The evening Argus., 1870-12-16

three story brick, 59x60 feet. The lower
floor of this building is used for pillow fitting
that is putting the wood and iron work
together Here were more men, more
handles, beams, shares, cutters, eto. The
second story of this building is used for
screw cutting and pattern making, and the
third story for storage.
And still another building, three story
stone, 50x9l feet, with basement in which
are the various apparatus for supplying the
works with motive power, the shafting. pul
leys, etc. The company have about 2 500
horse power for the use of their works, al
though one-6ftn that amount runs them at
present. In the frs, story of this building
is the wood working machinery, and right
here We would say of their entire machinery
that it is the best that money could procure
The second story is used for stocking OF
plows, s,-putting On handles and beams, and
the third story for vanishing purposes.
The next building is a three story brick,
6sxll5 feet. The first story is used for
grinding and polishing plows, and 1t liter
ally crsmmed with the grindstones, shsfting,
powshsres and men. The secoud story is
used for woodwork, putting up euitiva,ors,
and packing plows. While We ere in the
cultivator room let US call your attention to
the quality of the one manufactured here,
tha. particularly struck US as being good
thing, i: is patent joint or knuckle, which
holds the handles TO the axle: also their
patent axle, which being fastened with
wooden pin, prevents injury to the machine
when undue strain is put upon 1t. If we
provements to your satisfaction or enlight-
eminent, it is because we know about as
much about a cultivstor as we do of the
Chinese language, not for want OF intention
The third floor is used as q paint room, for
the en- bellshment OF culsivasors. In the
basement of this building is their fire
pump, one of the Holly patent.
! The next building is one story black
smith shop, 53xl00 feet. FIVE have not
mentioned the workmen, ia several build
/ ings it is 10. because there were none, for
they are as thick as bees in ell the build
| ings, and a good deal buster.
/ The next is oae and half story frame,
26xl00 feet, used Tor storage, and the next
one is also used for storage, being two
story frame, 65z59.
| The last building in the square is G one
and half story frame, 3516s feet, used as
handle bending shop, and is filed with
handles, crooked and straight, from floor to
roof
| As we have made the rounds of the con-
pany's buildings on one side ofMsin street,
| let us cross the street, where they own lot
/ with frontage of l60 feet on Main street,
with depth of $50 feet, on which are more
buildings. one of them is a storage building,
frame, one story, 35x80 feet, and the other
is the foundry, where all the castings are
made, one story stone, 45xlO0 feet. We
have now made the entire circuit of the
esta ablishment, and are tired. We have
seen piles of iron and steel, piles is a poor
word. perhaps stacks would be better.
| Also stacks of wood in all shapes and of all
sizes every room contains it's
share OF stock. Plows, 6p-
ished and unfinished, cultivators innumera-
| Bile, and we are satisfied that we have seen
an immense establishment, although we
have not the space or power to describe
| abo,ld ba
| The company own the ground on which the
main works are located, which have front
age of 300 feet on Main street, and on the
liver 1928 feet.
They employ 800 men, and have q capac.
ity for turning out l 500 steel plows . week.
OF walking cultivators they turn out
between 5000 and 5000 annually. The
works have been in operation for the las,
twenty years, although, of course, they have
| not reached their present magnitude until
within the last few years. OF the quality O.
their manufactures, their sales will say
more than we can their annual sales being
larger than those of any other establish
ment in the United States.
The importance Of manufactures to
place never was mere fully examplifed
than by this establishment. Employment
is furnished to three hundred men, and
where this force lodge, there must necess-
arily be houses built for their accommoda
ton. Their annual salaries are distributed
among their own merchants, and every dol,
lar expended in manufactures must necess-
arily add to the wealth Of the community in
which it is located The truth of this is
plainly seen BY our citizens who are turning
every stone to obtain them.
Manufactures are to a city it's very life,
and to lose one would be the greatest loss
that could be inflicted on a growing town.
Here is an establishment, turning out on an
average 1,500 plows week, 5000 or 5000
cultivators a year, and paying GU. annually
immense sums Of money for material, i'm.
provements, or as wages, aud at the same
time furnishing to hundreds of
mon employment, and to farmers
implements to help him till the soil. Add
to oil these advantages the fact that this e,.
sablishmsns carries to oil parts Of the ooun. /