, 1859-04-06

Nc not unfrequent'y, md always with graft
cation, arc called upon, in the course of our
samhlcs about the city, to refer to the manu-
featuring interests Of Chicago, and invariably
us with reason, do we urge the importance Of
oarp position as manufacturing point, We hail
each accession to the numbeg Of individual OF
corporate enterprises looking in this direction.
The time will come when the vast system Of
railroads here ccnterlng, and the far.reaching
advantages Of Lake and Canal navigation shall
give life mud activity to hundreds Of large es-
Establishments yet to be erected representing tho
various fields Of manufacture We are settinc
in that direction already. High rents have built
us city with u celerity. that almost realizes
Aladdin, bnt hitherto they have driven away
the manufacturer, and the mechanic here seeking
u hotue.
While this is the case, and VIC are yet to oc-
cupy the field now scarcely opened, the manu-
facturing era, VIC hare within few days past
visited an establishment which, for dazen
years past, has occupied u prominent, and long
aplonccr place in our manufactures.
For more than the period named, OF since
1876, the Reaper and Mower Manufactory of c.
II. Mccormick, Esq. has been fixed fact here,
and not only as compared with all classcs Of
our manufacture but more appropriately with
its special class and department in the country
ut large, it has presented history uniformly
prosperous, Nnd ever marked with the abun-
dant proofs Of energy, enterprise and skill in
IFS management, and that with scarcely par
alle'.
The first erected Of the present structures
now standing on the extensive yards u Mr.
Mccormick, on the north side Of the river, be-
lpw Rush street bridge, was built in 1876. 1t
has been ndded to from time to time. Other
structures have risen beside it, until with the
fine fvc-story Milwaukee brick stores and ware
houses erected the last season, the Reaper
Works comprise five buildings Of from two to
lyr stories each, all furnishing an aggregate Of
one hundred and ten thousand superficial feet
Of floor area. The yard las river dock Of
about three hundred feet, with street front On
North Water street. The shipping aud rcceir-
ing facilities thus enjoyed are of immense value
in an establishment Of this class.
The reader accepted let us believe, our inyi-
tation for stroll through the Works with ". s.
McConxlcK, Esq, brother Of the proprietor,
aud for ter. years manager of the Finance und
General Control Of the establishment
THE OFFICE.
We do not propose to tarry long in the Office
among the busy clerks and bookkcepcrs, but
that little will supply us With hint as to how
MI cn1 Ill ~,
this Reaper Office are exhibited not only the
mathematical but the geographical accessories
and aids to successful business. Maps repre-
srnting the chief grain and hemp growing re.
4ions Of tllls country urc made to know new SUBJ
divisions as the field Of the Agents Of McCor~
lnick's Reaper and Mower, and By each nume
is little column Of figures giving the sales Of
successive ycars.
There arc are also souvenirs of the great
World Exhibition, at London, when the McCor-
M'ck's Reaper, aud the Collins Line of steamers,
and the yacht Au,erica bore nwAy cnyicd
pululs.
The Reaper and Mower have done for the
harvest aud hay field what steam has done for
travelling, and the power loom with the hand
loum, intcrposcd wooden and iron muscles aud
iron sincws for slower hand labor.
TUE WORKS.
From the office VIC enter the mechanical de-
pnrtmcnt under the care for the last decade If
ycai.s, Of J.. ]. McCoaAlcK, another Of the bro
shcrs, who has from the fruits of his skill and
ingenuity added great simplicity Of detail and
force and readiness Of execution in his depart
sncnt. The number Of hands now employed is
rs follows: