The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-08-11
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asda tie observes 10 Mksy - ~ assrsessd
~ the ksabstAport nanu1setssy % tAs Bnssr Manu-
Asotuf1ns ConPAhy, who % VEN Known anA rsprs.
senfed the civilized world hat n n hardly
necsssasy 10 they makess e. sewing uaeAinss
befose saying wss ahoat ths buiiding b view
vt a bsdy alIudsto the bsgnnias Of that CsepsnyS
eusnsss It began in Bostea many age with Nss
q No capital end In epaxtmsnts which eula m
win the Ans sdiaos In the cousss Of ssnstr.ssies
Eizabethport Nor do forget that tAnss are great
or email by esmpsrsen. Lssle did think
that some day there would factory bsnt which
not including the machinery II In 70 eentsin VIII
mot less. and probably good deal score than niisn
dollars. Tho machinery must Of neossssty be very
psnsfve Moot OF It viii be satsmAtfc and msdo spell
caly for the manufaeturs Of saving mAch3nss Whsss
dsoste pars have Il bsAnished with accuracy
before the little msehine which has favor IN q,
hany household, not emily In favored land lat
In all parts Of ChsistAndem perited 70 GO forth
its mission Of ussfnluess Few would think ookng
At the wsadsrfal little iastuusu simple strac.
tures what expenditure of thought II has oossto
hstnG IL to its present perfection. Few Wrought In
It's early history that Thousands Of men and hundreds
Of different kinds u machines. specially constructed
for the making Of its different para with precision
would today b empioysd in its production. I.
The bdSinees beGinnirg small scale in Boston,
1oshd IT. WY 70 Nsw York. and the nannfsoturv
Ike the "star Of Empire." been gradually nndipg
tAsir WY westward. =" - . b. ---r -,
In New Fork, the ntns OF Issae n. Singer d Co
rented rooms the Harlem Railroad Depot but the
business prosPering nst9risy they bought laaa ts
they could sst In Mott where Of their large
ufhcteries stands balding Of stories
high and two under ground. 1t thought that
such assruclure in which nearly thirty Of pig iron
daily used would have capacity for the making Of
sowing maohines for tho world bat tho Company found
1t necessary have other establishments in Delaney
and Spring streets Beades these there three
| aide factories, in which most Of the castings
made; and there three cablnetca&o shops and
| one box factory constantly employed for them
They have also . very large case factory Of their
! own in South Bend. Indiana, near the walnut end
other forests, for the manufacture Of for the
| West snd Northwest. So too. they have extensive
silk mills Newark, Now Jersey. for the manufasture
the of the trsless sewing
They bsd also have mandatory in Glasgow. Foot
land supply foreign markets. and the Glasgow eatsb
shment-6O0 feet ongis now In full operation, equip.
ped with American tools and machinery; ind to
Anerica belongs the honor through the Singer Mann.
featuring Company ofstanding pro eminent throughout
the world In the sewing machine manufacture while
that Company In their carly and enlightened
enterprise are repaid in having Substantial commercial
advantages over others in the European market
With all these facilities IL might seem that the votd,
could BE- amply supplied but It In notthe demand 10
constanty increasing and hence the Singer A&nufae'
turing Company determined to erect In EHzabsthpaft
the vast building the Of construction,
and which there has been already expended years
labor. When finished 1t will contain over eight acrea
flooring The foundry sfng tho rail- cad IL 100 feet
long, fest ~ide with TITO wings each LOO feet sqnare
making 600 feet frontage Next to that 10 building
used fog cleaning castings forging JspananR. etc.,
long with wings Of Is by l25 feet each The
"A main building. at the corner Of Trumbun and First
Streets is in rapid progress extending $50 feet OF
Trumbu street. and $50 First street, and there
cabinetcase shop 200 feet long, three stories high
and its ena ID box factory 200 feet Tong Thess
buildings the total frontage Of which, 70 nearly Soo
three thousand feet all Of hne material. the matz
building being Are-prook They will contain sever
stationary engines and the grounds which contain
thirty scres thsre win be nearly two mles Of rsi
road track. The water frontage IL Ane and nearly
thousand feet LENGTH The facilities for receiving Goa
and dsrect both by railroad and water. are very
great, those for shipment to all partA Of the
country.
The calculation is to make not thousant
mschines week and 70 employ from $500 to 5000 men
It 10 supposed that the Eizabethport ed8ces will bt
finished in year at cost of ut least million not in
GLIDING their valuable machinery Tho spacious grounds
will be well used and in the immediate reis hborhood
the werkmen will have comfortable homes Whist
contrast this will be their dingy and unventilated
in the city, who're they seldom breathe frosh ali
OF epjoy the music and cnmpanionship Of Nature.
In the construction and organization Of the various
works Of the Company, eat credit 10 due 70 the well
directed energy of Mr. George B. McKenIie, who ID
identified with the manufacturing department OF the
business and who superintends the continuation and
organization of various factories he be said
10 be in that department what Mr. Insee A. Hopper the
President Of the Company In in its extensive and sue
cessful comm efcial relatious. -.
To show what an enormous industry the busir Of
featuring and selling sewing machines has become
1--WE ind by the returns OF the twenty-five prnci
Dakers that thor sales for 1871 amounted
six hundred six thousand and ninety four 6oG o4
machines. OF this large number tho Singer Manufao
turing Company Co. which heads the list 10 the extent
Of Its sales sold hundred and eightyone thousand
two hundred sixty us 06Ol machinea being nearly
oncthird of the entire number and upward Of hfty.
three thousand increase their sales In the previous
year. We understand that this suceess 10 mainly
owing to the p1pnler.ty Of their Family machine
which, In addition to all advantages, has several new
features which render it specially attractive to the
masses In Chicago it would eeem that no other ma
chine has chance against it, for the Special Relief
Committee after the late disastrous fire. report that Of
the number of 2944 machines distributed, two
!, Tour hundred 1927