the fur Is taken from the skins of the beaver
the otter and other animals to be used in the making
Of the hats. Nothing but the raw material for all
work is brought into the factory, to go out finished
in all styles Of head covering.
A hundred horsepower engine drives the machi-
merry OF this vast factory, which is attended by
regiment of skillful mechanics, many of whom are
the of fathers who passed their lives in this en-
poy, and the magnitude of the operations carried on
eau only be realized by those who have seen them
seen the many and peculiar machines responding with
their several movements to the rush and roar OF the
motive enginery the crowds Of operatives in seeming
confusion, but each employed in his proper and re-
guar duties the masses Of material in various stages
of manufacture, from the raw merchandise to the
perfect hat, finished in all the delicate touches of the
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LUXURY WHICH IS EcoNoHY.-As very many of
our readers In this city and elsewhere are investing
in household gear this fall we esteem it if not duty
certainly an amiable and thoughtful thing to direct
their attention to an article of housefurnishing which
merits attention both because it is most excellent for
ito nnrnoue and bec,pse !, ID h,v,h,a a. nr;ca o,-
oaoi ppose anu ,ae a.
eeeu'nsy s.lali "nen compared win 'na' Vi o'ner
and less efficient appliances for the same purpose
We have reference to Howe's elliptic spring bed
botoms which in no;nt of dprahitv pnfa;,;no.e,,s
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The springs are made OF the best English cast STEEL
highly tempered and will retain their elastic quality
forever nnder the service which ,bev nerform and
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the bed BOTTOM VIII sustain weight OF Two thou'
sand pounds without their breaking, while 1t yields
| most luxuriously to the weight of child. This
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any shape or SIZE 1t has no interslces or cavities IN
which vermin can harbor, is entirely noiseless in
operation and with one thin mattress laid over II ia
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| per set, ana as t0ey enable the dispensing with
surplus mattresses it will be seen that they are the
essential mart of the cheanest of good beas-tbat q
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peu rs 'neaper WIN snan "ltnou' ,nem' Mr. ueoige
+. Gray 31s broadway New York, is agent for the
most extended scae-and AZ to their method of do;no
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INC advertising poiuon VI SA'u ousness we take tne
liberty OF transferring to our columns the following
extract from New York journal:
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