Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-21

The New York Harness Trade.
No branch of business has within the
past ten or fifteen years undergone so many
changes as the harness trade in New York
and IN other large cities in the United
States. The time was, and not very dis.
taut time, either, when saddles aud bridler
like shoes and breeehes, were ordered oi
retail dealers, aud we're cut and furnished
by msssurs, after tho consumption Of no
little time by the maker, and at q great ex-
psnss Of the Pa,iencs of the customer. In
those times 40 uncommon number Of orders
coming upon even the most extensive of
the small re'aIl harness dealers would have
created an extraordinary excitement 10 ste
workshop. aud pot Its resources 10 The Sc
veress IesL Then, g demand for two or
thtos ssi, Of double harness would have
disturbed the equsuimity Of the entire
community of retail dealers, and much time
aud y grJat deal OF shining would have
been required to5meet the demand.
If the harness trade had continued to be
couGaed TO the small workAhops, it would
have taken q century TO Ct out the thous-
Auds Of coaches and trucks and light wa
goas which now crowd our thoroughfares, OF
TO supply the handsome equippages which
present such an imposing aud beautiful
spectacle 10 the parks of fashionable cities
-parteul1rly In New York The neeessi-
ties Of ths times were TOO pressing TO be
met by even the most fashionable Of the
harness makers. Business and wealth in
creased too rapidly. There we're too many
laboring horses to be harnessed, and too
many expensive and fleet footed trotters to
be dscked out, aud too many stately car.
riags horses to be capArisoasd. Equestri-
Aoism and driving outgrew the resources Of
the harness trade, which ives too limited
And too slow for the times, besides being as
costly As n was select aud limited. The
conssqu noe vas, that for long period sf-
ter the business Of many cities reuuiring
ths employment of additional means of
strssl transportation, had increased With al
most marvellous aud with certainly unprs-
o,dsutsd rApidity, aud a mania for fast
horses and handsome establishments had
s-lz ID the CAV And fashionable para OF the
p.oole, the owners Of famous teams we're
uonoslled to forego the pleasure of iGtro-
du,ing them in public for want of suitAb be
u.f,es, The lule anusacturers were
NJ. a1a4l 10 ths occasion, and large manu-
f4ctar4rs With abundant capital aud energy,
aad fun Of the spirit Of the period. came II
oop1r,unely, not only to accom- modste The
public, but TO accom- modAts it at q greA
saving Of time, and sI &c great 9 saving o
money.
These large manufacturers have only
been oq the scene for about Ave years. Th,
6rn OF c. II. Mosenaa h Bro, of No. II.
Chambers street, are the leaders in iht
Movement. They began, and have contin
usi to mauufsoture harness on lArg
scale, buying their materiAl BY wholesale
for oAsh, God turning out harness BY han
dreia of sets at tims, and Ht q price fs
bsl,u that a. -hich It could be sold undt
the o'i system. They employ = huudre
msanIthsir factory uho are constantly ell
Eagsd making harness OF every quality an
for every purpose, and which can be furnish
III 10 customers without delay aud at
price Of twenty-five aud thirty per cent be
Low Ibat at waieh il esa be obtained OF II
tail dealers, without the least sacrifice I
beauty or durability. They have wareroou
fun of sets Of harness from 80 to $500 sac
aud are iu . position, II such was require
of them, 70 6t out almost the entire equiu
race in their city, oa EwenIy-four hOOrs n
toe, with harness suited to their variC
conditions, from the plain, substanti'
strong and durable gArb of the cart al
truek horse TO the rich, gay and giided trA
pings Of the we'll bread roadster. We call
uola them 70 order . handsome osrria
bsruess aud saw over siI hundred sets b IN
ing ia their wArerooms ready TO be replace
by o.hsr acts as The demand Of their nu
erous customers calls for their remov
Tn.re ia not = taste nor q fancy shioh th
eanaot CRAFTY, nor Q pocket which they CO
not ncoo n N ID ate, and they are at this tii
the largest and most popular dealers 10 Ih
liae 10 this oounTy, supplying the farm
Of Maine as well a. the planters OF Lou
,An.. rh.y are. in faoI, looked to by
mari. Of the U aioa for every form OF harn
used, either for business or pleasure,
thsir work kmAnship 10 as familiar to
Western farmer As TO the city trnokm
and their handsome surno1s are ADM
alike in Central Park, in New York, Drn
Hull Park, Baltiuore, and on The Shell n
a. Nav Orleans.
A,.srs @ II. Moseman i Bro. not o
nov supply thoss who have hitherto loo
to the sn al retail dealers, but they furr
harness makers themselves with srti
wh,oa rs-.poear 10 fashIonAble equipsge
the oe,t freq ue uted drives, aud their "
is nov sought by the most experien
.'horse" men as being she most s'yllsh, s
stantiAl and the cheapest harness thA
made Tney oAn hardly be said to D
coupslitors in their business. so lev, II {
have tue facilities TO compete With the
.ad oslug young men OF stirring and &C
HABITS, good taste, uneonquerable enc
aud abuud ant re ,ouroes, they may be
g.rtsd As masters Of the situation. L
nAp,t, are steady, their perseverance,
o,uadsd Aod their cApltal ample, aud
stuated there is no obstacle wbich they
not suruount Their ingenuity |" not
least Of their qualities, and IN the coOr
tnsir business Ifs they have introduced
aud attractive styles in their workman
in brid les, fancy boots, fronts, hAliers,
insales, chains, fancy blankets, etc.
have always ust with popular approVa
Tnsy are the IN manufacturers OF an ADJ
bls halter OF peculiar pattern, OF
thsy make t~o huudrei dozen o month
which meets 9TH rapid sales. Their
harness is especially in favor. and !
onIv harness used At this time BY raj
contractors; and there are no owne'
horses. whether they be prOfrs.ional at
keepers or private individuals. who
vehicles for pleasure or profit, Who wi
End il to their advantage TO nhtaia
supplies from Messrs. c. M. Mo'em
Bro. ia Chambers street, N. Y. Cs
see the one they have sent us, and ord
iust ike II.