Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-04-01

doors. sash and blinds for the home market
1t is generally understood, we suppose, that
carpenters who are any where near such
factory no longer find it profitable to make
doors and slsh by the old hand process. Ma
chinery has for the most part relieved them
of that trouble Only the nicer styles OF
ornamental work of that sort are lett to the
hand work man, and even in that department
the cog wheels and revolving knives are fol-
lowing hard after the plane and chisel. We
were shown a day or two since, by Mr..
Chase. some doors, intended Tor the elegant
mansion of Mr.. l.. B. Cannon, now in pro-
cess of completion. They are of richly
grained butternut with many angled panels,
and mouldings Of dark black walnut, and in
ncatn, IS and finish are all that could be de-
sired. Work of this kind is not found IN
ordinary factories, and can only be proiita-
bly, undertaken in as complete an establish
ment and by such skilful workmen as Messrs
Chase & Smith. They are .enterprlsing
and Industrious mechanics, and do a success
ful and rapidly extending business Their
card will be found in our advertising
columns. 1t mentions several branches of
wood work done by them to which we have not
alluded, and we commend it to the careful
notice of house builders.
MEssRs. S. & j. II. GATES occupy large,
light, and ,nvcnicnt quarters in the second
story OF southern shop, with additional
accom-" cations in store houses &c. outside Of
the ,Aop. They, as some Of our readers will
rt nrmber, (and the same is true of Mr.
Chasc,) were burned out at their former
place If business. and had removed into the
old pioneer shop, in time to be burned out
again. But with genuine Yankee elasticity
they respectfully declined to give it up so.
They are now firmly rc-established, and are
doing a larger business then ever. Their bust
ness is the manufacture of the cheaper kinds
offurnituro for the city market. and some
idea of tie extent of 1t may be inferred from
the fact that a single order, from one Of their
customers, last week, was for eight thousand
wash stands.
Mr.. FREDERICK SMl1H's gri>tmill, is also
in this building. Mr.. Smith docs not so
extensively into the Touring business, but
finds abundant occupation for his mill stones
in grinding buckwheat -FOUR Indian meal,
&c, for the home market.
In the center building Messrs. W. " I.
| G. CRANE, occupy considerable space in the
manufacturing of stuff for packing boxes.
One would at first thought suppose that not
much of business could be made out OF the
simple getting out tho fat square pieces of
pine board which form the tops, sides and
and ends Of boxes Messrs. Crane employ
eight or ten men, and considerable machi-
merry, and use up abont t'0o million feet OF
lumber in year in nothing else, and find 1t
profitable business. The boxes 60 to Bos-
ton mainly where they are put together, and
many of them probably come back here fill
cd with goods.
j. II. FLANDERS machine shop is also
in the centre building, Mr.. Flanders is
the capable and efficient engineer
Of the establishment The ponderous
engine which gives life and motion to all
the machinery isundcr his charge, and evil
IDENTIFY is we'll cared for Mr. Flanders shop is
well supplied with lathes and other machi-
merry ; he has a good and growing amount
Of custom work land as g d mac hnist and
worthy man, deserves success.
Tho Sh2e-last factory OF Wing & SMITH, is
on tie lower floor Of the same building These
gentlemen have been with us now fora num-
her Of years, having been among the first
concerns which occupied the old Pioneer shop,
and have won good opinion. from every one,
as worthy citizens, good mechanics and good
men. We never enter their establishment
without noticing the evidences of growing
business in an increased number of hands at
work and added facilities, and we are glad
to chronicle their success. They send their
lasts to New York, where they keep u store
for their sales, and find it difficult to supply
the demand for them.
MEssRs CRoMBIE & KIMBALL, occupy the
entire upper story of the Northern building,
in the manufacture of doors and sash at
Who'll sale, for the Boston market and do a
thriving business at il. They employ between
twenty and thirty men, work up over
paiion icct of lumber, in the year, and are
now turning out a hundred doors a day. Tho
advantages of this location for snch bust
ness as tins and that of the packing boxes, is
apparent at glance. The manufacturers
have a stock Of fifteen or twenty millon
feet If lumber to select from, they have ey-
cry convenience for making and shipping,
and the freight on the manufactured article,
i, actually less, (ior it occupies less space in
the clr) than it would ho ON the boards f:om
which is made With such advantages,
and with such men, success is inevitable.
The remainder of the Centre binding and
portion of the Northern one is occupied by
the planning machines of Mr.. LAWRENCE
BAHNEs, If whose large business we shall
speak elsewhere in connection with his gene
raj lumber trade
The Foundry attached to the Pioneer Shops
is occupied by Mcssrs. HAMILroS & SEAvER.
They have done a considerable business in
the manufacture of Stoves, aud have an n-
creasing patronage in custom work OF various
kinds
A new branch Of business is about IA he
added to those we have mentioned. Mcssrs.
b THATCHER Il Co, Dealers in SALT Boston,
have engaged quarters in the centre budding,
and propose to 20 extensively into the grind