Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-04-08
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MEssRs. HARpINos, brothers, we have n
doubt would be very instructive to manufac
turers and business men generally. 1t ia no
likely, however, that such history viii b.
ever written. Some of those deeply concern
cd in its EARLIER operations have passed out o
life, others have ceased from active business
and all who in former years met with heav,
losses there. are probably willing to let thu
various causes which produced them slide on
of their recolectipns rs fast as possible. Il
is enough to say that, after the original cap
ital was sunk, u second capital, partly fur
nished by the same owners (or some of tbem)
and pa tly by new men, after few years
WAS wiped as clcanly out rs the first one was
and the property was purchased hy It's pre-
sent owners, three practical manufacturers
from Massachusetts,, for II very moderltc
fraction of its cost
Besides the obvious advantage arising from
the low rate ut which they purchased the
concern, thcsc gentlemen brought to thc
work - b. p Ign i.t.- .rl a-qa.J. 'nc" " nh
Whatever pertains u t." manufacturing, of
wo,l.n ri, ,,hs. fran, ,h, n.,rrl,,,so of tho raw
,,o,.r;.J >, ,h. st, - ,h. m,,pG.ctur.d
goods in the large markets, and they give
their personal attention to all parts of the
business. They are themselves. the buyers.
superintendents. master manufacturers and
salesmen Of their works, and are men Of
ability and industry in every branch of
their business These fi,cts sufficiently ex-
plain their uninterrupted success. While,
in some of the severe rcycrses which have
ber,llcn the manufacture of woolcns Of late
wears. m nv able concerns nave been entirely
rf..,,.;.., w.h.i,, .. t.... u .cas
i.,. =, ..,,.,,.,, "a
work.. ,bousb for ,,o,i. tr., ..n. i.,ni =
d;r,;ni.r,J co,..
At rr..ent their w,,r,;. ar i, ijysi,. .,. r,-
ton. They give enplovment to about $50
,..r.,ns. old and Young of whom about l3O
are girls. The monthly psv-rull for labor
alone. il about S550O. A ton Of wool ia
worked up daily. and about fIro jEousq,d
wards of clotn finished uH in the same lime.
From five to siy hundred cords Of wood and
800 tons Of coal are consumed annually in
warming the premises and in the different
nrocesses of ,bc r,,uurootura We meyer
visit the works of the Messrs. Hardings
without 6ndinp new evidences of imnrove-
ments in machinery sometimes of their
own invcntion, and of economv and skill in
;,s rso and of a v,,obt,l ord r-,dor, man
,,or,ont nm ,b. nav. oe .ho a,rnors Tho
su,, ,d .,oodr ,,o oe .ho;. od, :, ~.
1,rro arl..s - s,e;o;on, evidence If tbs;r
monufacturinc skill
The splendd water power above the bridge
on the North side of the River is used at
present. onlv by the Machine Shon of Messrs.
EDWARDS & STEVENS. and the Axe.helvo fac
tory or Mcssrs Corr
We noticsd durinr it's erection. last year.
the spacious shop Of MIssKs EDWARDS & STE
vENs. 1t is now completed and full of ma
chincry and Of work. Messrs. Edwards &
Stevens are manufacturers Of machines for
fuptT, -dN, SIurCU ana lOur NJlIls INtDCe.
Planning Machines, and Machinist's Tools.
and all kinds of Mill Gearing and Shafting.
They are practical, experienced, cnterprising
and industrious mechanics, and, OF course,
are doing a large and successful business.
Their orders come from wide region of
country, embracing the adjoining Counties.
They are running nine Lathes. with Planers,
upright Drills, &c. and give constant en-
plnymcnt to about fifteen hanls.
MEssRs. o. Il \. X. COLE occupy the
southern extension Of the builing Of Mcssrs
Edwards & Stevens, with their manufactory
of Axe-helves and Spokos. Their machinery
EN- mploys about half-a-dozen hands, and turns
out twenty dozen Iielves and about 500
Spokes d day, involving consumption of
about 100 cords of oak and hickory wood in
the year. The IIelves and Spokc> lind u
home market in this region, and are IN de-
mand, as being entirely superior to the hand
made article. An ingenious contrvance, (the
invention of Messrs. Cnle), collects and ex-
pels tho fine and suffocating wood-dust,
which usually ills the air where the opera
tion OF smoothing wood, by the use Of sanded
belts, is going on, and their shop is little
more dusty than any carpenters. Messrs.
Cole attend personally to their business, and,
in such excellent hands, it cannot fail to be
profitable.
The Foundry, which is an almost necessary
adjunct of the Machine Shop, is now occupied
by MEssRs. NYE & ALLEN. They employ
four or FIVE hands, and have good and steady
amount Of custom.
Messrs. A. R. & G. NJ. DuNc AN, nan