Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-31
Industry OF Burlington.
MATHEWS L DAVIS NEW PACKING BOX TAG
TORY.

[ MATHEWS 4 DAVIS NEW PACKING Box TAG
TORY.
/ Our readers may remember that IN Tor
mer article, we mentioned the fact that the
Burlington Manufacturing Company con-
templated the erection of new mil, IN
place of the one destroyed by FIRE, last De-
/ cember. to be let for n planning mill or
packing box factory, the shayings from
which would supply fuel for the large en-
/ zine of their establishment. This plan has
[ been carried into effect The new mill
occupies the site of the former, and is a
I spacious structure, one hundred and four
feet in length by fifty feet in width, Of
two stories, with sheds attached to the
lower story, which give a total width on
/ the ground Of ninety-six feet. 1t stands
directly south Of the paper mill, and its
main shaft is connected with the shaft Of
the paper mill, and through that with the
engine of the marble mill, which drives all
three Of the mills. The lower story of the
mill Is occupied by Mathews * Davis,
manufacturers Of packing box stuff, cloth
boards. etc. This cnterprising firm, since
the disaster by which their former
establishment on that spot was consumed,
have occupied the third story Of the new
brick moulding mill of Shepard, Davis x
Co., at the foot Of College street The pres
ent building was constructed with a view to
their occupancy, and, 1T hardly need be said,
is much more convenient for their purpose
than their late quarters Indeed, nothing
could be more commodious for their bust
ness than the new mill. Railroad tracks
connecting with the tracks of the Central
Vermont, run on each side of the building.
One Of these, on the west side, runs close to
the platform of the broad shed (thirty feet
in width) Of the mill, enabling the men to
load the cars with the least possible expo
sure Of the stuff to the weather The in
ternal arrangements are also exceedingly
spacious and convenient, and the ma
chinery, being all new, combines the latest
Improvements The mill supplied with ga
and the city water \ Mcclellan blower
carries the shayings from the machines,
through tube several hundred feet in
length, to the feed room Of the marble mill
We have heretofore described the planning
and matching machines, circular saws, &c,
which constitute a " set Of box machin-
cry Mathews * Davis run four sets of
such machines, which turn out carload
Of packing boxes, packed fiat, in day
+.
ers Of cloth boards-thin boards on which
cloth is wound in the piece. They have 81
contract for supplying with them one of
the largest wooilen mills in Massachusetts
/ Everything about these-thc Sitting of the
boards, planning Of the sides, rounding
of the edges, and chamrering of
the cnds-is done by machinery and with
very little handling The last process, the
chamiering Of the ends, is done by a very
simple and effective machine, the invention,
we believe, Of our townsman, ". 5. Mayo
bat enlarged and improved upon, 50 that
the knives, with each stroke Of the machine,
cut the chamfcrs on both sides for two
boards at once The cloth board machin-
cry turns out 1000 finished boards day
Mathews * Davis employ twenty-scyen
hands, ard we are glad to say that, though
anticipating quiet winter, they have not
! been obliged as yet to slacken work by
reason of the panic Though the orders
for packing boxes from the dry goods
dealers have fallen off considerably. the de
mand for boxes TO pack the tobacco crop Of
the Connecticut valley has come in to make
up the deficiency, and the orders from the
straw hat and other manufacturers show
little elimination. In one respect, time Of
depression in business affects a concern
ike this. les than smaller establishments
of the kind When dealers are ordering
only to supply an actual demand, they
commonly wish their orders filed at once,
and a concern like this. which can turn out
a carload at a days notice. IS likely to re-
ceiye their patronage in preference 70 a
small concern.
The second story Of the ucw mill is oc-
CAPPED hy W G. Farmer a Co., nanufac-
turcrs of druggists boxes, match boxes,
thread spools, button and tassel moulds.
and small turned wares. They are getting
in and porfectiag their machine y, and we
expect to notice their establish mcnt more
fully another day