Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-24

L. S. .Sewell, who has sixty-two. men
under him. Two cupolas more are to be
added to the furnace. The next place
visited was the ss..ss s.
MAIN BUILDING,
which is under charge of f. nj. Pierce,
assistant superintendent. In this the
machinery is run by water power, aided
by a fine 70-horse steam engine. The
WOOD SHOP
was the first place of our visit in this
building. This department is under w.
H. Baldwin, foreman, and has thirty
five men on its pay roll. From the
wood shop we passed into the s..,-.
BLA0KsMITH's SHOP, .l.s..-- ....
which IS shop eighty feet long by forty
feet wide, and thirty blacksmiths are
employed. James F. Hunt is the mas
ter blacksmith. Next we go into the
MACHINE SHOP, t...-s-.-.
and here we find seventy-ffve men, the
most skilled workmen to be found in
iron and brass work, under Foreman
James II. Blake We were then shown
into the
..... PAINT ROOMS, .-.... .@...
where usually about eighteen hands are
employed. This department is underJ.
F. Estabrook, as foreman. From here
into the .-...... -..... g.. I'LL. .....- f..
SEALING ROOM ...
for small scales, where, under James X
Taylor, foreman, twenty men are en-
ployed Next we pass into the sealing
room for railroad and hay scales, where
eight or ten men are engaged. Mr.. II. c.
Knapp is foreman of this department,
and also has charge of the company's
extensive store room of supplies.
THE PACKING ROOM. ...--..
Here six men are constantly engaged
in packing and preparing scales for ship
ping. On the main building we noticed
an addition going up to give more ac-
commodation for sealers to work, which
will make an enlargement of 1890
square feet flooring. In the rear of the
main building are situated the
SUPPLIES OF LUMBER, ETC,
with a railroad track running through
the yards and crossing the river, upon
which the works are situated. The
consumption of lumber, coal, iron, brass
and other materials is enormous, 100000
feet of lumber being bought in the month
of June alone. One to two thousand
tons of coal a year are used, $50 to 500
tons of wought bar iron, 1000 tons pig
iron, and thirty-fve to forty tons of
brass are required annually, and con-
sumption constantly increasing. Nails,
screws, paint and shot are bought by
the ton, and everything in quantities.
The details of this business is surprising.
This company purchased short time
ago the immense scale business and all
the patents of the Sampson Scale Com
pany, of New York, and the manufact-
ure of these scales is continued when
those scales are ordered. Some valuable
patents of the Sampson Scale Company
were secured by this purchase, and re-
tanned to the use of the Brandon Manu-
featuring Company. The Howe Scales
are acknowledged to be inferior to no
scale made in the world, and their sales
now are only limited to their capacity to
manufacture. Sales are extending to all
parts of the world, and the compa-
ny have over sixty gold, silver and
bronze medals awarded to them for per-
feet scales. In addition to scales the
company, under Mr.. Sprague's manage
ment, have added the manufacture Of
railroad, mill and store trucks, and a
patent weighing balance, of which they
are making 10000 year. The number
of scales of all kinds now being turned
out average at the rate of $4,000 scales
year. The company have warehouses
at No. Park Place, New York; 1921
Market street, Philadelphia 63 Wood
street, Pittsburg, Pa; 81 South Charles
street. Baltimore Charleston, S. c., and
Savannah, Ga; 81 and 80 Magazine
street, New Orleans SO Sudbury ST., Bos-
ton Sc Main street, Buffalo; 181 River
ST., Troy; 116 Main street, Cincinnati; St.
Joseph, Mo; 80 State street, Chicago;
Detroit, Milwaukee, Peoria, Omaha II
South Main street, st. Louis; 318 Pine
street, San Francisco; IA St. John street,
Montreal
While looking over this immense BUSH
ness the thought suggested itself to your
reporter what blessing this concern is
to the town of Brandon. AS stated be-
fore, about 300 men are employed in the
shops, lumber yards, with teams, as la
borers, sc. They are mostly men of fam
lilies, giving support directly to probably
1900 to /, 400 persons, and indirectly to
many more. Why can't Rutland have
such manufacturing interests There
is no reason why several kinds of man.
ufacturing business can not be done in
Rutland that will do for Rutland what
the scale works do for Brandon. 1t will
take money and brains. There is the
money here is there the brains
We think so. VIII Rutland capitalists
take courage and make venture? g..