Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-05-18

tablished branch Of his Tanning Mill
Factory in Cedar Falls. The mills are
put together and painted here. 100 are
now being put up, and are sold about as
rapidly as they can be got ready. It il
expected that $50 will be put up here
the present season. Two travelling
agents are employed.
BRICK YARD.
Daniel Wild, employs about ten men
Will manufacture at least So, 900 worth
of brick the present season.
STONE QUARRY. .e "a 3.
Townsend Il Benjamin, employ 1:
men, quarrying about 200 perch pei
week. There are a number of other
quarries of less Importance.
SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY.
f. M. Stead's Sash. Door and Blind
Factory, Planing-mill, &C., employs
five men. The value of the sash, doors
and blinds manufactured is not far from
$500 a month. His other business foots
up much more than this sum.
HARNESS MAKING. s. 's
Grant & Morrison employ five men
N. Hurst, two men.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
G.. III. Bphmler & Son, seven men :
James English, two men; A. Trow-
bridge, two men; John Reed, A. J. AL
len, J. G. Arbuckle. Number of shops
for the manufacture of boots and shoes,
six; number of men engaged, fourteen.
TAILORING. ....
Bird, Pickton & Co., seven hands; VIM.
Ireland & Co., six hands; j. Myth, two
hands. Number of shops for the man
ufacture of clothing, three; number OF
men employed, fifteen.
..# WAGON MAKING.
Freeman & VanSickel, G. G. Charles,
Niles Christensen, VIM. II. Burgardt,
Nicholas Beren, Felix Roth. Number
of shops, six; number engaged, seven.
r . MILLINERY.
Miss A. McNally, seven employed
G. III. Lathrop, three employed; the
Misses Millholen, two employed. Mum
Der of millinery shops, three; number
employed, twelve. There are others
who work at their homes; also dozen
or so who work at dress making.
TIN, COPPER AND sHEET-IRoN WARE.
Thompson & Co. employ two men,
and manufacture about 81 300 worth OF
ware year. Lyman Blair & Co. en-
ploy two men, and manufacture about
the same amount. Pierce, Sawyer &
Co. have two men, and also manufac.
ture about 81 200 worth. .s..
PRINTING. ...... H..
Gazette Office, H. A. & G. u. Perkins,
five men.
COOPERAGE.
Each Of the Touring mills operate a
cooperage. Tight work is manufacture
ed at these when called for. w. F.
Barker 10 about starting a shop of his
own, where all kinds of work will be
done.
MARBLE WORKS.
J. +. Perkins, furnishing employment
to three men.
BREWERIEs.
II. Pfeiffer & Bro. make about 500
barrels of beer year. Business fur
nishes employment to three men in
summer and four in winter. Geo. Knott
makes about 500 barrels a year, employ
ing three men. II. s. Shelley makes
about 400 barrels, with two men in sum
mcr and three in winter.
BLACksMITHING.
Freeman & VanSickel and one jour.
neyman; Fosdick & Jones; O'Connol
Bros. (2); A. III. Palmer, Il. T.. Lune'
mann, Robert Butterworth, c. & G.
Miller, Gilbert Mcdonald. Number Of
shops, eight; number employed, thir'
teen.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Book Bindery and Blank Book Man.
ufactory-A. Hartmann; Photograph
Gallery-G. III. Harlacher; Tannerie.
II. E.. Miller, L. w. Babcock; Lin,
Kilns-Chas. Hesse.
REHABILITATION. .-
In 1860 there were, in the entire coun
ty, only 81 manufacturing establish
ments, employing 10 men and women
Now, in Cedar Falls alone, we hav,
over So establishments, employing owe
$50 men and women-saying nothing o
Hoit's Agricultural Implement Factory
This, we think, shows rapid progress.
Mercantile and Business Firms-PrOfes
si0nal and Business Men.
Dry Goods and General Merchandise.
Albert Allen, clerks; Frank & Her
man, 2clerks; Miller & Wilson, 2 CLERKS
l.. Darling, clerks.
Groceries.
+. A. Hotchkiss, 3 clerks; Chas. Nee
ly, clerk A. l.. Nichols, / clerk; q
McNally & Bro; A. Taggart & Bro; B.
f. White; L. Enz.
Drug Stores.
j. l.. Cole, clerks; J. w. Plummel
u Co., clerk; G.. N. Miner, clerk.
Hardware.
Lyman Blair & Co., 2 clerks; Thomp.
son d Co., 2 CLERKS; Pierce, Sawyer & Co,
agricultural Implements.
T. l.. French, clerk and II agents
Hunt & Rowland, agents; Carpenter