Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-16

of sash and blinds, with machinery VI iAn
description he gives hi, personal supervision
70 ali the details Of his business, and is prepared
to fill all orders in hi, line with the prOmptness
and excellence Of workmanship gained by long
experience His ssles last year amounted 10
about $50, coo, and with the recent additions 10
his facilities they will doubtless be larger, this
year.
WING & SMITH.
The business of this welI-known firm is the
manufacture Of shoe lasts 1t is a veteran con-
cern, and was one of the earliest occupants Of
the pioneer shops. They occupy seventy-hve oy
fifty feet of the centre building Of the Pioneer
shops. In 1851 Heman R. Wing and the late
j. 4. Smith leased for their business room IN
the old foundry building, at the foot OF Msln
street, but had hardly established themselves
when they lo,t everything by fire. Avalhng
themselves then of the inducements held out BY
the Pioneer Shops, they rebuilt their machinery
and commenced again, their business increasing
year by year till the disastrous " Fast Day hre
once more left them with nothing but policy oil
81 900 to show for sll their machinery aad
stock. With that spirit Of enterprise and elias
tieity which, sooner or later, always brings sue
cess. they then temporarily rented room at
Winooski Falls until the shops could be rebuilt
when they returned to their present quarters
Shortly before this they established wholesale
and retail store at No. 81 II Frankfort street,
New York city, in order to accommodate their
rapidly increasing Southern trade They also
opened there branch mandatory, using en-
tirely the very tough snd hard Persimmon wood
from the South, for their better class Of work.
The firm are continually adding to their facilities
for manufacturing, and employ in their factory
in his city fourteen or fifteen men, many Of
whom have been with them from the beginning.
They manufacture besides lsstI-Which they
make specialty-boot and shoe trees and
crimps. These arc all 1nsde out OF hard maple.
obtained from the vicinity Of Bolton and Rich
mond. Their lasts are widely AMI fsyorsbly
known and large quantities are sent by this frm
to South America, Cuba, and California The
proca,s Of manufacture hss been repeatedly de-
sori5ed By us, and We need not 60 over it in de-
tail The lssts are turned from the block by the
Blanchard lathe" 1t If worth not
iug that an important improvement in the
adaptation Of this lathe to lsst-aaking, was
introduced by the father of Mr.. Il. R. Wing,
who was an ingenious mechanic and an expert
enced lss.-maker, as bis son IS after him. After
being turned in the rough, the lasts are shaved
down and the heels and toes thspel by hand,
aud they end in being smoothei and polished on
sand-Eheels. Wing and Smith have three ma
chimes in operation, which turn out 1900 psirs
Of lssts each week. Ordinarily the winter Is
the lest active time in their business and they
store the greater portion Of the product Of their
factory, in anticipation Of future orders. This
winter, however, their orders keep pace with the
manufacture, and they ship their goods as fast
as made
GEOaGE D. WRIGHT.
Alr. Wright occupies 100 by 90 feet Of the
north shop, in the upper story. He has also 5
lumber shed Of s. by IS feet, dry house. &c.
His business is the manufacture Of curtain
sticks, map aai curtain rollers, mop AID brush
b.nllea. Mr. Wright established this busineis
in bis prcren; quarters SIX years ago. His sales
the first year were $1,000 The business
has stsllily increased in his hands, and has
fully doubled in FIVE years past. He
employs from i've to eight hands sni runs four
la,hes. and two siickers, for dressing out
curtsia sticks His s,retcher ls;hes " afford
him facilities for turning rollers Of any size from
,hree-e'gl,hs Of An inch in diameter sni two feet
long, to an inch and hslfin diameter AMI ofauy
length desired. One Of his lathss will turn cut
5000 small rollers in a day. The larger ones
average =, 500 curtain rollers in a day. The
pieces after turning are placed in 4 large wooden
cylinder, vhi.a il put 10 motion and the rollers
are rmoo,hol by friction against esch other, con-
tuuei for hours Nr. Wright cuts up in bis
bu,uese $1,000 feet Of pine lumber annually,
and packed for msrket last year 800 900 pieces
His goods are all marketed by an agent in New
York SIr Wrigh; also deals 10 Juid's patent
curtain fixtures, and in the ventilating curtain
fixture. vhioh allows the window shade to be
lowered f.sn the top. This is the invention Of
Mr Z. Brown Of this city, who Is associated
with M Wright in the sale Of this article
d. ". START
Mr. Snar; occupies an addition to the north
shop Of 50 by 80 feet. in the manufacture OF
packing box stuff, window frames, cloth boards
and fence pickets, for market. He commenced
the business in his present location last Fsl and
at present employs four hands.
SHEPARD, DAVIS co
occupy 60 feet Of the North shop with planning
machines. for dressing lumber; but will remove
them next season to a new plsning mill to be
erected By them south Of the marble mill, in
90 the Cove
This completes the Ist Of ocsurant Of the
Pioneer shops. In our next article We shall de-
scribe the establishments of Rolfe, Tyler & Co,
". & D. G. Crane, and C. Blodgett * Son.
VT. HlsroRIcAL SocIErT.-The Society met at
S., Adams on Tuesday afternoon. The first pa-
per read was on-Iadian Foot Prints-by Henry
Hal, Of Rutland or rsther chapters therefrom
1t abounlel in facts new to many, and forgotten
perhaps by some, and therefore interesting to
all
DR.. Lord, the President. followed with remarks
pertinent to the pAper, sud then announced as
the next in order, paper By Rev. DR.. Bailey in
memory Of Rev Reuben Garlick Of Jericho.
Then came paper on the LIST Fenian demon
stration IN Franklin. BY Eisin Towle Of that
town, which was followed by an admirably writ
ten article On the history Of History, by Presi-
dent Buckham.
A very fair attendance Of members and inter
ested listners we're present.
The attendance upon the meeting in the eve
ming was not as large as it ought to have been
in a town Of the size Of St. Adams, containing
20 many cultivated people. The attendance WAS
fair, however, and ss is always the case with the
meetings Of this society, was first class in quail
ity
The frat paper wss memoir Of the late Rev
DR. Beman OF Troy, by Hon. Henry Clark of
Rutland. twas noble tribute to a splendid
man, and in style it was one of the best Pre-
ductions Of Mr.. Clark's versatile pen.
The second paper was memoir Of the late
George Frederick HoughtOn, by l.. l. butcher,
a. NJ This was listened to with great interest,
as well from the knowledge which sill had Of the
deceased as from their expectation of A careful
biography and just tribute at the hands Of
Mr.. butcher. Expectation was not disAppoint
ed
The last paper was history Of he battle of
Hubbardton, by Henry Hall, Esq, Of Rutland
1t was full of evidence OF the most exhaustive
research and the story wss so graphically told
that even the great length of the article-about