Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-03-20
Great Steam Shoe Factory at New
Orleans.

The attention of dealers is invited to the
following account of an enlarged and i'm
proved Shoe Factory at New Orleans. We
copy from the n. 0. Crescent. Every South
crn reader must rejoice at such an evidence
of the uprising of native skill and energy.
Neglect not to read the gratifying record:
"In these times, when it bch0ovcS the peo-
pie Of the South to foster more than ever all
the branches of mechanical industry that eN-
list, or may be inaugurated in the South, we
take especial pleasure in calling attention to
an establishment which we visited a few days
ago. 1t is No more nor less than a factory in
which plantation brogans are made by steam.
Tie planters Of the South will at once per-
cevc that here is something u engage their
immediate attention and when they thor
oughly comprehend, it their patronage will be
pretty sure TO follow.
Some six weeks ago, two enterprising gen.
temen Of ills city, Messrs. George II. Rozet
and Paul QueyrouSe, conceived the idea which
they have now developed and put into actual
and successful operation. They went 10 work
quietly, and have worked quietly, their irt-
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only when they got it into actual ope-
ration. Only within the last fortnight has
their enterprise become known beyond the
circle Of their immediate friends, and only
within the last few days has it been permit
ted to anybody to witness the mayellous prs-
cess Of making shoes by machinery. The
thing is now under way, and challenges alike
the admiration and the patronage OF the South.
The factory occupies !! large double three
story brick building on st. Ferdinand street,
near the levce, in the Third District. The
capital invested is upward Of S4O,0 10
give our readers as much Of an idea as posi-
bic of this novel enterprise, we will describe
it as we saw it, under the polite guidance OF
Mr.. Ruzct. Most of the machines are of Yam
keq invention and in their operation here,
they will doubtless help to teach the Yankees
that their judgment in voting for president is
far Lencath their ingenuity i'll contrlVing ma
chimes. The machinery fills all three stories
of the building, and is propelled on the cotton
factory principle, by one steam engine III Tue
basement
When finished the shoe is admirable in all
respects. No handwork in plantation bro
gars can begin to compete with the machine
work in neatncss, and cannot excel it in
strength or durability.
With thirty-tve men and boys as the whole
operative force, from the bottom OF the bull
ding to the top, the factory now turns out,
easily, GOO pairs of shoes per day. II the
proprictors meet with the encouragement
which they have reason to expect, they will,
with some few additions to their machinery,
and the employment Of 100 men, boys, and
girls, be able to manufacture LOCO pairs Of
shoes per day.
This is an enterprise that appeals to the
planting interest Of the whole South; Mcssrs
Rozct and Qucyrousc. guaranteeing that thell
shoes shall be fully as cheap and serviceable
as ANYTHING OF the kind that has ever yet
come from the North Planters in the city
will do well if they visit the manufactory and
examine the shoes made.
The place is at Nos. 10 and q st. Ferdl-
maud street, Third District"