Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-10-05
C1NCrNNAT1 INDUSTRIES
THE HIDE AND LEArHER BUSINESS
RICHARD wooLIEr,s EsTABLIsHMESr.


have endeayored, in the past, few
years, to- advise the people abroad Of
Cincinnati's facilities for supplying the
trade in all branches of commercial and
/ 3 manufacturing industry, and we have
felt we'll repaid by the warm and id
creasing support which has been be
= slowed on the BULLETIN by the mercau-
tile and manufacturing community. we
have aimed to givesa true and correct ae-
count of such establishments as we ilaYe
visited, and in our laudations of the va
rious enterprises which we have motto ed
we believe we are not amenable to the
charges of Partially or over-estimation
of Cincinnati as a commercial and manti-
featuring center II IS
The statistics Of the business transacted
in this city during 1871 show large
u increase over those ofany previous year,
and demonstrate the fact that the Queen
City is steadily attaining rank that is
. enyiable, and OF which each Of fher bust
ness men should feel proud. The boot
y and shoe interest alone has Increased in
. .rnanufactories and production about fff-
teen percent. in thegear past, and so it
-
may be said of other NbranIhes; but re-
Gently our attention wasdirected to onc
line which We have hitherto passed with
out especial notiee, and IS etss which,
in extent ana amotfnt Of capital en-
ployed, is a leading feature, and is in all
its details more perfect than. in perhaps
any other city on the continent I'VE re-
s fer to the leather and findings trade,
which we this week propose to- review
in brief article.sg -. 91ss ,.,.,r11s
RICHARD wooLLEY's ESTABLISHMENT,
9 No. I66 Main streetss Our enthusiasm in
;. Vne pursuit of intelligence in regard to
\ what Is going sont in, the commercial
world not nnfrequently inducesns to inn
pose upon good nature, and on recent
g occasion we button heled'', Mr.. Richard
Woolley, who kindly consented to show
us through his very extensive establish
ment, stocked with full and complete
: line Aof leather, findings, &C., for the
boot, shoe, saddle and harness trade. We
must. confess our previous ignorance as
p to the extent of this business, and We're
surprised at the magnitude of the estab-
lishment over which Mr.. WoolleY pre-
sides. We were conducted ihtothe var
ious departments, al of which bore testi-
mony to the yastriess of the demand for
this class of goods, and to the complete
ness OF the preparations to meet that de-
mand. From the pavement the building
stands four stories, which, if erected in
the usual style, would make, at least six
, good stories; but from the outside few
would form a correct idea of the interior
dimensions, which consist of six floors,
two of which are below the level of the
street, the ceilings and walls plastered
and.perfectly dry, extending depth of
17o feet, wide and airy. Upon each floor
we observed the faultless order and ar
rangement of the goods, which, in our
s view, is a marked feature of the capacity
q of the building, and the care bestowed
upon the centents. With Mr.. Woolley we
descended. to the second floor below,
which we will designate as the
s..s SUB CELLAR, -.gt,1
In which Is stored the large stock OF oils
kept on hand by this house and here we
desire to say that no other leather and
finding house In the country contains SO
extensive and well-selected a stock of
oils for the use of tanners. In this spe-
cialty we found tanners oil, tallow, Lab
rador cod, straits and bank oils, japonica
and the various extracts of hemlock and
chestnut oak sbarks. Notwithstanding
ithe extent of the building, for want of
room large number of hides are obliged
ttr, s11o Iron NJ in fhiS GUIh-pallar.
e MAIN CELLAR.
This department is plastered and Well
ventilated, and contains a large stock OF
the very best imported kip and calf, as
well as the best make of domestic kip,
calf and upper, for which Mr.. Wooliey
informs us there is great demand.
Upon this floor are situated two vats,
which are used in the soaking of rough
leather before it enters the currying
shop. Again we were confronted by
hemloek and oak sole leather, and we
drew our own conclusion, that Mr..
Woolley drives thriving business in
Buffalo-tanned sole leather. Upon the
FIRST FLOOR ,
Above are exhibited vast assortment of
the different grades and weights of hem
lock sole, Buffalo tan, Slaughter and
Spanish sole-leather, from the most ex-
tensiye tanneries in the country, located
at Buffalo, N. Y, and of which we
should suppose that Mr.. Woolley is the
chief patron. Also, on this floor there
are displayed harness, skirting, black
.ond fatP hri(lIe collar feathers, splits and
buff upper, and imported calf and kip; a
fine stock of all grades of morocco, last
dngs, drills, cores, galoons, laces, eyelets,
and webs. Mr.. Woolley is, besides, the
Western agent for spare parts of McKay's
sewing machine, and is at all times pre-
pared to furnish duplicate parts, and
, wax, needles, and thread for use upon
the machine. OF nails there is an end
less variety, consisting of Swedes iron
and lasting tacks (used by manufacture
ers), iron, zinc, and Hungarian mails /:
-eyer0 ,Iescri Dtion of slOe-threads boot