Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-06-01

IoNE INDUsTRY.--I IIitchcock's shop Is one
Of the busy spots Of the village. Industry
and ingenuity mark every department, and
these guided by steadiness Of purpose and ap.
plieatiop ip given directions, are having their
results upon tlls comfoft and prosperity, the
we'll bclpg and happiness, of not only those
Immediately oonecEned, but the community
feels the impulse given and the ohanneis OF
iraie are enliyened and encouraged. No less
than four distinct concerns find accommoda.
lions and power for propclling tkeir works
upon these premises. Mr.. HrcncooK EN-.
ploys some dozen hands IN the manufacture Of
Shafts, Poles and Eyenors. for carriages. and
Is now the oldest establishment of the kind In
the place, and it is owing 10 his perseverance,
and energy that this large establishment has
been built up in our midst, and employment
furnished to sa many Of our citizens who have
heretofore found somewhat prccarious de-
pendcnce. lie turns out from 10 to is pairs
Of shaft day.
The Carriagc Seat Business, na9 conducted
by T. H. WILLIAMS, is, perhaps, the best pay
ing business of any Of the establishment
With but small amount of power and few
hands-fve only, we believe are employed
he is enabled ia cut up II 900 feet Of lumber
and to get out about ll0 Seats a day, in the
rough, in which state the bulk of all his work
finds Il market. These seats, for ncatuess,
lightncss and adaptation, arc without rivals.
They are steamed aud beat into form from
green elm, the toughest and mos. witty of
timber; the process has been much improved,
and is carried on with great facility, and IL Ger
lainty that knows no accident or waste in the
bending. There are but few manufactures of
these articles in the country-it is new-and
the demand and market is wide and general
one Our friend Williams has orders from al
most every direction where carriage making
Is pcrsued, and q customer once made, and an
acquaintance once formed. with the head of
this concern, is likely 10 be continuous and
lasting.
MIR. a. G. SNYDER, is also engaged in the
manufacture of Poles and Shafts. His shop
shows evidence Of the intelligent skill which
is brought to bear in the saving of labor and
The facility au expedition of the processes Of
A small palmer, running with
y small amount of power, brings cry piece
to uniform thickness. A bur wheel rounds
the shaft with such slight cost of time as to
be hardly apureciable when compared with
the foFmer shaving process, Then the VI ork
and time OF tenoning the bars ia reduced in
like manner. By series of saws and Il swivel
gage, for fixing the bends, the lemons on a
dozen bars can be accurately GU; in some ten
minutes All this goes 10 reduce labor, and
afford better margin for the manufacturer
and more liberal wages for the operative
MIR. Snyder is an accomplished mocha mic and
u straightforward business man.
The Shinglc Business is also carried on, on
these premises, by Mr.. WILSON RANDALL, and
pine or other shingles of as good quality
and make as can be found anywhere, may be
obtained here at fair living prices, and at a
saving at least of the cost of transportation
oyer Cleveland and other distant markets
Sawed shingles it has been proved, are the
best and cheapest that can be used