Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-02-01
NO. 13.

business of asserting the leaf for the lining,
the filling, the wrapping, the binding, the
occupation of choice in the leaf at first
offered, is one among the many niceties Of
the art, requiring in its perfection the
same mental effort by which the editor
from q maze of MSS. selects the appropri-
ate portions; by which the artist selects
the colors to be mixed that peculiar shade
| may be cast; by which the cotton sampler
| picks from o commingled heap twenty
different kinds; for tobacco that grows,
like cabbage, from the same stalk, con-
| tains various kinds, only appreciable to
the lively sensitiveness of the tobacconist.
The cigar factory is now in full operation,
though not yet working to its enormous
| capacity. All cigar varieties are here pro-
dueed in Quantities to fill any order, and
at cheaper rates than any manufacturer
elsewhere. The brand of "Intimidad,"
'Cervantes,p "Cinta d'Oriente," "Wash-
ington,'" "Londres,n "Flor de Morales"--.
all of the famous Havana brands, are here
produced. As the LOCKER On has begun
the operation of smoking q bundle of the
best, he can testify to their excellence and
quality. -st ..fa +. ra.
THE SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO MANU-
/ $40 #-" FACTORY. "'=sa+
| The factory of Mayer Bros. is located
corner OF Commerce and Lafayette streets,
occupying two three story brick buildings,
facing on Lafayette street. The lower.
floor is occupied as ware room for to-
bacco, in hogsheads, where the leaf is as
sorted by skillful operators. To divide off
tobacco, the whole hogshead must be
emptied, one containing as many different
kinds for cigars as there are brands. Fine
cut chewing tobacco is produced by pc
culiar process. The leaf is "casedn before
it goes to the cutter, passing through this
machine fine cut, it is ''cased" again, then
dried, then raeked. Each stage requires a
special department, The cutting machine
is a great patent; the same power that
turns the knife rolls out the leaf, presses it
Unto square compass and cuts it. The
knife is not required TO rest until the to-
bacco is pressed Ali that is required is to
feed the machine through trough with
leaf tobacco, when it reappears fine cut.
A huge grindstone, six feet in diameter.
grinds the knife. Another machine in
this establishment is that for beating the
leaf into killikinnick. 1t literally eats it
up and digests it into the consistency of
grits. Teeth are set into revolving cyl
inder that turns rapidly; the tobacco, put
IN the state of leaf, passes under it and
issues killikinnick; stems are added ac-
cording as the quality is desired and ara
beaten to pieces with the leaf. The ma
chine is precisely similar to the cotton di-
gester that beats asunder the fibre into cot
ton fleece. Moulds, square cut and ranged
IN several boxes, receive the killikinnick
after 1t has been by sitting machines sep
arated into fine, coarse and half coarse.
Here, in the moulds, square blocks fit
above and below it. The moulds and
boxes are put in steam press and
cranmed dewn into the cubical shape in
which it appears in market. A large dry
ing room, similar to an oven, is located in
one of the upper stories. Here fine cut. on
the second casting, is put in layers on the
/ several frames; the room is heated by
steam, and the drying commences. In
another room the packing of fine cut 10
carried on, each operative being supplied
with tin foil, etc., and finishing the opera
ton. Another department is devoted to
the stemming of tobacco preparatory for
the cigar or for smoking and tobacco.
Girls are exclusively employed, and in
hiring them for this light stemming work,
easily to be done, Mayer Bros. have shown
good judgment. The packing room is q
large department, where ten hands are
employed in packing IN several papers
the Maryland" Magnolia" and other
brands.
large outlay of capital that has been
made by Mayer Bros, is guaranty of sue
cess. The firm only ask for encourage
ment on behalf of our merchants to prove
the capacity that exists for the manufac-
ture OF all our necessary articles Their
originality in selecting their own brands
7 for their material is rewarded by IS large
sales as any other house in the United
States working under the same capital We
have the Bouquet" and "Magnolian to-
bacco solely manufactured by this house,
who are not ashamed to disayow their
handicraft in the impress Of borrowed
brands. A steam engine of twelve horse
power does the main work of the estsb-
lishment. Alterations have been made to
accommodate the great increase of dema and
for the material consequent upon the re-
cent close of the war. AS the other estab-
lishments, the Mayer Works have recently
undergone thorough reorganization. and
have completely recovered from the war.
The deeper that LOCKER On looks into our
arts and manufactures, the more is he con-
vinced of their practical reality. But there
are many things yet remaining unde-
yeloped
The foreman Of the chewing and smok-
ing tobacco factory is Mr.. Frank Traynor,
who has been In the business for many
years. The following are the brands of
tobacco made up:
Magnolia, fine cut chewing in tin-foil,
Magnolia, smoking tobacco; Powhatan,
smoking tobacco; Perique, smoking to-
baceo; Bouquet, Killickinick; Virginia
and Maryland smoking tobacco, put up in
different sizes and in bulk; Imitation
Turkish smoking tobacco, in drums; Kill
llekinick, in drums; Sugar plant, in drumss
Cotton boil, in drums; different brands of
German cut smoking tobacco.
This array will be proof of the size of
Mayer Bros, Crescent City Tobacco Works.
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