The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-06-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Uestaiaster Shoe Factory. Through
the polite invitation of Messrs. Bonner
4 Lawyer, proprietors Of this establish
meut, We paid a visit to it, on Wedues.
day morning, in company with several
other gentlemen, TO witness the process
Of manufacturing shoes, which was Il
novelty to us, never having been 10 an
establishment Of the kind before. We
were struck with the vast improvement
which has been made 10 the art, by the
Introduction of ipgeniously eontrived
labor saving machinery, and with the
facility Of carrying on every branch of
the business ut the same time. We
we're first conducted to the cutting de.
partment. This labor is facilitated by
means Of patterns which serve as an
uperring guioe to those entrusted with
the supervision of this work. Next VIC
entered the stitching department, where
a number Of ladies were employed with
sewing machines of the Howe aud Sing
er patents, This process was interest.
ing, and performed By the ladies with
rapidity aud consummate skill, From
the stitching room the work goes into
another department, where the linirgs
and stays are pasted in, and the tops
scalloped by means of dies, at single
blow. The work is then returned to the
stitching room to receive the ornamental
stitching upon the fronts and sides.
The eyelets are next inserted in the
CATERS by an ingeniously contrved ma
chine, worked by treadle, which does
It's work instautaneously and etfectually,
Then The yamping process follows, aud
the joining Of the yimps to tho quar-
ters, which prepares the uppers for the
last. Instead Of the old hammering
process, the sole leather is prepared by
passing it between rollers, which sub.
jeci it to heavy pressure, rendering it
very hrm aud Of II uniform thickness.
! The soles are cut out with uniformity
by q single blow from an iron mall upon
a knife Of the required shape, with very
little waste material, They are then
ehauneled By naehins for the pur
pose, The process Of lasting is done
by hand the solcs tackled TO the unpers
the operators holding the tacks in their
mouths, thus facilitating their work.
which is performed very expeditiously
Then came the aUst interesting process
Of the whole, the stitching of the soles
to the uppers, which is done by the
marvellous Mckay Machine, which is
study in itself, and has been introduced
into shoe manufactures all over Europe
aud America, euriohing its proprietors.
This machine does its work with sur
prisiug rapidity and efficiency aud when
done will not rip After the scles are
stitched, the heels are put on, 10 another
department, and then the work is taken
into the finishing room, where the neces
sary trimming and polishing are com
plcted. The process oil sock lining aud
stamping is the last, when the work is
ready for packing into boxes and ship
meat Mr., Joseph I. Addison, of Bal
tlmore, very courteous gentleman, is
the efficient foreman of the establish,
nent. Miss Annie l. Edwards has
the supervision Of the Stitching Depart
ment, aud Mr.. Thomas Weeks, of the
Stock Department. To the polite atteu
ton and courtesy Of this gentleman We
were indebted for witnessing the ope
ration Of the thread. waxing machine,
very simple but interesting process,
which wakes the thread, through aud
through, and makes it much more dur
able than thread prepared in the old
way.
Messrs. Bonner & Lawyer are having
their work made of the best material
aud in the most durable manner. They
are determined to establish fol their
factory a reputation upon which dealers
may rely with implicit confidence for
first class work, aud we were pleased to
learn that their orders keep pace with
the utmost capacity Of tho establish,
ment, which now employs about twenty.
seven hands, aud is manufacturing one
hundred aud twenty-five different yarie
ties and styles OF ladies' aud misses
boots, shoes and CATERS.
n.aa;an. vas 49, $40 'aI n n'o'e. Snu Tue
a manufacturing enterprise in West
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VS. may ~ % proud as eVinelns the
not expend itself in talk merely.
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