Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-03-06

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fhE W0ELD-n0w IaE WILLIS VII
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! Sanding 90 the steps Of De
, hotel II Bridgeport, Com ne ether day
; | asked Of the landlord
= Have you anything in Bdlger0r
worth seeing p
The Yankee host lookel 81 ne with
mingiing Of pits aul contempt, and Yan
kee-like, answered my question BY ask
ins another; Ir .r..I. u.
Haven't you ever heard Of the BIZ
factory which makes the Wheeler & Wi
sou Sewing Machines ?"
l had heard Of il. as who has not ? bu
il had slipped my memory that the gres
beehive Of industry, employing 1906
persons, and turning out Eve hundred ant
twenty machines per day, was located a
Bridgeport a.. .s-
elf you want to see a sight as is ,
sight" continued the worthy man, '.you
go over there, tell them you are a De.
trOit newspaper man, aud they'll put you
through all right"
| had the whole day before me. and
was not long in making up my mind TO
heed the landlords advice. | did not
need a guide TO show me the route. |
know that nothing but powerful manu-.
featuring company could occupy the man
moth buildings, whose ehimneys sent up
such tall columns of smoke in the morning
air, aud l sauntered towards them. Inn
agine to yourselfa building having front.
age Of enc thousand feet, and depth of
seven hundred, three stories high, aud
cut in twain by public street, and you
have the outside view of the great
Wheeler & Wilson manufacturing estab-
lishment, only your Imagination will not
do justice to the size of the building. The
main building seems as if it could furnish
room for five thousand workmen, and
manufacture all the machines sold in
America but three or four years ago it
was found just one-half to small for the
demands made for the Wheeler & Wilson
alone, and 50 this other huge pile of brick
and mortar was erected. Put the two
together and it makes building which
satisfies e'eu Yankee pomposity
Seeking the office, am greeted with
cheerful "good morning." and when |
gave my name and stated my wishes, the /.
polite clerk calls in Mr.. w. II. Perry, |
the Superintendent cf the establishment.
We " shake and he informs me that | /
have liberty to look through every nook
and corner lie volunteers to 60 along,
that | may have some one at hand to an
swcr inquiries and we start out.
Just at this point feel like running
away from the manuscript, and leaving
the story unfinished. If a man had to be
set down before haystack, and asked to
assert the different lengths Of straws, his
trouble would be hardly greater than is
nine to 60 at it in detail and state what
saw. The first sight you get as the
ioors OF this immense mill are opened is
hat of belts, pulleys, shafting and ma
'hinery, and you almost believe that the
,ower of Niagara is wanted to keep 50
much machinery 10 motion. What bee
live! As you stand and look down the
ong shop, which seems to have no end.
ou hear rumbling, striking, grind
ng, polishing Kisses, hammers
o, iron and steel clink, aud scores of
,cn and boys dodge about under their {
aper caps. You would imagine than by T
citing fifteen hundred men in one build.
lg that all would be confusion aud cx- 0
ltcment, but it is not SO. As you walk Il
long, you see that every movement made u
y men or machinery is just as true as
lock work, or just as true and methodic "
the motions Of the beautiful machine c
hlch is here seen in PARIS. But there n
excitement after all. The operatives .
ave got word through the Office that the
is four thousand machines r
ehlnd 1t orders, and they are strainipg
very nerve to catch up. For day-before !
y visit, the factory turned outfve hun. a
red and twenty perfect machines pcr y
ny, and the men work ed fourteen hours y
1T Of the twenty-four; 500 every four u
cn hours would be fraction over 81 .
schlnes per hour, or l for every minute
nd a half from six o'clock in the MORN !"
g until eight in the evening Just think :
that! and yet, working at this speed :"
'e Superintendent finds himself four !"
ousand machines behind orders. ?
As we go along down the seven hun !
red feet Of busy life, Mr. Perry explains |
at this gang Of men are working at the :
ID plates, this one at the short lever and r
'nnection, these are at the hammers, and
on all through the machinery part Of
g machine. He also explains to me