The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-04-21
Ukcu.s,,a manufactures have


frequently urged upon our citizens the Necessary
Of tablshing and maintaining various klhes o.
manufactures. if we would have our beautfa
CITY make any progress in population and wealt
or even hold lis own Population seeks en-
r1o,ing centres as naturally as water runs down
hin Where there is employment to be had,
t,i,bar tends the stream of population. The great
msss Of our people are those seeking employ,
mept. the place that furnishes the most OF that,
a rennDerative rates will grow fastest in pop
rIation and wealth. Employees soon become in
tnrn EMPLOYERS, and others come in to take their
nlaces. and thus there soon comes to be a com
posnd increase. But these are axioms, and used
only as an introduction to what we have to say
in regard to the manuiae tories already in opera
ton in our city.
For the past year, probably, the amount of U.
S. revenue tax upou manufactures in this city has
averaged about 500 per month This shows that
enterprise IS not altogether dead with u.s.
/ The principal establishments are as follows:
ED BANS Wagon and Carriage Factory
Mr.. Balm employs on an average about % hands,
His manufacture is confhed mostly to Wagons
His sales for the past year nave been between
81, 900 and $50, 600 His wagons have wide
reputation as being of superior workmanship,
and made of the very beet materials.
II. WooD Badger State Agricultural I'm
plement Works. and Steam Planning mill Mr.
Wood emplys about 30 men, AID manufactures
Wagons. Carriages, Plows, Horse Rakes, &c
The manufacture of the famous Hitchcock
Cast Steel Plows." is his principal forte, though
H. & -, hro,, F,,-, ,a1f to Io
manufactm of Wagons, during the past winter.
His PLows have The reputation of being the
best in the market. We have not the figures of
his aggregate product, but they must be large.
q DENEIs KEARHLY, is engaged in the manu-
facture Of Plows and Wagons, making the for|
mer a specially We have not the figures to
show the amount of his product during the past
year.
DAVID CRosIT is making Wagons, Sleighs,
&c, on lesser scale.
JOHN WEIR and A. PIERCE, also have shops
at which they manufacture Wagons
HEAD & CAmpBELL's Foundry, employs
about 20 men They have latterly turned their
attention almost entirely to the casting of their
famous Wagon SlIaneJ, of which they turn out
o. y 1AA~SOj
they turn out IS coo to 100000 lbs of castings,
stoves, hollow ware &c.
OF Tanneries we have three in operation
That Of ALIEN & SMITH is the most extensive.
They give employment to about Is men, and
their aggregate sales for the past year have
amounted to about $35 COG They manufacture
the best quality of Leather which finds ready
sale in any market
EDWARD ENGLIsH works about hands in
his Tannery with a yearly product of $4,000 to
| SIS eco worth OF the best quality of leather,
| SIMMONS, STEBBISs & Co., in connection
with their Boot 81 Shoe Store run Tannery in
which they employ four hands.
! LYMAN, MowEY 81 Go. go quite largely into
| the manufacture of Boots q Shoes They emN
ploy constantly Is hands, and turn out from
SIS GOO to so 900 worth during the year In
the manufacture of the finer styles of Shoes,
Boots Balmorals &c, they are not excelled by
any Of the eastern manufacturers.
| The Park City Match Co.. is a new insttu
ton that has been in operation but few months
running but one machine. They have another
machine in process of building, which they ex-
pect to have running by the LIST of June, which
will more than double their product and require
a much larger force, They will probably raise
the product to eco to 800 cases per month. We
shall have to defer fuller statement to another
year.
| Some other branches of manufacture are rep
resented in city. We have three Breweries
in full operation. =----
c. Meutzenberger, manufactures the ceebrat
ted Lager, whichis SO popular in the Chicago
market. taking the lead of all other brands, man
ufactures from 2,oOQ.to 3 900 barrels year
N. Brown is noted in almost every port on the
and Amber Aies. ? which have no superior any>
where, His product is from 1000 to $500 bbls.
a year.
j. Gottfredsen also brews quite ia rgey. tho
we have not the figures of the amount.
Mr. Gottfredsen is also in the Cigar line, ma,
king at the present gtime about 70 5000 per
month
John Erickson is also manufacturing Ciga RS
$4,000 to 10000 per month.
These are a few of the more prominent manue
features of our town If they could be doub-
led and quadruped we should think our pros
perity certain. There lie a splendid opening for
a Wooden Factory, and we hope to see it started
ere long. The who inaugurates that en-
lerprise, will meet with the sympathy and aid of
our entire community.
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Harper for May.-We had hoped to have the
Of No Nr+rr