The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-10-15
CLIPPER CITY CARRIAGE WORKS.
What is Being Done in the Line Of Fine
Manufactures by Live Firm.

AsaAu4esCeA1OS " q AAfO = 1AAs
Noticing a considerable addition be
ing made to the Clipper City Carriage
Works we entered the establishments
with Mr. P. S. Tilson, who, together
with j. Shimek, his partner, are earning
a reputation as manufacturers of car
riages and sleighs which has already ex-
tended beyond our County lines. The
building, which stands upon the corner
of Chicago aud Seventh Streets. has
frontage of 80 feet, extending back, with
the recent addition, 80 feet, and is two
stories in hight Entering at the front
door we find ourselves in the office,
passing through which weare surrounded
by bent sticks of all lengths and sizes,
hubs, spokes, felloes, lumber and all the
paraphernalia of the wood working de-
partment Of the establishment. There
we met Mr.. H. G. .Hollenbeck, the
young gentleman who has charge of the
room, busily engaged in putting an
elegant 'Iswell'' upon two-seated cut
ter which, when it comes upon the
streets this winter, Will elicit praise
from all who have an eye to fine work.
Beyond the woodworking room we
found the blacksmith shops, under the
supervision of Mr. Shimek himself, which
is as full of Norway iron as Congress-
mans mouth is full of lie-well, yesl
Here are two Or three FORCES where the
inely-designed iron work which charac-
terizes this establishment is formed by
skillful hands. In the rear of this again
is the lumber and store room.
Going upstairs the first object which
meets our gaze in the large paint shop
is q cutter which for elegance of design,
substantial build and general makeup
excells not only anything heretofore at
tempted in this city, but any imported
sleigh which has yet slid over Mantle
voc SHOWS. We can't describe il, but
urge upon those who desire to see o
really beautiful article Of home produc-
ton to so and examine that one.
Adjoining the paint shop is the var1lish
room, under the supervision Of Mr.. J.
Weber. This young gentleman has re
Gently been spreading himself Oh
handsome single-seat cutter, and the
manner in which he has painted and
gilded it shows him to be q master hand.
1t seems impossible that more beautiful
| work could be done. Mr.. Weber con-
fines his attention to the fine gliding
and polishing work, and if vain he has O.
good opportunity to admire himself, as
he makes looking glass of every cutter
and carriage box he turns out.
Adjoining this is the trimming room,
where Mr.. B. Martin, with all the mod
ern appliances at hand, does the up
holstering work. He is st present en-
gagged upon a top buggy, and is putting
some handsomely designed work upon
il. While in this room we were shown
the peculiarities attached to the new
patent hub which Messrs. Tilson g
Shimek are now using exclusively In
| their four grades of manufacture.
Unlike others in their branch of bust
ness, these gentlemen use nothing but
NORWAY iron,'' which, though two or
three times as expensive as the common
iron, is SO much more flexible and dur
able as to make its use an advantage 10
purchasers. From twelve to fifteen
men are constantly employed in the es-
tabhshment, who are now getting out
| the material for fourteen single buggies.
| Messrs. Tilson & Shimek will have
thirty cutters, OF all sizes and at all
prices, ready for market by the first OF
I January, and considering the large
amount of repairing they do, the bust
ness is conducted on an extensive scale
for so young an MISUNDERSTANDING only
been started in May last.
We watch their progress with interest,
believing that at no distant day the
manufactures Of this firm will be know,
| not only outside the limits of our county,
out throughout the bordering States
The energy is there, and it Will one day
bring the return which all manufactur-
ing enterprises in this city, rightly con
Quoted, certainly promise.