The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-12-19
MANUFACTURES.
Dimock, Gould 4 Co.'s Tub and
Bucket Factory.

of the reading pubic know not how those
nsaf,I articles, the pail, and the bucket are
n.a. This lack of knowledge is due, al
,os. entirely to the commonness of the
.rticle, and not to Indifference. AS we said
before, visit will empty the curious, and as
we were curious on this subject, we ven
tured visit this morning to the scene Of &C
ton.
The factory and mill of the company are
situated at the upper end OF Wells street.
seven acres of land situated on both sides of
Wells, and extending from Main street to
the river. Ga the south side of Wells, and
between Wells and Main streets, is their
lumber yard, and two ware houses, one of
them is two story frame 40xlo0 feet, and
the other is also two story frame 35xS0
feet, both used for storage purposes 10 win
ter.
The first building on the north side of
Wells street and in the mandatory square,
is small, neat ona-story frame used for
office purposes.
| The fist building of any size is the saw
mill, which is substantial frame building
two stories high, l00x40 feet The first
floor of this building is used for cutting
slaves, lath and for planning, and contains
the usual number of lath aud planning saws,
and two patent saws for cutting slaves. If
the workman is known by his chips, he
must be valuable one here, for chips are
as numerous rs the leaves in spring, and in
quantity sufficient for dozen boat loads
The second story is used for the legitimate
purposes of saw mill, and contains m uley
and a rotary saw.
The engine room is the next one of inte-
rest. Here we find two steam engines, one
Of $50 horse power, which runs the saw mill,
the other OF 60 horse power which furnishes
the motive power for the remainder Of the
works. Oar attention was then called to
the patent boiler used BY the company, of
the Thompson patent, We think, and very
good one it is too. 1t is proof against ex-
piosion.
We pass next into the tub and bucket
factory. which is a two story brick building,
l00x40 feet. The lower floor is used for
planning, and putting together tubs and
wash boards, and contains 2 machines.
Numerous and extensive piles OF tubs,
boards, zinc, wire, and hoop iron nearly fill
the room. We pass up stairs into the pail
or bucket factory proper. Five costly ma
chimes ere in this room, Gu which the pals
and tubs are turned, and shaped. Each
machine requires from three TO FIVE men
to run it, and the articles ara
turned ont as fast as they can be
counted. They also have the necessary
machinery for turning one OF these machines
into churn machine, OF which they make
number annually.
The paint shop is next on the route, but
is unfinished and unoccupied. Our readers
will remember the burning Of the old one
; some weeks ago. y new one now stands on
the same foundation, of exactly the same
size. but is built of frame, which will be
protected By four inch brick wall, in the
spring. The interior is pspered with patent
paper, and will be very warm building
when finished. II is 40x80 feet, and two
stories high, both stories to be used fol
painting and finishing purposes, and is to be
heated By patent apparatus now being pu'
up.
The dry house next comes under our gaze
this we fad to be a two story brick building
S4x4i feet, divided into eight compartments
with Slated floor over the heating appa
ratus, which occupies the basement or fra
hoor,) on which the slaves and bottoms res
while undergoing the drying process, whicl
occupies from one to two weeks time. Blu
before driving, they are thoroughly seasoned
by being loosely stacked in the open ali
: and then dried. And perhaps it would no
: be aniss to say right here, that the WOO,
# is handled about thirty times while undergo
d ing the various processes of making tab
/ and pals.
It There are number Of other bui ldings
IS bat they are merely auxillisries to the mai
: works.
y The products OF the saw mill this seaso
9, were about 100000 feet of lunb Der, value
Is at 100000. OF this amount 100000 fee
e were required for the use of the factory
b The value of the products of the factory
n about $4,000, or about the came as las
Re year, making the total product of both $3.50
IS 900. An increase over last years sales an
Z? manufacture was prevented by the late fire
IS The number of hands employed at th
1t pail factory is Co, and their weekly wage
a amount to 800 The number of hands il
Re the mill is So, with weekly wages amount
g ing to 5O,-making total of l2O hand
at sn average price of $3.50 per week.
The present works are recent improve
s ments, the saw mill having been erected i
1867, and the other buildings In 1868. TIL
capital of the company is $3.50, 900, and tn
:. working capital 100000. The value G
the real estate and buildings of the compan
is S56, al. and the value of the machIner
$4,000, making total valuation of 800,
900. The value of stock on hand is nc
known as the inventory for the present yea
is not finished. They propose making al
addition TO their saw mill in the spring, e1
tending it about 40 feet, and putting i
saws, and consequently hiring more hand,
Ofiron they use about 10 tons month
> costing 81 ,450, which is obtained from Pitts
burg, Pa. OF sheet zinc, they use sbou
:: 10000 TBS. year, costing $3.50, which
: shipped from La Sale, this state. Of paint,
colors, and oils they use about s., 900 wort
+, year, which are obtained from Chicago. O
wire and nails they use $4,000 worth annu
ally, obtained from Pittsburg, St. Louis, an
Steubenville, o.
:. Their goods are shipped as far East a